49 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/73e3cfc89c16a7dd96bb09aaf6273d14.pdf 2debc740538445c5504041d9d9281aee PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG NOVEMBER 2023 VOLUME 85, NO. 11 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO SIU Welcomes New Tonnage Several vessels recently entered the Seafarers-crewed fleet, including the heavy-lift ship SLNC Star (top photo), operated by Chesapeake Crewing, and the Cape Sable (left, directly above), a roll-on/roll-off ship operated by Crowley. Some of the first SLNC Star crew members are pictured directly above at right. They are (from left): vessel master Capt. John Rodriguez, CE Aaron Simard, CM Jean Marien, CE Jeffrey Stanley, Bosun Jeromy Furnas, 3AE Daniel Govig, QMED Dillon Nelson, 2M Abigail Solomos, QMED Norman Middleton, AB Betty Sirait, and 3M Joseph Cerrato. Also aboard at that time (but not pictured): AB Josean Villarrubia, Steward/Baker Leone Buggage and GVA John Cabreros. Details about these two ships and a few others are reported on Page 3. (Cape Sable photo by Savannah Weston) REPORT: UNIONS BENEFIT ECONOMY • PAGE 4 // RECERTIFIED BOSUNS SHARE INSIGHTS • PAGES 10-11 �ITF Recovers Nearly $120M in Unpaid Wages President’s Report Delivering the Goods A s this edition went to press, SIU members stepped up to deliver vital cargo for the war in Israel. This type of voyage is never taken lightly, and while there’s no way to know how many additional trips may occur, I want to publicly thank those Seafarers who have already answered the call. As I mentioned in correspondence sent directly to the ship, you are a credit to the union David Heindel and to your profession. You have maintained the high standard of the Brotherhood of the Sea. I’m sure we’ll be at liberty to mention more details down the line, but for now, please know that your fellow Seafarers appreciate your dedication and your professionalism. As has been reported by our military, SIU-crewed ships also continue transporting materiel for the war in Ukraine. Here again, our members exemplify what it means to serve as part of America’s fourth arm of defense, in peace and war. Keep up the great work and please know that your union fully stands with you at all times. Making Progress If you follow our social media accounts, you undoubtedly have seen plenty of photos of our folks on the recruiting trail. We also are publishing several of those images on the back page this month, along with a short recap of some recent outreach. The bottom line is that we are making progress, and we’re committed for the long haul. It’s a lot of work and it is vital to the future of both our union and our industry. We are building new partnerships along the way, which stand to benefit all concerned, as well as the nation at large. America needs a strong U.S. Merchant Marine, for reasons you all know. We don’t need any further incentives to keep us energized for recruiting, but the importance of our industry does help stoke the fire. We’re also making some headway in our efforts to ease the regulatory burdens on individual mariners. As you can imagine, there isn’t a quick fix when tackling this sort of task, but I think we’re getting on the same page with allies from the Coast Guard (among others), and, as with recruiting, we’re not letting up. Finding a Home Be sure to read this month’s article about the newest class of recertified bosuns. Those members are among the ones who know our union the best, and their personal comments really say a lot about the life-changing opportunities available in the SIU. I particularly appreciated how many of the bosuns described how they found a home with the SIU, and how their careers enable them to provide for their families. That is really what we’re all about. As someone who has spent my entire life with the SIU, I understand that, like any organization, we have some imperfections. But I am genuinely proud of our many strengths, starting with our rank-and-file members, continuing with our dedicated officials, and extending to everyone who works at our affiliated school in Piney Point. I truly believe we are a winning team, and our best days are ahead. Seafarers LOG Volume 85 Number 11 November 2023 The SIU online: www.seafarers.org The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 1086-4636) is published monthly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters, AFL-CIO; 5201 Capital Gateway Drive; Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Periodicals postage paid at Southern Maryland 20790-9998. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Communications Director: Jordan Biscardo Assistant Communications Director: Nick Merrill Assistant Editor: Aja Neal Administrative Support: Jenny Stokes Copyright © 2023 Seafarers International Union, AGLIW. All Rights Reserved. The Seafarers International Union engaged an environmentally friendly printer for the production of this newspaper. 2 • SEAFARERS LOG Inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) continue making a big difference in the lives of mariners around the world. That point seems clear in the immediate aftermath of a new report showing that the inspectors recovered more than $118.5 million in wages owed to mariners between the years 2020 and 2022. The federation published those figures on World Maritime Day, Sept. 28. The SIU is affiliated with the ITF; SIU President David Heindel chairs the federation’s Seafarers’ Section. ITF inspectors are officials who board vessels to educate seafarers on their rights; identify any violations of crew contracts, national laws or international conventions; and who then work with authorities to ensure that rights are enforced. The ITF has inspectors operating from 111 ports in 56 countries. According to the federation, 2,199 breach-of-contract cases were reported by mariners to the ITF in 2022 alone, with non-payment of wages the most common reason. “While we are proud that our inspectors have been successful in recovering almost $120 million for seafarers in the last three years, it’s unfortunate that we need to address wage underpayments at all,” Heindel stated. “We would prefer to see all seafarers paid in full, and paid on time in the first place. For some seafarers, a shipowner might miss a pay date here or there, but others can go months without receiving their salaries. ITF inspectors, supported by our seafarer and docker union affiliates, are here to help crews stand up for their rights wherever they find themselves in need of support.” In 2022, ITF inspectors conducted 8,667 ship inspections worldwide. Nearly 1,900 of those operations were in response to mariners’ calls, emails or other messages seeking for help from the ITF. An additional 3,771 were conducted as part of inspectors’ ongoing system of routine and responsive inspections, which ensure ships flagged to so-called flags-of-convenience (FOC) registries adhere to the same international standards expected of nationally flagged vessels. ITF President and Dockers’ Section Chair Paddy Crumlin said, “Pandemic-related restrictions had blocked most of our inspectors from boarding vessels in the way they had done pre-pandemic. We are now seeing a strong return to active and regular inspections of flag-of-convenience vessels – and still the same level of exploitation. It’s another stark reminder of the underbelly of our industry, and also that more ITF inspections taking place is good news for seafarers and their rights.” ITF President/Dockers’ Section Chair Paddy Crumlin SIU President/ITF Seafarers’ Section Chair David Heindel IBF Agreement Boosts Pay for Mariners The International Bargaining Forum (IBF), the conference that negotiates the world’s largest global collective bargaining agreement, recently finalized terms for the 2024-2027 IBF Framework Agreement in Berlin, Germany. Mariners covered by the pact will receive a six percent total wage increase over the next two years; subsequent rates will be negotiated in 2025. In addition, the agreement includes reference to International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment, reinforcing a joint commitment for providing safe workplaces free of violence, discrimination and harassment for all mariners. Participants also jointly recognized the importance of safe working practices in cargo lashing. Moreover, a new working group was established that will focus on the future of seafaring and major challenges that the industry faces, including the impact of new technology, the introduction of alternative fuels, and ensuring a just transition as the industry responds to climate change. Concerns about mariners’ hours of work, crewing levels, fatigue and duration of employment will also fall under the sphere of the working group. Under the agreement, the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG, consisting of international maritime employers) also committed to remind their members of the importance of respecting national cabotage provisions, and committed to working together with the ITF on a strategy to build towards more mariners receiving a reasonable amount of internet access free of charge. ITF Seafarers’ Section Chair David Heindel (who is also president of the SIU) said, “This has been a particularly complicated set of negotiations coming out of the Covid pandemic, which has taken a great deal of effort and compromise on both sides to get this right for the times. This is a fair deal. We have agreed on a working group that will look at future needs of a changing industry, with an eye on the needs of seafarers, with a focus on recruiting.” ITF President and Dockers’ Section Chair Paddy Crumlin stated, “The pay deal locked into this agreement provides concrete financial recognition for the critical contribution that seafarers make to the global economy and also recognizes the sacrifice that seafarers have carried over the past few years and throughout the pandemic. The relationship between ITF and the JNG remains in good shape despite the challenges that these negotiations faced.” ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton noted, “Over the four years of this agreement, we have a lot of important issues to discuss so that we can continue to enhance the living and working conditions of all seafarers on IBF-covered vessels. The biggest challenge we all face is the just transition and the move to alternative fuels. How the industry recruits and motivates our seafarers and ensures they have the skills for the future – this is firmly on our forwardlooking agenda.” Spokesperson for the JNG and Chairman of the International Maritime Employers Council, Captain Belal Ahmed said, ”Once again the resilient partnership between JNG and ITF produced an outstanding outcome in the latest IBF round which both sides and their constituents will be happy to bring to their respective members. Seafarers were rewarded for the sacrifices they made during the Covid pandemic, when they stood out as key workers.” NOVEMBER 2023 �New Ships Entering SIU-Crewed Fleet The union-built Alaskan Frontier is scheduled to return to the SIU-crewed fleet in 2024. Recently reflagged under the Stars and Stripes, the SLNC Star now carries an SIU crew. A recent influx of new tonnage – and a plan to revitalize an older ship – signals ongoing job security for SIU members. Among the recent developments are flag-ins of the SLNC Star (Chesapeake Crewing) and the Allied Pacific (Patriot), purchase of the Alaskan Frontier by Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), and the impending additions of the Cape Sable and Cape San Juan (Crowley) into the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). The SLNC Star, a heavy-lift ship, is the replacement for the Corsica. Built in 2010 in Poland, the vessel is 403 feet long and can sail at 15 knots. The SLNC Star is equipped with two cranes, and formerly was named Breb Star. Meanwhile, the SIU represents steward-department personnel aboard the tanker Allied Pacific, also built in 2010 (in South Korea). Previously sailing as the Celsius Riga, the 600-foot-long ship supports Military Sealift Command operations in Hawaii under a five-year agreement (including options). It can sail at 16 knots. In mid-October, OSG announced its purchase of the Alaskan Frontier, a sister vessel to three other Alaskan-Class SIU-crewed tankers operated by OSG’s wholly The SIU represents steward-department mariners aboard the Allied Pacific, previously named the Celsius Riga. (Photo by scenicroutetrading) owned subsidiary, Alaskan Tanker Company. Following the expected early November completion of the transaction, OSG intends to reactivate the 1.3-million-barrel-capacity tanker, which has been in cold layup in Malaysia since 2019. OSG plans to make significant investments in the vessel for it to begin commercial trade by the fourth quarter of 2024. “The purchase of the Alaskan Frontier brings all four of the Alaska-Class crude oil tankers under OSG’s ownership at a time when the prospect for expanded crude oil production in Alaska offers great promise for continued and increasing demand for ships of her type,” said OSG President and CEO Sam Norton. “Upon completion of shipyard work, which will include lifecycle upgrades on the engines that will improve the performance and longevity of the vessel, we believe that the Alaskan Frontier will be primed to provide additional transportation capacity to suit the needs of our customers in a time of limited availability.” He added, “The full scope of reactivation work is expected to require a period of approximately one year and will, in addition to the engine upgrades, entail a ballast water treatment system installation and other improvements to prepare her for commercial use.” SIU Jobs Remain Secure Through Recent Transactions Multiple SIU-contracted companies are involved in unrelated recent business ventures, but the upshot for Seafarers is that their jobs remain secure and the union contracts stay in place. In late September, Maritime Partners, LLC announced that one of its managed funds acquired Norfolk, Virginia-based U.S. Marine Management (USMMI) from Maersk Line, Limited. USMMI operates six SIU-crewed ships (Acadia Trader, Badlands Trader, Ocean Trader, Pohang Pioneer, Yosemite Trader and USNS Seay) and recently was awarded a new agreement for the Tanker Security Program. As a result, the company plans to acquire another tanker. Also in September, two other Seafarers-contracted companies – Crowley and Seabulk, respectively – announced an agreement to form a new Jones Act service provider: Fairweather NOVEMBER 2023 Holdings LLC. Pending a regulatory review of the transaction, the new company plans to start operating in spring 2024. The Fairweather fleet reportedly will include the Seabulk ships Independence, Brenton Reef, Seabulk Pride, Seabulk Challenge, Seabulk Arctic, and Seabulk Mariner, plus two others currently sailing on a long-term bareboat charter to Chevron. The Crowley vessels slated for addition to Fairweather’s fleet include the Washington, California and Oregon. Additionally, as many as 20 articulated tug-barge units will be part of the Fairweather fleet: five from Seabulk, and 15 from Crowley. Another move that isn’t quite as far along in the regulatory process: Seabulk is selling a number of its tugboats to two different companies, including SIU-contracted E.N. Bisso & Son. In a news release announcing the purchase, OSG noted, “The engine upgrades for the Alaskan Frontier are considered a lifecycle upgrade, which will be completed by MAN Energy Solutions SE. This comprehensive modernization of each of the four engines onboard will improve performance and fuel efficiency and also prepare the engines for possible methanol fuel in the future. It is expected that the fuel efficiency gain will result in 15-20% fuel savings as compared to the vessel’s current consumption, leading to a meaningful reduction in carbon output. The significant capital investment being made will permit the Company to operate the vessel for a longer period of time and with fewer maintenance costs for its remaining life.” The Alaskan Frontier was built in 2004 by General Dynamics NASSCO (a union shipyard). It is 938 feet long and can sail at almost 19 knots. Finally, the roll-on/roll-off vessels Cape Sable and Cape San Juan are part of a recapitalization of the RRF. The 784-foot-long Cape Sable (formerly the Linea Messina) was built in 2013 in South Korea and can sail at nearly 19 knots. The Cape San Juan (Jolly Cristallo), built in 2012, also in South Korea, is 787 feet long and can sail at 21.5 knots. A-Book in Alabama Chief Cook Drushelia Finney (right) receives her A-seniority book from Port Agent Jimmy White at the hiring hall in Mobile, Alabama. SEAFARERS LOG • 3 �Benefits Conferences Roll On Seafarers Plans Administrator Maggie Bowen (left) opens the conference at the SIU-affiliated school in Piney Point, Maryland. Four more benefits conferences are scheduled to take place this month before a pause in the schedule. Beginning last summer, the Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan (SHBP), with support from the union, has been conducting conferences at various hiring halls. The meetings are designed to help SIU members, pensioners and their families get the most out of their respective benefits. Separate conferences also are being conducted for staff members. The upcoming schedule is as follows: Houston (Nov. 13); New Orleans (Nov. 14); Mobile, Alabama (Nov. 15); and Jersey City, New Jersey (Nov. 30). The conferences then will resume in 2024, with gatherings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Feb. 20); Algonac, Michigan (March 8); and Wilmington, California (date to be determined). Seafarers are encouraged to keep in touch with their local hall for the latest information about the conferences. Most recently, the SHBP and the union hosted meetings in Piney Point, Maryland, on Oct. 2 and in Jacksonville, Florida, on Oct. 5. Both sessions were well-attended. Pictured at the Jacksonville, Florida, conference are (from left) SIU Secretary-Treasurer Tom Orzechowski, OS Christopher Ferguson, SIU VP Gulf Coast Dean Corgey, GUDE Altoria McKinney and SIU President David Heindel. In the photo at left, members, pensioners and their families meet at the hall in Jacksonville, Florida. Treasury Dept. Issues Groundbreaking Report On Benefits of Unions to Nation’s Economy Editor’s note: The following article has been adapted from a press release from the United States Treasury Department. The Treasury Department recently issued its most comprehensive report to date focused on the role labor unions play in the American economy – and the findings strongly demonstrate how unions benefit not just rank-and-file members but the nation as a whole. The Department’s Office of Economic Policy released this first-of-its-kind report on Aug. 28, as one of more than 70 actions implemented by the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. The Task Force’s goal is to reduce barriers to worker organizing and demonstrate its commitment to worker rights, including the right to a free and fair choice to join a union and to preserving a worker’s right to dignity in the workplace. Key findings of the new report include: • Middle-class workers reap substantial benefits from unionization. Unions raise the wages of their members by 10 to 15 percent compared to unrepresented workers. Unions also improve fringe benefits and workplace procedures such as retirement plans, grievance policies, and predictable scheduling. These workplace improvements contribute substantially to middle-class financial stability and worker well-being. For example, one study has estimated that the average worker values their ability to avoid short-notice schedule changes at up to 20 percent of their wages. • Unionization also has spillover effects that extend well beyond union workers. Competition means workers at nonunionized firms see increased wages too. Heightened workplace safety norms can raise standards for entire industries. Union members improve their communities through heightened civic engagement; they are more likely to vote, donate to charity, and participate in a neighborhood project. And, the higher pay and job security of both union and nonunion middle-class workers can further positively spill over to their families and communities through more stable housing, more investment in education, and other channels. • Unions help create a fairer economy by benefiting all demographic groups. By encouraging egalitarian wage practices, unions serve to reduce race and gender wage gaps. And modern unions have broad representation across race and gender. In 2021, Black men had a particularly high union representation rate at 13 percent, as compared to the population average of 10 percent. The diverse demographics of modern union membership mean that the benefits of any policy that strengthens today’s unions would be felt across the population. • Finally, in addition to supporting the middle class, unions contribute to economic growth and resilience. They SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 44 • SEAFARERS do so in part simply by reducing overall inequality. Income inequality often feeds back into inequality of opportunity, the Treasury Department reported, which impedes growth if disadvantaged people cannot access the resources necessary to acquire job skills or start businesses. And unions can boost businesses’ productivity by improving working environments and by giving experienced workers more of an input into decisions that design better and more cost-effective workplace procedures. As the labor movement strengthens and public opinion of unions has reached its highest level since 1965, the Biden-Harris Administration has taken many measures to promote unions and acknowledges the importance of labor unions to reestablishing and strengthening America’s middle class, the Treasury Department reported. Actions taken by the current administration include: • Prioritizing the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and the Public Sector Freedom to Negotiate Act. • Appointing a General Counsel and Board Members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) committed to protecting the right of workers to organize in the workplace. • Increasing the funding of the NLRB to enable them to expand enforcement activities. • Creating the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, which, under the leadership of Vice President Harris, works with agencies on ways to use their existing statutory authority to support worker organizing and bargaining. • Signing Executive Order 14063, which requires the use of project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or more. • Signing Executive Order 14003 to promote the rights of federal employees to collectively bargain. • Launching the Good Jobs Initiative to ensure the provision of critical information to workers, employers, and government – including about the union advantage – as they work to improve job quality and create access to good jobs free from discrimination and harassment for all working people. • Promoting “know your rights” initiatives to provide workers with better information about their organizing and bargaining rights. • Announcing a new rule to raise wage standards of construction workers by updating prevailing wage regulations issued under the Davis-Bacon and related acts, which require payment of locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits to more than one million construction workers. • Requiring employers to pay prevailing wages and abide by apprenticeship requirements to claim the full value of many clean energy tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of the Treasury Department’s implementation of the law. NOVEMBER 2023 �Biden Becomes First Sitting President to Walk Picket Line I n an historic appearance, the first-ever by an incumbent U.S. president on any union’s picket line, Joe Biden told United Auto Workers members, “It’s time to get back what we lost” in winning wage and benefit hikes from Ford, GM and Stellantis/FiatChrysler. Sporting a black UAW baseball cap and blue windbreaker, the Democratic president joined red-shirt-clad members of UAW Local 174 in Michigan, outside Ford’s historic Willow Run Ford assembly plant for around 15 minutes on Sept. 26. “You guys, the UAW, have made a lot of sacrifices and gave up a lot,” Biden declared through a bullhorn. “The companies were in trouble, but now they’re doing incredibly well. And guess what? You should be doing incredibly well, too. You deserve a significant raise. It’s time to get back what we lost. You’ve earned what you’ve earned and you should be earning a helluva lot more.” That means “the significant increase you need” in wages “and other benefits,” he added. “It’s time for them to step up for us.” The workers, who interrupted his brief remarks with cheers several times, are among the almost 18,000 UAW members nationwide who (at press time) were walking lines in the union’s growing “Stand Up!” strike against the “Detroit 3.” It’s UAW’s first-ever strike against all three. Combined, the car firms employ 150,000 UAW members, not counting those in non-Big 3 parts suppliers or 5,600 workers whom Ford employs in Canada, represented by Unifor. The UAW strike has political and class aspects, too, though neither Biden nor new UAW President Shawn Fain mentioned politics. Fain, who followed Biden to the podium, talked about economic class as well. “It’s a different kind of war we’re fighting,” not against the Axis powers of World War II, “but against corporate greed” here at home, Fain said. “Our people choose to stand up and fight for economic and social justice.” His Axis reference cited Willow Run’s enormous production of B-24 Liberator bombers during that conflict. If there is no movement by GM or Stellantis in the talks, the UAW will call more locals out on strike. Ironically, though Local 174 in Willow Run picketed the plant there, it’s the only Ford plant where workers were striking, because Ford had moved significantly in bargaining. Key issues in the talks with all three automakers are wages, restoration of traditional defined-benefit pensions and health care, an end to the hated two-tier pay system. Also of importance are a shorter work week, curbs on mandatory overtime and mandatory work on the third Sunday of every month, and restoration of cost-of-living (COLA) increases. The workers demand a 36% hike over four years to make up for losses to inflation since the 2008 financier-caused Great Recession. That crash forced GM and FiatChrysler into bankruptcy. The Obama administration loan guarantee plan saved the two, but at the cost of imposing the two tiers, eliminating COLAs, a freeze on retiree pensions which continues, and the sell-off of health care coverage to the UAW, among other givebacks. Ford agreed to the COLAs, the end of two tiers and several other UAW member goals, including the right to strike over domestic plant closures. GM and Stellantis have barely budged. Their sole reported agreement: Adding Juneteenth as a paid holiday. President Biden addresses the crowd of union members outside their workplace in Michigan. UAW President Shawn Fain is at front left. (White House photo) Seafarers and other backers demonstrate for (and with) UAW members in late September in Warren, Michigan. “President Biden is demonstrating once again that he is the most pro-union president in history,’ AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a statement afterwards. “Working people know he has our backs every day and that he understands UAW members’ fight for a fair contract is deeply connected to the struggle over the soul of our country. We stand with President Biden, the UAW, and workers across the country who are sick and tired of getting the short end of the stick. Together, we’re organized to fight back against the corporate CEOs who have rigged the system against working people for far too long.” Biden’s remarks on the picket line also occurred though the union was a notable absentee from the giant AFL-CIO-organized joint union endorsement of the Biden-Harris ticket earlier this year. That conclave, in Philadelphia, even drew non-AFL-CIO unions, notably the Service Employees, but not the UAW. Both the union and the Detroit 3 back the shift to electric-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, a key part of Biden’s plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. But the first two federal loans to build electric vehicle battery plants went to firms in anti-union Kentucky and Tennessee, not pro-union Michigan. The car companies also are using conversion of their plants to electric vehicle assembly, which will cost billions of dollars, as an excuse to both pause EV battery plant construction, and to deny workers’ demands for the big raises. The UAW also wants EV plant workers included in its contracts with the Detroit 3, rather than on separate and lower pay tracks for auto parts workers. University of Rhode Island labor history professor Erik Loomis told CNN that Biden’s picket line walk and talk was “absolutely unprecedented.” Unfair Labor Practices Charge Filings Up 10%, Union Petitions Up 3% in Fiscal Year 2023 Newly released case-processing data confirms that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to see an increasing demand for its services. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (Oct. 1, 2022–Sept. 30, 2023), 22,448 cases were filed with the agency, an increase of 10% compared to FY 2022. This was the largest number of cases filed since FY 2016. The agency saw increases in both unfair labor practice charges and representation-related activity. In FY 2023, the number of unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed with NLRB’s 48 field offices increased 10% – from 17,988 charges in FY 2022 to 19,854 charges in FY 2023, continuing the increase from FY 2021 to FY2022 when the agency saw a 19% increase in ULPs filed. During the same period, 2,594 union representation petitions were filed – a 3% increase over FY 2022. This uptick in filings builds on last fiscal year’s dramatic surge in representation-related activity and represents the highest number filed since FY 2015. In FY 2022, 2,510 union representation petitions were filed – a 53% increase from the 1,638 petitions field in FY 2021. In another notable election-related development, after the board released its decision in Cemex, field offices received 28 filings (known as RM petitions) submitted by employers after being asked to voluntarily recognize employees’ unions. Under the Cemex framework, when a union requests recognition on the basis that a majority of employees in an NOVEMBER 2023 appropriate bargaining unit have designated the union as their representative, an employer must either recognize and bargain with the union or promptly file an RM petition. This increase in activity in the agency’s field offices resulted in a corresponding increase in workload for the adjudicative side of the agency. The board issued 246 decisions in contested cases during FY 2023, including more than a dozen significant precedent-setting cases, an uptick from 243 decisions in FY 2022. The board’s increased productivity also slightly lowered the median age of cases pending before the Board, from 108 days in FY 2022 to 106 days in FY 2023. As was the case at the end of FY 2022, however, the board’s case-processing achievements were overtaken by a significant jump in case intake. In FY 2023, the Board received 321 unfair labor practice and representation cases, up from 308 cases in FY 2022, driven by a 10% increase in representation cases brought before the board. As a result, although the board – even at static staffing levels – processed more cases than last fiscal year, the rise in case intake left 191 cases pending before the board at the end of FY 2023, an increase from 145 in FY 2022. The increased workload on both sides of the agency remains a challenge, according to the NLRB, and comes as the organization “continues to deal with funding and staffing shortages,” the agency noted in a mid-October news release. “In December 2022, Congress gave the NLRB a $25 million increase for FY 2023, ending a hiring moratorium, preventing furloughs, and allowing the NLRB to backfill some critical staff vacancies. However, the agency remains understaffed after almost a decade of flat funding. In the past two decades, staffing in field offices has shrunk by 50%,” the release pointed out. “Dedicated NLRB employees have continued working hard to increase the board’s productivity, but the continuing surge in case intake has again increased our year-end backlog. Although the agency tremendously appreciated the $25 million increase in funding for FY 2023, and used every extra dollar to address critical staffing vacancies and infrastructure needs, additional resources are necessary to enable the board to expand staffing capacity and continue processing cases more efficiently,” said Chairman Lauren McFerran. “Our committed and talented NLRB career employees continue to process cases with professionalism and care,” said General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. “The president’s budget requests $376 million for the agency, which is much needed to effectively and efficiently comply with our Congressional mandate when providing quality service promptly to the public in conducting hearings and elections, investigating charges, settling and litigating meritorious cases, and obtaining full and prompt remedies for workers whose rights are violated.” SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG • 5 5 �Recognized at Last: A Tribute to All Who Go to Sea Westbrook Appointed as Assistant Vice President Editor’s note: This article was written and submitted by World War II mariner Mark Gleeson, a longtime activist with the American Merchant Marine Veterans. C hris Westbrook, whose career with the SIU spans 30 years, is the union’s newest assistant vice president. SIU President David Heindel recommended Westbrook for the post, and the union’s executive board approved the proposal. “Chris has earned the complete confidence of everyone in the SIU,” Heindel stated. “I know he’ll continue doing great work and I congratulate him on the promotion, which is well-earned.” Westbrook, 52, started sailing with the union in the early 1990s, working aboard vessels operating in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Mississippi River. He worked his way up from ordinary seaman to chief engineer during his sailing career. In 1998, he came ashore to serve the membership as a union official. He has worked as the New Orleans port agent for the last 18 years, and previously served as a safety director. Both as a rank-and-file mariner and as a union official, he has completed numerous maritime safety courses, graduating from many of those classes at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education. Westbrook has been involved in numerous organizing campaigns and has served on a multitude of bargaining committees, in capacities ranging from rank-and-file delegate to lead negotiator, SIU Asst. VP Chris Westbrook for both the SIU and the SIU-affiliated Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trades Union. Moreover, he serves as the president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department’s Port Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity. He is a member of the nominating committee for the Port of New Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parish Board of Commissioners. He serves on the executive board of the Louisiana State AFL-CIO as Special Assistant to the President on Maritime Affairs and on the executive board of the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO, respectively. Additionally, Westbrook has served on the U.S. Coast Guard’s New Orleans Area Maritime Security Committee and has received two gubernatorial appointments, from both a Republican and a Democrat. AOTOS Honorees Announced by USS The United Seamen’s Service (USS) in early October announced the recipients of this year’s Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Awards. Slated for the honors are George Pasha IV, president of The Pasha Group; Adam Vokac, president of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA); and Mark W. Barker, president of Interlake Steamship Company. The 54th annual awards dinner (scheduled to take place Dec. 1 in New York) also will recognize mariners who were involved in at-sea rescues, though those honorees hadn’t been selected at press time. Several SIU crews have been nominated by the union. “For more than half a century, the United Seamen's Service has annually presented the AOTOS Award, widely regarded as the most prestigious accolade in the maritime sector,” the USS said in a news release. “This award acknowledges exceptional contributions made by individuals and organizations towards the advancement of American seafarers and the United States' maritime industry.” Lt. Gen. Kenneth R. Wykle, USA (Ret.), who serves as chairman of the USS AOTOS Committee, stated, “We are proud to acknowledge the AOTOS awardees from the American maritime industry. Mark Barker has a strong sailing background in the trans-Atlantic trades and advocates for maritime interests at both state and national levels. George Pasha IV has made significant contributions to the maritime industry, especially in the Hawaii market. Adam Vokac has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a dedication to protecting the rights of merchant mariners during his MEBA career. They are an outstanding group of individuals who represent strength, leadership and commitment to the advancement of the American maritime industry.” The Pasha Group owns several SIUcrewed vessels operating in the Jones Act trade. Proceeds from the AOTOS event benefit USS community services abroad for the U.S. Merchant Marine, mariners of all nations, and U.S. government employees and military members overseas. I admire good writing. There are thousands of books written each year, and thousands of speeches presented, but what do you remember? What was written or said that captured the feeling, the intensity of the moment? An example is in the relatively recent book written by former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher where he describes talking to his father, who is very ill. Bill was proposing further treatments for his father, but the father replies, “I’ve had enough, Billie.” The book is good, but those few words have stuck with me. Good writers probably read a lot, and it is important to read to see how other writers handle situations and emotions. President Franklin Roosevelt was a great writer and is forever remembered for his appeal to the nation to stay calm in the Great Depression when he said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Winston Churchill was a superb writer and the right man at the time. Those of us from my generation all remember him saying, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few.” He was speaking about the role of the Royal Air Force in winning the Battle of Britain. Dr. Martin Luther King is remembered for the “I have a dream” speech, and the late Dr. Charles Krauthammer wrote on every subject, and no one was better. I have had several opportunities to be slightly creative in writing – to find the right words, the right phrase, for the right occasion. I was honored many years ago to be the main speaker at the first National Maritime Day program of the Mon Valley chapter of the American Merchant Marine Veterans in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. I had been serving as co-chairman of a national committee seeking recognition of WWII merchant seamen. Even in those days, such memorial presentations couldn’t take long, as men are sitting in the sun – and what could I really say that was so important? In the audience were our shipmates and veterans from all the other services. We were so honored. I remember outlining what we had been doing to gain veteran recognition, and then listed a few specific events that few people knew about from WWII. Convoys that were famous, invasions participated in, the breakwaters formed on D-Day by sinking ships off Omaha Beach. I bemoaned the fact that most of these events were unknown to the public. I came to the end of my presentation and asked the attendees to pause at the end of a day, when the rivers were calm and quiet, and I said, “Tell me, shipmates, who tolls the bell for us?” I answered my own question when I said, “We do, only we here in Elizabeth do.” I finished my presentation and was expecting someone to comment on my using an inspiration from Ernest Hemingway. The only person who said anything was a local reporter who asked if I had a copy of the speech. I am pleased that through the years, others have picked up “who tolls the bell” and used it. It always fits. My last opportunity to say something significant in a few words came in 1990 when I was invited to address a monthly meeting of the John Brown Chapter of veterans in Baltimore. We had finished a 10-year congressional fight to pass legislation finally recognizing merchant seamen who had not gotten to sea until after August 15, 1945. The Department of Defense had refused to recognize the men although the war was not officially over until the end of 1946. I flew to Baltimore, and took a cab to the motel where the luncheon meeting was to be held. Some friends of mine from Pittsburgh, including some Armed Guard, had driven down to be with me. I remember several attendees were in their officer uniforms, including some captains. After lunch, I gave my presentation, which was really a listing of events over the prior 10 years. I came to the end of the talk, thanked everyone for their support, stopped for a few seconds, fixed the audience with my eyes, and said: “Recognized at last. Recognized at last. Thanks God almighty, we’re recognized at last.” I waited a few seconds, said thank you, and sat down. A polite applause, no requests for a copy of the speech, no interviews. No one said how fitting it was that I had drawn reference to Martin Luther King saying, “Free at last.” I came home with my citation. I write vignettes on the WWII merchant marine. I often include a phrase written by someone describing the wartime experience. I include, “Never again will the world see such a fleet of ships, and never again will the world see such a group of men who sailed them.” Whover first wrote that could not have said it better. Two years ago, Congress presented the WWII merchant mariners with a Congressional Gold Medal. We are the men of the WWII merchant marine. Recognized at last. Aboard Matson Kodiak Pictured on the vessel in the Pacific Northwest are (from left) Safety Director Danielle Woodward and AB Ayen Cabasag. The World War II Memorial in the nation’s capital includes this recognition of the U.S. Merchant Marine. (Alamy photo) SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 66 • SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2023 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU MEETING WITH SENATOR – SIU Exec. VP Augie Tellez (left) and SIU VP Atlantic Coast Joseph Soresi (right) meet with pro-maritime U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) during a Sept. 25 gathering in Jersey City, New Jersey. The senator earlier this year received the International Propeller Club’s prestigious Salute to Congress award. HEADING HOME– The SIU-crewed Cape Washington (Crowley) returns to Baltimore after a shipyard period in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by David Sites) WITH CIVMARS ON WEST COAST – SIU Asst. VP Joe Vincenzo (back row, far left in group photo) and SIU Representative Jesse Ruth (crouching third from right in back) meet with members of the SIU Government Services Division in San Diego, aboard the USNS Washington Chambers (above, left). RECRUITING IN LAST FRONTIER – SIU Tacoma Port Agent Warren Asp and Anchorage-based SIU Representative Julie Leonard in early October made a recruiting trip to the University of Alaska Southeast’s Ketchikan Campus. The school features a maritime training center. Asp is standing in the classroom photo; pictured from left in the other snapshot are Leonard, Assistant Professor of Marine Transportation Chris Boss, Assistant Professor of Maritime Studies Mike LaBarge, and Asp. TALKING MARITIME IN JAX – SIU VP Dean Corgey (right) and SA Timothy Cooper meet at the hiring hall in early October. ABOARD USNS POLLUX - Pictured aboard the TOTE ship during a recent servicing are (from left) Houston Patrolman Kirk Pegan, Bosun Chris Nagle, Patrolman J.B. Niday, QEE Glenn Snow, GUDE Rogelio “Rodge” Jamora and GUDE Abad Martinez. SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG • 7 LOG • OCTOBER 2023 7 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU MILESTONE IN CHARM CITY – AB/SJ Arsenio Brecio (left) receives his A-seniority book. He’s pictured at the Baltimore hall with SIU Port Agent John Hoskins. WELL-EARNED RECOGNITION – Liberty Maritime Corp. President and CEO Philip Shapiro (second from left) was honored by the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation during its annual awards dinner Oct. 5 in New York. As noted by the agency, “Mr. Shapiro’s personal efforts and philanthropy have enabled the Coast Guard Foundation to directly assist tens of thousands of Coast Guard members and their families.” Pictured at the event are (from left) Liberty Maritime COO Josh Shapiro, Phil Shapiro, UIW Representative Jordan Esopa, SIU Port Agent Ray Henderson and SIU VP George Tricker. ABOARD ISLA BELLA – ABM Angel Pagan snaps a Seafaring Selfie while painting deck hatches aboard the TOTE vessel as it sails from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico in mid-October. WELCOME ASHORE IN GARDEN STATE - Longtime Seafarer German Dolmo (left), who sailed in the steward department, receives his first pension check at the hall in Jersey City, New Jersey. Congratulating him is SIU Port Agent Ray Henderson. NEW TONNAGE – SIU officials recently met with executives from Seafarers-contracted Great Lakes Towing (GLT) at the parent company’s shipyard in Cleveland. Pictured from left in the group photo are SIU VP Bryan Powell, GLT Exec. VP of Operations Gregg Thauvette, SIU Algonac Port Agent Todd Brdak and GLT Director of Operations and Compliance Lindsay Dew. In the background (and in the other photo) is the new tug Minnesota, which is slated for completion next year. TAKING THE OATH IN FLORIDA - Receiving their respective B-books at the September membership meeting in Jacksonville, Florida, are (group photo, facing podium, from left) Chief Cook Nikia Stripling, GUDE Tameka Scott, STOS Santana Schofield, GUDE Elvershon Williams and GUDE Jermaine Hayes. SIU Port Agent Ashley Nelson is administering the oath. Pictured individually (above, left to right) are Stripling, Scott and Schofield. SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 88 • SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2023 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU BAY STATE SOLIDARITY – SIU personnel participated in the Massachusetts AFL-CIO convention, which took place Oct. 11-13 in Boston. Pictured from left (above, left) are newly elected Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch and SIU Representative James Bast. From left in the other photo are Bast, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler (who spoke at the convention), and SIU Jersey City Port Agent Ray Henderson. VETERAN OUTREACH - The SIU this month is teaming up with the Acadiana Veterans Alliance and with Lafayette Veterans Assisting Others to help U.S. military veterans start careers in the U.S. Merchant Marine. Pictured at a recent networking event in Louisiana are (from left) SIU Asst. VPs Mike Russo and Chris Westbrook, SIU VP Bryan Powell, Anazia Andrus-Sam (head of Lafayette Veterans Assisting Others) and her husband. WELCOME ASHORE IN NORFOLK – Recertified Bosun Ron Paradise (center), who began sailing with the SIU in 1976, picks up his first pension check. He’s pictured at the hall with SIU Port Agent Mario Torrey (left) and SIU Representative Sam Spain. NOVEMBER 2023 CATCHING UP IN OAKLAND – Pictured at the hiring hall are AB Walid Nasser (left) and SIU Port Agent Duane Akers. GATHERING IN WOLVERINE STATE – SIU Algonac Port Agent Todd Brdak (left) recently attended the Michigan AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Lansing. He’s pictured with (from left) Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber, Michigan Maritime Trades Port Council President Jeanette Bradshaw, and Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer Pat Devlin. A-BOOK IN ALGONAC - GUDE Osama Shamman (left) receives his A-seniority book the hiring hall. He’s pictured with Safety Director Jason Brown. HELPING AT THE HALL – QEE Scott Thompson assists with installation of the new job-board monitor in the Baltimore hall. SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG •99 �Bosuns Share Insights During Graduation Newest Class of Recertified Seafarers Wraps Up Coursework Pictured shortly after their arrival at union headquarters are (from left) Paul Brown, Stephen Gately, Ali Alhamyari, John Coleman Jr., Luis Garcia, Jabr Ali, Charles Ford, Ricky Rivera, Junior Augustin, Robert Hoppenworth and Godofredo Milabo. T he union’s newest group of recertified bosuns shared valuable insights during their respective graduation speeches Oct. 2 in Piney Point, Maryland. Completing the two-week curriculum – considered the top curriculum available to deck department Seafarers at the SIUaffiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (PHC) – were Ali Alhamyari, Jabr Ali, Junior Augustin, Paul Brown, John Coleman Jr., Charles Ford, Luis Garcia, Stephen Gately, Robert Hoppenworth, Godofredo Milabo and Ricky Rivera. The coursework included wideranging topics such as leadership and teamwork, recruiting, how to prevent workplace harassment, the myriad ways in which politics affects the maritime industry, vessel operations, contracts, shipboard safety and more. The bosuns met with headquarters officials and with representatives from the Seafarers Plans and the SIU communications department in addition to PHC personnel. The following are excerpts from the graduation speeches, presented during the October membership meeting. Luis Garcia I was born in Colombia, and in 1991 I moved to the USA. At first, I worked in different jobs like school custodian, mechanic helper, etc., until a friend of mine who was an SIU member told me about the maritime industry. I decided to join the SIU in 2004; my first assignment was on NCL’s Pride of Aloha as an ordinary seaman. From the beginning, I was eager to learn as much as I could, so I asked questions to the bosun and ABs and watched how they worked. As soon as I had enough sea time to upgrade, I went back to the school to get my endorsement as AB so I’d have more opportunities to get a job. If you want to succeed in this career, you must have a positive attitude toward the job. Work hard, especially with your team, and take advantage of the school to upgrade. Our job relies on maritime laws, especially the Jones Act, so we have to support SPAD (the union’s voluntary political action fund. MDL (Maritime Defense League) donations are important, too. Since I joined the SIU, my life changed in a positive way. I have a better financial status, and I can spend more quality family time when I’m home. I thank this great SIU brotherhood, and I thank SIU President David Heindel as well as the school’s instructors and staff. Stephen Gately I am a third-generation mariner. My grandfather, father, and brothers sailed. This career has given me financial stability. To the trainees: Take pride in your work and develop a good work ethic. Always take advantage of opportunities to learn, and upgrade at the school when you can. Knowledge is good. Contribute to SPAD to help our union and keep shipping. I want to thank all the instructors and staff for a good experience and their support as a union member of SIU. Thank you! Jabr Ali Twenty years ago, I never could have imagined that one day I would be standing here. I started sailing in Hawaii on the cruise ships, in the steward department. Then I went to the Great Lakes and worked as a deckhand and a gateman. After that, I came here for upgrading; I took the welding class and the conveyorman class. Then I got my AB ticket. The best thing that ever happened to me was joining the SIU. It helped my family and myself financially. For the apprentices, when you go on a ship, every day is a learning day. Keep your heads up and learn, ask questions, and keep coming back here for upgrading, Make sure you pay your dues on time. Also, donating to SPAD will help keep our union strong like always. John Coleman I would like to thank the SIU – from the leadership to the instructors to the port agents and patrolmen – for allowing me to succeed in my career. It seems like I wanted to be here as long as I can remember! My maritime journey started down 10 SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 10 • SEAFARERS in the oilfields of Louisiana on nonunion tugboats. It was low pay, long hours and no benefits. In hindsight, I should have gone through the apprentice program, but things work out for reasons, as my mom used to say. I was bored with the oilfield and asked one of our tugboat mates how could I see the world working on the water. He told me to go get my AB ticket and go talk to the SIU. The rest is history. Twenty-eight years later, I am here! With a lot of hard work and the SIU, I have created a good life in Thailand with a great wife and three kids and have been able to put my first kid through college. He will be graduating with a degree in aviation engineering this year. There are three major factors of why this is a great career: the money, you can live anywhere you want, and you have a flexible work schedule. It is hard to find those three in any other career. Lastly, I would tell the trainees to stay focused on your goals. Upgrading and hard work will help you achieve them. Ali Alhamyari Once I completed the apprentice program (in 2008) and got my AB rating, I had a better understanding of my career and where I wanted to go with it. I became addicted to the industry. I shipped out on tankers, bulk carriers, heavy-lift ships, MSC vessels, and containerships. Moving around from different classes of ships let me to gain the experience I needed to sail bosun and to be here today. Being a bosun is a big responsibility. Being the union chairman on the ship means you’ve got to know how to deal with any challenges for all SIU members on board, plus how to conduct union meetings and keep the union informed of any beefs. My brothers and sisters, I highly encourage all members to do their part in contributing to SPAD and MDL. It is a vital tool for our union to have the negotiating power. In the words of our retired president Michael Sacco: If we’re not sitting at the table, we’re on the table. To the apprentices, you are the future of this industry. Take advantage of this state-of-the-art school, and always upgrade. And remember to represent the SIU proudly in solidarity. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the president, vice presidents, and the officials in the union halls for the hard work that keeps this beautiful union going strong. There’s a lot of work that the average member has no idea about when it comes to running this powerhouse, and I commend our officials. Ricky Rivera When I first went to the hall in San Juan, I was looking for a better way of life – and I found it here at the Paul Hall Center. Thanks to the SIU, I’m another success story of progress and a life full of travel and experiences. Thanks to the SIU, my son can have a better education and a decent way of living. The SIU since its beginning has built a reputation of representing the most reliable, best-trained mariners. We support our armed forces in addition to helping with everyday transportation of consumer goods. We can support our union and the maritime industry by supporting SPAD and MDL and by making sure that our daily actions aboard the vessels show that the SIU’s training provides the most professional mariners in the world. For the trainees, the union is providing all the tools for you. Take advantage of this opportunity and take advantage of this facility so you’ll become successful in your careers. Also, do not forget that this is your home. Robert Hoppenworth I started my career here in Piney Point in 1995. I was in apprentice class 535. This is one of the few industries where you can consistently upgrade and enhance your skills. My advice to all you apprentices is to work hard and always work as a team. Don’t forget to support SPAD, because without SPAD, we don’t have a voice in Washington. Without that voice, politicians will get rid of the Jones Act. Without the Jones Act, we won’t have jobs. I want to thank the leadership, NOVEMBER 2023 �SIU VP Contracts George Tricker (left) addresses the bosuns during a meeting at the Paul Hall Center, including Godofredo Milabo (right). instructors and staff at headquarters and here at Piney Point for everything. Paul Brown I am a third-generation seaman. My father sailed, and his father sailed. I am honored to be here and also honored to be with these guys (his classmates) for the last two weeks. It has been a long journey. Along the way, I have been to so many places and met some great people. Some I call my friends and some were great mentors to me. I wouldn’t be here without them – they are people who really cared about the next generation of seamen. I do the same. I teach all that want to learn and master their craft. I am a UA graduate of class 652. If you are trying to figure out what year that was, it was January 2004. I was 18 years old. To all the trainees in here, take advantage of the opportunity that you have right now. Study hard while you are here and learn as much as you can. Your time is coming. Just be patient. To the members, keep up the good work. Contribute to SPAD. We all know how important the Jones Act is. Last but not least, I would like to thank all the staff, instructors and union officials. Charles Ford I started my career 23 years ago, right here as a trainee in class 609. In 2000, I graduated high school and had SIU Exec. VP Augie Tellez (right) meets with class members in Piney Point, Maryland, including Luis Garcia (left). no idea of what I wanted to do. I heard about the trainee program and SIU from a family friend; it sounded very interesting to me and I made the best decision of my life by joining. The SIU has given me a secure, great-paying job and a career I can be proud of. The pay, as well as benefits, and everything else the SIU has to offer has provided a great life for my family and me. To all the trainees: Work hard in class, and when you get on the ship do the same. Remember we are a team. Please take this opportunity seriously, work hard, and please keep upgrading your skills, as it will help you and your family for the future. To all SIU members: Donate to MDL and SPAD as much as you can donate. Donations help all of us. This gives us a voice and a leg to stand on. Lastly, I want to thank all SIU leadership top to bottom, along with all the instructors and staff for their help in getting me to where I am at today. In 1999, my cousin entered the apprentice program and introduced me to the industry. In 2003, I decided to join the SIU. At the time I joined, I was young – mid-twenties – and all I was really thinking is hey, this career would help me afford my expensive tastes. I have always liked nice things but could not afford them. My merchant seaman career and the union have been instrumental in making my dreams reality; I would not trade it for any other career. My advice to all the apprentices is to be very respectful of the industry and to support SPAD. Without SPAD, we cannot go any further. I am truly blessed to be part of this union. I am very thankful for all the leaders and instructors that I have come across during my career. Their passion for the industry and their professionalism has motivated and helped me throughout my career as well as inspired my growth in the industry. There are truly some monumental leaders in the union. Junior Augustin I was born in Haiti and was fortunate to move to the United States at age 15. We did not have much in Haiti. Both of my grandfathers were fishermen and they would both take me deep sea fishing with them from time to time. I used to see those big ships in the horizon, and say to myself, “It would be nice if I could work on one.” Godofredo Milabo I graduated from the trainee program in 1996 as a member of class 555. I joined because my father was an SIU member and had sailed for many years. After his passing when I was 18 years old, I wanted to see and know what it is like to be a merchant mariner. I have been with the SIU for 20-plus years. Obviously, it’s a great career in many ways. The number one reason is you can save a lot of money for your future. To all members, please do contribute to SPAD. It will preserve and further the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for all seamen and boatmen. To all trainees, welcome aboard to this great opportunity as you embark on this career as a U.S. Merchant Mariner. Listen to your instructors and study hard. When you get on your first ship, always be on time, every time. Be motivated every day. Listen to your department head to better your skill and to keep a good, safe working environment. After you sign off, save your money, period. And do not lag on the opportunity to upgrade. Lastly, I want to say thank you to the SIU for all you do. Thank you to all the office staff members who are always there to assist us in our needs to keep us working on the ships. Thank you to all instructors for all your hard work to educate new members and upgraders. Also, I want to take this moment to thank my mentor whom I sailed with for many years aboard the USNS Sisler, who gave me skills and knowledge. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be here speaking in front of you all. His name is Recertified Bosun Kenneth Steiner. The newly recertified bosuns gather with union officials for a traditional group photo following the October membership meeting in Piney Point, Maryland. NOVEMBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG•11 11 �Dispatchers’ Report for Deep Sea “Total Registered” and “Total Shipped” data is cumulative from September 16 - October 15, 2023. “Registered on the Beach” data is as of October 16, 2023. Total Shipped All Groups A B C Registered on Beach All Groups A B C Port Total Registered All Groups A B C Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico Tacoma St. Louis Wilmington 15 2 7 13 2 5 6 24 19 19 3 6 20 7 5 1 3 11 2 15 6 2 2 9 0 5 3 18 21 8 3 2 14 1 2 4 6 6 2 7 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 5 4 0 2 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 2 7 12 3 6 4 17 17 16 3 6 18 6 2 1 4 8 2 15 4 3 1 7 0 4 3 12 16 9 1 2 9 2 2 2 6 8 2 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 5 6 0 5 2 13 10 12 2 2 8 2 0 0 5 6 0 6 26 3 2 23 1 12 10 40 44 30 3 11 27 16 6 3 7 28 3 43 4 3 2 11 0 8 4 30 25 10 3 8 14 2 2 4 6 8 0 12 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 3 9 4 0 2 10 1 0 0 2 4 2 3 TOTAL 185 121 39 154 100 27 87 338 156 53 Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico Tacoma St. Louis Wilmington TOTAL 4 1 3 3 1 1 7 9 16 6 1 3 15 5 1 1 3 5 5 12 102 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 5 10 1 0 2 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 43 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 23 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 4 4 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 30 6 1 2 14 1 2 5 14 30 10 4 2 25 6 1 3 4 9 3 16 158 1 0 1 3 0 4 2 7 14 2 1 5 14 3 0 1 1 4 2 5 70 0 1 2 1 1 0 11 4 1 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 26 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 6 31 5 0 1 9 1 4 7 18 25 12 2 4 16 16 1 5 3 14 2 30 175 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 12 23 6 0 1 20 4 0 2 9 3 1 7 100 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 28 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 11 3 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 10 1 2 7 0 3 0 32 53 20 1 0 10 9 0 9 1 11 0 13 16 2 0 12 1 7 5 30 126 30 2 1 41 13 0 5 2 8 1 10 Trip Reliefs Deck Department Engine Department 3 0 3 4 1 3 6 9 14 4 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 4 3 8 74 0 1 2 4 0 3 2 7 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 5 0 2 41 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 18 Steward Department November & December Membership Meetings Piney Point Algonac Baltimore Guam Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Joliet Monday: Nov. 6, Dec. 4 Monday: Nov. 13, Friday: Dec. 8 Thursday: Nov. 9, Dec. 7 Friday: Nov. 24, Thursday: Dec. 21 Friday: Nov. 17, Dec. 15 Monday: Nov. 13, Dec. 11 Thursday: Nov. 9, Dec. 7 Thursday: Nov. 16, Dec. 14 Mobile New Orleans Jersey City Norfolk Wednesday: Nov. 15, Dec. 13 Tuesday: Nov. 14, Dec. 12 Tuesday: Nov. 7, Dec. 5 Monday: Nov. 13, Friday: Dec. 8 Oakland Thursday: Nov. 16, Dec. 14 Philadelphia Wednesday: Nov. 8, Dec. 6 Port Everglades Thursday: Nov. 16, Dec. 14 San Juan Thursday: Nov. 9, Dec. 7 St. Louis Friday: Nov. 17, Dec. 15 Tacoma Friday: Nov. 24, Dec. 22 Wilmington Monday: Nov. 20, Dec. 18 Algonac and Norfolk changes due to Veteran's Day Guam change due to Thanksgiving Each port’s meeting starts at 10:30 a.m Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico Seattle St. Louis Wilmington TOTAL 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 7 11 6 1 3 10 6 0 1 3 5 3 11 78 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 7 11 5 0 0 8 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 4 0 2 8 0 3 3 4 10 7 1 2 9 5 0 1 1 5 2 6 73 Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico Tacoma St. Louis Wilmington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 10 1 4 5 1 1 0 11 31 11 1 1 9 6 3 15 1 8 0 11 11 1 2 13 1 4 4 28 68 21 1 1 33 7 0 9 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 1 0 7 35 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 Entry Department 8 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 12 6 1 1 10 3 3 8 0 2 0 5 2 1 2 7 0 1 1 12 47 11 0 1 20 7 0 10 0 1 0 5 TOTAL 9 130 214 6 74 128 45 17 182 312 GRAND TOTAL 374 349 294 307 250 182 193 688 508 419 12 SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 12 • SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2023 �Digest of Shipboard Union Meetings The Seafarers LOG attempts to print as many digests of union shipboard minutes as possible. On occasion, because of space limitations, some will be omitted. Ships’ minutes first are reviewed by the union’s contract department. Those issues requiring attention or resolution are addressed by the union upon receipt of the ships’ minutes. The minutes are then forwarded to the Seafarers LOG for publication. AMERICAN PHOENIX (Phoenix Crew Management, LLC), April 14 – Chairman Charles Hill, Secretary Michael Miller, Educational Director Kevin Carraby, Deck Delegate Edward Gavagan. Members voiced concerns over transportation issues when going ashore. Educational director recommended members upgrade at the union-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked for union’s assistance with transportation problem. GREEN BAY (Waterman Transport, Inc.), July 12 – Chairman Nicholas Turano, Secretary Kevin Bozis, Deck Delegate George Fababier, Engine Delegate Mario Santos. Members reviewed ship’s schedule and crew changes, and also discussed importance of workplace safety. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew was shown locations of Seafarers LOGs and various union forms. Next port: Vancouver, Washington. MAERSK CHICAGO (Maersk Line, Limited), July 29 – Chairman Michael Stein, Secretary Virnabeth Cano, Educational Director Ronald Embody, Engine Delegate Semere Debas, Steward Delegate Richard Torres. Chairman thanked crew for a job well done. Educational director encouraged members to upgrade at the Paul Hall Center. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested increases to vacation time, faster internet service and for job boards to be made available online. Next port: Newark, New Jersey. MAERSK SELETAR (Maersk Line, Limited), August 11 – Chairman Cleofe Castro, Secretary Nathaniel Simmons, Deck Delegate Yung Fan Haloski, Steward Delegate Stanford Drakes. Crew expressed concern with lack of internet-service upgrade. Payoff to take place in Charleston. Educational director urged crew to upgrade their skills at the Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members were reminded to leave clean rooms for reliefs and to check medical certifications. Crew would like to see increases in vacation and pension benefits. Members gave thanks to the steward department and reviewed details pertaining to boot and taxi reimbursements. Next port: Charleston, South Carolina. DELAWARE EXPRESS (Marine Personnel and Provisioning), August 20 – Chairman Linnell Coleman, Secretary Dylan Faile, Educational Director Alvin Cabahit, Deck Delegate Mohamed Sailan, Engine Delegate James Pascocello, Steward Delegate Quinsha Davis. Members voiced concerns with what they described as contractual inconsistencies between Delaware Express and her sister ships. Chairman advised crew to make sure documents are up to date and thanked everyone for all their hard work during and after shipyard period. Educational director encouraged members to upgrade at the Paul Hall Center. Ship fund expected to increase due to scrap metal sales. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members requested increases to vacation days as well as pension payouts. Crew gave a big thanks to steward department for a job well done and a special thanks to Chief Cook Quinsha Davis. Next port: Charleston, South Carolina. MAERSK KENSINGTON (Maersk Line, Limited), August 20 – Chairman Carlos Gibbons, Secretary Hussain Nagi Ali, Educational Director Juan Rochez, Engine Delegate Anias Stanford, Steward Delegate Adrian Joseph. Chairman advised crew to read the Seafarers LOG for latest information. Educational director recommended members take advantage of the upgrading opportunities at the union-affiliated Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members requested increases in vacation days and better Wi-Fi service. Crew would like a large “smart” TV as well as DVD players, and a printer on D deck. AMERICAN PHOENIX (Phoenix Crew Management, LLC), August 27 – Chairman Charles Hill, Secretary Nathan Brailsford, Educational Director Melvin Ratcliff. Chairman thanked the union for resolving transportation issue. Educational director recommended members upgrade at the union-affiliated school in Piney Point, Maryland. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested 15 for 30 vacation. ALASKAN NAVIGATOR (Alaska Tanker Company), August 26 – Chairman Adel Ahmed, Secretary Albert Sison, Educational Director Aljohn Fernandez, Deck Delegate Bonifacio Fortes, Engine Delegate Ronilo Monares, Steward Delegate Nasr Almusab. Members were given resources to replace any paperwork lost in Hawaii fires. There is a form and number available to help speed up the process. Chairman advised crew to make appointments early for medical certificates. He commended the steward department for quality service and great food. Secretary thanked members for good housekeeping and doing a great job during shipyard period in Korea. Educational director encouraged crew to upgrade at the Paul Hall Center and suggested applying for courses as early as possible. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Ship gym needs a new treadmill, and a refrigerator is needed in crew mess. Members would like steward assistant pay rate to match entry level positions in other departments and for longer steward department courses to be offered at the Paul OVERSEAS MARTINEZ (Overseas Ship Management, Inc.), August 28 – Chairman Anton Sulic, Secretary Kim Smith, Educational Director George Mardones, Deck Delegate Mohammed Haruna, Engine Delegate Angel Aranda Gamboa, Steward Delegate Joseph Huls. Chairman reminded members to leave clean rooms and supplies for reliefs. He urged them to go out and vote for elected officials that support the union and to keep documents up to date. Secretary asked crew to return dirty dishes to the galley and to wash hands before entering. Educational director advised members to upgrade and take advantage of all the opportunities offered at the Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Chairman reiterated the importance of donating to SPAD (Seafarers Political Activities Donation), the union’s voluntary political action fund. Crew requested new bedding, new movies, a bigger refrigerator, and new furniture in crew lounge. Vote of thanks given to steward department for all their hard work and good food. Next port: New Orleans. Hall Center. Crew discussed writing a 30-minute break period in the next contract, rather than 15. Next port: Port Angeles, Washington. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership’s money and union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by certified public accountants every year, which is to be submitted to the membership by the secretary-treasurer. A yearly finance committee of rank-and-file members, elected by the membership, each year examines the finances of the union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All 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. A member’s shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by contracts between the union and the employers. Members should get to know their shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all union halls. If members believe there have been violations of their shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the union and the employers, they should notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return NOVEMBER 2023 receipt requested. The proper address for this is: George Tricker, Chairman Seafarers Appeals Board 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to members 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 an SIU member works and lives aboard a ship or boat. Members should know their contract rights, as well as their obligations, such as filing for overtime (OT) on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, a member believes that an SIU patrolman or other union official fails to protect their contractual rights properly, he or she should contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — THE SEAFARERS LOG. The Seafarers LOG traditionally has refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the union, officer or member. It also has refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Seafarers LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the executive board of the union. The executive board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he or she should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to union headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU Constitution are available in all union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time a member feels any other member or officer is attempting to deprive him or her of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods, such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members 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 member may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he or she is denied the equal rights to which he or she is entitled, the member should notify union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION (SPAD). SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American merchant marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, the member should notify the Seafarers International Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. A member should support SPAD to protect and further his or her economic, political and social interests, and American trade union concepts. NOTIFYING THE UNION — If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he or she has been denied the constitutional right of access to union records or information, the member should immediately notify SIU President David Heindel at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is: David Heindel, President Seafarers International Union 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG •13 13 �SIU Directory Inquiring Seafarer David Heindel, President Augustin Tellez, Executive Vice President Tom Orzechowski, Secretary-Treasurer George Tricker, Vice President Contracts Dean Corgey, Vice President Gulf Coast Nicholas J. Marrone, Vice President West Coast This month’s question was answered by upgraders and one apprentice at the Paul Hall Center in Piney Point, Maryland. For the apprentice, the question was modified to “what are you most looking forward to?” Joseph T. Soresi, Vice President Atlantic Coast Question:What’s your favorite thing about being a mariner? Nicholas Celona, Vice President Government Services Bryan Powell, Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters Tiara Macklin Chief Cook Marcelino Pabito Chief Cook HEADQUARTERS 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301) 899-0675 My favorite thing about being a mariner is getting to meet new people and to travel. I like variety – I don’t like anything stagnant – and being a mariner allows you different types of interactions with different types of people from all over the world. Being a mariner helps a lot, especially with my family. It helps provide me with enough money for my family to survive. When I joined Seafarers, they helped me a lot so that I would be able to provide for my family. ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr., Algonac, MI 48001 (810) 794-4988 ANCHORAGE 721 Sesame St., #1C, Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 561-4988 BALTIMORE 2315 Essex St., Baltimore, MD 21224 (410) 327-4900 Robert Foster Chief Cook GUAM P.O. Box 3328, Hagatna, Guam 96932 Cliffline Office Ctr. Bldg., Suite 103B 422 West O’Brien Dr., Hagatna, Guam 96910 (671) 477-1350 I would probably have to go with the free travel, the health benefits, and the money. I spent a large amount of time in my life working in restaurants, living paycheck to paycheck, and this career allows me to work as much as I want or as little as I want, and to have the freedom to do whatever I feel like doing. HONOLULU 606 Kalihi St., Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 845-5222 HOUSTON 625 N. York St., Houston, TX 77003 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 5100 Belfort Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904) 281-2622 Carlos Gomez Chief Cook JERSEY CITY 104 Broadway, Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 434-6000 MOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36605 (251) 478-0916 NEW ORLEANS 3911 Lapalco Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 328-7545 NORFOLK 115 Third Street, Norfolk, VA 23510 (757) 622-1892 I like the diversity and the ability to travel and see different parts of the country. I also like that you don’t have to go to college or spend a lot of money to have a great career. Christian Smith Apprentice I like the crews, I like the experience, and I like the money, obviously. I like travelling the world and experiencing different ethnicities. I love that – being exposed to different kinds of food, different kinds of people, different levels of education. JOLIET 10 East Clinton St., Joliet, IL 60432 (815) 723-8002 Emanuel Spain Chief Steward I like that you can have travel experiences that can’t be accomplished by other industries. I am looking forward to learning about different cultures, trying new foods and learning the history of different places. Pic from the Past OAKLAND 1121 7th St., Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 444-2360 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4 St., Philadelphia, PA 19148 (215) 336-3818 PINEY POINT 45353 St. George’s Avenue, Piney Point, MD 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT EVERGLADES 1221 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 522-7984 SAN JUAN 659 Hill Side St., Summit Hills San Juan, PR 00920 (787) 721-4033 ST. LOUIS/ALTON 4581 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, MO 63116 (314) 752-6500 TACOMA 3411 South Union Ave., Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 272-7774 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 549-4001/4002 “Even the cigarettes were on the house,” reported the Dec. 3, 1948 issue of the LOG, recapping that year’s Thanksgiving celebration that took place at SIU headquarters in New York. Officially, the gathering was hosted by the Maritime Trades Department – and it drew 1,200 guests from throughout the maritime labor movement. A few of the attendees are pictured above. 14 SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 14 • SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2023 �Welcome Ashore! We pay tribute to our brothers and sisters of the SIU who have recently retired. THANK YOU for a job well done and we wish you fair winds and following seas. DEEP SEA ANDRE BENNETT CHRISTOPHER JANICS MICHAEL SORENSEN ANDREW VAN BOURG Brother Andre Bennett, 71, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1979. A deck department member, he first sailed aboard the Golden Monarch. Brother Bennett upgraded at the union-affiliated Piney Point school on several occasions. He last shipped on the Lawrence Gianella and makes his home in Bakersville, Virginia. Brother Christopher Janics, 61, began shipping with the union in 1981. He worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions. Brother Janics’ first vessel was the Thompson Pass; his last, the Mendonca. He settled in Clermont, Florida. Brother Michael Sorensen, 65, joined the union in 1979, first sailing aboard the Del Sol. He worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on numerous occasions. Brother Sorensen’s final vessel was the Horizon Kodiak. He resides in Spokane Valley, Washington. Brother Andrew Van Bourg, 66, started his career with the union in 1990. He first shipped on the Independence and upgraded often at the Paul Hall Center. Brother Van Bourg was an engine department member. He most recently sailed on the Howard O. Lorenzen and makes his home in Northfield, Minnesota. MICHAEL MATTHEW JAMES THOMAS STAGG Brother Michael Matthew James, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 2000. He worked in the steward department, initially aboard the Patriot. Brother Matthew James upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He last worked on the Padre Island and makes his home in Miami. Brother Thomas Stagg, 62, donned the SIU colors in 1983. A deck department member, he first sailed aboard the Aquarius. Brother Stagg upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. He concluded his career aboard the Flickertail State and lives in Surry, Virginia. MARIO BERTRAND Brother Mario Bertrand, 69, embarked on his career with the SIU in 1989 when he sailed with Delta Queen Steamboat Company. He shipped in all three departments and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Bertrand’s final vessel was the USNS Brittin. He lives in Chalmette, Louisiana. LEO SULLIVAN PAUL BURKE TYRONE MCCALLON Brother Paul Burke, 65, joined the Seafarers International Union in 1976, initially sailing aboard the Cove Communicator. He upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions and shipped primarily in the steward department. Brother Burke most recently sailed on the OMI Champion. He is a resident of Mobile, Alabama. Brother Tyrone McCallon, 65, became a member of the Seafarers International Union in 1978 and first sailed with Interocean American Shipping. He sailed in the engine department and upgraded on multiple occasions at the Paul Hall Center. Brother McCallon’s final vessel was the OMI Platte. He resides in New Orleans. JAMES BYNUM THOMAS MCCURDY MICHAEL THOMAS Brother James Bynum, 65, signed on with the union in 1982 and first sailed aboard the Taurus. He worked in all three departments and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on several occasions. Brother Bynum last shipped on the Green Island and resides in New Orleans. Brother Thomas McCurdy, 65, signed on with the union in 1975, initially working with Dravo Basic Materials. He was a steward department member and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother McCurdy last shipped on the Wilson. He makes his home in Connersville, Louisiana. Brother Michael Thomas, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 1988 and initially worked on the Independence. He was a member of the steward department and last shipped on the Ambassador. Brother Thomas upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. He calls St. Cloud, Florida, home. ROMEO RIVERA TERRY THOMAS Brother Romeo Rivera, 65, donned the SIU colors in 1994 when he sailed aboard the Independence. Brother Rivera upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. An engine department member, he last shipped on the Horizon Reliance. Brother Rivera settled in Las Vegas. Brother Terry Thomas, 65, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1980. He initially shipped on the El Paso Southern and sailed in the deck department. Brother Thomas upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He most recently shipped aboard the Maersk Alaska and lives in McDonough, Geogia. JOHN GREUBEL Brother John Greubel, 65, started his career with the SIU in 2000. A steward department member, he first sailed aboard the Patriot. Brother Greubel upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions. He most recently shipped on the American Liberty and makes his home in Conway, South Carolina. NOVEMBER 2023 Brother Leo Sullivan, 65, became a member of the Seafarers International Union in 1990 when he sailed aboard the William Baugh. He upgraded often at the Piney Point school and worked in both the deck and engine departments. Brother Sullivan last sailed on the Maersk Atlanta. He calls Brooklyn, New York, home. INLAND ROBERT CARROLL Brother Robert Carroll, 67, joined the union in 2007. He worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Carroll was first employed with Crowley Towing and Transportation. He most recently sailed with Penn Maritime Inc. and resides in St. Augustine, Florida. DAVID GREGORY Brother David Gregory, 71, signed on with the union in 1992. He was a deck department member and first sailed aboard the Independence. Brother Greogry upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions and last shipped on the Champion. He settled in San Angelo, Texas. MARAD Posts Update The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently announced that it has chosen the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to lead research efforts in developing a new maritime strategy for the United States. The CNA has been tasked with conducting a study during the next year, throughout which they plan to engage with public and private stakeholders in the maritime industry to identify opportunities for growth. By the end of the year, they aim to determine new ways to revitalize the U.S. Merchant Marine and maritime industrial base to meet economic and national security needs, the agency reported. In accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023, MARAD was required to choose a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to commence this study. The CNA is an independent nonprofit FFRDC sponsored by the Department of the Navy, with expertise in researching sealift needs for national security. “MARAD will work closely with CNA on this historic effort that will set the foundation for future success of the U.S. maritime industry,” MARAD said in an online statement. The results from the CNA’s study will be used as a tool to develop an in-depth approach to begin identifying and prioritizing the elements for a strategy. SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG •15 15 �Final Departures DEEP SEA JOEMARIE ABOY Brother Joemarie Aboy, 66, died March 21. He joined the SIU in 2007 when he sailed aboard the Pride of Aloha. Brother Aboy was an engine department member. He most recently shipped on the Pride of America in 2020 and was a Honolulu resident. VIRGILIO BANZON Pensioner Virgilio Banzon, 83, passed away August 20. He signed on with the Seafarers International Union in 2005 and first sailed aboard the Seabrook. He sailed in both the deck and engine departments. Brother Banzon last shipped on the Empire State. He retired in 2016 and settled in Chula Vista, California. JOHN BARNARD Brother John Barnard, 66, died July 24. He embarked on his career with the SIU in 1991, first shipping on the Sealift Pacific. Brother Barnard worked in the deck department, lastly aboard the Prestige New York. He called McKinney, Texas, home. EDWARD DESOUCEY Pensioner Edward Desoucey, 62, passed away September 29. He joined the Seafarers International Union in 1979. Brother Desoucey’s first vessel was the Leo. He sailed in both the deck and engine departments and concluded his career aboard the Horizon Enterprise. Brother Desoucey retired in 2005 and made his home in Pittsburgh. RUBEN GALLEGUILLOS Pensioner Ruben Galleguillos, 93, died September 9. Brother Galleguillos was born in San Francisco and began sailing with the SIU in 1979. He sailed in the steward department, initially aboard the Santa Maria. Brother Galleguillos last shipped on the Endurance and became a pensioner in 1996. He made his home in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. In solemn remembrance, we honor the legacies of these union members who have crossed the final bar. May they rest in peace. RAYMOND GORJU HAROLD NELLI DAVID FEARS Pensioner Raymond Gorju, 74, passed away September 14. He began his career with the Seafarers in 1967, initially sailing aboard the Alcoa Commander. Brother Gorju was a deck department member and concluded his career aboard the USNS Capable. He began collecting his pension in 2004 and lived in Gretna, Louisiana. Pensioner Harold Nelli, 96, died August 23. Born in Rockdale, Illinois, he joined the union in 1945. Brother Nelli initially sailed with Merritt-Chapman and Scott. He was a deck department member and concluded his career aboard the Robert E. Lee. Brother Nelli went on pension in 1988 and resided in Lacombe, Louisiana. Pensioner David Fears, 84, passed away September 1. He signed on with the union in 1973 and worked in both the deck and engine departments. Brother Fears first sailed with Dravo Basic Materials. He was last employed with Western Towing Company and went on pension in 2011. Brother Fears resided in Mount Enterprise, Texas. ERNESTO GUARIN Brother William Rios, 55, passed away August 15. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started sailing with the SIU in 1988. Brother Rios first shipped on the Aries and worked in the deck department. He most recently sailed aboard the Magothy and lived in New York City. Pensioner Ernesto Guarin, 83, died August 26. He donned the SIU colors in 1979 when he worked on the Panama. A deck department member, Brother Guarin last shipped aboard the Performance. He retired in 2005 and lived in the Philippines. WILLIAM RIOS BRIAN SENGELAUB CESAR GUTIERREZ Pensioner Cesar Gutierrez, 84, passed away September 20. He launched his career with the Seafarers in 1970, first sailing aboard the Steel Maker. Brother Gutierrez shipped in the deck department. He last sailed on the Sulphur Enterprise before going on pension in 2004. Brother Gutierrez was a resident of Kenner, Louisiana. Pensioner Brian Sengelaub, 72, died September 8. He joined the SIU in 1973, first working aboard the Overseas Progress. Brother Sengelaub was a member of the engine department and last shipped on the Maersk Kensington in 2016. He retired the following year and settled in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. GREAT LAKES RONALD LUPINACCI RUSSELL BROWN Pensioner Ronald Lupinacci, 78, died September 29. Brother Lupinacci signed on with the union in 1990. He was a steward department member and first sailed on the Constellation. Brother Lupinacci’s final vessel was the Prestige New York. He became a pensioner in 2016 and settled in Darlington, Pennsylvania. Pensioner Russell Brown, 72, passed away September 29. He embarked on his Seafarers career in 1977 when he sailed on the JT Hutchinson. A deck department member, Brother Brown last worked on the H Lee White in 2006. He retired within the same year and made his home in Alger County, Michigan. DARRELL MCDONALD Brother Darrell McDonald, 64, has passed away. Born in Tampa, Florida, he began shipping with the Seafarers International Union in 1982. He sailed in the engine department. Brother McDonald’s first vessel was the Virgo; his last, the Lawrence Gianella. He called Old Town, Florida, home. 16 SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 16 • SEAFARERS INLAND FRANK LYONS Pensioner Frank Lyons, 76, died September 10. He joined the SIU in 1996. Brother Lyons sailed in the deck department and worked with Crowley for the duration of his career. He became a pensioner in 2009 and made his home in Willingboro, New Jersey. JOHN ZENTS Pensioner John Zents, 68, passed away August 26. He joined the SIU in 1974 and sailed in both the deck and engine departments. Brother Zents worked for Moran Towing of Maryland until 1990. He started collecting his pension in 2019 and was a Baltimore resident. NMU JULIAN CASTRO Pensioner Julian Castro, 96, died September 7. Brother Castro was born in Puerto Rico. He sailed in the steward department and concluded his career aboard the Green Ridge. Brother Castro became a pensioner in 1990 and called Yonkers, New York, home. ALBERTO OLIVEIRA Pensioner Alberto Oliveira, 88, died March 30. Brother Oliveira shipped in the steward department, most recently aboard the Green Lake. He retired in 1992 and lived in Fall River, Massachusetts. Correction The October LOG contained an erroneous obituary for SIU pensioner Avell Brown, who in fact is alive and well. However, his twin brother - SIU pensioner Arvell Brown - passed away earlier this year. The correct information and correct photo appear directly below. GEORGE DALEY ARVELL BROWN Pensioner George Daley, 73, died September 3. He donned the SIU colors in 1981, initially working on the Padre Island. Brother Daley sailed in both the deck and engine departments. He was last employed with Crowley Towing and Transportation in 1994. He became a pensioner in 2014 and lived in Douglasville, Georgia. Pensioner Arvell Brown, 77, passed away May 11. Brother Brown worked in both the deck and engine departments. He last sailed aboard the Green Point before retiring in 2013. Brother Brown resided in Prichard, Alabama. NOVEMBER 2023 �Paul Hall Center Upgrading Course Dates Printed below are dates for courses scheduled to take place at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. The QR code connects to a web page with the latest course dates (they may differ from what’s printed here, though in most cases the only changes are additions that haven’t yet made it into the LOG). Seafarers are welcome to contact the admissions office with questions about upgrading courses: (301) 899-0657, admissions@seafarers.org Title of Course Start Date Date of Completion Title of Course Start Date DECK DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSE RFPNW November 13 November 13 Date of Completion SAFETY/OPEN UPGRADING COURSES December 1 Basic Training Revalidation November 6 November 13 December 4 December 8 November 6 November 13 December 4 December 8 Government Vessels November 6 November 10 Tank Ship Familiarization - LG December 11 December 15 ENGINE DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSE RFPEW Latest Course Dates December 15 STEWARD DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES Certified Chief Cook December 4 January 5 ServSafe Management November 27 December 1 Chief Steward November 13 December 8 UPGRADING APPLICATION Name _________________________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________ Telephone (Home)______________________________ (Cell) ___________________________ Date of Birth ___________________________________________________________________  Deep Sea Member  Lakes Member  Inland Waters Member COURSE ____________________________ START DATE __________________ DATE OF COMPLETION ___________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ___________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ___________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ___________________________ If the following information is not filled out completely, your application will not be processed. ____________________________ __________________ ___________________________ Social Security #_________________________________ Book #________________________ Seniority_______________________________________ Department ___________________ Home Port _____________________________________________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________________________________________ Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held ____________________________________________ Are you a graduate of the SHLSS/PHC trainee program?  Yes  No If yes, class # and dates attended __________________________________________________ Have you attended any SHLSS/PHC upgrading courses?  Yes  No _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ___________________________ With this application, COPIES of the following must be sent: One hundred and twenty-five (125) days seatime for the previous year, MMC, TWIC, front page of your book including your department and seniority and qualifying sea time for the course if it is Coast Guard tested. Must have a valid SHBP clinic through course date. I authorize the Paul Hall Center to release any of the information contained in this application, or any of the supporting documentation that I have or will submit with this application to related organizations, for the purpose of better servicing my needs and helping me to apply for any benefits which might become due to me. NOVEMBER 2023 LAST VESSEL: ___________________________________ Rating: _______________________ Date On: _______________________________________ Date Off: _______________________ Signature: ______________________________________________ Date: __________________ NOTE: Transportation will be paid in accordance with the scheduling letter only if you present original receipts and successfully complete the course. If you have any questions, contact your port agent before departing for Piney Point. Not all classes are reimbursable. Return completed application to: Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education Admissions Office, Email:upgrading@seafarers.org Mail: 45353 St. George’s Ave., Piney Point, MD 20674 Fax: 301-994-2189. The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is a private, non-profit, equal opportunity institution and admits students, who are otherwise qualified, or any race, nationality or sex. The school complies with applicable laws with regard to admission, access or treatment of students in its programs or activities. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG17 • 17 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos APPRENTICE WATER SURVIVAL CLASS #899 – Graduated September 8 (above, in alphabetical order): Ricky Anderson, Kezavior Bryant, Brett Bundy, Elon Dancy-Mosley, Nathaniel Gasparini, Jonathan Graham, Nayor Griffin-Taylor, Nasir Harrell, Giveric Henderson, Josue Hernandez Cordero, Clint Langford Jr., Kassidy Mays, Andrew Mentzer, Tyler Morin, Tony Noble, Frederick Rivers III, LaToya Sanford-Leggs, Maurice Smith, Tavon Spence, Jyheir Thompson, Natanael Velez Cordero, Cedric Wallace Jr. and Xavion Young-Key. MACHINE REFRIGERATION TECH – Graduated September 15 (above, in alphabetical order): Alvin GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 15 (above, from left): Darrisha Bryant and Rubenia Flores. Alcasid, Haeven Bautista, Sherrod Frazier, Noah Hughes, Deidra Hunter, Tony King Jr., Thomas Koncul, Joshua Mann, Jep Sumpter, David Watkins and Jonathan White. Instructor Christopher Morgan is also pictured. GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 29 (above, in alphabetical order): Faisal Ali, Masha Blas, James Boatner, Maimouna Diallo, Luis Flores Ramos, Shavonne Freeman, Peter Frimpong, Paul Harris, Ronda Jackson, Eric Johnson, Efrain Martinez, Charles McAllister III, Esstonia Moore, Edwin Pagan, Arnel Resurreccion, Gedrick Reyes, Fahd Saleh, Lekesha Stevenson, and Gladys Williams. (Note: Not all are pictured.) 18 SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 18 • SEAFARERS PUMPMAN – Graduated September 22 (above, in alphabetical order): Among those pictured are Jonathan Bernardez Bernardez, Michael Clark, Marlon Green, Jared Johnson, Robert Pendarvis, Marcelino Santos Bermeo, Bryan Wells and Saddam Yahia. Instructor Patrick Coppola is also pictured. NOVEMBER 2023 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos CERTIFIED CHIEF COOK – Graduated September 15 (above, in alphabetical order): Deirick Coltrane II, Elijah Crawford, Jerrame Delfin, Robert Foster, Tiara MacKlin, Helen Martinez, Kyara Nunez, Gedrick Reyes, Jonathan Slattery and Johnny Smith. ABLE SEAMAN DECK – Graduated September 15 (above, in alphabetical order): Parker Hampton, Kaylah Hill, La'Terri Kohn, Peter Pataki, De'Andre Peden, Darryl Shack Jr., José Soto-Ortiz, Chandler Williams and Michael Wilt. PHASE 3 DECK – Graduated September 8 (above, in alphabetical order): Coleman Brewer, Jacob TANK SHIP FAMILIARIZATION – Graduated September 22 (above, in alphabetical order): Ismael Andriamasy, James Boatner, Shayanna Freeman, Michael John Valdez and David Watkins. PHASE 3 ENGINE – Graduated September 8 (above, in alphabetical order): Curtis Gilliard II, Anthony Burns, Stephen Chatten, Nailah Cundiff, Tevon Edwards, Isaiah Godette, Chase Greenawalt, Darlenzo Hines Jr., Owen Lehman, Juliette Mandal, James Shoats, James Stamper and Alexis Walker. Harrell Jr., Sierjohn Jove, Kamaria Lapread, Jylnn LeCounte, Keith Martin Jr., Mario Martin, Matthew McManus, Kevin Menendez Barrales, Amar Ogletree, Kaicee Proctor, Josh Neilsen Rivera, Tre Scott, Stephen Swaby and Ian Tarwater. RFPEW – Graduated September 8: Rommel Centura. WATER SURVIVAL (LIFEBOATMAN) – Graduated September 8: Johnathan Radzewicz. NOVEMBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG19 • 19 �NOVEMBER 2023 VOLUME 85, NO. 11 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO Union, School Maintain Recruiting Efforts From coast to coast and beyond, the SIU and its affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (PHC) are maintaining a steady pace – and a robust agenda – when it comes to recruiting. Union and school personnel regularly engage in community outreach through career fairs – mostly off-site, but also at some of the hiring halls. For instance, the Mobile, Alabama, hall recently hosted a well-attended open house, and the Jacksonville, Florida, hall conducts job-related seminars multiple times each month. The SIU and PHC also have secured creative partnerships with various educational institutions to benefit all concerned (most prominently the respective students). Moreover, the union and school regularly connect with military personnel who will soon separate from service and who are weighing career options. Although the maritime industry still faces a manpower shortage, the aforementioned recruiting operation is helping. For example, the PHC’s apprentice program has full rosters well into next year, and the union also has had some success SIU Port Agent Ray Henderson (third from left) meets with students at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, to chat about career opportunities in the U.S. Merchant Marine. SIU Port Agent Joe Baselice (right) explains the apprentice program to an attendee at a job fair hosted by Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. attracting current mariners from various segments of the industry. Finally, as recently noted by SIU President David Heindel, informal/word-of-mouth recruiting has always been effective for the union. Members, pensioners and their families are encouraged to nudge prospective apprentices and potential Seafarers to visit the nearest hiring hall and also check out the website mymaritimecareer.org. SIU Port Agent Joe Zavala (second from left) and Patrolman Kelly Krick (second from right) are pictured with attendees at a local festival in Houston. Guests pack the Jacksonville hall for a recruitment seminar hosted by the union. SIU Port Agent Jimmy White (at podium) addresses visitors during an open house at the hiring hall in Mobile, Alabama. Safety Director Andre MacCray (right) greets visitors at the Rowan University career fair. SIU Asst. VP Amancio Crespo and three rank-and-file members meet with Army National Guard personnel at the hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to discuss maritime job opportunities for veterans and for individuals separating from the military. Pictured from left are Recertified Bosun Rafael Franco, Recertified Bosun Ricky Rivera, Crespo, Maj. Whesley Sepúlveda, Israel Romero (deputy director for personnel, Army National Guard), and Recertified Steward Juan Vallejo. � 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 2020-present Description An account of the resource Volumes LXXXII of the Seafarers Log and beyond 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 November 2023 Description An account of the resource ITF RECOVERS NEARLY $120M IN UNPAID WAGES IBF AGREEMENT BOOSTS PAY FOR MARINERS NEW SHIPS ENTERING SIU -CREWED FLEET SIU JOBS REMAIN SECURE THROUGH RECENT TRANSACTIONS BENEFITS CONFERENCES ROLL ON TREASURY DEPARTMENT ISSUES GROUNDBREAKING REPORT ON BENEFITS OF UNIONS TO NATION'S ECONOMY BIDEN BECOMES FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO WALK PICKET LINE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES CHARGE FILINGS UP 10%, UNION PETITIONS UP 3% IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 WESTBROOK APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT RECOGNIZED AT LAST: A TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO GO TO SEA AOTOS HONOREES ANNOUNCED BY USS BOSUNS SHARE INSIGHTS DURING GRADUATION MARAD POSTS UPDATE UNION, SCHOOL MAINTAIN RECRUITING EFFORTS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Digital Copies Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/01/2023 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 85, NO. 11 2023 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5eb00703e48ac93f7738be9c27d8ee7c.pdf 3b07b1cd0532eb6e7e33fc4ad85063a2 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG NOVEMBER 2024 VOLUME 86, NO. 11 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO Newly Reflagged ARC Endeavor Boosts SIU Jobs, U.S. Sealift SIU members are sailing aboard the ARC Endeavor, a recent addition to the Seafarers-crewed fleet. Operated by TOTE Services for American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, the ship reflagged in Baltimore in late September. Steps are being taken to enter the vessel into the U.S. Maritime Security Program fleet – a vital component of the nation’s sealift capacity – next year. Page 3. Containership Construction Commences Philly Shipyard Building 3 More Vessels for Matson The first of three newbuilds for Seafarers-contracted Matson is officially under construction, following a recent steel-cutting ceremony at Philly Shipyard, a union facility. The Aloha Class vessels will replace older ships in Matson’s fleet. At left, a plasma cutter at Philly Shipyard melts through the first steel plate for the initial ship. Page 3. Seven SIU Bosuns Successfully Complete Recertification Course Seven Seafarers recently wrapped up the bosun recertification program at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. Pictured at the school (from left) are class members Adiener Alfaro, John Walsh, Alfie Cicat, Mario Ordonez, Julio Alvarez, Edward Tennyson and Kelvin Johnson. During the graduation ceremony, the bosuns reflected on their respective journeys. Page 9. SIU ELECTION INFO. • PAGE 4 // PAUL HALL CENTER CLASS PHOTOS • PAGES 18-19 �President’s Report International Solidarity H aving just returned from the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s 46th Global Congress, I am as mindful as ever about the critical need for the SIU to remain engaged with our fellow trade unionists around the world. Our union’s affiliation with the ITF is one of our most important connections, right up there with being part of the AFL-CIO. If you’re new to our industry or otherwise unfamiliar with the ITF, the federation is a London-based organization with affiliates from more than 150 countries, collectively representing millions of transportation workers. In simplest terms, the ITF – much like the AFL-CIO – gives us strength far beyond our own numbers, and helps us speak with an effective voice that’s too loud to ignore when we’re weighing in on particularly crucial issues. Very honestly, none of this was fully on my radar when I joined the SIU and began sailing many years ago. But eventually, I learned from two of the best: the late SIU President Mike Sacco, and the late SIU Executive Vice President John Fay. John passed away back in 2005, but for those who don’t know the history, he was a true trailblazer for U.S. involvement in international maritime affairs. John was active not only with the ITF but also the International Maritime Organization and the International Labor Organization starting in the mid-1970s. He was the first American ever to serve as chairman of the ITF’s Seafarers’ Section, a position he held from 1995 to 2002 – and one in which he helped make groundbreaking strides not only for the rights of U.S. mariners but for foreign seamen, too. Mike’s leadership helped sustain our involvement and our gains. Specifically regarding the ITF, I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the importance of the federation’s work. I wish we didn’t have the Covid 19 pandemic as a recent example to underscore that point, but I can’t think of a better illustration of how the ITF stands up for seafarers and gives them a voice. The pandemic was an extreme circumstance, but can you imagine how helpless the world’s seafarers would have been without the ITF and our affiliates? The ITF’s work is no less important during routine times. We secure millions of dollars a year – or more – in unpaid wages for crews around the world. We provide the security of a collective bargaining agreement for tens of thousands of mariners. We give them a voice in international forums, and we aggressively fight against the scourge of crew abandonment. Those are crucial responsibilities. During the recent ITF Congress, I was honored to be reelected as Chair of the Seafarers’ Section. Throughout the proceedings, the various delegates, officials and guests took clear-eyed looks at the challenges facing our industry, and we sharpened our strategies. One of the most significant considerations is that the global maritime industry faces massive changes related to new fuels. The ITF is helping make sure mariners’ voices are heard throughout what undoubtedly will be a decades-long process. One way we’ve taken positive steps on this front is the formation of what is called the Maritime Just Transition Task Force. Formed by unions, vessel owners and United Nations entities a few years ago, the group’s mission statement underscores that its objective is “to ensure that shipping’s response to the climate emergency puts seafarers and communities at the heart of the solution.” Obviously, that’s a big assignment, but we are up to the task. We’re also staying vigilant when it comes to unjust criminalization of mariners, substandard working and living conditions, and other forms of mistreatment. Navigating a positive way forward for seafarers was at the heart of plans confirmed at the gathering in Morrocco. International solidarity is foundational to our progress and our future success. Working together, we will get the job done. Looking Ahead We are wrapping up this edition a couple of weeks before Election Day, but I realize that some of our dedicated readers won’t see this column until after November 5. Since our union was chartered in 1938, the United States has seen 14 individuals serve as president – eight Republicans, and six Democrats. The SIU has worked with every single one of those administrations, and we’ll do the same with the next one, regardless of how this year’s votes turn out. As always, we’ll look for common ground on as many issues as possible, and where none exists, we’ll find other channels to promote and protect your job security. Kelly/Waltz U.S. Maritime Legislation Named ‘Ships for America Act’ A fter some delays, a new piece of pro-maritime legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) and U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Florida) has been named and scheduled for introduction. The bipartisan bill, now titled the Ships for America Act, is planned to be submitted in November, sometime after Election Day. According to the summary of the bill: “This legislative proposal represents a comprehensive approach to revitalizing the U.S. Merchant Marine by establishing national oversight and consistent funding for the U.S. maritime industry, making U.S.-flagged vessels commercially competitive in international commerce, rebuilding the U.S. shipyard industrial base, and expanding and strengthening mariner and shipyard worker recruitment, training, and retention.” As previously reported, the SIU has worked closely with congressional and industry allies in helping craft the legislation. Kelly and Waltz in late September participated in a joint, in-depth interview during a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) discussion titled “Rebuilding America’s Maritime Strength.” They underscored the severe economic Seafarers LOG Volume 86 Number 11 November 2024 The SIU online: www.seafarers.org The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 1086-4636) is published monthly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters, AFLCIO; 5201 Capital Gateway Drive; Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Periodicals postage paid at Southern Maryland 207909998. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Communications Director: Jordan Biscardo Assistant Communications Director: Nick Merrill Assistant Editor: Aja Neal Administrative Support: Jenny Stokes Copyright © 2024 Seafarers International Union, AGLIW. All Rights Reserved. The SIU engaged an environmentally friendly printer for the production of this newspaper. 2 • SEAFARERS LOG and security risks posed by a declining U.S. maritime industry. During the event, Kelly and Waltz emphasized that the United States fleet of oceangoing merchant vessels is not adequately equipped for a protracted conflict in the Pacific, where peer adversaries like China have highly sophisticated naval forces and nearly seventy times as many ships as the U.S. fleet. In May, Kelly, Waltz, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-California) released their Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy, a bipartisan report that provides a comprehensive vision for planning guidance, strategic objectives, and actionable steps to revitalize the nation’s maritime sector. The Ships for America Act is a direct result of this effort, incorporating key recommendations from the report to ensure the U.S. fleet can meet both economic and national security demands by incentivizing domestic shipbuilding, creating regulatory reforms, and providing financial support to U.S.-flagged vessels. “If you remember what happened in 2021 and 2022, when we had bottlenecks at our seaports … it raised the cost of everything for Americans,” said Kelly. “Most of the goods that come into our country, at least about 80 percent, come on ships. So, this is a huge vulnerability. And if China wanted to leverage their dominant role in global shipping to hurt our country, to hurt Americans, they could easily do that.” “[China] literally could turn off our entire economy by essentially choking off that shipping fleet,” said Waltz. “And, conversely, turn theirs into warships or into levers of geopolitical influence. It’s just completely unacceptable. And we have to stop admiring the problem and stop complaining about the problem. And I think, as Senator Kelly and I are trying to do, start chipping away at it and digging us out of this hole.” “If passed, the Ships for America Act will renew key sectors in our domestic industrial base and provide thousands of Americans with new job opportunities that don’t require a four-year degree,” Kelly explained. “If we’re successful, this is going to create a lot of great-paying jobs for Americans, and also revitalize our shipbuilding industry and shipbuilding communities across the country.” Kelly’s grandfather sailed as a merchant mariner during World War II; Kelly is a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate who also spent time at sea. During the recent interview, Kelly was asked if he favors repealing the Jones Act, specifically the construction-related components. He replied, “We do not need, and are not suggesting, we repeal the Jones Act. But what we do need to do is look for opportunities to collaborate with our allies and our partners across the globe. Some of the best shipbuilders in the world are in Japan and South Korea. And the congressman also mentioned India as being a very capable shipbuilder. We can collaborate with them. The current secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, has done a lot of work to encourage shipbuilders from those countries to invest in the United States, which could help our shipyards. Our hope, through our legislation, is that we can make the business case for investing in the United States easier through things like tax credits, loan guarantees, and other incentives and partnerships. And that could get our allies making investments here. We need the capability here.” The bill also includes substantial components aimed at mariner recruiting and retention. Among other topics, those sections address methods for modernizing Coast Guard credentialing; modifying requirements for sea-time and training requirements for unlicensed mariners in the deck department; launching an official recruiting campaign under the purview of the Maritime Administration; and further facilitating entry into the maritime workforce by U.S. military veterans. NOVEMBER 2024 �ARC Endeavor Reflags Under Stars and Stripes New Ship Among Most Militarily Useful Vessels in Commercial Fleet The newly reflagged vessel signals new jobs for Seafarers. (Full ship photo by Huw Gibby, via MarineTraffic) SIU members are sailing aboard the newly reflagged ARC Endeavor, which entered the U.S. registry Sept. 27 in Baltimore. “On behalf of the entire union, I credit ARC for their ongoing commitment to our industry,” stated SIU President David Heindel. “I am as confident as always that SIU members will do excellent work aboard the newly reflagged vessel.” Operated by TOTE Services for American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, the ARC Endeavor is the tenth U.S.-flag roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel in ARC’s fleet. The reflag was conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard. “ARC has consistently invested in new tonnage and this latest Ro-Ro is the ninth ship we have brought into the American fleet since 2016. ARC Endeavor further strengthens ARC’s position as a leading logistics company and the largest U.S.flag Ro-Ro carrier,” said ARC President and CEO Eric Ebeling. “We are proud that this investment will also enable us to grow our talented team, hiring more captains, mates, engineers, mariners and more to crew these critical vessels. And, a thank you to Captain Pat Burkett and the entire Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region team for the exceptional support during the reflag.” The ARC Endeavor is the fifth ship in the company’s fleet that is categorized as a Large Car Truck Carrier (LCTC). Buit in 2011 in South Korea and formerly sailing as the Tugela, the vessel measures 754 feet in length with a 21-foot-high stern opening and a stern ramp rated for cargo weighing up to 320 tons. In terms of car-equivalent units, the ARC Endeavor can carry more than 7,500 vehicles at once. American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group Senior Vice President Chris Heibel said, “The M/V ARC Endeavor will be among the most capable and militarily useful vessels in the U.S.-flag commercial fleet, able to carry tracked and wheeled vehicles, aviation assets (including CH 47 Chinooks and V 22 Ospreys), and other high and heavy project cargoes.” Willie Barrere, president of the Seafarers-affiliated American Maritime Officers, said, “Congratulations to ARC on another addition to their superb fleet of vessels. AMO appreciates our outstanding working relationship with ARC and its service to our nation’s armed forces, and we look forward to continuing our partnership and growing together in the future.” ARC is the largest U.S.-flag Ro-Ro operator and is actively supporting America’s national defense Construction Starts on New Matson Ship New tonnage for the SIU is on the horizon, following an early October communication from Seafarers-contracted Matson. The company announced the start of construction on the first of three new “Aloha Class” containerships eventually destined for Matson’s Hawaii and China-Long Beach Express (CLX) services. After a small ceremony at Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania, the cutting of steel plates began, initiating the work to build the ships for delivery to Matson in 2026 and 2027. “This is great news for our industry, our union, and indeed our country. This union-built, unioncrewed ship will enhance the U.S. Merchant Marine and will benefit our nation for many years to come,” stated SIU Vice President Contracts George Tricker. The SIU-crewed Daniel K. Inouye is part of Matson’s Aloha Class of vessels. NOVEMBER 2024 The three new Jones Act-compliant vessels, representing an investment of approximately $1 billion, will be built to match the size and speed of Matson’s two existing Aloha Class ships, the Seafarers-crewed Daniel K. Inouye and Kamina Hila, which were also built by Philly Shipyard and entered service in 2018 and 2019, respectively, as the largest containerships ever constructed in the U.S. Like their sisterships, the new vessels will be equipped with dual fuel engines designed to operate on either conventional marine fuels or liquefied natural gas (LNG). They also will boast other “green ship technology” features, such as a fuel-efficient hull design, environmentally safe double hull fuel tanks, and freshwater ballast systems. While the earlier ships required some modification to operate with LNG, the new ships will be delivered LNG-ready. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2026 with subsequent deliveries in 2027. “Our existing Aloha Class ships are among the fastest, most efficient vessels in the Matson fleet,” said Matt Cox, chairman and chief executive officer. “And like their sisterships, these three new vessels will help Matson achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal while also through the Maritime Security Program and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement. Among the first SIU members to sail aboard the ARC Endeavor were Bosun Vladimir Baez, ABs Ningning Li and Saif Obad, STOSs John Davis and Brandon Haffner, Oilers Peter Espinosa, Rubenia Flores and James Tolan, Steward/Baker Marquisha Simmons, Chief Cook Tahisha Watson, and SA Nelson Sanabria Gonzalez. providing additional capacity and speed benefitting our Hawaii service as well as the CLX.” Matson has set corporate goals to achieve a 40 percent reduction in Scope 1 greenhouse gas (GHG) fleet emissions by 2030 and net-zero Scope 1 GHG emissions by 2050, the company reported. “With a carrying capacity of 3,600 TEU, the 854foot Aloha Class vessels are designed to operate at speeds in excess of 23 knots in support of Matson’s service hallmark – fast and reliable delivery of goods,” the company noted. The three new Aloha Class ships will replace three vessels currently deployed in Matson’s Hawaii and CLX services. Philly Shipyard – a union facility – is a leading U.S. commercial shipyard constructing vessels for operation in the domestic Jones Act trade lanes. Prior to Matson’s first two Aloha Class ships, the shipyard delivered four newly built Jones Act containerships for Matson between 2003 and 2006. “Today we celebrate not only the beginning of production, but also the return of Matson to Philly Shipyard for our third project together,” said Steinar Nerbovik, Philly Shipyard’s president and CEO. “We are thrilled to build these next vessels which are expected to help Matson achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions goal, an initiative well-aligned with our commitment to people and planet.” Matson plans to name the three new containerships Makua, Malama, and Makena. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 3 SEAFARERS LOG • 3 �Voting for 2024 Union Election Began Nov. 1 Voting started Nov. 1 for the election of officers for the Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters. SIU members will be able to cast secret ballots at union halls, on certain ships (that are within reasonable respective driving distances to hiring halls), or by mail through Dec. 31, 2024. Seafarers eligible to vote in this election to determine union officials for the 2025-2029 term are full-book members in good standing. This eligibility criteria is spelled out in the union’s governing document, the constitution. The ballot lists the names of all qualified candidates as determined by the credentials committee, a group made up of six rank-and-file Seafarers who reviewed the nominating petitions of all SIU members seeking office in this district-wide election. A sample of this ballot was published in last month’s LOG and mailed to eligible members in October. The credentials committee report, which was prepared Aug. 16 and submitted to the membership at the September monthly meetings, indicated 27 candidates had qualified to run for 25 positions. (The committee’s report was published in the September 2024 Seafarers LOG.) Subsequently, the union determined that 27 candidates were qualified. This finding was approved by rank-and-file voting at the September membership meetings. The 25 posts for which Seafarers will cast their ballots are president, executive vice president, secretary-treasurer, six vice presidents, six assistant vice presidents and 10 port agents. 2024 SIU Election Absentee Voting Info Elections for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters are scheduled to begin on Nov. 1. As in past SIU election years, a comprehensive guide will be published in the Seafarers LOG prior to the balloting. In the case of members eligible to vote who believe they will be at sea during the Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024 voting period or who otherwise think they will need absentee ballots, absentee ballots will be available. The SIU constitution ensures that members who are eligible to vote and who find themselves in this situation may vote. Procedures are established in the SIU constitution to safeguard the secret ballot election, including the absentee ballot process. Here is the procedure to follow when requesting an absentee ballot: 1. Make the request in writing to the SIU office of the secretary-treasurer, 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. 2. Include in the request the correct address where the absentee ballot should be mailed. 3. Send the request for an absentee ballot by registered or certified mail. 4. The registered or certified mail envelope must be postmarked no later than midnight, Nov. 15, 2024 and must be received at 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746 no later than Nov. 25, 2024. 5. The secretary-treasurer, after confirming eligibility, will send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address designated in the request, a ballot, together with an envelope marked “Ballot” and a mailing envelope no later than Nov. 30, 2024. 6. Upon receiving the ballot and envelope, vote by marking the ballot. After voting the ballot, place the ballot in the envelope marked “Ballot.” Do not write on the “Ballot” envelope. 7. Place the envelope marked “Ballot” in the mailing envelope which is imprinted with the mailing address of the bank depository where all ballots are sent. 8. Sign the mailing envelope on the first line of the upper left-hand corner. Print name and book number on the second line. The mailing envelope is self-addressed and stamped. 9. The mailing envelope must be postmarked no later than midnight, Dec. 31, 2024 and received by the bank depository no later than Jan. 5, 2025. 4 • SEAFARERS LOG There are also a number of proposed constitutional amendments that can be found on the reverse side of the ballot; eligible members should vote yes or no on each proposed amendment. A rank-and-file constitutional committee approved placing these proposed amendments on the ballot, as did other Seafarers during the July membership meetings. 20 Polling Places The election is being conducted by mail ballot as provided by the union’s constitution. Secret ballots, accompanied by envelopes marked “Ballot” and postage-paid envelopes printed with the address of the bank depository where the ballots are kept until submitted to the tallying committee, will be available to full-book members in good standing at 20 hiring halls around the country. (See list of voting locations on this page.) Significant efforts also will be made to bring ballots to SIU-crewed ships and at crew gathering locations whenever reasonably viable, as was done during the 2020 election. Eligible Seafarers may pick up their ballots and envelopes marked “Ballot” and mailing envelopes at these halls between 9 a.m. and noon, Mondays through Saturdays, except legal holidays, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. Each member must present his or her book to the port agent or the agent’s designated representative when receiving the ballot, the envelope marked “Ballot” and the mailing envelope. When the Seafarer receives the ballot and envelopes, his or her book will be marked with the word “Voted” and the date. If a member does not present his or her book, or if there is a question in regard to his or her eligibility to vote, the Seafarer will receive a mailing envelope of a different color marked with the word “Challenged.” His or her book will be stamped with the words “Voted Challenge” and the date. Full-book members in good standing who prefer to vote by absentee ballot should direct a request for the ballot to the union’s secretary-treasurer at SIU headquarters: 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Such requests must be received at headquarters by 12 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2024. Secret Ballots Once the Seafarer has received his or her ballot and envelopes, he or she marks the ballot for the candidates of his or her choice and puts it in the envelope marked “Ballot.” This envelope is sealed by the member and then dispatched in the mail (or given to the port agent or patrolman if voting aboard ship, though members also can opt to mail it themselves). These steps ensure the integrity of the secret ballot process. The union’s constitution, in Article XIII, details the procedures for voting in union elections. All ballots will be counted by the rank-and-file committee consisting of two members elected from each of the union’s constitutional ports. These committee members will be elected in December. They will convene in early January 2025. Notice on Unopposed Candidates One part of the article of the SIU Constitution covering rules for elections concerns the election of candidates who are unopposed for the office in question. The section states that those candidates who are unopposed for any office or job shall be considered elected to that office or job and that the tallying committee shall not have to count the votes for any such candidate. The entire section, contained in Article XIII, Section 5 of the SIU Constitution, reads as follows: “A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that his name may appear on the ballot. The Union Tallying Committee shall not be required to tally completely the results of the voting for such unopposed candidate but shall certify in their report that such unopposed candidate has been elected to such office or job. The Election Report Meeting shall accept the above certification of the Union Tallying Committee.” Voting Locations Elections will be conducted by secret mail ballot. Ballots may be obtained at the following locations from 9 a.m. to noon (local time), Mondays through Fridays and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, excluding holidays, during the voting period. The voting period shall commence Nov. 1, 2024 and shall continue through Dec. 31, 2024. Voting Locations ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr., Algonac, MI 48001 ANCHORAGE 721 Sesame Street, Suite 1C, Anchorage, AK 99503 BALTIMORE 2315 Essex St., Baltimore, MD 21224 FT. LAUDERDALE 1221 South Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 GUAM Cliffline Office Ctr., Suite 103B, 422 West O’Brien Dr., Hagatna, Guam 96910 HONOLULU 606 Kalihi St., Honolulu, HI 96819 HOUSTON 625 N. York St., Houston, TX 77003 JACKSONVILLE 5100 Belfort Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256 JOLIET 10 East Clinton St., Joliet, IL 60432 MOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy., Mobile, AL 36605 NEW ORLEANS 3911 Lapalco Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 JERSEY CITY 104 Broadway, Jersey City, NJ 07306 NORFOLK 115 Third St., Norfolk, VA 23510 OAKLAND 1121 7th St., Oakland, CA 94607 PHILADELPHIA 2604 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19148 PINEY POINT Paul Hall Center, 45353 St. George’s Avenue, Piney Point, MD 20674 PUERTO RICO 659 Hill Side St., Summit Hills, San Juan, PR 00920 ST. LOUIS 4581 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, MO 63116 TACOMA 3411 South Union St., Tacoma, WA 98409 WILMINGTON 510 North Broad Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 4 NOVEMBER 2024 �SIU Supports ILA Job Action Following a three-day work stoppage, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) returned to work Oct. 4 and also headed back to the bargaining table. According to a joint statement by both parties, issued on Oct. 3: “The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. have reached a tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues. Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume.” The SIU pledged to honor the strike, and did so. In communications sent to Seafarers, the union vowed to address any crew-change issues on a case-by-case basis, without crossing any picket lines; and also to make sure that SIU members receive any extra pay that is contractually stipulated in the event of restriction to ship. The Maritime Trades Department (MTD) also offered support. In a statement issued shortly before the strike, the MTD noted that the organization “unequivocally stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the International Longshoremen’s Association as their contract nears expiration. Much has already been written and aired about how a potential job action would affect the flow of commerce. By contrast, there hasn’t been nearly enough focus on the basic fairness sought by the ILA and (thus far) denied by USMX. Rank-and-file ILA members have made many sacrifices, particularly in recent years, and they deserve a collective bargaining agreement that reflects their importance to our nation’s ports and to the U.S. economy.” The MTD statement concluded, “Strikes are always, without exception, an absolute last resort. That is the case today for the ILA, and it is one more reason why the MTD has their backs. It’s time for management to deliver a contract with fair wages, reasonable approaches to automation, and job security that has been earned over many years.” SIU President David Heindel also serves as MTD president. Following the joint announcement that ILA members were returning to work, Vice President Kamala Harris noted, “This step indicates progress toward a strong contract and represents the power of collective bargaining.” ITF Updates Flag-of-Convenience Campaign SIU’s Heindel Re-Elected to Key Post During Federation’s World Congress SIU officials helped map out vital strategies for the world’s seafarers during the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) 46th Global Congress, which took place Oct. 13-19 in Marrakech, Morocco. During the gathering, SIU President David Heindel was re-elected as Chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Section. Among the SIU personnel joining Heindel for the conference were Secretary-Treasurer Tom Orzechowski, Vice President Atlantic Coast Joseph Soresi, Assistant Vice President Pat Vandegrift, and ITF Inspectors Ricky Esopa, Shwe Aung and Jordan Esopa. The SIU is a longtime ITF affiliate. In one of the most noteworthy developments from the conference, the federation updated its flags-of-convenience (FOC) campaign via a document named the Marrakech Policy. The ITF described the policy as a “major step forward with new standards for international seafarers’ rights and working conditions,” and noted that it “now forms the governing framework for the global union’s campaigning work on FOCs.” According to the ITF, the policy is the culmination of five years’ work by union representatives from ITF maritime affiliates to examine, plan and develop a new strategy in line Attendees converge in Morocco for the ITF World Congress. NOVEMBER 2024 with the shifting reality faced by mariners since 2010 – when the preceding Mexico City Policy was adopted at the ITF’s 42nd Congress in Mexico City. The Marrakech Policy identifies the minimum conditions the ITF and its affiliated unions will accept on FOC merchant ships, “incorporating the new understanding of the critical importance of global supply chains that emerged out of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the central role for shipping and seafarers in combating climate change through a just transition. The Marrakech Policy will now form the baseline for the ITF’s Collective Bargaining Agreements, which set the wages and working conditions for crews on FOC vessels, irrespective of nationality.” Heindel, who also co-chairs the ITF Fair Practices Committee, said, “There is a lot of focus in shipping on the need for sustainability, and we warmly welcome this. But shipping can never be truly sustainable if it does not respect the labor rights of the seafarers without whom shipping and global trade can’t function. As we have done for so many years, the ITF will continue to fight for a better future for seafarers on FOC ships, and we won’t rest until we’ve secured it – and I’m proud that the new Marrakech Policy now sets the framework for this crucial work.” In a separate statement, President Joe Biden said, “I want to thank the union workers, the carriers, and the port operators for acting patriotically to reopen our ports and ensure the availability of critical supplies for Hurricane Helene recovery and rebuilding. Collective bargaining works, and it is critical to building a stronger economy from the middle out and the bottom up.” The ILA hadn’t gone on strike since 1977. ILA members and supporters picket outside of the Red Hook Container Terminal in New York on Oct. 3. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire) The policy also highlights the importance of cooperation and solidarity between dockers and mariners that ensures seafarers are not forced to do dockers’ work and protects dockers from the erosion of their jurisdiction over their work. ITF Dockers’ Section Chair and Co-Chair of the ITF’s Fair Practices Committee, Paddy Crumlin, emphasized the importance of these considerations. “For dockers, the inclusion of the NonSeafarers’ Work Clause in the CBAs isn’t just about job security, it’s about safety – both for dockers and for seafarers,” he said. “Companies are trying to cut corners, making seafarers do lashing, putting them at serious risk. We’ve fought against this before, and we’ll continue to fight against any shipowner who puts seafarers’ lives in danger.” The ITF’s campaign against FOCs is governed by the Fair Practices Committee – a joint committee made up of docker and seafarer unions. Earlier during the congress, officials and delegates from the Seafarers’ Section identified additional ways to safeguard mariners and improve their working conditions. Much of the dialogue and planning focused on the use of new fuels in maritime. “We will continue to build a future in which seafarers are recognized, valued, respected, protected,” said Heindel. “Let there be no doubt that the ITF and all its affiliated unions will always stand shoulder to shoulder with unjustly treated seafarers, wherever they may be and whatever they may be facing.” The handling of potentially dangerous new fuels is already being addressed by the ITF in collaboration with industry and international organization partners – a mutually beneficial effort enhanced through joint work during the pandemic. A key example of this effort is the Maritime Just Transition Task Force, which brings together the ITF, the International Chamber of Shipping, the United Nations Global Compact, the International Labor Organization, and the International Maritime Organization. When the group met last year in Dubai, it launched the “Baseline Training Framework for Seafarers in Decarbonization” project to begin providing the skills an estimated 800,000 mariners worldwide will need to acquire, including for work involving potentially dangerous fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen. Comprehensive information about the ITF World Congress and the federation’s various campaigns is available online at itfglobal.org. SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 5 LOG • 5 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU ABOARD OCEAN GRAND – The deck gang on the Patriot ship earned kudos for their recent work on the hatches, as reflected in these photos. Pictured are Bosun Larry Mann, AB Teddy Swift, AB Terrill Tyler, and Paul Hall Center Apprentice Nicholas Howard. BOOKS RECEIVED IN MICHIGAN ‒ Both of these snapshots were taken at the Algonac hall. In the photo above, left, AB Adam Laliberte (right) receives his A-seniority book. He’s pictured with Admin. Asst. Rachel Tuttle. In the remaining photo, GUDE Saleh Saeed displays his newly acquired B-seniority book. CONGRATS IN GARDEN STATE – QEE Alberto Magsucang (left) receives his full book at the Jersey City hall. He’s pictured with SIU Patrolman Ozzy Ramos. ABOARD ISLA BELLA – These snapshots were taken during an Oct. 4 servicing of the TOTE ship. Pictured from left in the larger group photo are AB Jarrett Andrews, QEE Hector Ginel, SIU Port Agent Ashley Nelson, SA Tyvesha Dixon, Recertified Steward Richard Jones, AB Dalrick Fleming, Oiler Richard Vega, ABM Prymus Buckholtz and Recertified Bosun Tavell Love. In the remaining photo are AB Jan “Mo” Jalloh and Port Agent Ashley Nelson. ABOARD MATSON KODIAK – AB Anthony Antonio is in the solo snapshot. From left to right in the other one are Recertified Steward Greg Lynch and Chief Cook Matthew Carroll (deftly demonstrating a surefire way to be featured in the LOG and on our socials). ABOARD MAERSK IOWA – Pictured from left aboard the Maersk Line, Limited ship are AB/Watch Stander John Paul and Paul Hall Center Apprentice Ezekiel Smart Jr. BRIGHTENING HOLIDAYS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES – SIU personnel recently toured the Santa’s Castle facility in the Pacific Northwest. The union is gearing up to support this year’s project as Santa’s Castle celebrates its 30th year. Pictured from left in the group photo are SIU Port Agent Warren Asp, Patrolman Dennison Forsman, Safety Director Danielle Woodward, Santa’s Castle President Donna Handoe and VP Anita Vargo. Santa’s Castle generates donations of toys and other presents for U.S. military families (primarily E-4 and below) from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, and from other bases. 6 •SEAFARERS 6 SEAFARERSLOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 6 NOVEMBER 2024 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU ABOARD PATRIOT ‒ Among those pictured aboard the TOTE ship in Baltimore are Paul Hall Center Apprentices Brandon Mitchell, Junrong Xie, and Torin Holly, AB Samuel Davis, OS Loretta Gailyard, Bosun Paulin Augustin, and Safety Director Jose Argueta. WELCOME ASHORE IN WILMINGTON ‒ AB Lloyd La Beach (right), pictured at the hall with SIU Port Agent Gerret Jarman, receives his first pension check. Brother La Beach started sailing with the SIU in 1978, and spent considerable time in both the inland and deep sea divisions during his 46-year career. ABOARD MATSON ANCHORAGE ‒ Pictured from left are QMED David Smart and Recertified Bosun Shawn Strand. TAKING THE OATH IN PUERTO RICO ‒ Two Seafarers recently received their respective B books at the hiring hall in San Juan. AB Jovanny Otero is at left in photo above, right, with office assistant Mary Gomez. Chief Cook Rafael Tavera is second from right in the other photo, with his wife, Andrea Tavera (second from left); Safety Director Ricky Rivera (far right) and Gomez. TALKING MARITIME WITH CONGRESSWOMAN ‒ SIU Port Agent Warren Asp (right) chats with pro-maritime U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Washington) at a brief coffee meeting Oct. 3. “We discussed all things maritime and thanked her for her support,” Asp noted. RECRUITING IN LONE STAR STATE ‒ Houston Safety Director Kevin Sykes recently participated in a “Maritime Expo & Career Fair” hosted by Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is at right in the posed photo, with former Seafarer Mike Keyshawn, who credited the union with helping him launch a rewarding maritime career. In the other photo, guests check out an SIU-crewed G&H Towing tug. ABOARD FISHER ‒ Pictured from left in the group photo aboard the TOTE-operated vessel are Bosun Mukhtar Yahia, AB Samuel Schwimmer, and Safety Director Danielle Woodward. NOVEMBER 2024 SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 77 LOG • �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU MILESTONES IN CALIFORNIA ‒ AB George W. Washington (right) FOR A GREAT CAUSE – The SIU is teaming up with the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) in Puerto Rico for a toy drive benefiting local schoolchildren. Participation at the hiring hall in San Juan is off to a great start, as reflected in these recent photos. SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS ‒ The Seafarers-crewed Cape Hudson (Patriot) recently took part in a key multinational military exercise: Super Garuda Shield 2024. The vessel is pictured at the Port of Banyuwangi, Indonesia, as military vehicles are staged near it. The U.S. Department of Defense described Super Garuda Shield as “one of the largest multinational exercises in the Indo-Pacific region” and noted that it “continues to solidify the U.S.-Indonesia Major Defense Partnership Defense Cooperation Agreement and advances cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.” (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana) WITH SEAFARERS IN TACOMA ‒ Members of the Matson shore gang gather for a photo in the Pacific Northwest. Coast Guard Announces Temporary Changes For STCW Deck Rating Endorsements Editor’s note: The Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center (NMC) distributed the following bulletin on Oct. 10. Both the announcement and the related policy letter are linked on the SIU website and on the agency’s website. For eligible Seafarers, these changes essentially mean that it should be possible to complete all coursework and testing necessary to become an AB in eight weeks. In part, that is because the new policy offers credit for sea time accumulated as an OS that previously would not have counted towards upgrading to AB (if the sea time was earned prior to the individual mariner successfully completing a Coast Guard-approved Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch course, abbreviated as RFPNW). Questions may be directed to the NMC (contact information follows) or the admissions office at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (admissions@seafarers.org). On October 8, 2024, the Coast Guard Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC) published CG-MMC Policy Letter 04-24, Temporary Changes in Service Requirements for STCW Deck Rating Endorsements. This policy letter addresses the impact of the temporary reduction in sea service requirements for Able Seaman (AB), enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, on the service requirements for STCW deck ratings. The change in sea service requirements for national AB endorsements impacts the qualification process for STCW deck rating endorsements. The reduction in the service requirements to obtain national endorsements results in a longer period of additional service to qualify for the STCW endorsements as Able Seafarer-Deck (AS-D). It does not change the service for the STCW endorsements. This policy letter allows for service toward Ratings Forming Part of the Navigational Watch (RFPNW) and AS-D to accrue concurrently. This policy letter is effective upon publication. The concurrent credit toward RFPNW and AS-D will be applied to all applications that have not reached final agency action. The NMC will apply these new criteria without requiring a new or amended application. A new application will be required if the MMC has already been issued or if the application has reached final agency action. This policy letter is available on the Merchant Mariner Credentialing Policy Letter webpage. Mariners and other interested parties should contact the Mariner Credentialing Program Policy Division at MMCPolicy@uscg.mil or (202) 372-2357 with any questions or feedback. 8 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 8 • SEAFARERS LOG receives his A-seniority book. He’s pictured at the Wilmington hall with SIU Port Agent Gerret Jarman. Washington also recently attained his AB-Unlimited rating. Well-Earned Retirement Longtime Paul Hall Center Executive Chef John Hetmanski recently called it a career, following more than a quartercentury of service at the SIU-affiliated school in Piney Point, Maryland. Union and school officials thanked Hetmanski during a well-attended retirement luncheon in Piney Point; this photo was taken immediately afterward. NOVEMBER 2024 �and my lovely wife, Rona, for putting up with all the times that I wasn't home for birthdays and holidays while she was navigating our family to the right course,” he said. Lastly, he thanked “all the old timers and my old bosuns” who helped him become a better sailor and a better person. Recertified Bosuns Express Gratitude for Transformative SIU Careers Pictured from left at the SIU-affiliated school in Piney Point, Maryland, in early October are Recertified Bosuns John Walsh, Adiener Alfaro, Kelvin Johnson, Mario Ordonez, Julio Cesar Alvarez, Alfie Cicat, and Edward Tennyson. A fter completing a two-week course at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (PHC) in Piney Point, Maryland, seven bosuns achieved a major milestone in their educational journeys with the SIU. Adiener Alfaro, Julio Cesar Alvarez, Alfie Cicat, Kelvin Johnson, Mario Ordonez, Edward Tennyson, and John Walsh concluded the bosun recertification course in early October, reaching the highest level of vocational training in the deck department. The bosuns spent the duration of this course learning additional ins and outs of the maritime industry, receiving classroom instruction, undergoing additional training aimed at bolstering their shipboard work and leadership, and meeting with representatives from several departments within the union and the Seafarers Plans. The bosuns on Oct. 7 continued the tradition of sharing their graduation speeches at the PHC’s monthly membership meeting, attended by apprentices, upgraders, union officials and guests. The following sections highlight the bosuns’ respective graduation speeches. Adiener Alfaro Alfaro, who sails from San Juan, Puerto Rico, kicked off the remarks. In November 2001, Alfaro, having grown tired of working a series of low-paying jobs, visited Puerto Rico’s hiring hall (then located in Santurce). That moment marked a change in his life’s trajectory. The same year, he shipped out as an OS with Crowley. Alfaro’s career change not only increased his pay and the quality of his and his family’s life, but it also allowed him to travel the world. “The SIU truly represents the American dream for those willing to commit to the industry by working hard and upgrading here at Piney Point every year,” Alfaro said. His speech also contained a brief explanation of the motives of opponents to the U.S. maritime industry, who do not support the Jones Act or other pro-U.S.-flag programs. “Our local government is constantly pushed to bypass and undermine our cabotage laws to allow non-U.S.-flag ships to navigate domestic waters, especially during emergencies and disasters,” Alfaro said. “SIU staff in Puerto Rico is constantly working towards promoting our industry by teaching the government about all aspects of the industry and its benefits – not only on the mainland, but also in Puerto Rico, Guam and Hawaii. This industry provides excellent union-wage jobs with great benefits, health care, and pension. It also provides an express transportation line between Puerto Rico and the mainland for commercial shipping and addresses natural disasters as we have seen many times.” Alfaro thanked the union’s officials and staff members for fighting to protect not only the SIU but the industry as a whole. He added that even though the pay and benefits are good, “our U.S. maritime industry and the SIU are not only about making money with benefits and pension, but also about national security in peace and war. “Being an SIU member means job security, benefits, excellent affordable health care, vacation pay, excellent pension, and lots of quality time home between jobs,” he continued. “None of NOVEMBER 2024 this is possible without having the best-qualified and prepared administration.” Julio Cesar Alvarez Alvarez has been sailing with the SIU for more than 20 years and says it would have been even longer had he known about the union when he was 18. “The SIU changed my life. If it weren’t for the SIU I probably would have been in jail or dead, because of my undisciplined lifestyle,” he said. “The SIU showed me a prosperous lifestyle where I can make money and have enough time off to spend with my loved ones, take care of my financial future and one of these days be able to retire with dignity.” He assured all those who were new union members that they made a good decision that would change their lives. Alvarez emphasized the importance of teamwork and how satisfying it is to work alongside union brothers and sisters who share similar values. He continued with more words of wisdom for the apprentices: “A piece of advice, take care of each other. Don't get comfortable with staying in the same job. Upgrade and increase your wages. It will make you feel good, and you will always be prosperous. If you play it right you will be more than okay. You will have a good life.” Alvarez reminded those listening to continue supporting the Jones Act, which “keeps us American sailors working and thriving,” and to contribute to SPAD the union’s voluntary political action fund, which also helps the union advocate for the wellbeing of its members in the political sphere. He thanked his wife, Vicky, and for her support. He also thanked his children Bryan Alvarez and Christian Marty, who are both SIU members, and his other children Kevin and Bryan Marty, who have had to “put up with my absence sometimes.” He expressed gratitude for those at his home hall in Port Everglades, Florida, and at the Puerto Rico hall, the latter of whom offered support when it become known that Bryan Alvarez is facing a health challenge. Alfie Cicat Cicat was born and raised on the island of Anda in the Philippines. He began his career with SIU in his early twenties, and said it has truly changed his life by allowing him to help his family and provide financial security for himself. He has family and friends who are mariners, too. Cicat advised the trainees to listen to their instructors and ask questions to make sure that they know their job well by the time they board the ship. “Again, ask your supervisors questions on board, learn how to work together, and have fun. If you take it seriously and work hard, you will succeed,” Cicat said. He also urged his fellow union members to continue being involved with SPAD, which helps the union maintain support for the industry, and to continue upgrading at the PHC: “It will help you widen your skills for your future if you stay in this business.” Cicat went on to thank all the instructors and staff for their help at the school, as well as his family. “I want to thank my mom my dad, kids, Kelvin Johnson Kelvin Johnson of Lifeboat class 455 was fourth to approach the podium. “Like all of you, I learned the basics of how to be the best merchant seaman whenever I board a ship,” he said. “I wanted to go on board a ship being the best, completing all my tasks, and being a team player.” He urged the rising class of apprentices to take seize the many opportunities they will have to upgrade and enhance their skills. “I took advantage of upgrading as much as possible. It will pay off for you in the long run by making you more money and having good benefits, just as it did for me,” he noted. Johnson also highlighted the importance of participating in SPAD before ending his remarks with thanks to “all who made it possible for me to be accepted into the bosun recertification class.” Mario Ordonez Ordonez grew up in his native Honduras. Since 1989, he has lived in the United States. In 1999, Ordonez first walked through the doors of the hiring hall in Brookly, New York, with his cousin and became an SIU member. A quarter-century later, he took the podium in the PHC as a graduating recertified bosun. “Being part of this union has made me the man I am today because I have been able to provide for my family and to have the lifestyle I have today,” said Ordonez. “It has been a long journey that takes a lot of hard work. I want to thank my family for their support and for being so understanding of my absences through birthdays, graduations, and holidays and all the special events that I could not attend.” Ordonez rounded out his speech with a reminder to continue supporting the Jones Act and an expression of gratitude to SIU officials and school personnel “for the great job they have done to keep us strong as a union with the support of SPAD.” His advice for up-and-coming trainees was to stay focused on their goals, keep upgrading and never give up. Edward Tennyson Tennyson began his life at sea working with a coastal tug and barge in Miami. “At the time I was working two weeks on, and two weeks off, but I could barely pay my bills,” he said. When he joined the SIU in 1997, his finances took a turn for the better. His hard work has since allowed him to buy a house and provide additional support for his family. “To all the SIU apprentices, go out there and take this opportunity seriously,” said Tennyson. “Keep upgrading and enhancing skills and keep contributing to SPAD because it helps keep the Jones Act going strong.” He closed with a message of thanks to the union’s officials and to PHC instructors and staff. John Walsh Walsh, who joined the union in the mid-1990s after serving in the U.S. Navy, concluded the graduation ceremony. He told the apprentices that the future of maritime starts with them. “This union has the finest training facility and teachers in the maritime industry,” Walsh said. “You all have a great opportunity to provide a good future for yourself and your families. Please take advantage of all that is being offered to you.” He commended the ongoing, decades-long joint efforts by the union and the school to remain current with new courses and technology as the industry continues evolving. He also encouraged everyone in the auditorium to spread the word about the SIU and to “take pride in yourselves and our union, invest in your 401ks, contribute to SPAD, and support the Jones Act.” Walsh dedicated the final statements of gratitude in his speech to his family and friends, and his “brothers and sisters in the union who supported me through the years.” SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 9 SEAFARERS LOG • 9 �political action A MATTER OF SURVIVAL FOR MARITIME As the late SIU President Paul Hall famously put it, “Politics is porkchops.” Meaty, substantial, and a frequent centerpiece of our union’s activity – politics affects the livelihoods of Seafarers in many ways. That’s why the SIU is always working to ensure that American mariners stay top of mind for lawmakers. Our consistent efforts to remain politically active make all the difference in successfully navigating the heavily regulated U.S. maritime industry. The Seafarers Political Activities Donation – better known as SPAD, our voluntary political action fund for which union member participation is highly encouraged – is a crucial component of the SIU’s political strength. Other grassroots activities carry great weight, too, including precinct walks/door-knocking, phone banking, and more. This infographic details several government entities with varying levels of oversight on the maritime industry, along with the agencies and programs under their respective purviews. Maritime’s reach is broad, which is why we stress the importance of political action and how imperative it is to elect and keep pro-maritime individuals in office. EXECUTIVE BRANCH Department of Agriculture Administers funding for Food for Peace cargoes subject to cargo preference Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard Transportation Security Administration U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve LNG Facility Environmental Impact Statements Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Department of Defense United States Transportation Command Military Sealift Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Defense Logistics Agency LEGISLATIVE BRANCH House of Representatives 435 voting members, 5 non-voting delegates 10 committees with oversight of maritime issues Committees to watch: Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Budget, Energy & Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Transportation & Infrastructure, Ways & Means Senate 100 voting members 9 committees with oversight of maritime issues Committees to watch: Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce-Science-Transportation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Public Works, Finance, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Agency for International Development in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, arranges overseas carriage of P.L. 480 cargoes Export-Import Bank of the United States Assists in the financing of U.S. exports and triggers applicable U.S.-flag transportation requirements Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board Transportation accessibility for the disabled Federal Maritime Commission Regulates scheduled U.S. liner service; Assesses unfair foreign trade practices Environmental Protection Agency Vessel air emissions; prosecution of marine pollution incidents (with Department of Justice); Vessel fluid discharge management 10 • SEAFARERS LOG National Transportation Safety Board Investigates maritime accidents and issues subsequent safety recommendations SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 2024 10 NOVEMBER �Dispatchers’ Report for Deep Sea “Total Registered” and “Total Shipped” data is cumulative from September 14 - October 14, 2024. “Registered on the Beach” data is as of October 15, 2024. Total Shipped All Groups A B C Registered on Beach All Groups A B C Port Total Registered All Groups A B C Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico St. Louis Tacoma Wilmington 15 2 5 10 4 4 2 16 26 17 1 8 22 9 4 1 6 0 16 29 10 1 3 7 0 1 0 16 26 5 2 2 10 2 1 1 5 3 3 4 1 1 0 2 2 5 1 6 5 4 0 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 8 2 4 12 3 7 8 24 22 16 0 4 10 5 3 0 8 0 15 16 6 3 2 6 0 3 1 8 17 5 0 1 11 0 2 2 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 8 5 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 0 2 1 16 19 5 0 2 9 1 0 1 4 4 5 7 27 2 4 31 4 7 5 43 47 28 4 9 37 14 2 1 6 3 22 57 13 0 2 11 1 5 1 32 34 12 2 4 10 5 2 2 6 3 5 10 2 2 0 5 2 7 1 11 3 2 1 5 11 2 0 0 1 0 4 4 TOTAL 197 102 47 167 78 34 90 353 160 63 Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico St. Louis Tacoma Wilmington TOTAL 2 0 4 8 2 3 3 5 17 5 2 4 14 3 1 1 4 1 9 8 96 2 0 4 5 0 2 2 8 8 5 4 1 17 1 0 2 2 1 3 4 71 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 24 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 8 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 33 4 2 2 13 2 3 9 11 25 13 3 1 22 6 2 1 3 4 9 18 153 3 0 4 8 0 2 4 8 19 5 3 1 16 1 0 2 0 2 8 8 94 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 5 5 0 0 1 9 4 0 0 2 0 2 5 43 Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico St. Louis Tacoma Wilmington TOTAL 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 9 17 6 1 4 7 6 2 1 3 1 8 18 96 1 2 1 2 0 4 1 5 27 0 1 0 9 3 0 4 6 0 1 11 78 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 22 2 0 0 8 2 2 5 3 9 5 0 2 12 1 2 1 1 0 4 14 73 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 28 5 1 1 11 2 4 6 20 25 9 2 5 24 15 1 4 7 2 10 25 179 0 3 1 5 2 3 2 6 36 2 1 3 15 7 0 9 8 0 8 15 126 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 7 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 26 Algonac Anchorage Baltimore Fort Lauderdale Guam Harvey Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Jersey City Joliet Mobile Norfolk Oakland Philadelphia Piney Point Puerto Rico St. Louis Tacoma Wilmington 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 6 0 0 1 16 23 13 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 9 13 13 1 4 8 2 5 6 18 51 15 2 2 22 11 0 13 0 0 4 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 11 23 9 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 5 6 2 0 3 2 0 0 3 5 23 9 0 1 10 5 0 6 0 0 2 6 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 1 0 9 0 3 5 27 38 25 0 2 10 10 0 2 0 0 10 13 22 2 3 15 2 8 9 32 84 24 4 1 50 11 0 13 2 0 9 25 TOTAL 8 106 194 9 73 77 29 17 169 316 GRAND TOTAL 357 287 316 251 142 180 702 549 448 Trip Reliefs Deck Department Engine Department 4 0 3 5 1 1 1 4 11 8 1 4 7 2 2 1 3 0 6 3 67 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 7 11 3 2 0 12 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 52 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Steward Department November & December Membership Meetings Piney Point Monday: Nov. 4 , Dec. 2 Algonac Friday: Nov. 8, Dec. 6 Baltimore Thursday: Nov. 7, Dec. 5 Guam Thursday: Nov. 21, Dec. 19 Honolulu Houston Friday: Nov. 15, Dec. 13 Tuesday: Nov. 12, Monday: Dec. 9 Jacksonville Thursday: Nov. 7, Dec. 5 Joliet Thursday: Nov. 14, Dec. 12 Mobile Wednesday: Nov. 13, Dec. 11 New Orleans Jersey City Norfolk Tuesday: Nov. 12, Dec. 10 Tuesday: Nov. 5, Dec. 3 Friday: Nov. 8, Dec. 6 Oakland Thursday: Nov. 14, Dec. 12 Philadelphia Wednesday: Nov. 6, Dec. 4 Port Everglades Thursday: Nov. 14, Dec. 12 San Juan Thursday: Nov. 7, Dec. 5 St. Louis Friday: Nov. 15, Dec. 13 Tacoma Friday: Nov. 22, Dec. 20 Wilmington Monday: Nov. 18, Dec. 16 Houston change due to holiday observance Each port’s meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. NOVEMBER 2024 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 16 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 7 48 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 3 17 Entry Department 397 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 11 SEAFARERS LOG • 11 �SIU Directory Inquiring Seafarer David Heindel, President Augustin Tellez, Executive Vice President Tom Orzechowski, Secretary-Treasurer George Tricker, Vice President Contracts Dean Corgey, Vice President Gulf Coast Nicholas J. Marrone, Vice President West Coast This month’s question was answered by students in the advanced galley operations course at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. Question: What are some things you enjoy about the winter holidays? Joseph T. Soresi, Vice President Atlantic Coast Joe Vincenzo, Vice President Government Services Bryan Powell, Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters HEADQUARTERS 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301) 899-0675 Raymond Forse Chief Cook Jessica Davis Chief Cook If you’re not working, it’s great to be with your family. But if you are working, the holiday pay is fantastic! The snow – it’s so peaceful and calm. I’m from Tennessee; we get a lot of snow, and I like the colder weather anyway. Steven Lopez Chief Cook Chadon Williams Chief Cook I’m a Christmas person, especially coming from Puerto Rico. I love the atmosphere, I love the food, I love the Christmas spirit of the people, I love the music. How everybody comes together. I like the decorations of the winter holidays, and I like the movies – specifically “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Andrea Sharpe Chief Cook Jasmin Franklin Chief Cook For me, it’s about baking – all of the smells in the kitchen. The butter, the cinnamon, the sugar, the pumpkin spices. It’s about everything coming out of the kitchen, feeding people with love at the holidays. I don’t like winter; I like the fall better. I love being in my hoodies and sweats and boots and scarves. I’m from Cleveland, so when the winter hits, it’s crazy. ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr., Algonac, MI 48001 (810) 794-4988 ANCHORAGE 721 Sesame St., #1C, Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 561-4988 BALTIMORE 2315 Essex St., Baltimore, MD 21224 (410) 327-4900 GUAM P.O. Box 3328, Hagatna, Guam 96932 Cliffline Office Ctr. Bldg., Suite 103B 422 West O’Brien Dr., Hagatna, Guam 96910 (671) 477-1350 HONOLULU 606 Kalihi St., Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 845-5222 HOUSTON 625 N. York St., Houston, TX 77003 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 5100 Belfort Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904) 281-2622 JERSEY CITY 104 Broadway, Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 434-6000 JOLIET 10 East Clinton St., Joliet, IL 60432 (815) 723-8002 MOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36605 (251) 478-0916 NEW ORLEANS 3911 Lapalco Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 328-7545 NORFOLK 115 Third Street, Norfolk, VA 23510 (757) 622-1892 Pic from the Past OAKLAND 1121 7th St., Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 444-2360 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4 St., Philadelphia, PA 19148 (215) 336-3818 PINEY POINT 45353 St. George’s Avenue, Piney Point, MD 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT EVERGLADES 1221 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 522-7984 SAN JUAN 659 Hill Side St., Summit Hills San Juan, PR 00920 (787) 721-4033 ST. LOUIS/ALTON 4581 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, MO 63116 (314) 752-6500 TACOMA 3411 South Union Ave., Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 272-7774 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 549-4001/4002 Pictured aboard the Cove Liberty (Cove Shipping) in 1984 are Floyd Acord, Patrick Amo, Jerry Westphal, Sal Lagare, and Errol Nicholson. 12 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 12 • SEAFARERS LOG NOVEMBER 2024 �Welcome Ashore! DEEP SEA SANTIAGO AMAYA Brother Santiago Amaya, 63, started sailing with the Seafarers International Union in 1989 when he shipped on the Independence. Brother Amaya was a steward department member. He upgraded at the union-affiliated Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions and concluded his career aboard the Overseas Houston. Brother Amaya is a Houston resident. We pay tribute to our brothers and sisters of the SIU who have recently retired. THANK YOU for a job well done and we wish you fair winds and following seas. RICHARD GRAY PAUL MUELLERSMAN Brother Richard Gray, 72, embarked on his SIU career in 1992 when he shipped on the Cape Carthage. He sailed in the steward department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on several occasions. Brother Gray’s final vessel was the Jack Lummus. He makes his home in Freedom, New Hampshire. Brother Paul Muellersman, 67, became a member of the union in 1988. He first shipped on the USNS Bartlett and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Muellersman’s final vessel was the Dewayne T. Williams. He lives in Fredericktown, Missouri. SAMUEL ANSAH KEVIN HALL Brother Samuel Ansah, 68, joined the union in 2002, initially sailing aboard the Little Hales. He worked in the deck department and most recently shipped on the Golden State. Brother Ansah resides in North Charleston, South Carolina. Brother Kevin Hall, 56, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1989. An engine department member, he first sailed on the Independence. Brother Hall upgraded his skills at the Piney Point school on numerous occasions. He most recently shipped on the Louisiana and settled in Humble, Texas. ANDRE BERNARD Brother Andre Bernard, 65, donned the SIU colors in 1990. He shipped in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Bernard’s first vessel was the USNS Desteiguer; his last, the Global Sentinel. He makes his home in Kennewick, Washington. EDWIN COLEMAN Brother Edwin Coleman, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 2006, initially sailing aboard the USNS Soderman. He upgraded his skills at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions and shipped most recently shipped as a storekeeper on the USNS Henson. Brother Coleman calls Suffolk, Virginia, home. DANIEL CRAWFORD Brother Daniel Crawford, 65, became a member of the union in 1979 when he shipped on the Cove Trader. A steward department member, he upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Crawford concluded his career aboard the Horizon Discovery. He lives in Mobile, Alabama. BELARMINO DAROSA FRANCIS OTOO-JOHNSON Brother Francis Otoo-Johnson, 69, signed on with the SIU in 2002 when he shipped on the Atlantic Forest. He sailed in the deck department and upgraded his skills at the Paul Hall Center in 2004. Brother Otoo-Johnson most recently sailed aboard the Maersk Montana. He resides in Humble, Texas. RONALD TARANTINO Brother Ronald Tarantino, 63, joined the Seafarers in 1980, initially sailing on the Gemini. He worked in the steward department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions. Brother Tarantino’s final vessel was the Colorado Express. He makes his home in La Porte, Texas. PATRICIA HAUSNER Sister Paticia Hausner, 65, joined the union in 2000, initially sailing aboard the Global Mariner. She sailed primarily in the deck department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Sister Hausner last sailed on the USNS Denebola. She makes her home in Milton, Florida. KIM TYE GERALD KELLY Brother Gerald Kelly, 65, signed on with the SIU in 1989 when he shipped on the Independence. He sailed in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on numerous occasions. Brother Kelly’s final vessel was the Baldomero Lopez. He lives in Aurora, Colorado. GREAT LAKES DAVID KENNEDY Brother David Kennedy, 65, became an SIU member in 2001. A deck department member, he first sailed on the Keystone Texas. Brother Kennedy upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on several occasions. He most recently worked on the Acadia Trader and resides in Grand Haven, Michigan. RICARDO FREDERICK Brother Ricardo Frederick, 65, signed on with the union in 2001. An engine department member, he upgraded his skills at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Frederick’s first vessel was the Keystone Texas; his last, the American Spirit. He calls South Windsor, Connecticut, home. LEOPOLDO MALOLOS Brother Belarmino Darosa, 65, signed on with the SIU in 2001. He first sailed aboard the USNS Bellatrix and worked in the deck department. Brother Darosa upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. He last shipped on the Maersk Hartford and is a resident of Central Falls, Rhode Island. Brother Leopoldo Malolos, 68, embarked on his career with the Seafarers International Union in 2006 when he shipped on the Pride of Aloha. He worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Malolos last sailed on the Pride of America. He lives in Kapolei, Hawaii. JOHN FALLON ABDELHAK MOUTMIR Brother John Fallon, 66, joined the Seafarers International Union in 1983, initially working with Delta Queen Steamboat Company. A steward department member, he upgraded on multiple occasions at the Piney Point school. Brother Fallon’s final vessel was the Magnolia State. He resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Brother Abdelhak Moutmir, 68, joined the union in 2004, initially sailing aboard the Cape Hudson. He worked in all three departments and upgraded often at the Paul Hall Center. Brother Moutmir’s final vessel was the Maersk Seletar. He makes his home in New York. NOVEMBER 2024 Brother Kim Tye, 55, donned the SIU colors in 1994 when he sailed on the Sealift Arabian Sea. He upgraded his skills often at the Paul Hall Center and worked in the engine department. Brother Tye most recently shipped aboard the Ocean Grand. He is a resident of Lesage, West Virginia. Notice to Medicare Pensioners Eligible For Health Benefits from SHBP If you are a pensioner receiving Medicare and receiving health benefits through the Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan (SHBP), you are receiving your prescription drug coverage from Retiree RxCare. This coverage is called Medicare Part D. The Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan pays for this coverage for you. Retiree RxCare recently sent you a letter and a notice, dated October 2, 2024. We want to reassure you that your prescription coverage remains in place, and there is no change in your coverage. There is no need for you to take any action at this time. If you have any questions, please contact the Plan at (800) 252-4674, option 3. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 13 SEAFARERS LOG • 13 �Final Departures DEEP SEA PEDRO ALICEA Pensioner Pedro Alicea, 90, died July 26. He began his career with the Seafarers in 1977. Brother Alicea first shipped on the Charleston and was a member of the steward department. He last sailed aboard the Producer, before retiring in 2000. Brother Alicea resided in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. JAMES BALL Pensioner James Ball, 84, passed away July 25. He donned the SIU colors in 1970 and first worked with Michigan Tankers Inc. A member of the steward department, Brother Ball concluded his career aboard the Grand Canyon State. He became a pensioner in 2007 and settled in Sheridan, Oregon. HAROLD CALDEIRA Pensioner Harold Caldeira, 88, died July 22. He became a member of the union in 1988 when he sailed aboard the Producer. Brother Caldeira worked in the deck department. He last sailed aboard the Newark Bay and retired in 2000. Brother Caldeira lived in Las Vegas. DOYLE CORNELIUS Pensioner Doyle Cornelius, 84, passed away August 28. He joined the Seafarers International Union in 1973. A steward department member, Brother Cornelius first shipped on the Santa Mariana. His final vessel was the Liberty Grace. Brother Cornelius went on pension in 2004 and lived in Reno, Nevada. EARNEST DILLARD Brother Earnest Dillard, 49, died August 18. He signed on with the SIU in 1998 when he sailed aboard the Maersk Tennessee. Brother Dillard was a member of the deck department. He last shipped on the Sulphur Enterprise and lived in Mobile, Alabama. FEDERICO GIRAY Pensioner Federico Giray, 77, passed away July 9. He joined the Seafarers International Union in 1986. Brother Giray first shipped on the Independence. An engine department member, his final vessel was the Horizon Enterprise. Brother Giray became a pensioner in 2012 and made his home in Honolulu. In solemn remembrance, we honor the legacies of these union members who have crossed the final bar. May they rest in peace. JIM HASSAN LAWRENCE WINFIELD Pensioner Jim Hassan, 77, died August 16. Sailing first aboard the Charleston, he donned the SIU colors in 1977. Brother Hassan worked in the deck department and last shipped aboard the Maersk Missouri in 2003. He became a pensioner the following year and resided in Wantagh, New York. Pensioner Lawrence Winfield, 73, passed away August 7. Brother Winfield embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 1968, initially sailing on the Oberlin Victory. He worked in the steward department. Brother Winfield’s final vessel was the Maersk Chesapeake. He began collecting his pension in 2014 and resided in Portsmouth, Virginia. RAY JOHNS Pensioner Ray Johns, 66, passed away July 4. He signed on with the Seafarers in 1997. A deck department member, he first shipped on the Allegiance. Brother Johns most recently sailed on the Seabulk Challenge. He became a pensioner earlier this year and was a resident of Wilmington, Delaware. LEON JOHNSON Pensioner Leon Johnson, 82, died July 1. He embarked on his career with the SIU in 1988, initially sailing aboard the USNS Bartlett. Brother Johnson worked in the deck department and concluded his career aboard the USNS Wright in 2003. He began collecting his pension in 2013 and lived in Southfield, Michigan. RAY MANN Pensioner Ray Mann, 87, died July 19. He joined the Seafarers International Union in 1967. Brother Mann first shipped on the Rambam. He worked in the steward department and last sailed aboard the Spirit of Texas. Brother Mann retired in 1991 and called Hitchcock, Texas, home. GREAT LAKES JAMES ANDRZEJEWSKI Pensioner James Andrzejewski, 83, died August 5. He joined the Seafarers in 1960 and first worked with Inland Lakes Management. Brother Andrzejewski sailed in the deck department. He became a pensioner in 1997 after concluding his career on the Paul H. Townsend. Brother Andrzejewski made his home in Alpena, Michigan. LEE BLAHNIK Brother Lee Blahnik, 71, passed away August 20. He donned the SIU colors in 1971 and initially worked with Michigan Interstate Railway. Brother Blahnik last sailed with Luedtke Engineering Company. He resided in Frankfort, Michigan. ALI HADDAD Pensioner Ali Haddad, 92, died December 26. Brother Haddad signed on with the SIU in 1964. He first sailed aboard the Hastings and shipped in all three departments. Brother Haddad concluded his career aboard the EM Ford and retired in 1996. He lived in Dearborn, Michigan. JOSE MARTINEZ CLINTON KIRCHOFF Brother Jose Martinez, 64, passed away July 4. A steward department member, he signed on with the SIU in 2000. Brother Martinez first worked on the Bernard F. Fisher. He last shipped aboard the Resolve in 2022. Brother Martinez made his home in Bronx, New York. Pensioner Clinton Kirchoff, 93, passed away August 27. A deck department member, he signed on with the SIU in 1959. Brother Kirchoff first worked with Inland Lakes Management. He last shipped aboard the JAW Iglehart in 1976. Brother Kirchoff went on pension in 1996 and made his home in Alpena, Michigan. EFREN MATIAS Pensioner Efren Matias, 71, died August 30. He became a member of the union in 2001 and initially sailed aboard the USNS Sisler. Brother Matias worked in the steward department and last sailed on the USNS Watson. He retired in 2021 and was a resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia. STANLEY SPORNA Pensioner Stanley Sporna, 70, died July 17. He became a member of the Seafarers International Union in 1976. Brother Sporna first sailed aboard the Jefferson Davis. He was an engine department member and last shipped on the Lawrence Gianella. Brother Sporna went on pension in 2017 and lived in Mobile, Alabama. 14 SEAFARERS LOG OCTOBER 2023 14 • SEAFARERS LOG • MOHAMED NASSIR Pensioner Mohamed Nassir, 86, died July 30. He became a member of the union in 1970, first sailing aboard the Hennepin. Brother Nassir was a member of the engine department. He last shipped on the St. Mary’s Challenger before retiring in 2004. Brother Nassir was a resident of Coldwater, Michigan. THOMAS SKOWRONEK Pensioner Thomas Skowronek, 76, died July 6. He signed on with the union in 1968 when he shipped with Inland Lakes Management. Brother Skowronek worked in the deck department. He last sailed aboard the St. Clair and went on pension in 2012. Brother Skowronek lived in Alpena, Michigan. NOVEMBER 2024 �INLAND ERNEST GINGLES Pensioner Ernest Gingles, 85, passed away July 28. He began sailing with the Seafarers in 1968. A deck department member, Brother Gingles was first employed by Dixie Carriers. He last worked with Moran Towing of Texas in 2003 before going on pension the following year. Brother Gingles called Temple, Texas, home. EDWARD HENDRIX Brother Edward Hendrix, 69, died August 29. He embarked on his career with the union in 1974 and shipped in the deck department. Brother Hendrix initially worked with Allied Transportation. He last sailed with Mariner Towing and resided in Virginia Beach, Virginia. JAMES HOWE Pensioner James Howe, 82, passed away August 7. He joined the SIU in 1987. Brother Howe worked in the deck department. He was employed with Crescent Towing and Salvage for his entire career. Brother Howe made his home in Savannah, Georgia. CONSTANTIN IORDACHE Pensioner Constantin Iordache, 72, died March 13. He joined the union in 1992. Brother Iordache was a deck department member and sailed with Moran Towing of Philadelphia for most of his SIU career. He became a pensioner in 2015 and settled in Philadelphia. ANDREW KELLY Pensioner Andrew Kelly, 69, passed away August 21. He began sailing with the SIU in 1976 when he was employed with Moran Towing of Philadelphia. Brother Kelly worked in the deck department and was last employed with Crowley Towing and Transportation. He started collecting his pension in 2011 and called Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, home. BERRY MEEKINS Pensioner Berry Meekins, 82, died August 12. An engine department member, he joined the union in 1990. Brother Meekins was employed with Allied Transportation for his entire career. He became a pensioner in 2007 and resided in Washington, North Carolina. KENNETH MOORE RAYMOND MAREE Pensioner Kenneth Moore, 65, passed away July 31. He donned the union colors in 1982, initially sailing with Hvide Marine. Brother Moore shipped in both the deck and engine departments. He most recently sailed on the Zeus and retired earlier this year. Brother Moore was a resident of Willis, Texas. Pensioner Raymond Maree, 90, passed away July 9. Brother Maree sailed in the engine department and last shipped on the Green Ridge. He went on pension in 1996 and settled in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. FREDERICK MUNDT Pensioner Frederick Mundt, 100, died August 10. Brother Mundt first sailed in 1943. He shipped in the deck department, initially aboard the John L. Stoddard. Brother Mundt last sailed aboard the Marine Chemist and began collecting his pension in 1990. He was a resident of Orange Park, Florida. ROBERT STELLY Pensioner Robert Stelly, 84, died July 1. He became a member of the Seafarers International Union in 1963 and worked in the deck department. Brother Stelly was employed with Hvide Marine for most of his career. He became a pensioner in 2002 and settled in Lufkin, Texas. MIECZYSLAW PEKALSKI Pensioner Mieczyslaw Pekalski, 67, passed away July 7. Brother Pekalski worked in the deck department and last sailed aboard the Energy Enterprise. He became a pensioner in 2022 and settled in Podansko, Poland. ANTONIO PEREZ ROBERT WEINHARDT Pensioner Antonio Perez, 84, died August 10. Brother Perez worked in the deck department. He retired in 1987 after concluding his career aboard the Chesapeake. Brother Perez resided in Alicante, Spain. Pensioner Robert Weinhardt, 66, passed away July 13. A deck department member, he joined the SIU in 1996. Brother Weinhardt was employed by Crowley for his entire career. He began collecting his pension in 2016 and made his home in Pitman, New Jersey. SHELDON PRIVIN Pensioner Sheldon Privin, 89, passed away August 2. Brother Privin sailed in the deck department. He concluded his career aboard the Alliance Norfolk and retired in 2013. Brother Privin was a resident of Deerfield Beach, Florida. NMU CLARENCE PUMPHREY CRUZ DE JESUS Pensioner Cruz De Jesus, 82, died August 4. Brother De Jesus sailed as a deck department member. He last shipped on the Yorktown Express and began collecting his pension in 2004. Brother De Jesus made his home in Pasadena, Texas. BILLY DUCHARME Pensioner Billy Ducharme, 88, passed away July 12. Brother Ducharme worked in the deck department and last shipped aboard the Jean Lykes in 1997. He became a pensioner the following year and settled in Louisville, Kentucky. GILBERTO GOMEZ Pensioner Gilberto Gomez, 98, died July 11. He retired in 1981 after concluding his career aboard the Doctor Lykes. Brother Gomez resided in League City, Texas. YIP KAM Pensioner Yip Kam, 103, passed away August 16. Brother Kam began sailing in 1943, first aboard the El Coston. A steward department member, his final vessel was the United States. Brother Kam went on pension in 1968 and made his home in Brooklyn, New York. FRANCISCO KING Pensioner Francisco King, 85, died July 24. Brother King worked in the deck department. He last sailed aboard the Philadelphia and became a pensioner in 2006. Brother King lived in Brooklyn, New York. 15 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 NOVEMBER 2024 Pensioner Clarence Pumphrey, 98, died August 16. Brother Pumphrey began sailing in 1945. He first shipped on the Petersburg and worked in the steward department. Brother Pumphrey was last employed by Keystone Tankers. He became a pensioner in 1985 and lived in Philadelphia. JOSE RODRIGUEZ Pensioner Jose Rodriguez, 88, passed away July 23. Brother Rodriguez sailed in the deck department and last shipped on the Green Valley. He went on pension in 1998 and settled in Villa Carolina, Puerto Rico. MAURO SOSA Pensioner Mauro Sosa, 75, died July 13. He was a steward department member and first sailed on the M.E. Lombardi. Brother Sosa last sailed on the Marjorie Lykes. He retired in 2001 and was a resident of Tucson, Arizona. GERMAN TORRES Pensioner German Torres, 84, passed away May 26. Brother Torres sailed in the steward department. He concluded his career aboard the Export Freedom and retired in 1988. Brother Torres lived in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. MICHAEL ZICHELLA Pensioner Michael Zichella, 82, died July 7. He first shipped on the Gulf Pride and worked in the steward department. Brother Zichella’s final vessel was the Overseas New York. He began collecting his pension in 2000 and lived in Crestone, Colorado. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 15 SEAFARERS LOG • 15 �Digest of Shipboard Union Meetings The Seafarers LOG attempts to print as many digests of union shipboard minutes as possible. On occasion, because of space limitations, some will be omitted. Ships’ minutes first are reviewed by the union’s contract department. Those issues requiring attention or resolution are addressed by the union upon receipt of the ships’ minutes. The minutes are then forwarded to the Seafarers LOG for publication. LOUISIANA (Seabulk Crew Management), July 6 – Chairman Albert Mensah, Secretary Shabrielle K n i g ht , E duca t i o n a l D i re c to r Christopher Kirchhofer, Steward Delegate Yolanda Martinez. Crew discussed importance of donating to SPAD (Seafarers Political Activities Donation), the union’s voluntary political action fund. Secretary offered her assistance to anyone that needs help. Educational director encouraged crew to upgrade at the union-affiliated Paul Hall Center. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members discussed vision and medical benefits. Crew was thanked for their hard work and contributions that made significant impact. OVERSEAS TAMPA (Overseas Ship Management), July 7 – Chairman Jovan Williams, Secretary Jumaane Allen, Deck Delegate Lawrence Hernandez, Engine Delegate John Raquipiso. Members were reminded to stay hydrated while working in the heat. Crew discussed old business including requests to for fans and unlimited Wi-Fi. Chairman encouraged crew to recruit family members to join the union. He urged members to leave clean rooms for oncoming reliefs. Educational director advised crew to renew documents one year in advance and to upgrade at the Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. STARZ TV cable network channels are now available. New carpet installed in rooms. OVERSEAS TAMPA (Overseas Ship Management), July 14 – Chairman Jovan Williams, Secretary Jumaane Allen, Deck Delegate Lawrence Hernandez. Crew reviewed requests for unlimited Wi-Fi and for increases in boot reimbursement from $125 to $200. Chairman asked for patience while waiting on reliefs. Educational director reiterated importance of renewing documents well in advance and encouraged members to upgrade. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members requested new printer in crew lounge, unlimited internet on crew compuer and new TVs for rooms. Crew would like increases in pay, life insurance and eyeglass allowances. OVERSEAS TAMPA (Overseas Ship Management), July 20 – Chairman Jovan Williams, Secretary Jumaane Allen, Deck Delegate Lawrence Hernandez, Engine Delegate John Raquipiso. Chairman urged crew to stay hydrated. He asked for everyone to continue working safely and to be aware of their surroundings. Educational director advised crew to keep documents current in order to upgrade at the Paul Hall Center on time. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members asked for various items such as new clothes dryers, large work shirts, cases of bottled water, TVs and refrigerators in DEU rooms. Crew requested raises to match cost-of-living prices. LIBERTY PASSION (Liberty Maritime Corp), July 21 – Chairman Val Custis, Secretary Yacoub Shack, Deck Delegate Luis Mena, Steward Delegate Sarah Gross. Chairman advised crew to renew documents early and to go to the Paul Hall Center to upgrade. He encouraged members to recruit friends and family to join the SIU. Chairman discussed 401K benefits and direct deposit option for vacation checks. Ship is clean and well maintained, per secretary report. Treasurer reviewed ship funds and encouraged members to approach captain with purchase ideas. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested memory foam mattress. MAERSK KINLOSS (Maersk Line, Limited), August 3 – Chairman Nathaniel Sherrill, Secretary George Egbert, Educational Director Tijani Rashid, Deck Delegate Laura Bess, Steward Delegate Wilson Palacios Arriola. Educational director recommended members upgrade at Paul Hall Center. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested new refrigerators, towels and linens and asked for increases in food budget and vacation days. Members would like two routers per deck to help with internet access. OVERSEAS TAMPA (Overseas Ship Management), August 4 – Chairman Jovan Williams, Secretary Jumaane Allen, Educational Director Michael Robinson, Deck Delegate Lawrence Hernandez, Engine Delegate Garland Scott, Steward Delegate Jasmine Mable. New dryer received and printer fixed. Chairman thanked steward department for doing an amazing job and asked members to remain patient while waiting for reliefs. Educational director reiterated the importance of keeping documents current and taking advantage of the upgrading opportunities at the Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members were reminded to keep crew computer unlocked. Crew requested higher wages and increased health insurance benefits as well as allowances for emergency flights. PACIFIC COLLECTOR (TOTE Services), August 4 – Chairman Kenneth Steiner, Secretary Terrelyn Wallace, Educational Director Trevor Cohn, Deck Delegate Mohamed Aboubaker, Engine Delegate Davon Brown. Washing machine installation has begun and ship is now equipped with Starlink Wi-Fi. Crew is working well together, per chairman. Food order has been made. Educational director advised crew to take advantage of the upgrading opportunities offered at the Paul Hall Center. Ship has 401K paperwork available to members. Captain has offered help to anyone that might need assistance. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested cable TV in all rooms. Members discussed new contract and wage increase. Crew would like to add one day per month into the contract and for increased pension and dental insurance. QMED asked for penalty pay for fabrication welding work. Members would like to have chiropractor benefit again as well as work boot reimbursement after 90 days. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership’s money and union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by certified public accountants every year, which is to be submitted to the membership by the secretary-treasurer. A yearly finance committee of rank-and-file members, elected by the membership, each year examines the finances of the union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All 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. A member’s shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by contracts between the union and the employers. Members should get to know their shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all union halls. If members believe there have been violations of their shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the union and the employers, they should notify the Seafar- ers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: George Tricker, Chairman Seafarers Appeals Board 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to members 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 an SIU member works and lives aboard a ship or boat. Members should know their contract rights, as well as their obligations, such as filing for overtime (OT) on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, a member believes that an SIU patrolman or other union official fails to protect their contractual rights properly, he or she should contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — THE SEAFARERS LOG. The Seafarers LOG traditionally has refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the union, officer or member. It also has refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Sea­farers LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the executive board of the union. The executive board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies 16 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 16 • SEAFARERS LOG are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he or she should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to union headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU Constitution are available in all union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time a member feels any other member or officer is attempting to deprive him or her of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods, such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members 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 member may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he or she is denied the equal rights to which he or she is entitled, the member should notify union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION (SPAD). SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American merchant marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, the member should notify the Seafarers International Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. A member should support SPAD to protect and further his or her economic, political and social interests, and American trade union concepts. NOTIFYING THE UNION — If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he or she has been denied the constitutional right of access to union records or information, the member should immediately notify SIU President David Heindel at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is: David Heindel, President Seafarers International Union 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 NOVEMBER 2024 �Paul Hall Center Upgrading Course Dates Printed below are dates for courses scheduled to take place at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. The QR code connects to a web page with the latest course dates (they may differ from what’s printed here, though in most cases the only changes are additions that haven’t yet made it into the LOG). Seafarers are welcome to contact the admissions office with questions about upgrading courses: (301) 899-0657, admissions@seafarers.org Title of Course Start Date Latest Course Dates Date of Completion DECK DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES Able Seafarer - Deck November 4 November 22 STEWARD DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES Certified Chief Cook November 4 December 9 December 6 February 14 ServSafe Management December 2 December 6 Advanced Galley Ops November 18 December 13 SAFETY/OPEN UPGRADING COURSES Basic Training Revalidation November 18 December 2 December 6 November 18 December 2 December 6 Government Vessels November 4 December 9 November 8 December 13 UPGRADING APPLICATION COURSE ____________________________ START DATE OF DATE COMPLETION __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ If the following information is not filled out completely, your application will not be processed. ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ Social Security #_________________________________ Book #_________________________ Seniority_______________________________________ Department____________________ Home Port______________________________________________________________________ E-mail _________________________________________________________________________ Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held_____________________________________________ Are you a graduate of the SHLSS/PHC trainee program?  Yes   No  If yes, class # and dates attended___________________________________________________ Have you attended any SHLSS/PHC upgrading courses?  Yes   No  _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ Name__________________________________________________________________________ Address________________________________________________________________________ Telephone (Home)______________________________ (Cell)____________________________ Date of Birth____________________________________________________________________  Deep Sea Member   Lakes Member   Inland Waters Member  With this application, COPIES of the following must be sent: One hundred and twenty-five (125) days seatime for the previous year, MMC, TWIC, front page of your book including your department and seniority and qualifying sea time for the course if it is Coast Guard tested. Must have a valid SHBP clinic through course date. I authorize the Paul Hall Center to release any of the information contained in this application, or any of the supporting documentation that I have or will submit with this application to related organizations, for the purpose of better servicing my needs and helping me to apply for any benefits which might become due to me. NOVEMBER 2024 LAST VESSEL: ___________________________________ Rating: ________________________ Date On: _______________________________________ Date Off:________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________ Date:___________________ NOTE: Transportation will be paid in accordance with the scheduling letter only if you present original receipts and successfully complete the course. If you have any questions, contact your port agent before departing for Piney Point. Not all classes are reimbursable. Return completed application to: Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education Admissions Office, Email:upgrading@seafarers.org Mail: 45353 St. George’s Ave., Piney Point, MD 20674 Fax: 301-994-2189. The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is a private, non-profit, equal opportunity institution and admits students, who are otherwise qualified, or any race, nationality or sex. The school complies with applicable laws with regard to admission, access or treatment of students in its programs or activities. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 17 SEAFARERS LOG • 17 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos APPRENTICE WATER SURVIVAL CLASS #912 – Pictured above: Maximilian Bates, Robert Bergstedt Jr., Brian Bolden Jr., Daqwaun Cleveland, Jordan Cruz, Eric Davidson, Andre Dixon Jr., Yetiani Fernandez, Erik Galasso, Kilby Graham Jr., Adam Hassebrock, Kevin Hopkins, David Jackson, Azya Johnson, Jeremy Marte, Desaun Murray, Scott Nygaard, Joseph Paulin, Chad Peters and Ryan Whiter. ADV. GALLEY OPS – Graduated September 20: Jessica Davis, Raymond Forse, Jasmin Franklin, Steven Lopez Ferrer, Andrea Sharpe and Chadon Williams. ADV. REFER CONTAINER MAINTENANCE – Graduated September 6: Alex-Stephen Amarra, Justin Bodnar, Edgar Dionio, Cale Irons, Tony King Jr., Melody Mitchell, Lamont Robinson and Jimmie Williams Jr. Instructor Chris Morgan is at the far left. BASIC SAFETY – Graduated September 6: Joseph Nader and Brandon Walker. GALLEY FAM. – Graduated September 20: Azya Johnson and Desaun Murray. CERTIFIED CHIEF COOK – Graduated September 13 (not all are pictured): Cedrick Burton Jr., Rasheed Groden, Sadie Johnson, Jamal Michel, Abel Palacios, Dochua Polanco-Nieves, Brian Rojas Perez, Kenya Scott, Lawanda Sloan and Kaishona Stimphil. GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 13 (above, not all are pictured): Abdul-Ghaffar Abu-Bakr, Ahmed Almusab, Alex-Stephen Amarra, Rodelo Ayaton, Carleous Brown Jr., Tekki Carter, James Davies, Mark Dennison, Edgar Dionio, Javontae Douglas, Derick Dy, Troy Fleming, Tanish King, Montel MacKey, Jony Morales Martinez, Joseph Nader, Jessica Neil, Brandon Walker and Eddie Wells Jr. 18 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 18 • SEAFARERS LOG NOVEMBER 2024 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 27 (above, not all are pictured): Jasmine Brockington, Ryan Bruun, Joshua Burton, Rudolph Castaneda, Michael Dooley, Richard Dunn, Dennis Garcia Borda, Sherlyen Gedeon, Aaron Green, Fahmy Hajj, Antonio Harrison Jr., Joshua Kazakis, Chantay Martin, Langston Mejia-Johnson, Javion Riley-Medlock, Deandre Ryan, Brian Sheeran, Michael Smith, Elijah Stepney, Terrence Thompson, Carlos Velazquez Rivera and Jacob Wharton. Instructor Daniel Reed is at far left. GALLEY OPS – Graduated September 20: Zainab Dexter and Susan Kennedy. JR. ENGINEER PLANT MAINTENANCE – Graduated September 20: Charles Bishop, Wilfredo Calix Maximo, Preston Eiland, Erl Encina, Michael Lane, Johnny Matthews III, Alton Simpson, Christopher Skinner, Dennis Smith Jr. and Michael Zabielski. Instructor Chris Morgan is at far right. MSC SUPPLY CONFIG MGMT – Graduated September 13 (not all are pictured): Stacy Davis, Tammy Gammage, Walter Lewis Jr., Kion Miller and Ali Yahia. Victor Diaz, Matthew Lehnen and Casper Wilson. VESSEL OPS – Graduated September 20: Maximilian Bates, Robert Bergstedt Jr., Brian Bolden Jr., Daqwuan Cleveland, Eric Davidson, Andre Dixon Jr., Yetiani Fernandez, Erik Galasso, Kilby Graham Jr., Adam Hassebrock, Kevin Hopkins, David Jackson, Jeremy Marte, Scott Nygaard, Joseph Paulin, Chad Peters and Bryan Whiter. RFPNW – Graduated September 13: Iman Afifi, Tyler Brown, Alex Cancel, Jamison Coronel, Darien Davis, Edwin Edjeani, Garrett Giella, Cody Gore, James Jackson III, Wesley Jones, Ike Okparaeke, Dakota Sletten, James Smiley, Andrew Smith and Zachary Wilson. NOVEMBER 2024 RFPEW – Graduated September 20: Tito Butler Jr., Korgan Chalker, Terrance Clark Jr., PUMPMAN – Graduated September 20 (above, not all are pictured): Rahsaan Alexander, Kevin Brown, Marvin Fabrizius, James Grant, Carlos Gutierrez, Anibal Lopes, Alex Oliva and Jessica Valentin. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 19 SEAFARERS LOG • 19 �NOVEMBER 2024 VOLUME 86, NO. 11 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO USTRANSCOM Welcomes New Commander Air Force Gen. Randall Reed assumed leadership of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) from Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost during an Oct. 4 ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. During the gathering, Reed stressed that USTRANSCOM is the leading warfighting entity in the Defense Department, from delivering aid to combat power. “Make no mistake,” Reed said, “the work we must do now to deter growing threats is serious and demands a sense of urgency. Nevertheless, we will never shy from the contested environment.” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III presided over the event and praised the command for all it has done and continues to do to bolster freedom and security globally. “When crisis strikes,” Austin said, “… the ability to move comes first [and] when America calls, TRANSCOM moves out. You know, we’ve asked a lot of you over the past three years. You have delivered. And you have made history.” “Now, this kind of success doesn’t just happen,” he continued. “It’s the direct result of the skill and dedication of the men and women of this command and [the leadership] of General Jackie Van Ovost.” During Van Ovost’s tenure at USTRANSCOM, she led a total force team of more than 120,000 military, civilians, and contractors and three service component commands and one joint subordinate command that together fulfill USTRANSCOM’s joint mobility mission by air, sea, and land. Throughout that time, she was an outspoken advocate of the U.S. Merchant Marine and proved consistently supportive of the SIU. She regularly emphasized the nation’s dependence on a strong U.S. Merchant Marine along with her commitment to back the industry. Since January 2022, USTRANSCOM has Gen. Randall Reed (foreground, second from right), the new U.S. Transportation Command commander, and Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost (left), outgoing commander, salute the colors during his change of command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (Photo by Brien Vorhees) delivered more than 3 million pieces of materiel to Ukraine, including ammunition, air defense systems, armored fighting vehicles, and more. Later that same year, the president appointed USTRANSCOM as the Defense Department’s single manager for global fuel management and delivery, ensuring the joint force is fueled for a large-scale conflict. On any given day, USTRANSCOM has more than 100 railcars, 30 ships, and 1,500 trucks delivering cargo, according to the agency. Additionally, every two minutes (on average), the combatant command has planes taking off or landing worldwide – hauling supplies, refueling aircraft, or moving patients. “Wherever you see American forces,” Van Ovost said, “TRANSCOM not only puts them there but provides the continuous sustainment required to maintain operations. Over the past three years, I challenged [the USTRANSCOM team] to improve readiness, build and empower teammates, defend and improve the cyber domain, and drive towards ‘decision advantage.’ You delivered that and so much more.” Reed said he is “inspired” by the command’s work and, as the former Air Mobility Command deputy commander, he has experience as a USTRANSCOM provider and customer. Reed is the 15th commander of USTRANSCOM, one of 11 combatant commands in the Department of Defense. USTRANSCOM is a unified functional combatant command which provides support to the ten other U.S. combatant commands, the military services, defense agencies and other government organizations. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989. During Reed’s career, the general held a variety of joint, headquarters, and base-level positions, including assignments in strategic airlift, special operations air refueling, and joint logistics spanning Operation Desert Storm to Operation Allies Refuge. New Contract with Crowley Towing and Transportation Ratified A new contract with Crowley Towing & Transportation has been ratified by the membership, and contains wage increases and additional leave time, all while maintaining the existing level of medical coverage. The following excerpts are from a letter to the membership written by SIU Assistant Vice President Michael Russo, who led the negotiations: “After months of dedicated negotiations, the Union and Crowley Towing & Transportation have reached a tentative agreement. This achievement is a testament to the hard work and unwavering commitment of our negotiating committee, including Capt. Norman Skipper, Chief Mate Nate Leachman, Engineer Craig Perry, and AB Ronald Boatwright. Their efforts have been instrumental in reaching this milestone and they endorse this contract." The new contract includes wage increases every year, enhanced leave time benefits and expanded bereavement leave, while maintaining the previous level of all other benefits, including pension contributions. Russo concluded, "And the best part, no economic concessions were made. We fought hard to enhance your contract without compromising your financial well-being or removing language from your contract.” From left to right: Cris Serrano, Labor Relations Advisor (Crowley); Mate Nate Leachman; Patrolman JB Niday; Dan Lowry, Director of Labor Relations (Crowley); Port Agent Ashley Nelson; Captain Norman Skipper; Port Captain Ryan Stirewalt (Crowley); Andrew Gauthier, Operations Manager (Crowley); and Chief Engineer Craig Perry. � 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 2020-present Description An account of the resource Volumes LXXXII of the Seafarers Log and beyond 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 November 2024 LOG Description An account of the resource KELLY/WALZ U.S. MARITIME LEGISLATION NAMED 'SHIPS FOR AMERICA ACT' ARC ENDEAVOR REFLAGS UNDER STARS AND STRIPES CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON NEW MATSON SHIP VOTING FOR 2024 UNION ELECTION BEGAN NOV 1 SIU SUPPORTS ILA JOB ACTION ITF UPDATES FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE CAMPAIGN COAST GUARD ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CHANGES FOR STCW DECK RATING ENDORSEMENTS RECERTIFIED BOSUNS EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE SIU CAREERS USTRANSCOM WELCOMES NEW COMMANDER NEW CONTRACT WITH CROWLEY TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION RATIFIED Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Digital Copies Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/01/2024 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. 86, NO. 12 2024 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/89f03bebb48c3ad33127fa5a910225cc.pdf 7f4be621c21cf002b0f00f324627b8d2 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG NOVEMBER 2025 VOLUME 87, NO. 11 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO Seafarers Crew Up New Dredge The union recently welcomed new job opportunities as SIU-contracted Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) took delivery of the hopper dredge Amelia Island. The Jones Act-compliant vessel is almost 350 feet long and boasts state-of-the-art technologies. Page 3. Waterman Contract Features Significant Wage Increases Seafarers have ratified a new threeyear agreement with Waterman Transport highlighted by major wage increases on the four ships the company operates for U.S. Ocean. Well-received by the membership, the pact covers the car carriers Green Delta, Green Wave, Green Ocean, and Green Bay. This photo, taken aboard the Green Ocean, includes (from left) Safety Director Kevin Sykes, Steward/ Baker Elijah Boson, ABM Joe Rogers, and SIU Houston Port Agent J.B. Niday. Page 3. SIU Observes 10th Anniversary of El Faro Tragedy In a series of recent gatherings, the union solemnly honored the memories of those lost aboard the El Faro in 2015. The SIU hosted a ceremony at the hiring hall in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 30 and then participated in a nearby event the next day hosted by TOTE. In the photo at right, SIU SecretaryTreasurer Tom Orzechowski (second from left), SIU President David Heindel (standing next to Orzechowski) and SIU Gulf Coast Vice President Dean Corgey (second from right) lead a moment of silence for the departed brothers and sisters. Additionally, observances took place during and immediately following the October 6 membership meeting in Piney Point, Maryland. Page 4 MAJOR CABOTAGE STUDY RELEASED • PAGE 2 // SCULPTOR REFLECTS ON RECENT PROJECT • PAGE 6 �President’s Report Cabotage is Good, Popular Policy While the overall U.S.-flag maritime industry faces plenty of challenges, the domestic component remains vibrant, with more than 650,000 jobs supported across the country (both shipboard and shore-side). The secret to this success is strong cabotage laws, which are increasingly being emulated worldwide. As I noted in a very recent op-ed that I co-authored with Jennifer Carpenter, the president of the American Maritime Partnership, the backbone of the successful American domestic maritime industry is the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act. Seasoned Seafarers know that the Jones David Heindel Act specifies the only vessels that can transport cargo from point to point in the United States are American-built, Americanowned, and American-crewed. As reported below, based on updated research from Seafarers Rights International (SRI), cabotage laws like the Jones Act are spreading in popularity around the world. This independent study, originally published in 2018, sets a standard definition of “cabotage laws” and then does a deep dive on nations worldwide to determine which states have policies that meet their definition. They found that cabotage is expanding. In 2018, there were 91 nations with such laws. Today, 105 countries – constituting more than 85% of the world’s coastline – are governed by cabotage. It is easy to understand why the number is growing. Cabotage laws ensure a nation’s access to the movement of commerce on their own domestic waterways, give priority to their own citizens for job opportunities, and can have serious national and homeland security benefits. The SRI also examined reasons nations have cabotage laws. Those include “maintain national security; promote fair competition; develop human capacity; transfer maritime knowledge and technology; create jobs for nationals; increase ships on the national register; promote ship ownership, building and supply services; promote safety and security of ships in port; enhance marine environmental protection; encourage transportation by sea; and provide public services.… In some States, cabotage is now being expressly used to contest the emergence of the new global geopolitical order.” What makes the United States’ cabotage law unique and so successful is its strong history. One of the first laws passed by the first Congress was a form of cabotage, which signaled our nation’s commitment to ensuring Americans on American vessels work on America’s waterways. As recently as the FY2021 bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act, Congress reaffirmed its support for the Jones Act, stating that it is the sense of Congress that “United States coastwise trade laws promote a strong domestic trade maritime industry, which supports the national security and economic vitality of the United States and the efficient operation of the United States transportation system; and a strong commercial maritime industry makes the United States more secure.” This strong, bipartisan support creates the stability necessary for innovation in the maritime sector – everything from larger containers to innovations in fuel technology. And it ensures our fellow Americans in Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico are not dependent on unreliable or unfriendly foreign powers for American goods. In return, they can reliably ship their manufactured goods and agricultural products back to the mainland. Our national leaders are increasingly attuned to the importance of the maritime sector following the pandemic and subsequent supply-chain crisis. A new executive order and bipartisan legislation in Congress are centered around growing American maritime strength. They understand that America is a maritime nation, with our national security and economic prosperity tied to trade on our waters. At the same time, there are foreign interests that seek to throw away the Jones Act and are enlisting the support of Americans to do it. All the while, many EU members maintain their own policies to prioritize their national fleets! A March letter from U.S. Congressional leaders castigated the European Union for engaging in a secretive influence campaign to undermine America’s cabotage laws. We thank them for their continued leadership. The People’s Republic of China has made it clear that its maritime policy is to achieve global dominance of the entire maritime sector and to be the only source for shipbuilding and shipping worldwide. The PRC’s behavior has obviously spooked other nations, and they are making policy decisions to preserve their own shipping and commercial independence via cabotage laws. They have drawn the same, obvious conclusion that we have: Cabotage laws are the best way to preserve a nation’s maritime interests. The first step in defending ourselves from dependence on China is to champion our cabotage laws. It is clear from this study that the rest of the world is making that same decision. ITF-Commissioned Report Finds More Countries Implementing Cabotage Laws A newly released study by Seafarers Rights International (SRI) finds that cabotage laws now exist on 85% of the world’s coastlines, are growing in number at an unprecedented pace, and are increasingly essential to national security, economic stability and maritime resilience. The Cabotage Laws of the World (2025) report, commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), compares nations in their enforcement of cabotage laws, which restrict the waterborne transportation of goods or passengers between two points within the same country to domestic carriers. This ensures that critical services remain reliable within a country in times of crisis. The number of countries with cabotage laws has increased from 91 in 2018, when the report was last conducted, to 105 in 2025. While changes between 2018 and 2025 were expected, according to the report, “cabotage laws were found to have spread around the world faster than ever before in the centuries-long history of cabotage.” “Countries appear no longer to be viewing cabotage as merely economic policy, but also as essential Seafarers LOG Volume 87 Number 11 November 2025 The SIU online: www.seafarers.org The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 1086-4636) is published monthly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters, AFLCIO; 5201 Capital Gateway Drive; Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Periodicals postage paid at Southern Maryland 207909998. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Capital Gateway Drive, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Communications Director: Jordan Biscardo Assistant Communications Director: Nick Merrill Assistant Editor: Aja Neal Administrative Support: Jenny Stokes Copyright © 2025 Seafarers International Union, AGLIW. All Rights Reserved. The SIU engaged an environmentally friendly printer for the production of this newspaper. 2 • SEAFARERS LOG to national security and strategic autonomy in an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment,” said Deirdre Fitzpatrick, co-author of the report and executive director of SRI. “These 105 nations represent a remarkably diverse group controlling 85% of the global coastline. We are proud that interest in our first report appears to have translated into concrete action, with nations strengthening maritime strategies for a world grown more uncertain since the pandemic.” For the United States, maritime cabotage is governed by the Jones Act, a cornerstone law passed in 1920 that ensures America’s domestic shipping is strengthened by requiring vessels transporting cargo between U.S. ports to be U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed. Similar laws exist for airplanes, trains and trucks transporting cargo in the country. SIU President David Heindel, who also serves as Chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Section, stated, “This report provides a compelling and independent affirmation of what the maritime community has long recognized: The Jones Act serves the best interests of the United States, its mariners, and our economic and national security. The United States remains the global benchmark for strong cabotage and maritime policy, and it is no surprise that nations confronting today’s geopolitical challenges are reinforcing their own cabotage frameworks to preserve sovereignty and safeguard critical maritime infrastructure.” American Maritime Partnership President Jennifer Carpenter said, “The United States must take the lead in securing our own maritime border and domestic supply chain and not let foreign governments or foreign carriers decide our fate. Just as we wouldn’t allow foreign airlines to transport passengers between U.S. cities or foreign trucks to ply U.S. highways, the same principle has long applied for maritime. We are grateful that President Trump and a strong bipartisan majority in Congress understand the importance of putting America First and preserving U.S. control over our waterways.” The Jones Act supports an estimated 650,000 jobs and contributes $150 billion to the U.S. economy annually. This law also undergirds the strategic sealift capacity needed for America’s armed forces. As the international community increasingly turns toward cabotage to safeguard its maritime sectors and “contest the emergence of the new global geopolitical order,” according to study authors, the United States stands not only as a leader but as a model, with approximately 40,000 vessels in the Jones Act fleet. Additional nations with strong cabotage laws similar to the United States’ Jones Act include South Korea, Japan, Israel, Brazil, Turkey and even China, among many others. The updated report is 113 pages long. NOVEMBER 2025 �Major Wage Increases Highlight New Waterman Contract SIU members have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year agreement with Waterman Transport featuring significant wage increases on the four vessels the company operates for U.S. Ocean. “This contract raises wages and overtime to the point that it’s among the highest-paying collective bargaining agreements in the fleet,” stated SIU Vice President Contracts George Tricker. “We secured other gains as well, including increases to Seafarers Vacation Plan and Seafarers Money Purchase Pension Plan-related wages, and continued health benefits at the Core Plus Level (the top one available to Seafarers).” Tricker was joined by SIU Assistant Vice President Michael Russo for the negotiations, which lasted several months. The contract applies to the car carriers Green Delta, Green Wave, Green Ocean, and Green Bay. Steward/Baker Dequan Smith stated, “The new contract is the best decision that could’ve been made. I thoroughly enjoyed working for Waterman a few years ago, but this is a big improvement and will make for a really good experience.” “The wage increases are historically significant,” said SIU Assistant Vice President Warren Asp. “We met with crew members to The SIU-crewed Green Delta is one of four vessels covered by the new agreement. Showing their support for the new contract are (clockwise, starting in front) Chief Cook Tekeisha Brown, Bosun David McRoy, SA Nooreddin Abdullah, Steward/Baker Dequan Smith, Recertified Bosun Joseph French, STOS Ruby Jones, and Recertified Bosun Gregory Jackson aboard the Green Delta. (Jones’ arm is mostly obscured but she voted in favor of the contract.) SIU Asst. VP Warren Asp (standing) discusses the three-year collective bargaining agreement with crew members including Recertified Bosun Gregory Jackson (left) and Chief Cook Tekeisha Brown (facing away from camera). explain the new agreement and record their votes, and it was unanimous.” SIU Tacoma Port Agent Danielle Woodward added, “The crews also seemed pleased with the new wages, and our veteran members were happy to see that car carrier wages have come up so high.” Kevin Langford, vice president of human resources and labor relations for Waterman’s parent company, U.S. Ocean, said that the union’s input helped them realize contractual improvements were needed. The tone of the negotiations was a collaborative one,” Langford said. “In the six months I have been with U.S. Ocean, George and the SIU leadership team have been fantastic to work with. The union negotiated with the best interest of the mariners in mind, and advised where we should best focus our efforts to meet their needs and desires.” He continued, “This contract is truly a win for both sides. We believe that by making such a significant financial commitment to the Seafarers, combined with the culture on board our vessels, we will see a greater continuity in our crews, which will further improve the safety, conditions and life on our vessels…. Solidifying this contract reaffirms our commitment to be an employer that the mariners want to return to again and again.” Aboard the Green Ocean, SIU Port Agent J.B. Niday (left in photo above, left) reviews some of the contract’s highlights with ABM Generoso Jagolino. In the remaining photo, SA Brian Bayron-Ortiz (left) signals his enthusiasm for the contract, as does SIU Asst. VP Joe Zavala. waters throughout all U.S. coastlines. The ves- Amelia Island marks a significant milestone as Amelia Island sel is approximately 346 feet in length, 69 feet in our dredging newbuild program is now complete, breadth, 23 feet in depth with 16,500 total horse- leaving us with the largest and most advanced Delivered to Great power installed. The dredge features two 800mm hopper fleet in the United States. Engineered suction pipes capable of dredging depths with a high level of automation, this vessel is Lakes Dredge & Dock trailing up to 100 feet…. These vital capabilities of the well-suited for diverse operations such as beach SIU members are sailing aboard the new hopper dredge Amelia Island, an addition to the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) fleet. GLDD took delivery of the Jones Act-compliant vessel in late August. Built at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana, the dredge “supports the company’s vision of continued modernization and diversification of our fleet,” GLDD said in a news release. “The Amelia Island is specially designed for efficient and safe operations along shallow and narrow Amelia Island position it at the forefront of modern dredges, allowing it to execute projects along all U.S. coasts, ports, channels, and coastal developments.” Capt. David Fitzgibbons, a 10-year SIU member, stated, “I’ve sailed on all the dredges in the Great Lakes fleet, and it’s interesting to see the progression, not just with the vessels but also the SIU guys. It’s definitely exciting with these new boats, and the Amelia Island is fantastic.” GLDD President and CEO Lasse Petterson said, “The delivery of our sixth hopper dredge, the renourishment, coastal protection, channel deepening, and maintenance dredging. Already with a full schedule for 2025 and 2026, the dredge will be going immediately to work.” The Amelia Island joins its sister ship, the SIUcrewed Galveston Island, which GLDD described as “another modern dredge built to enhance vital maritime infrastructure nationwide and reaffirm[ing] our commitment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and our dedication to the U.S. dredging industry.” SIU Patrolman Kirk Pegan (fourth from left) and Capt. David Fitzgibbons (second from left) are pictured along with the crew of the Amelia Island and a couple of shipyard welders off the coast of Freeport, Texas. Among those also pictured are AB Brandon Bortolan, Mate Bud Khuth, Chief Engineer Alex Roel, 1st Assistant Engineer Grant Hager, AB ZaKeria Johnson, Jonmark Newman, Engineer Andrew Fabiano, SA Kanish Johnson, QMED Nelson Pangod, SIU members crewed up the new dredge earlier this year. (Photo by RWolfe) Electronics Technician Carl Ray, and AB Jason “Shane” Cloud. NOVEMBER 2025 SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG • 3 3 �10 Years: Remembering the El Faro Crew On Oct. 1, 2015, 33 lives were lost as the El Faro sank near the Bahamas. Ten years later, the SIU remembered their lives through multiple memorial services, taking place in both Jacksonville, Florida, and at the Paul Hall Center in Piney Point, Maryland. The first ceremony took place on Sept. 30 at the Jacksonville hiring hall, and was attended by SIU executives, members and their families, friends and guests. SIU President David Heindel, SIU SecretaryTreasurer Tom Orzechowski and SIU Gulf Coast Vice President Dean Corgey took part in the gathering, among other SIU officials and maritime industry partners. Heindel addressed the crowd, saying in part: “We gather today to honor the 33 lives lost aboard the El Faro 10 years ago. Though a decade has passed, the sorrow of that day remains close, and so too does our duty to remember. The El Faro was more than a vessel— she was a community at sea. Her crew were parents, children, friends, and shipmates. They lived with courage and worked with quiet dedication, serving a profession that asks much and is often unseen by the public. When the storm claimed them, it left behind grief and questions that reshaped our industry. From their loss came stronger protections and a renewed commitment to safety.” Following the ceremony at the hall, a second event took place the next day at vessel operator TOTE’s El Faro memorial in nearby Dames Point Park. Many of the same guests attended, including the SIU officials. Heartfelt observances also took place in conjunction with the October membership meeting in Piney Point, featuring the sounding of Eight Bells and a ceremonial wreath laid at the El Faro memorial on the campus of the Paul Hall Center. The names of those lost were read out at each memorial service: The SIU members were Bosun Roan Lightfoot, ABs Carey Hatch, Jackie Jones, Jack Jackson, Brookie Davis and Frank Hamm, QEE Sylvester Crawford, RE1 Louis Champa, OMUs Anthony Thomas, German Solar Cortes and Joe Hargrove, GUDEs Mariette Wright, James Porter and Roosevelt Clark, Steward/Baker Theodore Quammie, Chief Cook Lashawn Rivera and SA Lonnie Jordan. The AMO members were Capt. Michael Davidson, Chief Mate Steven Shultz, Second Mate Danielle Randolph, Third Mate Jeremie Riehm, Chief Engineer Jeffrey Mathias, Chief Engineer Richard Pusatere, First Assistant Engineer Keith Griffin, Second Assistant Engineer Howard Schoenly, Third Assistant Engineer Michael Holland, Third Assistant Engineer Mitchell Kuflik and Third Assistant Engineer Dylan Meklin. The Polish riding gang consisted of Piotr Krause, Marcin Nita, Jan Podgorski, Andrzej Truszkowski and Rafal Zdobych. Among those pictured above at the El Faro memorial on the campus of the Paul Hall Center (from left to right): SIU Plans Administrator Margaret Bowen, VP Contracts George Tricker (head bowed), Manpower Director Mark von Siegel, AVP Michael Russo, President David Heindel, EVP Augustin Tellez, Secretary-Treasurer Tom Orzechowski, VP Government Services Sam Spain (behind Orzechowski) and VP Pat Vandegrift. From left to right: TOTE Group President and CEO Tim Nolan, Mrs. Hargrove (widow of the late Joe From left to right: Secretary-Treasurer Tom Orzechowski, SA Gionet Hargrove), SIU President Dave Heindel and Mrs. Dennis, VP Gulf Coast Dean Corgey and CC Tamara Russ. Hamm (widow of the late Frank Hamm). TOTE President and CEO Tim Nolan (left) met with family members of the lost Retirees QMED David Terry & QMED Aaron Thaxton Guests in attendance at TOTE's El Faro memorial for the ceremony. mariners at the Jacksonville hall. 4 • SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 4 NOVEMBER 2025 �ITF Inspectors Unite in Cyprus to Defend Mariners’ Rights More than 130 inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) met in Limassol, Cyprus, Sept. 22-25 for a seminar aimed at supporting and enhancing their work. SIU President David Heindel, who also chairs the ITF Seafarers’ Section, addressed the gathering of inspectors from across the globe. SIU SecretaryTreasurer Tom Orzechowski also took part in the event. The seminar, conducted once every five years, “is the single most important gathering of ITF inspectors – the frontline defenders of seafarers’ rights in ports around the world who police agreements struck by the ITF and its affiliated maritime trade unions around the world,” the federation reported. The SIU is a longtime ITF affiliate. In promoting the seminar, the federation noted, “ITF inspectors are vital to defending and advancing the rights of some of the most marginalized and isolated workers in the world. From enforcing collective agreements to rescuing crew abandoned without pay or food, their daily work is critical to protecting seafarers – now acknowledged as key workers by the International Labor Organization and ensuring that their rights are more than just words on paper. “But the maritime world is changing fast – with new technologies, environmental standards, and shifting global trade routes reshaping the industry,” the ITF continued. “At this year’s seminar, the focus is on ensuring inspectors are ready to adapt and meet these challenges head-on – making sure that, no matter how the industry evolves, seafarers’ rights are properly upheld and enforced. This includes strengthening collaboration with port state control authorities and flag states.” Sessions throughout the meeting covered a wide range of pressing issues, including closer cooperation with port state control regimes such as the Paris MOU, whose secretariat presented to inspectors; dialogue with flag states; the role of environmental, social, and governance standards and human rights due diligence in the maritime sector, with inspectors deepening their understanding of how these frameworks can be leveraged to protect mariners; addressing violence and harassment at sea, with renewed calls for full ratification and enforcement of ILO Convention 190; and tackling abandonment, with updated reporting processes and strategies to ensure no seafarer is left stranded without pay, provisions, or a way home. On World Maritime Day (Sept. 25), ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton praised the inspectors’ work and underlined the importance of the seminar. “The ITF Inspectorate is nothing short of incredible,” he said. “Every day, in every port, our inspectors stand up for seafarers who are too often left abandoned, exploited, or denied their most basic rights. This seminar is about focusing – and refocusing – our efforts, especially in the flag-of-convenience campaign, which remains the backbone of our fight for justice at sea. SIU President David Heindel (at podium), who also serves as chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Section, addresses the conference. “Seafarers deliver 90% of the world’s trade,” Cotton continued. “They deserve more than empty promises. ITF inspectors will not take no for an answer when it comes to dignity, respect, and rights. On World Maritime Day, it’s time for the global industry to do better for the seafarers who keep our world moving forward.” ITF President Paddy Crumlin stated, “For more than half a century, the ITF Inspectorate has been the beating heart of our global union – the living embodiment of solidarity. Inspectors are the ones who make sure that our agreements and our words translate into real change for seafarers. This seminar is about renewing our commitment to seafarers everywhere and ensuring that the flag-ofconvenience campaign continues to deliver dignity, fairness, and justice on every ship, under every flag.” International Transport Workers’ Federation inspectors gather in Cyprus for a quinquennial conference. Agency Aims to Modernize Credentialing Systems The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that it is investing tens of millions of dollars in an overdue effort to upgrade its mariner credentialing technology. The agency reported on September 12 that it had awarded a “blanket purchase agreement to Stealth Solutions Inc.” to modernize the Coast Guard’s mariner credentialing program (MCP) information technology system “and support revitalization of the maritime workforce and industry.” In its formal announcement, which did not specify target dates, the Coast Guard noted, “The MCP is essential to vetting and denying criminals access to critical maritime infrastructure and supporting the marine transportation system. The National Maritime Center processed nearly 75,000 credential requests and 66,000 medical certificate NOVEMBER 2025 applications in 2024. These actions underscore the Coast Guard’s unwavering commitment to facilitating commerce through operations to control, secure, and defend ports, waterways, and shipping in the physical and cyber domains, and to restore U.S. maritime dominance.” The blanket purchase agreement, with a total potential value of $49.6 million and a five-year period of performance, will include comprehensive efforts to update and streamline the merchant mariner credentialing process and other mariner credentialing requirements, the Coast Guard reported. Concurrent with the award, the Coast Guard issued a $3.8 million order for development of the first release of NAVITA, a modernized system for issuing merchant mariner credentials and medical certificates to U.S. Merchant Mariners. This new system will replace the current laborintensive manual process with a modern, userfriendly automated system, making the application process faster and more efficient, the agency announced. Mariners will have access to online applications, mariner profiles, and self-service features supporting the timely issuance of mariner credentials. Rear Adm. Way ne Arguin, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, stated, “The NAVITA system represents a transformative leap forward in supporting America’s maritime industry, providing our merchant mariners – who are vital to our nation’s economy and security – with a streamlined process to receive their credentials with speed and focus.” SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 5 LOG • 5 �‘I Loved the Entire Experience’ Sculptor Delivers Stunningly Accurate Depictions of SIU Icon When the year 2025 started, artist Kelly Micca not only had no connection with the SIU, she’d never even heard of it. Now, she’s got a permanent and esteemed place in the union’s history. Micca sculpted the bronze busts of the late SIU President Michael Sacco that were unveiled in Maryland in June – one at the union’s headquarters in Camp Springs, the other at its affiliated school in Piney Point. She also created three smaller, bronze sculptures of the longest-serving president in SIU history, who passed away in late 2023. “I loved the entire experience,” said Micca (pronounced mik'-a), a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts who’s currently studying for a master’s degree in New York. “I spent four months of solidly working on this project (the larger bronze busts) every day, 30 to 40 hours a week, and then it was taken to the bronze foundry to be cast. In the meantime, I worked on the miniatures myself, which took three months to cast.” (Micca did the bronze castings for all three of the smaller versions.) Her interactions with personnel from the SIU and the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, particularly during the dedication ceremony June 17 in Piney Point, proved very positive. “Everyone was so nice and kind, but also badass,” said the 27-year-old native of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The pleasantness may have been partly attributable to the outstanding finished products, which were universally well-received, including by President Sacco’s family. SIU Vice President Pat Vandegrift, who oversaw the union’s side of the commissioning, stated, “Kelly was a pleasure to work with. She was totally professional and she’s obviously very, very talented.” Meant to Be Despite the aforementioned unfamiliarity with the SIU, Micca’s work on the sculptures included a number of “small world” moments. Her grandfather, in addition to being a U.S. Navy veteran, also sailed as a purser with the U.S. Military Sealift Command for more than 20 years. Additionally, she has completed numerous paintings of the famed SS United States (which was docked near her prior residence for years) – and was pleasantly surprised to see a large model of the vessel at the Paul Hall Center. The National Maritime Union, which merged into the SIU in 2001, represented some of the crew members on the United States. Perhaps most notably, though, she made a connection with the family who produced all of the other bronze busts of prior SIU presidents. When Vandegrift contacted that family, he learned the original artist (Tylden Streett) had passed away, and that his successor’s (daughter Ferebe Streett) location and circumstances precluded her from taking on the task. She did recommend Micca, though. If it hadn’t been for a spur-of-themoment sculpture of an animal, the connection probably wouldn’t have happened. Micca had worked with an older couple that owns a landscape painting residency, which is basically a training ground for artists. She sculpted one of their dogs and gave them the new art. One of their friends saw it – and that gentleman happened to be dating the daughter of the original SIU-commissioned sculptor. After several ensuing conversations and a long drive to and from Piney Point, Micca knew she wanted the job. She quickly produced what amounts to a rough draft of one of the smaller sculptures of President Sacco, and her work essentially secured the commission. Labor-Intensive Work As an undergraduate student, Micca majored in painting, but she also completed sculpture classes that included bronze casting. So, when she landed the Seafarers gig, she knew that a heavy workload awaited her. Creating a bronze bust (or two) is time-consuming and potentially dangerous. It also requires a nearly excruciating level of attention to detail; one misstep can significantly set back if not derail a project. In layman’s terms, the work begins with casting or molding in silicone – five separate layers altogether. A “mother mold” then is placed on the silicone, and when the mold eventually is removed, the artist basically fills it with wax, though the process is quite complicated. Subsequent steps involve ceramic coatings, burning off some of the wax, melting bronze, pouring it into a ceramic shell, and then smashing off the shell. “It gets heavy and there’s lots of handling very hot material,” Micca said. “It’s very dangerous. You also have to chisel out the ceramic shell parts that are left, which is tedious, and then sandblast.” Some of the later-stage steps involve usage of grinders, cutters, and blowtorches. “At every single step, you can’t afford to mess it up,” Micca said. “It’s super detail-oriented work.” Nevertheless, the challenges proved rewarding. “I love it all – the puzzle of it,” Micca said. “It’s a miraculous process, seeing it happen in front of your own eyes, and every single step affects the next step. The enjoyment is the struggle.” Heavyweight Additions There’s no chance of anyone casually wandering off with the larger busts of President Sacco. The (relatively) lighter one weighs 300 pounds, while the other is 390. The variation is due to a thicker wax application on the bigger one. The miniature busts weigh around 40 pounds apiece. The bigger busts are approximately three feet tall and three feet wide, but that’s not counting the bases, which are significantly bigger. One is located in the lobby at headquarters, while the other stands near the entrance of the Michael J. Sacco Media Center, dedicated earlier this year (see the July LOG for full coverage of the ceremony). For the SIU, these additions continued the union’s tradition of honoring past presidents. Sacco’s busts have taken their respective places near the ones of Harry Lundeberg, Frank Drozak and Paul Hall. For Micca, they signified a launching point of sorts. She already had been an accomplished artist, winning high-level competitions and exhibiting her work in shows across the country, but this was her first commission for extensive bronze work. “This was a beautiful introduction to the world of bronze commissions,” she said. “The entire experience was enjoyable, and I’m grateful to have learned about President Sacco and the SIU community.” Artist Kelly Micca is pictured with an in-progress version of one of the larger bronze busts of the late SIU President Michael Sacco and then at the dedication ceremony in Piney Point, Maryland. 6 • SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 6 NOVEMBER 2025 �SIU Directory David Heindel, President Augustin Tellez, Executive Vice President Tom Orzechowski, Secretary-Treasurer Inquiring Seafarer George Tricker, Vice President Contracts Dean Corgey, Vice President Gulf Coast Sam Spain, Vice President Government Services This month’s question was answered by Seafarers on August 12, immediately after the monthly membership meeting at the New Orleans hall. In the case of Paul Hall Center Apprentice Cedricka Banks, who already had spent time aboard the Decisive as part of her training, the question was modified along the lines of, “What do you anticipate enjoying about this field?” Bryan Powell, Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters Question: What are some things you like about your line of work? Joe Vincenzo, Vice President West Coast Joseph T. Soresi, Vice President Atlantic Coast Pat Vandegrift, Vice President Hazel Galbiso, Vice President HEADQUARTERS 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301) 899-0675 ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr., Algonac, MI 48001 (810) 794-4988 ANCHORAGE 721 Sesame St., #1C, Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 561-4988 BALTIMORE 2315 Essex St., Baltimore, MD 21224 (410) 327-4900 GUAM P.O. Box 3328, Hagatna, Guam 96932 Cliffline Office Ctr. Bldg., Suite 103B 422 West O’Brien Dr., Hagatna, Guam 96910 (671) 477-1350 HONOLULU 606 Kalihi St., Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 845-5222 Jurgen Gottschlich Electrician Stanley Daranda Recertified Bosun I joined in 1987. I used to work eight or nine months a year (at sea) but started working ROS in 2004 and haven’t changed. This allowed me to own restaurants and purchase homes, because I was able to go home at night and on the weekends while still working on a ship. I have almost 12,000 days of sea time. My journey has been real strong. I started in New York more than 45 years ago. It’s a career, it’s not a job. We’re still strong, and the fundamentals of being able to travel and experience different cultures always kept it positive for me. Plus there was always a job. Jermaine Robinson Recertified Steward Robert Crain Oiler I love cooking for the other mariners, all the time. That’s the best thing – having them enjoy a great meal. You can be having a hard day, but when you come inside to get a really great meal from me, that makes me happy. I really enjoy the fact that you get as much work as you want and you can take time off as needed. Also, I like that you get to travel a lot, and I enjoy the hands-on work in the engine room. You definitely get to learn a lot. Cedricka Banks Apprentice Charles Frisella Bosun I love the people and I love the workmanship and the encouragement. It’s just so amazing to work as a seaman. Especially on my ship (Decisive), they help me grow and are always checking on me, making sure I take breaks and have whatever is needed. They are so open and welcoming. It’s very interesting. I’ve gotten to see lots of places and different cultures over the years. It’s been very exciting. I was in Class 412 and started sailing in June of 1987. The benefits and the money are great, and the upgrading keeps you busy. HOUSTON 625 N. York St., Houston, TX 77003 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 5100 Belfort Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32256 (904) 281-2622 JERSEY CITY 104 Broadway, Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 434-6000 JOLIET 10 East Clinton St., Joliet, IL 60432 (815) 723-8002 MOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36605 (251) 478-0916 NEW ORLEANS 3911 Lapalco Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 328-7545 NORFOLK 115 Third Street, Norfolk, VA 23510 (757) 622-1892 Pic from the Past OAKLAND 1121 7th St., Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 444-2360 PHILADELPHIA 2800 S. 20th Street, Building 12B, Suite A Philadelphia, PA 19145 (215) 336-3818 PINEY POINT 45353 St. George’s Avenue, Piney Point, MD 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT EVERGLADES 1221 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 522-7984 SAN JUAN 659 Hill Side St., Summit Hills San Juan, PR 00920 (787) 721-4033 ST. LOUIS/ALTON 4581 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, MO 63116 (314) 752-6500 TACOMA 3411 South Union Ave., Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 272-7774 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 549-4000 NOVEMBER 2025 Seafarers Isaac Brown and Anebal Albe are pictured aboard the Seatrain San Juan in 1967 in New York. SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 7 LOG • 7 �Dispatchers’ Report for Deep Sea “Total Registered” and “Total Shipped” data is cumulative from September 14 - October 14, 2025. “Registered on the Beach” data is as of October 15, 2025. Port Total Shipped All Groups A B C Total Registered All Groups A B C Trip Reliefs Registered on Beach All Groups A B C Deck Department Algonac 13 Anchorage 0 Baltimore 4 Fort Lauderdale 19 Guam 3 Harvey 6 Honolulu 7 Houston 27 Jacksonville 24 Jersey City 19 Joliet 2 Mobile 3 Norfolk 17 Oakland 7 Philadelphia 3 Piney Point 0 Puerto Rico 7 St. Louis 2 Tacoma 13 Wilmington 26 10 1 5 8 2 4 1 16 23 21 3 2 18 0 3 3 2 0 4 10 3 0 0 7 0 7 3 16 7 4 0 3 9 4 0 0 1 0 3 2 14 0 3 12 3 6 1 21 24 16 0 8 19 8 2 1 2 1 15 14 8 0 3 6 2 5 1 15 21 9 2 2 12 1 1 3 1 0 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 9 0 3 1 9 18 8 1 2 8 5 1 1 1 0 6 6 22 4 6 22 8 8 8 48 52 35 3 6 31 11 4 2 10 3 23 51 11 2 2 11 2 5 3 20 45 15 5 6 27 1 3 2 2 3 7 11 5 0 2 7 2 10 2 26 18 5 1 8 14 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 TOTAL 202 136 69 170 102 24 86 357 183 117 Algonac 1 Anchorage 0 Baltimore 1 Fort Lauderdale 7 Guam 1 Harvey 1 Honolulu 5 Houston 9 Jacksonville 15 Jersey City 7 Joliet 1 Mobile 3 Norfolk 9 Oakland 1 Philadelphia 2 Piney Point 1 Puerto Rico 3 St. Louis 0 Tacoma 8 Wilmington 8 TOTAL 83 4 3 2 4 0 1 2 8 19 3 2 4 15 3 1 2 1 0 5 5 84 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 5 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 9 5 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 5 3 42 5 0 5 12 1 2 10 12 24 11 2 4 16 5 2 2 3 3 9 13 141 5 2 1 6 0 3 2 12 25 3 1 5 15 4 2 2 2 1 5 6 102 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 8 8 5 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 46 Algonac 5 Anchorage 0 Baltimore 0 Fort Lauderdale 6 Guam 1 Harvey 2 Honolulu 4 Houston 13 Jacksonville 17 Jersey City 9 Joliet 3 Mobile 4 Norfolk 18 Oakland 15 Philadelphia 3 Piney Point 2 Puerto Rico 1 St. Louis 1 Tacoma 8 Wilmington 16 TOTAL 128 0 1 4 3 0 4 1 15 14 8 1 1 12 4 1 4 5 0 0 7 85 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 22 3 0 0 8 2 2 5 14 12 8 1 1 8 9 2 5 1 0 8 22 111 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 6 4 6 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 6 7 50 6 0 0 6 1 1 6 16 28 8 2 8 25 13 3 3 3 1 10 29 169 0 1 1 5 1 4 2 21 19 5 1 1 17 5 1 3 8 1 4 15 115 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 35 Algonac 1 Anchorage 0 Baltimore 0 Fort Lauderdale 0 Guam 0 Harvey 0 Honolulu 0 Houston 3 Jacksonville 1 Jersey City 1 Joliet 0 Mobile 0 Norfolk 0 Oakland 0 Philadelphia 0 Piney Point 0 Puerto Rico 0 St. Louis 0 Tacoma 1 Wilmington 2 6 0 2 7 1 2 0 8 28 21 0 2 11 10 0 2 0 0 3 16 8 0 0 12 1 2 2 11 30 12 1 1 31 18 4 1 0 0 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 9 15 8 1 0 9 7 0 2 0 0 5 11 2 1 0 6 1 1 3 5 8 4 0 0 22 6 3 1 0 0 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 1 2 7 1 5 1 34 39 29 0 2 8 9 1 1 1 0 10 16 20 3 0 17 4 5 6 32 100 19 2 3 58 25 2 2 1 0 11 38 TOTAL 9 119 154 4 75 72 28 26 175 349 GRAND TOTAL 424 271 355 297 117 206 693 575 547 Engine Department 4 2 0 5 1 3 1 6 17 5 1 2 5 0 1 0 4 0 9 4 70 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 5 11 4 1 2 17 3 2 0 0 0 6 1 63 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 Steward Department November & December Membership Meetings Piney Point Algonac Baltimore Monday: Nov. 3, Dec. 8 Thursday: Nov. 13, Dec. 18 Thursday: Nov. 6, Dec. 11 Thursday: Nov. 20; Friday: Dec. 26 Guam Honolulu Friday: Nov. 14, Dec. 19 Houston Monday: Nov. 10, Dec. 15 Jacksonville Thursday: Nov. 6, Dec. 11 Joliet Thursday: Nov. 13, Dec. 18 Mobile Wednesday: Nov. 12. Dec. 17 New Orleans Wednesday: Nov. 12; Tuesday: Dec. 16 Jersey City Tuesday: Nov. 4, Dec. 9 Norfolk Friday: Nov. 7, Dec. 12 Oakland Thursday: Nov. 13, Dec. 18 Philadelphia Wednesday: Nov. 5, Dec. 10 Port Everglades Thursday: Nov. 13, Dec. 18 San Juan Thursday: Nov. 6, Dec. 11 St. Louis Friday: Nov. 14, Dec. 19 Tacoma Friday: Nov. 21, Dec. 26 Wilmington Monday: Nov. 17, Dec. 22 Meeting date changes due to holidays Each port’s meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 6 12 4 1 1 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 2 57 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Entry Department 8 •SEAFARERS 8 SEAFARERSLOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 422 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 8 NOVEMBER 2025 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU ABOARD ALPENA ‒ Pictured from left aboard the Inland Lakes Management vessel in the three-person photo above, left are Safety Director Jason Brown, Second Mate Isaac Pennock, and SIU Asst. VP Todd Brdak. It’s the same lineup in the other three-person pic except that’s AB Tom Martin in the middle. The remaining outdoor photo includes AB Salem Suwalieh (left) and Brdak. Pictured with the AVP in the engine room are (above, second from left) Seafarer Matrik Stein and (remaining photo) QMED Preston Eiland. B-BOOK OBTAINED ‒ AB Antonio Gonzalez Esteves (left) receives his full book at the hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He’s pictured with Safety Director Ricky Rivera. PRO-MARITIME CHAT ‒ SIU Asst. VP Chris Westbrook (right) and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) meet in New Orleans on Oct. 2. The governor voiced his support for port expansion, the growth of the U.S.-flag industry, and the Jones Act. WELCOME ASHORE IN HOUSTON ‒ AB Jose Garcia (left) picks up his first pension check at the hiring hall. Garcia started sailing with the SIU in 1994. Congratulating him is Safety Director Kevin Sykes. ABOARD CAPE SAN JUAN ‒ Handling mooring lines aboard the Intrepid ship are ABs Tyrone Leonard and Steven Whiting. In the outdoor photo are (from left) ACU Rodolfo Ludovice, AB Alan Boiser, AB Mohsen Ahmed, AB Bobby Belches, Recertified Bosun Ritche Acuman, Oiler Samuel Ayers, Chief Mate Wayne Sumner, AB Fadel Mohamed, Third Engineer Scott Spilman, and Chief Cook Al Yandoc. The remaining group photo, taken after work as mariners gathered to watch a televised boxing match, includes (from left) Second Engineer Mark Cayabyab, Chief Cook Al Yandoc, First Engineer Ted Yap, AB Bobby Belches, ACU Rodolfo Ludovice, and Recertified Bosun Ritche Acuman. REMEMBERING BOSUN DAVID JAMES ‒ The LOG office was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Recertified Bosun Charles David James, who passed away Sept. 25 following a battle with cancer. He was 65. “He always talked about how he loved the SIU and sailing bosun,” recalled his brother, retired Recertified Bosun Rick James. “I got him into the union in 1997. Right up until his last days, he talked about how much the union meant to him and how he loved working on the ships.” In the individual photo, David is shown aboard the Mendonca in 2010. He’s standing second from left in the outdoor photo, a 2021 upgrading class pic from Piney Point, Maryland. He’s at right in the remaining photo, with Rick (center) and their sister, Mary. NOVEMBER 2025 SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 99 LOG • �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU STEPPING UP FOR SPAD ‒ SIU Pensioner Justin White (left, with SIU Asst. VP Chris Westbrook) attended the September membership meeting in New Orleans, and he spoke about the importance of the union’s voluntary political action fund. He backed it up by making a $1,000 contribution to the Seafarers Political Activities Donation, better known as SPAD. ABOARD MATSON KODIAK ‒ Pictured from left aboard the ship on Sept. 4 in the Pacific Northwest are ABM Allan Makiling, QE3 Marcus Brown, QEE David Watkins, Recertified Bosun Darryl Smith, and ABM Sherwin James. PROMOTING MARITIME ‒ These photos were taken in late September at a Maryland Democrats gathering. SIU Exec. VP Augie Tellez is in the middle of the three-person photo, with U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (left) and U.S. Rep. Sarah Elfreth. SIU Asst. VP Michael Russo is in both of the remaining photos, with Rep. Hoyer and Gov. Wes Moore. During informal visits, the SIU officials reiterated the importance of the U.S. Merchant Marine to America’s national, economic and homeland security. APPRENTICES COMMENDED ‒ Pictured aboard the Capt. David Lyon (Sealift) are (from left) Paul Hall Center Apprentices/Wipers Stevenjohn Eustaquio and David Clark, 1E John Nelson, and CE Greg Brooke. Nelson recently praised the “hard work, reliability and can-do attitude” of both Eustaquio and Clark. ABOARD LONE STAR STATE ‒ Pictured during a late September visit to the Intrepid ship in the Gulf Coast are (from left) Recertified Steward Abraham Mills and Chief Cook Chad Sikorski. SOLIDARITY IN SAN JUAN ‒ The SIU on Sept. 18 hosted a meeting at the hiring hall focused on creating an AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Pictured at the planning session are (clockwise, starting at far left) Nelly Ayala, President of FTPR AFL-CIO; Pablo De Leon from the South Florida AFL-CIO; Nadry Martinez, General Secretary, FTPR; Yafet Torres, President, USW Puerto Rico; Charlie Ramos from the CWA; SIU Asst. VP Amancio Crespo; Neftali Nieves from IATSE; John Vigueras from the IAM; Hector Reyes from the IBEW; and Samuel A. Hernandez from the APWU. MILESTONE IN TEXAS ‒ Chief Cook Marcel Jubert (center) receives his A-seniority book at the Houston hall. He’s pictured with SIU Patrolmen Kirk Pegan (left) and Anthony Jacobson. ABOARD PADRE ISLAND ‒ These photos are from a recent servicing of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock hopper dredge. At the helm (wearing a cap) is Third Mate Sean Fogarty. AB/Dragtender Wilmer Herrera is in the other individual photo. The large (informal) group photo shows people gathering for a union meeting, while the remaining non-vessel pic includes AB Roger Utter (right) and Safety Director Kevin Sykes. 10• SEAFARERS SEAFARERS LOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 10 NOVEMBER 2025 �At Sea & Ashore with the SIU ABOARD PACIFIC COLLECTOR ‒ This snapshot was taken in early September aboard the TOTE vessel. In the back row, from left, are OL John Steeber, OL Cody Higgs, OL Masaddiq Walton, Recertified Bosun Kenneth Steiner, ABM Richard Stanley, OS Anthony Wallace, WI Carlos Noriega Mancilla, MDR Ninia Mendoza. Pictured in the front row, also from left, are ABM William McIntyre, QE2 Davon Brown, SA Michael Fincannon, SA Laura Davies. WELL-EARNED RECOGNITION ‒ Bosun Munassar Ahmed (individual photo) received the Crowley/Intrepid monthly safety award for the Evergreen State for September, while Chief Cook Carlos Gomez Hernandez (left in remaining photo) did the same for the American Energy. He is pictured with Safety Director Ricky Rivera at the hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. SEAFARERS CONDUCT CONSOL ‒ The SIU-crewed Allied Pacific (Patriot) (right) on Sept. 18 conducted a consolidated cargo replenishment (CONSOL) at sea with the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) Cheonji-class fast combat support ship ROKS Daecheong (AOE-58) in support of Freedom Edge 25. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, “Freedom Edge highlights trilateral defense cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, demonstrating their ability to achieve peace through strength on the Korean Peninsula and across the Indo-Pacific.” ABOARD EL COQUI ‒ Pictured aboard the Intrepid vessel are (from left) Electrician Rodney Passapera, ABM Yancy Cabarrubias, Recertified Steward Jesus Pacheco, Recertified Bosun Victor Nunez, Safety Director Ricky Rivera, and ABM Edgardo Martinez. BACKING JONES ACT IN PUERTO RICO ‒ As part of an ongoing effort to promote the Jones Act and the U.S. maritime industry in the territory, the SIU recently hosted a gathering at the hiring hall in San Juan. Pictured from left are SIU Asst. VP Amancio Crespo; Lymaris Otero, corporate consultant; TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico Senior Human Resources Manager Ana Medellin; and Safety Director Ricky Rivera. Among other topics, they discussed providing educational resources for local high school students who may be interested in exploring maritime careers. Navigating Recovery at Sea: An Introduction to SARC Editor's Note: The following article was submitted by Seafarers Addiction and Rehabilitation Center (SARC) Director Chris Leeman, LCMFT, LAC, SAP. The maritime profession demands physical endurance, long hours, and extended periods away from home—factors that can contribute to increased vulnerability to substance use and mental health challenges. Recognizing the unique struggles faced by merchant mariners, the Seafarers Addiction Rehabilitation Center (SARC) was founded to provide targeted, compassionate care that restores not just sobriety, but dignity, purpose, and professional standing. Located in Valley Lee, Maryland, SARC is a federally recognized inpatient facility designed specifically for maritime professionals. Our 30day residential program offers an intensive and supportive environment that emphasizes safety, structure, and confidentiality. At the heart of our mission is the belief that mariners deserve the chance to heal and return to their vital roles at sea— stronger, healthier, and fully prepared for long-term recovery. What sets SARC apart is our commitment to holistic, evidence-based care tailored to each individual. Our program includes U.S. Coast Guard-compliant SAP evaluations, individual and group counseling, relapse prevention training, and comprehensive continuing care planning. Our licensed clinicians and SAP-certified professionals utilize proven therapeutic modalities such as NOVEMBER 2025 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and 12-Step Facilitation. Trauma-informed care is embedded into every aspect of treatment. SARC serves maritime personnel, specifically merchant mariners (union members from the SIU.) We collaborate with maritime employers, the U.S. Coast Guard, legal systems, and self-referred individuals to ensure timely, coordinated treatment that aligns with both personal recovery goals and professional requirements. Our program is more than treatment—it is a pathway back to purpose. SARC helps mariners reclaim their credentials, reconnect with family, and rebuild the personal and professional lives they’ve worked hard to achieve. By focusing on accountability, resilience, and continuing support, we offer our clients the tools they need to maintain sobriety and success long after discharge. If you or someone you know in the maritime field is struggling with substance use, SARC is here to help. Recovery and restoration is not only possible— it’s the first step toward a safer, stronger future at sea. Scan the code above to contact Chris Leeman at the SARC. SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS 2023 11 • OCTOBER LOG • 11 �Welcome Ashore! DEEP SEA ION BOROS Brother Ion Boros, 70, joined the union in 2005, initially sailing aboard the Green Lake. He worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions. Brother Boros last shipped on the Maersk Hartford and lives in Canteleu, France. LARRY BRADLEY Brother Larry Bradley, 66, started sailing with the SIU in 1980 and first worked on the Connecticut. He shipped in the deck department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions. Brother Bradley concluded his career aboard the Green Cove. He resides in Norfolk, Virginia. We pay tribute to our brothers and sisters of the SIU who have recently retired. THANK YOU for a job well done and we wish you fair winds and following seas. RICARDO DUCAY MOHAMED KAMER Brother Ricardo Ducay, 65, started sailing with the SIU in 2006 when he shipped on the Sagamore. He sailed in the engine department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Ducay’s final vessel was the Maersk Saratoga. He makes his home in Pinellas Park, Florida. Brother Mohamed Kamer, 65, started sailing with the union in 1997, initially working aboard the Independence. He sailed in the steward department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Kamer concluded his career aboard the Maersk Virginia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. JOZEF DUDAS Brother Jozef Dudas, 65, began his career with the Seafarers International Union in 1992. A deck department member, he first sailed aboard the Producer. Brother Dudas upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions and last shipped on the Alliance Fairfax. He is a resident of Jacksonville, Florida. STEVEN HOSKINS Brother Steven Byerley, 65, became a member of the union in 1978 when he sailed aboard the Portland. An engine department member, he upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Byerley’s last vessel was the Endurance. He makes his home in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Brother Steven Hoskins, 61, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1988 and first worked aboard the Long Lines. He upgraded on several occasions at the Paul Hall Center and shipped in the engine department. Brother Hoskins most recently sailed on the Savannah and makes his home in Glen Burnie, Maryland. KENNARD CAMPBELL KENNETH JOHNSON Brother Kennard Campbell, 62, signed on with the SIU in 1991. He first sailed aboard the Sealift Indian Ocean and worked in the deck department. Brother Campbell upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions. He most recently shipped on the Mariner and is a resident of Mobile, Alabama. Brother Kenneth Johnson, 66, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1979. He was a deck department member and first shipped on the Newark. Brother Johnson upgraded his skills at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He last sailed on the Green Cove and lives in New Orleans. FRANKLIN COBURN WILLIAM JOHNSON Brother Franklin Coburn, 67, joined the Seafarers International Union in 1983 and first sailed aboard the Aries. He upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions and sailed in the engine department. Brother Coburn last sailed aboard the Decisive and settled in Baltimore. Brother William Johnson, 70, joined the union in 1997 and first sailed aboard the JEB Stuart. Brother Johnson was a member of the deck department and most recently shipped on the Green Bay. He resides in Udon Thani, Thailand. STEVEN BYERLEY JIOIA DE LEON Sister Jioia De Leon, 72, embarked on her career with the SIU in 1989 when she sailed on the Independence. She shipped in the steward department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on numerous occasions. Sister De Leon concluded her career aboard the Cape Intrepid and lives in Tacoma, Washington. JAMES DEMOUY Brother James DeMouy, 60, signed on with the union in 1990, initially sailing aboard the Aquarius. He worked in the engine department and upgraded often at the union-affiliated Piney Point school. Brother DeMouy most recently shipped on the Cape Diamond and is a resident of Portland, Oregon. EDUARDO JORGE Brother Eduardo Jorge, 69, donned the SIU colors in 2006 when he sailed aboard the Manukai. He upgraded on multiple occasions at the Paul Hall Center and primarily worked in the deck department. Brother Jorge concluded his career aboard the Alaskan Navigator. He resides in Cerritos, California. MARTIN JOSEPHSON Brother Martin Josephson, 57, became an SIU member in 1989. He was a deck department member and upgraded on multiple occasions at the Piney Point school. Brother Josephson’s first vessel was the Lawrence Gianella; his last, the ARC Honor. He makes his home in Fairview, North Carolina. 12 •SEAFARERS 12 SEAFARERSLOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 VICTOR KELSEY Brother Victor Kelsey, 65, joined the union in 1978. He first shipped on the Cove Leader and sailed in the deck department. Brother Kelsey upgraded at the union-affiliated Piney Point school on multiple occasions and last sailed aboard the Guayama. He resides in Washington, D.C. NOEL MAGBITANG Brother Noel Magbitang, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 2003. He first sailed aboard the Endurance and worked in the engine department. Brother Magbitang upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He last sailed aboard the Stena Polaris and makes his home in Bonney Lake, Washington. ABDULJABBAR QURAISH Brother Abduljabbar Quraish, 45, signed on with the SIU in 2001 when he sailed on the Patriot. He shipped in the deck department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Quraish’s final vessel was the Alliance Norfolk. He resides in Canton, Michigan. MANUEL RODRIGUEZ MALDONADO Brother Manuel Rodriguez Maldonado, 60, began sailing with the Seafarers in 1999. A deck department member, he first sailed aboard the Eric G. Gibson. Brother Rodriguez Maldonado upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions. He concluded his career aboard the Perla Del Caribe and settled in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. IRVING RUEDA Brother Irving Rueda, 73, donned the SIU colors in 2001. He worked as a deck department member, initially aboard the Patriot. Brother Rueda upgraded on multiple occasions at the Paul Hall Center. He most recently shipped aboard the Maersk Durban and settled in Houston. CARLOS SUAZO-FLORES Brother Carlos Suazo-Flores, 65, started sailing with the union in 1992, initially working aboard the Sam Houston. He sailed in the steward department and upgraded his skills at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. Brother Suazo-Flores last shipped on the Overseas Houston and makes his home in Melbourne, Florida. NOVEMBER 2025 �Welcome Ashore! INLAND TIMOTHY TIERNEY Brother Timothy Tierney, 71, joined the SIU in 1979 and first shipped on the James. He worked in the deck department and upgraded on multiple occasions at the Paul Hall Center. Brother Tierney last shipped on the Ranger. He resides in Roxbury, Connecticut. PETER WESTROPP Brother Peter Westropp, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 1991. A deck department member, he first sailed aboard the Cape May. Brother Westropp upgraded at the Piney Point school on several occasions and concluded his career aboard the Alliance Fairfax. He lives in Vermilion, Ohio. JOSEPH WHITE Brother Joseph White, 65, became a member of the union in 1988. He worked in the deck department and upgraded often at the Paul Hall Center. Brother White’s first vessel was the USNS Triumph; his last, the National Glory. He resides in Galveston, Texas. DONALD WILLIAMS Brother Donald Williams, 65, joined the Seafarers International Union in 2001 and first sailed aboard the Independence. He upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions and worked in the engine department. Brother Williams concluded his career aboard the USNS Fred W. Stockham. He makes his home in The Villages, Florida. JOHN WORAE Brother John Worae, 65, donned the SIU colors in 2006. He first sailed aboard the Cleveland and was a deck department member. Brother Worae upgraded his skills at the Piney Point school on several occasions and last shipped aboard the Maersk Denver. He lives in the Bronx, New York. JOSEF WOUTHUYZEN Brother Josef Wouthuyzen, 67, signed on with the union in 1989 and initially sailed aboard the Independence. He worked in the steward department and upgraded on several occasions at the union-affiliated Piney Point school. Brother Wouthuyzen most recently shipped on the President Carter and is a resident of Long Beach, California. ROMAN ZARKIEWICZ Brother Roman Zarkiewicz, 67, started sailing with the SIU in 1991 when he shipped on the Independence. An engine department member, Brother Zarkiewicz concluded his career aboard the Green Delta. He makes his home in Las Vegas. NOVEMBER 2025 ANTHONY MURPHY Brother Anthony Murphy, 73, became a member of the union in 1969, initially shipping with G&H Towing. Brother Murphy worked in the deck department and upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He was last employed by Crowley Towing and Transportation and settled in Azle, Texas. JEFFREY ALTZNER Brother Jeffrey Altzner, 67, signed on with the union in 2011. He sailed in the engine department and upgraded his skills on multiple occasions at the Piney Point school. Brother Altzner was employed with Penn Maritime for the duration of his career. He resides in Melbourne, Florida. MICHAEL NANCE Brother Michael Nance, 61, signed on with the union in 1980. He sailed in the deck department, working with Crescent Towing and Salvage for the duration of his career. Brother Nance makes his home in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. BRIAN BASCOM Brother Brian Bascom, 67, donned the SIU colors in 2003. He was an engine department member and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Bascom worked with Penn Maritime for his entire career. He is a resident of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. RONALD NELSON Brother Ronald Nelson, 65, donned the SIU colors in 1982 when he worked for Moran Towing of Maryland. He was a deck department member and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Nelson last shipped with McAllister Towing of Baltimore and is a Baltimore resident. LESTER PACE PEPE CARUMBA Brother Pepe Carumba, 70, began sailing with the Seafarers International Union in 1998, initially working aboard the Franklin J. Phillips. He was a deck department member and upgraded his skills on multiple occasions at the Piney Point school. Brother Carumba was last employed with Port Imperial Ferry and settled in Newburgh, New York. LYNN HALL Brother Lester Pace, 65, began sailing with the Seafarers International Union in 1993. He worked in the deck department and initially sailed aboard the Courier. Brother Pace upgraded at the Piney Point school on multiple occasions. He concluded his career with Crowley Towing and Transportation and lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana. ROBERT RICH Brother Lynn Hall, 70, joined the SIU in 1995, first sailing with Crowley Puerto Rico Services. Brother Hall sailed in the deck department and upgraded at the Paul Hall Center in 1996. He last sailed with Crowley Towing & Transportation and resides in Jacksonville, Florida. Brother Robert Rich, 66, joined the SIU in 1970, first sailing with Michigan Tankers Inc. Brother Rich worked in the deck department. He last sailed with Mariner Towing and resides in Brooksville, Florida. GLEN STAUB STEVEN HOPKINS Brother Steven Hopkins, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 1980 when he was employed with Maritrans. He sailed in both the deck and engine departments. Brother Hopkins last shipped with OSG Ship Management and lives in Aurora, North Carolina. DAYTON LEAZENBY Brother Dayton Leazenby, 64, signed on with the union in 1996. He sailed in all three departments. Brother Leazenby was employed with Delta Queen Steamboat Company for the duration of his career. He makes his home in Jackson, Missouri. Brother Glen Staub, 65, embarked on his career with the Seafarers in 2000. He sailed in the deck department and upgraded his skills at the Paul Hall Center on multiple occasions. Brother Staub worked with Penn Maritime for the duration of his career. He calls Silverhill, Alabama, home. NMU MICHAEL COGGIO Brother Michael Coggio, 65, signed on with the union during the 2001 SIU/NMU merger. He shipped in the engine department and concluded his career aboard the Mormac Star. Brother Coggio lives in Richmond, Vermont. Personal CHRISTOPHER MINTON Brother Christopher Minton, 62, signed on with the SIU in 1996. He primarily sailed in the deck department and upgraded his skills on multiple occasions at the Paul Hall Center. Brother Minton worked with G&H Towing for his entire career. He resides in Alvin, Texas. Attn: Ole Olsen, Tony Perez Your old shipmate Harry Oglesby would like to reconnect. He can be reached via email at harry.oglesby78@yahoo.com or by phone at (937) 505-7678. SEAFARERS LOG • SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG •13 13 �Digest of Shipboard Union Meetings The Seafarers LOG attempts to print as many digests of union shipboard minutes as possible. On occasion, because of space limitations, some will be omitted. Ships’ minutes first are reviewed by the union’s contract department. Those issues requiring attention or resolution are addressed by the union upon receipt of the ships’ minutes. The minutes are then forwarded to the Seafarers LOG for publication. OCEAN FREEDOM (Patriot Shipping, LLC), June 10 – Chairman Robert Mack, Secretary Julio Marcone, Educational Director Kenneth Kauffman, Engine Delegate Danny Challenger, Steward Delegate Tahisha Watson. Chairman encouraged crew to stay safe during operations. Educational director urged members to upgrade at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland, and to keep documents up to date. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requested new pillows and linens. MAERSK PITTSBURGH (Maersk Line, Limited), August 24 – Chairman Roy Madrio, Secretary Michael Carello, Deck Delegate Alfonso Marin, Steward Delegate Mark Keller. Crew reviewed letter from SIU Vice President Contracts George Tricker acknowledging previous ship minutes. Chairman thanked all departments for their excellent work. Secretary praised crew for a wonderful trip and encouraged everyone to attend shoreside union meetings. Educational director advised members to take advantage of upgrading opportunities at the Piney Point school. No beefs or disputed OT reported. New linens to be supplied next voyage. Shower curtains ordered. Members were encouraged to use social media responsibly and to take care of their shipmates. Crew requested more vacation days and clarification on pay for days off. Next port: Newark, New Jersey. OREGON (Fairwater Tanker Management), August 25 – Chairman Burkley Cooper, Secretary Eric Cloter, Educational Director Eric Guzman, Engine Delegate Keshawn Webster, Steward Delegate Ashley Castillo. Members asked for captain to check rooms during crew changes. Crew was reminded to keep rooms and galley clean for next relief. No beefs or disputed OT reported. DELAWARE EXPRESS (Marine Personnel & Provisioning), August 31 – Chairman Linnell Coleman, Secretary Dylan Faile, Educational Director Ralph Garner, Steward Delegate Karrington Plummer. Chairman thanked crew for a safe and peaceful trip. He encouraged members to renew documents four months in advance and led discussion about possible options for new contract. Secretary reminded crew of tour of duty letters. Educational director recommended members upgrade at the union-affiliated Paul Hall Center. Crew would like an increase to daily contribution rate for money purchase plan and for dependents of pensioners to also receive health insurance. Dryer in crew laundry needs to be repaired or replaced. Ice machine still needed. HORIZON KODIAK (Horizon Lines, LLC), August 31 – Secretary Bob Tuilaepa, Engine Delegate Marcus Brown. Chairman discussed ship schedule and upcoming payoff on Sept. 3. Educational director advised crew to upgrade at the union-affiliated Piney Point school and to stay proactive with all credential and endorsement renewals. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members would like eligibility requirements for vacation checks to be 30-45 days or to make all relief jobs 60 days to receive a vacation check. Crew requested 21 for 30 vacation. Next port: Tacoma, Washington. MISSOURI EXPRESS (Marine Personnel & Provisioning), September 5 – Chairman Allan Coloyan, Secretary Moses Scott, Educational Director Cirico Geonanga, Deck Delegate Anthony Heck, Steward Delegate Vanessa Warren. Chairman went over ship schedule and daily events in port. Educational director urged crew to upgrade at the Paul Hall Center and to make sure documents are up to date. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members requested 20 for 30 vacation. Crew discussed possible discrepancy in apprentice pay and is seeking corrective action. Next port: Los Angeles. MAERSK DETROIT (Maersk Line, Limited), September 23 – Chairman Philip McGeoghegan, Secretary Robert Seim, Educational Director Ashely Burke. Crew discussed old business topics including tariffs and cargo shipment. Chairman read president’s report from recent edition of Seafarers LOG, the union’s official publication, which is available in print and online. Towels, linens and pillows needed aboard vessel. Members would like increases in vacation and upgraded bandwidth. Vote of thanks given to steward department for great food, and entire crew was commended for good teamwork. Next port: Newark, New Jersey. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership’s money and union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by certified public accountants every year, which is to be submitted to the membership by the secretary-treasurer. A yearly finance committee of rank-and-file members, elected by the membership, each year examines the finances of the union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All 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. A member’s shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by contracts between the union and the employers. Members should get to know their shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all union halls. If members believe there have been violations of their shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the union and the employers, they should notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return 14 • SEAFARERS LOG receipt requested. The proper address for this is: George Tricker, Chairman Seafarers Appeals Board 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Spr ings, MD 20746 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to members 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 an SIU member works and lives aboard a ship or boat. Members should know their contract rights, as well as their obligations, such as filing for overtime (OT) on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, a member believes that an SIU patrolman or other union official fails to protect their contractual rights properly, he or she should contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — THE SEAFARERS LOG. The Seafarers LOG traditionally has refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the union, officer or member. It also has refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Sea­farers LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the executive board of the union. The executive board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he or she should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to union headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU Constitution are available in all union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time a member feels any other member or officer is attempting to deprive him or her of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods, such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members 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 member may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he or she is denied the equal rights to which he or she is entitled, the member should notify union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION (SPAD). SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American merchant marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, the member should notify the Seafarers International Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. A member should support SPAD to protect and further his or her economic, political and social interests, and American trade union concepts. NOTIFYING THE UNION — If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he or she has been denied the constitutional right of access to union records or information, the member should immediately notify SIU President David Heindel at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is: David Heindel, President Seafarers International Union 5201 Capital Gateway Drive Camp Springs, MD 20746 SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 2025 14 NOVEMBER �Final Departures DEEP SEA JAMES BATES Pensioner James Bates, 70, passed away September 5. He began his career with the Seafarers in 1977, initially sailing with Dravo Basic Materials. Brother Bates worked in the engine department. He most recently sailed on the USNS Pililaau and retired in 2024. Brother Bates lived in Mobile, Alabama. JAMES BRINKS Pensioner James Brinks, 85, died August 11. He joined the union in 1963 and first shipped with Interocean American Shipping. Brother Brinks worked in the deck department. He last sailed aboard the Stonewall Jackson before becoming a pensioner in 2001. Brother Brinks made his home in Picayune, Mississippi. QUINTON CARUTHERS Pensioner Quinton Caruthers, 85, passed away August 6. He signed on with the SIU in 1987 when he shipped on the USNS Chauvenet. Brother Caruthers worked in the deck department and last sailed aboard the Rover. He started collecting his pension in 2012 and settled in Oakland, California. CHRISTEN CHRISTENSEN Pensioner Christen Christensen, 74, died August 22. He joined the SIU in 2004 and first sailed aboard the Virgo. Brother Christensen worked in the deck department and last sailed on the Horizon Kodiak. He went on pension in 2018 and made his home in Petersburg, Alaska. In solemn remembrance, we honor the legacies of these union members who have crossed the final bar. May they rest in peace. GREAT LAKES DAVID PARK Pensioner David Park, 78, passed away August 6. He donned the SIU colors in 1987. A deck department member, Brother Park first shipped on the USNS Bartlett. He last sailed aboard the John U.D. Page and became a pensioner in 2012. Brother Park made his home in Leesburg, Virginia. ROBERT BROOKS Pensioner Robert Brooks, 81, died August 22. He joined the SIU in 1970, initially sailing with Michigan Interstate Railway. Brother Brooks was an engine department member. He last worked on the St. Clair and began collecting his pension in 2009. Brother Brooks made his home in Lauderhill, Florida. INLAND ALFRED PORCARI Pensioner Alfred Porcari, 95, died January 4. He became a member of the SIU in 1953 when he sailed aboard an Isco vessel. Brother Porcari worked in the deck department and last shipped aboard the Sealand Motivator. He retired in 1991 and lived in Howard Beach, New York. MARTIN BEAUVAIS Brother Martin Beauvais, 63, passed away July 26. He began sailing with the Seafarers in 2018 when he worked with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Brother Beauvais sailed in the engine department. He was last employed with Crowley Towing and Transportation and lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama. JUAN ROCHEZ ELADIO MORALES Pensioner Juan Rochez, 84, passed away July 22. He signed on with the union in 1990. Brother Rochez first shipped on the Independence and was a member of the steward department. He last sailed aboard the Overseas Philadelphia and went on pension in 2006. Brother Rochez resided in the Bronx, New York. Pensioner Eladio Morales, 88, died August 7. He embarked on his career with the union in 1985 when he worked with Crowley Puerto Rico Services. Brother Morales sailed in both the steward and deck departments. He was last employed with Crowley Towing and Transportation before retiring in 2002. Brother Morales resided in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. JOSE ROMAN Brother Jose Roman, 57, died June 30. He donned the SIU colors in 1999 and first shipped on the USNS Antares. A member of the steward department, Brother Roman last sailed aboard the Calvin P. Titus. He lived in the Bronx, New York. ROBERTO SABIO RUIZ Brother Roberto Sabio Ruiz, 67, passed away July 26. He became a member of the union in 2005 when he sailed aboard the Pride of America. Brother Sabio Ruiz worked in the engine department. He most recently sailed aboard the Seabulk Challenge and lived in Miami Gardens, Florida. JOHN SMILARI Pensioner Ronald Fluker, 75, passed away July 30. He became a member of the Seafarers International Union in 1968 when he shipped on the Jacksonville. Brother Fluker was a steward department member. He last sailed aboard the USNS Capella and became a pensioner in 2013. Brother Fluker was a resident of Oakland, California. Pensioner John Smilari, 66, died August 5. He joined the Seafarers International Union in 1977 and first sailed aboard the Mary. Brother Smilari was a deck department member. He concluded his career aboard the Overseas Harriette in 2002. Brother Smilari became a pensioner in 2024 and lived in Kalispell, Montana. Pensioner Ronald Owens, 67, died July 26. He began his career with the Seafarers International Union in 1988, initially sailing aboard the Ranger. A deck department member, he last shipped on the Maersk Illinois in 2014. Brother Owens began collecting his pension in 2023 and was a resident of Sugarland, Texas. NOVEMBER 2025 JAMES HILL Pensioner James Hill, 81, passed away July 8. Brother Hill worked in both the deck and engine departments. He was last employed with Marine Personnel and Provisioning before retiring in 2004. He lived in San Francisco. WILLIAM JARAMILLO RONALD FLUKER RONALD OWENS NMU Pensioner William Jaramillo, 88, died July 12. He started sailing in 1962, initially aboard the Constitution. Brother Jaramillo worked in the deck department and last shipped on the Green Lake. He retired in 1992 and settled in Boca Raton, Florida. AMANCIO OLANO Pensioner Amancio Olano, 92, passed away July 13. Brother Olano sailed in the steward department. He concluded his career aboard the Galveston Bay and began collecting his pension in 1995. Brother Olano lived in Spain. RALPH THOMAS Pensioner Ralph Thomas, 77, passed away August 22. Sailing first aboard the Cape Mohican, he donned the SIU colors in 1988. Brother Thomas worked in the steward department and last shipped on the USNS Algol. He went on pension in 2013 and resided in New Orleans. TEODORO VALENTIN Pensioner Teodoro Valentin, 79, passed away August 7. He began sailing in 1968, first aboard the United States. Brother Valentin was an engine department member. He concluded his career aboard the Harry Martin and became a pensioner in 2004. Brother Valentin resided in the Bronx, New York. SEAFARERS LOG • OCTOBER 2023 15 SEAFARERS LOG • 15 �Paul Hall Center Upgrading Course Dates Printed below are dates for courses scheduled to take place at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Maryland. The QR code connects to a web page with the latest course dates (they may differ from what’s printed here, though in most cases the only changes are additions that haven’t yet made it into the LOG). Seafarers are welcome to contact the admissions office with questions about upgrading courses: (301) 899-0657, admissions@seafarers.org Title of Course Start Date Latest Course Dates Date of Completion DECK DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES Able Seafarer - Deck Dec. 1 Dec. 19 ENGINE DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES ARCM Dec. 1 Dec. 12 STEWARD DEPARTMENT UPGRADING COURSES Certified Chief Cook Nov. 24 Jan. 30, 2026 Galley Operations Dec. 1 Dec. 26 ServSafe Management Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Chief Steward Dec. 8 Jan. 2, 2026 OPEN/SAFETY UPGRADING COURSES Basic Training Revalidation Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Government Vessels Nov. 17 Dec. 8 Nov. 21 Dec. 12 UPGRADING APPLICATION Name__________________________________________________________________________ Address________________________________________________________________________ Telephone (Home)______________________________ (Cell)____________________________ Date of Birth____________________________________________________________________  Deep Sea Member   Lakes Member   Inland Waters Member  COURSE ____________________________ START DATE OF DATE COMPLETION __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ If the following information is not filled out completely, your application will not be processed. ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ Social Security #_________________________________ Book #_________________________ Seniority_______________________________________ Department____________________ Home Port______________________________________________________________________ E-mail _________________________________________________________________________ Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held_____________________________________________ Are you a graduate of the SHLSS/PHC trainee program?  Yes   No  If yes, class # and dates attended___________________________________________________ Have you attended any SHLSS/PHC upgrading courses?  Yes   No  _______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________ ____________________________ With this application, COPIES of the following must be sent: One hundred and twenty-five (125) days seatime for the previous year, MMC, TWIC, front page of your book including your department and seniority and qualifying sea time for the course if it is Coast Guard tested. Must have a valid SHBP clinic through course date. I authorize the Paul Hall Center to release any of the information contained in this application, or any of the supporting documentation that I have or will submit with this application to related organizations, for the purpose of better servicing my needs and helping me to apply for any benefits which might become due to me. 16 • SEAFARERS LOG LAST VESSEL: ___________________________________ Rating: ________________________ Date On: _______________________________________ Date Off:________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________ Date:___________________ NOTE: Transportation will be paid in accordance with the scheduling letter only if you present original receipts and successfully complete the course. If you have any questions, contact your port agent before departing for Piney Point. Not all classes are reimbursable. Return completed application to: Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education Admissions Office, Email:upgrading@seafarers.org Mail: 45353 St. George’s Ave., Piney Point, MD 20674 Fax: 301-994-2189. The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is a private, non-profit, equal opportunity institution and admits students, who are otherwise qualified, or any race, nationality or sex. The school complies with applicable laws with regard to admission, access or treatment of students in its programs or activities. NOVEMBER 2025 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos APPRENTICE WATER SURVIVAL CLASS #924 – Recently graduated: Michael Akers, John Baltazar, Jonathan Caballero Jr., Isaiah Chase, Seth Daniel, Traynard Davis, Dickson Ellington Jr., Mike Estrada, Teneka Farris, Samuel Hawley, Garrett Jackson, Bryant Jenkins, Joshua Jones, Jeanette Kaldawi, Tyler Kissick, Keywan Law, Jacqueline Patterson, James Petrick, Richard Price, Charles Ramos, Richard Richmond Jr., Harrison Wistock and Damita Wooten. GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 5: Reginald Addison, Larry Bachelor, Christopher Bean, John Cedeno Jr., Dominador Diaz, Simon Eady, Gary Ford Jr., Cedric Griffin, Ja'von Harvey, Joshua McDaniel, Dennis McLean III, Andrew Miller, Ethan Nichols, Jason Pierce, Jose Sadaya, Nagi Said, Gerald Viray, Kojo Ware, Grandvil Whitsett III, Jovan Williams, Lafonso Williams and Antonio Zorrilla. BASIC TRAINING (FIRST AID) – Graduated August 1: Lorenzo Allen Jr., Abdul Bah, David Cipriano, Bianca Clark, Rubert Johnson Jr., Louis Levasseur, Vincent Levin Jr., Hilton McCants, Douglas McHale, Lawrence Neloms, Misael Orlando Pizarro, Richard Peek, Jezhra Santos, Kadeem Swenson, Arielle Taylor, Alexi Vasquez, Andres Vasquez and Jadelyn Watling. TANK SHIP FAMILIARIZATION (LG) – Graduated August 22: Lorenzo Allen Jr., David Cipriano, Bianca Clark, Oscar Diviny, Rubert Johnson Jr., Corey Keys, Louis Levasseur, Vincent Levin Jr., Douglas McHale, Lawrence Neloms, Misael Orlando Pizarro, Richard Peek, Jezhra Santos, Kadeem Swenson, Arielle Taylor, Alexi Vasquez, Andres Vasquez and Jadelyn Watling. GALLEY OPS – Graduated August 29: Traynard Davis, Teneka Farris, Bryant Jenkins, Jacqueline Patterson and Damita Wooten. GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated recently: Dantley Bramble, Stuart Casal, Roger Cray Jr., Charlie Flynn, Joshua Gadbois, Patrick Hamilton, Nathaniel Harris, Nathaniel Hart, Stephen Langdon, Dylan Levine, Orion Lloyd, Kainoa MacKenzie, Mitchell Mangold, Jhon-Paul Manzanares, Preston Mizer, Paul Rocha, Jonathan Saili, Ameera Shakeel-Haadee, Michael Sterling, Ethan Sutton, Peter Tago and Elijah Wailehua. 17 SEAFARERS NOVEMBER 2025LOG • OCTOBER 2023 BASIC SHIPHANDLING & STEERING – Graduated September 5: Sean Jones, Arron Millar, Daniel Moran, Dwuan Reed, Venise Spears, Arielle White and Mackenzie Wincelowicz. SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 17 LOG • 17 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos APPRENTICE WATER SURVIVAL CLASS #925 – Recently graduated: Dantley Bramble, Stuart Casal, Roger Cray Jr., Charlie Flynn, Joshua Gadbois, Patrick Hamilton, Nathaniel Harris, Nathaniel Hart, Stephen Langdon, Dylan Levine, Orion Lloyd, Kainoa MacKenzie, Mitchell Mangold, Jhon-Paul Manzanares, Preston Mizer, Paul Rocha, Jonathan Saili, Ameera Shakeel-Haadee, Michael Sterling, Ethan Sutton, Peter Tago and Elijah Wailehua. ABLE SEAFARER - DECK – Graduated September 19: Eric Amy, Maximilian Bates, Raekwon Brooks, Tyler Brown, Julian Cortes Aviles, Reyes Gonzalez Jr., Kevin Hopkins, Nicholas Howard, Jayline Johnson, Jalen Jones, Nathan Laverdure, Jock Litzinger, James Mihay, Kevin O'Lone, Mario Odom Jr., Joseph Paulin, Orlando Quirantes, Isaiah Riascos, Jonathan Schmitt, Sarah Silverleaf, Connor Stratton, Wolsey Thomas Jr., Tevin Toliver and Raymond Winter. GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated August 29 (not all are pictured): Samuel Abrams, Jordan Dimatteo, Mario Fletcher, Nathaniel Gasparini, Susan Kennedy, Levi Moore, Herbie Soliveres, Nathan Tissaw and Mohamed Zain. Alejo, Hyjalun Burch, Diamond Chism Sr., Erik Dankwardt, Victor Dixon, Scott Furtney, Corneshia Harris, Lincoln Jensen, John Karafanda, Luke Langston, Johnasha Manning, Kevin Martinez, Michael McLaughlin, Joelle Quenga, Gianfranco Rodriguez Torres, Jesse Sanchez, Wynton Smith, Michaela Townsend and Tiana White. BASIC TRAINING (FIRST AID) – Graduated September 26: Alexander Bennett, Joseph Dupre Castillo, Rolando Guity, Darryl McCoy and William Mercado Ramos. GALLEY OPS – Graduated September 26: Jaclyn Kaluhiwa, Brya Sparks and William Watts III. CERTIFIED CHIEF COOK – Graduated September 12: Lorraine Champagne, Gennaro 18 18 •SEAFARERS SEAFARERSLOG LOG • OCTOBER 2023 NOVEMBER 2025 �Paul Hall Center Class Photos JUNIOR ENGINEER (REFRIGERATION) – Graduated September 26: Brianna Ashley, Keondre Bell, Abubakar Bockarie, Micko Cercado, Dominic Jones, Nesta Pafford, Timothy Resultan, Deroyce Roquemore, Seth Schrader, Ian Tarwater and Ronald Von Kaenel. At far right is instructor Jaime Nunez. SERV SAFE – Graduated September 5: Samuel Abrams, Erik Dankwardt, Scott Furtney, Corneshia Harris, Johnasha Manning and Tiana White. RFPEW – Graduated September 26: Talib Aekins Jr. and Charles Mkingwa. RFPNW – Graduated September 19 (not all are pictured): John Baltazar, Stuart Casal, Roger Cray Jr., Charlie Flynn, Joshua Gadbois, Nathaniel Harris, Nathaniel Hart, Garrett Jackson, Stephen Langdon, Dylan Levine, Orion Lloyd, Paul Rocha, Jonathan Saili, Ameera ShakeelHaadee, Ethan Sutton and Peter Tago. NOVEMBER 2025 GOVERNMENT VESSELS – Graduated September 19: Lorenzo Allen Jr., David Cipriano, Bianca Clark, Oscar Diviny, Rubert Johnson Jr., Corey Keys, Louis Levasseur, Vincent Levin Jr., Douglas McHale, Lawrence Neloms, Misael Orlando Pizarro, Richard Peek, Jezhra Santos, Kadeem Swenson, Arielle Taylor, Alexi Vasquez, Andres Vasquez and Jadelyn Watling. TANK SHIP FAMILIARIZATION (LG) – Graduated recently (not all are pictured): Jordan Alejo, Diamond Chism Sr., Victor Dixon, Lincoln Jensen, John Karafanda, Luke Langston, Kevin Martinez, Joelle Quenga, Gianfranco Rodriguez Torres, Jesse Sanchez, Wynton Smith, Michaela Townsend and Jeffery Vega. TANK SHIP FAMILIARIZATION (LG) – Graduated recently (not all are pictured): Glenard Chaney Jr., Timothy Cooper, Dean Diaz Sr., Basil Dsouza, Kalvin Dunnigan, Michael Eaton, Brian Gauntt, Kyle Gibson, Jerry Gilligan, Daryl Hicks, Timothy Kauble, Levi Moore, George Vanover and Montiesha Wilcox. TANK SHIP FAMILIARIZATION (DL) – Graduated September 12 (not all are pictured): Blake Anthony, Monique Banks, Israel Castillo-Martinez, Logan Collins, Nicholas Copp, Adriel Cotto, Wesley Cueto, Mark Estigoy, Justice Fila, Alexis Fultz, William Geno, Leroyal Hester III, Naija Hoy, Brandon Kallas, Sean Lavelle, Tong Lu, Francisco Maldonado, Alexie Pankratov, Desmond Percy, Alex Sanchez, Dakota Snow, Austin Sumner and Mikhaela Wilcox. SEAFARERS LOG •SEAFARERS OCTOBER 2023 LOG • 19 19 �NOVEMBER 2025 VOLUME 87, NO. 11 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION — ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS, AFL-CIO Practical Training: A Piney Point Tradition for 58 Years The SIU-affiliated school in Piney Point, Maryland, has gone through enough changes throughout its 58-year history to fill a book. However, one of its constants has always been an emphasis on practical instruction. Originally named the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship (in honor of the founder of the Seafarers International Union of North America), the facility opened in barebones fashion in 1967. Today, it’s a world-class, comprehensive institution offering more than 70 U.S. Coast Guard-approved courses. Virtually all of those curriculums include hands-on training. The overall campus was renamed in 1991 as the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (after the first president of the SIU A&G District, who also founded the school). The school boasts a highly regarded apprentice program that is certified by the U.S. Department of Labor. It also serves up wide-ranging, useful classes for individuals sailing in all three shipboard departments, along with safety training for all mariners. The school’s picturesque setting is conducive to learning, and the campus itself features modern simulators and classrooms, a fully operational training vessel, and other high-tech equipment that’s utilized by apprentices and upgraders. This includes a well-equipped marine firefighting school located on a nearby satellite campus. The photos on this page depict students taking various classes at the PHC in 2025. For more information about the school, visit the SIU website (www.seafarers.org) and/or MyMaritimeCareer.org. � 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 2020-present Description An account of the resource Volumes LXXXII of the Seafarers Log and beyond 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 NOVEMBER 2025 Description An account of the resource ITF-COMMISSIONED REPORT FINDS MORE COUNTRIES IMPLEMENTING CABOTAGE LAWS MAJOR WAGE INCREASES HIGHLIGHT NEW WATERMAN CONTRACT AMELIA ISLAND DELIVERED TO GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK 10 YEARS: REMEMBERING THE EL FARO CREW ITF INSPECTORS UNITE IN CYPRUS TO DEFEND MARINERS’ RIGHTS AGENCY AIMS TO MODERNIZE CREDENTIALING SYSTEMS I LOVED THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE SCULPTOR DELIVERS STUNNINGLY ACCURATE DEPICTIONS OF SIU ICON NAVIGATING RECOVERY AT SEA: AN INTRODUCTION TO SARC PRACTICAL TRAINING: A PINEY POINT TRADITION FOR 58 YEARS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Digital Copies Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/01/2025 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. 87, NO. 11 2025 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/555061c7f263b72b4775cc7200352207.PDF cc465d3ad01432fc1cd7418f6a8f58b5 PDF Text Text • • 'V tl,'' w, ','• - Official Organ of the Seafarers VOL. IX. emotional Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1947 Democracy vs. (Communism '•ll No. 47 Cities Service Eiection Extended So Two More Crews Can Cast Votes The dangers of allowing the communists to gain con­ trol of labor unions, so aften pointed out in the pages of the LOG, are pictured very clearly in what is going on now in France and Italy. In France, the CP, a minority group which in the last election lost ground to other political parties, *is trying to start a revolution by using the strike weapon. The leaders of the communist-dominated unions have created false issues, and without giving the union mem­ NEW YORK=—^With six ships of the Cities Service tanker fleet already bers a chance to vote, have called them out en strike. votjed, casting an unofficial majority of 75 percent for the SIU, balloting Italy faces the same tragic situation. The commu­ which was supposed to end on November 19 has been extended for sixty days nists there have been losing ground steadily, and as a so as to give the remaining two crews a chance to be polled. The crews in­ consequence have threatened that if the next elections go volved are on the SS French Creek and the SS Lone Jack. Both ships are on against them, they will take power by violent methods. the shuttle run between the Persian Gulf and the coast of France. The There is no doubt that the workers of France and first named is expected to reach a port in the continental United States Italy need higher wages to keep pace with rising costs. at which it can be voted, sometime late in December, while the Lone Jack is not expected in until the lat-fThere is a shortage of food and consumer goods in both ter part of January or the first ed companies. This one was sometime in the future, but in countries, and the harvest this year was poor due to the week in February. " John A. Carras, Incorporated, spite of company stalling. this (Continued on Page 2) Hearing To Determine Tidewater Vete Set^Up NEV/ YORK — Although the nel are to be included in the Tidewater Associated Oil Com­ election for which the Seafarers pany and its stooge, the Tide­ petitioned. water Tankermen'.s Association, The company insists that Chief are doing all in their power to Stewards be excluded from the stymie the SIU, events are mov­ unit on the grounds that they ing fast and a formal hearing ^are supervisory employes. The will bo called by the Regional Union is contesting this stand, Labor Relations Board within and cites contracts in the mari­ the next week to determine time field in which Chief Stew­ which of the unlicensed person- ards are covered. As soon as the hearing is con­ cluded, and the collective bar­ gaining unit established, it is ex­ pected that the NLRB election will commence. • COMPANY SCARED The company is frankly wor­ ried, and has resorted to what Plans for an "Inter-American would have been unfair labor Federation of Labor" have been practices before the passage of drawn up by the AFL and 40 the Taft-Hartley law. nOn-communist labor organiza­ Members of the Tidewater" tions in 18 Latin-American na­ Tankermen's Association have tions, Serafino Romualdi, AFL been putting the finger on SIU international representative an­ volunteer organizers, or even on employes seep reading Union lit­ nounced last week. An organizing conference is erature such as the LOG and scheduled to begin Jan. 10 in other educational material. Lima, Peru, and invitations have When this happens, the com­ already been issued by the Chil­ pany uses some far-fetched ex­ ean Confederation of Labor act­ cuse to fire the suspected man. ing in consultation with unions But even in the face of such in Peru, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, tactics, pledge cards ai-e being signed by Tidewater men, and Panama and Mexico. Initiative for the move came the company union has lost what from the Latin American coun­ little prestige it had. The success which the Union tries. The AFL in the U.S. and is enjoying in the Cities Service Canada will participate. The organization is intended election is no small factor in to serve as a bulwark against this development, and the "best Communist encroachment on the in the industry" contracts which labor movement in the western the SIU has with other tanker hemisphere and will rival the outfits also are factors in per­ communist-dominated Confedera­ suading Tidewater men that only tion of Latin American Workers, through Seafarers representation headed by Lombardo Toledano, will they be able to attain decent wages and good conditions. of , Mexico. Anti-CP Unions h America Form New Croup The extension period ends on which joins Tankers Sag Har­ situation is rapidly drawing to January 19, and SIU officials do bor, and Tanker Industries In­ a head and it is only a matter not believe that the Lone Jack corporated under the Seafarers of time before a bargaining elec­ tion will be scheduled in the will arive in time to vote. There­ banner. The Tidewater election is still Tidewater fleet. fore the Union has asked for a hearing, as soon as possible, be­ fore the Regional Labor Rela­ tions Board to request that the French Creek be polled on arri­ val in the U. S., and • that the Lone Jack be voted by mail. On the basis of reports from NEW YORK Nov. 20—The signing of agreements the Union observers who have been present at the voting, each with the Seatrade Corporation and John A. ship polled so far has cast at Carras, Incorporated, which was announced by least 75 percent of the votes definitely for the Seafarers, with General Organizer Lindsey Williams last 'week, some doubtful and the company brought to six the total of new companies signed garnering the small remainder. by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and This completely blasts the com­ Gulf District, within the last three months. Those pany's contention, made before companies are Tankers Industries Incorporated; the balloting started, that City Service men didn't want or need Tankers Sag Harbor; Wilkerson Steamship Com­ pany; Pratt Steamship Company; and Seatrade Union representation. and Carras. *overtime for all work in port Adding impetus to SIU's drive The contract with Seatrade is to organize the tanker industry performed after 5 P.M. and be­ is the fact that last week the a standard SIU agreement, pro­ fore 8 A.M. Union added another tanker out­ viding for vacations with pay, It also includes the same high fit to its-growing list of contract­ nine paid holidays a year, and wages and the exclusive SIU provision that the wage issue can be reopened at any time, theret^ protecting the mem­ bership against the spiraling »cost-of-living. The new agreement was en­ It has come to the attention of the SIU that tered into on November 13 and the operators are attempting to use certain will expire one year from that provisions of the Taft-Hartley law to hard time date. It contains the clause that maritime unions, particularly the ILA, MM&P it is automatically renewable and MEBA. from year to year, unless one of This is to notify you that the Seafarers the parties desires to amend or stand ready to support you, in any manner terminate same. Handling the negotiations necessary, against the shipowners' attempts to which resulted in this new con­ take away any of the wages, conditions or tract were Lindsey Williams, rights which you have won. Nothing that you, Robert Matthews, Headquarters or we, have today was given to us; we had to representative, and AI Kerr, or­ ganizer. fight and get them the hard way. The drive to organize the un­ We in the SIU believe that an injury to one organized seamen is now in full is an injury to all, and if the shipowners try swing, and it is expected that to use the Taft-Hartley law as a weapon against more companies will be brought under the SIU banner within you, we will not sit idly by doing nothing. the next few months. Seamen Call on us at any time, in any port, for our along the waterfront know the assistance, and as always, you will find us pre­ advantages of a Seafarers con­ pared to support you down the line. tract and are flocking to the Union in great numbers. SIU Organizing Drive Gains Six Oatfits In Three Months To Other Maritime Unions .1- •i �"r.:- "• - --• •i,.- % Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 21, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with Ihe American Federation of Labor / At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. ' HAtiover 2-2784 J. P. SHULER _ _ - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board ^ J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA •jssmt Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of Augu:.t 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor 267 ' '..•'5 V ,, Democracy vs. Communism L-' •, (Continued from Page 1) r' V-:-•/..'.•W*.;-• •'•'T-' r. V' Lick of farm equipment. But the strikes are not being called for these purely economic reasons. If the leaders of the unions are trul>- worried about the fate of the workers, they would not damn the Mar­ shall Plan with one breath, and then call the men into the streets with the other. In France, as in Italy, the governments elected by popular vote are trying to find a way out of the diffi­ culties caused by the ravages of war, the poor harvest, and the destruction of manufacturing facilities—that is to say all in "both governments except the communists. They are disrupting, using their power in trade unions to foment strikes and riots, and refusing to cooperate with other legislators, to stabilize the economy. These situations are not just the product, of chaotic conditions. True, the situation is rough, and millions will starve this winter if help is not forthcoming from the United States, but it is the communists who are trying to bar this much needed assistance. They feel that if hunger and exposure rage unchecked, the people will turn to them for salvation. * Workers of the luorld ...!* That is why the Cominform, or Communist Infor­ mation Bureau, which is actually the old Communist In­ ternational masquerading under a new name, was estab­ lished recently. This organization's main objective, stated in black and white, is to sabotage carrying out the Mar­ shall Plan. And if communists come to power in France and Italy, the two countries needing help the most urgent­ These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, ly, the plan to feed Europe will undoubtedly fail. as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging But democratic forces have not given up the stfiaggle heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writing to them. against communist propaganda which misrepresents the R. S. LUFLIN Marshall Plan and seeks to destroy it. The AFL last week STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL JULIUS SUPINSKI initiated a program designed to create a new international M. PARASCHIEV M. D. PENRY labor organization to combat the Cominform, and to W. E. STORVIS &• 3^ » C. O. UNDERWOOD expose it as a reactionary, anti-labor institution. SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL G. ROGERS Men Now In The Marine Hospitals Called the Deminform, meaning Democratic Infor­ mation Bureau, by the AFL International Labor Relations Board, this body plans to call a confei'ence of labor rep­ resentatives' of sixteen nations of western Europe to con.sider how labor can promote the economic resabilitation of Europe under the Marshall Plan. "The AFL believes," declared the committee,' "that its contribution to world peace and security . . . can best be fulfilled by the revival of free trade unions as bul­ warks of democracy in European countries. Through democratic labor movements we can . . . make the work­ ers of Europe understand that Soviet Russia's purpose is to starve Europe into revolution and thus extend the in­ ternational domain of communism." J. McNEELY G. BISCHOFF J. V. KELLY T. MUSCOVAGE R. WOODWARD F. WALLACE F. BECKER H. McDILDA E. T. BROWN G. CARLSON F. NERING W. VAUGHN E. B. HAYES W. B. CHANDLER N, HUFF R. EGAN G. J. MILLER G. RODRIQUEZ W. BARRETT E. CARAVONA . The unions in the United States and South America which are under the thumb of the communists are try­ s, ing to sabotage the Marshall Plan, even though top lead­ FORT STANTON HOSPITAL ership in the CIO has endorsed it. It is up to the AFL to P. WILLIAMSON take the lead to make sure that the workers of Europe JOHN R. B. WRIGHT have a chance to rebuild their ruined countries and their CLIFFORD MIDDLETON shattered lives. ARCHIE McGUIGAN J. KRESSEN J. HODO P. J. MILLER DANIEL SEQAL J. SPURON S- t SNEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL 0. S. SHAHAN W. K. WUNG J. J. O'NEILL G. CURL A. S. CONTI C. T. WHITE R. L. McGREW F. R. DE VASHER 1. E. MATHERNE M. LIUZZA G. A. WILLIAMS G. HARDEMAN L. A. HOLMES W. C. COLLEY J. E. SILKOWSKI R. E. TRULY L. CLARKE C. C. RAYFUSE J. E. PENCON A. J. LE JEUNE MARJORY "LINDA" EVANS J. B. GEISSLER E. E. DAVIS E. M. LOOPER E. G. WALKER J. DENNIS L. GROVER C. MASON J. E. MAGUIRE . A. A. SAMPSON R. BUNCH i, t, a, MOBILE HOSPITAL W. J. SULLIVAN E. L. MYERS W. C. JEFFERIES J. C. RAMBO W. C. CARDANA M. W. BUSBY R. V. GRANT W. D. JOHNS C. W. BARNE S, S, $ BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. A BONTE R. LORD G. MEANEY M. DEAN S. MURPHY (SUP) J. BARRON H. SCHWARZ J. O'BYRNE J. McKEAN (SUP) E. HUDSON E. DELLAMANO, J. LEWIS T. BOGUS J. SILKOWSKI (SUP) % % S. GALVESTON HOSPITAL WM. BARGONE DAN GRAVES A. MCALPIN ; W.-CARVANN r" W. VORRELL r P. A. WHITE F. W. GRANT W. E. ROWAN HARRIS j �Friday. November 21, 1947 THE SEAFARERS South Star Crew Demands Safe Lashing Of Deck Cargo LOG Tankerman By JACK GROENER ABOARD SS SOUTH STAR At Sea — Crewmembers of this vessel unmilmously adopted a resolution calling for gi-eater shipboard safety measures in se­ curing deck cargo, and urged the SIU membership in all ports to ratify the proposal. The resolution which was act­ ed upon at the Oct. 14 shipboard meeting, recommended "that all deck cargo coming out of the East and Gulf ports consigned for ports in the North Atlantic be secured by heavy wire and turnbuckles after October 15 un­ til April 1, and that this action be brought before the member­ ship in all ports for their rati­ fication." FAULTY LASHING. The crew's action stemmed from a situation in which the deck cargo aboard this ship was secured by some new moneysaving lashing called "^ignode. It consists Of spring steel about two inches wide and about oneeighth of an inch thick and is secured by another piece, which is pinched in to fasten it. A sample of this lashing has been kept aboard for inspection by the Baltimore Port Agent when the vessel arrives in that port. We left New York Oct. 5 after the Mate was almost fired be­ cause he protested and raised so much hell about this method of securing cargo. The Port Captain told him the only reasoh he was keeping him on was because it was too late to find a replacement on a Sun­ day morning. I raised hell in general with the dock foreman, who replied he could only put on what he was ordered to. UNDER CHARTER To clear a point, we are not working for the South Atlantic Steamship Company, which I have always found to be a very good outfit. The South Star is chartered to the Jsbrandtsen Company, Inc. They are always in a hell of a hurry and by the time the last draft of cargo is being lowered you are casting off lines. Their motto seems to be "To hell with everything—^full speed ahead." The Mate's judgement and my own, were confirmed when, en­ countering the first heavy swells a few days later, the deck cargo of oil drums broke loose. The ship took some 15 to 20 degree rolls. At no tirne did we take any seas to amount to any­ thing, but the drums broke loose nevertheless. A five-ton box was on the starboard side, just forward of the housing and I shudder to think what the result would have been if we had encountered any North Atlantic weather. With rough weather this in­ cident could have had disastrous consequences, but we do not wish to wait until that happens. The Skipper of this ship, John Tryg, and Chief Mate Harvey McBi-ide get along fine with the men. We couldn't ask for better. Tidewater Men Want SIU, Says Organizer Things are looking "very rosy" for the SIU on Tidewater tank­ ers if the crew of the SS Edward L. Shea is a fair example, ac­ cording to Frank B. Rowell who shipped as a volunteer • organizer on the Shea for a trip to Baytown, Tex., and back. It took the whole gang work­ ing 13. hours to secure this loose cargo. A couple of men just miss­ ed serious injury in the course of the operation. With rough weather it would have been a different story. We have a darned good crew on this ship all of whom support this beef to the hilt. Page Three So impressed were the crewmembers by the advantages of SIU membership that more than two-thirds of them signed up with the Union. Frank B. Rowell, SIU or­ ganizer on Tidewater's SS Edward L. ^hea. says Tide­ water men need. and want the Seafarers. SIU Crew Halts Strikebreakers In Helsinki Loiyshore Strike By C. E. LEE (Deck Delegate. SS Francisco M. Quinones) What impressed them most was the dispatch with which the SIU settled beefs without jeop­ ardizing anybody's job. on schedule but sort of forgot the third one. As a result, the Shea hit Bayonne with the crew's linen four days overdue for a change. May­ be the Steward saved the com­ pany three bucks. If he did he would have saved even more if he had "forgotten" to change the officers' linen, too. Then there was the Chief Mete. On a previous trip he staged a big performance aboard ship, so dramatic a one, Rowell declares, that the Captain fired him. At that time he was only a Second Mate. The company's answer to the Captain's action was to rehire this gashound—as Chief Mate. •If I •-51 This viewpoint was reinforced by story after story in the cop­ ies of the LOG which Rowell NO OVERTIME brought aboard and which he says they read avidly. They took Overtime was practically un­ to the Union like ducks to water. known aboard the Shea, Rowell Rowell says that conditions reports. The first Sunday out, the on the Shea were not so bad as Chief Engineer took it upon him­ they might have been, but that self to transfer bunkers, a job there were a lot .of things an which Rowell himself, as Pump­ SIU Crew would have been man, should have done and foi which he should have received quick to correct. overtime. TRIPE! TRIPE! TRIPE! He tried to do something about his beef when the ship paid off. For instance the chow. There was nothing particularly wrong He approached Bushnell, the with the chow, except that all representative of the Tidewater the Crew ever got to eat was Tankermen's Association, who what the Captain particularly meets all the Tidewater ships in liked. And all the old man liked Bayonne. was tripe. He got exactly nowhere. Natch! Tidewater never misses So for several days running a chance to save overtime. there was nothing to eat but There was one beef Rowell tripe—boiled tripe, stewed tripe and whatever other kinds there did square. At the beginning of are. And, of course, tripe is the trip, the Steward was serv­ something most guys get tired of ing cold food to the men on the 8-to-12 watch. Rowell straight­ —fast. I ened him out on that. Then there was the bed linen. Of course, Rowell won't be The Steward, who spent most of his time toadying to the Old making the trip again. He was Man and therefore didn't pay fingered and fired. The Captain tnuch attention to the crew, refused to say it was union ac­ made the first two linen changes tivity. Strik-ng longshoremen in the held a meeting a week later and port of Helsinki, Finland, wit­ ! voted to unload this ship only. nessed a sound exhibition of , But the strike continued in force SIU labor solidarity recently, on all other fronts. when the 100 percent Union men The Quinones was completely on the SS Francisco M. Quin­ unloaded on Oct. 10 and we ones, South Atlantic, squelched sailed the following day for a move by strikebreakers to un­ Dingwall, Nova Scotia. load the vessel's cargo of sugar. I would like to commend Cap­ The ship left Santa Cruz, Cuba, tain E. W. Braithwaite and Chief Aug. 27, with 9,000 tons of su­ Engineer E. L. McHugh for the gar destined for Helsinki, where grand support they gave us in it arrived and anchored in the helping to keep the strikebreak­ stream Sept. 18. ers off the ship. The following morning the They both stood pat on the vessel went into dock and long­ provision that only authorized shoremen worked on the cargo longshoremen could come aboard for a day and a half when a and use ship's gear and unload strike was called after their de­ cargo. mands for a wage increase had Both are Union men themsel­ been refused. ves and the crew has a great We ware in complete sympathy and felt their demands were jus­ deal of respect for them. tified. Three days after the work stoppage began, strikebreakers got 200 housewives to volunteer to go through the picketlines. board the ship and unload the By JOSEPH VOLPIAN can muster to get him back on cargo. his feet. Also, 60 members of the Finn­ Special Services Representative The call for help is coming ish Parliament and 1,200 stu­ One of the first laws of the from the Marine Hospitals where dents volunteered to work. sea is to help those in distress. the blood banks are almost From time immemorial seamen broke. Because of the increased COME IN MOB The women came down to the have adhered to this law with­ use of blood transfusions due to docks in a mob, demanding that out reservation. The pages of the great successes in all phases they be permitted to come maritime history are packed with of medical treatment, the supply aboard and unload the sugar, tales of heroism and sacrifices has run dangerously low. which they claimed to have made by seafaring men in bring­ If the lives of seamen are to ing aid to their fellows in dis­ be saved, if seamen are to con­ needed badly. tinue to be the beneficiaries of Being 100 percent Union men tress. Mankind has long been con­ their own foresight, these blood and opposed to strikebreaking in whatever form it arises, we took scious of this tradition and sea­ banks must be greatly increased. a firm stand in refusing to per­ men today are generally recog­ Because their use has reduced nized as being generous, kind the risk of fatality by amazing mit them to come aboard. We declared that the women and ever ready to lend a hand percentages, blood transfusions were not authorized longshore­ to those in need of a lift. play an important part in sur­ The .spirit and traditions which gery. Weakness and shock which men, were inexperienced in this type of work and, therefoi'e, fundamentally bind all seamen follow operations are successful­ were a hazard to themselves as grows stronger with the passage ly counteracted by blood trans­ of time. well as to the ship. fusion. At this very moment, there is Furthermore, we pointed out We have learned that every that there was a company rule urgent need for prompt response operation requires the use of at prohibiting women aboard ship. to a call for help being made in least one pint of blood. Three The gangway watchman was, behalf of our seagoing brothers pints are generally used in sui'then given orders not to let any­ who have been struck down by gical treatment of TB and can­ one on board without an author­ illness and those who, in the cer cases; bleeding ulcers also future, will become victims of ized longshoreman's pass. require an ample supply of blood various types of sicknesses, which After two days of hanging to be transfused. around, the women went back strike without warning and with­ And these are three of the to their homes. The members of out discrimination. many types of cases involving the Parliament and the students BLOOD BANKS LOW seamen, hospital authorities re­ likewise were turned away. Every seamen runs the risk port. But blood transfusions are RELEASED SUGAR of one d^v becoming ill and find­ given to seamen suffering from Since the sugar was badly ing himself in need of all the many other illnesses. If the blood is not available needed ashore. longshoremen skill and resource medical science Seafarers Urged To Donate To Blood Bank .i jAi-. when needed, the condition of the patient can be extremely critical. We must make sure that no seaman's life is endangered simply because the blood supply is inadequate. The fact that our own lives may be involved should spur us to heed this distress caU. But seamen do not ask who are bene­ ficiaries when they respond to a signal for help. Men who wish to donate their blood, which might save the life of a brother seaman—or possibily their own lives—can go to any Marine Hospital. In the Staten Island hospital donors will be received between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. When you go ther-e, make it known that you are there to give blood, and you will be given priority. If you don't get action you can ask to see the Clinical Director. The whole procedure takes about two hours, since every man is given a physical examin­ ation and blood tests to make certain he is able to .give. No pain is felt; it's a simple pro­ cedure. This way of aiding sick Broth­ ers on the beach is no different from answering a call for help at sea. By heeding this distress sig­ nal you may save a Brother's life—or your own! L.f �THE SEAFARERS LOG 1Pa96 Four Friday. KoTomber 21, 1947 " "I- H'H i I MaHOverseas Xmas Panels Early, Says PO ' '"d WHAT ttwiiK Seafarers who want to send Christmas packages to friends and relatives in foreign coun­ QUESTION: What do you think is the greatest threat to seamen^j movements? tries had better get on the ball CHARI.ES SCHOFIELD, CE: RICHARD GONZALES. MM: and send them off as soon as The operators and the govern­ possible. As far as I am concerned, Ihe ment are our greatest threat. According to a circular re­ communists are the greatest The operators by laying ships up leased by the New York Post threat because they are out to in the boneyard, and the gov­ Office, foreign post offices are control or wreck unions. The ernment by transferring so many expected to be jammed, a fact way they are acting now in the ships to foreign registry. What that will occasion extensive de­ National Maritime Union proves they are both aiming for is to lays in deliveries. that when the rank-and-tile tries force mass unemployment on the T.he circular gives a lot of to force them out .of positions waterfront so that seamen will advice, and seamen would be of control, the commies ' go to have to scramble for the few wise to inquire about proced­ any lengths to disrupt the mem­ jobs that are left. When that ures before wrapping anything bership and wreck the union. happens, the shipowners and the up, or even before buying it. Other unions are having the government hope that the unions For instance, some merchan­ same trouble. The best way to will bust up. We've got to be dise can be sent at straight let­ treat the communists is not to on the lookout for what those ter rate to a large number of give them any power from the counti'ies provided the weight people try to pull, and we have beginning, and then you don't to fight against selling our ships. does not exceed four pounds six have to battle them later. ounces. Each package must be accompanied by a customs dec­ laration, however. A number of countries will N. VRYDENBERGER, CE: accept small parcels wrapped MICHAEL IWASKO, Wiper: The Taft-Hartley law is the I think the government is the and labelled as "small' packets" worst threat — or maybe I which can be sent quickly and real menace. The operators and should say Congress. Last session quite cheaply. But a "small pac­ the communists may give us they passed the Taft-Hartley ket" must not weigh more than trouble, but the new anti-labor Law, and maybe next time two pounds and three ounces, law is the greatest threat since they've got a stiffer one up their and there is a size limit in addi­ it can destroy unions complete- | ly and take away all the gains| sleeves. The shipowners will use tion. the Taft-Hartley law against us Parcel post service has been that workers have fought for as they will against all other resumed to all countries except over a long period of time. So far, even though the law says unions, and if anything tougher the tiny European republic of is passed, they'll use that, too. Andorra, but you'd do well to no "closed shop," we've gained We should get together to elect get some information from the contracts guaranteeing that pro­ congressmen who are for the nearest post office about how to tection, but now Mr. Hartley workingmen, and then we package and address whatever says his law is too weak and wouldn't have to worry about you want to send. And if you he wants to strengthen it, and the Taft-Hartley law or other want to send anything airmail if that happens we may have to hit the bricks again. anti-labor la.ws. you'd better ask first too. Witnesses To Accident Needed in Guiana Continuing its efforts to get the best possible defense for Ralph Youtzy and Robert Boutivell, the two Seafarers facing a bum murder rap in Georgetown, British Guiana. SIU headquar­ ters in New York has written to the three Crewmembers of the T. J. Jackson, Alcoa, who witnessed the fight in which the Captain of a Georgetown harbor launch was drowned, urging them to ship for Guiana in time for the trial. The letters, which were sent out by Joseph Volpian, Special Services Representative, were •mailed to James Carter, Jr., Chief Cook on the Jackson, and to Frank Knight and Charles Robertson, both AB's. The Union acted in response to a request received from the attorney conducting the defense, •who said that the presence of the three witnesses would be necessary. The trial is scheduled to commence January 13. INQUIRY HELD At the preliminary inquiry held early this month, Youtzy, was committed on a charge of murder, but the charge against Boutwell was reduced to man­ slaughter. Boutwell was allowed $2,000 bail. The launch Captain was drowned* when he was accident­ ally shoved overboard early in the morning, October 2, in a fight he started with Boutwell and Youtzy after refusing to take them out to the Jackson which was moored in the Demerara River ready to sail on the tide. The Jackson Crew raised $553 for the defense, since neither Youtzy nor Boutwell has any money of his own. 'Meanwhile, the Union has kept in touch with all developments to insure a fair and adequate trial. In the letters to the three witnesses, Volpian said: "It is imperative that you ship out on an Alcoa ship for George­ town to assure the best defense possible for these men. "I would suggest that you con­ tact the SIU agent in any port from which you expect to ship out in an effort to secure his c ooperation , in getting a ship. If you have any difficulty in getling paid off at the other end, you may contact the United States Consul to speak to the Captain on your behalf. "Speaking for myself, and on behalf of the entire member­ ship, please accept our sincere thanks for your past coopera­ tion and your future help in this matter." Enclosed with the letters were copies of the letter received at Headquarters from the George­ town barrister, Lionel A. Luckhoo, who 'is in charge of the defense. "I have seen the statements made to our local police by Car­ ter, Knight and Robertson, whom you mention in your letter," he declared. "The evidence of the first two named is of vital im­ portance, and even the evidence of Robertson is useful. "I have shown Mr. Damron, the U.S. Consul, your letter and after discussion we settled that I should write and ask you for your assistance in getting these men to British Guiana by the 13th January, 1948, on which date the trial commences. BEFORE JUDGE AND JURY "The Consul tells me tfiat if Commenting on the prelimin­ they are placed on a ship to ary inquiry, Luckhoo emphasized get them here by early Janu­ the necessity for Carter, Robert­ ary, then he will help at this son and Knight's appearance. , end in having them return by some other ship after their evi­ dence has been given. "Their presence is necessary. Affidavits or statements are no good. They must give their tes­ timony on oath before a judge and jury." The eyes of the entire SIU membership are centered on Georgetown, since all Seafarers realize that Youtzy and Bout­ well are the victims of a set of circumstances in which seamen anywhere might be caught through no fault of their own. This wide interest is symbo­ lized by the Crew of the William Cullen Bryant, Alcoa, who add­ ed a contribution of $24.30 to $553 chipped in by the Jackson Crew. t" I •• i'ri.icr H (•-. IN fAVMf NT 0»- f MK t Olf.UWINi • ;' • VrcOl/N' DATE, F NliOfiSif rfl- N T \ • PAVI f * ., • j,. yjVV V V W ; SKAFAIUCirs ;[\TICK\..\TI()^ 1 ... I xiox A'MOMNT * .kT,i.A.\'i-i<; A.vi) (jri.t: m.srwKr - ':''b X i-:\v Xo;-/ I'l'i !<• * > H i >1 1) <) i.I ,.M S KA I A l{ KKS- I Vl KifA \ | l() VA I, I \1,( )\ ( »|r .\< MM II -A \1 KUK ',\ A'i'i. vVTir \\u i.ri,K iiisTKicr • ;- A.:"r' 1 •. I {«).\i i S I IM ;I.;: I i'-30 A'd'JiV ' This $332 check, which Ihe T. J. Jackson crew sent to British Guiana for the defense of their shipmates, Ralph Youtzy and Robert Boutwell, brought their total contribution to $553. �Friday, NoTember 21. 1947 Tampa Shipping Siows, But Sun DrawsLakesMen THE SEAFARERS The Patrolman Says Swell Union Ship Page FIT* Neglect By Company, Healtli Authorities Led To Death Of Seafarer, Crew Charges Manila Watch By JOSEPH W. LABROSSE (Ships Delegate, SS Tonto) By SONNY SIMMONS TAMPA—Shipping has been a little slow around this port, but we don't have many men on the beach. . We made the SS Grange Vic­ tory, Waterman, going north and the SS Colombia Victory com­ ing south. The boys who have been homesteading those four Waterman ships running coast­ wise are about to lose their hap­ py homes, since they all are be­ ing taken off the run as they get back into Mobile. However, they will be replaced by six Liberties. We made the SS Ponce de Leon, Waterman C-2, en route to Antwerp fresh from the West Coast with a crew nearly 100 per cent SUP and must say we found her in excellent shape. In fact she was one of the cleanest ships from bow to stern we have had in Mobile for a long time. GIVES CREDIT Much of the credit for this condition goes to the Master, Captain C. W. Butts, .as well as to the Stewai'd, Jimmie "Mo­ bile" Higham and the Chief Cook, R. G. Barr. She topped off a lot of fresh fruit here. Because the Lakes are begin­ ning to freeze over for the win­ ter, we are getting quite a few Lakes seamen who are down looking for some nice Florida sun.shine and to gainer some coconuts. It's so hot down here right now that a couple of the boys are out trying to pick up some change peddling electric fans to the local populace. LOG Above is a picture of Ludovico S. AgulLo, who meets all SIU and SUP ships which dock in Manila. He brings with him latest copies of the LOG, and also distributes the paper to seamen's favorite hangouts. This picture was in­ scribed and sent to Eddie Bender, SIU Brother, under whom Agulto served in the Philippines as a guerilla fight­ er against the Japs. Look for Ludovico when next in Manila. MARCUS HOOK—The death of Dale Johnson, Fireman on the SS Tonto, Pacific Tankers, in San Juan, was the result of a chain of events which reflected incompetence, neglect and out­ right cold-bloodedness on the part of the ship's officers, the U.S. Public Health Service, and company officials, the Tonto's Crew firmly believes. On October 29, the Tonto, which was headed north for Marcus Hook to discharge a car­ go of fuel oil, changed its course for San Juan. The change was ordered because of a shortage of water for the boilers and it was necessary to make San Juan as soon as possible. The shortage it­ self was due to the incompet­ ency of the Engineers since the ship was only nine days out of New York and should have had a 20-day supply. RAN HIGH FEVER At 4:30 P.M. on the 29th, Dale Johnson, after standing his 12to-4 watch reported sick to the Purser who put hini in.the ship's hospital. The Purser found him dangerously ill with a fever of 105 degrees. As a matter fact, Johnson was delirious at this point, so serious was his condition. He was a dying man, but perhaps some­ thing could have been done for him had proper action been tak­ en. 'W'hile the Purser was looking Johnson over, the ship was only 100 miles out of San Juan, yet neither then nor later did the Captain radio for medical in­ formation, advice, or instruction, despite the fact that the sick man was suffering from severe dysentery and was obviously sinking rapidly. This la.st com­ ment is justified by what hap­ pened later. The Tonto arrived at San Juan at 6:30 the following morning, October 30. The representatives of the U.S. Public Health Ser­ vice came aboard for a routine check and were notified—repeat­ edly notified—of Johnson's con­ dition. The crew naturally expected that he would be rushed to the By J. P. SHULER, Secretary-Treasurer Records in Headquarters Offices Since the last regular meeting, there have been some changes made in Headquarters Records Dept. There is now a system in effect which enables each man's record to be checked as- he pays his dues in the Port of New York. This system will enable the Headquarters Office to keep a pei-petual check on the standing of all members. Thus the number of active members can always be ascertained. Three full bookmembcrs working as officials of the Union have been assigned to these duties on the 6th floor, and it is recommended that in the future they also assume the duties of the "Headquarters Reinstatement Committee." In the future all applications should be sent directly to this committee. NEW ORLEANS—The SS Ly­ man Stewart, Alcoa, made New Orleans after a two-month trip to Europe and the Islands for Jaauxite, and came in in fine SIU shape. The beefs were practically settled before the ship arrived. There were more first-trippers and permitmen than full book­ men aboard, but these newcom­ Negotiations ers were taught the SIU way of doing things by such boys as Negotiations with the Isthmian Steamship Co. Don Hall, Johnny Morris, D. have been practically completed and the Nego­ Murrell and others. tiating Committee should be able to render a The Stewart Crew took up one complete i-eport and possibly a complete agree­ of the finest LOG hospital do­ ment before the regular membership meeting in nations of any ship hitting this the Port-of New York. This repoi't will carry all port for a long time. There was the details of the negotiations and the agreement. $160 split between the LOG and Membership the boys in the Marine hospital. Numbers of ships are being turned over to The contributors were as fol­ foreign Governments and put in the boneyard. lows: J. H. Morris, $5.00; A. Thomp­ This is causing a decrease in jobs. The SIU has son, $5.00; L. Stone, $5.00; not been hit so hard as yet, but the next few Slaughter, $10.00; Cagle, $10.00; months will be a crucial period for the Union Cain, $5.00; Suaelen, $5.00; Wil- and our membership should be adjusted now so lisen (2nd Mate), $10.00; Strach- as to insui-e available jobs for all the member­ er, $5.00; Pritchett, $10.00; Sykes, ship. Due to the shortage of jobs, shipping in all $10.00; Murrell, $4.00; Searilo (3rd Mate), $5.00; Gibson, $10.00; ports has fallen off so tha'c most of the jobs are filled by bookmembers. Therefore, to insure Faircloth, $10.00. "Melvin, $2.00; Radcliff, $5.00; stable shipping, the following recommendations Dixon, $5.00; Martin, $7.00; Mur­ are made: 1. No dues to be collected from anyone over phy, $4.00; Hastings, $5.00; Kear­ ny, $1.00; Maples, $5.00; Otto, 12 months in arrears in dues and assessments $5.00; Biles (1st Asst.), $5.00; until such men have applied for 'reinstatement directly to the Headquarters Reinstatement Com­ Don Hall, $5.00. . Of course, the above totals mittee with a letter giving details of their cases. only $158 when you add it up. This committee shall then submit to each meet­ However, there was $160 in the ing reports giving full details and their recomon each individual ap­ kitty when we counted the con­ mendaiions and findings plying for reinstatement. tents. If we missed a Brother 2. Immediately stop taking any applications who put in the other $2.00, we for new membership until further notice. No are very sorry. Johnny Johnslon port is to accept applications for membership Marine Hospital, but nothing li^e that happened. At least, it didn't happen until five houis later. WAS ONLY 23 Of course, the Public Health Service repi-esentatives did men­ tion that the ship's hospital stank like a pig-sty, but apparently the point did not seem to be important enough to war­ rant investigation. When they finally got around to removing Johnson after five hours the death rattle was in his throat. The poor lad died 24 minutes after he was ati.mitted to the hospital. He was 23 years old. It wasn't only the Captain and the U.S. Public Health Service who wei-e dilatory. The Pur­ ser found the time to take a Pumpman with a very minor ail­ ment ashore. But he never got around to pressing a demand that the Health Service take care, of Dale Johnson. Afterwards, the Master, the Purser and the Health Service refused to toll the crew what really brought about Johnson's death, and at this writing -.ve still have been unable to leain the exact cause of his sudden seizure. There were rats aboard, but Captan Ashwerth refused to delouse or fumigate the vessel. That is, he refused until the Tonto tied up at Marcus Hook where Port Agent Blackie Cardullo did a swell job of straight­ ening him out. As a result the ship was fumigated alr.rost at once. from any man unless notified otherwise in the STRAIGHTENED OUT future. Blackie also straightened him 3. No book is to come out of retirement until out a bit in reference to his such time as the man in retirement has been general neglect in not contact­ thoroughly investigated and his union record ing shoreside medical authori­ while in retirement is proven clear. i ties in San Juan. 4 No man in another district of the SIU is to In fact, the crew was grateful have his book transferred to the Atlantic and to both Blackie and to Ralph Gulf District. Ortiz, acting Agent at San. Juan, 5. All issuance of the emergency white cards who did his level best to get the that are issued in lieu of permits shall be dis­ Tonto disinfected before she lefft continued immediately and only men shipped for Marcus Hook. in emergencies shall be issued permits. In this, Ortiz was thwarted 6. Any books issued by Organizers in support at every turn by the Pacific of our organizing work to be kept at an abso­ Tankers' San Juan agent, wkno lute minimum and complete reports made on certainly acted in cold-blooded same. fashion. TOPHEAVY DEPARTMENTS He bent his efforts to get the The shortage of jobs can be attributed greatly Health Service to give the Ton­ to the indiscriminate issuance of seamen's papers to a clean bill of health, even and endorsements. There are numbers of 4imes though no honest effort was that a man will get a Messman's endorsement, n:ade to clean away the signs ship on a permitcard, make one trip to sea, will of disease on the ship. getian endorsement in another department where The linen in which Johnson no men are needed, thereby making an over- had lain was still aboard three supply of men in that department and causing days after his death when the a shortage in the department from which he Captain and his fellow officers transferred, which means that another permit finally disposed of it. And I will have to be issued. Quite a few permit men, need hardly add that the crew after making one trip, get a higher endorsement was bitter about the entire af­ to a rating that is already top heavy, which fair. will make too many men in that rating and All the facts we could ascer­ create a shortage in the lower rating. Therefore, tain were sent to Johnson's sis­ the following recommendations are made on ter in Long Beach, Calif. The seamen's papers and endoi'sements: cre\v certainly hopes that she 1. No member of the Stewards Department takes prompt action of some with Messman or Utility endorsements shall be kind. We would hate to see any­ given a letter to the Coast Guard for Cook's thing like this happen to an­ endorsement until he actually has H months other seafnan. sea time as Messman or Utility. 2. No member sailing in one department shall be given a letter for endorsement in another department until he has 12 months sea time in that department. Then he must go before a committee in the department to which he wishes to transfer and obtain approval by the mem­ bership. 3. No man shall be given a letter for original seamen's papers by the Union. 4. Any man going to any steamship company to obtain a letter for endorsement for a rating other than what he carries shall be considerec and handled the same as a man going to the company office for a job. S •'11 �THE SEAFARERS Page Six LOG Friday, November 21, 1947 Marcus Hook Agent Thanks Crews For Making Payoffs A Pleasure By BLACKIE CARDULLO MARCUS HOOK — Ever since I'd better try to give the conthe new Hall was opened it I census of what the boys are say­ seems all the boys have been ing. First, due to the fact of slow down to visit us. And, to top things off, a lot of ships have shipping right now there would been in port here, several in be a greater turnover of men on transit and a couple to payoff, the beach if the practice wei-e Then there were the seven Pa­ stopped. For instance, if a man cific Tankers which were paid wanted to ship as Deck Engineer, Silence this week from the he probably would have to work off here and sold. Branch Agents of the follow­ One that both paid off and his way up from Fireman or Oil­ ing ports: signed on was the 88 Tonto. er, the way things are now. The Boys, it was a pleasure to go same goes for Bosun. That means BALTIMORE aboard her and find that our own we won't be shipping as many BUFFALO famous "Captain Bligh," good old rated men as we ought to. Another point: Promotions "Rowboat" Wilson, had depart­ CLEVELAND aboard ship tend to bring back a ed. SAN JUAN However, there were quite a situation in which favoritism is prevalent. few beefs to straighten out on JACKSONVILLE Another factor in this is that a the Tonto. Even worse, we lost a good Seafarer, Dale Johnson, lot of men today are rated. 8ince GALVESTON who died on the way into San they register at the Hall in their The deadline for port re­ ratings there is a scarcity of Juan. ports, monies due, etc.. is rated jobs at all times. ON THE BALL the Monday proceeding pub­ It certainly seems to be the However, the payoffs on both lication. While every effort the Tonto and the 88 Warrior feeling around here that the will be made to use in the were pleasurable. Both crews practice should be halted. current issue material re­ We are hearing a lot of crying were sober, and they were on ceived after that date, space the ball so far as unionism was about the huge wages seamen commitments generally do are making. People say the pay­ concerned. not permit us to do so. rolls are just a waste of the tax­ In fact, one thing to be no­ payers' money. Now, how about ticed is that since the Union cracked down on the gashounds the ships that are being sold to and performers there has not those Panamanian outfits for one been a single case of drunken- quarter of what they cost in taxpayers' money? What about those 100-odd tankers to be prac­ tically given away? SHIP AMERICAN We see by the papers that the Marshall Plan is going to cost MIAMI — Shipping is picking :nore than- half a billion dollars up a bit in this resort city by —just for a starter in Europe the sea. When the Florida calls alone. for her crew and clears port this Yet only five percent of what week, we probably won't have ve send is going to be carried in enough men left on the beach American ships. Who worked this to crowd a telephone booth. one out, we ought to be asking? 8he is due to pull out of here There are quite a few boys Wednesday for her first trip ess around here. I think this around here^ itching to get their since going into drydock. The goes to show what the members names in the LOG. They are all sixty-five men who were laid of our Union can do when they good looking lads, by the way, off when she pulled in will re­ and want that fact mentioned. really are out to do a job. join her and resume homesteadThere has been quite a bit of Here are some of them: J. Laing. These fellov/s sure go for comment in this port about the Brosse; A1 Plumsteele; Paul Arthat, wagon in a big way. articles in the LOG about pro­ mauld; Joe Barron; Tommy Ry­ I have been glancing through motions aboard ship, and I think an; and Brother O'Hanlon. the For Rent column of the local rag and found the twc following eye catchers: A two bedroom apartment, first class, $60 a month. If you want this place you have to cough up a 1947 Buick or Oldsmobile as a bonus. Just for By HERBERT JANSEN the hell of it, I called up the CHICAGO — 8hipping in the Recently, letters have been guy. He definitely would not ac­ Windy City is slowing up con- sent to fourteen of our contract- cept a 1947 Mercury. siderably, and during the past ed operators asking for re-openNO MILK HORSES week we've had only the Tanker ing of the contracts on wages The other place rents for $85. Westcoat, the 88 E. N. 8aunders and various other points. This The bonus on this one is a race Jr. and the usual Chicago-run month letters will be sent to horse. That was enough for me. ships in port. | the remainder, where the con- Next thing these guys will want Rumor had it that the 88 tracts expire this Winter. the British Crown Jewels. Not A.merican was to go to New, Nov/ is the time to send in all having a Buick, Oldsmobile or York this Fall. Checking up on of the proposed contract changes a race horse I had to abandon the story,, we found that the'as these should be submitted at the idea of renting. Company is bidding on some the first meeting with the comI had the opportunity to get work on the East Coast. If they^panies. Later, after contract ne- together with a few of the oldmanage to secure the bid, she gotiations begin, it is too late to timers this week when the Co­ will leave for New York shortly.' send in changes. lumbia Victory hit port. Tony During the big blow on Lake ,, . , ., , , 8osa, Buddy Baker, Ralph 8eckMichigan last week, when the ^elp considerably if inger and "Scabby" Ellsworth NMU "Ghost 8hip" Jupiter al-members would bring came in for a couple of hours most ended her career in a wa-'^^P ^Jieir beefs and proposed con- of jawing while their ship layed tery grave, the 88 Milwaukee ^f^^^^^^anges at ^tl^^^ shoreside meetings before lay- over. Clipper had all of her furniture They didnH have time to look up, and before contract nego­ and walls • washed free. over the vacationland, but I On her way over from Muske-i tiations with the various Great don't think that bothered them gon to Milwaukee, the Clipper | operators are opened. much. ran into a head sea smashing all Then these recommendations Right now we are having the of the for'd windows in the will come up in the course of hottest weather in months. I negotiations, and it will be pos- haven't seen anyone wearing a Lounge. A merry time was had that sible to secure many changes for coat yet. Plenty of swimming night by all of the crewmem- lthe better in our 8IU contracts, and fishing to keep a guy happy hers, especially the Wheelsmen.' Our 8IU contracts on the Great •so just to keep myself happy, One Wheelsman found a ten spot Lakes are the best, and we want I am going to get my tackle to­ on deck, and claimed it was to be sure to keep them the gether and head for Everglades washed aboard the Clipper. I best! City come Sunday. ... MIUMO) Few Gashounds Wreck Good Week NO NEWS?? Of Payoffs In San Francisco Florida Growing Empties Hall In Port Miami By W. H. SIMMONS 8AN FRANCI8CO — That old debbil John Barleycorn stuck his face into the picture out here and spoiled what would have been a perfect week for handling beefs and payoffs. That stuff will ruin the best of payoffs and it did just that on the Raphael 8emmes, Water­ man. It's too bad that this sort of stuff has to be constantly brought before the membership, but we all must know the score as to what is going on. The trouble aboard the 8emmes, as usual, did not involve the whole crew, but these few gashounds made the entire crew suffer by their thoughtlessness and uncalled-for behavior. Four or five men gassed-up at a payoff can make mincemeat of the best intentions of the crew and the Patrolmen. I only hope the men respon­ sible for what took place aboard the 8emmes have learned their lesson; that's the only good that can possibly come of the inci­ dent. BALANCED UP The ledger was balanced by the appearance of the 8tephens Beasley, an American Pacific ship, which paid off here with- Lakes Contract Reopening Due; Send In Suggested Changes Now out a bit of trouble. I take my hat off to the crew—they were tops in my book. Here's hoping for more and more crews of the Beasley caliber. We finally sent the 88 Cav­ alier, Wilkerson, on her maiden voyage to South America. She will run steady in the banana run from Miami and Norfolk to the Islands. When she put out of here she was crewed by a fine bunch of On Performers The membership has gone on record to prefer charges against all gashounds and performers as well as the men who willfully destroy or steal ships gear. The SIU has no place for men who ruin the good conditions the Union wins for them. Take action in shipboard meetings against men guilty of these things. men. Brother Red Whidden went out as AB; Brother 8chmolke, an ex-8UP official, riding as Bosun and Brother McKeen aboard as Chief 8teward. The Captain, too, is a good egg and has shown himself to be very cooperative with the 8IU. SQUARED BEEFS We had beefs on two Isthmian ships tied up in this vicinity. The Twin Falls Victory had a beef over a lack of needed equipment. This was settled and she put out with all hands happy. The other, the William Tilghman, had a gassed-up Steward aboard, but his happy days were cut short when we sent another Steward from the Hall to take his place. That just about winds up the local picture for the week, but, as always, I just can't resist put­ ting in that old plug: The weath­ er out here is wonderful. Philly Works Toward Getting More Payoffs By BILL HIGGS PHILADELPHIA — The other day I was introduced to the membership as' the new Port Agent for Philadelphia. Eddie Higdon, in case you haven't heard, found it necessary to retire because of his health and I have relieved him. Naturally I don't know every­ thing there is to know about the Philadelphia problem yet since I've only been here a week—but I do know that things have been slow for the past two months, and I believe we are going to have to work out a program to improve this situation. Perhaps the answer to the problem will be an arrangement, whereby a few of the Waterman ships that hit Philadelphia on the inter-coastal run have their pay­ offs here. In fact, at present we are working on just such a change in procedure and we will do everything in our power to ob­ tain Waterman's agreement and to do anything else we can to get more activity going on here. We did have one payoff this week, the 88 Jean, a Bull Line ship. The Delegates had every­ thing in fine shape for Patrolman Ernest Tilly. There were a few beefs on the Jean. The Company agreed to do some of the very necessary repair work when the ship hits New York. In addition, the ship will be fumigated. As soon as we take care of that little matter of stepping up shipping here, we invite all hands to drop in on the City of Brotherly Love and pay us a' visit. �Friday, November 21, 1947 Bernstein Ship Turnsabout In Record Time THE SEAFARERS LOG PUERTO RICAN PROBLEM EASY TIME We had seven payoffs during the past week and all of them came off in smooth order. The Belgian Victory, Waterman; James Island, Pacific Tankers; and James Duncan, Waterman, all paid off with no beefs, no logs and no disputed overtime. The Algonquin Victoi-y of the St. Lawrence Navigation Com­ pany, had a small beef which was soon squared away. The Night Cook and Baker was fixed up in his overtime claim for working daytime at sea. We also cleared the docket of a long-hanging dispute. Captain Goodman of the Moi-an tug Point Vincente has been promising the Patrolmen for some time that he would make necessary repairs on his ship. This week we straightened this out and the repairs are now be­ ing made. Two Ships Expected To Provide Activity In Port Savannah By CHARLES STARLING SAVANNAH—Things are still very slow in this port. In fact, about all we have had in the past week has been a riding crew to take a ship to the boneyard. Of course, that gave a few of the Brothers a good chance to pick up a hand­ ful of bucks for beer money. But that was all. However, the SS Archer was due in November 13 and sched­ uled to payoff two days later. This was bound to provide some activity. Even better was the fact that the SS Davey, which has been laid up for several weeks, was coming in to pick up a crew. The Davey was expected tcrtake practically all the rated men off the Savannah beach. Voting has been slow here because of the general "slackness of the shipping situation but all bookmen who come in are vot­ ing. We are getting a little touch of winter here. But it's Savan­ nah style and not anything like winter ^weather further up the coast. Shipowners Pressure Congress To Exempt Seamen From Hour-Law By JOE ALGINA By BEN LAWSON NORFOLK—For the first time in many a moon the board here in the Norfolk Hall is completely bare. So bare, in fact, that we are giving it a coat of muchneeded paint. Maybe the ships have suddenly taken a dislike to this port be­ cause, in addition to a sudden lack of ships, one ship, the Thomas B. Reed, Arnold Bern­ stein Steamship Co., came in and was out again in 29 hours—a record for paying off, signing on, taking supplies, loading and clearing port. Maybe this port needs Air-wick; who knows? Unless the fever is catching, we expect to play host to sever­ al ships during the next ten days. The Robert Forbes, AmericanHawaiian; DePaw Victory and Robert Lowery, Pope & Talbot; George Chaffee, Waterman; Ly­ man Hall, Olympic; Grover C. Hutchinson, Overlakes; and the Mayo Brothers are due in soon. Page Seven Salavador Colls, SIU San Juan Port Agent, and repre­ sentatives of the International Longshoremen's Association in Puerto Rico shortly after meeting in which they discussed plans for easing serious unemployment problem faced by ILA's Watchmen's Local. From left to right, A. Martos, Sec­ retary. ILA District Council; Colls; E. G. Moreno. President. ILA District Council, and Jose Gabon, ILA San Juan Delegate. Crew Cooperation With Patrolmen Is Necessary For Good Payoffs By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—Business and ship­ ping continued to be poor for the past week—only the tankers kept things moving. As a matter of fact, it has been over three weeks since a cargo ship paid off here. Plenty of the boys are still sweating it out, though, on th.e assumption that shipping can't get worse' and must get better. It's a pretty good assumption, too. At this writing, the SS Fort George (Pacific Tankers) is get­ ting ready for a payoff at East Braintree. The SS Hood River (also a P-T) paid off in Portland on Armistice Day. This was a clean payoff, with a good crew—half SUP and half SIU. The Deck Department donated $25.00 to the patients at Fort Stanton, and the Stewards Dept., $13.00. It was agreed that the $38.00 total should be divided equally between the SUP and the SIU. XMAS IS COMING This was a nice gesture on the part of the boys, for Christmas is just around the corner, and the members in the hospitals will know they are not forgotten by their Union brothers. The crew of the Hood River was also cooperative with the Patrolman. When the Patrolman decides that a particular beef is no good, his decision is chiefly based on previous experience. Regardless of how strongly the crew believes in the merit of the beef, it is still the Patrol­ man's decision as to whether to fight the beef out on the line. The beef can always be ap­ pealed to SUP Hdqrs., of course, and possibly it might be proved that the Patrolman erred in his judgment; but the chances are 99 to 1 that his judgment will be affirmed. Therefore, only a "super su­ per-militant" will continue growling after one of his shoreside representatives decides a beef is NG. The crew of the SS Hood Riv­ er, which had plenty of disputes, tossed them at the Patrolman and, in effect, said to him, "There you pre, look these over; you tell us what is good and what is no good, and your decision is okay with the crew." The Patrolman appreciates this attitude; he makes his decisions, fights for what he feels is right —and keeps a careful record of the other stuff, just in case it may be ruled good at some time or other, and paid retroactively. GOOD OLD HELEN The old SS Helen (Bull) is due to payoff here on Monday, Nov. 17. This is her first trip up this way in a helluva while. She used to be rather difficult to crew up in the old days, so it will be interesting to see what kind of a rush develops for the jobs on her—IF there are any jobs called in. A couple of Watermans on the Antwerp-Rotterdam run ai'e due in here next week, also. These used to payoff and crew up in Boston regularly; but these have been lost to the port re­ cently and therefore we don't expect they will payoff here next week. NEW YORK—Taking up the hue and cry of the big business boys, the shipping industry sent its number-one hatchet man down to Washington to do or die for the shipowners. Down he went, and on bend­ ed knee Frank Taylor, president of the American Merchant Mar­ ine Institute, told the House La­ bor Committee that merchant seamen should remain exempt under the Wage-Hour Act. No forty-hour week for the .seamen, if this guy has his way. A fifty-six hour week, he .says, is essential to the industry. What else he told the com­ mittee wasn't printed as the item itself was buried in a re­ mote section of a New York newspaper. I guess the shipowners thought there might be a chance of in­ cluding the seamen under the Wage-Hour law and thus set­ ting a forty-hour limit on their hours at sea. Anyway, they sent their boy to Washington to halt any such terrible thing. geles Tankers, paid off in fine style; but the Kyskia, Waterman, was another matter. The Mate and Skipper insist ed on getting their hands dirty by doing a few turns around the deck with the Deck gang They were good workers and really made the paint fly, but doing seamen's work is taboo for officers. HOLIER THAN ALL At the payoff, the company representative tried to prove that the Skipper was excluded from the agreement and it was not necessary to pay overtime for work done by him. The beef was soon settled in favor of the crew. The deck de­ partment will collect their money due on this beef, and when Wa­ terman is prepared to pay, we'll put a notice in the LOG. We had a few Isthmian ships in port for payoffs and although the agreement hasn't been signed CONTRACT GUARD Our contracts now call for a forty-eight hour week at sea and a forty-hour week in port. Any work done in excess of these hours is overtime. We aren't protected by Fed­ eral law—we have -only our con­ tracts to guarantee this—so with­ out a contract a shipowner can work his crews fifty-six hours a' week without paying one min­ ute of overtime. Right now we have practical­ ly achieved a forty-hour week at this moment, the boys on in the industry and I don't see: these ships were sure happy to any shipowners jumping into the see the Patrolmen hit the deck East River. and handle their beefs in true • They're still calling for arm­ tmion style. ored cars to cart their profits to It gives these fellows a charge the bank, but they are always to know that they now have looking for an angle to put the something to say about how they skids under seamen—this one is will live and work. no different. Another beef which we put A subject closer to my heart in the mothballs hinged around than following the latest maneu­ a water beef on the Niantic Vic­ ver of the shipowners in Wash­ tory. For a few days we batted ington is the .shipping activity in this beef around, but finally set­ the Big City. We had two ships come in tled it in favor of the crew. Instrumental in winding it up from long runs and both crews were happy to hit U.S. soil af­ was Cal Tanner, Mobile Port ter spending several months in Agent. The money will be ready soon and will be paid at the Far Eastern waters. The Grande Rande, Los An­ Waterman offices. M Members Should Get To Meetings On Time And Save Themselves Trip Before Committee By PAUL GONSORCHIK NEW YORK—For a long time the Union has maintained a* rule requiring attendance at the regular bi-weekly membership meetings. Here in New York the meetings begin at 7 p.m. and members are allowed to enter as late as 7:30; but after that, late arrivals must turn in their registration cards to the masterat-arms at the dooiv When this takes place, these men must report the following day to the third floor of the New York Hall: There they face a committee and give their ex­ cuses for being late. This is a new arrangement, as the old method of reporting to the Dispatcher caused a lot of work to an all ready overworked department. Most Dispatchers don't have New York. "While it is a wmnderful thing to be a proud fath­ er, don't use it as an excuse. It's sort of worn out. Stick to the truth and you'll be better off. On another subject, that of pOTmitmen, I would like to poini out that permitmen, who have paid up all assessments and dues, GIVE THE FACTS are to attend the regular mem­ If you have a legitimate ex­ bership meetings. cuse, you will not have any dif­ All permitmen are welcome to ficulty in regaining your card; attend, but those who haven't phony excuses usually make paid up in full are not required things worse. to do so. One of the most of the used Come around anyway, whether excuses is, "My wife is giving you have to or not. These meet­ birth." In the last year the mem­ ings are the backbone of the bers of the SIU must have con­ Union and are very educational* tributed greatly to the number Here is your chance to hit thai of births in New York City. deck if you have a squawk, and According to the excuses, at your chance to find out what is least 800 babies were born to being done for and by the mem­ the wives of Seafarers living in bership throughout the District. the time to listen to excuses, and so the committee was set up to handle this matter. If, by any chance, you happen to arrive late at the meeting and are told to report to the com­ mittee, cooperate with your fel­ low Seafarers serving on the committee. ." v. J '•'A m ' 41 - ^ ' i| �THE SEAFARERS Page Eighi LOG Friday, November 21, 1947 Great Lakes Seafarers Must Hold Ship Meetings Before Lay-ups By FRED FARNEN New Orleans Awaiting Last Minute Spurt DETROIT — With the lay-up operators plenty of time to buy season on the Great Lakes about necessary equipment. By EARL (BULL) SHEPPARD to occur within the next few LAY-UP SHEETS A Seafarer since the SIU was NEW ORLEANS — Checking weeks, it's now more important Another important matter that born in 1938, Andrew A. Smith over the shipping statistics, than ever to make certain that ^e taken care of at these shipboard meetings be held shipboard meetings is that of just sailed as Ship's Delegate which isn't too hard with busi­ aboard all SIU contract ships the lay-up crews. Crew lay-up aboard the SS Sea Trader, of ness in this port pretty slow, just as often as possible, but sheets are available at all SIU tiie newly contracted Sea Trade the week's • ue shows four not less than twice before layLakes halls. Corporation, bound for German payoffs and i, sign-ons. up. Be sure to get them for your Discussions on repair lists p^.^p_ ports with dry cargo. As Dele­ Not too good a showing, but the various ships should be held.'^j,iy ^^e delegates gate his responsibility is to up­ we may be able to report hap­ After a thorough discussion, a ^^e different departments, hold the traditions of SIU in pier doings next week when two repair list for your vessel should Lakes contracts every way so that a sound be­ Mississippi passenger ships are be filled out so that these matsecurity and job ginning will be made in relations ters can be taken care of either' on the vessel you laid due in for payoffs. These ships, at the lay-up or at the Spring , g^ -^3 ^p y^u to see that between the Union and the new plus an Alcoa passenger ship fit-out. • ! g proper and accurate list is Company. and the regular freighters, If there s anything wrong ^gpt of all crewmembers aboard Judged by his Union past, should relieve the tight situation. aboard your ship as far as quar-jy^^^ g^ ^Le time of the 'Cruiser" Smith—don't call him ters, messrooms, galley and gear ^gjj igy-up Looking far into the future, Andy—is just the man for the are concerned, now's the time we expect to handle about four­ Lay-up crew lists, when propto bring it up. job. And he is one of a swell teen payoffs during the remain­ erly filled out, show the name, Don't wait until your vessel 1 ^ook number and ciew on the Trader, so ^here is ing days of November, but that is under way next year to ^^,^3 ^g^^ crewmember no doubt that the Union's good figure is always subject to re­ squawk. Fill out those repair who laid up the vessel. vision upward or down. nam.e will be maintained. lists now to make sure things They should be filled out im­ In this racket it doesn't pay are fixed up before the resump­ mediately after the vessel ties Before he went to sea 12 years to state absolutely that the SS tion of regular sailing next up after the final voyage of the ago, "Cruiser", was a .shrimo Bumboat will be in on such and Spring. season. ^ fishevman in the Gulf, but ho such a date, as it always hap­ NO. 1 ITEM All lay-up lists shall be mailed found the work too confining pens that this scow will hang That's the Number One item to SIU Headquarters at Detroit By EINAR NORDAAS itself on a reef or decide to pay­ arid took off for blue water in­ on the agenda at all shipboard immediately after they are comoff in Portland, Maine. DULUTH — Due to recent meetings: Ship Repair Lists. pleted. That way the Union can stead. As a result, he doesn't get OLD RELIABLE In addition, if -there's any have an accurate check on those to see his hometown, Biloxi, storms and bad weather, more than fifty freighters have been equipment needed or any short- entitled to return to their res- Miss., as often as he did when Anyway, we can always rely age of necessary gear, that too pective ships in the Spring, and he was bringing in the succulent delayed in the Duluth-Superior on the tried and true coastwsie harbor area. should be added to your repair the Company can't eliminate any little shellfish. ships. They hit port with the Some of the ships ai-e tied up lists. crewmembers to take care of Holder of 'an exceptional rec­ at the docks, and others are an­ regularity of a bill collector, and Fill out three copies of all'any of the officers' friends or ord in all SIU organizing drives chored at various ~Tpots in the they are always in need of a lists, and make sure that the relatives. and strikes, "Cruiser" sailed harbor. If the same kind of replacement or two. Skipper of your ship gets one. Another important fact to re­ through the war without ever weather keeps up, we're likely Voting in the election for 1948 Keep one copy for the ship's member is that all members being torpedoed. However, one to have plenty of them with us officers in the Atlantic and Gulf crew to check with at the spring should be in good standing at ship he was on struck a mine. for the season's balance. District is humming along at a fit-out, and see that the third the time the vessel lays up in That wasn't much fun, he'll tes­ copy is sent in to SIU Head- order to be eligible to return Several of these ships are from brisk pace here. The Brothers tify anytime, not much more quarters at 1038 Third Street, next season. The SIU Great the Hanna, Wilson and Kinsman are taking a keen interest in this fun than being torpedoed. Detroit 26, Michigan. Lakes District will use its disfleets, and the crewmembers election and it looks like we are By taking care of these ship cretion in placing those not in were really pleased to find out due for a banner year. CAN'T TAKE IT WITH HIM repair lists and gear shortages good standing. that their ships will be voted I've heard a lot about the "Cruiser" likes all sports, but this fall. now, a lot of headaches will be rainy seasons in the South Seas Many SIU Great Lakes mem­ saved next year. bers pay up their dues in ad­ it's no secret that his favorite is The vast majority of the crew­ and the downpours of the Afri­ Whenever SIU contracted op­ vance at the lay-up of their ves­ motorcycling. No spectator ath­ members from these vessels say can • continent, but nothing can erators are given sufficient no­ sel, and don't have to worry lete, he means riding his own they are going to vote for the beat what we are experiencing tice about what's needed on their about remaining in good stand­ bike when he says motorcycling, SIU because they want SIU con­ down here at the moment. ships, they can't alibi that it ing before being recalled in the and he's seen a lot of country tracts and conditions. I've forgotten what a sunny between trips sitting astride one can't be bought. Spring. day looks like and am beginning Our Maritime Trades Port of those roaring monsters. This advance notice gives the Payment in advance is not re­ Council for the Duluth, Super­ to feel that a raincoat is as much In fact, when he paid off the ior and Ashland area is now a part of my apparel as shoes. quired, but it makes things a loL easier to pay up your dues and' Charles McNary recently he functioning in shipshape man- What weather! assessments while you have had a great idea for a shoreside nei-, and our next meeting is TAKE IT AWAY plenty of cabbage in your sock. vacation; a motorcycle trip scheduled for November 18 at Check the slop chest be­ Remember it's your Union, thiough the Pennsylvania moun- the Duluth Grain Trimmers Hall. The stuff keeps pouring down fore your boat sails. Make Brothers! And, it's up to you to sure that the slop chest con­ We'll have something to re- from the heavens and the sewers ^^^^ng in the next keep taking it away, but there keep it strong by holding meet­ said it was just the right tonic tains an adequate supply of xo take before boarding the Sea ^^e LOG. ings, filling out repair lists and is always more. all the things you are liable Trader for her first Union ti'ip. crew lay-up lists, and keeping to need. If it doesn't, call the According to the talks we've Some of the fellows down here your dues and assessments paid Union Hall immediately. Perhaps he should have taken had with men from the Hanna have suggested that we buy a /up. his motorcycle with him. and Wilson fleets who've dropped ship and move the Hall aboard, into the Hall and the men we've as sooner or later the rain is contacted aboard their ships, it going to wash this whole town looks as though both Hanna and right into the Gulf of Mexico. Wilson will roll up a big vote Well, if it hasn't happened by for the SIU Great Lakes District. next week, we'll hit the pages we'll let everybody knov/ about ported in last week's LOG, ac­ By GAL TANNER Kinsman and Shenango crew­ of the LOG with the latest ship­ it, you may be sure. tually accomplished something. MOBILE — Shipping here just members have also expressed ping lowdown from the Crescent A letter was received at the Meanwhile, we have a big sur­ about stopped altogether last plus of-permit OS, Wipers and Hall hefe from Marion D. Pem-y, themselves as favoring the SIU. City. week. Messmen. I would not advise Delegate at the U.S. Marine anyone with these ratings to Hospital at Fort Stanton, N.M., One trouble is that most of the come down here if they want to thanking the crew of the SS Ar­ ships touching Mobile these days thur M. Hulbert for its donation ship right away. are in transit from some other of .$55. The money was divided If you want the true facts, we port and only take one or two We ell know that the Seafarers is tops in the maritime evenly among the seven SIU have over a hundred in each of field, and has the best contracts and conditions. We got to be replacements. members out there, Penry said. that way the hard way—and let's keep it the way it is. There have been several pay­ these ratings on the permit list. In addition to Penry himself, the Here are some of the things you can do; offs from foreign runs in the past COPS LAY OFF recipients included: John P. Wil­ 1 Hold regular shipboard meetings week, but the companies laid Balloting is coming along at a liamson; R. B. Wright; Clifford 2. Attend the shoreside meetings, and take an active part up the ships instead of sending pretty fair rate. Every bookman Middleton; Archie McGuigan; R. in them. Bring up your beefs before the membership, them back out. Consequently, the on the beach has voted, and we S. Luflin, and Julius Supinski. not in a ginmill. number of men on the beach is are catching the rest of them as The Hall here is going to be a 3. Keep those gashounds and performers under control. getting larger with every payoff. they, get off the ships. mighty pleasant spot this wintei*. They are among the Union's worst enemies. One important thing to report The gas company finally But maybe things are due to got 4. Do your job to the best of your ability. from here is the fact that we are around to our heatei-s and in the get better. We have been talking 5. Don't take time off unless you are authorized by the to the companies and they prom­ having a lot less trouble with the near future we should have them department head. ise that they will be sending out city police than we were. It operating. The place will be good 6. Study your contracts and shipping rules, and know your quite a few ships toward the looks as if our little meeting with and warm for the cold mornings Union's constitution and by-laws. end of this month. If they do,|the Mobile Commissioners, re­ to come. Andrew A. Smith Lakes Seamen Waiting For Chance To Vote For SIU Clieck It - But Good Mobile Expects Ships Before Month Ends Keep Her Steady As She Goes �Friday, NoTember 21; 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Seafarer's Hobby Nets Cash Niantic Vic Crew Cites Rough Trip In Pressing For Classification Of AmmoniumNitrateAsPenaltyLoad Seafarers manning ships carrying the highl)- explosive ammonium nitrate sh..,ulv-J rate payment for penalty cargo as a measure of compensation for the ertreme risk to life and limb and the multitude of inconveniences involved in the job. This is the nub of a petition urging classification of ammonium nitrate as pen­ alty cargo presented to the Waterman Steamship Corpora­ tion by the crew of the .SS Ni­ antic Victory, following delivery of a full cargo of the fertilizer to Bremerhaven, Germany, last month. Ship's Delegate William Click told the LOG that the entire crew's stay aboard the Niantic Victory was a series of jittery and harrowing experiences, from the moment the first ounce of cargo was loaded until the last ounce was discharged in Ger­ many. HANDS OFF! I,OG photographer caught J. C. Hansell hard at work at his hobby of net-weaving in the recreation room of the New York Branch. The strict "hands off' attitude displayed in all ports the Ni­ antic touched was a source of continual hardship for the crew. Fireboafs stand by as baxges receive cargo of nitrate fro.m The year 1943 has dual sig­ who were willing to pay cash Click stated. As an example, he Niantic Victory in midstream off Bremerhaven. Germany. cited the necessity of waternificance for Seafarer J. C. Han­ for his handiwork. Fishing being a steady pastime rationing, because the ship was sell. That's the year he joined "and that compen.<aling wage ad"6. Due to fresh water short­ in Dania, there's a ready cash refused entry to St. John's, Nfld., the SIU; it also marked the be­ justments should be made." age, the SS Niantic Victory atto refill her tanks. market for Hansen's nets. Dania temped to refill its tanks at St. ginning of his hobby of weav­ pleasure fishermen CITE REASONS buy the netj The multitude o f obstacles John's, Nfld., but the ship wa3 ing fish nets. mainly for mullet fishing. And which made shipboard living Substantiating their argument, denied entry to this port, , whert He chose his hobby principal­ so far he's had no complaints pretty miserable, Glick said, were Niantic crewmen, cited the the nature of her ca'o-'n wis ly as a means of passing spare or requests for refunds. all incidental to the ever-pres.m thf-h- 1 ! hex ca.^o was , # u • . u-i 1 I lOJJov mg leaso-s, basec. on tnen learned. Therefore, the crew suftime aboard .ship and ashore Only catch in the whole rig­ hLh T J?.""® experiences in transporting their fered water-rationing problems, while waiting to ship, but it ging is that although Brother high. Texas City and Brest,; risk-Iadden ship to the port of "7. At Bremerhaven, Germany, wasn't long before he discovered Hansell is a past master at weav­ where catastrophe followed ex-: discharge: the ship was forced to unload ia thei-e were many folks right in ing the nets, he blushingly con­ plosions of ammonium nitrate "1. Stevedores loading this car- .j^idstream due to the explosive his home town of Dania, Florida, fesses that he can't throw one. fertilizer, were something the crew couldn't dismiss easily he f paid wages equivalent to ^ ciew, couian I aismiss easily, ne loading high explosives, namejy precautions were maintained at declared. $3 30 up per hour. all times. Shore leave was * In the petition, wJiich was "2. While loading, the ship was difficult undertaking .end the packed with eight potent rea­ under strict supervision of the Army regulations were partiieusons for the penalty payment. Aimy and no smoking was al­ larly o'Dnoxious. lowed on anjvpart of the vessel. "8. Last, but certainly not Fire hydrants were open 24 When he had to purchase stores in Sweden for the least to be considered, were the hours a day and the ship was SS Fisher Ames, American Eastern, although the ship disastrous explosions of Texas constantly guarded by fireboats supposedly had been stored for*' City and Brest, where this typo and a large force of pier fire­ Fish stores were short, and 75 days before leaving Baltimore, of fertilizer was l•espon^ible for men. A mem'oer of the ships Chief Steward A. C. Simpson Simpson declared that it was the appalling loss of );fe atat deck department was stationed lime in his life that took the trouble to write a the first property damage." at each hold to aid in fire con­ lengthy memorandum to the he had seen a ship of the size trol. Skipper, Captain G. B. Simon- of the Ames on which a half "3. The residents of Leonardo, .son, explaining in considerable case of salmon, a half case of N. J. protested against loading detail just how inadequately the clams and no sardines at all was the ship at the Navy ammo pier ship's food requirements had called a 75-day storage of can­ in that town, and as a conse­ been foreseen by the Company's ned fish. In addition, the coffee quence no more cargo of this Port Steward. He also made supply was nearly 100 pounds The lads aboard the SS I'airtype is to be loaded at that some suggestions the Company short. port were howling "Timber" at pier, or near this town. How­ The canned vegetables might might well take to heart. every turn during the last voy­ ever, the Navjcontinues to use "With the possible exception have been adequate had there age, according to the minutes of this pier to load explosives. of a few items, by no stretch of been any variety and had the the Oct. 12 meeting. "4. No crewmember was al­ Signs like these throughoui the imagination cpuld the ship cans themselves been the No. lowed to carry matches or other Up to meeting time no less have fed for that period of time 2V2 size. There was just too ship are grim reminders for lighting devices under penally than 12 men had been iogge<I much spinach and sauerkraut. Nisntic crewmen. on the stores received at Bal­ of substantial fine, imprisonment by the Chief Engineer and Chief timore and maintained any de­ In closing his memorandum, or both. Crewmembers were re­ guys must be "lumberjacks from cent standard of feeding," Simp­ Simpson recommended that the Niantic crew requested "a stricted to definite hours for Mate and the minutes say these son pointed out. fresh vegetables be stored only truly honest decision in this mat­ transportation to and from the the way they threw the logs In Baltimore, the ship received in amounts that could be used, ter—not only for ourselves, but ship and gate 9, a distance of around." only 70 pounds of cheese for and that frozen vegetables in for the seamen who will take three miles. 75 days, although normally about which there is virtually no similar risks in the future." Loggings weren't the only sore SUFFERED SHORTAGES two pounds and a half were waste be carried in greater spot on the Waterman log^haulBesides the extreme dangers called for each day. amounts in Iwo-and-a-half pound inherent in a cargo of ammonium "5. No delivery trucks were er, however. The minutes reveal packages. The lack of spoilage nitrate, the Seafarers pointed HEAVY SPOILAGE allowed on the pier unless the the crew put thumbs down on Of -the 1,185 pounds of fresh might more than counterbalance out to the company the presence driver would sign a waiver ex- pure lard called for "shortening vegetable taken on, a substan­ the extra original cost, he said. of "other obstacles to the well-1 empting that naval station from to be put aboard for all baking." tial part, notably string beans Making clear to Captain Si- being and peace of mind of the legal and damage suits, resulting Fumigation is badly needed,, all and beets, was lost to spoilage. monsen that he regarded him as crews. from explosions, etc. It was, hands agreed. "We feel that this type of car­ therefore, very difficult to get although Simpson served beans a first-class Master, Simpson Delegates weye on the ball, more often than he wanted to in said that under the conditions go should be declared a penalty supplies and the crew suffered though. They got a vote of cargo," the petition continued, as a consequence. an effort to avoid .va.ste. |he would have to get off. thanks for doing a swell job. Food Shortage, Poor Buying Scored By SS Ames Steward Fairport Carries 2 'Lumberjacks �Page Ten fHE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 21. 194V SlU Ships' Minutes In Brief ^TEWAY CITY. Sepi. 2 — Chairman Hannus Randoza; (Sec­ retary not given). Delegates re­ ported on number of books and permits in their departments New Business: motion carried not tb sign on until all repairs are completed. Motion for delegates to take launch tickets to master for payment on same. Good %nd Welfare: Motion carried to elect a crewmember to stay aboard the vessel to check repairs and be sure they are completed before sailing. Carl Miller elected to job. Motion carried to connect sink on STEEL KING, Sepi. 28—Chair­ shelter deck and use it for thaw­ man Luke Collins; Secretary ing meat. John Rintello. Delegates reported t i t no beefs. Education: An inten­ STEEL ARTISAN, Sept. 1 — sive educational campaign is in Chairman Victor Sherman; Sec­ progress. The current issue of retary Robert Nielsen. New Bus­ Look" magazine, which carried iness: Motion carried that Stew­ . phony survey of opinion on ard show Cooks how to prepare food in a more palatable manner the Taft-Hartley Act, was ex­ arid put out more night lunch. posed. The true editorial policies Crew advised by chairman that of certain publications was made breeching of cargo is a serious clear to the members present. offense and offenders are liable Good and Welfare: Messman to do time for it in addition to warned to improve his work or he will suffer consequences when giving SIU a bad name. ship hits port. 4> 4 4' MALDAN VICTORY, Oct. 11— Chairman Edwards; Secretary D. B. Patterson. Delegates reported on number of books in their de­ partments. New Business: Elec­ trician raised grievance over the disallowance of his assistant to stand watches. Motion carried that everyone clean up laundry after washing clothing and each department take turns in keep­ ing. the laundry in good shape. Motion carried that a fresh sup­ ply of cigarettes be put aboard at San Pedro. SEATRAIN TEXAS, Oct. 20— Chairman William E. Pepper; Secretary J. Migill. Jr. New Busi­ ness: Siaguing moved that the engine department doors be painted. Good and Welfare: Ru­ mor has it that a new skipper is due in New Orleans. Sugges­ tion that when Bosun calls for standby coming into New York or New Orleans that all mem­ bers of crew be called for at the same time. Steward said he would call for his men as soon as docking was started. One min­ ute of silence for Brethers lost at sea. 4 4 4 ASA GRAY, Aug. 24—Chair­ man Bill Eilcher; Secretary Wil­ liam Kwitchoff. Delegates report­ ed no beefs. Old Business: list of repairs to be made by each de­ partment. New Busines: Recom­ mendation that Diaz and Ericksen be made pro-book members. Recommendation that Schulling be given permit. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. [HE BROTHERS WHO ARE CHOSEN IN THE PRESENT ELECTION WILL REPRESENT THE A. AND G. -DISTRICT flOR THE YEAR, OIF 1948. A GOOD UMiON MAN ALWAYS E;<£RciSES WIS DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, HAVE Mora VOTED YET •-S** CUT and RUN 4 4 4 JOSEPH N. TEAL. Sept. 14Chairman G. W. Ford; Secretary J. Jilka. Delegates had nothing to report. New Business: W. E. Wade elected ship's delegate. Motion carried that additional fans be requested and installed in messhall. Motion carried that a penalty be set for leaving dirty dishes out, putting feet on chairs or sitting on mess tables. Good and Welfare: Agreement that soiled linen would be turned in only on their regular linen change day. Possibility of iced drinks for dinner discussed with agi-eement that they would be served whenever possible. 4 4 4 STEPHEN W. GAMBRILL. Oct. 5—Chairman George Gleason; Al­ fred Bernard. Delegates had no beefs to report. New Business: Chief Mate reported giving Deck Delegate difficult time. Agree­ ment to see patrolman about cig­ arettes and Steward's requisi­ tions. 4" it 3" JOHN JAY, Sept. 28—Chair­ man Kirk; Secretary John Stefapik. Engine Delegate asked that ventilators to the engine room be repaired. Deck Delegate re­ ported overtime on Labor Day unsettled. Steward Delegate not­ ed that exhaust fan in galley is still not working properly. Re­ pair list made up and approved by crew. Good and Welfare: Deck Delegate notified crew that recreation room was in a filthy condition. Motion carried that recreation room be cleaned be­ fore payoff. S> 3^ iSTEPHEN LEACOCK. Aug. 31 —Chairman Bruno; Secretary Merwin. Delegates reported all okay in their departments. New, Business: Oppel elected as ship's! delegate. List of offenses and I their fines made up and approved 4 4 4 by crew. Good and Welfare: Dis-{ MASSMAR Sept. 14—Chairman cussion on getting tablecloths for tables. One minute of silence for John Harris; Secretary Ira B. Turner. New Business: Discussion Brothers lost at sea. on refrigerator in messhall. De­ cision to use spare box if present unit goes out of order. Motion by Reiers that a delegate contact the Mate regarding procurement 4 4 4 of windscoops on the West Coast. SEATRAIN TEXAS. Sept. 15— 4 4 4 HIBBING VICTORY, Sept. 7— Steward John Harris reported Chairman Mclntyre; Secretary Chairman John Novak; Secretary that he had placed an order for Fernandiz. New Business: Repair L. Arbec. New Business: Crew- new pillows which should be put list made up and approved. Mo­ messman asked for cooperation aboard in next port. Bosun Nys- tion carried to have New Or­ of all to help keep messhall son suggested that a new library leans Agent contact company so clean. Motion by Reilly to im­ be brought aboard in San Pedro. as to have port watchmen stand pose $5 fine for disregarding the One minute of silence in remem­ gangway watches. Good and Wel­ fare: Steward requested that lin­ request—motion lost. Good and brance of departed Brothers. en be returned to forecastle and Welfare: Motion by Smith that 4 4 4 EZRA MEEKER, Sept. 26 — not left on deck to soak up oil while in port all shoremen should be kept out of passageways, lav­ Chairman W. W. Brown; Secre­ and dirt. Bosun gave talk on atories and pantry. One minutes tary A. J. Ward. Special Meet­ keeping shoes off cots. One min­ of silence for Brothers who per­ ing: It was pointed out that the ute of silence for Brothers lost at ILA is taking job actions for a se.n. ished during the war. 100 percent increase for loading 4 4 4 4 4 4 CHARLES GOODYEAR. Aug. ROBIN WENTLEY. Aug. 4— Ammonium Nitrate due to its Chairman C. Seelig; Secretary A. explosive qualities. If it is con­ 25 — Chairman Houston Wood; Adomaits. New Business: Brother sidered dangerous to load, it Secretary Gordon Hansen. Re­ Motticks elected as ship's dele­ must be dangerous to carry. The pair list made up in duplicate gate. Motion carried to have crew of the Ezra Meeker puts and approved by crew. Decision valves on flushing system check­ itself on record as follows: In to have ship fumigated. Padeyes ed by engineer. Good and Wel­ the event the Longshoremen get to be taken off after-deck as a fare: Suggestion to have menu a raise, the seamen should get safety measure. Fine list to be straightened out so as to elim­ a proportionate raise or what- scratched as no fines were col­ inate disputes. Motion carried e V e r a negotiating committee lected. Action to be taken to find that a few men stay after movies can make, and that this raise be out why Captain would not give to clean up. One minute of si­ retroactive to the date of the Pat Darrough. Wiper, a draw in Longshoremen's settlement. ' Panama. lence for Brothers lost at sea. By HANK Shipping is still in slow-motion here in New York and al­ though it will gradually pick up, all book men should take a more serious atitude toward the jobs coming up on the board—here in New York as well as in the other ports where shipping may be slow or real good. By taking a job no matter what ship and run its for a bookman not only helps himself from staying ashore longer than he expected but it also relieves the slow-shipping situation from getting tougher as more men come in from their visits home or time spent trying to ship out of other nearby ports... Seafarer Sam says: All good bookmen and fully paid-up permits attend the meetings regardless of whether they have reg­ istered for shipping or not. They know every meeting is important and although some bookmen are aboard ships during the weeK of the meeting they still come ashore that night with their books and attend the meeting to have their good old say-so as ,well as knowing what's new, etc 4 4 4 On Friday of every week, your union newspaper, the LOG, is published and from Ihe first page to the last there's plenty of information you should know. If you miss one issue or two that's so much news, etc. you aren't going to see printed again and you lose out. This is why it's important to read every page of each issue of the LOG while you're in port and taking some back copies before you sail. Further­ more, your best bet, brothers, is to have the LOG mailed free to your homes while you're on those trips. Your families will enjoy and understand the Union more clearly in this way and you'll have those back issvfes to read, too. To Brother Albert Golditz: You'll be getting the LOG every week from now on and there's some back issues coming your too... Brother George Meaney just sent word that he's now in the surgical ward (the butcher shop as he calls it) up there in the Marine hospital in Brighton Mass. Brother*Meaney says that he hopes some of the boys drop him a cheerful letter or two. Furthermore, he .says that he'll send word of what oldtimers are up there in the hospital, too. Good luck, George and swift sailing out of the hospital, George ... Brother Raymbnd Duhrkopp just come in from an eight month trip, shuttling from France and Italy to the Persian Gulf and then South America and finally home... Say, won't that be a fine thing indeed if the high cost of living is frozen and then wages are frozen, too. That won't settle anything since, prices are way above our wages— no matter what the millionaires say!... Brother Vic Milazzo is in town right now with a sideline of a beef. Rhode Island doesn't want to pay him his $200 bonus as a Merchant Marine veteran because they wanted him to tell them his life's history, where he paid taxes and when, how or when he voted, etc. Who says there's nothing new under the sun? Once again the merchant seamen get the runaround—especially when it comes to money... NEWS ITEM: What has been called the largest single contract ever signed by a steamship company, calling for Isthmian Steamship Company to move the American-Arabian Oil Company's pipeline from U.S. ports to terminals in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, was announced recently by the company president. It will take approximately 30 months to complete the job and the fleet to carry all this equipment plus foodstuffs, etc.. will include the huge Isthmian line and a few others. �Friday, November 21, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS SUP Member Retiring, Says SIU Men Treated Him Tops To the Editor: ABOVE: The vessel takes on a load of salt in Aden, Arabia, during a recent run. RIGHT: An unidentified AB is snapped while in the Japanese port of Yokosuka. I. H. Pepper sub­ mitted photos. Honolulu-Locked Seafarer Pines For Some SIU Ships To the Editor: the eligibility of the voter and stamps his book v/hen he casts his vote thus pro­ tecting the membership from illegal balloting.) After seeing a bit of the coun­ try, I am back in Honolulu tak­ ing things easy for a spell. Now that the elections are under way I'd like to have a ballot sent to me so I can vote and return it Former Jax Crewman to the New York office before Asks Shipmates to Write the end of the voting period. To the Editor: Out here there are not many SIU ships hitting port which, I am writing to let you know naturally, makes me feel a little that I still receive the LOG, and lonesome. I'd sure like to see sure enjoy reading it. I have been some of the oldtimers drop an­ reading quite a bit about the An­ chor in this port; I'd sure show drew Jackson on her i-ound-thethem the lay of the land. world cruise. I sure would like Well, give my regards to Cal to be on her now. Tanner and all the boys in Mo­ I made my last trip on her as bile, Alabama. I may get the iDeck Engineer, and also engine urge and find myself scanning I delegate. The experience I pick­ the board down in that hall one ed up while, with the Seafarers of these days, so keep the door sure is helping me now. open. I was wondering if in some Blackie Abbey future issue of the LOG would you put in a small article asking (Ed. nolo: The Consiilusome of my old shipmates to lion of Ihe SIU, Ailanlic and write to me. I sure would enjoy Gulf Dislrict, requires that hearing from them. Thanking all voting be conducted in you in this matter. SIU Halls under the super­ Sfeve Messaros vision of an elections com­ 43 Hiram Street mittee. New Brunswick, N.J. This committee checks on Get Your Story In The LOG Some mighty interesting stories of shipboard meet­ ings, sea. rescues and just plain every day goings-on have been coming in from SIU members out at sea. But the LOG would like to hear from more of the fellows, because there's more going on that's just as interesting and beneficial to the mem­ bership that we don't hear about. All it takes is for one or more of the crew to put it down on paper and send it to the Seafarers Log. 51 Bea­ ver St., New York 4. N. Y. We don't care if it isn't fancy, just jot down the facts and we'll set them up in your story. If you have any pictures, so much the better — send them along. How about doing this right now, on this trip? There are thousands and thousands of Union members and their' families who'll read your story about your ship and shipmates. Log-A-Rhythms The Devil Disposes By JAMES (POP) MARTIN There I am on the articles. Secure as a man could be, A voyage ahead to the Cocoanut Isles That dot the Carribean Sea. I go down on the beach, all lonely. The beach in Baltimore town. And enter the grog-shop brightly lit; That lonely feeling to drown. The bartender acts so friendly. The shipmates they pop in; I dig my Travelers Checks out To pay for the grog and gin. And it's there we stay till daylight. With cheer and liquor and song; It's the only place on the beach Where a sailor can belong. It happened down in Rio. In Antwerp and Buenos Aires. In Melbourne, too, I entered in To drown my woes and cares. Then back to the ship, all cheerful And noisy with ribald jest; I'm sailing by, and full before. With a sea of liquor blest. Then "comes the dawn," too early. With the work on deck to be done; A bull-voiced Serang to rouse you And a Maie who thinks you're a bum. Then up I go to the Purser, Sign off and drag my pay— "You have a head this morning, my son, "For all last night you were gay." Then up to the Hall, quite humble; The board is as bare as my hand; With every nerve in my body Jumping to beat the band. Well, next trip will be different— For of this I am well warned— The sailor proposes, but the Devil disposes When you battle John Barleycorn. the fellows I was on the beach and was SUP. I'm writing this letter more I could write until I run out as a farewell note to all the of ink telling how good I ate, fine shipmates I have sailed with. the work clothes, shaving gear, I started sailing in 1943, after etc.. that was given to me. Not my discharge from the service even one skipper refused to take and shipped up to Nov. 12 of rne back. When I was able to this year. After knocking around leave the SS M. Crawford, a all my life I've taken on a wife V/aterman ship came in, and we and I feel now that I'll be con­ l-.eaded back to Texas. tent with a little fishing busi­ Brothers, I'll take my hat off ness I've bought down in Jer­ to that crew. Everyone treated sey. me aces from the Captain right In my shipping time, I've made on down. I was pretty sick a lot of friends and not one when I went aboard—and am enemy in the foc'sle. I'm proud not too well now—but they sure to have sailed with the SIU and took some of the kinks out. of SUP. me, thanks to the Bosun and a I should like to mention an lot of understanding among all incident in support of this. hands for a shipmate with the Throug.h no fault of my own, odds against him. I missed a ship in Hamburg, j I went over on the Alfred Germany, last July, as a result i Moore and if the Steward or of an accident. All my clothes the 12-to-4 Ordinary ;-ead this, and papers were on board the they can drop me a line and let ship. me know what I owe them. JINXED I want to thank the Deck As I was on the beach for Delegate for taking good care five weeks, the best way to eat of all my gear and taking it to was for me to board other ships the Hall in Philly. I received that came into port. Well. I think everything, so thanks again. If someone must have jinxed me any of the gang care to hear because almost every one that what happened, I'd be glad to came in was NMU. The only answer their letters. credit I'll give them is that a Well, this is about all. I 'navefew of their men—very few- n't turned in my book yet as I gave me a helping hand. sort of hate to part with it. I was in bad shape as I would­ So fellows, again I say it has n't play the black market and been nice sailing with you ail. had nothing of my own. This If any of you ever get dow.n to paper is too small to name all Beach Haven, just look at the the ships on which I was re­ sign on the docks, "Justice, Row fused a meal or a cake of soap Boats." That's me still on the or some cigarettes. I made a water. mistake of not keeping notes on H. T, Justice. SUP the bum times men and officers Beach Haven, N. J, of NMU ships gave me. Many StetX-ards refused to even give me a cup of coffee. But I could go on for a long time telling of No. SIU Crew is to pay off my hardships over there with any ship until the crew's the NMU. quarters and equipment are But before I cross them off as clean as any Seafarer likes entirely, I say thanks to the to find a ship when he firsi few deck hands for the help goes aboard. Patrolmen have they gave me. It's a shame good been instructed that the fellows like that must sail with crew's quarters must be ab­ such a finky outfit. solutely clean before a pay­ SIU ARRIVES off will be allowed. Please Now here's the brighter side cooperate with your officials of the picture. At last some SIU in carrying out this member­ ships pulled into port. By this ship order. time I had lost 29 pounds. I told I '41 Notice To Crews TOKYO STREET SCENE Three Seafarers off the SS William Barry, Waterman, turn in their rickshaws to face cameraman bringing up the rear in the course of their tour of Japan's major city. From left to right, Charles Weiss. OS; Lee Shaw. AB, and Bob. a pantryman. Vessel carried phosphate from Tampa. Weiss, an SUP man sent pix to the LOG. i �P-ugv Twelre THE S E AF ARE RS L&G Friday, NoTember 21. 19t7 TAKING IN THE GATEWAY CITY Sweet Talk Takes Brothers In New Twist Of Army Game has a beautiful younger sister who likes Americans. Would you What happened to two of my care to have me take you to shipmates should be entitled their home to call on them? If "Sailor Beware or It Shouldn't so I would be only too glad." Happen To A Dog." Anyway, Naturally, the boys almost fell this is the experience these two all over the guy accepting the innocent souls had recently; invitation and off they went. Bob Flarrady, AB, and Joe While walking along, the guy Peterson, Oiler, were taking it suggests that they stop off and easy strolling along near the get a bottle of whiskey to liven waterfront in Trinidad one sun­ up the visit. ny afternoon, with their souls It's Saturday afternoon and all full of hope and their pockets stores are closed, so this guy full of cash. takes the boys to his club. It's Suddenly to their eyes came for members only, so he agrees a sight to delight the heart of to go in and buy the liquor. any honest sailor a long way HOLD ON, BOYS from home. A beautiful girl with Out come the wallets and the golden hair and a figure that guys come across with $10 each. would be the envy of any Pow­ With a wave of the hand and ers model slowly passed before "I'll be right back" the guy en­ their eyes. ters his club. As she walked slowly past, all After 30 minutes the boys got they .could do was stand and tired of waiting so they banged stare with bulging eyes. on the door. "Where's the guy," At the same time a man ap­ proached the girl and engaged they shouted. "Oh, him. He went out the back door ten min­ utes ago," they were told. Our two heroes are still look­ ing for the guy—and the girl. Moral of the story: Keep your blonde eye open when in Trin­ idad. Dutchy Moore Demand Best, Brother Tells Beached Men To the Editor: To the Editor:: The crew of the SS Capitol Reef, a tanker belonging to the Pacific Tanker Company, after delivering the ship to England ran into several situations in Glasgow, Scotland. And I should like to pass along some infor­ mation on what happened with a view to helping any of our brothers who may find them­ selves in similar situations in the future. From the moment we set foot on the beach, I am sorry to say we allowed a phony agent of P. T. to pull the wool over our eyes, while we were acting in good faith. Although he had ade­ quate time to secure proper fii-stclass accommodations to which we were entitled, we got only $1.25 flop and board. A German pilot boat, above, comes .out to greet the Gate­ way City as she enters the Weiser River on her way to Bremerhaven. FALSE DOPE Keep It Clean! s' Dutchy Moore, the story­ teller, with three of his pals from the Steel Scientist look pretty while taking in New Orleans before their ship clear­ ed for the Persian Gulf. In the rear, Dutchy and Tony Thomas, Deck Delegate. Front—Frank Templin, Steward and Tom Smith, Engine Dele­ gate. her in conversation. After a few words she turned and looked at bur heroes giving them a big smilfe and a half nod, then she turned and continued walking. It is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition, it has come to the at­ tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ lated this rule. So they have gone on record to have all quarters inspected by the Patrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory, he has the right to hold up the payoff until everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give one copy to the Skipper, and one to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. Above right—George Miltner, Wiper, poses on the ship's railing as the seme pilot boat comes into view in the back­ ground. Above—This time on the Elbe River, the Gateway City takes aboard the pilot who will direct the ship into Hamburg. The Waterman ship left in this German city a cargo of buses, automobiles and flour. Photographs of the river activity were submitted to the LOG by Karl Arntzen, Wiper aboard the Gateway City during her last voyage. Swan's Feathers Smoothed In a letter to the Editor, the Swan Bar in Beira, East Africa, was taken to task by a Sea­ farer who felt the establishment was giving misleading adver­ tising. A few weeks later, the SEAFARERS LOG, as is its pol­ icy, printed a letter from a Sea­ farer-patron defending the bar. We have^ now received a lengthy letter from the bar's •owner, but due to its length and th'o fact that we have already aired both sides of the contro­ versy, we feel it is unnecessai-y to carry the matter any further. In printing letters by Seafar­ ers, sometimes, as it is impossible to check back, a legitimate con­ cern is slighted. In these cases, as with the Swan Bar, we give space for a rebuttal. PORTHOLE VIEW OF ST. VINCENT ISLAND SAUNTERED OVER Her companion in conversa­ tion then approached the drool­ ing boys and gave out with this story: "Excuse me, gentlemen. The young lady who just passed is a friend of mine. She told me she is- very desirous of making your acquaintance. "She is a very liice girl whose parents are Americans. She also An Earned Plugr For SIU's 'Hello' Gal To the Editor: t'V.- There is one thing I'd like to say about the lady at your switch­ board. She is about the nicest, friendliest person .there i£(. I called up four times, and feeling ill, I'm sure I wasn't sweet, but never a cross word ou of the lady. It would be great if all switchboard operators would be like yours. Mrs. Frank Gardner Editor's Note: It sure would be great. The time came for this phony to secure transportation on the train from Glasgow to London(a 12-hour all-night ride), and although sleepers were avail­ able unbeknown to us, he tic-, keted us for coaches. This velvet-tongued deceiver acting in a very un-Amei'ican way, pro­ cured 13 first-class chair car seats for the officers and 26 third-class seats for the remain­ der of the crew, and he con­ vinced us this was the best he could do. Upon arriving in London, where we were to board a plane; for home, we found that these, bums were still operating in true, form. They had secured for us: a freight plane. When we balk­ ed it this they assumed an in­ different attitude and told us to either accept the plane or re-' main in London for approxi­ mately 30 days, until first class accommodations were available. MEET CAPTAIN The entire crew met with the captain to discuss the situation and secured a promise from him for the difference in the cost of transportation and then decided to accept the second-rate accom­ modations in preference to spend­ ing that length of time in Lon­ don, where conditions were poor and our clothing was inadequate. It is difficult, in a limited space, to explain why we were sucked in time and again. The point is that we since have learned that all of this could have been avoided if we had taken a firm, unyielding stand from the very beginning and. demanded what we entitled to> and nothing less. If we had done this, we would have had our first-class accommodations from start to finish, with no delays. • If in the future, the Brothers will take the stand that we. should have, they will find that the phony mentioned will puf forth the necessary effort to ob­ tain the accommodations and' treatment •'o which we are right­ fully entitled. Fred L. Jordan ...Jiiilisiii' A' ' ; The talented pencil ox Seafarer Norman Maffie brings to life the bleak, barren coastline of St. Vincent Island in the Antilles. The sketch was made from the messhall port aboard the Jane O, Gulf Canal Lines vessel, while the ship was proceeding from San Juan to New Orleans. �THE SMAVARERS LOG Friday, Kov«mber 21,1947 Page Thixleea -fr Skipper's Snafu Maneuvers Aitkens Men Ride High On Pampas Make The Strong Men Weak (Editor's note: The fol­ lowing letter was submitted by a member's wife to tell his SIU Brothers how he finds things on the South American coast. The LOG likes to receive this kind of material. So write in to let us know how things are go­ ing. And if you don't get around to doing it yourself, perhaps you persuade the Little Woman to do it for you.) To Ihe Editor: To the Editor: This letter comes in response -to your, request of members to "Send, in letters of your voy­ ages." My husband, Jack ("Bananas") Ziereis, Bosun on the SS Samuel R. Aitkens, an Arnold Bernstein SS Corporation ship, writes that Life can be beautiful—even if only for a short spell— they have been in Argentina for say the men of the SS Samuel T. Aitkens, an Arnold Bern­ almost a month on account of a stein vessel. During delay in Argentine ports they were guests longshoremen's strike in Buenos of wealthy ranchero. Photo above shows some of crew con­ Aires, which has now been set­ tinuing their good living at sidewalk cafe in Rio de Janeiro. tled, but the harbor is crowded Besides the bottles of cerveja only one identified was Bosun with ships waiting to load. From John (Bananas) Ziereis, who is at extreme right. B.A., he h-.s been informed, the Aitkens will sail for Northern that "this country is not what Happy Birthday Johnny! Europe with grain. it used to be" and that "prices with CUSHY LASH-UP are sky high." (Editor's note: Lettuce & Tomato Salad French Dressing The ship has been stationed Wait "till he gets back to New Grilled Sirloin Steak during the delay at Rosario and York.) Standing by can become monotonous and, of Chicken a la King San Martin. The latter is a town pretty French Fried Onions of 2,000 where members of the course, now the men cannot hope French Fried Potatoes •crew have been guests of a gau- to be home for Christmas. From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Cauliflower au Gratin cho who has about 5,000 head Buttered Carrots & Peas -of cattle and 250 horses on a on October 5, he sent this pho­ Special Layer Cake •nearby ranch. The sailors on tograph of himself and four Peach Ice Cream •horseback have been seeing the members of the crew. The gang celebrated his birth­ Iced Coffee with Cream •country and enjoyed two bar­ day at sea on October 1 with a Iced Tea with Lemon becues at the ranch. Assorted Fresh Fruit They also made a trip to Santa special dinner, refreshments and The ship sailed from Norfolk Fe where they visted the Santa a four-layer cake that read Barbara Mission and took some "Happy Birthday Johnny, Our on September 12. Regards to all interesting snapshots, one of Bosun." Here is a copy of the Seafarers. Mrs. John A. Ziereis which I am enclosing. He writes menu—which looks good to me! •> Painting Job Squabbles Held Profit-less To the Editor: Lately a lot of questions have been asked about who has preferance when it comes to paint­ ing of the alleyways, galleys, messrooms and all of the inside housing on SIU ships in gen.eral. I have noticed that while clar­ ifications of this matter have been going on, with a lot of hard feelings added, that no one has been able to paint these places and that as a result all, in general, were done out of overtime, Vvith no one profiting but the company. When deck alleyways, mfissrooms and cabin decks are not painted by anyone during the trip, the Mate usually turns in for the work and accordingly collects on it, with no one being the wiser. NO ARGUMENT HERE The latest implications show that the Union favors the deck to do inside painting. Of that we have no doubt or argument —what we are interested in that someone collects the over­ time which the work calls for. PAUSE IN PUERTO RICO I still believe that when one de­ partment has to keep a certain section clean that any overtime involved for work in that de­ partment should go to them. I am sure we have no argument about that either. It is also my firm belief that the crew's messroom and alley­ ways should come under the jurisdiction of the Deck Depart­ ment and that the galley and quarters should be painted by individuals involved, except those of the Engirte department, which falls to the Wiper. On these points we have no argu­ ment. But the question in' my mind is: Why fight or have jur­ isdictional arguments about who should do what, with the result that when the trip is over- no one has done anything? COMPANIES PROFIT Refreshing themselves amidst cool foliage in Mayaguez recently were these crewmembers of the SS Kathryn, Bull line vessel. Left to right, standing: Angelo, passengers' Utility and Ramon galley utility; kneeling: Benigno Cortez, Deck Maintenance: Frank Morciglio, AB, and Roberto Zaragoza, Bosun. Man in foreground is unidentified. All companies know that we favor having the Deck to do the inside painting and to save over­ time they instruct the Mate to keep the Deckmen so busy that nothing along that line can be accomplished. However, when­ ever the Stewards or other de­ partments start to do this work, it is usually stopped by the Mate. The result is that nobody gets any of the overtime. In cases such as these, I do not think that a hard and fast rule should be applied and that overtime should fall to whoever can do the work. The overtime should be divided equally so that all can enjoy more cabbage in their jeans at the payoff and so that all do not suffer from an unclean ship. Paul Parsons A word about this rust buck­ et, the SS Caleb Strong, Water­ man. We have a Captain I would like to forewarn the member­ ship about. To start with he dated the articles back on the promise of a draw equivalent to what we had coming with subsistence and overtime. After he got us all signed on, he held us to half of what we had coming in wages alone. He refuses to let the Stewards Department do any painting whatsoever. Worse, he refuses to recognize the Ships Delegate HE SPITS He's filthy too. The BR reports he spits hookers of phlegm all over his foc'sle deck, bulkheads and passageways. He gives officers more tobacco ration than he gives the Crew. We had an Oiler hurt during a storm. The Oiler was almost washed over the side going to the steering engine. The Cap­ tain refused to give his tobacco Brother Thanks Coastal Crews For Cooperation To the Editor: I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the SIU Brothers and Skipper of the Coastal Mariner for their cooperation while I was hospi­ talized in the Dominican Repub­ lic. My thanks also go out to the crew of the Coastal Stevedore for sending me copies of the LOG and magazines during my hospitalization. I am now in the Marine Hos­ pital in Baltimore and getting along very well. My appreciation and aloha go to the good crews of these two ships. Joseph Nuuhiwa Did His Part ration to his watch partner. Wh'en asked why by the Dele­ gate, the Captain stated that if the Oiler wanted his tobacco bad enough he'd come up for it. The Oiler was flat on his back in his bunk and couldn't walk. I could go on for hours telling of the capers he's cut, but will save them until we get in. He doesn't care how miserable he makes a Crew just so he is with­ in the law. We are all staying sober and on the ball over here. The last Crew came in overridden with •m J ' "i logs, and we don't want him throwing any performers' beefs at us when we try to straighten out own own beefs at the pay­ off. SLOPCHEST SCABBY Another beef on here is the slopchest. I checked it the other day. I could have packed off the whole shebang in a shoe box. What little junk he has in there is either made in prison or byscab labor. I noted not a single union label on any thing. He has no heavy gear'to speak of, no shave lotion, tooth pow­ der, tooth paste or any of the other little commodities we need. In fact, we brush our teeth with a mixture of salt, soda and Babo. The Babo does the trick. It says right on the can that it's good for cutting grease and pol­ ishing enamel. We had no previous ships min­ utes on here or we would have had an idea what we were let­ ting ourselves iu for when we signed on. We sure hope to straighten this lub out before another crew taKes her. I wish we could impress on the membership the need of ships minutes and the need of turning same over to new crews so they will know what each ship needs before making a run. A. E. (Tommy) Thompson SS Caleb Strong Member's Wife Is Loyal Supporter Of Union, LOG To the Editor: I enjoy reading the LOG very much and I would like to re­ ceive it as often as it is pub­ lished. My husband is an SIU man Walter Grant, Deck Main­ and right now he is Bosun on tenance, was one of many the Seatrain New Orleans. He is Seafarers who stayed on the a true member of the Union. In job aboard Isthmian ships fact, that is the only thing I am right through the important jealous of, as he spends as much period follov^ing the SIU's time with the boys on Chartres victory in the collective bar­ Street as he does with me. gaining election. Response of But I am glad he is a member men like Brother Grant has of such a grand union. given impetus to the Union's Will vou kindly send me the large-scale organizing offen­ LOG? sive. Mrs. Jack Procell Grant put in over a year New Orleans, La. sailing on the SS Cape Junc­ (Ed. Note: The LOG is tion and reported the SIU happy to have a good Union crew on Ihaf ship functioned wife like Mrs. Procell on its smoothly and efficiently. subscribers list.) -25-i �THE SEAFARERS Page Fourteen ''i • H ..p. LOG Friday, November 21, 1947 Nightmare In Novertime Land By FELIX J. CURLS quacious crimp was speaking: "Now men, line up there and look alive! We've got to crew up our newest vessel for her maiden voyage and I want topnotch sail­ ors. When I call out, step up and give your qualification. You, there! What job are you applying for? Come now. Speak up. I won't bite you!" A brand new ship belonging to the Novertime Steamship Com­ pany lay in wet dock as the ship­ yard workers prepared to put the finishing touches to her. Meanwhile, in the company of­ fices. Capt. I. M. Logger was ' busy interviewing prospective crewmen. Assisting him were A cringing sketeton of a man several noisy clerks and one gar­ slouched forward, doffed his cap rulous shipping master. The lo­ and began chewing the visor. "Sir", he said, "I am qualified to sail in any deck department capacity. I have twelve years discharges as master, four as mate and twenty-four years as bosun." "Well!" replied the cynical shepherd of poverty, "that's in­ teresting. From the looks of you one would think you were starv­ ing. Are you? How long have THE WEEK'S MEWS you been on the beach?" "Three years, sir." "Three years! My, what a long time between trips. Have you been drinking?" . "No sir. Had I the price of drink I would buy food." "Now look here! There's no call for you to get sassy with me. Remember, I'm giving out the jobs here. Tell me, why did you quit your last ship?" "I didn't quit. I was fired for union activities. That was after The Boss took office and des- as will stand agin me. Ah bin twenty yais as a road gang boss. Many's the man ah've laid low for stopping work afore vittle time. Oncet, while ah was in the stir ah . . . ." "Never mind your education. Have you any sea experience?" "Shore. Ah was a cap'n one time." "Captain! Really! What a car* eer you've had. What tonnage was your ship?" "Oh, twern't no ship—a barge on the Missip." "I see. Sign here. You're the. Bosun.. .can't what? Well, mark your mark on that line." ANOTHER ONE Another bruitish fellow replac­ ed the yokel. His head was swathed in bandages. "Why, what ails you?" inquir­ ed the interviewer, regaining his conposure in the absence of the serang. "Jist had an operation, sir. The doctor took out half my brain." "Do tell. That accounts for your wanting to go back to sea, I suppose. Does the absence of your intellect affect you any? I mean, do you retain your reason­ ing powers? Do you know what the word overtime means, or time off?" "Never heard of them. Are they important?" "Important! I should say not—. trifles. Merely old-fashioned preTaft cliches. But down to busi­ ness. I need no further evidence of your ability. Under the cir­ cumstances I am positive that you would make an ideal Chief Mate. Sign here. Next ..." Sports . BOXING: Jake LaMotta, who has never, been liinocked off his feet in a professional fight, still can carry that record with him—but he has lost the distinction of never having been knocked out. Bill Fox TKOed LaMotta in the 4th round of their scheduled ten rounder in the Madison Square Garden for his 50th KG in 51 profesBional fights. The fight itself seemed to have a faint odor to it; in fact, enough of an odor that Boxing Com.missioner Eagan has held up the purses of both fighters and ordered a grand jury investigation of the bout. BASEBALL: The Brooklyn Dodgers were in the news again this week, when they sold Stan Rojeck and Ed Stevens to the Pittsburgh Pirates for an undisclosed sum of cash. Stevens had been playing first for the Dodgers previous to the coming up of Jackie Robinson, and Rojek filled in for a couple of weeks at short this past season while PeeWee Reese w^as out. HOCKEY: The National Hockey League stand­ ings shifted this week, when Toronto took over 1st place with 7 wins and 4 losses with Boston and Detroit following closely behind. BASKETBALL: The game broke into the sports columns this week when the professionals got under way. In the National Basketball League, Fort Wayne defeated Flint 64 to 54 and TriCity defeated Syracuse 69-56. In the American Basketball League, Brooklyn defeated Philly 76-74. As each passing week goes by, basketball will be taking over the sports field more and more from football. FOOTBALL: Speaking of football, the old equalizer, "MUD," along with a few inspired teams, combined to give some upsets in Saturday's games. Chief among these was the Current Events . . . hffe. Whatever one thought of President Truman's possibly belated and perhaps inadequate pro­ posals to lick inflation through a bit of ra­ tioning, price control—and wage control here and there, the plan did highlight one salient fact: the inter-relation between high prices at home and the European Recovery Program, once known as the Marshall Plan. The President's scheme was embodied in ten points, only four of which had much bearing on the price of eggs, beefsteak and a new pair of pants: He asked for government supervision on sales of livestock and poultry so that grain can be used efficiently and that more can go to Europe. He also requested control over allocation and inventory of scarce industrial commodities and consumer rationing and price ceilings for hard-toget, things affecting the cost of living. Another view of the same basic world prob­ lem was given by Secretary of State Marshall the day after the President went before Con­ gress. Speaking in Chicago on the eve of his departure for London to attend the Conference of Foreign Ministers, Marshall attacked both the Soviet Union and the Communist Party for the "campaign of vilification and distortion"' waged against the Marshall Plan in particular and American motives in general. Meanwhile, prices have risen higher and high­ er, or, as one financial paper put it, "advanced briskly." Though there were a jfew wage gains defeating of previously undefeated Georgia Tech by Alabama 14-7. Harry Gilmer was the star of this win, by completing eleven passes out of thirteen attempts. Another that is classed in the field of upsets was the win by Princeton over Yale of 17-0. In addition to these we have the troyed labor. Sometimes I wish defeat of Brown by Harvard by 13 to 6. It was Jefferson were still President. only in the final minute of play that Harvard 'Oh, it's politics now, is it? was able to win its fourth game out of eight And just why do you think Jef­ played. Army battled supposedly hotshot Penn ferson could have done a better to a 7-7 tie while the Navy was again being job of reorganizing? It might be beaten by a ground attack by Penn State 20-7. amusing to hear you answer." Notre Dame continued to win, but was pushed "I didn't say he could have to do so by Northwestern, with the final score done better. In any case, he being 26-19. While Notre Dame was having such could not have made a bigger a tough time with Northwestern, Michigan, who mess of things." was to have had such a difficult time in winning "Oh foolish man. Foolish man! from the Wisconsin Badgers, won handily 40 to I can understand now why you're 6. The win over Wisconsin should make Michigan among the unemployed. Don't the official representative of the Big Nine Con­ you know that fellow didn't do ference in the Rose Bowl this year. anything." PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: Those NY FOOD FOR THOUGHT Giants took it on the chin again, this time from ONE MISSING "So much the better. He stay­ the Pittsburgh Steelers to the tune of 24 to 7 ed out of trouble that way." And so on it went until the The Giants lost this one in the last period when "Enough! I've heard enough! entire crew was selected—with the Steelers scored three touchdowns in less Now, looking over your discharg­ one exception. An AB was lack­ than two minutes. This makes a total of 7 losses es, I have no doubt you could ing. Suddenly that demon of a for the Giants. Meanwhile the Brooklyn Dodgers handle any job in which you were pulling the impossible by defeating the were placed. We'll overlook your Baltimore Colts, 21 to 14. The Chicago Cardinals recent anti-Boss outburst—pro­ kept their lead in the western division of the vided of course it doesn't recur. National Football League by defeating Green "As I was saying, there's no Bay 21-20. It was necessary for Paul Chnistman, reason why you shouldn't be an old Missouri Tiger alumnus, to pull this one shipped. And to prove the bene­ out of the fire. The Chicago Bears were able to volence of the Novertime Navi­ beat the Los Angeles Rams with- the aid of Sid gation Company, we are going Luckman's passes, 41-21, during which game five to consider your physical con­ players were ejected. dition more than your record. What you need is food. Do you agree?" "Yes indeed, sir." "Fine, so we'll put you where recorded along the labor front, notably by the the food is. You will sign as gal­ CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers, nowhere did wages come close to keeping pace with ley boy. Step back please. Next!" bosun fastened his eyes on me. prices—or with profits. NEXT! "Thar's the man we need. Grab Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd., which A giant of a man confronted the sonuvabitch! Hawgtie 'im!" means 5-Crown, 7-Crown and "Y-O at the ginmill, him with a face hideously scarr­ In blind terror I fled fi'om the announced net earnings of $43,112,502. This ed, leaving his mouth twisted in room only to find myself in the meant $4.88 a share on the common stock after a perpetual leer. His hands wei-e toilet. They were closing in. Fac­ the holders of preferred stock had taken their the size of the head of the tor­ ed with two horrors—the ship slice. If you think this is something, get a load mentor, who involuntarily re­ with its motley crew, or an 18of what a Seagram subsidiary, Seagram & treated, mutering: story leap to the street below— Sons, earned for its 2,250 shares: $16,600 a share. "What do you sail as? How I chose the least horrible alter­ See what the boys in the back room will have. many years dis. . . .?" native and jumped out of the However, it wasn't just the distillers who were "Hold on thar! Ah'll speak mah window. loading up with money. Everybody was, evci^y- piece t' yez an' yuh kin ask When I awoke, I found myself body but the workingman who couldn't quite questions afterwards. Ah'll guar­ flat on my back on the deck in make the weekly grocery bill despite the last antee to outrun, outfight, out- my foc'sle. The Mate stood grin­ raise. The International Paper Co. reported a drink an' outwork any critter ning over me. net profit of $43,124,402 for the first nine months"Have a nightmare, Blackie?" of 1947, a big jump over last year. "No, a presentiment. Who's The profits of International and other paper president now?" companies reflected the outrageous price of news­ "What a question," chuckled print, the kind of paper on which the LOG, the the chief. "Harry Truman is, but N. Y. Times and other newspapers is printed. why?" There's a joker here, however. The big fellows "Never mind. Help me to my take care of themselves; they get rebates and bunk and make out a hospital quantity discounts which are not allowed to slip. I want to see a psychiatrist." labor unions getting out papers. This is why the 4 it 4. LOG has had to cut down, but not cut out, Brothers, I started off with a bundle orders. Last June, newsprint jumped six moral but I seem to have lost it dollars, reaching a price of $90 a ton. Next som.e where in the blurb and blab. month the price will go to about $100. On the Look for it. It might still be "gray" market, it's already $250. •there, and if you find it—Use it! Asooi man �De Abrew, John 4.66 Cunningham, C. W 5.13 Deacon, Henry 58.35 Cunningham, Earl W. ' 33.30 Dean, Delbert 17.69 Cunningham, Edward A. .. 13.61 Dean, Kirby 8.35 Cunningham, Franklin i... 2.62 Dean, Robert 12.99 Cunningham, Harold D 1.07 Dean, T. 0 37 Cunningham, Leo J 20.74 Deai-man, James H 11.20 Cunningham, N 11.40 Dease, Francis J 2.44 Cunningham, Otto •. 23.34 Deaton, Jay Douglas 5.94 Cunningham, S. G 33 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. Debiddle, Harry 11.72 Curcio, Louis 3.43 De Bose, James J. 3.35 Curd, William David 18.55 The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Debritto, Antenor Pinto .... 29.02 Curl, Glen M ' 1.48 26.93 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ Decareaux, Ignace Curl, Harry 1.16 De Castro, L. A 7.94 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Curran, Bernard Joseph .. .46 De Cellos, Ernest Jr 7.34 "Curran, Frank C 45.65 Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hiber- Deckelman, Louis 17.44 Curran, Wm. H 45.24 Decker, Joe 10.74 nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. EllerCurrie, Jackie E 33.12 12.14 busch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, Decker, John Currie, James A 20.06 Dedeo, Walter .46 Currington, Clyde 3.91 date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. Dedik, Steve J 5.14 Curry, George 84 .46 .07 De Dominicis, Francisco 1.34 Davis, Arthur E Curry, Robert C 30.59 Daily, Philip J., Jr 1 D'Arcy, Patrick Deegan, J. P .45 .69 Curry, Robert F., Jr 6.06 Dake, C. M ... 9.08 Davis, Bennie E Dare, E. J Deer, Ledge L 7.49 9.20 Curtin, George J 7.56 Dalesandro, Anthony .45 Davis, C. P : Darman, Andrew T 1 5.60 5.46 De Fazi, Peter Chas. S Ciirtin, William J 16.98 D.ale.s.sio, John C Davis, 2.55 Darnell, Paul M 4.21 De Foe, Michalios 7.11 1.32 Curtis, A1 William, 3.20 Daley, James G. , 5.23 Davis, E. R 10.74 Darouse, James 4.46 2.97 De Ford, Daniel C Curtis, Malcolm R 39.59 Dalman, Gordon E 5.40 Davis, Edgar O 5.60 Darr, Wm. F Defort, V. D 30.26 4.81 Curtis, Roy W i. 26.74 D'Altory, D. D 1.31 Davis, George ! Darrel, Joseph O 7.98 .79 De Franca. Pedro L Cuthbert, Richard G 06 Daly, James R 10.74 Davis, G. F 3.89 Darsey, John A De Fusco, William 59 .10 Cutts, James H ,... 18.62 Dam, Espur H 12.83 Davis, Grover Ingersol 2.97 Darwin, D De Gange, John J 1.40 3.26 Czakowski, W 6.19 Damarc, Eugene 34.90 Davis, Harold N 49.84 Dasha, Charles L Degel, Conrod M 8.90 12.49 James C Davis, Czarnecki, John 5.76 Damguard, Delmer E 26.60 16.63 Dasilva, J. P Dehaas, William R. Jr 31.72 2.23 Czarnecki, Sigmund J 6.85 Damos, F 3.03 Davis, Jas 1.65 Daupheny, William A Dehmer, Louis John 5.94 Davis, James E 1.20 Czainicki, Frank S 4.20 Damson, Chris 28.96 1.00 Davenport, I. S., Jr De Jesus, Pedro 2.77 60.83 1.93 Davis, James F Czech, Boleshav ®-^^,Dana. Ira 37.85 Davey, Sidney John De JAus. Prudencio 13.99 1.41 Czyzowicz, Edward 45 Daniel, William H. 12.60 Davis, John Thomas 5.94 Davidson, Archie 6.89 Davis, Lagene 5.601 De Julio, C 7.00 Davidson, C 14.47 Daniel, Winfred S De Laequeseaua, Robert .... 10.74 1.00 11.39 Davis, Lester .94 ' Davidson, Robert Dackin, George W 8.80 ' Daniels, Joseph F 2.88 Davis, L 2.23 De Lancy, William 3.96 j Danier, J .74 Dafonis, Abtstedes 11.88 ' Daniels, Lonnis C Delaney, Edward F 2.34 47.75 .07 Davis, Nathan P 38.06 Davies, Rich. David Dahl, Oswald 3.87 I Daniels, Louis H Delaney, James Francis .. . 3.12 27.81 80.39 Davis, Oscar Thomas 1.40 Daniels, Norman 10.28 1 Davila, Manuel J., Jr. Dahl, Walter N Delaney, Joseph 10.89 is. Paul H 2.58 3.96 .25 , Daniels, Raymond D 32.66 Davilla, D Dahlen, F.dw. J De La Reguera, J. is, Richard A 3.73 8.29 Daniels, Thomas W 3.96 Dahlenborg, T Fernandez '4.95 is, Ross 0 1.44 Dahler, F 4.28 , Daniels, William H 10 Deller, August W ' 3.47 is, Rudolph 13.06 Dahlquist, R. V 23.94 Daniels, William J. B 1.48 DeUinger, James M 1.98 1 is. Warren 01 Danielson, A. E 17 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Delmonico, E. H 4.22 24.78 Calvert 4539 Davis, Wm Danielson, Bjarne 46.21 Deloacl>, William R , 7.82 2.16 276 State St. Davis, William P D'Anjou, Harry J 2.06 BOSTON Del Rosso, Louis • 2.82 Bowdoin 4455 Davison, Alfred C 34.43 Danko, John J 4.00 Del Valle, T 8.91 BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. D'Avonlin, Douglas J 7.34 6.12 Earl Mayo, Toxie Samford, D. Danzey, Clotis A De Marino, Joe 6.35 Cleveland 7391 Dawden, L. W 75 7.13 CHICAGO Thornhill: Your gear is being Danzey, Morris J., Jr 24 W. Superior Ave. Dowe, Roddy 20.38 Superior 5175 1.06 held for you at the offices of Darby, Roger N 2.13 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Dawson, Carl G 02 CLEVELAND Seatrain Lines,- 30 Broadway,' D'Archowlean, F Main 0147 Dawson, Joseph E 11.91 Darcy, Donald D 10.74 DETROIT New York 6, N. Y. 1038 Third St. Day, Billie B 41.95 ANGELO CAMARATA Cadillac 6857 Day, Sidney C 33 Get in touch with A^^coa DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. 15.14 Steamship Company, Pier ' 45, Melrose 4110 Day, Theo. Carl GALVESTON 308Vi—23rd St. Day, Howard Elbert 3.23 North River, New York. You Phone 2-8448 Dayse, Harold 13.46 are due a division of wages from JOE BRENNAN JOSEPH J. JOHNSON HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Dayton, Raymond E 4.82 the Cavalier. Your brothers request you to Get in touch with your attor­ Phone 58777 920 Main St. neys, Freedman, L a n d y and contact them at 3059 N. 16th JACKSONVILLE Phone 5-5919 Lerry, 900 Jefferson Building, Street, Philadelphia, Pa. There MARCUS HOOK 811 Market St. 1015 Chestnut St., Philadelphia has been a death in your family. Chester 5-3110 7, Pa., as soon aS you can. This & 1 & MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ JOHN MACKISON is about your claim against the Phone 2-1754 farers .International Union is available to all members who wish 1440 Bleury St. You are requested to get in MONTREAL SS Cobble Hill. to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment nf 10 NW 11th St. touch with Miss Edna Reynolds, MIAMI i ^ % NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have JOHN F. TATE General Delivery, Detroit, Mich. Magnolia 6112-6113 the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every Contact Freeman, Landy and a, % % NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. SIU branch for this purpose. HAnover 2-2784 Lerry, attorneys, 900 Jefferson CHARLES E. LEHNERT However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU 127-129 Bank St. Building, 1015 Chestnut St., Phil­ Get in touch with Harry NORFOLK Phone 4-1083 hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, adelphia 7, Pa. This is about your Brooks, Bldg. E., Apt. 6, Veter­ PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 claim against the SS Grenville ans Housing Project, Lido Beach, Lombard 3-7651 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. M. Dodge. Long Island, N.Y. PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. Beacon 4336 t i t 4. t PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. NORMAN WEST JOHN WILLIAM RYDER Phone 2599 To the Editor: Contact Michael Iwassko, P-3You are requested to get in SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. 1219, at the Boston Hall. This is touch with Mrs. Shirley Wessel, Douglas 25475 I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the about your gear which you left Supervisor, Missing Seamen Bu­ SAN JUAN, P.R. ...252 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 address below: aboard the SS James M. Gillis, reau, Seamen's Church Institute, SAVANNAH 220 "East Bay St. Smith and Johnson, when you 25 South Street, New York 4, Phone 8-1728 were Engine Delegate. N. Y. Name SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 its. 4. S. t TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. JOHN CANNON JOSEPH CORMIER street Address Phone M-1323 "U Write to Wm. J. Smith imme­ Contact Miss E. F. Fuller, 60 TOLEDO 615 Summit St. diately at 25 South St., New Wyeth Street, Maiden 48, Mass. Garheld 2112 City State York, N.Y. . .440 Avalon Blvd. WILMINGTON % X \ Terminal 4-3131 WALTER JOSEPH BAKER 4^ » Signed . .602 Boughton St. WATSON EDWARD CAHR Get in touch with your moth­ VICTORIA, B.C. Garden 8331 Your wife requests that you er, Mrs. M. L. Roberts, Monroe 205 Abbott St. VANCOUVER Book No. write her at the new .address, 33 Hotel, Portsmouth, Virginia, at Pacific 7824 Madison Ave., Jersey City, N.J. once. It is very important. nclaimed Wages Mississippi Steamship Company SIU HALLS NOTICE! MONEY DUE PERSONALS Notice To All SlU Members % �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November'21. 1947 Seafarers Points Way To Real Labor Unity dO Shipyard Pledges Aid 'Anytime, Anyplace' SIU Canadian Distriit Aids Men Thank William Rentz Nov. 5, 1947 Baltimore Port Agent Seafarers Int. Union Seafarers AFL Hat Union May I, on behalf of our National officers and membership thank you The. S e a f a rers International Union's " exceptional coopei'ation' during the 136-day strike waged %y the Industrial Union of Mar•ine- and Shipbuilding Workers CIO; brought a stirring message «f tribute and a reciprocal pledge cf "support at any time and any iplace" f- om Thomas J. Gallagher, National Organizational Direct­ or ^or the shipyard workers. "Your cooperation in our strike fias made our members feel that your union is their own and that an injury to you would be an injury t> themselves," Gallagher said'. The SIU can "count on us for support at any time and any |»;ace," l.e added. JOIN LINES G.aiiagher's message, contained in-a letter sent to the SIU on Nov; 5. was in acknowledgement ef the Seafarers support through­ out the long strike that tied up eight Atlantic Coast shipyards of tiae Beti.lehem Steel Corporation. Militant Seafarers spiritedly refeiforeed th.e CIO picketlines in •nost-of the affected areas, with grea :est concentration in the .of .Baltimore and. New York, wnerein Bethlehem's large.st yards are located. In his letter, which was ad­ dressed to William "Curly" Rentz. Baltimore Port Agent, and Raul Hall, SIU vice-president, -tlie Shipyard Workers' organiza­ tional jirec.u" pointed out that ftis'uniozi 'Vouid only have held out as long as it did. and fought as haro as it did because 0fe-;was-given the support by lal»of organizations .such as your«elve.s." MONTREAL — The Seafarer's for the kind and exceptional cooperation you have granted this union dur­ fast-growing reputation as solid ing the present strike. supporters of fellow trade-union­ Because of employer arrogance we were forced to take on two of the ists in need of help, spread out largest corporations in America—U. S. Steel and Bethlehem. These corpo­ across the border last week as workers got their first rations decided to smash our union in preparation for an offensive against Canadian glimpse of SIU solidarity. ail c'^-'-ganized labor in an effort to increase profits and deteriorate wages, In a response to a request for seniority and good grievance machinery. aid from Local 49, United Hat­ We alleged that the employers were supported in this strike by the ters, Cap and Millinery Workers NAM (National Association of Manufacturers). And our union could only International Union, AFL, a con­ tingent of SIU members was have held out as long as it did, because it was given the support by labor dispatched from the Montreal organizations such as yourselves. Hall to protect a group of mil­ It is needless for me to say that you may count on us for support at linery workers from intimida­ tion by communist goons of the any time and any place. rival Fur and Leather Workers Your cooperation in our strike has made our members feel that your Union, CIO. union is their own and an injury to you would be an injury to themselves. FIRST TIME WTien the rest of labor learns the meaning of solidarity, as your mem­ It was the first time whitebers must have learned it through your leadership, then the American la­ capped Seafarers were seen in bor movement will have nothing to fear from its would-be destroyers and action on the Montreal Labor exploiters. Thos. J. Gallagher front and according to Mike 'Never Such Union Cooperation' Seafarers International Union of N.A. 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. 1 w ish to take this opportunity to express my thanks and gratitude for the help your local representative, Mike Quirke, has so generously given us in our recent organization campaign in the handbag industry. Through the able leadership and the marvelous discipline of your members, we were fortunate to bring about a successful conclusion in the handbag industry and thereby obtained a 10 percent increase in wages, reduction of work week to 40 hours, union shop, checkoff, etc. In my many years in the labor movement, never have 1 seen such splendid inter-union cooperation and discipline. It certainly reflects very favorably upon the organization which you represent. For your information, two years ago the communist-controlled Fur and Leather Workers Union, CIO, solicited members during a strike con­ ducted by the AFL Handbag Union and helped smash the strike at that time. The workers having learned that it never pays to belong to a comniurist-controlled union decided to return to the AFL organization. These PICKETLINE PICTURES 1 work^ rs are back in the fold of the AFL and your organization in Montreal Considerable space in the Nov.! ccntributed greatly towards that end. I would like you to know that we ap­ i'? issue of "The Shipyard Wor.kpreciate those efforts very deeply. Maurice Silcoff er," otficial publication of the CIO union, was devoted to the 1 A.FL Seafarers' active role in the, strike Photographs of SIU-SUP men ipicketin.g in fo.-ce on lUMSWA piclcetlines in th-."' port of Balti­ more, along with grateful acfenowledgetnents for the SIU's "unstinted a.kl." were prominentBy JOHNNIE ARABASZ lb' displayed. Galla,gher'3 letter was printed This is the time when seamen entirety. must be on guard. There's a pretty confusing vstate of affairs LICKED SCABS in the maritime industry with a The CIO paper stated that re- lot of the oldtime bed-partners iftiforcement of the picketlines now pulling each other's hair "toy SiU-SUP men in Baltimore out. A'' usual the commies are "had steadily cut down the num­ in the center of the picture. ber of .-oabo." Practically every working stiff knows by now that the SIU has Although the excellent rela­ ahvvays been against the commies. tions 'oetween the two unions We la'oeled them for what they bave -fu.nctioned smoothly for a I<)ng time, the Seafarers' all-out are in the labor movement hnd backing of the CIO union and we stuck to it right along. We the reciprocal pledge of support never made any deals with them from the Shipyard Workers' na­ and we always said no honest tional office are regarded- as rare trade unionist could work with them. As we see it, they have in AFL-CIO history. always been a menance to the With the settlement of the 1 V-N working man and they still are. fitrike at Bethlehem, the ship­ SIU SAW DEAL yard wor'xers won a 12-cent-anhbUr wage increase, in addition The SIU was pointing out the to new provisions covering work­ commies as dangerous traitors, ing-conditions and clarification especially on the waterfront, of seniority clauses. when the bureaucrats—who are / Situation in iMaritime industry Caiis For A Ciear-Cnt Program now doing all the red-baiting— were playing buddies with the Moscow fronters. Of all the spots the commies have appeared as traitors, the watei'front is the place where they have been the most traitor­ ous. But now that the reds are be­ ing shown up and tossed out of labor unions, the .shipowners find it very convenient to brand anyone they don't like or show signs of giving them a fight as "reds." And that's what we must be on guard for. It looks like we'll be in for a lot of attacks in the coming year. PROGRAM We must be prepared for these attacks with a program. This program for the future should be along these lines: 1. Fight the communist party. They are, after all, i-esponsible for much of the present confu­ sion because of their palsy-walsy pro-shipowner program during the war, which is new being pushed so successfully by the so-called Curran grqup (alias the U.S. Lines group). 2. Prepare our strike appara­ tus for action. 3. Maintain our traditional pol­ icy of respecting all bonafide picketlines. 4. Draft a program for the el­ imination of sub-standard condi­ tions on competitive foreign ships, preferably backed by strike action. 5. Call on all unions to respect each other's legitimate beefs at all times. 6. Start a drive to increase the manning scales. As the maritime picture be­ comes more confused and com­ plicated, now more than ever is the time for the Seafarers to adopt a clear-cut program to en­ sure steady sailing in the future. Quirke, SIU Patrolman, they cre­ ated a very favorable impression and inspired great confidence in the millinery workers. High praise for the Seafarers display of militant trade-union­ ism came from Maurice Silcoff, manager of Local 49 in a letter to SIU headquarters, in which he declared: "In my many years in the la­ bor movement, never have I seen such splendid inter-union cooperation and discipline. It cer­ tainly reflects very favorably up­ on your organization." The situation which resulted in the Seafarers action grew out of attempts on the part of the communist-controlled CIO Fur and Leather Workers Union to intimidate workers in Montreal's handbag industry who sought improvement of their status through the AFL millinery work­ ers union. RETURN TO AFL The handbag workers were re­ turning to the AFL after two years in the CIO union, which had solicited them during an AFL strike. The commie-led unlon'.s finky organizing drive at the height of the walkout re­ sulted in smashing of the strike. Their return to the AFL last week climaxed their increasing disgust with the communist-con- - • trolled policies of the CIO group. ' Indignant commies then opened up with threats of violence andintimidation to the workers as they went to their jobs. Cooperation between-unions in Montreal has not been particu­ larly notable, Quirke pointed out, but he has hopes now "that the example set by the Seafarex's will inject a new spirit of frat­ ernity into the Montreal labor movement." He gave special mention to the crew of the SS Alcoa Pe­ gasus for enabling the Hall "to send out some real good SIU men." He also praised the Pe­ gasus' Chief Mate for his coop­ eration. Pegasus crewmembers aiding the millinery workers were: G, Coker, L. Kyscr, F. Drozak, J, Hogue and C. Vaught. The following SIU men from the Montreal Hall also partici­ pated in the beef: C. Moats, O. Henry, D. Brown, R. Murrin, J. Ronaldson and N. Quinlcn. � 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 November 21, 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. 47 Description An account of the resource Headlines CITIES SERVICE ELECTION EXTENDED SO TWO MOIR CREW CAN CAST VOTES HEARING TO DETERMINE TIDEWATER VOTE SET-UP SIU ORGANIZING DRIVE GAINS SIX OUTFITS IN THREE MONTHS ANTI-CP UNIONS IN AMERCIA FORM NEW GROUP SOUTH STAR CREW DEMANDSSAFE LASHING OD DECK CARGO TIDEWATER MEN WANT SIU,SAY ORGANIZER SEADFARERS URGED TO DONATE TO THE BLOOD BANK MAILLOVERSEAS XMAS PARCELS EARLY,SAYS PO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT NEED IN GUIANA TAMPA SHIPPING SLOWS,BUY SUN DRAWS LAKES MEN NEGLECT BY COMPANY,HEALTH AUTHORITIES LED TO DEATH OF SEAFARERS,CREW CHARGESMARCUS HOOK AGENTS THANKS CREW FOR MAKING PAYOFFS A PLEASURE FEW GASSHOUDS WRECK GOOD WEEK OF PAYOFFS IN SAN-FRANCISCO FLORIDA CREWING EMPTIES HALL IN PORT MIAMI PHILLY WORKS TOWARD GETTING MORE PAYOFFS LAKED CONTRACT REOPENING DUE; SEND IN SUGGEST CHANGES NOW BERNSTEIN SHIP TURNS ABOUT IN RECORD TIME SHIPOWNERS PRESSURE CONGRESS TO EXEMPT SEAMEN FROM HOUR -LAW CREW COOPERATION WITH PATROLMEN IS NECESSARY FOR GOOD PAYOFFS MEMBERS SHOULD GET TO MEETINGS ON TIME AND SAVE THEMSELVES TRIP BEFORE COMMITTEE GREAT LAKES SEAFARESE MUST HOLD SHIP MEETINGS BEFORE LAY-UPS NEW ORLEANS AWAITING LAST MINUTE SPURT LAKES SEAMEN WAITING FOR CHANCE TO VOTE FOR SIU MOBILE EXPECTS SHIPS BEFORE MONTH ENDS NIANTIC VIC CREW CITES ROUGH TRIP IN ORESSING FIOR CLASSIFACTIONOF AMMONIUM NITRATE AS PENALTY LOAD FOOD SHORTAGE ,POOR BUYING SCORED BY SS AMES STEWARD NIGHTMARE IN NOVERTIME LAND SPORT CURRENT EVENTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/21/1947 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/b1b1972248b9ce4c2a52172d9eb24c56.PDF c37ed63a528db1836ae36dec2cae5ae6 PDF Text Text story On Page 3 SEAFARERS^LOG November 21 1958 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL U N IO N • AT L A N T10 AND GULF DIS T RICT • AFL-CIO • SET WORLD AHACK ON RUNAWAYS ; r.'., •1: ii'M • , '".li Story On Page 3 |o |L Looking mighty serious for the moment, Deborah Ortiz, rFOOC* 2, daughter of Seafarer J. Ortiz, gets set as DrTtTohn Shel­ ley tries to get a look at her throat. Deborah and her mother, Mrs. Grace Ortiz (behind doctor), visited the SIU health center in Brooklyn for a check-up last week. (Other Photos, Page 9.) SlU's Vacation Plan Payments Top $10 Million Story On Page 2 The Runaway Flag Issue "Ten years ago, the Repub­ lic of Liberia had five ships re­ gistered under its flag total­ ing 126,700 deadweight tons. Today, the tiny African na­ tion, which plays a very minor role in world trade, has 965 ships totalling 16,457,000 dead­ weight tons. These figures reflect the threat of runaway shipping to the maritime nations, particularly the United States ... "Part of this growth was ac­ complished by the transfer of over 400 'US-flag vessels to Liberian registry . . , • Seafarer D. J. LeBerre (left) heaves in on line wWOSnOOY* bringing up soiled linen from the Steel Admiral's round-the-world trip. Shipmate A. Androh looks on. The ship was just back from a run to India, one of three Isthmian services tentativelyapproved for subsidy aid last week. (Story on Page 2.) (For a complete analysis and' the latest figures on the scope of the runaway ship problem, see Page 7.) M J I 'I :4\ - I •;a| .J �*»*« SEAFARERS LOG VACATION! BENEFITS MOVE PAST liO MILLION LEVEL Ranmher tl, ItSS Welfare^ Vacatoon Benefit Figjures In addiUou to the $tu million, tn Vat^on Plan benefit*,iOiife='following are some of the other benefit ioUls, In toundinuhifi^i as of November 1: • ^ ; / Vr f "'i'. • • Hospital, $1,400,000. • filaterfilty, SlTK^ddd, • Death, $2,350,000. • Flaihily hospital $500,000, • Disability-pension, $600,000. o Optical, $10,000. The total of vacation and welfare benefits paid Seafarers, ac­ cording to the latest figures, now stands at $15,642,000 since the various benefits were instituted. Isthmian C^fs OK On 3 Subsidy Bids WASHINGTON—Nearly two yealris aft^r its original appli' cations, SlU-contracted Isthmian Lines has won the recom­ mendation df a Federal Maritime Board examiner that it be granted US" subsidy aid on>* three routes. The recommen­ from hearings held here between dations stiU need formal ap- February and April, 1958, and in- Vacation Plan omployees at headquarters are shown processing Seafarers' applications. Plan pro­ vides payments to Seafarers in New York within hours; usually within a day or two via airmail to the outports. Seafarers con collect vocation money any time they fiove 90 days' seotim'e. The SIU Vacation Plan is now working on its serond $10 million in direct cash benefits to SIU men. Fittingly enough, a tally by the Vacation Plan shows that the first $10 million benefits level was reached on the eve of the SIU's 20th anniversary, Nov. 1. At that date, the total bene-^ the last negotiations they were fits paid since the Plan started the death benefit. functioning in February, 1952, When the Plan first started-mak­ Jumped $100 to the current $360 I • 1^. f'-' lm: ^"'' stood at $10,019,652.28: . }t took approximately six years and eight months to reach the $10 million level the first time around, but it is obvious that the $20 mil­ lion mark will be reached in a much shorter time as the current benefit levels of $360 a year are far higher than those which pre­ vailed in earlier years. The $360 benefit went into effect on Septem­ ber 1 of this year as the result of an increase in Vacation Plan con­ tributions negotiated by the Union. The coincidence of the $10 mil.llon total with the Union's 20th anniversary WM particularly fitting in light of thd fact that the Vaca­ tion Plan is considered one of the Union's outstanding achievements. The first of its kind in the mari­ time industry, the Plan was nego­ tiated in 1951 to assure that Sea­ farers could get vacation pay based on the number of days actu­ ally worked, no matter how many ships or companies he worked for in the course of a year. To assure this, payment, the operators agreed , to make daily, cash contributions to a central kitty for each day a Seafarer worked for them. In turn, when the Seafarer ac­ cumulates 90 days or more seatime, he is entitled to cash in on bis vacation pay on the basis of the $360 annual rate. Before that, the only way a Sea­ farer could collect vacation money was by staying on a single ship for a whole year. Consequently, few men ever got any vacation benefit. By pooling the benefits the Union assured that all Seafarers would receive vacation pay on an equal basis. In-addition, the SIU system does not require a Sea­ farer to leave his job to collect. The vacation pay is bis as a matter of right, whether or not he actually takes a vacation. For practical pur­ poses then, the Seafarer can col­ lect his vacation money at the time he chooses to do so, whether he is on a ship or on the beach. An added feature of the Vacai tion Plan is that it provides for survivor's benefits. The benefici­ ary of a Seafarer can collect vaca­ tion money due him at the time of his death if the Seafarer had the requJired 90 days' discharges. The •6catipn payment i& in addition to '• >•'. eg citfO'.v Jic. ing payments in 1952, they wetv at the annual rate of $140 for a full year's work. Benefits have been increased several times since then. They became $176 a year in 1954, $244 in 1955 and $260 in 1956. In figure, the largest Increase since the Plan was established. A 30cent increase in the operators' daily contribution for each Sea­ farer was negotiated by the Union to make the $360 figure possible. Early NY Voting Brisk; Shipping,Registration lip NEW YORK—Early voting in the SIU's biennial electitm has been very brisk for this port. Over 750 Seafarers cast their ballots in headquarters in the first 12 days of the 60day voting period. Those who have not yet voted are urged are coming back to American-flag to do so as soon as possible, registry durhig the next two weeks and will be taking on full crews. One of these vessels is expected to sign on here in New Ywk. There was a total of 49 vessels in this port during the past periq^. Twenty-two of these ships paid off, nine signed on and 18 were Intransits. The following were the ships paying off: the Beatrice, Suzanne, Elizabeth, Frances, Ines and Kathryn (Bull); Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Natalie (In­ tercontinental); Robin Goodfellow (Robin); Seatrain Savannah and Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain); Wang Pioneer (Inter-ocean); De Soto, Chickasaw - (Waterman); Wang Archer (Marine Bulk); Steel Arti­ san, Steel Flyer (Isthmian) and the Azalea City (Pan-Atlantic). ^ Signing on during the period were the Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Pen­ Nov. 21, 1952 Vol. XX, No. 24 nant. Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Flyer and Steel Artisan (Isthmian); Robin Goodfellow (Robin); Seatrain Geor­ gia (Seatrain) and the Alamar PAUL BAU, Seeretary-Treoiurar (Calmar). The in-transit vessels were the HEBBEST BIAMB. Editor. BZHKAMB SEA­ MAN. Art Editor. HIBMAM ABTBUE, IBWIM Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Alamar, SFIVACK, AL MASKIN. JOHN BHAZII,. ANATOLE LEVKOIT. Statf Writers. BILL MOODT. Seamar and Massmar (Calmar); GttI/ Area Jt^eeentatioe, Bienville, Azalea City, Gateway City, and Beauregard (Pan-Atlan­ Publlshad biwMkly at tha haadauartart tic); Steel Navigator, Steel King, of tb# Saafarari Intarnatienal Unlan, At­ lantic a Sulf Dtafriet, AFL-CiO. 079 Feurtli Steel Artisan and Steel Flyer 5Y?!!!!'* Sroehlyn M, NY. Tal. HYaclntti (Isthmian); Atlantic (American 9-0000. Sacond daso aostam paid at tha Pott Ctrico in Brooklyn, NY, undor Banner); Val Chem (Heron); Seaha Act af Aug. 24, 191L trains New York, Louisiana and Texas (Seatrain) and the Dykes (A&S ^ans.). . •••iqc TiiW - especially those signing on foreign voyages so that they don't mi$s out on the voting. Shipping Fair ' Shipping for the port remained moderate throughout the past two weeks. Two Bull Line ships, the Ines and the Kathryn, laid off their crews which helped swell the reg­ istration lists here. However, they are expected to come out of lay-up. Registration for the port is about average at present: The deck department happens to have a pretty big load of-rated men on the beach here, but the black gang ratings are on the lighter side. The outlook for the future is very good both in this port and in the outports. Five runaway vessels SEAFARERS LOG provid by the T)oard itself. The . decision i by ; / ^aminer Charles B. Gray okayed Isthmian's bid for an operating subsidy on its existing westbound round-theworld service, and'^'for expanded service on its India-Paldstan-Ceylon and Persian Gulf runs. At the same time, on the basis of the service already provided by US vessels on the route, he turned down bids by both Isthmian and American President Lines to put additional vessels on the west­ bound round-theworld run. Isthmian also gained permission to continue its Atlantic-Gulf-Ha­ waii service in conjunction with Matson Navigation. States-Marine, which is Isthmian's parent com­ pany, got permission to continue two intereoastal services of its own. However, APL's application to add ships to its westbound-intereoastal service was rejected. APL and Matson are under contract to the SIU Pacific District. In addition to. Isthmian, the ex­ aminer recommended that Central Gulf Steamship and American Ex­ port should also get subsidy assist­ ance on the Persian Gulf service. FormaLapproval of subsidies for Isthmian will add one of the last big unsubsidized offshore operators to the ranks of Government-aided companies. Only four. Isthmian, Waterman, States-Marine and Isbrandtsen, are now outside the charmed circle of subi^ized oper­ ators, and all of them arc seeking subsidies on one or more routes at the present time. Waterman Is in the midst of its subsidy hearings at the moment The examiner's decision stemmed Battery Ad Recalls 7-2 Explosion The blinking of a flashlight which brought rewue to three crewmefiibers of the SlU-manned Salem Maritirk? in 1956 is now being retold via a radio spot com­ mercial plugging a flashlight bat­ tery manufacturer. The tanker ex­ ploded in Lake (Jharles In the radio ad, the listener hears Frank Toto, then 3rd as­ sistant in the crew, describe how he and two others were trapped in the engine room until rescued when their flashlight signals were seen. As reported in the SEAFARERS LOG at the time. Seafarer Fred Gentry, FWT; Toto and 1st as­ sistant George Emery were trapped in the engine room for four hours. They finally managed to reach the head at the top level of the engine room, open a porthole and signal for help with a flashlight. SIU port agent Leroy Cllarke and Cities Service personnel on shore picked up the signal and sum­ moned a tugboat for the rescue of the three. corimrated several proceedings. Isthi^u first publicly announced its intention of seeking subsidy aid early in the fall of 1856, and filed formal applKraUons with the FMB a few months later. • Informal hearings, and the filing of amended applications and other documents look over a year, at which time the hearings eriginaliy scheduled! for January, 1959, were put over toe one month more. The full board new bis to act on the examiner's recommendations. Isthmian presently operates a fleet of 24 C-type dry cargo vessels in its various services. ^ Gov't Barter Plan To Aid US Shipping WASHINGTON—A Government decision to launch an accelerated program irf bartering surplus farm products for itratcgie materials is expected' to provide additional cargoes foe US skips. As opposed to the stralidit sale of surpluses, this ^11 require the transportation of materiala back to the States from foreign ports, in­ stead of ships returning empty, as in the past Farm surplus disposal has been one ' of the bulwarks of US-flag slilpping, particularly tramp ves­ sels. There has been .considerable pressure upon Congress by farm groups fM an increase in barter deals. This serves in the interests of both nations Involved, they con­ tend. For the US it means more production and more trade and a convenient source of strategic raw materials; for fore<gn nations, often unable to purchase agricultural products on iUie world market, it is a ready means of bolstering their economies. Canada, a huge supplier of wheat, has protested the action as unfair competition. The increased barter would reduce Canadian ex­ ports and might lower prices on the world market in an effort to cjmpete with the US. �.—..— t'j-;-^: ;-. •»» tl, IMS SEAFARERS .SIU Health Center Checks No. 5,000 %- The SidOOfh Seafarer to'^e examined br the SlU's New York Health Center since it opened in April, 1957, Dolth E. Holm, AB,' gets his onceover from staff physician. Center gives onnual exam­ inations to Seafarers as well as to family members. —i V • ::'.~-T—•i-.;r^": ^ ;,'i' ' .'>•• ni.. J.... I -' LOG —rr Pae^ lluM World Sea Unions Set 4-Day Protest Against Runnways Seamen and maritime workers affiliated with the International Tran^ortworkers Federation in 42 countries will launch a four-day worldwide demt^tration against runaway-flag shipping starting Decend)er 1. The SIU lias pl^ed its full support to the^ president Hal Banks, representing cf ITF to organize substandard global union campaign. the SIU Canadian District, and Bill runaway shiping in the area. Runaways are a big moneymaker SIU assistant secretaryThe starting date and Hall, treasurer, fiew to Europe for the not only for the operators but also final plans for the anti- strategy meetings. for the countries which collect-the registry fees on the ships. The run away. demonstration Here in the United States a Panamanian minister has meeting of 18 seagoing and shorewere pinpointed last week side maritime unions has been disclosed thatfinance some $2 million of at. a two-day meeting in Ham­ called for next week in New York Panama's $60 million annual reve< burg, Germany, attended by to work out details of American nue comes from registration fees. StU officials. v SIUNA vice- participation in the boycott. The This averages out to a' cost of call for the meeting was issued by SIU of NA President Paul Hall and NMU President Joe Curran to dis­ cuss ways and means of putting the protest into effect against freighter, tanker, bulk ore and passenger ship operations under the runaway fiags. Representatives of the long­ shoremen, teamsters, oil workers and railway clerks (the latter han­ dle bulk loading in such ports as WASHINGTON—A new weapon to fight the activities of runaway-flag shipowners has Norfolk) have been invited to par­ emer^^ from the meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department executive council. ticipate along with the various sea­ going unions. However, no invita­ The MTD council approved the establishment of a Maritime Federation of the Caribbean to tion was sent to Harry Bridges of the International Longshoremen's act within the framework of dorsement of the pending ITF and Warehousemen's Union on the the International Transport- attended by representatives of the world demonstrations against run­ West Coast. Caribbean area unions workers Federation in the various which will formalize the new or­ aways. Targets Set world-wide maritime union cam­ ganization. It was also announced that two Major targets for the drive are paign against runaways. The Department also pledged its more international unions have af­ 1,000 active ships now flying the The Caribbean Federation would continued support for the SIU filiated waterfront locals with the fiags of Panama, Liberian, Hon­ tentatively Include maritime un­ Canadian District in its strike Department. The latest to join are duras and Costa Rica—the "Panions from such areas as Venezueia, against the Canadian National the International Brotherhood of faohlibcp:' /flags of convenience Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Neth­ fieet, now in its 17th month, and Electrical Workers and the Hod after pufiihg down'the US fiag and erlands West Indies, and others in­ announced Its wholehearted en­ Carriers and Laborers Union. the ensigns of other maritime na­ cluding the SIU Atlantic and Gulf tions to. escape their legitimate Districts. It would concentrate its .obligations not only to their crews, efforts In the Caribbean area which but also to the countries they has been a happy hunting ground abandoned. for runaway ship operators, par­ The ITF already has agreements ticularly in the passenger ship covering an additional 173 runtrades during the tourist season. irways under various fiags, and an For Higher Wages estimated 500 more are currently WASHINGTON—Highlighting the AFL-CIO's ten-point In layrUp. At least 42 percent of The immediate objective would legislative program for the coming session of Congress, Fed­ all runaway tonnage Is Americanbe the improvement of wages, hours and working conditions on eration President George Meany announced, is the "long over­ owned. the runaway vessels. SIU organ­ due" revision of the TaftOne development even before izers working in this area in drives the demonstration begins is the in the states' unem- announcement ainied at American-owned tonnage Hartley Act and the passage provements by Costa Rican have found that the American run­ of a fair and effective anti? ployment systems. President Mario Echandi Jiminez away operators invariably recruit racketeering law. that his country is planning action their crews from widely-scattered of its own against the runaways. The overwhelming victory of locations. The SS Yarmouth, for laborrsupported He said the National Assembly in this example, currently the target of an year's election, candidates will shortly be called to a special Meany said, is a SIU drive, has crewmembers from sign of the voters' hostility to session to draft legislation outlaw­ Cuba, Jamaica, Honduras, Nassau "cynical politicians and big busi­ ing the runaways and barring their and the Dominican Republic ness reactionaries" who have been use of the country's flag. among others. Other operators in trying to make the most of a few Flag A Gimmick the field apparently follow much "isolated Instances of corruption DETROIT—Only two men of Most of 122 vessels how un­ the same hiring pattern, so that in labor's ranks." Most of these a crew of 35 were rescued from der Costa the Rican registry are run­ participation of all Caribbean mar­ instances, Meany pointed out, are Lake Michigan Wednesday when aways using its fiag as a moneyitime groups in a combined opera­ the result of "unscrupulous em­ saving gimmick. The ships have their vessel, the Carl D. Bradley, tion will strengthen the campaign ployers . . . left free to subvert no other tie to the Central Ameri­ split in two during a heavy storm against the runaways. union leaders through bribes and and sank within a matter of min­ can counti-y or any of the other It is expected that a meeting will gifts." utes. Despite a gigantic air-and- runaway havens. Of course, the be held within the next few weeks The major changes needed in sea search, all that was found of 825,000 tons under Costa Rican the T-H act, he said, are < in the the 612-foot vessel was a large registry are dwarfed by the 16.5 provisions allowing the individual tank and other evidence which in­ million tons registered by Liberia, Smoke Costs states to adopt "the Infamous dicated she may have split after an which had only five vessels under right-to-work" laws; the unionits flag just ten years ago. Bull Line S50 busting clause which permits em­ explosion. But the decision by Costa Rica The vessel was returning empty Violating the city's air pollu­ ployers to hire strikebreakers and tion control regulation for the vote them in an election against to her home port of Rogers City to shut the door on the runaways second time in six months, the the union in a struck plant while on Lake Huron when she first sent is likely to help spark the forma­ Bull Lines Co. has been fined the strikers themselves cannot out a "Mayday" signal. Fourteen tion of the Maritime Federation of $30 in Uie Brooklyn Municipal vote, and the ban on secondary minutes later she radioed she was the Caribbean, plans for which going down. Although planes and were adopted two weeks ago by Term Court. Heavy smoke issu­ boycotts by unions. ing from the freighter Beatrice Also on the legislative agenda rescue ships had been immediately the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ while she was docked at the is an increase in the minimum sent to the Bradley's aid, they partment, including the SIU and Bull Lines pier on October 10 wage rate from the present $1 an found only two survivors. Winds all SIUNA affiliates. The new was the reason for the fine. The hour to $1.25 an hour; provisions of up to 50 and 60 miles an grouping of MTD unions in the company was .assessed .$23 In for the setting up of hospital-medi­ hour and 35-foot waves hampered US and their counterparts in the cal coverage for persons on Social the rescue operations. The vessel nations bordering on the Caribbewi April for a similar offense. will operat"ei'^vi)tthin the framework Security, and some permanent im­ was not under SIU contract. Union Body To Fight 'Pirate' Flags Revise T aft-H art ley, AFL-CIO Demands 33 Lost As Lakes Ship Goes Down some $3,500 annually per ivessel. Accordingly, the operator with a fieet of 12-15 ships registered in Panama has to cough up only about $50,000 per year out'of his vast savings on wages, manning, feed(Continued op page 6) Union Drive Alarmed over the proposed ITF boycott, American operators of runaways have banded together under the title of the "American Committee-for Flags of Necessity". In what is obviously a defensive measure against the boycott and long-range organizing program.s, the group announced that it would "enforce" maritime standards that "are in everyway as high as the major countries of Europe." Representing -.American ships flying mainly the Panamanian and Liberian banners; the group could conceivably' represent up to 10 million tons of shipping registered under foreign flags. Evasive. Measure . . By claiming that it will "live up to" European standards, the group evidently hopes to sidestep the fact that its members are American operators and as such would still be evading American taxes and American wage and manning scale standards. The touchiness of the Americanowned runaways on the subject of standards was indicated by the statement that the group would "boycott" any American operator who ran a "substandard" ship. Erling Naess,- president of the com­ mittee and operator of a substantial amount of Liberian-flag supertank­ er tonnage, declared further, that every member would have to meet all the requirements of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention. These requirements, of course, are the minimum world-wide standards and are far below those enforced by the Coa.st Guard for US-flag vessels. Evidently alluding to the "fifth arm of defense" argument used on the runaways' behalf by Ralpn Casey, president of the American Merchant Marine Institute, Naess proclaimed that ships of the group would be made. available to the Government in case of an emer­ gency—undoubtedly at juicy emer­ gency-level frei|,ht_ rates, .all of which would go to a tax-free haven. 51 -J' Ml m'•s| -^sl ?3l �rag* FW SEAFARERS LOG NoTaibar 81, ,JlgW; SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING BOARD •••V" Ship Activity October 29 Through November 11, 1958 Shipping and registration continued to drop last period. On the seniority side, 69 percent of the Jobs shipped were taken by class A men, 24 percent by class B and seven percent by class C. Offs The dispatch total of 836 jobs was the lowest since April, and This amounted to a rise for both the "B" and "C groups, reversing Boito* ...... 2 the registration figure was 1,028. The number of class A men the trend in the previous period. Figured another way, seven of every Now York ... 22 registered during the .period'actually rose, however. Together with routine shifts in the overall registration totals due to retirements, hospital cases, etc., thiese figures combined to produce a drop in the total number of men on the beach by the end of the period. This was the same 'general pictiu-e in the previous two weeks also. A total of 216 ships were handled by all SIU ports during the cur­ rent period. This covers 58 payoffs, 35 sign-ons and 123 in-transit ships. New York, New Orleans and Baltimore accounted for almost half of the total. (See "Ship Activity" summary at right.) Three ports escaped the general decline in shipping. Mobile showed a healthy increase, and Norfolk and Lake Charles gained also. Savan­ nah and Wilmington remained the same as before: slow. The rest all fell off, although New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Houston and even San Francisco were still relatively busy. ten jobs shipped were taken by class A men, and one of every four by men with class B seniority. The rest was accounted for by class C, representing newcomers to the industry. - The latest count also shows that six ports have less than 100 "A" and "B" men on hand in all departments, including Boston, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles and Wilmington and Seattle. They're followed closely by Norfolk, with 101, and San Francisco with 103. Of all these. Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles and Wilmington have fewer than 50 class A men registered on the beach in all three departments. Following is the forecast port by port: Boston: Slow . . . New York: Good; Jobs still hang on board for several calls . . . PUIadelphfa: Fair . . . Baltimore: Seems to be slowing up . . . Norfolk: Quiet . . . Savannah: Slow . . . Tampa: Slow . . . Mobile: Good ... New Orleans: Should be better . . . Houston: Good . . . Wilmington: Quiet . . . San Franeisoo: Fair . . . Seattle: Should be busy. ««s la Oas TroMLTOTAI, 2 3 7 f 14 47 — • " 4 II 23 3 3 • 1 4 f — fv B 3 4 14 7 21 34 1 7 f 1 14 17 rUlodolpbio.. 3 ieMaier* ... • Norfolk ... 2 2 Moblio' ..... New OrteoM. Loiw Cborlot. Nomfea .... Wilmiaglon .. Son, Praaclieo. 7 A 1 2 — 3 — 4 3 10, 14, TOTAik ... B4 3S 123 4 U 7 214 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUF 12 3 ALL 2 4 1 7 26 65 17 lOi 4 12 2 18 10 23 7 40 7 2 10 1 2 3 1 ff 2 1 — 1 9 15 4 28 19 10 12 41 2 1 2 5 2 24 7 15 5 — 1 • 16 4 10 2 1 1 2 4 i3 112 50 315( Port Boston. New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle rOTMS Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 3 T 1 1 6 9 1 16 1 — 1 3 17 21 2 2 4 1 — 1 — 1 1 —— 1 — 4 1 — 5 1 .2 22 48 I ~3 5 2 8 2 7 2 75 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B TOTAL Shipped CLASS C SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A [ CLASS • GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 23 ALL ABC ALL 12 3 2 1 3 f 6 4 10 20 2 32 57 1 12 5 11 35 11 18 — 4 57 18 81 90 178 51 319 2 3 6 1 1 6 7 12 27 3 1 42 8 16 8 32 _ — 6 4 1 — 32 40 38 96 13 147 4 1 1 — 2 2 2 5 14 24 2 1 1 4 4 4 3 10 14 1 1 1 1 1 4 7 6 22 35 1 4 9 14 35 14 .2 1 1 51 25 26 14 10 19 33 2 — 12 14 33 14 — 47 41 46 10 97 3 1 — 4 4 A 8 4 — 12 9 2 11 3 14 20 — 5 4 20 — 1 4 1 27 21 39 42 2 2 2 2 3 14 19 2 6 12 — 13 4 12 16 10 15 4 — 27 4 2 2 3 7 1 4 7 13 11 4 — 13 24 52 126 47 1225 19 « •731' 111225 73 11 309 274 513 142 185 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 14 2 7 3 26 26 55 — 24 4 7.. 22 50 79 — 84 12 — 21 3— — 3 3 — — 2 2 5 4' 11 1 3 4 1 13 10 U 2 — 3 1 1 3 2 4 4 2 4 17 88 118 223 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A . Regrsferecf ClASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 Z 3 ALL — Boston 3 — 3 2 2 New York 20 52 11 83 1 15 10 26 Philadelphia........... 0 7 2 9 — 5 5 10 Baltimore 18 1 4 23 1 7 7 15 Norfolk 2 6 — 8 2 2 2 4 Savannah '— — 2 — 2 — 3 3 Tampa — 4 — 4 — 3 — 3 BAohile................ 6 12 1 19 — 3 4 7 New Orleans 6 17 4 27 1 4 2 7 I,ake Charles 7 sV 4 1 1 2 Houston 7 17 2 26 — 2 4 4 Wilmington — 2 — 2 2 2 4 San Francisco — 9 — 9. 1 3 4 Seattle 9 — — 9 3 2 5 43 164 24 231 7 TOTALS 49 48| 104 Port Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 A1.1. 1 2 3 ALL . 1 1 __ 1 1 2 13 32 3 48 16 5 21 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 18 4 25 5 • — — 1 — 1 1 3 '4 — — — — 2 1 3 — — 3.— 3 1 1 2 9 20 4 33 —— 4 10 14 7 20 5 32 — 4 4 • a 7g 1A 2 2 A 4 10 4 4 . 4 18 1 1 — 1 — 2 3 2 14 2 2 .4 18 . — 4 — 2 — 3 2 1 1 5 42 131 27 200 3 32 45 80 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 1 3 ai.s. A 2 B 2 2 1 2 2 8 48 21 4 0 3 _ 25 5 ... 4 1 3 __ 9 2 4 4 S3 16 2 5 7 32 8 WW WW .w 4 17 4 9 18 3 __ 18 — 2 21 200 4 Regiiaered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 5 1 10 12 3 1 1 8 77 51 170 25 244 .4 31 30 47 9 21 2 23 6 6 12 30 8 79 9 94 2 35 28 45 5 1 12 1 12 8 14 1 21 3 10 10 4 1 1 1 1 6 1 8 1 1 2 4 53 13 S3 3 49 1 1 2 7 40 47 18 4 42 -8 4 2 9 ' m A m n 4 4 •9 3 1 2 • 9 . 24 11 23 1 35 1 10 3 14 3 2 12 4 14 1 7 14 24 4 18 3 24 4 7 7 14 16 1 4 9 4 21 301114 4.54 47 1 417 15 119 101 231 www •WW WW. WM www e 5 80 ^^w www STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered ClASS B Shipped CLASS B shipped • TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS C Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP AW.WA For# 3 ALL 1 1 2 Z 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A C ALL 1 2 2 B 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 Boston — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 3 16 1 3 4 New York 25 11 48 84 16 6- 19 16 8 33 _ _ 10 10 9 10 10 S3 105 1 10 33 40 132 277 2 "2 36 48 Philadelphia 6 2 4 12 1 2 3 2 2 3 12 2 1 1 1 5 9 26 1 0 7 Baltimore 11 4 12 27 — 2 7 9 7 4 9 10 20 — 10 20 30 39 10 18 25 82 3 3 28 34 Norfolk 5 — 1 6 1 •w. 1 5 7 — 1 — 1 — 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 10 2 3 15 3 2 8 13 Savannah __ _ — — — ' 1 — 1 1 2 4 1 1 — 1 — 1 1 8 4 3 15 2 1 3 Tampa — — — — _ 3 5 8 1 1 1 ... 2 4 1 1 1 1- 5 10 1 1 Mobile................ — 4 4 10 — 18 1 1 10 5 12 3 3 27 — 9 3 9 39 21 9 27 11 27 59 5 1 New Orleans 8 — 6 _ 31 9 21 38 4 6 3 22 7 7 7 38 35 31 10 58 103 2 15 17 Lake Charles — 1 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 3 5 6 5 4 4 11 4 1 1 4 5 1 Houston — — 8 8 16 2 4 6 1 3 1 9 1 11 11 4 4 15 25 1 6 32 1 7 8 Wilmington — 1 1 3 — 1 2 2 1 _ - 3 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 13 5 9 San Francisco 10 1 7 18 — 2 — 2 5 2 9 2 3 16 3 16 1 3 14 19 1229 1 2 7 10 Seattle 1 3 — 1 5. — 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 7 2 5 14 1 4 5 85 35 123 243 4 6 50 TOMts 40 39 51 — 24 90 153 2 2 47 1 21 22 153 51 226 300 102 295 697 12 15 130 157 WW. 47' Shipped CLASS A •WW. .WM www ,• www MM WM MM -.W. W.W WW. www •S<' W» . WW MM www WWW www MM www Mw' www •WW. .. -WW. .w .WW .WiW MW. w. WW. MM MM MM ' ^M 'MM ..'MM • WWW WWW. MM WM www WWW MM MM 'MM MW SUMMARY Registered CLASS A 'WM DECK ENGINE STPWARD GRAND TOTAIS ~ Registered CLASS 0 GROUP 1 23 ALL 83 182 50 1 315 43 164 24 1 231 VU vet .A4b9 I ivV9 «11' m 197 1 789 GROUP 123 5 22 48 7 49 48 A 4t RA 4 V ou 16 77 146 Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 123 i 75 52 126 47 1 104 42 131 27 AA AA 11 DEk 39 24 90 1 239 138 i/.281 144 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered C>n The Beach ClASS A CLASS B GROUP . GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP ALL 1 23 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 19 48 73 15 225 4 5 11 225 73 11 1 309 270 513 102 885 17 88 118 223 [ 200 3 32 45 80 — 80 21 { 301 116 454 47 417 15 119 101 238 4 17 21 200 A 01 AST 1 1 RRf*! %• 09 AA ORO 114 AA I AAA AAA - lAA AAAAAH OA 4 4 AA 1 193 4 2 47 1 91 — 1 21 183 51 22 1 224 300 102 295 697 12 .15 130 197 22 1 10 43j 619 i i78 11 83 140 1 204 578 204 84 I 834 484 1049 444 2198 44 228 349 �ti, lift' SEAFARERS KNOWlNfi YOVB SIU CONTBACT LOG P«jt« Fb«' SS YARMOUTH IS TARGET M4W Union Files Unfair Labor Charge Against Kunaway (Thi$ column h Intended to acquaint Seafaren with important provinona of the SIU contract and will deal toith disposition of various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If Seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreement which MIAMI—The SIU hit operators of the runaway cruise ship Yarmouth with unfair labor they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the practice charges on behalf of 136 West Indian crewmembers last week. SEAFARERS LOG.) - Charges filed at the Tampa regional office of the National Labor Relations Board on Article II, Section 38 (d). If tte Tcsaere departore Is delayed and November 10 declared thei the delay la dne to the loadiny or discharylnf of caryo, the new time men were fired for Union ac­ ance from Immigration to go during the Washington layover of departure shall immediately be posted on the board and if sneh tivity and demanded rein­ ashore and, at the same time, set were continued. delay exceeds two honrs the watch may be dismissed and shall re- statement plus back wages for all up picketlines protesting the com­ The whereabouts of the ship ' oeire two hoars' oTertime for sndi reporting. time lost. The vessel has been idle pany's anti-union attitude and re­ were not known until Wednesday,, fusal to bargain. . J, since the end of September. September 24, when she appeared Two days latw, on September in Miami and was met with an SIU ' QUESTION: If a ship is delayed becaoso of the failure of pas­ The company discharged the sengers to arrive on tinm and sailing board time has not been changed, crew and laid up the Yarmouth in 20, the crew was locked out and picketiine again, in line with the la the crew entitled to overtime for the delay beyond sailing board a Jacksonville shipyard in the face abandoned ashore, as the company Union's earlier pledge to picket time? of the men's enthusiastic support cancelled the scheduled Bermuda the Yarmouth wherever she of the SIU and their demands for sailing and skipped port with the showed up. t 4" i Upon arriving in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 4, a vessel Union recognition, wages and con­ men's personal effects and payroll. However, after the operators posted sailing board time for 0900 hours of the following morning. ditions. Board agents are now in­ Arrangements made by the SIU were obligated to transport for housing and feeding the mew the entire crew down to Miami to At that time, with all cargo operations complete and the stevedores vestigating the SIU complaint. off the boat, it was discovered that two passengers had not yet boarded rejoin the vessel, they chose to pay Demand Union Recognition the ship. Since it was pre9umed that they would arrive momentarily, off the men rather than resume. Organized by the SIU last sum­ sailing board time was not cbanged, but in effect they did not arrive the regular sailing schedule and mer while the ship was running until 1130 hours. The ship* sailed at 1140. provided only two days' pay at The crew held that it was entitled to overtime because they had between Boston and Nova Scotia, that. The crewmen were thereafter been Inconvenienced and restricted to the vessel during the wnifing -crewmembers reacted quickly on sent hack to their homes, while the period. It was the company's contention that Article II, Section September IB after company of­ ship was moved to the Merrill88 (d) printed above did not apply in this instance since; passengers ficials had repeatedly refused de­ Stevens shipyard in Jacksonville, could not be considered as cargo. - mands to recognize the SIU as vyhere it has been idle ever since. HOUSTON—Shipping for the The matter was brought before the clarifications committee which their bargaining agent. past two weeks was decidely off as It is scheduled to go back into found the crew's demands Justified. It concluded that passengers were Arriving in Washington, DC, to compared with the prior period's service on December 12, to bo considered as cargo for the purposes of the contract and that, pick up passengers for a cruise to totais. Bob Matthews, port agent In a progress report to the in-) In accordance with the contract the men were entitled to overtime pay. Bermuda, the crew received clear­ said. However indications are that dividual crewmen on the develop­ it will improve during the next ments so far, the SIU advised each' period. The latest word on the man this week that ". . . the fight crewing of the Del Mundo, Mat­ against job insecurity, inadequate, thews noted, is that.it will be on wages and poor working condi­ That old saw about sea air being healthy has a foundation in fact. Seafarers should be the 26th of this month. In addition, tions wUl not be relaxed by the. until the men's just de­ the Lucile Bloomfield is paying SIU . . pleased to learn that they're breathing the cleanesi around, according to a recent survey of off here and should be taking on a mands are incorporated in an SIU: contract with the company. The the nation's air by the US Public Health Service. Automobile exhausts^ factory furnaces few replacements. Paying off in this' port during present shipboard wage scale and windblown dust are ra­ ranges from $43 to $90 per month.' pidly polluting the nation's rural checks across the country. like that of Los Angeles, which is the past period were the Westport While the Yarmouth is registered' Located in the desert. Phoenix suf­ known as "The smog capital of the (Transport) and the Steel Traveler air, the reports find, and often fers severely from dust and grit, world". Air thus polluted can (Isthmian). The Coalinga Hills under the Panamanian flag, its lead to various physical ailments. which tend to be nose-clogging but cause lung cancer, eye smarting (Marine Tankers) was the only ves­ operators are closely tied in with American interests, as is the case sel signing on. Ocean air, tested off the Florida not seriously unhealthy. Its air is and bronchial ills. As usual, it has been a busy with the Liberian-flag, SS Florida. keys, proved the purest of all the free from chemical compounds, unLos Angeles and other cities, samplings. And with cars and fac­ seeking to control industrial wastes period servicing the large number tories iiot yet ready io take to the in the air, must now cope with the of in-transit ships that hit this sea, it is expected to stay pure for growing number of cars. A Gov- port. This period alone there were some time to come. ernhient expert noted ironically, 16 in-transit vessels. They were the that while our standard of living Del Monte (Mississippi); Ideal X, Phoenix and Los Angeles were Coalinga Hills (Marine Tank); Mer­ rises, bringing more cars, factories, maid found to contain the most polluted (Metro); Bienville (Pan-At­ and private homes which often lantic); Cantigny, Fort Hoskins, C3 air from among 167 urban and burn their own garbage or leaves, SAVANNAH—Shipping for this so does the amount of air pollution Norfolk,, Bradford Island (Cities Service); Petro Chem (Valentine); port, while slow during the past rise. NEW ORLEANS —While much Seatrain New Jersey (twice) (Sea­ period, should pick up in the com­ Other cities with high amount of train); Atlas (Tankers and Tramps); of the clamor over the recent na­ ing two weeks. The Edith, Bull dirty air were San BernardlBO, tional elections has died down, Line's bulk carrier, paid her crew Calif.; East Chicago, 111.; Buffalo, Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Val Lindsey Williams, port agent re­ Chem (Heron) and the Arizpa off here early in the period and NY.; and FI Paso, Texas. ports, there is still a lot of interest (Waterman). went into idle status, E. B. McAubeing shown in the coming election ly, port agent reports, but she is for Supreme Judge here. expected to crew up soon. In ad­ The membership in this port is dition, there will be the normal urged to check into the back­ amount of replacements needed grounds of the two candidates for for the in-transit ships which hit this office before going to the polls. this port. It has been a very busy period While shipping was slow, regis­ for the patrolmen in this port as tration also remained fairly quiet a total of 34 vessels called into the during the period. As of the start area during the last two weeks. of the new period there are less However the overall shipping than 19 Class "A" and "B" men Reg­ picture was on the slow side. Re­ istered in each of the departments gistration at tlie end of the period here. was heavy with class A men in all Paying off during the past period three departments, and normal for were the Edith (Bull) and the B men. The ships paying off were Fort Hosklns (Cities Service). The the Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Del Fort Hosklns also signed on. Aires, Del Norte, Del Santos, Del In transit were the Seatrain Sud (Mississippi) and the Neva New York, Seatrain Georgia (SeaWest (Bloomfield). train); Robin Goodfellow, (Rob­ in); De Soto (Waterman) and the Signing on over the past two Steel Age (Isthmian). weeks were the Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Del Rio, Del Norte, Del Monte, Del Aires (Mississippi); Neva West (Bloomfield) and Isth­ mian's Steel E^ng. Headquarters again wishes to In transit were the Alcoa Ranger, remind all Seafarers that pay­ Clipper, Roamer, Corsair, Pegasus ments of funds, for whatever (Alcoa); the Seatrains Georgia and Union purpose, be made only Louisiana; Del Norte, Del Monte, SHORE W^R « SEA6EAR to authorized A&G representa­ Del Aires (Mississippi); Luciie tives and that an official Union Bloomfield (Bloomfield); Steel SEA GEAR iSHORE WEAR receipt be gotten at that time. King, Steel Surveyor (Isthmian); If no receipt is offered, sure the Raphael Semmes, Gateway City to protect yourself by immeci(Pan-Atlantic) and the Antinous, .tely bringing the matter to the Arizpa, Claiborne, Youhg America, attention of the secretary-tr-nsMonarch of the Seas and De Soto Seafarers James Thomas Peft) and Nels Larson enjoy a chat and urer's office. ifWaterman). Boost Due In Houston -..:4 . :1 v'.u) .'I J •6 PHS Finds Ocean Air Purest SS Edith Idle In Savannah New Orleans Activity Up /or SIU MEMBERS! -'^1 AfeSHOKmAR' RmA-r3cmmen TOASOUftESIERAJLATSPeOM. ££4 Cjoer PRICES your SEA CHEST I .; Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts a little fresh jiir outside the SlU'snUouslen Jia|l.>4^« or ir« r ^ m �Tve SI? . SEAFARERS Ready 4^Day Protest LOG Souvenir Of A Long Voyage I v.. •.i •' b'. l' • (Continued irom page 3) Ing, malntenwce, repairs nnd, of cours6, tax^. The rest is pure gravy. Early announcements of the planned ITF demonstration were greeted with the formation of a socalled "Committee For Flags of Necessity" by major runaway ship­ owners anxious to avoid any crimp in their free-booting operations. The "flag of necessity" tag is typi- cal of the same kind of business ethics that dreamed up the "right to work" label for union-busting laws in the US. Meanwhile, a declaration by Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse that he viewed American ownership of runaway ships mere­ ly as another way of spreading American capital investment abroad drew sharp comments from a;New York firm of brokers and agents. J. C. Hampden and Co. said Morse's statement "could not be more hypocritical, injudicious and untimely ... How can Mr. Morse endeavor to encourage investment in US-fiag tonnage by US steam­ ship lines, stimulate business for US shipyards, and at the isame time tell ... of a means to destroy what SAN FRANCISCO—The contin­ little remains of the US merchant uance of $10.50 weekly hospital marine? payments for as long as a man is "Let us be frank about it," the hospitalized is among the new Tony A. Baroni, crew rheSsman on fhe Natalie, lugs a set of chinawelfare benefits announced by the agency added, "neither Liberia, ware purchased on this Notarre's wanderings In the Far East. Panama or Honduras care at all Pension and Welfare Plans of the Looks like somebody , cshore Is in for a -gift.. about the financial problems that Sailoi-s Union of the Pacific. In the their maritime attitudes create in­ past, the patient received $5 a ternationally . . . For the US Gov­ week after the first 26 weeks. ernment to support these nations Another benefit calls for provid­ in creating this havoc is reckless ing the cost of grave markers and irresponsibility, and avoidance of flowers*:at funerals in lieu of the meeting with and solving the is­ small numbered plate which had sues." been used previously. In broaden­ The shape of things to come in ing the death benefits, the plans next month's ITF demonstration is agreed to recognize step-children BALTIMORE—Trade unions here are congratulating them­ and step-parents as eligible bene­ indicated by some notable suc­ ficiaries as well as nephews and cesses in the past with only lim­ selves on the results of energetic "get out the vote" drives and nieces, even though they might not ited effort. These produced agree­ the outcome of the vote. All but one candidate endorsed by be in a' direct bl6od line of the ments on minimum wage and work­ seaman, as was required in the ing standards, manning, feeding the local union groups were and welfare benefits. past. victorious in the November 4 Bethcoaster (Calmar). Those pay­ Typical was the case in 1955 of ing off were the Emilia and Mae In step with past practice, the voting proving the effective­ (Bull); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Pa­ the former British-flag Ottinge, trustees also moved to provide ness of the union members at the cific Wave (Pegor); Oceanstar (Dol­ Christmas and Thanksgiving din­ named the Sofia under Liberian polls. registry. Within 24 hours after the phin); and the Marore and Feltore ners for all seamen ashore and to On the shipping side, twelve (Marven). Sofia was tied up by the ITF with present $10 to ail in-patients in the support of British unions in ships tied up without charters or In transit ships were: Steel Flyer the hospital on Christmas Day, Cardiff, Wales, a full contract was cargoes emphasize the slowness of and Steel Artisan (Isthmian); Alcoa Other proposals under consider­ nailed down. At the time, the shipping in this port. Port agent Poiarl-s s.nd Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); ation are the establishment of a Spanish owners had been paying Earl Sheppard said that future Emilia and Rvelyn (Bull); Pennmar schol^ship program .ajid the ex­ the crew less than ten pounds ($28) shipping prospects lie in the rapid­ and Alamar (Calmar); DeSoto tension of death benefits to widows per month and were ladling out ity in which these ships can pick (Waterman); C S Norfolk (Cities of pensioners. fresh water barely once a day. up some cargo and leave the bone- Service) and the Robin Sherwood The ITF contract produced an yard category. (Robin). immediate 200 percent wage boost, The port saw only four shipis Organizing activity showed more plus shipowner con^tribujions to. a signing on during the past two life than the shipping scene as the welfare plan, increased manning weeks and eight ships paying off. Union filed for a vote with the and full job security for crew- Eleven were in transit. Signing on Burch Co. with the National Labor members who joined the ITF dur­ were the Feltore and Marore (Mar- Relations Board. The election has ing the beef. ven); Pacific Wave (Pegor) and the been set for today. SS V/elfare Aid Limitations Baltimore labor Scores Near- Sweep In Balloting m p: • K ffi.'fnr''. , i-.- • How To Keep AU Ten Fingers K : t t —guwiw r--:- 4" Tdxas trade unions and their members contributed and collected a total of $92,000 In an emergency fund-raising drive to prevent the closing of the Texas Rehabilitation Center at the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation. Nearly $30,000 of the total came 'from the union's treasuries while the rest was collected in a ddor-to-door campaign by the membei-s. In ad­ dition the affiliated unions and the States AFL-CIO bore the entire cost of material used in-the fund raising campaign and the members volunteered their time to organize the drive. t i Officers of the Plumbers Union have warned their locals to obey . the Taft-Hartley law's restriction on the closed shop. The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that the Union had violated the T-H act by a contract clause which required a Texas firm to hire all employees from the union's ranks. The union was ordered to return ail dues and .assessments collected under the pact .forj.a pe­ riod beginning some six months be­ fore the charges were filed. Con-. sequently the union has recom­ mended isix clauseis' for contracts between - local affiliates and con­ struction companies to be followed in the future, basing employment on seniority. EEPING fingers InlacI while slicing food in the galley is eosily done. All it involves is using a mesh glove on the noncutting hand, then should the knife slip for any reason, the steel webbing on the glove will word off injury. It also helps to keep the knives properly sharpened because a dull blade will tend to slip and do the most damage. Evien if it does, the gloves serve as an extra safe­ guard. They are a useful safety device for every man who works In the galley. AnSIU Ship is a wwifiii dtn In a precedent-setting move, the NLB!B has ordered ah election at six large St. Louis bakeries, where one local of the ousted Bakery and Confectionery Union, under a joint contract with another B&C local, has (decided to join the. AFL-CIO American Bakery and Confection­ ery Workers. Under prior deci­ sions, the Board has refused to hold representative elections where the employees are covered by a contract negotiated jointly by two or more locals until the ter-. mination of the agreement. How­ ever| It allowed the election here because the larger of the locals; undw the contract voted, 483 to 3,1 to disaffiliate from the expelled • orgahization. �" '•V-: SEAWAREtLS LOG iSliSt £ Tax Dodge Registries Now Santfuary 'Ti. For 24 Million Tons Of Ships, Mostly Ameriran-Owned XK'Jtt.-t '• " •-J I iV./' * •• v/ Why Shipowners Run Away The reason for the growth of runawajr flags can be stated in one word—money. The monetary benefit eomes In various ways, at the expense of the seaman, tiie US Government and the legitimate American-flag shipping operation which lives up to specific standards. Here's how the runaways take their competitive edge: • Wages run from f4g to |100 a month for unlicensed men. • There is no vessel inspection. • 'Hiere are no minimum manning scales. e There are no licensing requirements. • Vast tax evasion-Is practiced. No Income or cor­ poration tax is paid as long as the earnings stay outside the United States. • Ship construction and maintenance standards can be held to a minimum. • There is no limit on-overloads. • There is no obligation to provide for repatriation, maintenance and cure, medical care or other benefits. Ten years ago, the Republic of Liberia had Jive ships registered under its Rag totaling 726,; '700 deadweight tons. Today, the tiny African nation, which plays a very minor role in 'world trade, has 965 ships totaling 16,457,000 dead^ weight tons. These figures reflect the threat of runaway shipping to the merchant fleets of legi­ timate maritime nations, particularly the United States. The problem has again attracted world attention as the result of the decision of the In­ ternational Transpprtworkers Federation to put on a four-day world-wide boycott demonstration against the runaways December 1 to 4. Runaway flag shipping—registering vessels under the flags of non-maritime nations such as Panama, Liberia, Honduras, Costa Rica and others—is not new. It was practiced as far back as the 1930's. However, it has been since the end of the Korean War that the runaways have mushroomed to the point that little Liberia has more tonnage under its flag than the whole United States privately-owned Reet. In terms of total tonnage it is the second-largest Reet in the world behind Great Britain and most of this tonnage is American-owned or AmericanRnanced. Part of this growth was accomplished by the transfer of over 400 US-Rag vessels to Liberian registry through one pretext or another begin­ ning in 1953, involving the direct loss of at least 16,000 jobs to Americans. The rest involved the construction of new tonnage, mainly super­ tankers and large dry bulk carriers. Since the amount of bulk cargo in international commerce is becoming a larger proportion of total trade with each passing year, the runaway registry ships are bidding for domination of world trade. US seamen have a very big stake in this de­ velopment because the bulk of runaway tonnage, an estimated 42 percent or about ten million tons deadweight, is openly owned by Ameri­ cans. Much of the remaining tonnage, in excess of 14 million, is technically in foreign hands but actually has been Rnanced by major American oil concerns through the medium of long-term charters. For example, when the Onassis interests trans­ ferred 12 T-2 tankers formerly manned by Sea­ farers to a foreign Rag, all of the ships imme­ diately went on a long-term charter to an Ameri­ can oil company for $20 million a year. Sim­ ilarly many new Liberian-Rng supertankers may be owned by foreign citizens but their construc­ tion is Rnanced directly or indirectly by major US oil companies. The same applies to the many large bulk carriers now in operation, as subsidiaries of steel concerns or mining com­ panies. >4 •v " *_ '-i J. ' Who Supports The Runaways o Some US oil companies. o Some US steel companies and other bulk ore users. International oil companies. The US State Department. The American Merchant Marine Institute. Who Opposes The Runaways e Most US-flag operators Including the Pacific-Ameri­ can Steamship Association. • Major maritime nations — Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and others. • Virtually all ship operators in Western Europe. • All the maritime unions affiliated with the Inter­ national Transportworkers Federation involving seamen and other inaritime trades of 42 countries in all. • All American maritime unions. • Officials of the Department of Defense who want a strong merchant marine. American Union Action Against Runaway Ships 1959: Sailors Union of the Pacific organizes SS Pho Pho, later renamed the Harry Lundeberg. Ship owned by Henry Kaiser interests under Panamanian flag was brought under SUP contract. 1952: Foreign crew of Liberian-fiag Riviera rebels while In Seattle, caUs on SUP for aid. SUP, SIU, A&G Dis­ trict. Masters, Mates and Pilots and other unions keep^ ship tied up for 3V& months until removed by injunctions. Unions compelled to pay damages by the courts. 1956: SS Duncan Bay. Liberian-fiag pulp tanker goes into service between Canada and Antioch, California, for American owners, Crown-Zellerbach. SIU Pacific Dis­ trict unions in cooperation with Canadian District tied up ship until American union contract was won. 1957-1958: SIU Canadian District, with aid of other SIU affiliates, prevents two separate efforts by struck Canadian National ships to transfer to another flag. 1958: SIU wins election aboard Liberian-fiag SS Flor­ ida after National Labor Relations Board rules that Amer­ ican-owned runaway flag ship in American commerce is subject to jurisdiction of US labor law. 1958: Crewmembers of Panamanian-flag SS Yarmouth strike ship with SIU support in Washington, DC. SIU files unfair labor charges against owners when crew is laid off and owners seek to recruit replacements. The Growth Of Runaway Flags, 1948-1958 .us Maritime Administration Official Figures Runaway flags are listed In boldface type 1948 Country Great Britain United States* Norway Panama Netherlands France Italy ..... Sweden Greece ..................... Houduras Liberia ................... Shiim 2,569 1,400 865 453 481 475 355 537 223 IS « Cesta Elci...,......,....;.... T 1 Deadweight Tonnage 21,620,000 14,000.000 6,725,000 4,458,000 3,549,000 3,333,000 2,990,700 2,707,500 1,931,000 511,000 126,700 IJWO 1958 Country Great Britain Liberia Nqrway United States*. Japan Panama i Italy Netherlands West Germany France Costa Rica Honduras Ships 2,569 965 1,248 1,009 800 563 709 581 838 619 122 45 Deadweight Tonnage 21,620.000 16,457.000 13,300,000 13,000,000 7,000,000 6,670.000 6,364,000 5,321.000 5,266.000 5,212.000 810,000 S75.000 i- • V * United States figures exclude some 2,000 ships in the Goveramenf-owned boneyard fleet -1 �Efffht SEAFARERS LOG NoTeaiber>21. 1958 Predict Rise in Oil Imports CHICAGO—^Despite US-imposed qud^5l^^nits on the import of foreign petroleum, the American Petroleum Institute's meeting here was told that the US will become "more and QUESTION: Do you hove arty'tupersHribhs about the sea, or hove more dependent" on foreign oil sources. The prediction came from the retired chairman of you come across any unusual ones? the Texas Company, W.S.S."*^ domestic trades. But in the off­ as well to!supply It with its basic Rodgers, shore trades the American-flag Sam Small, chief cook: I don't industrial fuel. George Zalensky, AB: It's not a If the prediction is justified In fact. Federal Maritime Board tankers have no protection and no have any superstitutions myself, superstition but I doh't. like sail­ then under present conditions thfe" ebairman Clarence Morse told the subsidy against foreign competi­ but' I have seen ing on ships with US will not only be dependent: on INational D'efense Transportation tors, many of whom operate under some on many women aboard. foreign oil but on foreign tankers Association in St. Louis that the the runaway flags. ships. For in­ They always The "50-50" proposal, it was stance there is seems tp cause US tanker fleet is declining rapidly and \yill continue to do so in part argued, would involve building of the one about some kind of. dif­ ficulty. Other­ because of the quota system. As of new tonnage for American-flag small birds land­ Noveinber 1, the active US tanker operation and transfer back of ing on the ship wise, T would sail fleet was down to 275 vessels, a other tonnage from the runaway in the ocean. on a ship loaded drop of 25 from the 300 vessels flags, since at present the Ameri­ Many of the guys with" cats, or any can-flag tanker fleet does not con­ believe that this operating last year. other kind of animal or what Morse emphasized that the grow­ tain enough tonnage to handle 50 is a bad omen, while others in the crew will In­ not and whistle all the way. It ing dependence on foreign-flag percent of imports. MOBILE—Although the hall is tankers is a "serious condition . . . sist on feeding the birds to help doesn't bother me. still under renovation, the mem­ which may frustrate our national them continue their flight. ft bership in this port held its first defense planning for an adequate Mike Itomalo, atwd dep^f: I heard , J. William Adams, messman: ^ one. men say; he didn't'li^e'signing meeting on the new ground floor tanker fleet." dbn't know if yoii would call if a deck, Cal Tanner, port agent, re­ on the iSth. Well Propose "50-50" Oil Rule superstition, b^;.f ports. When painting and facelift­ I did.^on i^eptemQuota or not, the inevitable I remember one ing in the hall is finished. Tanner growth of foreign imports and for­ ber 13, 1|44, and ship I worked on said. Seafarers in this area will eign tanker fleets traces to the we paid |ff Sep­ where the captain tember 18, 1945. be able to point to their meeting fact that Middle Eastern oil can went around and and f r pm the hall as one of the best in the city. be delivered to the East Coast of BALTIMORE—'The first Liberty asked the men money \|o made,. Shipping for the port was very the United States for 50 cents a not to whistle I. woul<S^ hardly good during the past period. While barrel less than Texas oil. That, ship that was built in World War while working. ciall 'it-ttad luck. there were only three vessels in turn, is the result of higher II is noiy being scrapped here He did it sort.^of TheVoply supersigning on, a number of replace­ exploration, drilling and develop­ along with 38 others sold 'ior this kiddingly, ,but {to stitipnk I've no­ ments were shipped to the six ment costs in the United States purpose by the Maritime Admin­ keep him happy ticed are the same we: find ashore In-transit ships which called into where new oil fields are harder to istration. Commemorating her his­ we stopped. Buf otherwise. I have —black cats, or leaving a hat on the port for servicing. find. not noted many superstitions about the bed. Paying off during the past period Last year, some American-flag tory, the welding torch that burned were the Arizpa, Claiborne and independent tanker operators pro­ the ship free at her launching in the sea. ft ft ft. /I Anthony Soto, 2nd cook: I never A $ Monarch of the Seas (Waterman i; posed a "50-50" rule on US oil 1942 was used to start cutting up Henry Bentz, FWT: This is not really gave it a thought, I just Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa imports to deal with the problem. the vesseL The torch had been Cavalier and the Alcoa Ranger Pointing to the country's growing kept as a memento of the Liberty a superstition, but I just dislike shipped out and act as I always (Alcoa). S gnihg on were the Coa- dependence on foreign oil sup- ship program which resulted in signing on a ves­ have. However, Imga Hills, Young America and , plies, these operators argue that the construction of 2,708 vessels. - sel on the 13th. Twice I've done there was one the Ideal X (Waterman). the US is likely to become totallyDuring her operating • career, it, and each time captain I sailed The in-transit ships were the dependent on foreign-flag tankers the Patrick Henry participated in something went under who would Steel King, Steel Surveyor (Isth­ as well. the Normandy invasion, made the wrong. The first warn any crew mian); Yaka, Hurricane, Arizpa When most US oil came from member who (Waterman) and the Del Rio (M s- domestic sources, the country built Murmansk run and delivered heavy time I signed for whistled while he sissippi). up a sizable tanker fleet in the tonnages of war materials to vari­ what was to be a ous war fronts. She went into three-month trip, worked, "not on mothballs in 1946 as part of the but it turned out this ship, son." Government's huge reserve fleet to be a ten-month Another time we had a pregnant which has been tapped from time voyage. The second time we 'made woman aboard and ran into some to time to ineet emergency ship­ just one short trip and the vessel very foul weather. Some of the ping needs. laid up. crew blamed it on her. 1,700 In Reserve Fleets Of the 2,708 Libertys constructed in American yards, about 1,700 are still in the mothball fleet. Many were sunk by enemy torpedoes and Whatever you need, in work or drew aircraft and hundreds were sold to both American-flag and foreign op­ geor, your SlU Sea Chest, has it. Get top erators under the ship sales act. quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ The Maritime Administration is Having succeeded in luring workers into boosting produc­ ing at your Union-owned and Unionnow in the process of culling out tion levels with offers of bonuses and piece rate payments, the oldest' and most decrepit of operated Sea Chest store. these and selling them off for the Chinese Communists lowered the boom by putting all production on a fixed rate of pay. scrap. Sport Coats The decision involves a wage ering of nearly all of the workers'" At» the time of its construction Slacks the Patrick Henry was valued in cut for a large percentage of wages. Communist officials have Dress Shoes the area of $2 millioii. After the Chinese production workers. It is been instructed to hold education Work Shoes war the Liberty ships were sold being excused on the ground that "discussions" with the workers' Socks under the 1946 sales act for bonuses and high earnings are a unions. Shanghai workers! after being around $660,000 and in the fluctu­ vestige of capitalism and have no Dungarees called into one of these discus­ ating steamship market they have place in a Communist society. Frisko Jeens gone, for anywhere from $250,4)00 Adopted a few years ago as a sions, decided that the piece-rate CPO Shirts to $1 million. As scrap though, the means for increasing productivity, system was bad and '^spontaneousDress Shirts Patrick Henry carried a price tag bonuses were paid to piece work­ ly" denounced it. Similar action Sport Shirts of $73,000. ers who exceeded their average was reported in Peiping, by the Beits production quota. However produc­ Communist youth paper, where Khakis tion grew to such a degree, the warehouse workers, after a pro­ Ties "Chinese Peope's Daily" report­ tracted "debate" on the issue, real­ Sweat Shirts ed, that many factories in Shang­ ized that "to labor only for money, T-Shirts hai have had their production goals food and clothing was too narrowminded and selfish and that life increased several times. Shorts , Briefs Under the old system, workers under such conditions had no NORFOLK ^ Shipping yras on paid on a time basis would have meaning at all." Swim Trunks the slow side here during the past to do more work, but collect the Sweaters two weeks with Only three ships same pay. However piece-work la­ Sou'wesiers signing on aiid two paying off. Nor borers jumped their pay as much Raingear is there any substantial activity in as 78 percent above their basic Caps sight. Registration ran high for"A" wage. Writing Materials men in the deck department. The Seafarers mailing in checks Tlie basic objection to piece Toiletries Council Grove and Cities Service woi-k, the Communist press made or money orders to the Union Norfolk (Cities Service) and De- clear, is 'that many workers have to cover dues • payments are Electric Shavers Soto (Waterman) signed on here. been making more money than the urged to be sure to make all of Radios The Council Grove and Norfolk regime thinks proper. Some strong, them payable to the SIU-A&G Television also paid off. In transit were the energetic workers, the Daily noted, District. Jewelry DeSoto (Waterman); Alcoa Polaris have been able to make as much Some Seafarers have sent in .Cameras (Alcoa) and Northwestern "Victory as $25 a month while highly skilled checks and money orders in the Luggdgo (Victory). men have' gone as high as $120. names of individual Headquar­ Recent heavy rains caused some This was in comparison to the ters officials. This makes for a damage around the Union hall. average $12 to $25 monthly pay of problem in bookkeeping "Which Repairs are now being made and urban workers. can be avoided if ehcks are everything should be ship-shape In order to put acr(£)ss the fixedmade out to the Union directly. soon. 'v; ! wage system, which means the low­ Mobile Hall Scrap Yard Gets First t ••, Your Gear... High Wage Scales Evil, China Rules for ship •. . for shore lii:'-"' Norfolk On Slow Pace Make Checks To 'SlU-A&G' "'.-•.V'S the �, NoTMttber 21. 1958 SEAFARERS LOG Pac« NIB* Family Day: Happy Time At %IU Medkal Center DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Betler Buying By Sidney Margolius InfBatipn and Labor Costs vi. j, , T I "Constant' j^petitlon by businessmen and some Government officials newspapers of the ckim that wage Increases are responsible for '|||1t6day.'s high living costs has led the public fo assume this is true, '' ' Gite of the ip.ost damaging results of tb^ success of businessmen . ^ in jpf^euvering labor into the whipping-boy role, is that it has en^iitbled them to raise prices with increasing boldness. now the propaganda is beginning tO; boomerang. Labor unions ^{ar^ji^prously attack^g the widespread legend that wage increases j, , , have been responsible for the suc­ cessive waves of Inflation, and Fjederal and State authorities are be­ ginning to examine price boosts more closely. Recently, when five major bread companies increased the price of a standard loaf by the same IV^ cents at wholesale and 2 cents at retail, all in the same Deborah Ortiz, 2, daughter of Seafarer J. Ortiz, week. New York IState legal au­ electrician, weighs in during medical exam at thorities started an investigation. SlU health center in Brooklyn. Dr. John Shelley The bread companies were a little does the honors as Deborah keeps her eye on too brazen for the boost to pass camera. unnoticed. , -; In previous articles, depart­ ment has reported these Acts: Union - made and union - sold goods in general icost no. more than non-union goods made by cheaper labor. In fact, our surveys have found that union goods sometimes cost even less; that the union-made products tend to be better quality as shown by tests of independent iabpratories; that living costs in low-wage, largely non-unionized areas the South, are often as high as in unionized cities in the North. ^ The proof is in the prices. Union-made cigarettes cost no more than non-union Camels. Or take men's hats; Two of the lowest-priced standard-quality men's hats, generally considered by trade experts to be outstanding value, are union-made even though their price tags generally are much lower than other brands. (These are Adams and Young's.) ... in a new investigation of the effect of wages on prices, especially on the present high cost of food, this department finds there is really little or no relation between wage increases and recent price increases. In the first four months of 1958, when the wholesale food price index went up two percent, and. retail food prices rose three percent, aver­ top, Mrs. Michael Aversano readies age earnings of workers in the food-processing industry remained at Michael, 4, and baby Deborah for check-up. exactly the same $2 an hour—no increase whatever. Deborah takes her turn on scale (above) while Nor does this simple- comparison even take into account the inClifford, who's a giggler, finds out (right) that a creiase jn productivity, which holds down unit labor costs—the actual stethoscope can tickle. labQir' cost of manufacturing and selling goods. In the supermarket industry, for example, productivity increased from 1950 to 1957 at an average rate of five percent a year. In industry as a whole, reports Solqmon Barkin, Research Director of the Textile Workers Union of America, output per man-hour rose Seafarers overseas who want 40 percent from 1947 to 1956, compared to an Increase in real hourly to get in touch with headquar­ earnings of 32 percent. ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable Moreover, the labor cost of manufacturing an article is only a frac­ tion of the price you pay. Here are the actual costs of labor in the WASHINGTON—Being more generous than at any time -HHress, SEAFARERS NEW manufacture of typical items you buy, as reported by the US Census in the past, the Federal Maritime Board has upped the con­ YORK. Use of this address will assure Bureau: struction differential subsidy from 45 to 48.4 percent in its peedy transmission on all mes­ Industry Wagea as % of value latest contract. The boost re­ sages and faster -ervice for the sulted from a decision to com­ lowest, instead of against Euro­ men inv^'ved. Meat packing plants 8.1 pare US construction costs pean shipyards as in the past. Canned fruits & vegetables 12.3 In granting the highest subsidy with Japanese shipyards, whose Bread and related products .......................... 15.5 prices are presently the world's since the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 fixed the statutory maximum Cigarettes ............................... ' 5.8 at 50 percent, the Government has Men's and Boys' suits & coats .............. ....... 26.4 agreed to pay Lykes Brothers $4,Men's shirts & pajamas 21.0 452,800 for each of its four pro­ posed freighters, estimated at $9,Women's blouses 21.2 200,000 apiecV. Under the former SAN FRANCISCO—It has been Dresses ....... 21.9-22.7 subsidy rate of 45 percent, the fairly quiet on the shipping front Women's suits, coats & skirts ........................ 19.2 WlLMlNGTON--The Maritime Government would have shelled Children's dresses ..; 21.5 for the past two weeks as only out $4,140,000. Thus, Lykes is Trades Department Council of gaining $312,800 on each ship over three vessels called into port for Southern California went on rec­ the old formula. This could< Wood furniture .' ..• 25.6 payoff. However, shipping is ex­ Upholstered furniture • ......... 22.2' ord last week in favor of the In­ amount to a large sum consider­ Pharmaceutical preparations 8.8 ) ternational Transportworkers Fed­ ing that 95 ships are in the proc­ pected to pick up during the next period as two ships, the Coeur eration's position against the uSe ess of being built or on order by D'Alene Victory and the Kyska, Tires and tubes ". . 17.6 various companies. of runaway fiags. Reed Humphreys, Shoes .... ... 27.9 Up to now, subsidies were com­ are expected in for payoff so far. port agent, said. The MTD Council puted by comparing prices with This is in addition to the port's Domestic laundry equipment 12.2 "Vacuum cleaners 14.8 completely agreed with the ITF's Dutch and West German ship­ normal in-transit business. International Fair Practice Com­ builders, previously the world's Paying off during the period The retailer's margin is added on to the manufacturer's price, When mittee's report on Panlibhonco cheapest. However, a recent slump were the Fairport and Choctaw you pay 816.50 for a dress, the factory price is $10, and the actual registry and voted its support to has plagued Japanese yards, (Waterman) and the Ocean Eve­ labor cost of maniffacturing It is just $2.20. If you gavie the workers the ITF. knocking prices there 20 to 40 lyn (Ocean Trans). Signing on who make that, dress a five percent wage boost, the actukl increase Shipping for the port, Humph­ percent below the European level. were the Maiden Ci'eek and Choc­ in the manufacturing cost would be 11 cents. reys said, remained about the same, The move to use these lower prices taw (Waterman) and the Ocean , To blame the recent food price hike on "labor" is especially false. slow, as there were no vessels in computing a differential subsidy Evelyn. The in-transit ships were Labor costs in food processing run from eight to 15 percent on various signing on or paying off during to American shipowners is ex­ the Losmar, Yorkmar, Calmar items. Labor costs in that industry went up four percent from Jan- the period. In transit were the pected to speed ship replacements. (Calmar); Almena (Clover); Steel With Japanese costs actually Advocate, Steel Rover, Steel Scien­ ; uai-y, 1937, to April, 1958. Thus the actual price increase attributable Yorkmar and Caimar (Calmar); ;,to increased wages, without even considering increased productivity CS Baltimore (Cities Service); running less than 50 percent of tist (Isthmian); CS Baltimore is about one-half; of one percent. But as noted above, retail food S: eel Scientist (Ishmian); Fairport American costs, Lykes requested a (Cities Service) and the Morning , .prices jumped eight percent in that period, or 16 times as much as and. the-John B. Waterman (Wa- subsidy of 55 percent, which the Light and John B. Waterman (Waterman). > Government could not allow. the increase in labor JtS^man). US Board Boosts Construction Subsidy Calif. MTD OK's BoyeofI O . I .,V m •; Union Has Cable Address See Pick-Up In San Fran. 1 xid 5?I �_ • PWTc* -. »s«'* SEAFARERS LOG turned Down OT? Don't Beef On SS SlU SHIPS AT SEA The crew aboard the SS Pacifi,.CHs, ship's delegate C. J. Frey writes, is looking forward to good trip its first time out. The vessel had been bareboated to an­ other company for a number of years, he said, and recently re­ turned to its A&G - contracted operator. Frey declared that tiiere appears to be a fine gang Third 5IU Ship Rpted 100% Clean aboard, both topside and un­ licensed. In addition, he said, the steward department is "high class'' and received a rousing vote of thanks from the gang for fine food and service. ' 4- t Voting in several states on "right-to-work" laws prompted Brother Dowling on the- Del Mar to suggest that crewmembers be acquainted with the issue through the medium of the ship's bulletin board. His- proposal called for posting stories from labor papers on the effects of such legislation for the benefit of Seafarers aboard. 4> ^ 4^ The crew of the Oremar wishes to extend its sjunpathies to the family of Seafarer R. C. Siars who died recently In^ Cuba. They also want to express their thanks to P. Dew and R. Brown who spent much of their time and effort mak­ NEW ORLEANS—For the sec­ ing arrangements to have Siars' ond consecutive year, the SIU- body sent back to the States. manned Neva West (Bloomfield), 4> ^ 4> was awarded a perfect rating for Beefs are beefs, but this is cleanliness by the Public Health Service sanita- new one. Usually the crews want tlon inspection bigger cuts of meat or larger por­ tions, but the team. With the gang on the SS company bidding Steel King will to retain its rank settle for bigger as SIU's cleanest galleys. Accord­ fleet, two of three Bloomfield ships ing to Horace already inspected Mobley, delegate have received 100 on the King, the percent ratings. crew went on Geis Only the Mar­ record as com­ garet Brown remains to be judged. plaining of the A 100 percent finding is extremely Mobley "smallness of the rare. griddle" used for frying steaks. It The steward department aboard must have been a long wait be­ the Neva West was cited by the tween courses. company for maintaining a par­ ticularly high, degree of cleanli­ ness. The galley gang consists of W. R. Geis, chief steward, Humela Fluence,, chief cook, Heinrich Schnoor, night cook and baker. Do Chen, 3d cook, and Francisco Fernandez, galley utility. In earlier inspections the Lucille The US Department of Labor Is iBToomfield was given a perfect rat­ ing while the Alice Brown barely finding it necessary to keep a con­ vigil to sift out employers missed that, receiving 99 percent. stant who are not meeting minimum The Bloomfield Co., though un­ able to I'ecelve a Public Health wage requirements nor paying citation because it has less than their workers proper overtime ' five ships, continues to strive for wages as fixed by the Fair Labor perfection in the Service's 168- Standards Act. In the month of item check. The survey covers all October alone, action was taken phases of shipboard sanitation, against 32 firms in the metropoli­ emphasizing conditions in the tan area alone. While clothing manufacturers galley. comprise the bulk of the violators, there are also firms' representing a wide, cross-section of American industry. A messenger service, real estate firm, auto parts distributor, food wholesaler, television com­ pany, construction firm and a lum­ ber corporation are also involved. One of the plants under indict­ ment, a New York manufacturer of children's clothes, employs no less than 333 workers. A similar Manhattan establishment employs 158, a Brooklyn addressing service 101. Three firms were found guilty of criminal violation of the Act, which fixes wages at $1 an hour for workers engaged in, or in the pro­ duction of goods for, interstate commerce. The fines against them totaled $1,860. Pay Chiselers Still Flourish Headquarters wishes to re­ mind Seafarers that men who are 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 come up with equal overtime when the easier jobs come alor g. This practice is unfair to Sea­ farers who take OT jobs as they come. The general objective is to equalize OT as much as possible but if a man refuses disagree­ able jobs there is no require­ ment that when an easier job comes along he can mak-^ up the overtime he turned down before. MTD Assails Gov't Policy On '50-50' WASHINGTON—The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has protested to the Department of Agriculture over the letter's policy of interpreting the "50-50" law as a ceiling on American-flag ship­ ping. A letter from MTD Secre­ tary-Treasurer Harry O'Reilly de­ clared that the Department's pol­ icy is contrary to that of the act and of the intent of Congress. "The "50-50" act, he pointed out, provides-that a minimum of 50 per> cent of all Government-flnanced cargoes shipped overseas must be carried on American-flag ves­ sels. The Agriculture Department has indicated It would interpret the law to mean that the 50 per­ cent figure should be the absolute maximum for US ships instead of the absolute minimum as pre­ scribed by the law. "As we read the Act," O'ReUly wrote, "it provides that at least 50 percent of the gross tonnage of cargoes financed by the US for any foreign nation without reimburse­ ment shall be carried in US-flag commercial vessels which are available at fair and reasonable rates. We think Congress intended this to be a floor, a minimum guaranteei We think your Department has treated it as a ceiling, a maximnm guarantee of the amount of American-flag tonnage which must be used . , , Your policjr... not only contravenes the language of the statute and the policy of Con­ gress, but ... is harmful to the American merchant marine." He called on the~ department to consult with the MTD as the rep­ resentative of US seafaring and shoreside unions when it discusses the problem with industry spokes­ men. sw motuesi Novi ALCOA PMASUt (AICM), Oct. Chiirmm, C. ScaMaMi S*cv.. L. Pfillllpt. N«w rlcslM ordarvd for aew aancwar. Safotr Aou may bo ordered from SM Cheat. One man hoapitallzed In Trinidad. Shlp'a fund S9. Few hour» disputod OT—referred to patrolman on arriyal in Mobile, Dis­ cussion on safety. Crewmembers urged to vote. BENTS FORT (Cltlas Sarvice), Oct. 1*—Chairman. W. Walldridga; Sacy., T. Hsbert. Repair list given to captain. One man left ship due to injury. Reports accepted. To see patrolmon about telephone. Beef about dirty poop deck. STEEL CHEMIST (isthmian). Sept. 13—Chairman, J. Levine; Secy., H. Burga. Ship's fund S5.1S. New delegate elected. Close ice box door securely. '.^4- i!.'»ipfliX'5 Agular. AU passageways to be souseed. Meed mora varialy anO «ni»o. tity of supplies in slop 'chest. 'New delegate elected. Suggestion to change linen day to Saturday. Anyone per­ forming when ship is securing gear to be reported to patrolman at payoa. KATHRYN (Bull), Oct. IS—Chair­ man, A. Blorntton; Secy., P. Nakllcfcl. Few hours disputed OT. Check on shore leave in one port. Repair list to be made up. One man missed ship in Rotterdam. Captain will have souveniers cleared in Norfolk. Re­ ports accepted. Check to see if rooms need painting. Motion to accept re­ tirement plan. Leave room clean when leaving ship. KVSKA (Watsrmsn), Oct. 2S— Chairman, J. Alpedo; Secy., R. Hamp­ shire. Patrolman to check on captain's 2,300 hours curfew on cord games ,etc. in mess and recreation hails, dlepairs not completed. Reporter elected. Ship's fund S12.72. Crew to he more quiet when returning to ship from beach. Discussion on storing ice —beef settled between dept. dele­ gates. LOSMAR (Csfmsr), Oct. 13—Chairman, 6. Hansen; Ssey., W. Barth. New delegate elected. Milk to be a4rved until' anpply exhausted—to avoid eomplatnta about sour milk. Water Into washing machine needa adjusting.' Bemovo clothes from Una when dry. • ORION CLIPPER (Oyton), Sept. 34^ —Chairman, O. Barry; ' Secy., R,^ Barker. Some disputed OT. New dele-':., gate elected. 'Vote of thanks to dele­ gate for Job wen done. Keep laundrv Clean. Ehgineersto keep oil off meat block below. STEEI- VOYAOER (Isthmian), Oct. Oct. ll^halrman, T. Webber; Beey., fL- Mwrry. SSSB received from 13—Chairman, T. Blades; Secy., P.'^' captAin ifbleh was swarded to crew Quinteye, New delegate elected. Ship's by company for safety. Ship's fund . fund SIO. Request mora rapid die-' SS. Report accepted. S20 to be taken patch of mail to ships. out of safety award for ship's fund. Discussion on laund^ and night WILD RANGER (Waterman), Oct. lunch. Suggestion to buy TV set witii 11—Chairman, J. Rogarw Bscy.', L. safety award wben ship returns to CIsrnimlL Ship's fund Sll. Hospital to States. Pictures sent. be cleaned and plumbing repaired. WANO ARCHER. (North Atlantic). Oct. IS—Chairman, D. Alt; Secy., L. Brennsn. Two men logged — not lifted. Repair list turned in—to bo acted upon at payoff. Ship's fund S4. Some disputed OT—to be taken np with patrolman. One man abort engine dept. Motion to have ship fullymanned according to manning acale. Vote of thanks to baker for job weU done. Letter of recommendation to be given to man picked up in Karachi. MASSMAR (Caimsr), Oct. 3t—Chair­ man, T. Butsrlkes; Sacy., M. Slblsch. Patrolman explained- that all extra services to captain sre to be over­ time. Some disputed OT. Mate to equalize same. Repair lists to b« made up. Discussion on sub-standard menus. Request patrolman check tosee if men fired are entitled to any compensation. Voyage itores inade­ quate—only 2S percent meats ordered were delivered. Request two meats each meat. ALCOA FARTHER (Alcoa), Oct. 1« —Chairman, O. Erilnger; Secy., L. Pierson. Slop chest inadequate. New delegate elected. Remove clothes when dry. Take better care of wash­ ing machine. To check valves in bath­ rooms. ALCOA FILCRIM (Alcoa), Oct. 3S— Chairman, R. Quean; Secy., A. Plsrrowskl. Discussion on safety. Ship's fund S25. Keep Suez Canal workers out of midship house. Steward asked to feed same in PO mess. Members to keep soiled linen in foc'sles while vessel is in Suez. Steward not to order fresh vegetables in India or Pakistan. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Oct. 2S— Chairman, J. Kana; Secy., L. Moore. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $24.33. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 1f~ Chairman, J.. Johnson; Sacy., J. Hannon. Tanks to be cleaned—water rusty. Vote of thanks to delegate for Job well done. New delegate elected. Committee to see about overtimemen arc broken out before 6 and after S PM in deck dept. Leave seats for 4-8 watch at supper. See about room for cook and galley man—four to each room at present. ALMENA (Pann), Oct. IS—Chair­ man, H. Las; Sacy., P. Johnson. New delegata elected. One man missed ship in Port Arthur. Repair list to be made np. Check mattresses. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine food. SEAFAIR (Orion), Oct. 34—Chair­ man, W. Robinson; Sacratary, R. Vaughan, No increase in amount ofAmerican money for draws. Few hours disputed OT. Motion to sea about sufficient American money or travelers checks for' draws. Check launch schedule for crew. New dele­ gate elected. PETROCHEM (Valentine), Oct. 34Chairman, J. Hoggia; Secretary, J. Hoggla. Two men missed ship. Ship's fund S10.05. Notify headquarters re: oilera pay on diesel Jobs end differ­ ence, in aalariea between freighters and similar Jobs at this. . .t.f'i'' *:>t ''i - '"l- • ' LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomflald), Nov. 2—Chairman, W. Smith; Sacratary, O. Flint. Request clarification on payoffs. Vote of thanks to steward dept. No milk purchased in France. Laundry sent ashore causing shortage of Jackets, aprons, etc. Ask witcther or not milk can be purchased as' certified -milk in France. ARIZPA (Waterman), Oct. Chairman, C. Parker) Secy., P. Van Wygerden. One man logged. Wreath sent to deceased mother of mate. All beefs to be referred to dept. delegate. All safety repairs to be made at shipyard. Surplus money to, be turned over to ship's fund. Some OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), disputed OT. Motion to have rafts Oct. 33—Chairman, T, Oodd; Secret placed on board In addition to life­ tary, S. Rothschild. Need new motor boats. Request steward order new for washing machine. Some food not blankets. Juice to be served daily prepared properly. Stove needi re­ when no milk available. pairing. Delegata to check cigarette prices. ARMONK (Mew England Ind.), Oct. 76—Chairman M. Hitchcock; Secy., E. STEEL SEAFARER (isthmlsn), Oct. Nichelsen. One man missed ship. 34—Chairman, 6. Falrcloth; Secretary, Draw to be given out in American W. Carroll. One amn missed ship in money before going to Germany. Re­ Karachi. Crew warned to watch per­ port accepted. New delegate elected. sonal effects. Observe quiet in pas­ All watertight doors to be completely sageways. Ammo and restricted OT overhauled as soon as weather per­ disputed to be referred to patrolman. Beef with mate regarding issue of mits. medicine. Repair list submitted. Some BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ disputed OT, Pantryman inefficient ice), Oct. U—Chairman, D. Sheehani and irresponsible. Discussion of new Secy., F. Fisher. Beef about draws— Customs ruling for declared articles. to be referred to patrolman. Pump­ man missed ship in LC. New delegate DEL MAR (Miss.), Oct. 34—Chair­ man, H. Maas, Jr.; Secretary, C. Dowl­ elected. ing. Clean payoff. Washing machine FELTORE (Marvan), Oct. 34—Chair­ repaired and movies purchased for man, T. Yablonsky; iaey., S. Wolton. next voyage. Everything . running Everything running amoothiy. Some smoothly. Ship's fund S167. Report beefs to ba taken up with patrolman. accepted. Motion to take up collection Washing machine to be repaired. for children's CSiristmas party in NO. Vote of thanks to all watches for Need more chairs. System of draws keeping pantry clean: also to steward explained. Movie films to be pur­ dept. and baker for fine food and chased. Laundry room to ba kept clean—^rotation system initiated. Clari­ pastries, e<^cfications on agreement to be sent te HURRICANE (Watarman), Oct. 3S— port agents and ship's delegate. Chairman, J. Cabaral; Sacy., E. BrenALCOA RANGER Oct. 34—Chair­ son. Repair list to be drawn up. Dis­ cussion - on SIU activity on Lakes. man, C. Gait; Secretary, G. Crabtrae. Motion to hava rooms arranged in Repair list sutnhitted to eapt. FirecouVvutioSal maauer for this type and boat drill sud meeting to tit held. ship. Remove laundry bags from One man getting off in Mobile. Mo spare room and convert It back into beefs. Complaint about deck tils in recreation room. Vota of thanks to pantry—to ba referred to patrohnan; All garbage to be dumped aft of steward dept. house. Washing machine to be used IBERVILLI (Waterfflan), Oct. It- for 29 minutes only on ono wash and < Chairman, W. Oonssles; t(Ry., M. turned, off, Return cups to pantry., .-L.-i:!'/ • ' s,;"vi ; v.; yy •i • u'' >T'. • i •';:y V �Novemyby >1, IWt •*-i1 rV i T V a i., 't T* •'-,••*• SEAFARERS •-i 1 i;, 'i s J/,t • f|- f fil .V , - • -T'L. . -nitv i." .i;i V -, ,. A-i V '-"-i "' •'•;• Ji*-. .'. ;;S'- . y • .: • - . ' .. >s.. ii): •• > • ^ The Federal Maritime Board Examiner's recommendation calling for an operating subsidy for Isthmian Steamship Company on a number of trade routes is significant far be­ yond its impact on that one SlU-contracted operator. What it involves is an important shift in US subsidy policy, one which has long been sought by the SIU and the other affili­ ated unions of the AFL-(^IO Maritime Trades Department. It has been the SIU's and the MTD's position for a number PHILADELPHIA—Union mem- of years that whatever finaneial aid is given to maritime by bers and their families can be the US Government should be distributed as equally as pos­ very proud of the strong showing sible across-the-board to all shipping companies. For quite some time, the SIU and the MTD were the only they made in the" past election, Steve Cardullo, port agent an­ groups to maintain this position. Ship operators who received nounced. The labor-backed ticket the bulk of the subsidy funds have bent all their energies in this port cleaned up and Phila­ toward keeping newcomers out. Now, however, it has become apparent that the program delphia now bas slx^ pro-union of confining subsidy aid to a small clique was defeating the representatives in Congress repre­ purposes of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act and undermining senting the area. the US merchant fleet. For practical purposes, the approval Shipping for this poA has hit a of the Isthmian application is a fairly good indication that temporary slump, Cardullo reports. other pending applications, including that of the Waterman Registration was high and Job ac­ tivity low. A good part of the regis­ Steamship Company, will also get the nod. When all these tration increase came from the applications have been processed, a big step forward will crew of, the SS , Evelyn (Bull) have been taken toward establishing a merchant fleet in which paid off during the period which all segments, in the liner trades at least, get an equal and went into idle status. How­ break as far as Government assistance is concerned. ever there is still some hope she 4 4" will come back out soon. Phila. Votes Union Way Paying off in this port during the past period were the Alamar (Calmer); Evelyn (Bull) and The Cabins (Cabins). There were no ships signing on. In transit were the Emilia, Jean, Dorothy (Bull); Steel Artisan, Steel King and Steel Flyer (Isthmian) and the Yaka (Waterman). f i Foreign Operators Get • Subsiaies JPo:Wm WASHINGTON—"Ilie Uiiited States k fetfi'brn whent/ * it comes to. providing director indirect subsidies to its mer^j f chant marine.^ A Maritime Administration suryey says that •' nine of the ten leading foreign •nations give considerable aS' bff 140 percejiit of. the cost of a -^0 sistance to merchant shipping ship against his tax bills. "t -=.J? • I J•••-•»<:. f } f -s /,3.;r-v t"?i sjii'A u-.Ji: j riVf f.' •r'T-A lef's Do This Right!' .t-V rr.»t'.i .1 * rti",,*-:/•(- . Paee Elevea LOG Deadweight Outlook Nothing that floats is as slow-moving as one of those plod­ ding old Liberty ships. But those old workhorses are speed demons compared to some US shipowners. The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway is now less than a year off and ioreign operators have that pretty well sown up by default. Trailerships, containerships and "rollons" are taking hold at last, but most are barely out of the blueprint stage. Interesting enough, it was the Military Sea Transportation Service—accused of responsibility for many of the industry's ills—^which laid it on the line in the case of the "roll-ons" and boxships. MSTS said, plainly enough, either the private operators can build and operate them with full assurance of cargoes for years to come—or the Government will do so. Now MSTS has again come to the front with an offer to ease itself out of the transport business—a steady traffic amounting to 13 million passengers plus untold millions of tons of cargo in household furnishings since 1948—providing the private operators will undertake to take oyer. Yet there still hasn't been a noticeable nibble from the shipowners. If the ship operator is going to show himself worthy of Government subsidy assistance, he will have to demonstrate initiative in this and other areas. Failing that, he then can't beef when someone else comes up with an innovation and offers some smart corhpetition. , .. , including direct operating and cow struction subsidies, tax benefits, loans and depreciation allowances. Norway Is the only country that does not provide any form of subf sidy to its ship operators. On the construction subsidy side, both France and Italy make direct payments on the difference be­ tween the domestic and foreign cost of building ships, with the payments going as high as 30 per­ cent. Since construction costs in those countries are less than the United States, the subsidies would not run as high as the 45 percent given on US construction. In addition, the French and Italians also grant operating sub­ sidies on runs and services deemed to be in the national interest. The subsidies in Italy usually involve a guarantee of a four percent profit. The US restrictions limiting domestic trades to US-fiag ships are similar to those enforced by a number of shipping nations includ­ ing France, West Germany, Greece, Italy and Japan. However, West Germany will permit foreign ships in the trade when no domestic vessels are available. The French go the United States one better on "50-50" with a "6633" law. This provides that twothirds of all oil Imports have to be carried by French tankers. French dry cargo ships also get an edge on brokerage fees, giving them a better crack at cargoes. Most of the maritime nations have a wide variety of tax benefits for ship operators. These include lower income tax rates on earnings from foreign trade; free import of shipbuilding materials or tax re­ ductions on such materials and ex­ emption from taxes for various periods when a ship registers under the flag of the nation in­ volved. The biggest British assist to ship operators is a hefty depreciation allowance on construction. Forty percent of the construction cost of a ship is tax exempt, meaning that shipowners who put funds into new vessels can escape taxes on that portion of their earnings. In addi­ tion, the total cost of the new ship can be applied as a business ex­ pense against taxes. This, in effect, is a massive construction subsidy which permits the operator to write " Special tax allowances are also available in different degree ta^ West, Germany, the Netherlands and Jai^." Lew cost loans at in­ terest; rates below the^bing mar­ ket, level are made available to operators in Trance, West Ger­ many, Greece, Italy, Japan and Sweden, with some of,these coun­ tries granting government loans for that purpose. i Seattle's On Even Keel SEATTLE—Although there were no vessels paying off in this port during the past period, shipping remained on the fair side as 25 men were taken as replacements on the six in-transit ships calling into the area. Registration for the port is about average, Jeff Gillette, port agent said. However, there were Only 19 "A" and "B" men on the beach in the steward department as of the end of the period. The Wang Governor (North At­ lantic Marine) was the only vesi sel signing on during the two weeks. In transit were the Wang Governor; J. B. Waterman, Choc­ taw, Morning Light (Waterman 1 and the Losmar and Yorkmar (Calmar). Prove Eligibility For Hospital $ Seafarers being admitted to a Public Health hospital are urged to carry with them their Union book plus proof of eli­ gibility for SIU benefits; namely, a record that they have at least 90 d_ays seatime during the previous year and at least one day during the previous six months. Failure to have the proper credentials will cause a delay in payments to the Sea­ farer. If the Seafarer is admitted to a hospital which is not a PHS institution, he should contact the Union' immediately. The Union will arrange with the USPHS for a transfer to a Pub­ lic Health hospital in his vicin­ ity. The PHS will not pick upi the hospital tab for private hospital care, unless it is noti­ fied in advance. f Relaxin' In The Taft's Messhall •I-:::!'! 'i -J Lloyd Burkhardt (left) and Abe .Pruilt, carpenter, members of SIU Pacific District unions, take life easy during coffee tinie aboard the President Taft of American President Lines. �Tagm-Vwaw'.i'-r-. SEAFARERS K«#«iiWr-n;lMr-!'^ LOG Wacosta Has All Kinds Of Models ¥•I a*:'-"' ;:5;r. Wives Support ID Card Plan attempt by me to evade paybieut of iuy dues on time ei< though, es things worked out, the fourth quarter 1996 dues To the Editor: In the October 10 issue of the were not paid until 1957 had SEAFARERS LOG, Mrs. Isabel arrived. Joe Brack! Delgado suggested that tho wives of SIU members should be provided with some kind of an identification card that would Lauds Service prove we are an SIU man's On Benefit $ dependents. I think that is a grand idea. To the Editon I too have had difficulty on ' I have been receiving the SIU on several occasions establishing disability-pension since August. my identity as a dependent of Each week, without missing one day, my check is there in the mailbox. This weekly payment for a " seanian is very important he-' cause you know that a seaman ^th money in his pockets most­ ly spends it all at once. This way, we are assured of having only 335 per week to spend. I'm thankful the Union and the SIU All letters to the editor for Welfare Plan set up things with publication ip the SEAFAR­ such understanding. ERS LOG must, be signed by the writer. Names wiR' Aboard ship, every time ihe be/iicithheld upon rcQuest. subject of a pension came up for discussion at a meeting one an SIU member. Identificalion of these sea lawyers would get is absolutely essential in some up and say we have to have this states', especially farther inland ' or that and never knew what It where the' iSIU is not well really was all about. The best way to find out is to known. " So coihe on wives. What do be 65 years old, have 12 years' you think' about it? Let's hear seatime and then see the agent from you, especially if you're in the Union hall. This brother can help you and give you Infor­ in favor of the idea. mation first hand, the same as I Bessie L. Gillespie was given at the SIU hall In ' Baltimore. Maiiy thinks again to To the Editor: the SIU for these benefits. " As an SIU member's wife, 1 R. C. Kienast would be very happy to know 'S> Sr if there is a chance for me to be issued a medical identifica­ Yarmouth Crew tion card. I often have difficulty estab­ Hails SIU Aid lishing my identity in connec­ Te the Editor: tion with the SIU Welfare Plan I wish to thank the SIU in and other matters while my Baltimore and everywhere for husband is away at sea. the excellent treatment 1 and Mrs. Everett B. Pridgeon the other erewrifembers off the (Ed. note: The Union is now Yarmouth received while we looking into the possibility of were staying in your country un­ issuing and distributing an iden­ der the care of the SIU. 1 hope tity card for SIU dependents that the day wiU come when < along the lines suggested- by we'll be in a position to give our various Seafarers and their financial support to our union, vrives. Further detail^ toill be the SIU. carried in the LOG.) On September 25, after we i, t. i. arrived hack at Pier 3, Miami, to receive our belon^ngs on Explains Delay hoard the Yarmouth 1 noticed On Union Dues that the lock was missing from my locker and called one of the To the Editor: While the SIU election cre^ guards to witness same. When I dentials committee has not opened it, 1 found it ransacked placed me on the SIU election and the $55 that 1 had kept in ballot, my disqualification on. a little red box was missing. When I got through packing the basis of my dues record was not the result of any deliberate my belongings 1 told the master of the ship about it. 1 also re­ omission on my part. One of the reasons given by ported it to the SIU attorney. the committee for.my disqualifi­ -who was on the pier,- who told cation was that it could find no me he would try to help me get record of a dues payment in the it back. Thanks again for all you have fourth quarter of 1956 nor any evidence that done for us. 1 hope that we will I was unable he hack on the job under better to pay . that working conditions. Edgar G. Daniels quarter's dues because I was 4" 4 4 at sea. What had SIU Aid Helps actually hap­ In Time Of Need pened was that. To the Editor: I was taken 1 should like to express my ill aboard a gratitude for the assistance and Bracht ship heading sympathy given by the SIU fol­ into Aruba, and -was removed lowing the death of my hus­ from the vessel in Aruba on band, Einar A. Hansen. TheDecember .31, 1956. I re­ Seafarer's Welfare Plan and the ceived treatment there for Union's welfare department about three weeks before being were extremely helpful to us. , repatriated to the States. 1 am thankful that the Union There I received additional had the foresight to .set up a ; treatment before being able to Welfare Plan and greatly apship again, and my fourth quar­ predate receiving these bene­ ter dues were paid subsequent fits. Social Security payments < to my arrival in the States in will not be available to me for the early part of 1957. another three years, so the SIU I'd like to make it clear, in benefits' will help me .ts keep explaining these circumstances, going until then. that there was no deliberate Mrs. Edith Hansen letters To The Editor "someday' Model is scaled one centi­ meter to the foot, and is com­ pletely furnished on the inside. Pollamen made all the blue­ prints himself. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Master Artist By Carl M. McDaniel With giant strokes His brushes apply The red, red glory Of the morning sky; And over the fields of golden rye. Cast the carmine mist of dawning high. With the sun at its zenith. He paints anew. Broad masses of color In harmony, pursue Bright golden yellows and cobalt blue; Nature's panorama From His palette grew, The sun settles slowly. Purple shadows are cast. The Master Artist paints on. His colors contrast. ' In a final burst of glory, The day is past; Another painting tomorrow. Different than the last. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please 3ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) ^l^^hdE a *. ....... ....... e e~ e • t e e e • e e ' STREET ADDRESS 1^; I: I ""^- ' li^r. CITY ZONE ... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you • ro an eld fubscribe: and have a change ef addrett, plaata give your former addrast below: ADDRESS ee - •• ae-eeee'eeeeeea'eeeeee CITY ZONE ... STATE -. ill.............. Favorite camera subject aboard Wacosta on trip through Europe (top, right), this young lady was dubbed "Miss Wacosa" by crewmembers. She was traveling as passenger. Above, modelbuilder Vic Pollamen stands wheel watch with 3rd mate John Milne looking on. Another model-maker, Fred hTazard (not shown), built kit model of Old Ironsides. Photos by W. Calefato. SEAFARERS IH SRYIOCI Public Health doctors are still checking samples of the water taken orTtsy the Ines at Barcelona, which apparently caused sickness among the whole crew all the way . home. Seafarers Peie Bush, F. Aponte, R. Galarrza, F. Tborp and I. McCormack plus 2nd engineer W. Jackson all had to be taken off at Quaran­ tine and sent to Staten Island for observation. Things got so bad that Jackson's wife got sick after greeting him at the hospital and even the doctor who examined the men at Quarantine was laid low for a few days. Others at Staten Island Include oldtimer George Griswold, exAlcoa Pegasus, who's got an in­ fected leg, and Arthur Heroux, Ocean Ulla, whose ticker is acting up. William Feil is also drydocked in New York after leaving the Cit­ ies Service Norfolk in Baltimore due to a back injury. It looks like he'll be laid up for a long while. On the good side is news that Wil­ Harrington Griswold liam O'Dea, a veteran at Manhat­ tan Beach hospital, has been discharged fit for duty again. Boston reports Arthur C. Harrington laid up due to a severe electric shock he suffered in Belgium on the SS Atlantic. He faces a long hospital stay because of bums on both his back and feet. However, Harrington is making good progress. Ditto on Amos Buzzelle, who has an ulcerated stomach. His last ship" was the Penn Mariner. Richard Chazarra has gotten a clean bill from the Savannah hospital after coming in for a check-up. He's off the Gateway City. Hospital­ ized for treatment of ulcers, L. T. McGowan, ex-Govemment Camp, is also doing fine. Out- in San Francisco, Hoyt Tanner off the Almena is coming along okay after getting a knee injury stitched up. There's still some dis­ agreement between the docs and Brother William E. Thompson, though. The medics think they found a lung spot while giving him a'routine check-up, but Bill is sure they need glasses. He's off the Antinous. These brothers and all others in the hospitals appreciate visits and mail. Keep them in mind. The foUowing is the latest available list USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. T. P. Barbour John C. Mitchell Ben L. Bone Clarence Murray Raymond E. Dabney A. G. Oporto Louis Evans Vincent J. Rizzuto Gorman T. Giaze Richard Savior Everett W. Hodges Leslie W. Sigier Frank Kantorski Jose Simmons Charles M. KeUogg William J. Stephens Adam Krause Sr. Paul Strickland Luther R. Milton John Zohll of Seafarers in the hospitals: USPHS HOSPITAL. BOSTON. MASS. Antos Buzzelle A. C. Harrington L. J. CampbeU Raymond L, Perry Charles Dwyer USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Douglas DeWaU C. K. Wedgeworth Marrin L. Leache Walter Zajanc Walter M. Slkorski Sdward J. Wright (Continued on page 14)- —- V ' �Navfpbcr XI, UU SEAFARERS Tilt! F. Kuvakas Di^s In Ohio Fomer Seafarer Frank Kiivakas, 30, who shipped with the SIU from 1946 through 1952, died of career last May 7, the LOG learned this week. The report came from Kuvakas' brother, John In Youngstown, Ohio. Kuvakas, who sailed in the stew­ ard department. Joined the Union in ^Kew York on November 5, 18i6, as a merman. He shipped steadily with Robin Line for the three years before his retirement in 1952 to work ashore. "He loved the sea, the Union and all the men he came in con­ tact with while he was in the merchant marine," his brother re­ called. He added that Kuvakas was keenly interested in Union activ­ ities and the many developments in the SlU. Was Restaurant Manager Kuvakas had been working ashore as manager of a restaurant in Youngstown for six years, and had been known locally for his aid in the fight against cerebral palsy. He was food chairman sev­ eral times for the cerebral palsy telethons staged in the^area. He died of cancer at St. Elizabeth Hospital after a year's illness. His survivors include his wife. Beryl, whom he married in 1949; two sons, two brothers: two sisters and a half-sister. CHIWAWA (Citlat Sarvlca), Ot*. IS --Chairman,-W. Adamw Sacratary, I. LaBlanc. One man miucd ship in LC. Few hours disputed OT—to ho taken up with patrolman at payoff. Report accepted. Patrolman to square away beef on sailing board time and delayed sailing. CHOCTAW (Waterman), Oct. 1»— Chairman, none; Sacratary, S. Itcobar. One man Injured and hospitalized: one man Joined ship in Yoko­ hama. Ship's fund 11.34. Few hours disputed OT. Send crew list to haU for checking. Need large wooded lockers for all rooms. Crew to have blood test and X-rays at least every six mos. Do not send crew to Japanese doctor who cannot speak English while in Japan. No relief for any dept. while in Japan. Check medicine ehest for fresh medicines. There's no' question where Seafarers Frank Paskowski (left) and J. Johnson have, seen. The only puzzle is where they're going, since we don't know which ship sent this in. The boys are posed near the famed Leaning Tower at Pisa, Italy, during a tour of the sights. to haadquartcra requesting answer about allotments. Repair list to be made up. Keep noise down. Dirty cups, butter, jam, etc. to be put away after using. Discussion about insufficient American money aboard. Card players to clean up recreation room after playing. Obtain better grade of washing powder. Crew warned to be sober at payoff. Ship needs fumlgaUon. •EATRAIN TEXAS (Saatrain), Oct. SS—Chairman, T. Moore; Sacratary, P. Patrick. Members to donate 90c toward repair of TV set. Chief cook fired—unsatisfactory. Disputed pen­ alty OT straightened out. Coffee time for gangway watches. Report accept­ ed. New delegate elected. Vote of thanks to former delegate. Have Union books ready to speed up pay­ off. Suggestion to have payoff every FAIRPORT (Waterman), Sept. 11— Chairman, R. Anderson; Secretsry, J: Coylo. Report on subsistcnee for shortage of hot water. Ship's fund •40.U. New steam iron purchased for crew. All quarters to be sou'gced. No payoff until all disputed overtime Is settled. Motion to contact head­ quarters concerning bonus in Formosa area. Vote of thanks to retiring dele­ gate for Job well done. New delegate elected. KYSKA (Waterman), Oct. S—Chslrmati. J. MacKenile; Secrstsry, R. Hampshire. Crew to be on board one hr. before sailing time—^patrolman Informed captain men not reporting back as per agreement can be logged one half day.' Few Items to be placed on repair list. Ship's fund tU.T3. New delegate elected. Capt. requests steward dept. hold meeting with him—claims lounges and rooms arc dirty. Vote of thanks to delegate for fine Job as delegate past two trips. MERMAID (Metro), Oct. 1—Chair­ man, W. Ssylers; Secretary, D. Emerlck. New delegate elected. Dele­ gates to check all repairs needed for off-shore trip. Oct. 34—Chairman, P. Oazic; Secre­ tary, K. Goldman. Two men missed ship. Repair list made up. Complaint re: wash water, soap. New treasurer elected. Inquiry concerning coast­ wise pay offs: wash powder, washing water. Turn in soiled linen. Insuffi­ cient lava soap. Vote to donate SOe to ship's fund. SANTA VENETIA (Elam), Oct. 13— Chairman, A. Loguldis; Sacratary, A. Kauen. Delayed sailing at Ceuta to be taken up with capt. and eng. Some disputed OT. Letter received from headquarters re:. repairs. Com­ plaint to steward about baker—stew­ ard tc help man. Repairs to be listed and submitted to capt. WESTPORT (World Tramp), Oct. 17 —Chairman, O. Stanley; Sacratary, O. Patterson. Request captain to give crew individual statement of earnings, draws, slops, etc.—agreed. Capt. to request money for draw on arrlvaL Ship's fund $.48. Some disputed OT. Few minor beefs. Three men logged. Motion that patrolman take action re: conduct of member: that allotm- nfs go out promptly and that monny to cover aUotments be put In escrow to insure same: medicine cabi­ net' be ehaidiad for sufficient and proper madlelBat latter to be written 'I LOG Ship News: $s, Mary On Move Reports from several SIU ships give the latest dope on mo: oblems in a'couple of southeast Asian ports as well as news of the shift in locale by "Wi ly Mary's" in Inchon, Korea. On the currency matter, the Mary" at Inchon has moved her there." "The new location, for Steel Executive's Pedro Ha- operations to "... a much nicer anyone whp's interested, is Number rayo says a warnmg is in place. There are the same girls 8, 4th Street, Chungang-Dong, order, especially for the newer and we all had a wonderful time Inchon. brothers, about taking extra spend­ ing money ashore. He points out 'Sea-Spray' — By Seafarer 'Red" fink that authorities in Jakarta, Indone­ sia, allow a seaman to take only 50 rupees ashore—which is not very much—but that if they catch you with more, you'll lose it all. A similar warning comes from the Steel Scientist- regarding Saigon. Ship's treasurer A. Anapol reports a continued crackdown on loose US currency in IndoChina. He says 50 bucks that had been in the ship's fund was con­ fiscated by-^the Customs at Saigon because it wasn't locked in the safe prior to arrival. He said he still had $10 stashed away, how­ ever. The final bit of intelligence from. overseas comes from ship's reporter R. Burbine on the Kyska. Burbine advises that "Whiskey Tell it to tilt I/oj! "You want NEW gear? What's wrong with the tools you got now, boson?" pairs made to TV set. Contributions toward ship's fun-l to be maiia at pay­ off. Disputed OT concerns delayed saiUng at Cochin and restriction to ship at Songkhla. No action taken on on 13-4 room allowance. Report ac­ cepted. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Oct. 30— Chairman, W. Trolls; Sacratary, R. SImpklns. Steward dept. rooms and messrooms to be painted. Steward shifting men around on different jobs where suited—to be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Ship's fund S3.90. New delegates elected. Request to im­ prove feeding aboard ship. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Oct. 4— Chairman, E. Foley; Secretary, R. Hall. Delegate reported that Alcoa will not be affected by MM&P strike. Ship's fund S6.39. Some disputed OT. Ship fumigated for roaches. Vote ef thanks to deck dept. for good Job lashing loose deck cargo in storm. ANTINOUS (Waterman). Oct. 25— Chairman, F. Travis; Secretary. J. Maleney. Request new washing ma­ chine. Repair list to be made up. Ship's fund S28. Beef, about feeding plan. Reporter to write protest over loss of conditions In feeding plan to LOG and Sec. Trees. New delegate elected. Discusrien on present feed­ ing plan. Remove clothing from line. two weeks—no matter how much money man has coming captain limits his draw. Engina room noisy in evening. DB SOTO (Waterman), Oct. 34— Chairman, L. Russell; Secretary, - C. Gamer. All clothes of men who missed ship to be checked and put ashore. Some disputed OT. Deck dept. to sougee all quarters. PENN EXPLORER (Penn), Sept. 11— Chairman, E. Thompson; Secretary, J. Anderten. Some disputed OT. Repair -list to be made up. Crew prefers American dollars to travelers' checks If' permitted In port. ORION STAR (Orion), Oct. 1«— Chairman, C. Smith; Secretary, W. Blckford. Mail to be forwarded from Yokohama to Sasebo: yen' to be put out after ship docks same time passes are issued. Two men missed ship in Pago Pago. Ship's fund $9. Some dis­ puted OT. Two men ill. Two men short. Discussion on sick men being given light duty; request clarification from headquarters. Return chairs to messroom from fantail. Discussion on logging practices. CAFT. NICHOLAS SITINAS (Tramp Shipping), Oct. If—Chairman, A. Smith; Secretary, F. Raid, Jr. Settled draw matters with captain. Captain complimented crew on seamanship and excellent conduct. Ship's fund S39.70. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to delegates. Cots to be taken care of: linen to be returned in dry condition. New screen door to be put In messhall. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Oct. 33—Chairman, J. Declngue; Secretary, C. Gibson. New delegate elected. Lodging at shipyard to be settled. Request blanket. Crew to clean recre­ ation hall and passageways. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), Oct. 13 —Chairman, J. Lennon; Secretary, A. Barbaro. Discussion on sailing time in Beirut and other ports. To see capt. about posting a sailing board before five o'clock sailing day. Ship's fund $1.79. Messroom, pantry, galley and showers to be painted. Need new books for library. Turn In all excess and soiled linen to steward. FRANCES (Bull), Oct. 34—Chair­ man, J. Doak; Secretary, J. McLaugh­ lin. Beef in steward dept. Some dis­ puted OT. Motion that after Bull Line contract signed, members be al­ lowed for one year, to return to Bull vessels laid up for over ten days. S.. Telech. Wiper relief refused in SJ. Ship's fund $45.90. Motion to accept .dispute on penalty hour. Request price list for slop rhest ho posted—to be taken up with patrolman. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Sept. 3$ —Chairman, L. Koza; Secretary, J. Hannon. Collection made for ch. en­ gineer flowers. Bathroom to be re­ paired. Vote of thanks to steward dept. Fill washing machine with suffi­ cient water. Steward dept. room to be changed. Committee to see about two hrs, when men are broken out before 8 AM and after 8 PM. STilL FLYER (isihmlan), Oct. 19— Chglrman, D. Koddy; Secretary, CNIatltiews: Baker put ashore at Sura­ baya fbr hospital treatment—welfara Bottfted. Repair Uste submitted. Re- ROBIN HOOD (Robin), Oct. 3S— Chairman, A. Arnold; Secretary, J. CaposMla. Some dispute over repair list. Some disputed OT. One man hospitalized in Madagascar. New ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Oct. 19 —Chairman, H. RIdgeway; Secretary, 4'« ••*!>«>.>• -mxa.-VV race 'TiiirueB'«i(,'« treasurer elected. Ship's fund started. Recommend change brand of soap. All extra linen to be turned in be­ fore end of trip. Request clarification as to whether OS is to go aloft or not. All beefs to be straightened out between delegates and partolmen. Patrolman to be notified of mate's accusation that deck dept. is slowbeiiing him and to explain same. Vote of thanks to steward dept. AZALEA CITY (Pan Atlantic), Nov. 2—Chairman, J. Davis; Secretary, J. Austin. Ship's fund $4.75. New dele­ gate elected. Discussion on improving quarters aft section of ship. Coffee urn put Into operation. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Scatrain), Nov. 3—Chairman, V. Whitney; Secre­ tary, V. Ratcllff. Keys obtained for foc'sles—$1 deposit for each day. New delegate' elected. SI per man to be donated for purchase of Coca Cola. Cleaning of laundry room to be alter­ nated. Delegate to see captain con­ cerning repairs not completed. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmlsn), Oct. 11 —Chairman, J. Bruso; Secretary, V. Orsnclo. Ship's fund $27.90. Plastic bags for garbage disposal to be used while ship Is in port. Take better care of washing machine. Steward to put out sugar wafers, more hot rolls, corn-bread and grits. Discussion on quality of bread. Crew and PO messhalls to be sougeed. DEL MONTE (Mist.), Sept. 34 — Chairman, E. Rogg; Secretary, J. Chat- tsln. No liberty boat provided in port of Ambriz. Delegate informed a shore boat would be unsafe, and not per­ mitted to use ship's boat. A record of time remaining on board to be turned in at regular OT rate. Ques­ tion brought up re: frequency of money draws when ship makes more than one port in five days. Request clarification on same. Oct. It—Chairman, J. Chastain; Sec­ retary, J. Long. One man logged. Seven loggings, nine days pay. Few hours disputed OT. Ship's fund $118.25. Purchased food for party. Suggest Public Health Service. Patrol­ man to look into condition of hospi­ tal. Vote of thanks to steward dept. Return foc'sle keys to delegates when leaving ship. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Oct. 11—Chairman, T. Forsbsrg; Secretary, A. Dsheza. One man missed ship. All reading material to be turned over to delegate. New delegate elected. Return boolis and magazines to library after reading. Proper clothing to be worn in messroom during me'ai hours. Unauthor­ ized persons to be kept out of crew area while in foreign ports. Vote of thanks to steward dept. To raise money for ship's fund. Arrival pool made with sixty $1 chances. Winner to receive $50 and fund to get $10. OCEAN STAR (Triton), Nov. 3— Chairman, E. Armstrong; Secretary, J. Springer. One man missed ship in Bait.—^to be referred to patrolman. Repair list to bo submitted before arrival so some work can be done at sea. Ship's fund $17.89. Some dis­ puted OT—to be referred to - patrol­ man. Motion to turn in to Public Health Servlco complaint on galley drains, if not repaired by time of arrival in imrt. Discussion on sanitary work in port. Galley drains to be cleaned. Familiarize membership with agreement. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. MARCRE (Marvcn), Nov. 1—Chair­ man, C. Kent; Secretary, C. Berts. Washing machine repaired. Com­ plaint almut clothes getting torn. To be referred to patrolman. Some dis­ puted OT. Foc'sles not sougeed as yet. Two brothers getting off under fiO-day rule. Complaint on quality of food this trip as compared with pre­ vious trips. Ham served once a week for breakfast. Request bacon or sausage when hash is served. More fruit for night lunch: more fruit juices. No chocolate syrup on table for ice cream. Request rare cuts with prime ribs. Cook says not possible. CALMAR (Calmar), Oct. 3$—Chair­ man, A. Dyer; Secretary, W. Bllger. One man missed ship in Bait., no re­ placement. New delegate elected. To see ch. engineer about ice box and leaking sinks. Ch. cook commended for good job in performing two men's work. CNICKSNAW (Waterman), Nov. 3— Chairman, D. McCervey; Secy., N. Hastings. Repair list turned in. Some repairs being made. Few hours dis­ puted OT. Ship to be fumigated in shipyard. Keep messhall clean at night. Request better slop chest aboard ship. Thanks to baker for nice dishes. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sestrain), Nov. 3—Chairman, R. Mays; Secy., W. Pritchett. Four men missed ship. New delegate elected. Need new agitator for washing machine. Every­ one to be present at payoff. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Nov. 3— Chairman, E. Foley; Secy., R. Hall. Members urged to vote. Minor beefs to be squared away by patrolman such as controlling of keys and steward's authority. Had couple of stowaways last trip. Vote of thanks to bosun and deck dept. for secur­ ing life-boats in storm last trip. Ship's fund $6.25. To see patrolman about porthole in bosun's foc'sle, also bunks. Foc'sles badly in need of repairs. Request better menus in port, also pastries at coffee time. Notify Union that the NMU has requested a paid holiday for birthday. .t ROSE KNOT (Suwannee), Oct. 30— Chairman, J. Patlno; Secy., F. Pat­ terson. Washing machine and ice box broken—new items to he ordered. Two men removed from ship due to iilness in Recife—repiaced by Braziiians working for sub-standard wages. Headquarters to be notified. Ship's fund $16.50. Report accepted. Notify headquarters of captain's attitude towards crew. Gear locker containing slop sink to be left open for all departments to use. Sanitary work in laundry and recreation room to bp rotated between all departments. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), Nov. 3— Chairman, H. Smith; Secretary, M. ' Phelps. Ship's fund $284.43. Letter to LOG regarding retirement. Report accepted. Presser to be put back in working order. Cooperation asked in using laundry room. Observe quiet in. sleeping area. - 4' "i �—•— • T" Paire Fcnrteen SEAFARERS Fre^ JEnterprise^Pays Off SEAFARERS IH RRTROCK 'Citizen Only' Job Tag Seen Unfair (Continued from page 12) I,-;- Shipmates together on the Robin Goodfellow, Jock McCollom, (left) and Bob Frazer teamed up last summer to do some fishing out of Boston with their own outboard rig. Now on the DeSoto, Frazer visited the New York hall last week to show the results of the partnership. One of their first outings produced this prize, which was good for a couple of tasty codfish steaks. Sill HALL DIRECTORY VSIU, AiG District J'* f"' BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St.. Earl Sheppard, Acent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 .HOUSTON 4202 Canal St Robert 'Matthews. Agent Capital 3-4089; 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES, La. 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Claike, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St, ^Louis Neira. Agent' FRanklin 7-3584 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cat Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 MORGAN CITV ... 912 Front St. -•rom .Gould. Agent Phone 2156 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Llndsey Williams, Agent Tulane 8G26 HEW YORK ti75 ^th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6000 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. J. Bullock. Acting Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA .. 337 Market St. S Cardullo. Agent . Market 7-1635 SAN FRANClfit O 450 Harrison St Marty Breithoff. Agen* Douglas 2-5475 SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos Sal Culls. .-Agent Phone 2-5896 SAVANNAH 2. AMrcorn Si E B McAuley. Agent. A^^s ,3-1728 SEATTLE ..... 2S0'5 Isi Ave Jeff Gillette. Agent filain 3-4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent, - phone 3^1323 WILMINGTON. Cam 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRErARY-TREASURER Paul Han , ' i C. < E ASSl SECRETARY-TREASURERS. Aleina. Deck W Hall, Joint Simmons. Eng. R Matthews. Joint Mooney. Std. J. Volplau. Joint SUP ;F :••• I" •fc' H6NOHJLU....51 South Nimitz Highway PHone 502-777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. CalU. .. 510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO'. ,450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK ini 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacibth 96165 MC&S HONOLULU... .51 South Nimitz Highway PHone 5-1714 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 96600 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApitol 7-3222 NEW ORLEANS........523 Bienville St. *• RAmond ^428 SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON. 350 Fremont St. sutler 1-1995 .2505 — 1st Ave. MAin 3-0088 505 Marine Ave. TErmlnal 4.8.:3J MFOW HONOLULU... 56 North Nimitz Highway PHone 5-6077 BALTIMORE .1216 East Baltimore St. EAstem 7-3383 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St; MAgnolia 0104 NEW YORK .....130 Greenwich St. COrtland 7-7091 PORTLAND 522 NW Everett St. CApitol 3-72976 SAN FRANCISCO 240 Second St. DOuglas 2-4592 SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St. TErminal 3-4435 SEATTLE ......2333 Western Ave. MAin 2-6326 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone; 713-J BUFFALO, NY 180 .Main St. Phone: Cleveland .7391 CLEVELAND 1410 W. 29 St. MAin 16147 RIVER ROUGE . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave, River Rouge ' 18. Mich. T;- Vinewood 3-4741 DULUrB , 621 W. Superior St. Phone;'Randdnh 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E.,92nd St. Phone; Essex 5-2410 Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S t28Vi HoUis St. Phone 36911 MONTREAL 634 SL James SU .West PLateau 3161 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE Hl3 Durham St. Ontario . Phone; 5591 TORONTO. Ontario .272 King St. E. EMpira 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC 617t4 Cormorant St. EMpira 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. PacUic 3468 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone; 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebeo 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 8aiUt-au-Matelot Quebeo Phone; 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUllaro St. NB OX 2-5431 '- i'n-'vfly.i'.-.stfji' Norman Longtino John Maher VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS R. J. Arsenault USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. .Tames Barnes George Lawson Robart G. Barrett Henry D. Long John Bi.gwood W. Marjenhoff Claude Blanks John Mashburn Tim Brown Edward Moore Jacob Buckelew Alexander Martin Jack B. Cheramie William Nelson John Dixon Dominic Newell Henry Foy Joseph O'Neill Henry Gerdes Winford Powell Leonard Gordo'n Arthur Prou'lx James Guy R. Richardson W.ayne Harris Antonio Santiago D. G. Harrison Melvin Schrade John J. Harrison Thomas Teears Alrin C. Headricks James W.ard ^ .1. H. Hudson Sr. George Wendel Ramon Irizarry George Williams Henry Janicke Robert Wiseman Wooldridge King cleophu.s Wright Edward Knapp Charles Wynn Leo Lang VA HOSPITAL RUTLAND, MASS. Charles Bartlett D. Pltzpatrick USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Francis J. Boner William S. Rudd Hermit H. Dotson ,• _ USPHS HOSPirAi SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph H. Berger Arthur J. Schevlng Michael J. Coffey Henry J. Schreiner George B. Dunn Hoyt L. Tanner Myron E. Folts W. E. Thompson William J. Kramer Claude A. Virgin Paul D. Llotta William H.'Walter Edward Robinson ^ . USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Richard Chazarra Reamer C. Grimei Irvin DeNobriga C. T. McGoWan ' USPHS HOSPITAL FT. WORTH. TEXAS < J. R. Alsohrbok H. LedWell Jr. L. Anderson John C. Palmer ' SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Victor B. Cooper- Thomas Isaksen VA DOMICIARV THOMASVILLE. OA, Elmer G. Brewer VA HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Thomas W. Killion VA HOSPITAL BUTLER. PA. James F. Market . VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES. FLA. Abner Raiford USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Lewis R. Akins Donald Hewson i\Ianuel Antonana Antonio Infante Eladio Aris "Claude B. .Tessup Fortunate Bacomo Wobdrow Johnson .loseph J. Bass L. Krlstiansen Melvin W. Bass Thomas R. Lehay Matthew Bruno Kenneth Lewis Leo V. Carreon Warren J. Mclntyre James F. Clarke Jens Madsen Joseph D. Cox Leo Mannaugh Juan Denopra " J. S. CB-vrne .lohn J. Driscoll C. Osinski Friedof O. Fondila George G. Phifer Otis L. Gibbs Winston E. Renny Joseph M. Gillard G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guaranlck Henry E. Smith Taib Hasean Aimer S. Vlckers Clarence Hawkins Pen P. "Wing Prank Hernandez Royce Yarborough USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Clemente Acuin William A. Jordan Nicholas Anbustis WilUam D. Kenny F. Aponte E. Langstrand John Auslitz • John Laugblin Fred D. Bentley Roy Lee McCannon Fred Bllchert I. McCormack Frank. S. Bosmente M. E. Makatangay Pete Bush . Anthony Pisani Sheldon T. Butler Jose Rodriguez Frutuoso Camacho William Saltarei' Apron Castillo Jesse Shontz Mike Chandoha , Isaac Sieger Florian R. Clarka Adolph Swehson Matthew Eurisa F. Thorp WilUam C. FeU Eduardo Toro R. Galarrza Ramon Varela G. B. Griswold James H. West Arthur J. Heroux Joseph Wohlets Samuel Jonas .• KoTemberSl. 1958 LOG To the Editor: As a former non-resident alien, now a resident of the United States and with a class A seniority rating in the SIU, I would like to raise some ques­ tions about the alien crewmembers on our ships. First off, r cannot understand why so many shipping compa­ nies ins'st on a "citizens only" requirement for their ships wlien men like myself have Letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the .SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. jniust be, .^igxted by itfit waiter. Najries, will be withheld, upon request,; been cleared Ity the Coast Guard and;;accepted for residence iH ithe.rUnited States. . We, have •gone through the ,same screen­ ing as everyone else, perbaps even a stiffer one. We pay our US taxes and meet all. our other obligations, yet we are denied employment on one flimsy ex­ cuse or another. The usual reason given for the "citizens only" tag is that the ships are carrying classified cargoes. . Well, that one is knocked in the head by the fact that many of the ships directly operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service on the Japan-Korea shuttle have large numbers of Japanese and other alien seamen aboard. If MSTS ships can run with aliens, how come privately-owned, non-sub­ sidized ships rule us off? My second beef is against the non-resident aliens who refuse to get off the ships. They will ride one vessel for three or four years, keep another man from getting a Job and evade payment of US income taxes because they never. come ashore here. Many of these men could , get landing permits if thejL tried, but we all know that they don't want them. They go to the skipper and ask to stay aboard. Since under the McCarran Act the compa­ nies have to post bond when these men go ashore, the coinpany is just as contebt to leave them stay aboard. The Immigra­ tion people just wash their hands of the whole matter because then there's one less man they have to be concerned about be­ ing ashore here. Then, after they pile up all the loot, they go back to the home country probably laughing at us stupid Americans. When I was a non-resident alien I took my chances with my 28-day shore leave because I Bnrty IS ^ \r r WHAT DIFf=e/2eA|CB DOEBir^ J MAicePy Weu,\r "pie COOK ; was Interested In becoming ff iJS citizen. Sometimes it wasn't easy to get a Job in those 28 days because of the restrictions on aliens. But I made a go.of It, and there are many others in the SIU today who did the same. I say that those aliens who sa.'l our ships, refuse to get off and show no interest in apply­ ing for US citizenship should be unloaded. Then the men who are good Union men and pay their taxes can get a crack at the Union-contracted jobs these people are monopolizing..., . . I would like to hear what some-of the other brothers think; of th's. Kenneth Collins Transatlantic's IVSakIng Steam - To the Editor: A lot of things have happened since the Transatlantic left Baltimore last August 17. • . First of all, we left Baltimorewith a load of grain for Poland on what was expected to -be a short trip; However, before wa completely discharged the grain we had an MSTS charter for the next three months. We got' a royal reception in Poland. In fact, they Pked us so well that even the money­ changers were letting some of the boys go on the cuff. The same thing happened in Nordenham, Germany. It was SO good there that a couple of the boys stayed. We are now two days out of Gibraltar bound for Turkey and a few ports in Iraq and Iran that I cannot even pronounce, much less spell. From the Persian Gulf, it's back to north­ ern Europe empty and, who knows, we may start all over again. Abe Rosen Ship's reporter t ft Urges Pensions^ For Widows Too To the Editor: I am most interested in your articles about pensions. I have often wondered why the Union doesn't also provide pen­ sions for widows and dependents after a seaman has died. The Armed Forces do, so why not the mercjiant service also? I am sure the seamen as well as the wives think the same way about their dependents as I feel about my late husband. You wouldn't have to give the wido^r the same amount as the seaman would receive. I'm sure that If the dependent could receive only half of the pension it would help a lot. I am working to send my two children through school and I know every little bit helps. Think it over, Seafarers. A benefit like this would help your loved ones a lot after you're gone. Mrs. Harry L.- Parrott �M Ifwwriter tl. 1959 i,*"-• T SEAFARERS Seafarer's First - SIU BABY ARBIVALS All of the following SIU familieM have received a $200 maternity henedt plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Thomaa E. Pedersen, born No­ tember 30, 1958, to Seafarer and vember 5, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. William K. Kehriewer, Balti­ Mrs. Perry M. Pedersen, Brooklyn, more 17, Md. NY. 4 4 4 . Joyce M. Everett, bom October Robert I. McNeil, born October 13, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wal­ 24, 1958,'to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ter A. Everett, Philadelphia, Pa. ert T. McNeil, Springfield, Mass. 4 4 4 4" 4 Miehele J. Goddard, born Octo­ Susan Ann Smith, born July 25, ber 16, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs: Thonias Edward M. Goddard, Seattle, Wash. W. Smith, Woodford, Va. 4 4 4 t 4 4" Kenneth D. Willis, born October George Lasso, bom October 11, 28, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Par­ 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert ley D. Willis, Norfolk, Va. J. Lasso, San Juan, PR. 4 4 4 4 4" 4 . Katthy G. Glock, born October 9, Kimberly R. Gilmore, bora Octo­ 195$, to Seafarer andf ^s. George ber 28, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gldck, Baltimore, Md. David C. Gilmore, Jr., Dunn, NC. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Stephen Spurgeon, bom Sep­ Nada St. Marie Broaasard; born October 6, 1958, to Seafarer and tember 27, 1858, to Seafarer and Mrs. Milton G. J. Broussard, Lake Mrs. Martin Spurgeon, Brooklyni NY. Charles, La. 4. 4. 4 Susan Marie IPConnell, bom Jidut H. Smith, bom October 21, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. William October 2, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dennis J. O'Connell, San J. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. Francisco, Calif. 4 4 4 Sandy MeMUlan Jr., bom Octo­ 4 4 4 ber 30, 1858, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rita Faye Brodcnr, bom October Sandy McBfillan, Brooklyn, NY. 27, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph W. Brodcur, New Boston, 4 4 4 Bobby Bntts Jr^ bora October Texas. 91, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Allca P. Raymend, born August Bobby Butts, Whistler, Ala. 15, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs 4 4 4 Tirglnla C. Kehriewcr, bora Sep­ Allen P. Rajrmond, Baltlmme, Md. EVERY I SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS "THE VOICE OF THE MTD- IVMY SUNDAY, laao GMT f11.-20 fsr Svad^rl WTK-H, 19tSt KCs Ships in Caribbean. East Coast ot South America, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. IVFL-88, 18858 KCs Ships in Gull of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of ^ South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast IVFK-98,18780 KCa Ships in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-World Vlfireiess Broadcasts Continue ... " •• i.- ;: r. "Vv •!'. 'I- ' •. . ' '••r.- .n X ;i - il " v. .f-- • rate Fifteea LOG Every Sunday. 18I8 GMT <2:15 PM EST Sunday) WCO-13020 KCa Europe and North America WCO-16908.8 KCa East Coast South America WCO-22407 KCa West Coast South America Every Monday, 8S18 GMT (10:18 PM EST Sunday) WMM 25-15607 KCa Australia WMM 81-110S7A Northwest Pacific MARITIME TRADES DEMRTM^ Seafarer and Mrs. Isaac Vega Brown and Isaac Jr. have (amity portrait token. Personals And Notiees The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan: Thor Thorson, 69: A Union mem­ Service Hosi^tal in Staten Island ber since 1939, Brother Thorson October 13. Causes of death were heart disease and diabetes. Burial died of heart took place in Heavenly Rest Park, disease October E. Hanover, NJ. He Is survived by 23 in the Public Mrs. Anna L. Fififord, his wife, of Service Hospital Newark. in Chicago. He served In the deck department and had been receiving the SIU disability - pen­ sion. Burial took took place in the Mt. Olive ceme­ tery in Chicago. His sister, Mrs. Jorgine Kristianson of Oslo, Nor­ WASHINGTON — If you're one way, survives him. of those resourceful men who are 4 4 4constantly conceiving new inven­ Charles H. Montgomery, 52: tions, but feel that nobody wants Brother Montgomery died of un­ them, take heart—the Pentagon is known causes on more than willing to hear you out. October 16. A The National Inventors Council, a Union member branch of the Commerce Depart­ since 1947, he ment, reports that the Government sailed in the en­ is in the market for some of the gine department answers to some 82 military prob­ Burial was in lems, with a bundle ef cash ready Richland Ceme­ for every answer they accept. tery, Dravesburg, Seek TV System Pa. Surviving High en the wanted list are a him is his daugh­ ter, Mrs. Virginia Brookes, of Tor­ television system which can clear­ ly trace long-range missiles in rance, Calif. flight, a device to prevent airplane 4 4 4 fuel from exploding upon impact Sidney Ghale, 64: Brother Ghale, or collision, a more effective means another retired of digging holes in frozen ground Seafarer on. the and an artificial eel to generate disability - pen­ electric power in sea water to sion, died of art power amplifiers in undersea teriosclerosis Au­ cables. gust 16 in the Constantly changing conditions Mobile General of modem warfare are creating Hospital. Mobile, new military wants and eliminat­ Alabama. He was ing old (Hies every year. The Coun­ a Union member cil reports that ef 380 inventions since 1941, sail­ sought for last year, 30 responses ing in the steward dep^ment. Burial was in the Pine Crest Ceme­ are now under consideration. None tery in Mobile. Mrs. Frank Smith have been bought as yet. of Charleston, SC, his sister, sur­ vives him. Elite Seraia Please contact Leo Brown, attor­ ney, at 165 Broadway, New York f, NY. Important. F. E. Wing Ex-SS Kyska Your reading glasses, left aboard the Kyska, are being held for you at the San Franci^o hall. Charlee E. Ackennan Contact Mrs. Paul S. Hurdel, Sr., 723 Linnard St., Baltimore 29, Md. She is holding papers for you. Charles A. Carlson Please get in touch with Des­ mond and Dmry at once. Harry C. Scott It is Important that you contact Mrs. Louella Scott c/o Mrs. RoUisd Miller, Westport, Washington, Box 51. 4 4 4 Bill McDonald Ralph Sturgis, 43: Brother SturYou are urged to contact AJ gia was stricken with a circulatory Whitman in Philadelphia. attack July 6 in Leonard A. G. SaHth Rijeka, Yugoslav­ ia. He was an Your wife urges yen to contact SIU man since her at once. 1941, sailing in Giles LcRoy GlcndeBBlng the deck depart­ Your mother requests you to get ment. Place of In touch with her as soon as pos­ burial is un­ sible. Her address is 3900 Clifton known. His Ave., Baltimore 16, Md. mother, Mrs. Beulah Sturgis, of Norfolk, Va., survives him. Lake Charles Hails'Atlas' LAKE CHARLES—Shipping for this area picked up a bit over the past two weeks, Leroy Clarke, port agent, reports. The new super­ tanker, Atlas, owned by Cargo and Tankship Corp., was a welcome sight when she pulled into port for a payoff recently. The ship has been in operation only three months now, and should be kept busy for some time. The following vessels called into port over the past period: the Bents Fort, Council Grove, Royal Oak, Chiwawa and the Bradford Island (Cities Service). Shorthanded? If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the ball immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the 'chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. Tampa Future On Dim Side TAMPA—There was little activl^ to speak of dewn here as the two-week period was devoid of any payoffs or sign-ons. A handful of men shipped as replacements for in-transit vessels which in­ cluded the Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Gateway City and Raphael Semmes (Pan-Atlantic); De Soto (Wa­ terman) and Chiwawa (Cities 4 4 4 Frederick Fulfwd, 64: Brother Service). The future outlook re­ Fulford died at the Public Health mains dim. "FiJr&r a Seafarer! TMe «aOD AMIS VUxCeSKOHROVtH mmii£Ai^m>isoi^siocAfBrazil ARB ^BAr.AR^lZS OF oo'R, UNXCM, IW 1^ THE AE;Ar TIME YaJ^^EAT-ThiEtUU. Jl �•'• •- 'i • . • m' Vol. XX No. 24 • , ,' • -; 7 .J • SEAFARERS»LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • AfSTS Proposes Privafe Ships For Troop Traffic ST. LOUIS—^Private industry has been called upon to build and operate transports for military personnel, their families and their possessions by the head of the Military Sea Transportation Service, Admiral John Will. In a speech at the annual convention of the Na­ tional Defense Transportation • Association, the Admiral operators build ships for this type however, are new roll-on, roll-off vessels which in his view are un­ called for replacement of the of service. MSTS transport fleet, now ap­ With the establishment ot a equalled for carrying tracked and proaching obsolescence. Will re­ large number of semi-permanent wheeled military vehicles. He said vealed that this plea had already military bases overseas, the move­ that 24 percent of the Army's total been presented to passenger opera­ ment of troops, dependents and cargo requirements consist of such tors earlier in the year and has their personal possessions has be­ equipment. The need for roll-on produced no specific response to come a major shipping operation. craft is so intense, he said, that In addition to approaching ob­ the MSTS will seek construction of date. For a number of years now, ship solescence, the existing MSTS several such vessels for Its own operators and maritihie unions, in­ tiansport ships do not provide suit­ account if private operators do not cluding the SIU, have been calling able accommodations. Wills said. act soon. It is also planning to on MSTS to get out of the trans­ While satisfactory for emergency activate the trailer ship Carib portation industry, particularly wartime needs, they are admittedly Queen, v/hich up until now, has where the carriage of families and cramped and-inadequate for peace­ been on the auction block with no buyer in sight. household possessions of military time standards of travel. Thousands Of Berths men was involved. It was argued On the East Coast alone, MSTS that this type of passenger service, operates 11 transports of varying as well as many other functions of sizes with accommodations for an MSTS, properly belonged to the private shipping industry. Admiral unspecified number of passengers, up into the thousands. Will's statement indicates that running Aside from MSTS' willingness to MSTS is willing to cut back on its out' of the passenger business. operations in this area if the get Will said the agency was eager to employ American-flag reefer ves­ sels, and heavy lift ships. The lack Darn Clever, of such shipping in this area, and Those Indians the shortage of new tankers as As Seafarers who hit Calcutta well, has forced MSTS to charter and Bombay well know, India foreign ships during emergency has embraced prohibition. The periods, he said. During the recent Lebanon inevitable result has been a crisis, he pointed out, the Govern­ spate of bootlegging with some ingenious devices springing up ment was compelled to commission for transporting a bit of home foreign-flag tankers, because not enough American tonnage was brew to the customer. In one instance reported from available. The need for heavy-lift Bombay, police stopped a bus­ ships capable of lifting from 100 load of apparently pregnant to 150 tons (there are only two women. As it turned out, the presently in operation) was accen­ swelling consisted of a gallon of tuated during the Korean War liquid alcohol in rubber bottles when it was necessary to charter strapped to each woman's stom­ German and. British ships for this purpose. ach. Foremost among MSTS needs, SCHEDULE OF StU MEETINCS SiU membership meet­ 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 reg­ istration number). The next SIU meetings will be: November 26 December 10 December 24 'SIU Of Indonesia' Now Offers Clinic It if: f' An old-time member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Seafarer Arthur Nelson tvas one of that original group of seamen who were the core of the Atlantic and Gulf District when it was founded in 1938. Now a recipient of the SIU's $150 monthly disability-pension. Nelson can look back to almost a half-century of sailing that began back in Seattle in 1908 and included an Interval of Coast Guard Service In the early days. One of the highlights of his career, he recalls, was during World War I when the SS Mongolia fired the first successful American shot against a German U-boat. "We were bound for London with a large cargo of war material for the US allies," he recalls, .when Nelson the submarine was first sighted. The crew's initial alarm gave way to confidence when the SUpper outmaneuvered the sub and turned possible defeat into a significant victory. - But Nelson wasn't always as fortunate. He was aboard the Coast Guard ship Takoma when it went down in Alaskan waters In 1914. The crew got away in a lifeboat and spent several days adrift before rescue came. In 1916, Nelson became a member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and sailed West Coast ships for a number of years. He then switched to Atlantic and Gulf vessels and signed up with the SIU In Mobile when it was formed. The hospitality of the Italian and English peoples made those two countries his favorite runs. They treated you "like one of the family" there, says Nelson. In fact, it was in .Genoa, Italy, where romance turned into marriage. Rheumatism was the cause of Nelson's retirement two years ago. Much of his time is how spent collecting animal mounts, which dec<H rate the walls of his home on the Bon Secour River in Alabama. He also has 20 albums containing photographs taken of his travels. ' The annual Thanksgiving dinners served to Seafarers on the beach and their families will be held in all SIU ports next Thursday, November 27. The Thanksgiving dinners, like the ones served Christmas Day, have been a stand­ ard practice of the SlU for sev­ eral years now. In headquarters, the traditional turkey day dinner will be served in the cafeteria. The same will hold for Baltimore and other ports where facilities are available in the Union halls. Smaller ports are making arrangements with local restaurants for the holiday treat. Last year's dinner in headquar­ ters attracted more than 600 Sea­ farers and members of their fami­ lies. In Included turkey, roast beef, Virginia ham, shrimp cocktails, salad, cranberry sauce, yams, mince pie, pumpkin pie, rum cake and a variety of other holiday specialties. On the West Coast, members of the SIU Pacific District will also enjoy holiday fare in West Coast halls. Tickets for the dinners should be obtained in advance In the port involved. 273 Million By 1980> Official of Indonesian seamen's union, John B. Malacas, speaks at dedication of union's clinic. Services of the clinic are available to Seafarers as well as to members of jhe Indonesian union. iS .• Turkey Day Dinners Set In All Ports DJAKARTA, Indonesia—Things are looking up for the Serikat Pelaut International, the Seafarers International Un­ ion of Indonesia, Seafarer Juan Reinosa reports. He recently attended a meeting of the-* ^ —— group at the inauguration of a new clinic in the port for use by seamen. The Serikat Pelaut International was originally formed by a group BOSTON — Preparations are of Indonesian seamen after they had learned about the SIU struc­ being made foi* the annual Thanks­ ture from Seafarers on the Isth­ giving Day Dinner held for the mian ship run. The Indonesian men on the beach and their fami­ union copied the SIU emblem and lies, James Sheehan, port agent patterned itself In various ways on reports. In order to make reserva­ tions at the hotel, Sheehan asked the SIU. men who plan to attend to let the Seafarers Welcome dispatcher know in advance. Reinosa, ^ crewmember on the Patrolman Gene Dakin Is out of Steel Admiral, was invited to the the hospital and is recuperating Djakarta dedication as represen­ at home, Sheehan said. The men tative of the SIU. He adds that the on the beach here all join in wish­ services of the clinic "are available ing him a speedy recovery. to any SIU brother that may re­ Shipping for the period has not quest medical attention in this been too good with expected tanker port free of charge." runs not materializing. There He reports that the SIU is held were only two vessels, the Brad­ in high esteem among Indonesian ford Island and the Royal Oak seamen. "They have studied our (Cities Service) paying off and constitution, our ° working agree­ signing on ovei: the last two weeks.^ ment and system of .welfare to im­ In transit were the Steel Flyer prove the seamen's working and (Isthmian), Bents Fort (Cities Service) and the. Robin Hood living conditions," he added. Tanker Lag Hits Boston WASHINGTON—This is going to be a pretty crowded country by 1980 according to the predictions of the Census Bureau. If the birth rate over the next 22 years in­ creases by about ten percent, aS forecast, there will be 272,600,000 people in the US, an Increase of more than 100 million over the present population. ' . The Bureau bases its estimates on the assumption that there will be no war, epidemic, major eco­ nomic depression or any other catastrophe which would kill off a large part of the population or reduce the birth rate. Even if the birth rate continues at its present level, the Bureau said, the population in 1980 will be about 260 million, as compared With 174,500,000 as of July this year. The Bureau also predicted that there would be three million more women than men in the nation by that time. The girls, they said, now outnumber the men by about 1,500,000. 106 Million Workers As for the working force, there will be about 106,300,000 persons between the working age of 25 and 64 in 1980, or 24,500,000 more than the present total. That means an equivalent job expansion will be requifed. In addition to the birth' rate climb, the Bureau predicts the life span of the average American, es­ pecially female, will be longer. In fact, it predicts continued substan­ tial increases in the number of persons over 65. The total of elder­ ly folks, it said, should increase .by iabout half a million a year, or up to 24,500,000 by 1980. By that time there would be only 72 men over 65 to every 100 women. -- -vi � 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 November 21, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MTD ENDORSES CARIBBEAN FEDERATION SET WORLD ATTACK ON RUNAWAYS SIU’S VACATION PLAN PAYMENTS TOP $10 MILLION ISTHMIAN GETS OK ON 3 SUBSIDY BIDS EARLY VOTING BRISK; SHIPPING, REGISTRATION UP GOV’T BARTER PLAN TO AID US SHIPPING RUNAWAYS HIT BACK AT UNION DRIVE REVISE TAFT-HARTLEY, AFL-CIO DEMANDS UNION FILES UNFAIR LABOR CHARGE AGAINST RUNAWAY PHS FINDS OCEAN AIR PUREST READY 4-DAY PROTEST AGAINST RUNAWAYS SUP EASES WELFARE AID LIMITATIONS BALTIMORE LABOR SCORED NEAR-SWEEP IN BALLOTING THE RUNAWAY FLAG ISSUES PREDICT RISE IN OIL IMPORTS US BOARD BOOSTS CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDY MTD ASSAILS GOV’T POLICY ON ’50-50’ FOREIGN OPERATORS GET SUBSIDIES TOO MSTS PROPOSES PRIVATE SHIPS FOR TROOP TRAFFIC ‘SIU OF INDONESIA’ NOW OFFERS CLINIC 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 11/21/1958 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. 24 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8ef8a7c8d3a658cc6645485cb91baa43.PDF f861b5f1fb59a8a2101d6fae54aae8b7 PDF Text Text ?P?r'. P-^WJW -• •- ., ,-i. ' i'.in^ •-i. ^ •-V5-5j ''• v! :5i mm,,:... 3j -"^••'^1 ^1 "ISi' o\. , bii^Mmagm OfficUd Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y« FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1946 Vol. VIII. No. 47 Seafarers Gets 957 Votes^ 55 Per Cent Of Tallies; NMU Shut Out On 8 Ships NMU Challenges 12 Known Pro-SIU Ships In Desperate Move To Forestall Defeat story On Page Z , -4 •^. v\l. ''i^-ii,' -J?'." f rr '' :• ';-5 '5 \-3 :: --!i| �THE SEAFARERS Page Two Friday. November 22, 1946 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Vuhlished 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 % t X t 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 A Clear Mandate Frothing at the mouth over the Seafarers clear ma­ jority in the Isthmian election to determine a union bar­ gaining agency, the National Maritime Union this week sank to a new low in their already notoriously finky career. Out of 1745 valid ballots counted by the National Labor Relations Board the SIU garnered 9 57; the NMU secured 724; while only 64 company stiffs voted for no union. This gave the Seafarers an approximate majority of 5 5 per cent of all the valid ballots counted. However, the NMU challenged 502 other ballots on various grounds. These 502 votes were from a group of 12 Isthmian ships, which strangely enough were acknowledged by the crews themselves predominantly pro-SIU! This, of course, had nothing to do with the NMU's challenging of these votes. No, not much! The mandate of the Isthmian seamen was plainly re­ vealed by the election results. It was very clear to every­ one, including the NMU, that Isthmian men want the Sea­ farers to represent them in collective bargaining with the company. They want the SIU to represent Isthmian sea­ men in the negotiation of a decent union contract with their notoriously anti-union employer. Their vote is proof of this. But, does the NMU bow gracefully to the demands of Isthmian's unlicensed men? Does the NMU, which always brags about democracy but practices dictatorship, believe in the will of the majority of Isthmian seamen? Do they withdraw with a statement that, "We were beaten in a fair battle, boys. Go ahead and let the SIU ne­ gotiate a contract with Isthmian so that you can have union conditions and union representation." No, that isn't the policy or method of the communist-controlled NMU. Knowing even before the actual counting of the bal­ lots began that they were soundly beaten by the Seafarers, the NMU representatives made damn sure that every ship which they challenged was a strongly pro-SIU ship. They .thought that then they might be able to throw the election into a run-off. These wise boys of the NMU didn't realize that even without these ships that the SIU would take a substantial majority. That's where their strategy back-fired. That's where they miscalculated. Right from the start of the organizing campaign, the NMU tried every trick in the book to prevent that election from being held. First, they held up the NLRB hearings with the phony excuse that they wanted the pursers includ­ ed, because they wanted more time to retrieve a lost cause. Then both the Isthmian Company and the NMU protested the October 18 date for the counting of those ballots. So, the vote count was postponed until November 18. There it is in black and white-^the finky record of stalling, duplicity, and sell-outs on the part of the NMU "leaders." They dare not challenge those facts because every single one of them is true. The NMU cannot evade responsibility for the Isth­ mian seamen's lack of a union contract today. But for those who know the score, one more lie or group of lies -from the NMU won't change their minds. Their minds are already made up, and they want only one union—the Sea­ farers International Union and before long they will have it! Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals These are ihe Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Pert Agents, These Brothers find itme hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ing to them. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL C. G. SMITH T. WADSWORTH S. G. LOPEZ R. G. MOSSELLER C. W. SMITH J. 11. HARE W. G. H. BAUSE W. B.- MUIR L. A. CORNWALL L. L. MOODY H. BELCHER C. M. LARSEN C. L. JACQUES' L. KAY R. J. BLAKE J. B. PORTER J. H. DANIEL S. INTEGRA V. RODRIGUEZ S. RIVERA C. R. POTTER J. HALL J. M. FORD B. F. TROTTIE . W. R. WELCOME P. DOMICA t t i BALTIMORE HOSPITAL RICHARD CROMWELL ROBERT CAVENDER RALPH FREY •. . - v.- j THEODORE KLOSS PETER LOPEZ MAX FINGERHUT WAYNE TROLLE CHARLES DUNN CEDRIC FRANCIS MOSES MORRIS LEON CURRY RUY JUSTICE RAYMOND VAN DREELE 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 3:36 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) MAX SEIDEL A. FERRARI HOMER HOFF KARL PETTERSSON EDWARD CUSTER ALEX JOKI DONALD BELL AUBERT BOUDREAUX "SCOTTY" ATKINS NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL NORMAN PALLME E. WESTPHAL LEONARD MELANSON L. H. HARRIS CHARLES TILLER J. W. DENNIS R. M. NOLAN M. W. LOMBARD H. C. MERTSCH JOE BUSH H. G. DARNELL JAMES A. ATKINS ROBERT OGLETREE J, F. BUCKLEY JR. EDDIE MAHL CENTRAL MASON EDWARD BROCE JR. JAMES CANARD W. QUARLES R. C. BETTERS X X % NEPONSIT HOSPITAL H. BURKE J. S. COMPBELL B. BRYDER B. LUFLIN E. VON TESMAR G. F. McCOMB E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY J. FIGUEROA % i, % BRIGHTON MARINE HOSPITAL E. H. V. E. JOHNSTON SWIM TOCCO MAY �THE SE AF ARERS LOG Friday. Hoveniber t% 1946 Seafarers Ahead In isthmian Vote Count NEW YORK—It's all over but the shouting in the election to determine a bargaining agent for the men who sail the ships of the Isthmian Steamship Company. With 1745 votes already counted as valid, the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union leads the NMU by 233 votes. The balloting, as it stands at the present time, is 957 for the SIU, 724 for the NMU, 64 for representation by no union, and 502 votes challenged by the NMU. T%e challenged votes are the full eligible total on 12 ships, ships which have been alleged to be pro-SIU for quite some time and which reported voting over­ whelmingly for the SIU. Of this 502, only 167 need be counted in favor of the SIU to give the Union a clear majority and therefore jurisdiciton ot bargain for the Isthmian seamen. There is no doubt that most of the votes will go to the SIUThe results of the election have never been in doubt. Even Joe Curran called the US, TOO The paper shorlage which has New York City in its grip, and which has caused many daily newspapers to drop advertising for days at a time, has at last hit the Seafarers Log. For this rea­ son, the Log this week has only 12 pages, and • conse­ quently certain features have been left out. By next week we hope to have enough paper for a normal size issue. score on his own union, when, in?— his report of a few months ago, he said that the organizers and officials of the NMU were so busy following the communist party line that they had fallen down on the job of organizing the Isth­ mian men. POOR SHOWING BY NMU What is even more astounding than the poor showing made by the NMU in the total voting is the fact that on eight ships, or 9 percent of all ships involved in the election, the NMU garnered not one single vote. On no ship was the SIU shut out. When the votes on the chal­ lenged ships are counted, tlie percentage may be even higher since all the challenged ships are believed to have voted SIU by large majorities. On OTily a few ships did the National Maritime Union receive a clear cut majority. As ship af­ ter ship was recorded in the SIU column, the NMU resorted to challenging ships which they had reason to believe had cast a pre­ ponderance of votes for the SIU. This tactic only confuses the is­ sues, and denies union represen­ tation to the Isthmian seamen for a longer period of time. This maneuver can only be characterized as a delaying tac­ tic when it is remembered that the twelve ships challenged have a total of 502 votes, or enough to hold up the designation of a bai-gaining agent for a little while longer. Those Isthmian seamen, and other waterfront workers who believe that the NMU is in­ terested in bettering the lot of seamen received a rude shock as a result of this strategy. That these men are in need of, and desirous of, union represen­ tation is borne out by the fact that out of 1745 valid votes so far, only 64 were cast for no union. In the pages of the Log. over a long period of time, stories have appeared which gave the true picture of conditions on Isthmian vesselW The men of this line took the course that is guar­ anteed to better these conditions by voting so solidly for the Sea­ farers. CREDIT TO VOLUNTEERS The credit for the success of the organizing drive in the Isth­ mian Line goes almost entirely to the volunteer organizei-s who gave unstintingly of their time and effort in the campaign to make Isthmian SIU. These men, under the direction of the SIU Organizing Staff, sailed the ships of the largest unorganized freight line-in the world and carried the word about the advantages and benefits of membership in the SIU. From the beginning, when men' of the Isthmian company started coming up to the Union Halls in all ports, the issue was never in AFL Asks Cut In Taxes For Lower Incomes . • ii "i WASHINGTON—Tax relief for workers with incomes less than $3000 should be emphasized in any tax program considered by the new Congress, the AFL Com­ mittee on Taxation said last week. The committee asked for adoption of exemptions of $1500 for single pei suns, $2500 for mar­ ried couples and $500 for each dependent. "Elimination of wartime con­ trols of prices and wages reemphasizes," declared Chairman Matthew Woll, "the need for tax. relief for the many thousands of Americans who are paying heavy taxes out of below-subsistence incomes.'' The committee emphasized the need for eliminating war-created agencies, bureaus and unneces-r sary personnel It pointed out, however, that while all unnecessary expendi­ tures should be curtailed, it was essential that revenue to support all legitimate governmental ac­ tivities and necessary federal as­ sistance for federal health, wel­ fare and educational programs should Ije provided. Rhode Island Votes War BonusTo Seamen The strategy that went a long way in bringing the Isthmian Lines into the SIU fold was planned in just such conferences as this one. Above are Paul Hall, New York Port Agent and Direc­ tor of Organization, and Earl Sheppard, in charge of the Isthmian Organizing Drive, as they dis­ cussed plans to carry the word to Isthmian men dming the early days of the campaign. In addition to their other duties. Hall and Sheppard were charged by the membarship with establishing a strike apparatus that could be used in case of strike or lockout. As heads of the Strike Preparations Committee, they, assisted by other officials and rank-and-file committees, directed the strategy that helped in the winning of our major and minor beefs. doubt. Even the NMU trick of giving away rnemberships in that union for practically nothing did not stem the tide that flowed steadily in favor of the SIU. But the NMU was not the only factor that stood in the way of SIU representation of these men. The Isthmian Steamship Com­ pany carried on a vicious anti­ union campaign, designed to stall any efforts to organize the men and to terrorize the shoreside and volunteer organizei-s. In thi§ they were .abetted by the NMU goons who beat down pro-SIU men at every opportunity. MORE TRICKS None of these tricks worked. Ship after ship came back to U.S. poi-ts secure in the knowledge that when the chips were down, they were going to vote SIU. This information struck terror into the hearts of the Isthmian owners,, and when the time came to post notices of the election on Isth­ mian ships they stood firmly in the way. Only action by the Govern-' ment forced them to allow the' lawful posting to go on without' further interference. As the ships voted, in ports on every coast of the United States, reports started to flow back to the New York, Hall from the men who did the fContiniied on Page 4) While new congressmen werebeing elected and others defeated^ and while some slates approved laws outlawing the closed shop, Rhode Island voters came through with a bit of good news when they approved of a $200 bonus for veterans of the armed forces and men of the merchant marine. No particulars ai'e available as to the qualifications for receiving this bonus at the present time; however, they will be printed when received. Lundeberg Blasts MC Training Schools, Calls For End Of Scab Building Program Roundly denouncing the Mari­ time Commission's Ti-aining Schools and Program as "waste of the taxpayer's money" and of "no benefit to the American Mer­ chant Marine," SIU President Harry Lundeberg has called upon the Federal Bureau of the Bud­ get to cease allocating funds to this "useless" project. Lundebcrg's denunciation was made in the form of a letter to William J. Mountin, a field rep­ resentative for the budget bu­ reau in which he stressed sev­ eral important facts in support of his contention that the Com­ mission's program should be abolished. The SIU president pointed out that prior to the WSA's estab­ lishment of the "Training Schools" program, men wishing to sail in unrated classifications merely'^had to present themselves to the U. S. Steamboat Inspectign Service, and prove them­ selves physically fit. No experience being necessary for these jobs, "there has mever been any training period re­ quired," he said. "The men have not for the benefit of the Amer-been getting their experience by ican Merchant Marine. A man. who gets this type of training learning on the job." will be useless aboard ship. He Pointing up that the Commis­ does not learn the practical points sion's training program is glut­ of sailing, which can only be ac­ ting the already adequate supply quired by sailing in the loc'sle of men to sail the nation's ships, as a seaman." Lundeberg said that with the lay­ Lashing out at those behind the ing up of millions of tons of ship­ program, Lundeberg charged th^ ping, and the consequent reduc­ the commission heads were main­ tion in jobs, the maritime indus­ try would be faced with a severe ly interested in establishing a unemployment problem when permanent bureau to the end that things return to normal. By turn­ they could "perpetuate them­ ing out men in face of this fac­ selves" in jobs. tor, the Commission is greatly : He cited particulaidy the case increasing the severity of the ! of the present head of the ComI mission's training schools pro- problem. The SIU official said that- "the I gram, a Mr. Knight, who calls , same conditions prevail for Of­ 1 himself "Admiral," "a man who ficers' Training." The Cadet never did go to sea for a living." Training program, he said, was Clo.sing his letter with a plea an attempt to create a caste sys­ for consideration of the taxpay­ tem within the merchant ma­ ers' hard-earned money, Lunderrine structure, similar to that berg said: ^ fostered by the academies at "We request that the Merchant West Point and Annapolis. Marine Training Schools be Touching on the effect of this abolished as they are useless and program on the merchant marine, a waste of the taxpayers' money, Lundeberg added, "this type of and they do not benefit the Amer­ man, and this type of training is ican merchant marine." • -II m • '-ti �TffE SE AE ARERS LOC Paga Four Friday, No?smb#r 22, 1946 Seafarers' Program For Future: Fight To Preserve Labor's Rights By EARL SHEPPARD ' Right now the Seafarers, is vitally concerned witlr- the Isth­ mian election count, among other important matters. However, .. complete details concerning this situation appear in another sec­ tion of the Log. It's sufficient to say that even though the SIU secured 55 per­ cent of the valid counted ballots, the NMU has held up NLRB cer­ tification of the SIU as sole bar­ gaining agent for the Isthmian seamen by challenging 502 votes frorr> 12 Isthmian ships which are counted by us as strongly proSIU. Organizing on the Cities Ser­ vice tankers and other unorgan­ ized tanker fleets is still progress­ ing. As noted in previous articles, the SIU has petitioned for an election among Cities Service tankermen, and we should have further to report on this outfit in the near future. We can say at this time that the Seafarers strong organizational efforts are securing the support of the ma­ jority of Cities Service unlicen­ sed men. Certain other matters have re­ cently come to our attention, and indicate the possible trend which the shipowners will take in their future dealings with the water­ front unions. It's significant to note that Frank Taylor, President of the powerful and labor-hating American Merchant Marine In­ stitute, has recently attacked the principles of union hiring halls and union rotary shipping. UNION FOUNDATION supporting Brother Lewis and the mineworkers all the way in their just demands. We are al.so soundly condemning the govern­ ment for using court action in an attempt to break the miners plan­ ned strike. Whenever the govern­ ment or its officials start using court action to force labor to comply with their rulings, its a return to the old days of injunc» tions, etc., which the unions fought so hard to defeat. If we in the SIU want any kind uf a free labor muvejiieiit, llien we have to battle against these conditions just as hard as when we battled the shipowners for a contract or when we battled the WSA to defeat their attempted regimentation of the seamen. If the worst comes to worst in the miners' case, and they toss Bypass Tampa Chandlers; They Passed Pickets By SONNY SIMMONS m TAMPA—Prospects for a busy winter here appear bright, with the announcement that the SS Florida will start operating Dec. 15, Alcoa ships making the Island run are now beginning to put in at this port. In port at the moment is the ,S,S William Wirt; al.so, the West Coast scow. Hall Kelly. We hope that by the time this appears in print the West Coaster will be crewed up. We are still getting several ships in port, but they are not calling for replacements. Conse­ quently, things have slowed up considerably. Ships touching this port should never order any stores that in­ volve dealing with the shipchandlers here. These phonies are all in the same boat. All dur­ ing our strike they violated our picketlines with police protec­ tion. Lewis or any other officials into jail, we must join all organized labor in ' whatever action is necessary to defeat these laborbaiting tactics. CLOSED SHOP In the recent elections, three more states joined the two which had already passed laws restrict­ ing labor unions from signing closed shop contracts. This is also another attack being launched against labor's gains. . Whenever a iminn, through col­ lective bargaining with the com­ panies, secures a closed shop agreement then that union is fully entitled to enforce the provisions of that contract. Now, in this latest anti-labor stunt certain states are saying by means of their laws that we can't sign a closed shop contract. That it's illegal. Illegal, hell! We fought for the closed shop to pre­ vent the open shop conditions of a few years ago, when there was no such thing as rotary shipping or the union hiring hall. Now, they're telling us that it's illegal! These present day conditions which our union has to fight against are more reason than ever that we should keep our Union strong. We must keep our Union streamlined for any eventuality. We were prepared for our strike when it became necessary to win our demands. And we'll be pre­ pared for the shipowners and their lawmaking stooges when­ ever they attempt to take away any of labor's gains which labor fought for and spilled its blood win. That's the Seafaters pro­ gram for tomorrow. These two things—union hir­ ing halls and rotary shipping— are so important to the structure of the union that it would mean a serious loss if either of them were ever taken away from us. For that reason, any attempts on the part of Taylor, or other ship­ (Con finned from Page 3) owners, to take away from us actual voting. The John S. Mosthose conditions for which we by reported almost all votes for fought so hard will meet with the .SIU; when the ballots were same kind of battle that the SIU counted the SIU garnered 28 always puts up in its beefs. votes to none for the NMU. • However, there is no doubt in The William Whipple- claimed the minds of other Seafarers with' BUY ELSEWHERE an overwhelming vote in favor of whom I have spoken lately that Their reply to us when we ask­ the SIU; the actual count show­ the ship operators will attempt to ed them to respect our lines was ed 27 for SIU and nothing for the take away or whittle down our | "We are in this business to make NMU. From the Claremont Vic­ conditions of rotary hiring and money and we are going to sell tory came the estimate that the union hiring halls. stores to'the ships if we have to entire crew had yoted for the It is also extremely interesting to have police protection to do SIU; this proved to be correct and to note what a tremendous battle it." the total .was 14 SIU to 0 for the the shipowners put up to pre­ NMU. And, Brothers, that is just what vent either the licensed deck of­ they did. They'd load up a truck This was the story on almost ficers or engineers from gaining full of stores and get a hundred all ships of the Isthmian fleet. union seeurity. i gendarmes to see it through. So True, some ships landed in the In the case of both the MM&P and the MEBA, neither organiza­ all Stewards should pick up their NMU victory column, but these proved to be few in number and tion gained real union security stores elsewhere. Voting, at the moment, is go­ never by the same majority as from their seven-week long strikes. It's true that the MM&P, ing along very slowly. The few shipg voting for the SIU. Victory in the bargaining elec­ gained a slightly better prefer- \ men who are on the beach have ential hiring clause than the all voted. In fact, we won't even tion, when it is announced by the MEBA on the East Coast. But, be able to hold a meeting tomor­ National Labor Relations Board, it's also true that neither outfit row night, as we have very few will not mean the end of. the books on the beach. Some old- j story. True to the pattern which gained a closed shop contract. timers are around—Nevin Ellis, the NMU has set during this en­ LOOK AT MINERS George Cain, Manuel Villar, to, tire campaign, it is reasonable to believe that they will endeavor to Take a look at the United Mine mention a few. stall the accrediting of the Sea­ Seafarers A1 Driver lost his kid Workers of America, and the farers International Union as the brother a few days ago. Young | pressure which the Truman ad-1 official bargaining agent for the Driver, who had recently started ministration is putting on their ^ men who sail Isthmian. going to sea, and the girl to president, John L. Lewis, to force whom he was engaged were kill­ Their action, however,' cannot him to backwater on the union's' outcome, and demands for increased wages to ed instantly when the car in change the final meet the ever-increasing cost of which they were riding got out within a short period of time the SIU will be prepared to negoti­ living. The entire might of the of control and crashed. The family requested SIU men ate for Isthmian seamen the same U. S. Government is being exert­ ed in this case to force the miners to serve as pallbearers. Our con­ high wages and excellent condi­ dolences to Brother Driver and tions enjoyed by all others who to remain on their jobs. are members of the SIU. Needless to say, the SIU is I his family. Seafarers Leads Isthmian Vote By PAUL HALL The vote that has been tabulated so far in the Isthmian election is a tribute to the hard work of the members of the Seafarers In­ ternational Union. Although the NMU is continuing its stalling methods, nevertheless, we know that the unorganized men of the Tstbmian T.jno have expressed a preference for the SIU and that it is only a matter of time before we will be sitting down at a bai-gaining table to talk turkey to the anti-union bosses of the largest freight line in the United States. Our members who acted as volunteer ships organizers did so of thir own free will. They received no pay as did the men who represented the NMU on these ships. You all know that SIU volunteers who went to sea sailing Isthmian ships took a financial licking because they did not collect the same high pay that other Seafarers did on SlU-contract ships. They did not have the strong Union backing that the SIU is able to give men on ships contracted to the Union; and this is a big factor with seamen. Worst of all, they sailed on non-union tubs, with conditions that were a throwback to conditions of a good 10 years ago. They did this because they believe in the SIU and they are prepared to go to any lengths to carry the good word about the Union. Many Points Proved If this organizing campaign proves nothing else, it docs definite­ ly show that the men of the SIU are willing to fight the hard way to organize the unorganized. But it proves many other points as well. First of all it shows us that any company, no matter how large or powerful it may be, can be organized by a strong, democratic union. When we went into the drive to bring Isthmian into the SIU fold, we did so with the knowledge that the company had a long anti-union record; that they Were strong and had many com­ pany stiffs working for them; and that they had the moneybags of the United States Steel Company behind them. Don't think that these factors did not have a bearing on the arrogant manner that the Isthmian officials adopted when they talked to the Union. Hard Times Faced Second, we learned that the entire apparatus of the Union must be geared tq^ normal action, strike action, and organizational action at the same time. During the course of the Isthmian drive, the SIU faced many hard times. We were raided by the communist-dominated water­ front unions, had to fight for the entire labor movement against the redtape of the Wage Stabilization Board, and supported the Masters, Mates, and Pilots and others in their legitimate beefs, as well as taking part in many other large scale beefs. If we had not been strong and well organized, sooner or later we would have failed in one or more of the big jobs we set out to do. LOG Important Last, and by no means the most important, is the lesson we learned in reference to the Seafarers Log. Through the use of this paper, we were able to carry on organizing, strike action propaganda, and support of other unions at the same time. We definitely need a larger paper, and through this medium we can do even more work in all fields. ' While we are pointing out the good job done by our volunteerorganizers and members, and the important part played by the Log. we know too that the Isthmian seamen themselves did a big job in making Isthmian another SIU company. They have proven that they are good union-minded men, and we should feel very proud over the fact that they thought enough of the SIU to vote for us as overwhelmingly as they 'have. For our part, we should be damned glad to have these militant men as our Union Brothers in the SIU. They had a choice between two unions—they picked the SIU in preference- to the NMU and no union at all. Job Is Important The whole situation around the Isthmian Drive proved that not only should the membership go all out in our beefs, but offi­ cials of the SIU must take an intensive part in any future organi­ zational work. The record in this last campaign shows that -prac­ tically all did their parts in this job just recently and successfully concluded. But there are some weak spots. These weak spots in the Union structure and apparatus have been noted and of course, they will be corrected immediately. Weak links in the chain must and will be weeded out! The membership of the Seafarers International Union is aware of these things and they will take steps to clear up these union problems in the traditional democratic, SIU manner. • r'"''I'-', , .• crC..- .'r' ^ �* •' 1^^- THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 22.'1946 Page.. Fivet^ Shipping Picks Up In Philly; Oldtimers Back To Favorite Port By J. TRUESDALE Seafarers In Port Marcus Hook NO NEWS?? Are Now Part Of Community Life Silence Ibis week from the Branch Agenls of ihe follow­ ing ports: By BLACKIE CARDULLO MARCUS HOOK —The SIU is one step further along in its cam­ paign to let Marcus Hook know that we are around. In fact they can't help but notice us, for the dispatcher and myself are now full-fledged members of the Mar­ cus Hook volunteer fire depart­ ment. Soon a familiar sight to the populace will be the white caps of the SIU astride the fire truck as it rushes through the streets on its rescue mission. We'll han­ dle anything hot that comes along now, and no cracks about "hot ships" from you kibitzers. As was reported last week the SIU Tanker News is being disliibuled around the flook to all unorganized tankermen. The of the Strike Committee here dur­ ing the big strike. ^ Another of the boys that just drifted in is Howard Conaid, a ship's Purser, who came in here during the SIU-SUF strike and volunteered to handle all of our office work. He was promptly put to work helping on our organiz­ ing drive. CHARLESTON PORT ARTHUR HOUSTON NORFOLK JACKSONVILLE CORPUS CHRISTI SAVANNAH BALTIMORE ALMOST NORMAL Things are just about back to normal after almost three months of inactivity, and Philadelphia will soon be getting it's share of shipping as it has in the past. Men Who Refuse Ships Create Future Competition For Selves By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK — When the MM&P went out on strike, the SS Coastal Archer, Overtakes, was caught in Brownsville, Texas. The copies are being grabbed up like Skipper of the ship did not want hot cakes by -the tanker seamen. to lose his good crew, so he told the men they could sleep and eat Sun Oil men have made con­ aboard, maintain the ship, and siderable qpmment on this first they would be paid for the entire edition, and from their response time. it looks like they are slowly but That sounded okay to the crew surely coming under the SIU ban­ and so that was done. After about ned. ten days, however, some of the crewmembers got a little restless, HOPPING AROUND so they asked to be paid off. They Since we lost our organizer, collected their money without Johnny Arabaz, both the dis­ any trouble. patcher and myself have been A few days later, kept busy hopping around set^ a ^ couple • -..umore tling beefs, paying off ships, and "»en went to the Captain with the organizing. We sure want to same story, but this ime the thank the members on the beach, Sk^PP^^ff^sed^o^paj^ them off. for their help in organizing while He explained that he had re­ ceived a telegram from the War they were waiting for a ship. Shipping Administration which At the moment we are looking prohibited him from giving any forward to the arrival of the SS, j^^iore draws, or making any more Tonto this week, with our dear payoffs. friend Captain "Rowboat" Wil­ NOT GOOD son on the bridge. The reason we call him "Rowboat" is because This did not sit so well with that is his rightful place, in a the men, and a few of them left rowboat all by himself where he the ship without being paid. The can play "Captain Bligh" to his Old Man immediately charged heart's content. the missing men with desertion. As soon as thd strike was over, TOUCHE the ship headed for New York, We have received instructions and the crew came right up to from "Rabbit" to refrain from the Hall with the story. We got picking on his local belle. It to work on it immediately, and seems that he didn't like what although the companj' tried to was printed concerning the light of his life a few weeks ago. Ah, yes, some men are touchy about certain things. Check It - But Good I just received a wire from Pat­ rick Forquer, stating that he is on his way in. Pat was a menrher At the present time we have five SUP ships lying in the har­ bor waiting for the MM&P and MEBA strike on the west coast to end. As soon as the strike is settled out there we'll crew these ships up, thereby taking quite a few men off the beach. HOOK CHICKS Both of the above mentioned boys claim they just came down here for a visit and to .ship out, but our opinion is: Don't under­ By STEELY WHITE estimate the power of the chicks NEW ORLEANS—Shipping is ships could sail with a complete of Marcus Hook. The motto of these guys is like picking up a little more every crew. This is not as it .should be. The Frank Buck's: "We bring them day, but we still have a great more permits we issue, the more back from anywhere." many men on the beach. In some men every member will have to As for the "alive" part of it cases we are having trouble buck in the future for a job, and you'll have to ask the chicks. crowing up ships that men are men on the beach without jobs And that's about all for this is not a healthy sign. we"rfrom\he"bigges"t"litUe p"ort refusing. In these cases we have We cannot allow our man­ on the coast. I had to issue permits so that the power ratio to get out of pro­ Coastal Archer Crew Collects Back Pay Withheld Illegally I guess the glowing accounts I have described concerning life in Marcus Hook have gotten around, for several of the boys are on their way down here. PHILADELPHIA — Shipping seems to be picking up in the port of Philly. This past week we signed on seven ships and paid off four, two of them. SUP ships. Check the slop chest be­ fore your boat sails. Make sure that the slop chest con­ tains an adequate supply of all the things you are liable to need. If it doesn't, call the Union Hall immediately. give us a hard time, we succeeded in winning our point.' First we pounded away on the charge of desertion placed against those men in Brownsville. The company hemmed and hawed, but they saw that we had no in­ tention of giving in, so they drop­ ped the charges and those men will be paid for the period they remained on the ship after the strike started. ALREADY PAID Next we picked up the dispute about paying the rest of thg men, and by this time we had things going pretty much our way. The company agreed to pay the men up to and including October 12, and that ended our last beef. Next week we hope to be in a position where we will have to send to New York for men. We're beginning to see a lot of the old faces around here. Men who did picket duty in other ports during the strike. Little Smokey is back from Baltimore hospital and Lincoln Nordly is in St. Agnes' hospital. It's rumored around that BeUyrobber Bernstein just got off the Harper due to the fact that she is going to the boneyard and Brother Bernie just don't like the "yard run." Believe it or not, "The Moose" Blackie Gardner is working again, and Kid Red Healy is on the verge of taking a job. We also hear that "Happy" is once more in love and doing all right for himself. It seems strangely different around Sonia's now that old man Mitch has passed away. He will portion—so let's protect ourselves by taking these ships when they come up on the board. Copies of the new agreement be sorely missed by all seamen have been received here at the who knew him as he was one Hall and they are available to all. swell guy. It is a good idea to give it a real CREDIT TO 511 look over as many changes have We would like to give credit been made for the better. to 511 for the use of their kitchen At the present time we are ne­ during the strike. It was a great gotiating in Mobile with the Wa­ help in the conduct of the strike, terman and Mississippi com­ and without it we would not have panies. We are also shaping up been able to feed in the fine something new to cover the new i manner that we did. Our thanks passenger ships of the Mississip­ may be a little late, but we want pi Company. to extend our thanks to all who One of these new passenger aided the Seafarers win the re­ ships is ready to take a crew cent strike. within a few days for her maiden Also thanks are due the crew voyage to Buenos Aires. Also of the SS Cornelia who during one of the P&O ships will be the MM&P and MEBA strike doback in action before long, and nated cigarettes to the boys who it will be necessary to send some were tied up on the beach. Their men from here to fullj' man the thoughtfulness was appreciated ship. by all men in the port of Phila­ delphia. VOTE NOW Voting in the elections for 1947 officials is going along at a good clip and every man in the port of New Orleans is strongly urged Bone Cracker to vote immediately if he hasn't NEW YORK —The crack SIU already done so. Mississippi Steamship Com­ crew of the SS Belle of the West pany has the retroactive pay should have good sailing on its made up tlirough the July 19 and South African run. The lads of any man who has anything com­ this Robin line vessel displayed ing to him should .contact Mr*. signs of good unionism as they Chandler at the New Orleans of­ signed on. Unusual harmony pre­ fice of the company. This is your vailed among the crew members, a pretty good indication that dough so go get it! there should be a minimum of beefs when the Belle finally re­ turns. The Belle's Bosun is a guy Word has come to this of­ with an interesting twist. He is fice that the Seafarer Log is a master of the art of ju-jitsu. not to be found in some of Prior to the war, the Japanese the seamen's Clubs in for­ government awarded him the eign ports. "Black Belt" for his excellence ia Whenever in a foreign port the boiie-breiiking technique. go to the seamen's Clubs and We hope the Bosun doesn't get see if the Log is displayed. If hurt, although we hear he heaves you don't see it. ask for it. a mean human-being. However, Find out why it is not put there appears to be little reason out, and leavo some of your to expect any excitement on the ship's copies of the Log there. Belle after seeing the clean-cut Notify the Seafarers Log of gang that signed on. all Clubs where you do not At any rate, congratulations find the SIU paper. are in order to the crew of this ^ip. Ray Gonzales The Patrolman Says: A 66EF. . AMD- AMD YOOK ! The men have already been paid, so all's well that ends well. Shipping and business are both picking up in this port. There are a few more jobs on the board, but still not enough to cause a rush from the outports to this port. If you want to ship, stay where you are, the chances are better. Feeding in this port ends on Monday, November 25. Not too many of our men are left on the beach, aird it seems that the time has come to pack away the kitchen. But it is ready for any emergency, and we can put it to­ gether in a very short time if we have to. Attention Seafarers �i^^!6r*:r>Xi:W'.^i^r*^'WW-ieS^ THE SEJFARB R§ I 00 Page Six " """ Friday. Wovambor 22. 1S4E Time Has Come To Change Tax Law For Seamen SlU Opens New Hall In Toledo, Takes Lead With Lakes Seamen By HENRY CHAPPELL TOLEDO, O. — The SIU has made another step forward in its prograrri of expansion on the Great Lakes by opening a new hall at Toledo, Ohio — at 615 Summit St. : :• ' leave our ships alone. They fully expected the SIU would stand idly by and give them our ships. After this move of theirs was re­ pelled, they then yelled mistake. You bet it was a mistake! Their biggest mistake was made on August 23 when they signed an agreement with Beth­ lehem Steel, and their phony strike was only eight days old. , Even the LSU would have been ashamed of that agreement whereby they agreed not to pic­ ket or interfere with Bethlehem By LOUIS COFFIN NEW YORK — From time to time I have written articles for By JOE VOLPIAN the Log concerning income taxes as they apply to seamen. I wrote Almost every man going to iiig or taking out-patient treat­ Eventually the Seafarers will several articles, but nothing much sea has at one time or another ment, he is entitled to main­ has been done about it as yet. have halls in all the principal heard about "Maintenance and tenance. ports on the Great Lakes. How­ Now, by reading the papers, I There is no fixed rate of main­ Cure" but, as a matter of fact, ever, this will be our long range notice that the next Congress tenance to be received by a sea­ there is a great deal of confusion program, as the SIU depends en­ on the subject. man but it is supposed to be has intentions of slashing income tirely upon funds received from Every once in a while, a man enough for him to live on. At the taxes by twenty percent, so I the seamen in the form of dues will come into our office and present time, the courts allow think this would be a good time and assessments. ask us if he is entitled to "coni" about $3.50 a day fur unliceiised to bring up my favorite subject, We do not get any financial aid pensation" or "subsistence" be­ personnel. This amount is not —elimination of seamen's income or assistance from any political cause he was injured or taken fixed by law, and varies accord­ taxes, if the seamen is out of the or foreign party as is the case ing to the place you live and the country in excess of six months. ill on the ship. with the NMU. Nor does any There is no such thing as com­ particular time which you were Regardless of the raise in company give us financial sup­ pensation for a seaman. Com­ injured or taken ill. wages and overtime which we port such as the phony Lakes Prior to the war, companies recently won, we still find that pensation, as it is commonly used, Seamens Union receives from the means that when a man is hurt paid anywheres from $1.50 to the average seamen is employed Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company. on a job, he is usually allowed $2.50 a day. If the cost of living 2/3rds of his salary while totally goes still higher, the Courts This phony company union is disabled, but in no event would might allow more than $3.50. composed of one of the Cleve­ he get more than about $25.00 In addition to the maintenance, land Cliff's attorneys and a few a week—depending under which the seaman is also allowed to sue employees sailing the company's law he comes. That is all a shore- the company for the injuries he vessels. They call themselves a side worker is entitled to under sustained, if the accident was Lake sailors union run by Lake Compensation. caused by the negligence of the sailors, and by their form letters The term "subsistence" as it is ship, its officers or fellow em­ they advertise how cheap it is to join their outfit The LSU is not ships, allowing them to sail with known, is payment to the seaman ployees. The law as to Maintenance and affiliated with either the AFL or NMU crews while their brother for the value of his room and CIO, and would never have any union members were picketing board while he is employed on a Cure is so old that, as the law­ outside support in the event of a other ships, docks, and non-union ship upon which there is no feed­ yers say, "the memory of man ing and sleeping, and has nothing runneth not to the contrary." It labor dispute. halls. at all to do with illnesses or in­ Officials of the LSU were not The entire membership of the juries suffered while working on goes back to the old English Ad­ miralty Law, and there are cases not more than eight months per elected, and they have no con­ NMU on the Lakes was sold a ship. on record that go back hundreds year. And since his earnings for stitution or democratic form of down the river by this agreement, The seaman, in oyr opinion, is and hundreds of years, allowing few months have to take care of operating their union. Of course and they know it. protected by the law much more seamen maintenance and cure. they will never have any disputes himself and his family for the If an SIU organizer is unable than any other worker that we The theory upon which a sea­ entire year, the elimination of the as to wages, working conditions, to contact you aboard the ship know of. If he is hurt or in­ man receive his maintenance is etc. as Cleveland Cliffs will fix you lay up this fall, come to one jured on a ship, or in the im­ that the shipowner, if the man withholding tax would increase these things, and LSU officials of the SIU halls located at mediate proximity thei-eof, not were hurt in his employ, was ob­ his take home pay, and ease the will agree or be out of their jobs. Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, De­ due to his own willful miscon­ ligated to see him through his situation during the time • he is Every Lake sailor knows this out­ troit, Chicago, and Duluth and duct, regardless of whether the difficulty as in those days sea­ out of work. fit is phony, even its own mem­ join the SIU-AFL.... a union of injury or illness is his own fault men were supposed to be wan­ EIGHT MONTH YEAR bers. sailors run by and for sailors, or not, then he is entitled to his derers on the face of the earth, Many people who are not ac­ NMU FAILED whose membership sails on the j "cure," which he receives at the irresponsible, with no knowledge quainted with seamen's problems Due to the commimistic tactics Great Lakes, and on the East, Marine Hospitals and where he of how to take care of themselves. have been under the impression employed by the NMU on the West and Gulf Coasts. is not required to pay for such Of course, nowadays, it is en­ that seamen work all year around Lakes in their vain attempt to Where would one of the mem- services. tirely different, because our men like the shore workers. Unfor­ comp'si all Lakes seamen to join ' bers from these Lakes seamens After he is discharged from are well represented. Under the tunately such is not the case. their outfit, this outfit knocked unions ship from in the event the hospital and he cannot go to present set-up for seamen, a man With ships laying up, being themselves out of the picture. | they ever wanted to go deep sea work because of the illness or in- becoming ill or injured during Their phony strike on the Lakes for a change? jury, so long as he is convalesc- a( voyage not due to his own mis­ sold, reallocated, and various only served to create resentment conduct, recovers wages until the other reasons, very few, if any, and hatred toward themselves. end of the voyage or until he is seamen work a straight year. Former members of the NMU are fit for duty, whichver happens Even when, a seamen works trying to turn in their books to first, plus Maintenance and Cure eight months he has. had a good the SIU in increasing numbers. at the rate of $3.50 per day. year, also, the public should re­ Contrast this with what he member that the seamen do not Some of them are not wanted would recover under Compensa­ receive any remuneration when By JOHN MOGAN as we don't intend to have the tion. Under Maintenance and they ai-e out of work. communist party take over the BOSTON —With the West was voted by the electorate by a Cure the man will receive apSIU like they have the NMU. In /-.fief From all this we can easily see e+T-ib-e. oil Kiif ,1^ t ^ Coast strike all but settled (ac-1 two-to-one margin, proximately $24.50 per week plus that by eliminating withholding Joe Curran's own words, he has stated publicly that the commun­ cording to the current newspaper, This has a curious angle for the his full wages, plus the opportun­ taxes, if a seamen has been out ists have taken over the NMU reports) the Port of Boston is still SIU, in that we are not sure yet ity in a proper case, to recover of the U.S. over six months, the as quiet as a day-old corpse. that this branch will be required damages in addition. and its treasury. difference of 17 or 18 percent of to file. Not that it makes a great There are signs of some tanker One major difference to be his actual earnings will aid him When some of these former NMUers apply for SIU member­ activity in the offing. Three are deal of difference to the SIU, as kept in mind is that under Com.- duiiijg the few months that he is affairs are now an pensation, there is an overall ship they are turned down as expected in here within the next its financial actually employed. open book to the membership limit of $7,500 payable to the in­ SIU officials are not to be taken few days. However, all three are REVERT TO OLD LAW in by their slick talk. Whenever coming from the Gulf and there and have been since the incep­ jured worker. While in the case of seamen, $25,000 or $30,000 judg­ some of these guys pat us on the shouldn't be. much of a turnover. tion of the Union. Before the war such was the However, the Unions feel—and ments are quite common. back or try to, we constantly It is plenty discouraging for the law, and I believe we should re­ It is the opinion of the writer vert to that law. We must re­ watch to see where the knife is members on the beach to be with good reason—that this is a concealed. showing around every day for a discriminating law, in that unions that the present law governing member that up to now the sea­ The apparent lack of interest job, with nothing on the board are required to list financial trans­ seamen is more equitable than men were not eligible for unem­ shown by the NMU towards their and nothing expected. The much actions for the State, not as busi­ that governing shore workers. ployment insurance. Lakes branches at the present heralded boom in shipping just nesses and corporations do (a The fact that the law has been time does not fool us either. This didn't develop as yet, and the mysterious statement of liabili­ passed giving us unemployment is an old prize fighter trick to harbor is virtually as dead as ties and assets), but in minute insurance does not mean much detail. It remains to be seen how feint his opponent out of posi­ during the strike. yet, for the law hasn't aided the The Seafarers Log is your tion, and then pull a fast one. No, There must be a reason or reas­ it will work out. seamen due to all the red tape Well, to paraphrase an old Union paper. Every member the SIU fully expects any trick ons for this condition; and some­ involved. has the right to have it mailed in the book from the NMU, and is where in the hidden corridors of World War Motto, our members When Congress I'econvenes they to his house, where he and consequently prepared at all times the Maritime Commission there here are hoping to "be out of the should immediately take some doldrums by Christmas." But his family can read it at their to take care of them. must be some little guy who action on this income tax busi­ something should break before leisure. knows what it is all about. SIU ALERTNESS ness and give the seamen what then, if only the reappearance of If you haven't already done FINKY BILL was theirs before the war. : SIU alertness on the Great those almost forgotten paragraphs so. send your name and home Ijakes was proven beyond doubt The labor bill requiring labor of the various Port articles which address to the Log office. 51 this fall during the phony NMU unions to file all receipts and used to read something like this: Beaver Street. New York "Lakes strike when they put a itemized expenditures with the " ... so come to this port, you City, and have yourself added picket line around SlU-contract- State, a bill fought bitterly by or­ fellows who want to ship out in to the mailing lisL ed ships after being warned to ganized labor in Massachusetts, a hurry." Boston Battles Doldrums And Anti-Labor Bill At Same Time GET THE LOG �••• "-| : ''y^*:4 Friday. SNovembiBr 22, 1346 T B E S E AP A R KR S LOG Page Saves aOIlPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Food Snarls Harass Waltham Victory Men Bauxite Tieup Nears End PORT OF SPAIN, TrinidadProspects appeared bright for the early resumption of regular schedules by Alcoa vessels on the bauxite run. An announcement early this week said the 10-day old strike of the 2,000 dock wor k­ ers had been virtually settled, although picketing continues. While the issues are being ar bit­ rated, loading and unloading was to begin this week. Previously, the Alcoa Company had suspended bauxite opera­ tions in this port as a result of the strike. It was disclosed last week that six Alcoa ships were being diverted from the island. At present, one Alcoa ship is in port with about 1800 tons of food­ stuffs aboard. According to the new development, she will now be unloaded. Just prior to the announcement of the strike's end, one vessel sailed with .550 Ions of rice that was to have been unloaded for the colony. MONKEYING AROUND Dogged by foul food conditions that persisted from the day of the sign-on, the SS Waltham Victory returned early this week to New York, original port of engagement, winding up a four-month run notable for the trials which beset the crew. When the food-* ——— —_ stuffs weren't bad they were; to use part of the old stock. By short in supply, 'it was revealed the time Capetown was I'eached the butler had gone from bad to when the vessel docked. rancid, and the crew complained, Twice in the voyage from New asking that it be replaced. This York to Madagascar the crew ob­ reque.st was refused. jected to sailing because of the Spokesmen for the crew then food difficulties. On both occa­ approached the United States sions the crew's militant stand won improvement in conditions., consul for permission to hold up The first food tie-up came in the .ship in Capetown until the New York, as the Waltham Vic­ condition was corrected. A mem­ tory was preparing to pull out. ber of the consulate was sent A final check up of food supplies aboard the ship, and the butter disclosed a shortage of meat. The wa.s subject to laboratory ex­ ship was held up for 24 hours un­ amination. The test corroborated til additional supplies were the crew's contention, the results showing the butter to be bad. It brought aboard. was discarded and a fresh supply BAD BUTTER obtained. The second snarl ocurred when SUP men pointed out that the the snafued ship hit Capetown. At that point it was the butter butter in question had been that caused the hitch. Only 180 placed aboard the Waltham Vic­ pounds of fresh butter was load- tory before the vessel left the ed in New York; 420 pounds of,^^^^ months earl­ bad butter had been left aboard ier. In addition to the fresh butmaking it necessary for the crew ter, other fresh stores urgently needed, with the exception of items rationed, were taken on "in Capetown. Crew Votes Stiff Penalties For Un-Unionlike Conduct Raising a ruckus, or otherwise violently acting up is taboo aboard the SS Alcoa Pilgrim, Acting on a motion proposed by Eddie Patterson and Charles Lee at a recent membership meeting held at sea, the crew voted to lay a fine oft— $25.00 on anyone guilty of conThe meeting next concerned duct unbecoming, a Union man. itself with several motions aimed The motion defined as miscon­ at alleviating conditions trace­ duct actions wherein a crew able to faulty water piping member, who, on returning to aboard the vessel. the ship, "raised any kind of fuss, DANGER or started a fight, or was ob­ noxiously drunk." The heavy The meeting condemned the danger presented by leakage from overhead hot water and steam f IT CEtJrAiNL-V ^ nj PA^ToeeA pipes in the crew's fo'csle. Sever­ A GcoV BoV ! al men reported having been bS<.awakened in their bunks by drops of hot water coming from ^ the pipes. In addition to a motion calling for repair of this condition, one was passed urging the" installation of "some sort of cooling system" in the crew's showers. The water coming from both the hot and cold water taps, the crew said, "was too hot to bathe in." penalty was decided upon as Motions also were presented to punishment fit for any action correct the ventilation system. that would reflect unfavorably The crew wants the blowers in­ I on the prestige of the Seafarers. creased, and a fan installed in PUT TEETH IN IT the laundry. The crew's determination to Another motion by Charles Lee I wipe out irresponsibility and in- recommended that all departI difference to the Union's general' ments keep the laundry clean, I welfare was further evidenced by'arid that the Chief Steward start Ian amendment passed to put v/ith his department on a rotatjmore teeth into the motion. The ing system. Each department to I amendment stated "that such'serve for one week. An amend[parties be brought before the ment to this motion required that [membership and recommended all men on sanitary work use the [for the '99 year club' at a regular spray gun on roaches and other jshoreside meeting in the States." vermin in the laundry and Joseph Bryant, who offered whe^-ever else needed. I the amendment, urged the BroThe meeting, first on the regu­ Ithers "to. keep respectable," and lar schedule, was. chaired by [to keep out of the-hands of the Brother Lee. L. W. IHighsmith ICoast Guard. was recordinig secretary. iiffiiil '•M STAY EXTENDED Prior to sailing time in New York, the vessel was provisioned for 90 daj's—the estimated dura­ tion of the round trip to Mada­ gascar. But the ship was held up in Tamatave (Madagascar) for six weeks, owing to bad discharge and loading facilities there. Con­ sequently, supplied ran short. At­ tempts to obtain foodstuffs to make up for the quantities con­ sumed during the unscheduled stay in tiie Madagascar port met with questionable success. Meat and vegetables obtained there were described as "inferior." • At Lourenco Marques, the next port of call, the crew ran into further complications when they were told in that South African port that supplies were short, and that they had better replenish the stores at Durban. Apparently free from wordly cares, "Mr. Monlfr' one of the most popular passengers aboard the SS Sea Dolphin, cuts capers on deck for his own. and the crew's amusement. In top photo, "Monk" is investigating the makeup of an orange. Directly above, he peers curiously at his reflection in a mirror, which he borrowed from an obliging crew member. "Looks like someone made a monkey out of me," says our long-tailed friend. ler allowed only two cases of but- gates then announced their intei", and a quantity of eggs suf- tention of visiting the consul to ficient only to provide each man seek his intervention with the with three per week for the 30- Controller, day return voj'age. Milk, too. CLEAN AT PAYOFF was short, as were other re­ quired foodstuffs. Only half the The minutes do not reveal the amount requisitioned was avail-1 details of the interview with the But at Durban, the Control- able. The three department Dele- consul, but it is safe to assume they met with some measure of success. The Log inquired of the DIGGING IN THE DEEP Patrolmen, who paid off the Wal­ tham in New York, as to the na­ ture of the payoff. They said the ship came in clean, and that there were no major beefs hanging over. No emphasis was laid on the food quality or supplj-. The crew did, however', point out, in the minutes of the Nov. 3 meeting, held at sea as the ves­ sel neared New York, that the Union should be notified of the serious food shortages existing in South African ports, which makes the acquisition of supplies an improbability. At the meeting, the Steward suggested that in the future Patrolmen be asked to ascertain the length of the" Voyage, and then check the amount of stores in relation to This shot was taken aboard a Hog Islander just as she was the duration of the trip. digging into a huge swell off Cape Hatter as. Seconds later the Seafarers P. Taurasi and Ray­ choppy sea came smashing across her bow. The camera-wise mond Brookes were chairman Se^arers, who recorded the scene for his files, prefers to remain and secretary, respectively, of the anonymous. shipboard meetings. m - : j| �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eighl f:-. •1 ,r Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings iSEAFARER SAM SAYS: <"} FORT HOSKINS, Sept. 28 — Chairman Phillips; Secretary Hannan. Previous meeting's minutes read and accepted. Mo­ tions carried: that Patrolman and new crew check slopchesl prices before ship sails; to have a repair list ready for approval of next mcet-ng. It was sug­ gested that g vl men have their bunks stripped down and fo*csles clean for next crew. All disputed overtime must be turn­ ed in before ship hits port. •fr' t t H' ALCOA PILGRIM, Sept. 1— Chairman Eddie A. Patterson; Secretary A. Nottage. Motions carried: that none but author­ ized persons open, set, or wind clock; that 40 flat port screens be obtained for use in messhalls and fo'csles; that ships dele­ gate see Captain about repair­ ing of crew's icebox in Trinidad. General discussion in regard to feeding of watches, keeping juices chilled, etc. Watches to have table and to be fed first. » t «• CAPE PILLAR, Sept. 6 — Chairman Rumbal; Secretary Johnrton. All hands present at meeting, except those on watch. Motions carried: that delegates see Captain about restoring har­ mony aboard; that fine against Brother be lifted. General dis­ cussion on beefs in various de­ partments, and open discussion on matters concerning crew welfare. » 1 1 Hook Artists Plague Men On The Maclay In the Good and Welfare dis­ cussion at a shipboard meeting aboard the William Maclay the crew requested windchutes equipped with screens, along with other suggested improve­ ments. What seemed like a very ordin­ ary request had a very unusual reason for it. It seems that the ship is headed for the Islands and the crew has on previous trips caught Island natives stealing things from quarters by using a wire hook through the open port­ holes. Gad, what next will plague the life of a seaman. liV:' 'Q-: Friday. November 22, 1946 X % ALCOA VOYAGER, Aug. 12 — Chairman Beits; Secretary Hudson. Delegates gave their reports; all in order. Motions carried: to send communication to headquarters regarding two sets of articles in force on this ship; that Delegates see Cap­ tain in regard to crew's mess situation. Books to be returned to library. Messhalls and decks to be kept clean of rubbish. Men called for better set-up on mess table at all times. tit FELTORE, Sept. 19 — Chair­ man George Meany; Secretary Riversly Brown. Delegates re­ ported everything okay. Mo­ tions carried: that anyone leav­ ing dirty cups, cigarette butts, putting) feet on benches, in messhall or recreation rooms, •Dx littering these rooms, or leav­ ing laundry room dirty, be fined 50 cents, money to be turned over to Log. It was suggested that anyone having books in their rooms return same to the Lounge. i X X AIKEN VICTORY, Aug. 26— Chairman Mayhorn; Secretary Posleuieidar. Motions sarried; that all departments stick to­ gether and not payoff until re­ pairs completed; that men not attending meetings be fined $5.00, unless they offer satis­ factory excuse; that Deck re­ pair list be compared with Steward's list and discrepancies rectified; committee appointed to try member failing to attend meeting. XXX Misplaced Dogs Aid Hospitalized Violators of messroom rules aboard the SS Brazil Victory might be consoled with the knowledge that the proceeds of the fines they paid for their in­ fractions wound up in a good cause. Headed up "If you don't keep your feet under the table—you pay," a note from the New Or­ leans Branch says "the boys on the Brazil Victory found this out on their last trip. "For parking their dogs on the chairs in the messroom," the note continues, "the guilty lads paid a goodly sum in fines. The money was turned over to the boys in the Marine Hospital here in New Orleans. "In all, $25.75 was realized. This donation looks like a for­ tune to the less fortunate Broth­ ers," the note concludes. XXX POWELLTON SEAM. Aug. 15 — Chairman John Orman; Secrelary T. McLane. Deck and Engine deparfmenf Delegates reported all okay; Stewards Delegate slated all okay but for some disputed overtinme. Motions carried: that Log in­ form crew as to what consti­ tutes sufficient supply of milk to be kept aboard; that any member caught taking ship's stores be bought up on charges and recommended for "99 year club"; that anyone leaving wat­ er run in scuttlebutt be fined 50 cents; that anyone using ice cubes and not refilling trays be find 25 cnts, and for taking trays to thir room, 50 cents. Vote of thanks given Brother Tilley for his help in settling all beefs and making this a real union ship. One minute of silence for departed brothers. XXX Bull Line Acquires Title To 3 Ships L. S. WESTCOAST (Lakes steamer), Oct. 26 — Chairman Jim Kelsick; Secretary William Zinkel. Minutes of previous meeting read and accepted. Pol­ icy of appointing imrated man to rated man's position with­ out calling Union Hall for new man to be discontinued. Motion carried recommending that if man does not give four hours notice before quitting, Re shall be reported to Union headquar­ ters. All minutes are to be sent direct to Union Hall. Notice was given to Union Agent in Detroit requesting order of sil­ verware, linen, coffee urn and toaster for Steward's depcrtment, but not yet delivered. XXX JOHN G. HIBBENS, Aug. 10 — Chairman L. (Frenchy) Blanchard; Secretary Joe P. Julian. Minutes of previous meeting ac­ cepted as read. Motions car­ ried; discussion on man in Stewards department, that he be given another chance to prove himself by sailing in an­ other department; that each Delegate see that rooms in their departments are cleaned and soiled linen returned to Steward before payoff; that repair list be made by each delegate for presentation to Patrolman on arrival in port; that each crew member by suggesting things that would benefit his relief; Ship's Delegate spoke on union­ ism to T. C. men. It X, X Big-Time Operators Just Plain Seafarers We hear a lot, now and then, about Smith and Johnson, a couple of guys who operate ships contracted with the SIU. But last week, when we picked up a copy of the Sept. 25 minutes of the SS Alcoa Pilgrim, our eye­ brows arched. Plain as day, the minutes said Smith and Johnson were secretary and chairman, respectively, of the meeting. Could be these guys are a couple of Jekyll and Hydes, we figured. Checking feverishly, our fears were soon dispelled. Smith and Johnson were just a couple of hardworking, good Union Sea­ farers. No connection \yith the shipping firm of the same name. Besides, they were sailing on an Alcoa ship. XXX DIAMOND HITCH, Sepf. 27 —Chairman Lee Goldinger; Sec­ relary J. DuBose. New Busi­ ness; Deck Delegate made com­ plaint against Chief Mate be­ cause of Mate's refusal to coop­ erate with the crew; complaint was made against the First As­ sistant concerning the logging of Paul Kent. Complaint was brought against the Steward. It was suggested that the Pur­ ser's records concerning the rate of exchange for foreign money be investigated. 11$ M. B. LAMAR, Aug. 26 — Chairman Gilmore; Secretary Fred Hicks. Motions carried: that all showers and heads be The A. H. Bull Steamship Com­ painted; that screens be obtain­ pany has acquired title on three ed for all portholes; electrical vessels by purchase under terms appliances be checked and re­ of the Merchant Marine Sales^. placed if necessary; that springs Act of 1946, it has been announ­ on all bunks be checked, new ced by the Maritime Commission. mattresses obtained, if neces­ The war-built vessels, which the sary; new icebox to be obtained line had operated previously for for crew's mess; thai Patrolman the government, are: Chilton check all iceboxes, stores, etc., Seam, Powellton Seam and the before ship clears for next yoyFreeport Seam. age; slopchest to be checked. A Ma^ e>krt^'brip count I •Cfk..o THOSE sHipecAi2D AIEETJ/SJGS AMD WIND up eACH MFETirsiG WiTH AM EDOCATioNAU DiSCUSSio/sl LED BT Otje OF THe QUALlflBO A LOT CJFji^NOW-HoWiM EACH CREW . .. IT 9 CUT and RUN By HANK We're informed that tomorrow afternoon over there in the country of Brooklyn, Brother "Hank" Piekutowski will be happily splicing himself into a long voyage upon the sea of matrimony to a swell girl named Ann Tropanotto. Brother "Hank" sincerely thanks all those swell people who have wished him luck and happiness and helped him, along, from the bottom of his happy heart . . . Well, we sure wish that "Rusty" Ralph Swillinger gets that ship going to Capetown, South Africa so that he can bring his wife back home with him. Furthermore, "Rusty" might get so happy that he'll try and bring back the Boston Cafe with him, too . . . Oldtimer Andy Thevik came into town about two weeks ago from a short trip . . . Brother A. Rappaport was idly wishing for an electrician's job last week. Where to, the West Coast, for business? X X X X Our good paL "Blackie" Rodriguez just came up from Philly where he had a swell time with his three pals and a big blow­ out. after he paid off the SS John Howland. "Blackie" says he came up to see his wife, who is happily recovering from her ill­ ness—and he also says the boys down there are getting along swell . . . Robert McQueen is in town right now, waiting to ship out . . . John Henry Wymond, the Cook, says theit he could and would like to write a book beginning from the Mexican border up to the Canadian border. Steward Joe Daugherty should help you. Brother Wymond . . . A1 Gordon wants to say hullo to his sister Ruth in Fort Wayne—easy does it . . . And if Joe Buns wants to trade something real good for Al's ring, says Al, it could be a deal. Anything but stamps, eh Al? Here's a short and slightly humorous story about one of our | charter members, "Red" Carlon. "Red," who sails Chief Electrician, promised the boys aboard the SS Walter Christensen some cigarettes when they hit Santos. However, when they arrived they found him on the corner with a monkey, apd "Tiger Lil"—waiting and hoping . . . Brother Mike Hook, one af the many good Isthmian organizers, just came in, mustache and all, off the- Walter Christensen, laughing [ about something real funny! Brother Gotlschalk is anxiously wailing for a bellyrobbing job and some retroactive pay too . .. Blonde, curly-haired Kenny Marslon just came in off a trip, talking with a smile about the Midtown . . . "Blackie" Lloyd Gardner just dropped in up here from Philly to collect the few dollars retroactive pay. Meanwhile his pal, Robert Rutledge, just left New York after wishing us good luck . . . Well, well, look who's in town. Our pal, Pete Bush, who was down in the Gulf for awhile. See Harold Nelson and his mustache anywheres down there? Brother Levy just met one of his pals this week who just came from Mexico City or thereabouts. His pal says that down there! you can buy a pair of those long Texas longhorns for one hundred American skins. But another guy says that for a half-way decent shirt you can get it down in one of the islands. WeU, whatever way! you get them you can have them—we don't want them . . . We have I a suspicious idea that Rum and Coke Willie West received a nice! bright company flag from Robin Line so he can wave it on the bowl when his ship sails—and that they also gave him a life-time pencil! to write with. But fun or no fun, Brother West don't mind, as long! as he takes those annual South African tours. �-jri" "" '"•/.^^''••y.^'?'^ "^/iT ^'-TT'^ Friday, Kcvembar 22, 1948 Wi TH^ SEAFARERS LOe Page Nine THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS SEAFARER RIPS WRITER'S PLEA FOR SLAVE-SHIP DAYS Sweatin' Out The Strike In Pedro Dear Editor: •V , In contrast, the competent writer and the fool in journalism are worlds apart. The former writes for intelligent readers, se­ lects subjects he thoroughly com­ prehends, and his words arc nec­ tar to the minds. Tiie fools, how­ ever, cater to a gullible public, are disgustingly ridiculous, and create trash which would best serve as amusement for morons. We have no quarrel with the able. We thought the newspaper field was by now overcrowded with fools, but wonders never ceasing, a new one has managed to creep into that elite fraternity. We have here a man, who, through constant perusal of antiquated sea romances, reinforced by per­ sonal, but distorted opinions on the subject, has become the lead­ ing authority on American mari­ time affairs. His knowledge is so extensive and extraordinary, we smell it all the way down here in Beaver Street. We refer to the great maritime brain that walks, talks, eats and calls itself Hanson This pencil sketch is the handiwork of Seafarers F, J. Curls W. Baldwin, and most amazing of all, gets paid by the New York Times, for garbage that rightfully and if good food, clean fore­ castles, humane treatment and belongs in the incinerator. high morale are not improve­ GENIUS? ments, then Hanson should have On October 9, Baldwin brought his nut examined. his warped genius into play and Dear Editor: ployer at the bargaining tables CREW WELFARE penned a column which turned next year. To gain such economic At the recent American Feder­ out to be a stupid indictment of The unions do NOT interfere power, we, the rank and file, must all maritime unions. Beyond a with the operations of ships ex­ ation of Labor Convention Presi­ unite into one big union of all dent William Green advocated doubt, Hanson's writing stamps cept where the welfare of its workers under an industrial dem­ him as an anti-labor dilettante, crew is concerned. The merchant that we must drive the com­ ocracy, and all the power must the foe of seamen, and a highly marine is NOT disintegrating. munist political party from the remain in the hands of the mem­ trade unions. misinformed upstart. America, today, has a fieet of bership not in a few top-officials Let us be careful this does not Hanson does not believe in over, 60 million deadweight tons who would try to lay down the unions. To hear him tell it, unions —a fleet larger than the combin­ become a "heresy hunt," where­ policy in a federated convention. are a thorn in the side of the ed maritime strengths of Britain, by officials in power can use this Let us be honest with ourselves program as a means to destroy Japan, Norway and Germany. as free-thinking Americans and any and all militant opposition Captains ARE masters of their realize the one big union cannot that would oppose their leader­ vessels, but the authority to beat be a success in either the AFL or ship. The expulsion of commun­ and cripple is no longer theirs. the CIO because by such advoca­ istic or any political activity of a The current seaman is not a sort should be controlled by the tion there would no longer be a weakling. He is a younger man, rank and file, not from the lop William Green or Phillip Murray cleaner and more intelligent than officialdom for after all we are to live upon the backs of the Hanson's heroes. The bucko the union and the officials only workers. If they were to remain mates, shanghai artists, slave are paid employees. within our ranks they would be traders, privateers and drunken We must also keep in mind that forced to return to the point of maniacs have all gone on the in the maritime industry are paid production, and we all know they path of evolution. There is no employees of the employer look­ have made the federations of these place in the present merchant ing for a weapon to destroy us unions into a corporation bene­ marine for the type. Hanson under the cloak of destroying ficial to the chosen few. wants them back? If some of his political activity. bucko mates and blood-thirsty The union is the property of merchant marine, interfere with, skippei-s took Hanson out to sea the membership not the officials and prevent the proper handling and beat his brains out, he would and the rank and file should be of ships. Furthermore, the unions certainly change his tune. Han­ the final voice-in union policies are causing the slow but sure dis­ son is still sailing with Columbus. and practices. The Seafarers integration of the industry. Han­ Union was built at the point of WHO ARE PATRIOTS son also claims that captains are production on the job by "directno longer masters of their ves­ Finally, Hanson can not call a action"; let us keep it that way sels. man who braved the dangers of for the future. Hanson does riot believe in the the sea, the submarine, torpedoes LABOR PROBLEMS emancipation of the seaman. and the airplane bombs, a draft There are more important prob­ He prefers the old slave days dodger. How about the millions lems facing labor to-day than with its filth, depravity, hunger who worked ashore and went spending all our time "witchand brutality. home each night to a comfort­ hunting" as advocated by the con­ Individually, under capitalism able studio-couch and a parasitic vention. Problems such as how the wage worker is weaponless. Hanson believes the seamen of today are a race of weaklings. wife? What do you call THEM, to prevent the coming depression; If he has a job, he can quit. If he The disappearance of bucko Hanson? Are they patriots? And how to prevent another war; how hasn't got a job, he can crawl into mates et al, greatly puzzles him. that money you "seem to envy, to get enough to "eat, and clothes an alley and die of starvation. Hanson also states that we who Hanson. That money was not to wear. Labor's standard of liv­ Also, he is free to drink himself carried the ammunition to the earned in a boon-doggling assem­ ing is lower than any time in the to death, or take poison, or end war theatres are nothing short of bly line. THE SEAMEN EARN­ past quarter of a century. it all with a bullet, thus doing di-aft dodgers, and got big salar­ ED IT AT THe RISK OF THEIR 1 am in full accord with Paul the master class a favor. ies and bonuses while- playing VERY LIVES. Hall and his challenge to all Mari­ Back in the days of 1934, when hide-and-seek with Uncle Sam. Next time, Hanson,' write about time labor on the necessity of a seaman did try to throw off the For Hanson's information, the Little Bo-peep, the three little unions to sign contracts on the yoke of slavery he was condemn­ unions have been instrumental in pigs, or, copy from Aesop. same-, day giving us strong eco­ ed by the high officialdom of the cleaning up the merchant marine E. Ciniron nomic power to defeat the em­ federation, then expelled for his Complex Problems Of Today Challenge Labor: Buckley Log -A - Rhythms Song of the Open Sea By Thurston J, Lewis Lei me hear ihe white caps swishing And the roar of open sea. Where my troubles and vain wishing Are forever drowned for me. Let me hear the weird wind whistling Through the halyards and the stays. And our seaman's whiskers - bristling With the breath of winter days. You may have your weary shore jobs With your class and everything. Let me go with other gobs 'Tis of them I sing. We will follow south the sun. Where the Southern Cross is hung. Where the natives dance the tango. And they speak a different tongue. Let us plow the open sea With the foam abaft the screws. It's the seaman's life for met That's the way of life I choose! defiance . Later he was received back into the fold when the cof­ fers of his money exchange were filled for the high priest in the "Temple of Labor," where the gi-eat God mammon is worshiped. Labors problem to-day is not a craft but an industrial problem. A labor union at the present time, to be an effectual instru­ ment of offense and defense, must conform to the structure of mod­ ern industry. It must be an in­ dustrial rather than a craft union in form. The craft unions have not kept pace with the needs of a changing world. They have largely remained just where they were in the beginning. Far from being the helpful fighting instru­ ments they were in the old days, they have merely become a furth­ er means of effecting the enslave­ ment of the class whose interest they are supposed to serve. A General Strike of craft unions is an unthinkable impos­ sibility. Being organized for the sole purpose of enabling a few groups of wmrkers to "get by" under capitalism they lack both the form and spirit necessary to make possible united action for a common objective against a common foe. The modern industrial struggle demands modern industrial weap­ ons. And in this regards the craft union is as obsolete as a dodo. For Paul Hall to conceive a .un­ ified contract for all workers at a set date he must look elsewhere for an organized form more suit­ able for this purpose. Joseph S. Buckley (Edilor's Note: You're en­ titled to your personal opin­ ions, Brother Buckley, al­ though we think you're some­ what off the base. But, then, that's what makes for democ­ racy.) •.jy 1 �' >^»rr-=r^'«?.c Page Ten The Patrolinen Say— THREE OF A KIND Goodbye, Skipper ir w H # NEW YOEK — The George Washington of the Mcoa Steam­ ship Company came into port from Bermuda last week, and set a reccud for the smallest number of sign, offs in that ship's history. There were no .sign offs in the Deck or Engine Departments and only three in the Stewards De­ partment. The crew numbers 116 men with 75 of them in the Stewards Department. With a replacement )©f only three men in the Stew­ ards Department that is really something to get excited about. SHIP MEETING During its run to and from Bermuda, the crew had two joint meetings—one on the run down and one on the way back, which were attended by all available members of the crew. At the meetings various subjects were 'discussed and ironed out in the usual SIU manner. The ship, on the whole, was very clean, not because she is on the passenger run, but because the crew takes great pride in keeping their respective quarters in order. They pride themselves on the cleanliness of the ship, and are always ready for inspection if any of the compauv ufficials •should come aboard. I'm sure the officials would have no fault to find with her as she is tops in cleanliness. CAPTAIN SIGNS OFF This trip also saw the depar­ ture of the Skipper, Captain Parks, who has been master of •the Washington for a number of years. The crew regretted to see him leave as they all liked him very much. They said he was a very strict Captain in all re­ jects, for he was not only strict with the crew, but just as strict toward the "passengers. He did mot allow his crew to be dic­ tated to by anyone other than the heads of the departments, which is the way they like it. The crew is hoping that he will become master of some other ship in the near future, as some would like to join him and sail tmder his command. The crew is hoping that Captain Park's successor will read this article nnd follow in his footsteps. The Skipper's attitude means everything to a crewmember, and when a good egg comes along they aU hate to lose him. A good indication of the recep­ tion given the new skipper will be shown when the ship gets back to New York after the next trip, for if there is a large sign ioff .there will be no doubt as to what the crew thinks of the new skipper. William Hamilton SS Albert Burleson Brightens Belli Coast With Glean Payoff By W. H. SIMMONS They had trouble with the Chief Mate oa the SS Lyman Hall, but the other officers were good joes so the trip was not all bad. Left to right. Fidel Lukban, Steward; Carl Lawson. Bosim; and Joe Costello, AB, They were part of a fine crew—all SIU members. Ex-Navy Bucfce Chief Mate Spoils Ship Cooperation On Lyman Halt the cleanest ship he had ever been on. The ship was not the only clean thing about the voyage. 'When it came to payoff, after a trip of four months duration, the 8000 hours of overtime were not dis­ puted ,and the ci'ew collected the transportation back to New York, the port of signing on. But it was not in the cards, and before the voyage was many "We would like to thank Red days old, aft.er'leaving New York Simmons, the Frisco Agent, and on June 10, the Chief Mate start­ Teague, the Patrolman, for com­ ed to throw his weight around. ing down to the ship and straight­ Finally, on September 15, con­ ening out the few things that ditions became so unbearable were still being discussed," the that it was decided to hold a three crewmen said before they shipboard meeting to discuss left, "and remember to blast that ways and means of combatting Mate. He is an ex-Navy man, and he thinks that merchant sea­ this dictator. men have to jump when he cracks Out of the meeting came a the whip." recommendation that the SIU get Only the Chief Mate of the SS Lyman Hall, South Atlantic Steamship Company, tried to make the last trip of that vessel a tough one. If it had not been for that character, the trip would have gone down in everyone's memory as a voyage that was smooth and orderly. in touch with Captain Harry Mar­ tin of the Masters, Mates and Pilots and tell him that since this Mate, Harold H. Patterson, has publicly stated that he would rather sail with NMU crews as they are easier to handle, that his activities be confined to such crews in the future. ANTI-SIU Mate Patterson was also scored for making derogatory remarks about the SIU and its activities, and it was noted in the record of the meeting that he had al­ ready been warned once before in Portland, Oregon. The crew members were unani­ mous in their praise of the other, officers, especially the Skipper, Captain W. H. Lewis. "He was always looking out for the crew," said Carl Lawson,' Fidel Lukban, and Joe Costello, three members of the crew who came up to the Log office with the story. "He checked the stores i i 1 personally and made sure that there was plenty of good food be­ We are receiving plenty of fore he would let the ship sail." beefs about the shower on Bull SHIP SPOTLESS Line ships recently. While the All the officers on board were -^ips are in the tropics, crewmembers find it impossible to get union members and, according to any cold water, and they are un­ the crew, they worked in com­ able to take any showers. This plete harmony. Everything went situation is occurring on Cape- along so well, that when the Pilot came aboard to guide the type ships only. Lyman Hall into the harbor in San Now these beefs can be taken Francisco, he looked about in sur­ care of very easily with a little cooperation from the crewmem- prise, and remarked that it was feers of the offending ships. Re­ pair lists should be made out, Line has several of these beefs. with the Captain receiving one However, they are taking care of copy, and another copy going to them as soon as one of these ships the Patrolman who pays off the put into port. ship. .Salvador Colls At the present time, the Bull Jim Drawdy Wet Beef Fdda^, Noyeir.ber 22, 1946 THE S EAF ABERS LOG Well, men, here's hoping that this article does the trick, and that Mr. Patterson gets his wish —and sails only on NMU vessels from now on. SAN FRANCISCO jfioomy .tdottd that has b^n hanging over the old Gold Coast has begun to brighten up a little bit this week after five or six weeks of inactivity. I understand the MEBA will soon settle their strike and ac­ cording to all indications the MM&P win follow soon after by settling their dispute with' the shipowners. So, if the dope I have is correct, the future will soon look brightei' out here for Seafarers than it has for some time. BIG ARRIVAL Last Friday the SS Albert Bur­ leson, an American Liberty Line ship, pulled in here direct from Germany. Her arrival was some­ thing to ^out about in these days of dead hai-bors and idle ships. She pulled alongside the Army Arsenal dock in Benecia and when I went aboard her who should I find but a solid crew from dear old Mobile. In this crew I found some mighty fine Union men, some of whom were permit and trip card men, but the fact that they did not hold fuU books was no bar­ rier to them. They are fast be­ coming the Union-minded men who will be needed to strengthen and keep this Union the finest maritime organization on the waleifronl. BUM STEWS As is known to every Seafarer, in every crew there are always some men who do not rate sail­ ing under the SIU banner. On the SS Albert Burleson, I am sorry to say, were a couple of cooks who by no means did the organization any good. When 1 boarded the ship 1 found these two men drunk and knocked out in their bunks while the food in the galley was going to ruin. The crew inforftied me that the situation was the same in Seafarers Pressure Brings Needed Change To Neponsit The pressure bought to bear by the complaints of seamen, the publicity given through the Sea­ farers Log, and the untiring ef­ forts of SIU representatives paid off this week when the Neponsit Marine Hospital on Long Island installed a new $100,000 cooking and baking unit, assuring the serving of hot food to the pat­ ients and correcting a long stand­ ing sore spot at that hospital. For some time complaints of the methods employed by that hospital in preparing and serv­ ing food have been made to the hospital authorities by the sea­ men, and much publicity has been given the conditions there through articles in the Log. For some time union representatives have been working on the com­ plaints and this week a real vic­ tory for the hospitalized seamen was chalked up. • HOT FOOD NOW The food experts of this marine hospital have been shaken from their indifferent attitude by the light shed on the conditions, and now the $100,000 cooking and baking unit has been installed to correct the faults that have ex­ isted. Prior to the installation of this unit, food was usually served cold and in an unappetizing man­ ner. With the new unit in use electrical equipment has been installed which assures the serv­ ing of hot eggs in the morning and hot food at the other meals, also patients are now to receive hot rolls and biscuits as part of the menu. It was pointed out to the hos­ pital authorities that because the patients in the hospital are sufferring from tuberculosis, it is vi­ tally important that they be built up, and that can be accomplished only by serving food which is ap­ pealing to them as well as health­ ful and which will not be reject­ ed. BETTER HOSPITALS The instaRation of the new cooking and) baking unit has been accomplii^ed through the work done by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union as a result of the complaints of Hie seamen in that hospital. Again the Seafarers has gone to bat for its membership on a legitimate beef and gained for them better conditions in one more marine hospital, and as usual, the SIU will continue to wage its fight against bad con­ ditions in marine hospitals every­ where. every port and that I should pull their peraaaits. However, due to the fact that they were both at­ tending a CJoast (Giuard hearing I wasnt able to get a hold of them right away. When they return to the ship I was out wrangling some beefs, and the Patrolman, not knowing the circumstances, wrote up their dues and assessments. PULL PERMITS We cannot tolerate the action of .seamen such as these two in the SIU, and I am going to instruct the Mobile Agent to pick up the permits of these men, which should have been done here but due to the misunder­ standing was not accomplished. The SS Jose Marti, a Bull Line ship, is in from Germany. She signed on in Philadelphia, and is discharging part of her cargo here; then she will proceed on to Japan. The WSA tried to pull a fast one on the crew, as they were all set to continue sailing with the original set of articles. If a man wanted to get off, he had to payoff under mutual consent. But, as usual, the old SIU was right on the ball. After the smoke cleared away the WSA ordered the company to pay off with transportation. It was a clean cut victory for the SIU and she paid off No­ vember 16 with everyone happy, I'll give a complete report of her fofiusi ^?7777r after the gang is all squared away. IRONCLAD RIDERS We have the finest rider on these ship's articles in the mari­ time industry. So, fellows, • let's all cooperate and keep it that way. These riders are iron clad. No agency or company can touch them. If it weren't for the ex­ cellent riders on these last two ships in port, we would have lost transportation. So, upon arrival in any port, call your Agent and give him the description and nature of yourvoyage before taking things into your own hands. This is what you have a representative ashore for. Nevea- pack that bag until you talk things over with him. Give ham a detailed report ,of activi­ ties since you signed on the ves­ sel, and by doing so it may mean money in your pocket. Well, the Isthmian organizing cU'ive and election is over with— another major victory for the SIU. This is a victory for ail unorganized seamen everywhere, for once more unorganized sea­ men have voted for the Union that wiR fight for them and raise their conditions and wages to the high Seafarers' level, thus showing all non-union seamen everywhere what it means to tie up with a real maritime union. • !| ^ [| j �Friday, November 22, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven BULLETIN PERSONALS SIU HALLS DAVID K. NUNN Please get in touch with your parents. NORFOLK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS P. Beck, $50.00; C. Danels. $50.00; L. Daniels. $50.00; J. W. Bradshaw, $1.00; C. McDonald. $12.00; H. Meyer. $10.00; J. Griffin. Jr.. 11.00. W. Compton. $10.00; B. V. Kingree. $10.00; M. J. Jones. $50.00; C. A. Herlens. $5.00; B. !•:. Thomas. $50.00; A. W. White. $20.00; R. Sturgis. $11.00; J. T. F. Sigmon. $10.00. F. T. Campbell. $10.00; W. E. Good­ win, $50.00; D. Davis. $11.00; W. Satchfield. $10.00; J. L. Cobb. $11.00; W. Land. $15.00; D. Cappock. $11.00; J. Canndway. $11.00; E. Hildebrand. $10.00; H. Parsons. $11.00; F. Rapalaia. $11.00; R. Ortega. $11.00; C. Hahn, 11.00; A. Hindman. $13.00; C. McCulloch. $11.00; E. Niessen. $11.00; A. Ilinilar. $11.00; R. Deal. $11.00; R. Jensten. $11.00; A. Dutrene. $11.00. J, Cascino. $11.00; A. Wunsch. $1100; R McDonald. $11.00; R. Pas­ chal. $10.00; A. Scranazza, $10.00; B. Gannett. $11.00; R. Payett. $10.00; A. Boath. $10.00; D. Kanalia. $10.00; 11. Treylcn. $13.00; A. Ciana. $10.00; T. Ryan. $13.00; B. Huszan. $13.00; L. Dane. $10.00; J. L. Cobb. $1.00; A. F. Wunoch. $5.00; E. Hildrebrand. $1.00; Paschal, $2.00. PHILADELPHIA INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS Crew of Crew of Bienville—$12.00. Walter Ranger. $15.00. NEW YORK SS LOOP KNOT A. Smurda. $1.00; FI. S. Kochanski. $9.00. SS CAPE FRIENDSHIP M. E. Sanchez and Crew of SS Cape Friendship—$44.00. SS ANTINOUS M. Trocha. $2.00; J. Bove. $1,00; J. Bodine. $2.00; James Harris. $1.00; Joe B. Lewis, $1.00; W. M. Addison. $1.00; George H., Noles. $5.00; L. O. Lord. $2.00; Ed Polise. $2.00; D. S. Friedman. $1.00; Pedro D. Morris. $1.00; E. J. Laskowski. $1.00. SS MUNCIE VICTORY H. Kohn. $1.00; O. Kaelet. $1.00;. J. J. Kotcha. $1.00; R. McKoin. $1.00. - SS WALTHAM VICTORY Pat Taurasi. $2.00; L. C. Potts. $2,00; Clifton V. Berg. $2.00; W. Grabber. .$2.00; Aug Jensen. $2.00; Gerard Maher, $2.00; Earl A. Bishop. $2.00; Ray J. Weidner. $4.00; Y. Dallal. $5.00; John Maloney. $1.00; J. F. McGonnell. $5.00; Peter P. Dott. $2.00; Tom P. Cahagan. $2.00; Fred H. Kubli, $2.00; John J. Tobin. $2.00; r. W. Kenfield, $2.00; Albert Jones. $2.00; Lester N. Larkin. $7.00; Sol Weiss. $2.00; M. Myers, $7.00; Robert T. McCarthy, $2.00; B. Hubbard. $5.00; E. Mattsson. $10.00; A. McDonald, $5.00; W. W. Lasek. $5.00; J. Fidalgo. $5.00; H. Lichtensten. $5.00; E. R. Cioper, $2.00; B. O. Svenblad. $5.00; L. M. Oty. $5.00. SS PLATTSBURG J. Robertson, $2.00; E. L. Simpson. $1.00; V. S. Coursey. $2.00; R. R. Hill. $2.00; L. H. Miller. $1.00; J. L. Osburn. $2.00; J. B. Vinis, $2.00; W. Craven. $2.00; T. H. Ryan. $2.00; G. W. Hatchett. $2.00; P. Porter. $5.00; J. Bird. $2.00; D. Cotton. $2.00; E. E. Dixon. $2.00. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS J. Jellette. $1.00; Uric S. Johnson. $1.00; Barry Robinion. $1.00; A1 Jackr son. $1.00; A1 Somerville. $1.00; Paul Wilkinson. $1.00; Jack Stewart, $1.00. San Juan' Hall The address of the Puerto Rico Branch has been changed from 45 to 252 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Slop 5, Pta. de Tierra, San Juan, P. R. 1 » ft FRANK P. CHADBOURNE Please write to J. A. Barton, P. O. Box 516, North Bend, Ore. BALTIMORE ;. BOSTON : John Schupstik The Seafarers International Union is a cross-section of Amer­ ft 1 1 ica. It is made up of men from ALBERT A. MUSTAKOFF all lands, of all religions and Get in touch with your mother races. The only requirement is at 3772 Jordin Ave., Houston 5, that the members be whole­ Texas, phone Madison 2-7169. heartedly in accord with the trade union principles that is 1 1 i part and parcel of SIU thinking. M. A. CARAWAY Money has been collected for John Schupstik, AB, called you by Patrolman Claude Fisher Chopstick by his many friends in from crewmembers on the SS the SIU. fits right Into that cate­ Antinous in the following gory. Born in Latvia in 1905, he amounts:* Lester O. Lord, $5; was brought to this country James Harris, $5; J. Knoles, $20. while still a young lad and has The money has been sent to your lived since then in the United home. States. As soon as possible he became a naturalized citizen, ft ft ft and his actions and patriotism re­ EDDIE POLICIE fute the statements made by Your jacket is at the New York many fascist-minded people that Hall. foreigners cannot become good ft ft ft Americans. CARAWAY. KRATZER Chopstick has been sailing for Your gear was left on the other close to 24 years, all on the deep side by the Skipper. Check with water. When he was but 17 years special services in New York of age, he got his first ship from Hall for pay due you. New York, and the sea has been his life since that time. 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4339 276 State St. Boudoin 4463 BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 CHARLESTON ..,..,...68 Society St Phone 3-3680 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior 5175 CLEVELAND . . 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Main 0147 CORPUS CHRISTI . . 1824 Mesquite St. Corpus Christi 3.1S09 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 GALVESTON 30534 22nd St. 2-844S HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. HOUSTON 1515 75th Street Phone Wentworth 3-3809 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 MARCUS HOOK 1 Vj VV. 8th St. Chester 5-3110 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK f27-129 Bank Street I 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Phone LOmhard 3-7661 PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave. I Phone: 2-8532 I PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. RICHMOND. Calif 257 5th St. SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Douglas 5475-8363 SAN JUAN, P. R. . . 252 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 SEATTLE 80 Seneca St. Main 0290 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. M-132Z TOLEDO 615 Summit St. WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Vlvd. Terminal 4-3131 VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. Ana he is sorry that he was not ashore so that he could help out. John has many times sailed on unorganized ships in an effort to pass the Union word along. The most recent time was on the Steel Ranger, Isthmian, and he did an excellent job since the ves­ "What else could a man do in sel came in with the crew over­ those days?" he recalls. "Men whelmingly in favor of the SIU. EASTERN SS LINES were out of work, after the war, So this only goes to prove that SS CALVIN AUSTIN so I became a sailor and I think it doesn't make any difference SS JOSEPH BARTLETT I got the best of the deal. a where a man comes from. It is SS WILLIAM BEVAN his sincerity that counts, and IN UNION EARLY SS JAMES G. BLAINE John Schupstik, born many miles SS JOHN HENRY The following men have over­ John was not content merely to away from his adopted land, is a SS SAMUEL JOHNSTON go to sea. He wanted to better sincere American and an honest, time checks from the T. H. SS HERMAN MELVILLE the conditions under which sea­ militant trade unionist. Browning Steamship Company SS EUGENE E. O'DONNELL and can secure same by writing men were forced to work, and SS WILLIAM PHIPS to the offices at 650 W. Jeffer­ so he joined the ISU and was a SS WALTER E. RANGER son Avenue, Trenton, Michigan. militant fighter within that oi"SS CLAYMONT VICTORY STMR. SULTANA ganization. He fought for sea­ SS FRANCIS AMASA Martin W. Nolan, 8 hrs.; E. men's rights, but at the same WALKER Kreitlow, 8 hrs. time he fought the reactionary, SS JESSE H. METCALF STMR. MALONEY crooked leadership of the union. SS SMITH VICTORY Leon Higgins, 4 hrs.; Archie When the Marine Workers In­ While the nation watched con­ McCormick, 12 hrs.; Charles McSS STEPHEN G. PORTER dustrial Union (MWIU) was gress switch from the Democrats Ilwrath, 1712 hrs.; A. Polin, 3 SS JOSEPH N. DINAND formed, Chopstick joined that to the Republicans, the eyes of hrs.; Walter Quick, 8 hrs.; Leo SS LINCOLN VICTORY group. Soon, however, it became America's 15 million union mem­ Roach, 5^2 hrs.; James Hill, 8 SS AUGUSTUS P. LORING apparent to him that the organi­ bers were on the three states vot­ hrs.; Clarence Hackett, 8 hrs.; SS ROBERT TREAT zation was being used for politi­ ing on constitutional amendments Frank Kelly, 16 hrs.; Herbert SoSS SPARTANBURG VICTORY cal ends, in the interest of the to ban the closed shop. SS GALEN L. STONE derlund, 4 hrs.; Jacob Wolf, 8 hrs. communist party, and so he drop­ SS EDWARD L. LOGAN In Nebraska, with three-fourths STMR, SONORA ped out. SS LOU GEHRIG of the precincts accounted for the Walter Qiuck, 8 hrs.; J. SchaSoon after the formation of the Payment commences Novem-. vote was 173,029 for and 120,734 kow, 25 hrs. Seafarers International Union, ber 25. Collect at Boston office, against. STMR. L. S. WESCOAT 40 Central Avenue or New York Chopstick joined up. James Corbett, John Sizler, South Dakota voted for the office. Pier 25, North River, INTO DANGERS amendment by better than two Walter Malimonski, Daniel Manft ft ft to one, while Arizona's anti-clos­ ley, Wm, Zinkel, George JenCame the war, and, like all A. H. BULL & CO. ed shop vote was 36,337 for and nigs. Retroactive pay for the follow­ other merchant seamen, John 27,663 against. ft ft ft ing ships have been completed, found himself in the thick of T. J. BROWNING SS CO. Though the action of these and can be collected at the com­ things. He sailed continually, states is not indicative of a trend C. L. Diemer, Peter Holland, right into the teeth of Nazi sub­ pany. offices. in the country to ban the closed Joseph A. Martin, Glen E. Fuller, marine wolfpacks, but his good SS CORNELIA shop as they are primarily agri­ James W. Fairbairn, George luck never failed him. Although SS CLIFFORD ASHBY cultural states, it is intei-esting to Woods, John Falconer, Richard convoys he was in were attacked SS CAPE CORWIN note that Massachusetts, a strong Tolbert, Robert Green, Albert many times, his ships were never SS B. A. FOLLANSBEE industrial state, voted approval Swanson, George Drouillard (2), hit. SS ALCEE FORTIER of a proposal to require unions to N. A. Brabant. '^he men started to look on make public their financial re­ SS CAPE HENLOPEN Checks for these men are being me as a good luck charm," he ports. SS CAPE MOHICAN held in the Detroit Hall and can says, "and they were sure that if SS CAPE NOME This is a wedge toward ban­ be had by writing to the office, I was on board they would come ning the closed shop, in that state, SS CAPE POGE ft ft ft through okay." SS BEN ROBERTSON SS GOLDEN FLEECE as unions are now required to file SS ABEL STEARNS During the 1941 Bonus Strike, accounts of receipts and expendi­ A. Pel toman, 126 hrs. For SS CAPE ST. ELIAS Schupstik was on the picketline tures every year, thus exposing standing sea watches in port. SS CAPE ST. GEORGE in Mobile for the entire action, their financial strength or weak­ Money can be collected at the SS CAPE TEXAS but when the 1946 General Strike ness and revealing their bargain­ Bull Line office, 115 Broad SS ALBION VICTORY came about, he was out at sea. ing and strike powers. Street, New York. NOTICE! MONEY DUE Vote To Ban Closed Shop �TEESEAF ARERS LOG Page- Twahrk THday, RoVambar 22. 1946 Seafarers Wins In Coos Bay Beef WOMT HE EVER lEARM ? " Marine Firemen Condemns CMU For Unanthorized Use Of Name Recent coastwise meetings of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watenders and Wipers Association (Independent) condemned by re­ solution the continued unauthor­ ized use of their name in connction with the Committee for Maritime Unity. Presented by the Portland Branch, the resolution .stated that until the results of the ballot on CMU .affilation were known that the CMU be iiistiucled to refrain from using the name of the MFOWW on their press releases, literature, etc., as an affiliate. Results of the vote were over­ whelmingly in favor of the reso­ lution to the tune of 770 for and 131 against. • In only one port. New York, did the negative vote beat the affirmative. This was due mainly to the fairly strong : communist infiltration in the ' New York Branch. All other ports were strong for the resolu­ tion. In its text, the resolution out­ lined the fact that voting was at present going on to determine •whether the MFOWW would af­ filiate with the CMU or not, and •that this voting would not be over until December 31. It further related a series of instances in which the CMU had used the name of the Marine Firemen and their officials "in Efforts to mislead the public, and have them believe that the Ma­ rine Firemen's Union is at present affiliated with the CMU." NOTIFY CMU Contained in the resolution was the resolve, "That the Pres­ ident of our union stand imstructed to immediately write an offi­ cial letter to the CMU, informing them, that, since we are not af­ filiated with the CMU, the use of our name on their letterheads, literature, press releases, etc., will not be tolerated, and that we request that they discontinue this practice immediately." A further resolve concluded the resolution, "That if our re­ quest goes unheeded, that the MFOWW take immediate and proper action to insure that the CMU ceases to use our name without proper authorization." / ' ' ' • I• VOTED YET? From all, indications so far. it appears that more votes will be cast in this election for officials than were ever cast in the SIU before. This is a good sign and shows that the members of our Union are interested in electing only the best men to lead the or­ ganization. Now is the time to vote. Have you voted yet? I Immediately after the vote tabulation, letters were sent by President V. J. Malone to both Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran, co-chairmen of the CMU, notifying them of the MFOWW's action, and requesting that the resolution be complied with by the removal of the MFOWW name from all CMU letterheads, publicity and literature. ANOTHER DEFEAT This action by the MFOWW chalks up another defeat for the waterfront communists who have taken it on the chin in rapid suc­ cession diuring the SIU-SUP strike, and through the militant actions of the MM&P in their beef against the operators. It's another healthy expression from the waterJront unions that they want no part of the phony Mos­ cow line. It is to be sincerely hoped that the va.st majority of rank and file MFOWW members repudiate once and for all any affiliation with an outfit like the CMU which has plainly revealed its purpose during the MEBA and ILWU contract negotiations on the West Coast. That purpose is to swallow whole any indepen­ dent or small maritime union which is foolhardy enough to af­ filiate with the CMU. With the complete settlement this week of the MEBAj and ILWU strikes on the West Coast, the Sailors Union of the Pacific won a smashing vjctofy through their insistence that the Coos. Bay . beef be settled, before SUP members would agree to again sail the ships. The Port of Coos Bay ha.s been tied up .since June 30 asXa result of the CMU's attempted froze the Port of Coos Bay until such time as the CIO Lorigshqreraid on the SUP membership. The SUP firmly insisted that men i-ecognized the right of free the Coos Bay dispute had to be American seamen to belong to settled or the SUP would not the union of their choice—in this man the ships in spite of any case, the Sailors Union of the agreement reached with the Pacific. MEBA and ILWU. As a result, FACT FINDING BOARD Harry Bridges, commic-linc^ presi­ Special Labor Department rep­ dent of the West Coast Long­ shoremen, was forced to agi-ee in resentative Nathan Feinsinger ar­ writing to cea.se discriminating rived in San Francisco on July against the ships of the American 12 with special powers to inves­ tigate the dispute and make Pacific Steamship Company. recommendations. His recommen­ As part of the agreement. dation to Secretary of Labor Bridges was required to write a Schwellenbach was that a special letter to the West Coast ship op­ public Fact Finding Board of erators agreeing to work all ships three men be appointed to fur­ owned and operated by the Amer­ ther investigate and make recom­ ican Pacific Steamship Company. mendations. Then, and then only, SUP Secre­ Commencing on July 29, the tary-Treasurer Harry Lundeberg Board held extensive public hear­ wrote a letter to the shipovmers ings with all interested parties agreeing to unfreeze the lumber invited to attend. Then, on Aug­ port of Coos Bay, Oregon. ust 22, this Board issued their re­ HERE'S THE RECORD port which upheld the SUP as the rightful bargaining agent for Here's a brief resume of the the unlicensed seamen of the Coos Bay Beef. Early in 1943, American Pacific Steamship Com­ the SUP signed a contract for all pany. three departments in the Los Those unions which had de­ Angeles Tanker Company, Inc. clared this company hot — the after other West Coast unions had ILWU (longshoremen), the MC&S refused to assist the SUP in or­ (cooks), the MEBA (engineers), ganizing thait outfit. all CIO affiliates, and the In May, 1946, the Los Angeles MFOWW (firemen), Independent, Tanker Company changed its were advised to seek redress of name to the American Pacific their fancied wrongs" through the Steamship Company and took NLRB, if they thought that they over the operation of dry cargo had legitimate grievances. ships as well as tankers. THEIR BUM BEEF As a result of having an agree­ Knowing that they had a bum ments and collective bargaining beef, these unions did not take rights covering the unlicensed the matter any further. But they seamen of the Los Angeles Tank­ did continue their boycott of the er Company, the SUP was en­ American Pacific ships. This titled to represent them in the CMU boycott, the CIO Longshore­ American Pacific Steamship men's refusal to handle their car­ Company as it was the same go, and the refusal-of MEBA men company with a larger fleet and to sail these ships with SUP a changed name. crews, caused the company great So, on June 1, 1946, the SUP loss, forcing them to lay up their signed a new agreement with the ships on the West Coast. American Pacific Steamship They further indicated that Company covering their tankers they would go out of business and diy cargo vessels. These unless a reasonable guarantee ships operated out of Pacific would be furnished that their Coast ports from May 14 until ships could sail in and out of June 30 without any trouble, and West Coast ports without moles­ were loaded and unloaded by tation. CIO Longshoremen. On November 12, the SUP went on record to notify the ship­ CMU ATTEMPTS RAID owners, waterfront employers, On -June 30, when the Mello the Maritime Commission, DeFranco—belonging to the Amor parliiient of Labor, and all others ican Pacific Steamship Company concerned that the SUP members —arrived at Coos Bay, Oregon to would not go back to work on any load lumber, the CIO Longshore­ ship on the West Coast unless the men refused to work her. CIO Longshoremen's discrimina­ These men were acting on di­ tion against American Pacific rect instructions from Harry Steamship Company ships was Bridges in his capacity as co- stopped, once and for all. This chairman of the so-called Com­ action by the SUP membership mittee for Maritime Unity, a forced the hand of Bridges and commie front outfit organized to his CMU stooges. gobble up small maritime unions Once again it has been clearly like the Marine Firemen and demonstrated to the commieothers. dominated waterfront unions that Bridges declared that all Amer­ the SIU-SUP will not stand for ican Pacific Steamship Company any monkey business. ships were hot, and stated that Time and again, the SIU-SUP none of these ships would be have stated that the waterfront handled as long as they were is not big enough for the decent, manned by SUP-AFL crews, democratic trade unionism of the Bridges further demanded that SIU-SUP and the com.munistthe company cancel its SUP dominated maritime unions. By agreement, and sign an agree­ now they should realize that thq ment with the CMU unions. SIU-SUP will not stop the fight Never a Union to take raiding until communist influence is attempts from the commies lay­ finals cleared from the watering down, the SUP immediately frgjg<ifbr all time. � 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 November 22, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 47 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 LEADS IN ISTHMIAN VOTE COUNT A CLEAR MANDATE SEAFARERS AHEAD IN ISTHMIAN VOTE COUNT AFL ASKS CUT IN TAXES FOR LOWER INCOMES LUNDEBERG BLASTS MC TRAINING SCHOOLS, CALLS FOR END OF SCAB BUILDING PROGRAM SEAFARERS' PROGRAM FOR FUTURE: FIGHT TO PRESERVE LABOR'S RIGHTS BYPASS TAMPA CHANDLERS; THEY PASSED PICKETS SEAFARERS IN PORT MARCUS HOOK ARE NOW PART OF COMMUNITY LIFE SHIPPING PICKS UP IN PHILLY; OLDTIMERS BACK TO FAVORITE PORT MEN WHO REFUSE SHIPS CREATE FUTURE COMPETITION FOR SELVES COASTAL ARCHER CREW COLLECTS BACK PAY WITHHELD ILLEGALLY SIU OPENS NEW HALL IN TOLEDO, TAKES LEAD WITH LAKE SEAMEN TIME HAS COME TO CHANGE TAX LAW FOR SEAMEN BOSTON BATTLES DOLDRUMS AND ANTI-LABOR BILL AT SAME TIME BAUXITE TIEUP NEARS END FOOD SNARLS HARASS WALTHAM VICTORY MEN CREW VOTES STIFF PENALTIES FOR UN-UNIONLIKE CONDUCT BULL LINE ACQUIRES TITLE TO 3 SHIPS SEAFARERS PRESSURE BRINGS NEEDED CHANGE TO NEPONSIT VOTE TO BAN CLOSED SHOP SEAFARERS WIN IN COOS BAY BEEF MARINE FIREMEN CONDEMNS CMU FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/22/1946 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/7e34da54cb2af29422aaf22b7068e48d.PDF b4e2623ec383461a9f9bd15385d4b0c8 PDF Text Text • Vol. XIX No. 24 -l -0A » OFFICIAL 0R6AN OP TH6 SEAFAR6RS INTERNATIONAL UNION ' ATLANTIC AND 6ULF DISTRICT « APL.CIO NLRB Orders Blection: Story On Page 3 Int'l Labor Backs Canada Strike :%\ M\ Story On Page 2 SlU-Contracted Willis Tugboats Fight NMU Raid USING TAFT-HARTLEY in an effort to wreck an SlU-HiWD pact, the National Maritime Union has opened a raid on Willis tugs in Philadelphia. The NMU-affiliated United Marine Division has called the union shop and other phases of the contract "illegal" in efforts to get a foothold in a fleet won by the SlU-HfWD by a 69 to 2 count over the UMD last year. NMU President Curran has repeatedly "vowed" he would "never" use the Taft-Hartley Act against another union. F. McKinney^ engineer; R. Harris, AB; C. Howerin, engineer; L. Willis Jr., oiler; J. Gaskill, captain, and M. Jordan, captain. (Story on Page S.) : Story On Page 3 Storm Casualty Neatly split in two by a storm a week ago, the Norwegian motors hip Belleville lies aground on Seal Rock off New­ port, RI, where she's been stuck since September. Val­ ued at $1^4 million before the wreck, she was sold for $52,000 Monday to a marine sal­ vage outfit which will cut up the hulk for scrap. Most of the cargo has already been taken off. The Belleville was a prime tourist attraction for ^ time, since she grounded within hailing distance of the golf course where President Eisenhower spent part of his recent vacation in Newport. 1 �Pac* Two SEAFARERS November 22, 1957 LOG LOG Visits Port World Sea Labor Vows Ftili Aid To Canadian Strike MONTREAL—^Maritime labor throughout the world is ral­ lying to support the SIU Canadian District in its fight bgainst strike-breaking by the government-owned Canadian National Steamships, Ltd. ^—— — Two planeloads of seameit date of the old agreement in Sep­ being flown here from Jam­ tember, 1956, and 71^ percent aica last Sunday reversed more once a new pact would be course about 200 miles north signed. BULLETIN MONTREAL — Five CNS •lilps slipped out of this port late this week under cover of darkness and manned by offi­ cers only. They were pre­ sumed to be heading for the West Indies. of Bermuda and returned to Kingston. The chartered Baker & Whiteley tug dock, Copt. Sam White of the tug Scandinavia, and deckman Al Jutchets, SlU-HIWD shop steward for B&W's unlicensed men, stand by. In SlU hall (right, top), Andrew Suech, deck engineer, shows fit for duty slip-^o SlU welfare rep. John Arabacz. Below them, Walt Sibley stamps shipping cards of C. Prasso, cook, and James Archie, steward, before membership regular meeting got underway last week. (Future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG will tarry special features on Baltimore port activities and a 3rd anniversary round-up on the Baltimore hall.) Trans-Canada airliners carried 100 men recruited to man some of the strike-bound ships. They turned back after receiving new Instruc­ tions by radio. Local unions in the West Indies have expresed concern over possible strikebreaking. Earlier, eight licensed engineers brought in from Britain refused to turn to on the ships. They re­ turned home also after learning of the SIU strike. ITP' Pledges Support Formal world-wide support cf the District's strike against CNS was received in a telegram from Omar Becu, General Secretary, In­ ternational Transportworkers Fed­ eration to SIUNA vice-president Hal Banks of the Canadian District. Becu protested the "transfer for­ eign" of the ships as a strikebreak­ ing move to bar Canadian sea­ man's claims for just wages and offered the entire support of the ITF behind the strike. "If you can advise of any riiovements of ships hereto strikebound, we will appeal to affiliated unions concerned to endeavor to prevent crewing or handling of cargo," Becu pledged. CNS took steps to break the fourmonth-old strike by transferring its eight ships to Trinidad registry after Canadian Seafarers rejected the company's take-it-or-leave-it 15 percent wage offer last month. The Canadian government has already approved the runaway transfer al­ though it will cut Canada's alreadysmall deepsea merchant fleet by one third. In a wire to SIUNA president Paul Hall on Monday, Carlton Blanche, secretary of the seamen's union in Port of Spain, Trinidad, indicated West Indian seamen will not support any of the company's union-busting efforts. The "change of registry to Trinidad (is) seen here as (a) move to break (the) strike," he declared. $204 For ABs The Canadian District originally asked a 30 percent wage increase to bring the lagging wages of CI^ men up to standard when negotia­ tions began more than a year ago. ABs on the ships were getting $204 per month in base pay. The union cut its demands to 20 percent after a government conciliation board proposed a ten percent rise. SIU men on the ships struck July 4 to enforce the 20 percent demand and the fleet has been tied up ever since. The company finally came up with an offer of 15 per­ cent on October 15, and then moved ,to transfer the ships out­ right when the unioii rejected it. CNS actually offered a percent rise retroattive to the expiration (iJ t I -i- <• -C*-. CNS la a government - owned company operated by a subsidiary of Canadian National Railways. The ships run between Canada and the West Indies. Reaction to the strikebreaking move has been quick in Canada. The powerful Canadian Labor Con­ gress, representing 1,110,000 mem­ bers, has pledged full support to the Canadian SIU in the beef. CLC president Claude Jodoin met with Banks last week to assure all pos­ sible CLC assistance In the beef. Hall had previously cabled Becu in London urging full support of the Canadian SIU strike and world protests against government-ap­ proved efforts to break the strike. Hall said the transfers "would in­ stitute depressed wages and non­ union, inferior conditions on the company's ships." The CNS fleet is now the only major fleet left under Canadian deepsea registry. The remaining deepsea ships Include ten cargo vessels and eight tankers. The bulk of the Canadian fleet was switched to British registry several years ago under an arrangement between the Canadian and British govern­ ments. No information can be obtained on the number of ocean-going mer­ chant ships, if any, already under Trinidad registiy. Trinidad is pres­ ently a British colony and will be part of the Federation of the West Indies under the British Common­ wealth starting next year. New 'Wreck' Plan On WC Plans are being formulated for a big 1958 "scab" drive in the state of Washington. One of the major moves was the resignation of Ash­ ley E. Holden, political writer for the dally Spokesman-Review for the past 21 years, to become ex­ ecutive director of a "right-towork" committee. Tl^e proposed law, Holden said, will be in har­ mony with similar laws now in effect in 18 states. "This is in no way a fight against unions, but in fact will help them," he theorized. Such a proposal was defeated in the 1956 election by a vote of 704,903 to 329,653. SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 22, 1957 Vol. XiX, No. 24 PADL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HERBERT BRAND. Editor. BERNARD SEA* MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASXIN, JOHN BRAZIL. Stair Writers. BILL MOODT. CUU Area Repre­ sentative. Publiihed blw««kly at tha headquartara of tha Seafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ lantic A Cuif District, AFL-CiO, *75 Fourth Avenua. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *-«600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under ha Act of Aug. 24, 1912. �• :• ' - 4! Norember tZ, 1957 SEAFARERS LOG Face Thre* SlU Wins First Robin Bailot Sherwood Kicks Off Vote By 25-5 Margin Forced to work under a National Maritime Union contract against their will, Seafarers on the Robin Sherwood gave the NMU a thumping setback Wednes­ day, casting all 25 of their ^ ballot election and freedom of ballots in favor of the SIU choice of a collective bargaining in the first National Labor agent was "anti-labor" and a "re­ Relations Board election turn of jungle law." (Curran's antipathy toward col­ on Robin Line ships. The lective bargaining election contests Sherwood was the first to may derive from repeated defeats vote after the Board issued an suffered in such contests both in election order from Washing­ ton November 8, following an A fevered, near-irrational out­ Happy over the newt about the NLRB election on Robin Line ships, SlU crewmembers from the Robin Gray gather in the SlU cafeteria at the Baltimore hall to talk over the pending vote. Pictured (I to r are Mrs. Alice Werns, wife o Seafarer Harold Werns, DM (2nd from right); A. Bagley, oiler; Peter Choplinski, OS; W. A. Aycock, AB; Tom Har­ mon, DM, and L. C. Clark, carpenter. The group got a rousing ovation when it was introduced at the Baltimore membership meeting last week. At right is the Robin Sherwood, which voted SlU 25-5 Wednesday. It was first vessel polled in eight-ship election ordered by NLRB. The Gray will vote today. NMU Raiding Willis F/eef PHILADELPHIA—Making full use of the Taft-Hartley Law for a new raid against the SIU, the NMU's United Marine Division filed a petition for an election in the C. G. Willis fleet, operators of tugs and barges in the intracoastal waterway. Crewmembers of this fleet are under contract — to the SIU's Harbor and In­ laws against other unions or legiti­ view the move as an effort to dis­ mate union contracts." This was rupt at a time when the HIWD Is land Waterways Division. The Willis petition was filed by Local 333 of the United Marine Division on the eve of a contract reopener. The HIWD had obtained a first-time contract in the fieet last year after it won an election over the United Marine Division by a count of 69 to 2. Prior to the vote, the boats had been a non-union operation. Now, despite the thumping de­ feat they were subjected to last year, the NMU affiliate is back in the picture at contract-negotiation time. A UMD representative has been hitting the Willis boats up and down the coast between here and Jacksonville in efforts to raid the SIU membership. Ironically, NMU harassment against the SIU-HIWD in WiUis has taken the form of an attack via the Taft-Hartley Law upon the union shop clause and other items In the existing SIU-HIWD agree­ ment. Only a month ago. In the "Presi­ dent's Report" to the 11th national NMU convention, NMU president Joseph Curran had piously de­ clared: "We do not use anti-labor published In the NMU "Pilot" as recently as Nov. 7, 1957. Curran, in fact, called for an amendment to the AFL-CIO's "ethical practices" codes to deal with unions using T-H against each other. In addition, the NMU affiliate is making efforts to stir up action among the local harbor tug fleets which are under contract to the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Ma­ rine Engineers and the AFL-CIO International Brotherhood of Long­ shoremen. SIU Philadelphia port officials preparing pew contract demands. The UMD local here represents a handful of men on coal barges. Before affiliating with the NMU, the United Marine Division had been part of the AFL-pusted Inter­ national Longshoremen's Associa­ tion, and after that, of United Mine Workers District 50. Willis boats are employed In the haulage of bulk paper from Georgetown and Charleston, SO, and Savannah, Ga., to Philadelphia, as well as general cargo between here and Jacksonville, Fla. ir-'V burst by NMU President Joseph Ciu-ran followed the NLRB's announcement that it would hold an election in Robin Line. In a statement issued to 'the press Curran fumed: "It is crimi­ nal that a government agency" (the NLRB) "will team up with bankrupt union officials . . ." Elsewhere in his statement Curran charged that the. elec­ tion order was "hitting ait sea­ men . .. The Board is asking for return of jungle law in this in­ dustry . . ." He also called it an "anti-labor" decision. Evidently in the Curran dic­ tionary, any action which he does not favor becomes "antilabor" even if it means giving working seamen the right to choose their own union by secret ballot, as in this instance. Even the English language is twisted out of its true meanings in the Curran scheme of things, just as it was once fashionable for him to characterize opponents of the Stalin-Hitler pact as "war­ mongers." offshore ships and on inland water­ ways.) The Robin Line election devel­ oped out of the purchase of tha fleet by Moore-McCormack last spring. At that time Mooremack announced that the Robin Lino would be operated as a division of Mooremack, maintaining service on its subsidized route to South and East Africa. Mooremack officials (Continued on page 15) MTD, SIU Sessions Set On Eve Of AFL-CIO Meet The first week of December is convention week in the merged labor movement. The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and the SIU of NA executive board are scheduled for get-togethers prior to the"^ opening of the AFL-CIO con­ well as longshoremen in the States and Puerto Rico. Shoreside unions vention in Atlantic City on whose members are involved in Shorjfchanded? 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 will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. SIU petition in the fieet. The SIU petition was made necessary after 17 years of collec­ tive bargaining relationships by a National Maritime Union raid on Seafarers' jobs. In their desperate efforts to raid the SIU, the NMU made the most extravagant pro­ mises including assurances of full NMU books minus initiation fees, plus other privileges. No less than 15 NMU top officials scur­ ried around the ship on election day. The elaborate NMU pitch was signed personally by Joseph Curran. The Seafarers unanimously re­ jected the blandishments. Not the least of the reasons for their thumbs down on NMU are the terms of the NMU contract under which they have been compelled to work. Machinery for conducting the election was discussed at a confer­ ence of all parties concerned on Tuesday, November 19. The Ro­ bin Gray will vote today. The Board's action was proceed­ ed by frantic NMU efforts -to get the NLRB to reconsider, with NMU even going to the courts in a last ditch try to stop the men on the ships from getting the union of their choice. The election order prompted an hysterical outburst from NMU President Joseph Curran whose at­ tempts to raid Robin Line have been frustrated by the refusal of Seafarers to get off the ships and make way for replacements hired out of NMU halls. Curran declared that the NLRB ruling for a secret Confident of SIU election victory, SIU-HIWD crewmen on the Willis tug Evelyn catch up on Union news. NMU tug division is seeking new election despite 69-2 SIU-HIWD win lost year.- Pic­ tured (seated, I to r) are R. Pake, OS; B. Ireland, OS; C. O'Neal, mate; Obed O'Neal, captain; standing, J. English, cook; R. Tate, relief chief engineer; J. G. Wade, chief engineer, and D. O'Neal, OS. Engineers belong to BME. December 5. The Maritime Trades Depart­ ment's two-day session is sched­ uled for December 3rd and 4th and will be attended by all the deepsea, harbor, shoreside and fresh water unions affiliated with the department. Among the major items to be discussed at the ses­ sion will be the impact of the St. Lawrence Seaway on union organ­ izing. AFL-CIO President George Meany will address the MTD on December 3. Membership in the MTD in­ cludes all the affiliates of the SIU of North America, plus unions of licensed mates, engineers, radio operators, and harbor outfits, as maritime are also part of the De­ partment. On December 5th, the AFLCIO's first convention since tha merger will open with several sig­ nificant items on its agenda, among them the fate of the Teamster and Bakery Workers unions. At pres­ ent, both unions stand suspended from the Federation and it appears that their expulsion is likely on the grounds that they have failed to institute necessary reforms in their operations. Another gathering at convention time is that of the International Labor Press Association at whicli the annual awards to outstanding AFL-CIO union newspapers will be announced. �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG ••\ ' November 22, 1957 October 30 Through November 12 Registered Port Oack A Boston New York ... Philadelphia Baltimore .. Norfolk .... Savannah ... Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles SUP oldtimers Lincoln Nordby (left) and Carl Landberg look like men of leisure while en oying shore leave from the ACS vessel Thomas Paine in Norfolic. Members of the deck gang, the two West Coasters boast of more than 90 years seatime between them. Fifth Coal Beef Ship Headed For Lay-Up NORFOLK—Once advertised as a $50 million shipping operation, American Coal Shipping is scheduled to become a two-ship fleet when the 88 Harry Glucksman arrives in port this weekend. The Clucksman is expected to join four been in the coal trade for some months now. other American Coal ships in The scheduled lay-up of the lay-up leaving just one vessel, the Thomas Paine, on the coal run. The Paine is one of six Govern­ ment-owned ships under charter to the company. The other vessel; the company-owned Coal Miner, Is car­ rying tramp cargoes and has not Total ''•T Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle DacK' B 1 . 23 2 12 4. 1 1 3 10 3 16 9 11 9 6 52 20 42 4 3 6 25' 38 6 21 12 20 17 1 19 3 18 6 2 2 10 11 4 16 20 10 14 Deck A OacR B ens. A 105 0 4 0 2 i 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 272 Shiipped Otek Deck Deck ABC 0 12 0 19 7 2 1 1 13 3 3 1 0 10 Ens. B " 7 63 23 55 6 4 8 22 49 9 33 16 23 30 348 3 46 3 70 15 2 2 14 49 13 9 7 9 16 Ens. A [ne. 2 43 6 42 4 3 3 11 32 7 11 4 11 12 2 12 8 20 8 .2 1 2 9 8 2 5 3 4 3 0 2 7 Tetal A Tstal B Total Hag. 4 47 8 34 13 3 5 20 34 11 39 40 27 30 19 216 • 65 159 28 10 24 89 154 29 102 81 91 90 2 54 14 28 5 0 5 22 33 3 9 13 21 13 13 4 7 11 6 7 15 169 57 125 15 7 19 69 120 18 63 41 64 60 Ens. stew. A stew. B Total A Total B Total Rag. 136 222 74 842 315 , 1157 imt. 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 V . Stew. A stew. B 3 48 4 31 6 1 2 15 24 1 7 3 7 9 0 6 0 18 7 1 1 3 15 6 3 1 5 4 Stew, c 0 .4 O 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 • 0 0 0 Tetel A Tetel B 8 2 137 30 13 8 143 57 22 25 6 5 7 . 3 40 6 37 105 17 21 27 6 14 7 27 6 37 18 Total Total c Ship. 0 10 0 10 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 177 21 210 48 11 11 49 145 41 33 21 33 55 Seatrain Readies Trailer Service For '58 Tryout Seattle Thanks Robin Crews Asriw Kiowi,. » stew. Glucksman reflects the failure of 0 coal shipping rates to make any 5 kind of a comeback from their 1 summer lows. Previously laid up 4 were the Cleveland Abbe, Martha Deck Deck Deck Bnt. stew. stew. Tetel ^1. Stew. Tetel Total Total Berry, Walter Hines Page and ABC A B A C A B C Ship. Casimir Pulaski. Total 258 72 12 191 82 161 70 10 610 224 31 865 Meanwhile, the National Labor 8hipping took a sharp dip once again during the last two weeks. Job activity fell off to Relations Board is still processing a group of unfair labor charges the lowest point in almost three years, while registration rose slightly. The dispatch figures filed by the SIU against the com­ listed 865 men shipped; 1,157 were registered. However, the coming period promises a pick­ pany. The charges relate to dis­ up in most ports. — crimination over hiring and also to The unexplained falioff in firings of Seafarers off the coal jobs was the worst since Janu­ ships. ary, 1955, affecting all coasts in Requested 30 Ships much the same manner. OnlyWhen American Coal was formed Norfolk and Wilmington showed in 19.56, it requested 30 Govern­ increased shipping over the last ment-chartered vessels as part of pei'iod, and these represented only its long-range program to build a slight boosts. Boston, Baltimore 8eatrain Lines is readying a new innovation after more WASHINGTON—An amendment eoal-carrying fleet. At that time, Savannah, Mobile -and Lake to the Social Security Law to pro­ it looked like the US would have Charles-remained "as is"—with no than a quarter century as a pioneer in moving railroad box­ vide adequate hospitalization pro­ a big stake in the coal export trade marked change cither way. In the case of Baltimore, ship­ cars by ship. tection for retired persons is the to Europe, and so far, 1957 has The company is expected to right into the ship on deck and in aim of the AFL-CIO at the next been a record year in that prospect ping was very good and stayed that but for foreign ships only. way. This period also marked the introduce a system called the holds. However, the operation session of Congress. Subsequently, the company In an interview on the radio pro- boosted its request to 80 ships. The first time since June that Baltimore "Seamobile" sometime next requires^ specialized terminals for gi'am, "As We See It," Andrew J. first 30 were granted by the Mari­ has topped New York in jobs. year. This will combine the ship­ service between the company's Biemiller, director of the Federa­ time Administration but only six Lake Charles remained fair, and ment of railroad flatcars and loaded main facility at Edgewater, NJ, and tion's Department of Legislation, were broken out because of the the other three "status quo" ports truck trailer bodies. The experi­ Texas and Gulf ports. Some me­ said that these people are at an company's Involvement in beefs continued to be slow. All others mental system was demonstrated in chanical changes will probably be declined to some extent. Houston last month and will be required to enable the ships to age when such protection is most with three maritime unions. Most SIU ports are expected to tried out eventually on some of the handle the projected trailer-flatcar needed but not available practi­ bounce back in the current period, company's six specially-built ships. operation. cally. however. Vacation pile-offs for "Seamobile" would add greater Extends Trailorship Service Protection Too Costly Thanksgiving and the year-end flexibility to the Seatrain opera­ "Regardless of how great the "Seamobile" will be a natur.il holidays should also help. tion, since the ships could."than growth has been in recent years of The temporary shipping lull did carry not only conventional boxcars extension of the service already in these voluntary health associations turn up a small gain in jobs for but also 27-foot truck trailers effect for Pan-Atlantic which first and the like, there has not been class B men. Class B accounted loaded on flatcars. Several rail­ carried truck trailers on platform adequate provision made for the for 26 percent of the total shipped, roads are already experimenting decks built onto conventional tank­ older person. Now, furthermore, SEATTLE—News of the ordering as class A dropped off to 71 per­ with carrying truck trailer bodies ers, and now has specially-con­ even where it is technically pos­ of the election on the Robin ships cent of the total. Class C shipping verted C-2 freightships to take sible for him to get this kind of was weli received by the member­ also fell off, and half of all the overland. trailer bodies in the holds as well. Cost Advantages protection, the cost is generally ship here; They went on record as ports shipped no class C men at TMT Trailer Ferry also utilized beyond anything he can pay." The Seatrain program would these principles on the first true extending a vote of thanks to the all. This was especially notable on But although the cost is prohibi­ brothers who stuck by their jobs the West Coast, which shipped combine the reduced handling US "roll-on" ship, the Carib Queen. tive to an individual 65 or over, he on those ships. about half the jobs it normally costs of piggyback operations with In this case the trailer trucks were pointed out, such protection could Although last period's spurt of does, and none of them in class C. the low costs of water transport. driven right onto the ship via spe­ be provided at a minimum of cost activity died down in this port, Of all the shipping, deck depart­ Once the flatcars and trailers were cial ramps and then detached from when spread out over an entire shipping continued to be fair. The ment jobs still accounted for the unloaded and moved as far inland their cabs. lifetime, as in Social Security. Producer (Marine Carriers), Fair- largest proportion, and black gang as they could go by rail, the trailers The Pan-Atlantic ships use built"The Social Security system ?s port and Maiden Creek (Water­ and steward department activity could be hooked up to truck cabs in traveling deck cranes for the the only way to ."pread the costs man) and the Ocean Dinny (Ocean followed in that order. and driven right to their final modified C-2s and dockside cranes this way," he said. "The result is Trans.) paid off and signed on. for the tankers to carry the trailer The following is the forecast destinations. Each of the present Seatrains, bodies only. Seatrain also uses that all of the increases of benefits All are heading for the Far East port by port: Boston: Slow . . . . . . can be paid for by an addi­ and India. New York: Good; electricians all manned by Seafarers, can carry heavy-lift dockside cranes for its tional one percent of payroll, split There were only three in-transit needed . . . Philadelphia: Fair '. . . 100 loaded boxcars on tracks built operation. between employer and employee." ships here during the period. They Baltimore: Good . . . Norfolk: Fair The company last Spring- an­ The heed for such protection is were the Armonk (NJ Industries), . . . Savannah: Slow . . . Tampa: nounced the acquisition of addi­ Indicated by the fact that hospital Pennmar and Losmar (Calmar). Slow . . . Mobile: Fair ... New Or­ tional water-front properties at utilization for persons 65 and over There were no beefs of importance, leans: Good . . . Lake Charles: Savannah and Edgewater as part Is two and one-half to three times most of them being minor, repairs Steady , . . Houston: Fair ... Wil­ of its expansion program. It has is great as during the earlier and a few hours disputed overtime. mington: Slow , . , San Francisco: still not disclosed plans for a new periods of life. All wei'e settled before, payoff; Fair . . . Seattle: Good. type of freightship proposed earlier. Ask Federal Health Plan For US Aged m p»vip. Staw. A �November ZZ, 1957 SEAFARERS QUESTION: Which US and foreign ports do you think rat* at the best for seamen? Robei;^ McCutcheon, AB: Social­ Walter Gustavson, AB: New York It the best US port tor here a sea­ ly I think San Francisco and Balti­ more are the best. man gets a fair In fact San Fran­ deal and is not cisco is just like looked down a second New upon. To me the York. There is best foreign port always plenty to is Yokahoma, Ja­ do and see in pan. I was hospi­ that town. As to talized there not a foreign port, I long ago and can would take any vouch for the town in Northern treatment the people gave me. They were very Europe, especially Copenhgen. It's friendly and courteous to me and not too expensive, the people are •friendly and you can really enjoy the other Seafarers there. yourself. i t i Idelfanso Galindez, bosun: I Stanley H. Vernuz, OS: I think think New York City is the best the biggest are the best—NY, Bal­ US port. New timore, and New Yorkers are Orleans. They much more conhave better ship­ siderate and ping, and are friendly while in great if you want other cities a sea­ to have a iling. I man is fair game think that nearly for anyone to everyone will take. As for a agree with . you foreign port, I that Japan rates like Dunkirk, France. You can't beat the treat­ very high al­ ment you get there, especially at though European ports are more interesting for a seaman. the Seaman's Home. t i i J. Colpe, 3rd cook: Maybe it's be­ cause I'm a New York boy, but I - think this is the best town for sea­ men. The people are more under­ standing and ac­ cept a person as he is. The nicest foreign port I have been in was Genoa, Italy, where I really enjoyed myself. In fact I am learn­ ing some of the language for who knows, I may get back there. 4" 1" 4" Mike Mayoski, oiler: On the West Coast I would pick San Francisco. It is a good town for shipping or for a social'Visit. While here in the east there is only one, Baltimore. As to Europe, Hamburg is tops while Yokahoma is best in the east. I like all of these cities because the people treat a guy right, and are always friendly. Supertanker Unloads Oil: Never Touches A Dock Offshore unloading of supertankers became a reality last week when the 26,500-ton Esso Havana discharged more than eight million gallons of oil while moored a mile and a half at sea. ^The Havana pulled into the leave for the crews. Most of the offshore "station" unassisted vessels, because of their size, will to discharge her cargo through steel-reinforced pipes. The oil was then pumped into a terminal in Northville, Long Island. The Northville anchorage is lo­ cated a mile and a half out In Long Island Sound. The vessel is secure­ ly moored to bUoys attached to twenty-five ton concrete blocks embedded in the bottom of the sea. The 12-inch reinforced pipes are hauled from the sound's floor and attached to the ship's pumps. The oil is pumped into twin pipe lines buried in the bottom. The Long Island terminal is the only one on the Atlantic and Gulf coast capable of handling fullyloaded vessels of unlimited draft and tonnage. Up to this time vessels carrying only four to five million gallons of oil could use the terminal. Answer To Supertankers Offshore discharging is the only ai.swer to unloading tankers In the supertanker class, short of costly dredging of existing waterways. In order to provide for tankers which will be running into the 100,000ton class, the oil industry is con­ sidering plans for the construction of 40 such offshore stations along the US and Canadian coasts. A major problem in offshore dis­ charging is the question of shore take on and discharge oil cargoes in the same manner. According to seme of the plans, the offshore rigs will also be equipped to supply the ship with fuel and water, thus relieving her from actually hitting any port. Miles From Broadway In the case of the Havana, not only did the vessel discharge her cargo a mile and a half at sea, but also into a terminal located more than IQO miles from New York City. That's a long way from Broadway in any man's language. Tankers traditionally pull into out of-the-way terminals requiring crewmembers to hop a cab to reach town. Under the new system, tankermen will be required to wait for a water taxi, and then try and find some other means of traveling the additional mileage. Pace Fivo LOG Informed Members Best Union Safeguard'— Hall Responding to a communication sent recently to all international union presidents by AFL-CIO President George Meany asking their vievys on proposed legislation in the area dealt with by the Senate Select Committee on labor and management, SIUNA President Paul Hall has forwarded an-* ——— ——— answer to Washington. piivilege to express their views and the movement can handle its own In his reply to Meany, Hall act upon them accordingly. But problems, Meany is providing what declared that in his opinion there was no need for further Fed­ eral legislation to deal with the conditions which have been the subject of the Senate committee hearings, except for that legisla­ tion supported by the AFL-CIO, which would call for full disclosure of union financial transactions. Hall stressed strongly in his com­ munication that an informed, alert union membership is the best safe­ guard against any abuses. He pointed to the existence of numerous state and local statutes dealing with misappropriation of funds, bribery and other misdeeds and the use of these laws against individuals already cited by the committee as proof that additional legislation is not necessary. On the contrary, he warned, Fed­ eral legislation, particularly in the area of granting union charters, could lead to Federal dictation and control of the trade union move­ ment. Raised At Meeting Before replying to the AFL-CIO president on the subject. Hall raised the issue as a topic for mem­ bership discussion at the SIU At­ lantic and Gulf headquarters meet­ ing in his capacity as A&G secre­ tary-treasurer. His report to the meeting reiterated: "There are am­ ple laws on the books to cover the violations disclosed by the commit­ tee. For example, the Taft-Hart­ ley law provides penalties for abuses on the national level. On the state level, practically every state has statutes on the books to deal with problems arising out of misconduct in union affairs. "It appears to us that the real answer to the abuses which have been spotlighted in limited sections of the union movement is an alert and interested trade union mem­ bership . . . "We, in our organization, have long recognized the essentialness of a membership well-informed on all phases of their union's opera­ tion and activity and we have accepted our responsibility to provide this information." He pointed out as well, that the last SIU of NA convention went on record as fully supporting and endorsing the AFL-CIO ethical practices code and that the Atlan­ tic and Gulf District membership had ratified the convention's ac­ tion. Turning to the impact of the hearings on the coming AFL-CIO convention. Hall said, "There may be some differences of opinion, of course, in the labor movement as to how best to deal with problems confronting the movement. Every­ body, of course, has full right and tlie fact remains that President Meany, by meeting the problem head on has taken a sound position with a view toward the welfare of the entire trade union movement." Hall pointed out that the Fed­ eration has indicated it is aware that the organizations under fire on the interna­ tional level for failing to meet AFL-CIO standards include in their memberships a great many local affiliates who do meet the test of solid trade unionism. "The AFL-CIO's findings do not mean that all affiliates of affected union.? aie responsible for the plight of their internationals. However, the Federation, under its constitutional powers, can deal only on the prob­ lem at the international level. Support of the Federation's posi­ tion by no means involves con­ demnation of the international's entire membership or all of its officials on the local levels." Turning to Meany's past expres­ sions on the subject of legislation. Hall told the A&G membership: "From all indications, Meany has stood four-square in his desire to protect the movement against anti­ union forces on the state and na­ tional level who are seeking to exploit the uproar raised against some sections of the movement. On the contrary, by showing that is pfobably the best guarantee available against further legal restrictions on union activity." When the current situation be­ comes history, he concluded, "it will be proven that the Federation position was clearly the proper move to protect the best interests of the trade union movement." By removing, of its own accord, any blot on the movement, the AFL-CIO will be able to maintain freedom of action and internal health necessary for further growth. Hall said. Cal. Fed Issues 'Wreck'Booklet Over one million copies of the "Right-to-Work" pamphlet pub­ lished by the California State Fed­ eration of Labor have been dis­ tributed in the last month, C. J, Haggerty, Federation SecretaryTreasurer, announced. The pamphlet was issued to stem the rash of /'right-to-work" laws which hve broken out on the county level throughout the state. The distributions, Haggerty said, are a part of a continuing "right-towork" education program. £j a •3 I m 'I Cigs Plus Liquor Equal Cancer, Doctor Reports Those killjoys, the medics, have more bad news for people who like to enjoy themselves. After shaking up cigarette smokers with their dire announcements about cigarettes and cancer, the doctors now have-* — their sights leveled on those Dr. Wynder had no report on who take a nip pretty regu­ what happens to those who drink larly. A report to the American Cancer Society's 44th annual meeting by Dr. Ernest L. Wynder said that studies indicate heavy drinking, plus heavy smoking, increase ten­ dencies towards cancer of the mouth and voice-box. Dr. Wynder's studies were made at the SloanKettering Institute of Cancer Re­ search, one of the nation's leading cancer research centers. For purposes of the study, the heavy drinker was defined "as one who admits to regular daily con­ sumption of seven or more shots, or ounces, of hard liquor." Drink­ ing to this degree, coupled with heavy smoking, multiplies the chances of mouth or voice-box cancer tenfold. the required amount of whisky but leave the smokes alone. He said he couldn't find enough heavy drinkers who didn't smoke to make an adequate test survey. Nor did he have figures on those who stick to wine or beer and pass the whis­ key by. Reason Lacking Right now there is no evidence as to why the combination of drink­ ing and smoking should have such dire effects. One small comfort for the saloon set is the fact that al­ cohol seems to have no effect on lung cancer. Of course, one point of view holds that seven or more shots a day, day in and day out, will do plenty of damage to the system on its own, cancer or no cancer. SIU Co. Eyes Tidelands field Nl '.I WASHINGTON—The growing offshore oil exploration industry in the Gulf may pro­ duce still another use for the much-sought-after shallow-draft N3 ships in Government lay-up fleets. ^* — passengers. An SIU contracted-company, was in Baltimore last week getting Boston Shipping Corp., has A hearing notice is expected to ready to go into the shipyard. be issued soon by the on the The demand for the N3s has up applied to the Federal Mari­ company's application. Boston until now centered mostly on their time Board for bareboat charters on two N3-M-A1 type vessels for use in servicing oL rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico. The N3s would be restricted to service as floating workshops and crews' quarters, apart from the actual drilling rigs. They would carry neither . commercial cargo- nor Shipping proposes to subcharter use for limited operations in the the ships on bareboat to a wholly- St. Lawrence Seaway. The shal­ new corporation which it would low-draft vessels are considered organize with Spade Drilling Corp., ideal for this service and a number a Texas enterprise. of them have been sought by vari­ Boston Shipping presently has ous operators for use on the Sea­ two ships under SIU contract, the way. None of the N3s available iq Samuel Miller and Omar. Chap­ US reserve fleets have been broken man, both Libertys, The .Chapmqn ^qut.yet,. ^1 11 �Pare Six SEAFARERS LOG NeTembcr 22. 1997 Grounded Tanker Hangs On How to HATCH an Accident SUP pumpman Dole Busse and an unidentified seaman rest up on the deck of one of the salvage ships working to refloat the grounded West Coast tonker Mission Son Miguel in the mid-Pocific. All hands were rescued by the LST 664 ofter the tanker (background) went aground on^Moro Reef lost month. She is hung up, stern un­ der, while solvoge work continues. RRs Open New War On Coastwise Ships Stung by the apparent success of Pan-Atlantic's trailercarrying operations in the coastwise trade, eastern railroads have declared war on the coastwise steamship industry. The railroads have proposed a rate cut on their own "piggy-back" cheaper costs of water transporta­ freight car operations which, tion. As a result, the ICC has sus­ in the view of the steamship op­ erators, is designed to destroy pended the proposed rates pend­ ing an investigation. their business. The proposal for a rate cut is being fought before the Interstate Commerce Commission by PanAtlantic and also by Seatrain Lines. Seatrain is a veteran of legal wars with the railroads since it first began its sea-going freight car lift. Carry At Loss Both companies charge that the railroads' proposed new rates would involve carrying trailers "piggy-back" at a loss to the rail­ MOBILE—Seafarers from this roads. The railroads are doing this, they charge, so as to take business area will be getting a first hand away from Pan Atlantic and Sea­ peak behind the Iron Curtain soon train and cripple their operations. as the Northwestern Victory left Once this has been accomplished, this week on a regular grain run the roads would be free to jack to Gdynia, Poland. It is expected their rates up again to profitable that other ships will carry grain levels. from the port of Mobile to the Government regulations frown •Baltic countries. Shipping, although dragging on carrying cargo at a loss for the purpose of destroying a competi­ somewhat during the past period, is expected to pick up soon. Water­ tor's ability to stay in business. The railroads filed a new sched­ man plans to crew up the Ideal X ule of rates between Texas and and the Coalinga Hills which were North Atlantic ports which are in the yards for repairs. In addi­ identical with rates now charged tion to them, the Fairland has just by Pan-Atlantic and Seatrain. The about completed conversion into a two companies called upon the trailership and is to make her Interstate Commerce Commission maiden run around the first of De­ to suspend the new rates because cember. This will be the third they do not maintain the tradi­ trailership to enter Pan-Atlantic's tional cost difference between sea-land trailer service. Three steamships and railroads. Steam­ more vessels are undergoing con­ ship rates are set at a lower level version and are to come out of the as a general rule because of the yards at monthly intervals. According to the stories being told around the hall, a lot of the men on the beach here are taking advantage of the opening of the duck and deer hunting season. All Seafarers who expect to There have been reports of "enor­ apply for the SlU $200 mater­ mous" killings being made, but nity benefit and are currently very little by way of proof has been eligible for it—having one offered. The season will remain day's se^atime in the past !)0 open until .January 7? During the past period the Alcoa days and 90 days in 1956—are u-ged to send in all necessary Pioneer, Polaris, Corsair, Clipper documents when filing for the (Alcoa); Ideal X (Pan-Atlantic); h?nefit. Payment will be Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne "snde speedily when the Sea- (Waterman), and the Northwestern -r rs Welfare Plan receives Victory (Victory Carriers) paid off h baby's birth certificate, the while the Pioneer, Polaris and >-:;/farer's marriage certificate Northwestern Victory signed on. In transit were the Del Mundo, a-J discharges showing eligiiiiiity seatime. Photostats are Del Viento (Mississippi), Hilton aecepthble in pl^ce of originals. (Bull) and the Natalie (Interconti­ nental). ' » i J ' I( ).»n01 { V1af ct . J I V.f tJtli Mobile Sees Big Poland Grain Run Falling down through on open hatch is the kind of accident that Seafarers are mentally-geared to Ovoid. But if the hatch opening is partially-covered by a tar­ paulin, a crewmember would naturally tend to assume that underneath the tarp there was a fully-closed hatch cover. He would then discover his error too late. The sensible procedure to follow is to leave an open hatch fully-open. Where for protection of cargo or some other reason the hatch has to be closed temporarily, the only proper way is to put strongbacks and covers back in place and take them off again when the occasion calls for it. y Send Documents On Baby Benefit ToOi ,8 < it f t-OS • i a i« -s.'.fld -'(» :? �NttT^ltabei!1987 SEAFAkEkS Page Seven td^ Gathering Of The Morris Cian YOUR DOllAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Belter Buying Bu Sidney Margoliut Buying A Car Battery Over 12 million car batterierfail each year, a great many of them In mid-winter and mid-srummer. Both excessive cold and heat are hard on batteries. Even when they don't expire completely, malfunctioning batteries are responsible for many weaknesses of car performance. Some bat­ tery conditions may even cause damage to other components and start a chain reaction that eventually can lead to engine failure itself. Nowadays, manufacturers' guarantees sometimes are so exaggerated, for competitive reasons, that they are no longer by themselves a re­ liable index of value. Some manufacturers conservatively guarantee their medium-duty batteries for 24 or 30 months and their heavy-duty grades for 36. Others guarantee much the same grades for 36 and 48 months. Some now go up to five years, and there are even "ten-year guarantees." Actually a manufacturer risks little in pushing up his guarantee. The guarantee merely means he will give you a proportionate allowance on a new battery. Many batteries last beyond the guarantee anyway, especially if properly serviced and the car is operated under not-toosevere conditions. But even if a battery doesn't last the guarantee period, the manufacturer merely sells you a new battery at what, in effect, is a small discount from list pride. Seafarer Harvey Morris proudly introduces twin additions to the Morris clan. Mrs. Lillian Morris Take a 36-month battery bought, say, for $20. Assume you get 32 months' use before It quits. You will get a credit of $3^.33. Deducting holds James Paul while Harvey holds' Harvey Jr. Outnumbered 5-to-1 by the boys is daughter Sarah, the junk value, all you really get is $1.33 to $1.83 off on a new battery. 17, with younger brothers Frankie, Preston and sharpshooter Patrick sitting in front. Twins brought This you can generally get anyway. Morris $400 in StU maternity benefits plus two $25 US bonds from Union. Sometimes manufacturers up their guarantees when they raise prices. The obvious purpose is to Dads Count Too, Docs Soy make buyers think they're getting more because the guarantee is now longer. As for "lifetime" and "ten-year" guarantees, in one case the Fed­ Two New York psychiatrists who were aboard the lie de France at the time of tha eral Trade Commission recently prohibited Life-Long Battery Mfg. Andrea Doria disaster have criticized the time-honored rule of the sea—"women and chil­ Co. of El Segundo, Calif., from dren first." The lie de France rescued several hundred survivors from the Doria after it claiming its batteries "are guaran­ was sunk in collision with theteed ten years or for any period Swedish liner Stockholm in unless the conditions of the guar­ July, 1956. antee are stated. The FTC order The psychiatrists suggested that also prohibited claims the battery is self-charging, contains silver or instead of a blanket "women and nuclear cells, or is similar to the children first" rule, it should be Members of the International bar an international officer from nickel-cadmium or alkaline bat­ "children and one parent first" Typographical Union have approv­ receiving extra compensation from even if the parent happens to be teries used in Europe. ed a $1 million strike benefit fund. local unions or subordinate bodies, The more you understand your the father. In this way, orphaning Strike benefit rates will be pro­ and the election of a new Presi­ of the children or long separation battery, the better you'll be able to from the parents could be avoided. vided at 60 percent of normal dent, Karl Griepentrog, who insti­ avoid trouble and expense. The^ believe that such action earnings for married printers and tuted an investigation of the un­ Lead-acid batteries are subject to a number of problems. Not would minimize or prevent disas­ 40 percent for unmarried. Benefits ion's locals in California. The only is there a constant loss of charge, but the battery gradually loses will be paid' for striking printers', union also ordered the withhold­ trous effects on the child. its ability to store and deliver power. In fact, it is wearing out even for "locked out" printers- and for ing of payments to former Sec.when your car is not in use. In a properly-operating electrical system, Parent Stops Shock fnembers deprived of work by other Treas. Anthony Doria, and efforts this wear is gradual. But if the voltage regulator is set too high so Drs. Paul Friedman and Louis unions' strikes. An initial three- were being made to regain some that the battery is continuously overcharged, or the electrolyte is not Linn studied the impact of separa­ month assessment of one percent $25,000 already paid to him. maintained at the required level, or any of a number of other condi­ tion effects at first hand aboard the of earnings is expected to raise tions occur, the ordinary life exepectancy of a battery can be shortened He de France and repoi-ted their $1,200,000 for the fund, with pro­ considerably. findings in the American Journal visions for renewal should the One manufacturer reports that post-mortem examinations of thou­ of Psychiatry. They declared that fund go below a certain level. The sands of batteries show 62 percent of the failures were caused by over­ during World War II studies had official tally for the proposal was charging and 20 percent by sulphation. This results when a battery is shown that children who stayed 36,729 to 36,342. operated for a long time at a low rate of charge, or subjected to other with at least' one parent were far abuses as filling with water that has a high mineral content. In very better able to withstand disasters The first edition of "Solidarity," cold climates batteries sometimes also die prematurely because the and other shocks than those who FLORENCE. SC—A general ses­ electrolyte freezes, especially when the battery is only partially charged. were separated from their parents. the new weekly newspaper which sions court judge has declared un­ will be the official organ of the In cold weather it's desirable to maintain a lower water level than in When the family is broken up, the constitutional an act requiring the warm weather so the electrolyte is more concentrated for faster starting. shock becomes too great, with dis­ United Auto .Workers, will come licensing of union organizers in out the first week in December. Batteries roughly divide into light, medium, and heavy-duty grade. astrous long-term effects. TThe eight-page paper will replace Florence County and threw out an Medium-duty batteries are equivalent to the original-equipment grade. The doctors' conclusions drew a the union's two monthly publica­ indictment against an organizer The SAE ampere-hour rating is one of several specifications you can who failed to procure such a per­ check to compare different grades and brands. Most batteries show fast rebuttal from shipping repre­ tions, "The Auto Worker," and mit. sentatives. Captain Hewlett R. "Ammunition." Ken Flester, form­ this rating right on the container. It indicates the battery's ability to The act required that applicants deliver power continuously over 20 hours. Thus a lOO-amp. battery Bishop, of the Maritime Adminis­ erly editor and publicity director for the permit be residents of the tration said that "seamen . . .would for the Textile Workers Union, ordinarily can be expected to deliver five amperes continuously for 20 county for a year before they apr never allow a man to step into a will be editor of "Solidarity" and hours. One manufacturer explains that this test in a sense is a meas­ lifeboat with women and children director of the UAW's newly-or­ ply, and that they list their places ure of the number and size of the lead plates put into the battery. of residence for the last ten years. Most brands of light-duty batteries rate 70 to 80 amps.; medium-duty standing by ... if a father does not ganized Publications Department. The authorities, under the law, batteries range from 90 to 105, and heavy-duty, from 107 to 130. Nor want his child separated from him The new w.eekly will be published is the price any reliable criterion of quality. We have found lOO-amp. he can always keep the child be­ in several geographical editions bad the right to refuse to issue a batteries listed as high as $22, and 105-amp. batteries as low as $13, hind until it's time for the adults with four pages covering regional, permit in any case, and if they did to leave." national and -international news issue one, it was valid for only 60 both under well-known brand names. Brand-New Papas and four pages devoted largely to days and had to be renewed. Another test manufacturers use is the 20-minute ampere test, which Violated Constitution Another sea captain put it more a magazine section. results in a higher rating. A battery with a rating of 100 ampere hours may rate 125 on the 20-minute test. Sellers who list the 20-minute bluntly when he declared, "You'd Judge James M. Brailsford held ti t> t rating before the hour test niay or may not do so to confuse buyers. have an awful lot of men claiming A one-year probationary period that the act, which applied only to But whatever the intent, don't be misled by the 20-minuttf rating. ~ children that didn't belong to levied on the Allied Industrial Florence County, was unconstitu­ Light-duty batteries are recommended only for temporary use, or them." The best doesn't always Workers last May by the AFL-CIO tional since it violated the state In a mild climate. For most motorists driving under average condi­ come out in people during disas­ Executive Council was lifted last constitution which barred the legis­ tions, the medium-duty grade gives best value. While there is a no­ ters, he pointed out. week following receipt of a moni­ lature from enacting local or spe­ ticeable difference between typical amp-hour and cold-start ratings of The "women and children" rule tor's report that the union had cial laws. Sucli laws must have light and medium-duty batteries, the difference between medium and has been standard on ships for complied with the council's orders general application {hroughout the heavy-duty grades is less sharp. Moreover, some manufacturers exact hundreds' of years, although In to clean up. Among the affirmative state in order to be valid. an extra profit on heavy-duty batteries, charging more thjui the addi­ practice it has not always worked actions taken by the union's spe­ Brailsford dismissed an indict­ tional manufacturing cost warrants. out that way. Records of many cial convention was the adoption ment against Irving Lebold, a Re­ A heavy-duty battery may be desirable under extreme conditions, historic maritime disasters show of the Ethical Practices codes, a tail .Wholesale and Department .as habitual stop-and-go driving In crowded traffic, very cold or hot instances of male passengers stam- closer check on finances of local Store Union representative who climates, or much over-the-road driving, which results in overcharging; pedinjl the lifeboats in panic situ­ unions, the adoption of an aqnend-. had failed to secure his permit A tt * * "t.* a*" nnMmAe as mi^mnrnem- » • - A A' h^tfvyiddtSr-BftfA^r'ddeV stand "up befter iihSer excVssive 'cTiargi'ng." ations. ment to the AIW's constitution to before" "orgariizingr Rap Old Sea Disaster Rule Union 'License' Ruled Illegal i • •'J. . • ''i i '3 I •VJ "'5 �.•r- • Page Eight * ' SEAFARERS '•' November'22. 195T LOa NEW UNIOI Construction workers "dope a joint" in the last phase of the sealing process as pipeline is laid from rear of barge. The device on top of the pipe, called a "jeep," is used to test completed seal and can de.tect even pinhole leaks. Self-propelled dragline barge on treads crosses Vermilion River to start digging a pipeline ditch through the marsh. '-v; *- fJ--; • J. ^1 _ , V-" • k '-v >i ' '• 1 '• •* .y-v-i'-''! i "v-'.'*'-' •• m^$0 Aerial view of Glaser Construction Company's big pipe yard and slip on Bayou Delcambre near Delcambre, La. Miles of pipe ^re stored here in ad-> vanceof new pipeline project&.v ',r ; i J;;, �NATember 22, M5f • SEAFARERS :.:'"X;; ..-•'4 •• i.'--- -OONTRACTED PIPELINE OPERATION : SIU-HIWD LOG .,_ ^ • Pafc Nin* ji-iiS JK £W I ® New addition to SIU-HIWD-contracted fleet, the quarter boat Jim houses about 30 operators, welders and laborers on a job. -1- • : . U-ri . - . Bayous Teamwork between AFL-CIO construction trades unions and the^SIU Harbor & Inland Waterways Division exists under a Frst-time union agreement for marine per­ sonnel of the G/oser Construction Co., of Lafayette, La. The company is the biggest independent contractor in the Gulf petroleum pipeline-laying industry. •"I-.--' • .' -' , SIU-HIWD men crew tugs, barges and quarter boats housing construction workers who lay the actual pipe­ lines, which are used largely for the transportation of natural gas. The pipelines wind inland from the Gulf through assorted natural and man-made waterways until ultimate delivery of the gas to industrial and residential users. (See story on page 16.) ^ Cooks Alie Soileau (left) and Robert Joubert appear mighty chipper as they ready evening meal in galley on the Jim, .•m New Glaser tug Helen stands on ways as SIU patrolman Tom Gould (left) discusses operation with SIUtHlWD members Gerard and Alberie Hebert, brothers who will be captain and mate of tug. Details of SIU-HIWD welfare plan are studied on the Jim (1 to r) by : tugmen G. Hebert, A. J. Boutte, A. Hebert and W. Quebedeaux; patrol• ... man Tom Gould, and cooks A. Soileau, R. Joubert and F. Benoit Jr. �Passe Ten ^EAFA^RS'ibbG Last Rites For A Seafarer Last rites ore administered to Seafarer Chester M. Shivery, 47, dur­ ing burial service at Bahrein in the Persian Gulf. Shivery died of heat prostration on the tanker Queenston Heights. Boston Still Faces Slack BOSTON—Sliipping stayed fairly steady for this port during the past two weeks. There were no vessels paying oif, and only one, the John B. Waterman (Waterman), signed on. Port agent James Sheehan said that most of the activity for the period came from a number of intransit vessels. The Michael (Carras), Robin Gray, Robin Kirk (Robin), Council Grove, Bents Fort and the Bradford Island (Cities Service) called during the last period. The doctors at Brighton Marine Hospital would like to extend their thanks to the sister of Seafarer Pete Jomides for helping them out in a pinch. They had called the hall asking for a man to act as intexpreter for an ill Greek seaman who was taken olT his ship. Pete was not home and his sister volunteered to bring a friend to handle the job. Everything worked out fine and the medics were able to get the information they needed from the man. NY-Montreal 'Seaway' Sought Novediber 22, 1957 PLYMOUTH VICTORY '(••thmUn), t«pt. IS—Chtlrman, R. McCatkeyi Saeratary, J. Gaidar. Latter to NY re; repalra and anawer read-' td^'inein'bership. No one to go topslda without busineii there. No drinking on board. Few petty beefa In black gang. Dele­ gate requested men to read agree­ ment. Some disputed ot. Reports ac­ cepted. New delegate to be elected at special meeting. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Trsnsfual), Sept. If—Chairman, B. Baa; Saeratary, P. McNabb. Headquarters notified re: men hospitalized. Two men short, two men promoted. Foc'slea need' painting,^ Bad odors from en^. dept shower to be cor­ rected. Vote of thgnks to steward dept. for fine Job despite shortage of two men. Ship laid up in Brazil for 60 dayst one matt paid oif on mutual of the St. Lawrence into the At­ waterway would be an additional way for exploitation of the vast lantic and around to New York. route south from Canada to the untapped resources of Eastern Canada, such as Labrador ores, The present route is a roundabout and new industrial expansion not 1.700 miles that could be slashed only for the Hudson Valley but to under 450 at an estimated $90 for areas utilizing Niagara power, million cost. It would enable small freighters to make their way from the vi­ cinity of Montreal through the Richelieu River and the Chambly Canal, on through to Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal, thence ^south via the Hudson to New York. The principal costs in­ CHAMBLY volved would cover the deepening CANAL of the Richelieu RiVer and the six-foot Champlain Canal to 14 feet. A 14-foot depth would make it possible for 2,500-ton ships to BALTIMORE—The membership come all the way down from Can­ gave a rousing ovation to crewLAKZ CHAMPtAm ada instead of the 250-ton barges members of the Robirf Gray at the now under use. Deep-sea service last meeting in this port. These is already in effect from New York laen, port agent Earl Sheppard as far north as Albany, and trailersaid, are doing a top notch job un­ ship operations on the Hudson der adverse conditions and a sub­ il', . • River route may come to life soon. standard NMU contract in order to Heavy Opposition keep the Robin ships under the The major stumbling block SIU banner until the vote is held against the little "seaway" had in the fleet. been the earlier bitter opposition Petitions have been filed call­ to the now-half-com^leted St. Law­ -YOEK.'^ing a vote on the NBC Line and rence waterway. This was finally jSTATE- CHAMPLAIN it isfor expected that an election will authorized by Congress in 1954, be held soon. In the meantime CANAL some 40 years after it had orig­ organizing is still going on among inally been proposed. The St. the smaller outfits in the bay area. Lawrence Seaway itself will be h' Although shipping continued to ready by 1959, opening up a fourth improve during the last period, US "coast" stretching 2,200 miles there was a drop in registration. from the Atlantic to Duluth, Minn., However, Seafarers are advised at the head of Lake Superior. not to give up fairly old cards in Canadian roadblocks against the outports to come here and ship. ryfALBANY Champlain "seaway" fell part There were 13 vessels paying off, once the long-sought St. Lawrence 10 signing on and 12 in-transit waterway began approaching reali­ ships in the port during the pasf ty. In Washington, the Senate has two weeks. The Feltore, Santore, already authorized a study of the Oremar, (Ore); Portmar, Texmar, plan and a drive for House ap­ Bethcoaster (Calmar); The Cabins proval will be made next year. (Terminal Tankers); Westport Vermont, which has a common (Transportation Util.); Barbara border with NY on Lake Cham­ Frietchie (Liberty Nav,); Omar plain, is especially Interested in Chapman (Boston Shipping); Eve­ the potential of the proposed alllyn, Jean, and the Emilia (Bull) paid water shortcut. off while the Massmar, Marymar, A meeting at Sorel, Quebec, at­ Bethcoaster (Calmar); Santore, tended by Canadian, New Yorl Oremar, Ffeltore (Ore); John B. and Vermont officials last monC Waterman (Waterman); Seagarden explored the possibilities of th (Penn, Nav.); Edith (Bull) and the little "seaway" in connection wiC Westport (Boston Shipping) signed its potential for Eastern Canad; on. Among the vessels in transit New England and the Hudson. Valwere the Alcoa Runner, Puritan Map shows proposed route of Jey area. More than half the work (Alcoa); Robin Gray (Robin); Steel to be done calls for dredging on new New York-Montreal "seaAdmiral (Isthmian) and the Citrus the Canadian side, so that Canada • way." . Packer (Waterman), CAXAPA Robin Men Get Rousing Hand in Bait. '.'7 • f§» >LVMOtltH" VICTORY (Isthmian), Oct. ,27-^balrman, S. Thayer; Saera­ tary, J. Ooldar. AU delegates to get together and prepair repair list and submit snmTe. Items ordered by stew­ ard to be checked and Information sent to N'T. Discussion on repalra: schedule for sanitary work. Sehedula to be posted In recreation room. ANGELINA (Bull), Oct. 10—Chair­ man, P. Parker; Secretary, W. Walsh. Report accepted. Bound for Spainwill fiy light to Norfolk or Baltimore. Oct. 25—Chairman, D. Hubbard; Secretary, W. Walsh. TV antenna to be removed from deck and stored. Vote of lhanks to mcssman and pantry man for good service rendered dur­ ing voyage: Snrings In bathrooms to be renewed. Snidine.s, beans and po,t.ato salad to be put out for night lunch. Cooperation urged In keeping ship clean. CAROLYN (Bull), Oct. 31—Chair­ man, A. Seda; Secretary, J. Shendock. Take care of w.isliing machine. Cups not lo l)e left on deck. CITRUS PACKER (Wattrman), Oct. <—Chairman, A. DeLaneyr Saeratary, W. Harper. Washing machine to be ro.iewod in NO. Laundry room paint­ ed —everyone urged to keep It neat at all limes. consent: four men hospitalized and flown home. ARYLN (Bull), Oct. 4—Chairman, J. Badnay; Saeratary, F. Collins. Some repalra made. Request American money for draw. Ship'i fund $1.30. Discussion on food, menus, linen. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Oct. 27Chairman, R. Hall; Secratary, C. DaShip'a fund $5.50. ReThe grudging acceptance by East Coast shipping interests of the inevitability of the I pMc/patl:!**. jvta accepted. Same delegate elected. St. Lawrence Seaway may actually pave the way for a little "seaway" linking Canada | I ' •'"oto of thanks to delegate for Job well done. Delegate to contact Union to New York City. about contribution for longshoremen. Request more assortment of fruits and This alternate water route would wind up committed to more Hudson, then westward via the cookiea. main Erie Canal to Buffalo and could cut out 75 percent of than half the bill. the mileage from the head An adjunct to the Champlain Rochester. This would open the Complaint about seasoning In food. Suggest meeting with patrolman prior to payoff. ALICE BROWN (Bloomfiald), Oct. S —Chairman, S, Rothschild; Secratary, J. Logfsliow. One man missed ship in Galveston and one In BrownsvUle. Repair list to be checked. Report ac­ cepted. To elect new delegate. Beef on fiesh fru'.t—should be left In lea box In day time. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Oct. 2S—Chairman, J. Quinnt; Secre­ tary, O. Thornhill. Delegatp spoke of men missing ship in Japan. Ship's fund $15.75. Have new steam Iron. Report accepted. Suggest departihental repair list. Oven door to be repaired—other repalra to be made In crew's quarters. Steward to see that sufficient milk la ordered and deliv­ ered promptly. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Saatrain), Oct. 27—Chairman, 5. Charles; Secre­ tary, ,A. Lambert. Safety meeting held with 14 members present:, two men missed ship. One man hospi­ talized In Texas City—headquarters notified. Letters to be sent to Wash­ ington protesting closing of Savannah hospital. Ship's fund $20.57. Reports accepted. Cigarette butts to be placed in ash trays not on deck. Place gar­ bage In trash cans: place cups In sink. Letter to be sent to Social Se­ curity office requesting Information on security payments. Vote of thanks to Sir Charles for supplying free Cokes. Vacation blanks can be ob­ tained from Sir Charles. DEL VIENTO (Mlis), Oct. 24—Chair­ man, C. Johnscn; Secretary, I. Brown. Vote of thanks to deck dept. for fine cleaning job on ship. One man fired. Ch. eng. asked all other men to stay for another trip. Subsistence for two days wUl be paid at payoff. Vote of thank's to Brother Spears for Job well done. Few hours' disputed ot. New washing machine ordered. Cleaning list for laundry to be made up next trip. Union books to be turned over to patrolman. Check of all books to be made by delegates before payoff. - ORION COMET (Orion), Sept. 2t— Chairman, M. Bruno; Secretary, B. Stark. Cleaning schedule made for laundry room. Old washing machine will be rigged to wash oily clothing only. Capt. to have port discharges ready before arrival In Persian Gulf. Slop chest wlU be open one week for cigarettes: next for general merchan­ dise. Mall to be given to captain be­ fore arrival. Delegates warn brothers to keep personalities out of work. No beefs. All letters to headquarters to be bandied through delegates only, •with their signature, then typed by secretary. New secretary - reporter elected. Each crew member to donate 50c. to ship's fund. New treasurer elected. Request cooperation In keep­ ing washing machine clean. Discus­ sion re; securing movie projector for ship. Delegate to check . captain on draw. Cook asked men to consult him on beefs concerning food. Steward asks crew to make suggestions for menu preferences. WILD RANGER (Watermen), Oct. 21 —Chairman, W. Tregembe; Secretary, D. Ruddy. Communications from he'idquartert read. Need paint for engine dept. Ship's fund $22.31. Few houre disputed ot. Motion to take hand vote on choice of Job calls—IB for present hourly basis: IT for two calls a day—one in morning and one In aftemoon. Entire crew put In for ot due to lack of draw on arrival at , Pusan. Need aew washing^ inael^e. CHIVVAWA (Cities Service), Oct. 31 —Chairman, R. Coe; Secretary, A. Casey. Delayed s.-Tiling Tampa & Port Everglades—all okay. Discussion on sanitary work. Vote of thanks to stewards dept. for Job well done. Men to put in full two hrs. when on sanitary work. GATEWAY CITY (Pan Atlantic), Oct 27—Chairman, E. Yates; .Secre­ tary, J. Austin. Ship's fund $1.25. Two hegfs—concerning call back and few hours disputed ot. Sufficient lights to be put on before cranes are. unlashcd prep.yratory to being put into operation on arrival in port. An­ tennas to be put up. Ship to be ex­ terminated for roaches and powder put on board for same. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Oct. 24 —Cheirman, I. Romo; Secretary, L. Bruce. One m.in mi.s.sed ship in Oki­ nawa—cable sent asking delegate to put o/T his gear at first US port. Dele­ gate requested sober payoff. To see patrolin.an at payoiT concerning diffi­ culty in obtaining hospital slip for one brother. Ship's fund $26. Twb men getting olT. Suggestion to have shades for lamps which can be screwed on at black-out time. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. Suggested voluntary con­ tribution at payoff to help ship's fund. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Oct. 27—Chairman, J. Altstatt; Secretary, A. Espeneda. New delegate elected. Batliroom door locks to be repaired. Beef on hot water. SANTORE (Ore), Oct. 27—Chairman, W. Reid; Secretary, J. Lamb. Need new wa.sliing'jjiachine—to see patrol­ man about same. Delegate gave re­ port on pay raise pending disputed ot—referred to NY. Crew warned about c.xce.ssive drinking on board. Surrender books to delegates. Ship's fund $12.26. Discussion on PHS Clinic. Write lettei' to Sen. Butler about sav­ ing PUS. Beef about cups being left on deck. Vote of thanks to steward department. WACOSTA (Waferman), Oct. 13 — Chairman, E. Fain; Secretary, E. Ray. Ship'a delegate resigned. New dele­ gate elected. Ship's fund donated. One man mi.s.sed ship In San Pedro. Some disputed ot. One man hospital, Ized In .San Pedro. Some repairs made. Ship expected to go to Tampa, NO & Mobile to load, but this Is not official. WARRIOR (Waterman), Oct. 21 — Chairman, D. Mclnnis; Secretary, M. Elliott. $20 draw to be put out and more If ship does not pay off In Tamr pa. Discussion on Bull Line beef. Letter written to Washington on Pub-' 11c Health service cut down. Soma disputed ot. Four men getting off. Communlc.-itions read and general dis­ cussion held on same: also on closing of Public Health hospitals. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Sept. 2t —Chairman, T. Connall; Secretary, L. Bruce. No beefs—clean payoff—most repairs made. 'When ship returns to Gulf, will make extensive repairs. Beef on penalty cargo—to be referred to headquarters. Ship's fund $26.10. Vote of thanks to officers and com­ mittee for handling Bull Line beef. New delegate elected. Use washing machine, with care. Confine use of laundry room to half an hour. Brother asked permission to run a pool to help ship's fund. Crew to discuss business down below and not topaida with officera. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Nov. 2—Chairman, W. Wantling; Saeratary, M, Sosplna. Ship's fund $24. New delegate elected. One man left in Wilmington. Drinking water is rusty. Medicine chest to be checked. Fumi­ gate ship for roaches. Suggest pur­ chase of soft ball equipment. Return soiled linen. YAKA (Watarmsn), Oct. 1»—Chair­ man, C. Burns; Saeratary, E. Wright. Good cooperation between crew and captain. One man hospitalized; Reso­ lution—shall Union establish a new hall in Portland Motion lost. Preg•uro on water cooler. No trading with Koreans except on deck. Discussion on whether to place a union repre•entative in Portland—carried. �KoTcmbcr 22. 19S1 SEAFjtRERS Page Elevea .• LOG 'Grounded' Browning Arranging Lakes-Atlantic Run DETROIT—An SIU Great Lakes District operator has re­ vealed plans to open a new "coast-wise" run with a lift-on lift­ off trailership service between the Great Lakes and southern Atlantic ports. Troy S. Browning, president of the T. H. Browning Steam­ ship Company, said he plans to convert two 8,500-ton vessels into trailerships for service between Detroit and Cleveland in 1958. The service will later be extended to Buffalo, Milwaukee, Chicago and Duluth, and on the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, to the south Atlantic ports. This is the first Great Lakes-coastwise freight service using the Seaway planned so far. Cost of converting the ships. Browning said, would run about $3 million each. The SlU-contracted operator said that the ships would caiTy about 400 specially-constructed vans each in an operation similar to that now employed by Pan-Atlantic in the coastwise trade. The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, he continued, will be a "shot in the arm" to the present depressed coastwise service and would go far In reviving a trade which was once the backbone of the American-flag shipping in­ dustry." NY Looks Ahead To Ship Vote • The degree to which runaway flags are used to avoid union conditions is being demonstrated today in Canada with the Canadian government itself willing to pull down its own flag rather than do business with the SIU Canadian District. The government's action in threatening to transfer Canadian Na­ tional Steamships' vessels amounts to nothing more or less than government-sponsored strikebreaking. It is to the credit of waterfront union representatives in Trinidad, the flag of convenience which Canada has chosen, that they want no part of these ships if the jobs come to them Members of the SlU-affiliated at the expense of Canadian seamen. Brotherhood of Marine Engineers The current strike of Canadian Seafarers is "the outgrowth will start voting by referendum bal­ of six months' futile negotiations on a new contract. The lot December 1 on a new Union operators, apparently with the full backing of the Canadian constitution. BME Engineers will be polled at the same time on the government, put their backs up and are ready to run to the proposed merger plan with the Ma­ nearest low-wage haven they can find. Fortunately, the entire Canadian labor movement and the rine Engineers Beneficial Associa­ tion. Both questions will be cov­ international trade union movement as well, is protesting this ered in a secret referendum ballot arrogant move. It remains to be seen whether Canada will covering a two-month period. carry out its threat. i 4" 4" The new constitution was ap­ BME Plans Amendments Referendum proved by membership meetings at the BME's headquarters and Phila­ delphia branches last month. The document was drafted by a membership committee in consulta­ tion with the BME's lawyers and auditors. Greater Membership Control The new constitution provides for greater membership control over BME activities and more adequate functioning of the union in its dayto-day operations. Some of the ma­ jor changes involve procedures for more regular membership meetings in all ports, revision of the trials and appeals-procedures to permit speedier handling of charges and appeals, and endorsement of the AFL-CIO code of ethical practices. 'Can-Shakers' Have No OK The membership is again cau­ tioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solicitors have been authorized by the SIU." Women Last? The proposal of two psychiatrists to abandon the old "wom­ en and children first" rule has stirred up the expected rebut­ tal from various sections of maritime, an industry which has its cherished traditions. The psychiatrists, who witnessed the Andrea Doria rescue operation, feel that preserving the fam­ ily unit—keeping children and parents together whether fa­ ther or mother is involved—should be the primary objective of marine rescue operations. Somehow the sailor, who is sitting at anchorage in Vizagapatam, for instance, is liable to have more gallant feelings towards women than a psychiatrist who does battle with neutrotic females during his working hours. Perhaps the whole issue can be neatly sidestepped by providing for a little more shipboard safety in the international regulations. ^ 4» 41 4" Libertys To Scrap Heap kews that the Maritime Administration is going to start scrapping some of the Libertys in the reserve fleet indicates the beginning of the end for the trusty warhorse of World War II. About 100 of the ships are going into the scrap heap, but undoubtedly there will be more to come. The Libertys were good when they had it, and some of them are still performing yeoman service. But the fact that a batch of them is about to be scrapped points up the need for replacing exisiting Libertys in service with ships more suited to present-day shipping need^, i-.issi. NEW YORK — Headquarters wishes to extend its thanks to the Seafarers who remained on their jobs on the Robin Line ships and enabled the Union to call for an election. Bill Hall, assistant secre­ tary-treasurer declared. It will be through their continuing efforts that the jobs on these ships will be back on the boards in SIU halls after the vote Js taken, he added. The NLRB has ordered an elec­ tion on the ships within the next few weeks. Shipping for the past period has held its own. With the exception of those men who are waiting for a special ship or run, the dispatch­ er reported, class A men can ship most anytime they want. There were 19 ships paying off during the past two weeks, three signed on and 10 were In transit. The vessels paying off were the Alcoa Puritan, Runner, Pegasus (Alcoa); Seatraln New York and Georgia, (Seatraln); Almena, Gate­ way City (Pan-Atlantic); Morning Light, Citrus Packer (Waterman); Suzanne, Frances (Bull); Wellesley Victory, Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Robin Gray, Robin Sherwood, Rob­ in Kirk (Robin); Pan Oceanic Transporter (Penn. Nav.); CS Bal­ timore (Cities Service). Signing on" were the Steel Traveler (Isthmian), Suzanne (Bull) and the Alcoa Run­ ner (Alcoa). The In-transit vessels were the Portmar (Calmar); Steel Seafarer, Steel Flyer, Steel Admiral, Wellesley Victory (Isthmian); Seatraln Texas (Seatraln); Wacosta (Water­ man); Val Chem (Heron) and the Warrior (Pan-Atlantic). "Everyone gets Into the act," Is the motto on the Iberville accord­ ing to Robert N. Walton, ship's re­ porter. It took a little time, he said, but with all of the men coop­ erating matters have been ar­ ranged so that they can enjoy all of the conven­ iences of home. First of all they squared away a movie program to Walton help pass away the hours. Then, for those who like to eat to music, or the ball game, a short wave radio was set up In the messhall. Luxury? "This is just the start. We then Installed a tele­ vision set, and for the bookworms, built up a modern library." Now most crews would be over­ joyed to have this much, but there is more to come, he said. "To in­ sure a sound running ship, we picked up five good engineers, all from the 'Frisco Bay area, and a new chief cook who does justice to the title." He, in turn, brought along a couple of top-notch help­ ers for the department. Of course, he continued, we have some "leftovers." Among them Is our baker, James McGill and his "chief suggestion expert," Anthony Nottage, chief electrician. Be­ tween the two of them we never know what will be served, but we do know It will be good. Now tell me, he asked, what more could a' seaman want? 4. 4. -'1 1 4. "This is the first meeting for this trip," writes B. Winborne, meeting chairman on the Hastings, "for the ship has been idle for a couple of weeks. Although there Is a new crew aboard, there are quite a few old-time Un­ ion men who are taking care of the delegate jobs. As long as these jobs are In good hands," he said, Winborne "we can look for­ ward to a good trip, for any beefs that arise will be settled in SIU fashion by these delegates." Tanker Action Slow In Gulf LAKE CHARLES—It has been a very slow shipping period for this port. Although there were quite a few class A and B men registered, they were not around for the calls and a couple of C cards were shipped In the engine and steward departments. The Cantlgny, Chiwawa, Council Grove, Government Camp, CS Baltimore, Bents Fort, Royal Oak, (Cities Service); Del Campo, Del Vlento (Mississippi); Petro-Chem (Valentine); Val Chem (Heron) and the Pan Oceanic Transporter (Penn. Nav.) were In port during the last two weeks. All were In t o . 1> i i J.» - • 11 < 1 :-^l �V'''^ Par* Twelv* SEAFARERS November 22, 1957 LOG A SEAFARER'S SKETCHBOOK 1 •. V / J- is A" V SOT i^ cv.-. Member Action Bolsters Union To tlie Editor: All members are urged to keep up witli all current labor news in the papers to compare our Union with the ones that are having a lot of Inside trouble. Any union can go bad unless the members within take an active part. We think we have a pretty good Union and want to keep it that way. Robert N. Walton SS Iberville c3i» t Union Assist Appreciated To the Editor: This is to express my grati­ tude for the kind efforts and cooperation by the SIU welfare Services Department following my telephone appeal regarding my husband's readmission to the US Public Health Service hospital. My husband, William, was re­ admitted on the day that he re­ ported as an outpatient after being almost eight days without medication. We both thank you. Mrs. Camilla B. Serrano 4 4 -J. Wants Pension Age Cut to 55 To the Editor: I am writing in regard to the question in the "Inquiring Sea­ farer" column in the LOG (August 2, 1957) on what you would like to see as the next for­ ward step -of the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan. My interest is in two particu­ lar items. One I am very much in favor of, is lowering the age limit for retirement to. 55. with . J«• • • B I Some of the items of interest seen in Africa by the MV Del So! ore pinpointed by Seafarer Eddy Smith. At top (left) is a portrayal of a breadseller in Talcoradi, "a city in the brand-new republic of Ghana apparently muddling along in the fashion of the departed British . . The procession of a native chief­ tain's wife (above) on the way to her husband's inauguration odds contrast. At left, a view from Luanda, Angola, "an engaging Portuguese city . . . Th* old fort overlooking the harbor it a 'must' for visitors.' A traffic cop took the spotlight (above, right) in Lobito, Angola, as he directed things from his sunprotected island on a busy avenue. 20 years' seatime. I would also like it to be made possible for Seafarers' dependents to have their teeth extracted, even if Welfare would not put them back in. Kenneth A. Hunter 4 4 4 Surveyor's For Job Call Change To the Editor: On the matter of changing the system of hourly job calls, which has been under discus- 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. sion, the crew of the Steel Sur­ veyor has taken the following position; By a hand vote, the crew voted 14-2 against the present system. We voted 10-4 against two calls a day at 11 AM and 4 PM. Unanimous support was given to a proposal for three calls a clay at 10 AM and 1 PM and 4 PM. The Vote on this was 18-0. C. Jensen Ship's delegate 4 4 4 Hospital Assist Reassures Wife To the Editor: I wish to express my thanks to the SIU welfare .department for its action in assuring my wife of prompt and adequate medical assistance for her past and forthcoming operations. I never doubted that such as­ sistance would be forthcoming but she, being both ill and alone, was somewhat apprehen­ sive. The letter of credit to the hospital was most reassuring for her and even though the opera­ tion was postponed due to otherillness, she is well aware that she'll have all possible care. I am deeply grateful and proud of our SIU welfare plan. We are in Durban, South Africa, on our way back from what has been a fine trip. I hope to see you all soon and thank you personally. Bill Hand 4 4 Thanks also, to the LOG for its interesting, educational and recreational material which for many years has kept me in close. contact with my husband's way of life. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Bull Steamship Co. and the officers and crew of the SS Arlyn for their kindness and great assist­ ance, inasmuch as my husband passed away in a foreign coun­ try. I would love to greet each and every one of you to express my deepest thanks for all that yoti have done and have meant to me and my husband, not only Injliis recent bereavement but for*the many years that we have known and loved you. Mrs. Johanna Schroter Applauds Help In Bereavement To the Editor: I write at this time to express my thanks and sincere apprecia­ tion to the SIU, its officers and members for their sympathy and help in my recent bereavement. My husband, August Schroter, died on Sept. 24 in Funchal, Portugal. To the members, I say thanks for the formation of this Union that is so generous to the families'bf its members. To the offi­ cers of the Union and its Wel­ fare department. I also express my deepest thanks for the mari­ ner in which they carry out with such speed and efficiency the wishes of the members. 4 Hurricane Crew Sends Greetings To the Editor: I'm at present aboard the SS Hurricane, on which we're due to start the long voyage home from Inchon, Korea, soon. One of our crew, the 12-4 OS, lost his mother during the voyage but, due to sympathetic consideration on the part of our crew, was able to make th* funeral in time to tender his last respects, We are ably represented by a couple of good delegates and enjoy good relations with top­ side. The bosun is Manuel San­ chez who, with the aid of three good daymen, has accomplished much during his brief stay aboard to date. From all indications, we shall be in New York once again come January 1st. , C. L. "Bud" Cousins Clean-Up Detail V MS .'V MS: ill Wipers Quintilano Zambrano (left) and Ken Kirwin team up to wipe up' oil tpilli from the deck of the Cities Service tanker Fort Hoskins. Chester Coumos handled th* camera work. �SEAFARERS November 22, 1957' Ct NORFOLK (CItItt Sarvle*), Oct. II—Chalrmaiv P. Hammal; Sacratary, 0. Nlalaan. Na baefa. Talafram acnt t« unlan re: wiper hospitalized in Japan. Captain te speak to crew about smoking on deck when aionsdde dock in Bahrein. Ship's fund las.M. Motion te air condition all abips running to tropics. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Oct. 19—Chairman, J. Hunt; Secretary, J. Serrane. Keys to messreom and pan­ try to be left with gangway Watch. Ship's fund $20. Menus to be varied. Bad milk to be condemned, need more juices; shortage of fresh milk. Laun­ dry to be kept clean. -Need plugs for sink. GOVERNMENT CAMP) (Cities Serv­ ice), Oct. IS—Chairman, M. McNabb; Secretary, ,-. Ruse. Men (jving in south to be able to draw on ot. No results. Ship's delegate elected. Dis­ cussion on sailing board time—ship has been loading in less than 12 hrs. and sailing" board has not been posted on arrival as per agreement. VALLEY FORGE (Penn. Nav.), Oct. 13—Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Secretary, F. Barry. Letter and photos sent to headquarters show­ ing condition of ship. Repair list turned in. Patrolman to see that sufficient American money is put aboard for draws in foreign ports. Some disputed ot serving captain's guests in saloon. Report accepted. Stores to be checked by patrolman in Norfolk as last trip stores were inadequate. Port discharges in Bos­ ton all fouled up,' also ones for pres­ ent voyage, new ones to be de­ manded.IRENESTAR (Triton), Sept. 29— Chairman, B. Hay; Secretary, L. Rob­ erts. One man missed ship in Brazil. Beefs to be di.scusscd at meetingail beefs to bg handled by patrol­ man in proper manner. Ship's fund $11.52. , One man paid off by mutual consent—new man shipped aboard. AU rooms painted. Question about cooking of potatoes served at breakfast time. To see pa­ trolman about passageway which black gang takes care of which could not be painted by wipers so they could obtain ot instead of deck gang. All potatoes left over to be. utilized. Also any leftovers must be used before 48 hours. Beef dropped. Vote of thanks lo steward dept. for fine cooperation. Vote of thanks to delegates for job well done. OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritime Overteas), Sept 9—Chairman, S. Stover; Secretary, P. St. Marie. One man hospitalized in Rotterdam. Few hours disputed ot to be referred to patrolman. Patrolman to see ch. mate about unsafe working conditions on deck and check same before signing on. Need clothes line below. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for job well done. GATEWAY CITY (Pan-Atlantic), Sept. 29—Chairman, C. Lee; Secre­ tary, J. Austin. Ship to pdy off, payroll ending Tues. midnight. New reporter elected. One man missed ship in Mobile—to be referred- to patrolman. Report accepted. Requets hooks in crews' quarters and new washing machine. Hooks ordered, wUl be installed. on day of departure. Take better care of TV set. Food has improved since last trip, l Vote of thanks to delegate for Job/ well done. Pafe Tfilrteca LOG Gives It Back To The Indians SHINNECOCK BAY (Tankthip), Sept. 29—Chairman, - E. Czotnowtki; Secretary, G. Skendelas. Repair list to be made up. Chief engineer noncooperative—to be turned over to patrolman.. Few hours disputed ot. Motion not to sign on untU repairs are made and newwashing machine purchased. Fumigate ship for roaches. Vote of thanks to steward dept. Laundry room to be cleaned after using. Bathrooms to be kept clean; TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Oct. 4— Chairman, L. Wing; Secretary, F. Kustura. To pick up bunkers in San Pedro. Captain will try to get shore leave for crew; also give $25 draw per man. Ship's fund $27. Disputed ot and beefs to be taken care of at payoff. Discussion on steam lines in foc'sles aft—rooms get too hot. Mem­ bers to pay for arrival chances at draw. Discussion on refrigerator in pantry. Vote of thanks to steward dept. DEL MAR (Miss.), Sept. 29—Chair­ man, R. Stough, Jr.; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Good trip. Some disputed ot collected. New delegate elected. Movie machine repaired and films purchased. Will run few pools and get donations for ship's fund. New delegates elected. Report accepted. Motion to give $50 from ship's fund to any one setting off foreign for hospitalization. Motion to- transfer athletic fulid to ship's fund. Return cups to pantry. DEL NORTE (Miss.), $ept. 27 — Chairman, J. Connors; Sacratary, H. Crane. Everything running smoothly. No beefs. Two men hospitaUzed in Buenos Aires. Each given $50. Layup pendinci this voyage. Ship's fund $98.03. Some disputed ot. One man Injured in faU. Request that prices on slop chest be checked. $37 in deck fund. Movie fund 100 percent. Vote of thanks to baker for fine produc­ tion. To purchase spare parts and new films $56. To donate $10 to or­ phan's cause in Brazil, for a total of $200. WACOSTA (Waterman), Oct. 4— Chairman, H. Graham; Secretary, F. Wasmer. Ship's fund $17.25. Some disputed ot. Repair list turned in. Report accepted. Submit repair list so that repairs. can be made before payoff. Water tanks to be cleaned— water rusty. Observe quiet in passage­ ways when men are sleeping. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Oct. 13— Chairman, E. dsBsuttc; Sacratary, A. Klamose. One man hospitalized in Ponce. Agent notified. Motion for payoff per agreement. Letter to C. Simmons signed by all delegates. Gear locker needed for deck dept. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), Sept. 29 —Chairman, J. Prestwood; Secretary, T. Costal lo. $64 coUected for mem­ ber's wife. Messman missed ship in Trinidad. Check with union haU if wife needs hospitalization. Delegate to check with patrolman about wash•ing machine. Ship's delegate requires operation—necessitating new delegate for two trips. Ship's movie fund $133. New delegate elected. Keep Trinidad shore-gang out of ship's housing if no business there. Mess hall to be kept clean. ^ MARYMAR (Calmar), Oct. 17—Chair­ man, T. HIrsh; Secretary, A. Wile. Ship's fund $13.50. Discussion on ot or hours to be shown on pay slips. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for job well done. CS MIAMI (Cities Service), Oct. Chairman, B. Anderson; Secretary, T. Nelson. Foc'sles to be painted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. CHILORE (Ore), Oct. 12—Chairman, K. Hatglmlslas; Secretary, E. DeBardelaben. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $21.50. Few minor beefs. Ob­ serve quiet in passageways. Turn off washing machine after use. Keep recreation room clean. Keep feet off chairs and benches in recreation JOHN B. WATERMAN (Wate.'man), room. Vote of thanks to baker and Sept. 22—Chai^rman, B. Butterten; steward dept. Order deodorizers for Secrenry, C. Thornhill. Ship's fund. bathrooms. $15.75. Vote of thanks to all. EVELYN (Bull),-Oct. 13—Chairman, LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (BloomJ. Tutwiler; Secretary, E. Allen. Wash­ fleld), Sept. IS—Chairman, R. Brown; ing machine to be repaired or re­ Secretary, P. Sheldrake. One man placed. Ship's fund $64. Radio is to missed ship in Texas. Ship's fund be raffled off. Take better care of $1.16. Shower to be cleared; wringer washing machine—it is going to be and washing machine to be fixed. difficult to get a new one. Move fan in messhall. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Oct. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfield), I—Chairman, R. Adams; Secretary, K. Sept. 79—Chairman, J. Buckley; Sec­ Collins. Minor beefs settled. Submit retary, F. NIgro. Most repairs made. repair list. Ship's fund $84. Few Messman moved to old hospital. One hours disputed ot Jo be settled at man missed payoff—turned in to payoff. Report accepted. See patrol­ patrolman. "Do not slam doors. Any man about medical aid given on ship. infractions against SIU constitution, Discussion on food not being cooked agreement and general misconduct enough not enough variety of by any members wiH not be toler­ dishes. and Return cots after using. ated. Ship's fund $27. Re-elect ship's delegate. New feeding pro­ DEL MUNDO (Miss.), $ept. 19 — gram explained to crew and general discussion held on subject. Beefs to Chairman, P. Tatsen; Secretary, J. be taken up with Headquarters. Vote ,Brady. No beefs. Everything run­ of thanks to Brother D, Hell for work ning smoothly. Pleasant trip—some new ports added to itinerary. Expect on ndw feeding program. to be out few weeks longer than usual. Estimated day of arrival NO, MAI (Bull), Sept. IS—Chairman, Nov. 1. New treasurer elected. All P. BIschoff; Secretary, J. Jakleskl. New ladder ordered. Repair list dis­ donations to be given to dept. dele­ cussed. Ship's fund $40.46. Purchased gate and turned in to treasurer. One to lead-in wire for TV. Suggestion to man hospitalized—to be fiown air-condition aU SiU ships running States. No beefs, no disputed ot. to the tropics. Motion made not to Union to see that ail ships signing on patronize non-union bars, especially foreign articles to have at least 90 Vegetables running ones on Charles it E. Baltimore St. days' stores. Motion that ships carrying bulk car­ short—claim is there are none avaUgoes, such' as sulphur, phosphate, able. Steward, requests all ships coal, bauxite-, etc., allow sanitary men should be supimed with more fresh four hoiira time to do sanitary work frozen vegetables due to shortage. Dedicated to the cause of his brother Indians, Seafarer Jesse Joy (left) is shown at Mesquckie Indian powwow in Tama, Iowa, where h» was honored for willing over 200 acres of land to tribal use, Joy credits SIU earnings since 1938 with providing the cash for land purchases. He's shown with Jessup Lasley, 1957 champion dancer at the Mesquakie powwow (center), and John Popakee. Part Indian himself. Seafarer Jesse Joy takes the slang expression about "giving it back to the Indians" pretty seriously. Thanks to his SIU earnings of the last 19 years, title to over 200 acres of land adjoining Indian settlements in two-^ states will forever remain un­ wow at which Joy was tendered the Flora McDonald, which wae torpedoed about 100 miles from der tribal control. Joy, jlso special honors. known as "Cherokee Charlie" from his old pro wrestling days, figures he's salted away about $20,000 just for the purchase of land and addi­ tional amounts for various Indian causes over the years. He was honored in August by the Mesquakie Indians of Tama, Iowa, for willing his 186-acre farm to the tribe. Joy will also turn over 20 acres he owns near a North Carolina Cherokee settle­ ment in the Great Smoky Moun­ tains in the same way. Joy views the smaller tract as a potential intertribal headquarters "to further the relationship be­ tween the Mesquakies and the Eastern Cherokees, once ancient and deadly enemies, as all will know who have read the biography of the great Fox chief Black Hawk." He has returned from time to time to participate in the annual Cherokee pageant staged there by the local settlement to commemorate eai'ly Cherokee his­ tory. . All of the present Indian land at Tama adjoins the oi-iginal acreage bought by a handful of Mesquakies in 1857, and held in trust by the governor. The Tama settlement marked its 100th anni­ versary this year with a big pow­ 'Sea-Spray' The Mesquakies at Tama are also k;iown as the Sac-Fox Indians, and Joy was formerly married to the granddaughter of Pushetonequa, one of the last great chiefs of the tribe. They had three children, who speak both English and the native Mesquakie language. Joy claims Cherokee as well as ScotchEnglish ancestry for himself. An SIU man since 1938, he cel­ ebrated his high school graduation in 1926 by spending a month in the Ozark Mountains living with a bow and arrow just as his ances­ tors did. Joy said this didn't work out too well because the supply of game wasn't as plentiful as it used to be in the old days. He wound up finding a lot of an-owheads and stone axes on an old Osage camp­ site near the White River. Joy later went on to Drake Uni­ versity at Des Moines, where he made a name as an all-around ath­ lete and won several track and field titles in national meets. He traveled about for ten years as a professional heavyweight wrestler before he began sailing, and has been shipping ever since. He had two ships torpedoed un­ der him during World War 2, the Alcoa Pathfinder and the Flora McDonald, a Calmar liberty. On B/ Seafarer "Red" fink •••1 - ,i Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 1943, he lost a brother Cherokee, Austin Wahnetah, who had sailed with him since he began sailing. "I still recall that day and remember it vividly each time our meetings ashore or at sea pause to honor our departed brothers. He was a great friend," Joy added. Notify Union About Sick Men Ship's delegates are urged to notify the Union immediately when a shipmate is taken off the vessel in any port because of illness or injui-y. Delegates should not wait until they send in the ship's minutes but should handle the matter in a separate communication, so that the Un­ ion can determine in what man­ ner it can aid the brother. • It would also be helpful if the full name, rating and book number was sent in. Address these notifications to Welfare Services at headquarters. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please >ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) ^l^^hdE ................. • G • • G STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you •ro on eld lubicribei tnd have a change ef addreit, please give your former address beiowi ADDRESS CITY STATE ZONE. .. 1 �P«r« Fourteen SEAFARERS What's For Chow, Boys? ii LOG sni HAIJ, DIRECTORY SIU, A&G District I ,t 14 Four members of a happy galley force aboard the Steel Naviga­ tor, where there is always something good for coffeetime, says G. F. Abundo, pose in the galley. Pictured while on the US GulfFar East-Hawaii run (I to r) are Louis Santos, 3rd coolc; Pedro Ibardolas, galleyman; John Pastrano, chief cook and G. Ebon, 2nd cook and baker. Abundo sent in the photo. BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 278 State St. James Sheeh'an, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Robert Matthews, Agent Capital 3-4089: 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES, La. Leroy Clarke, Agent . 1419 Ryan St. HEmlock 6-5744 MOBTLE "1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 MORGAN CITY 912 Front St. Tom Gould, Agent Phone 2156 NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvUle St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK Ben^Rees, Agent 127-129 Bank St. MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA S. CarduUo, Agent 337 Market St. Market 7-1635 PUERTA de TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo Sal CoUs,. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Marty Breithoff. Agent Douglas 2-5475 USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Oscar Adams Robert Qulnn Robert Anderson Artemo Quinonei Allie Andron C. Reyes George Chaudoin Paul W. Seidenberg Irving Denobriga Benedikt Smoljan David Furman William Susikari Burt Hanback Stanley Swienekiski D. Hetherington Dominick Trevisano William Kenny William Vaughan Phillip Mack Aniello Verdamare Marcel Makatangay Frank Villacorta Joaquin Miniz WiUie Walker Robert Parker Jack Williams USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. A. A. Franklin USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. George D. Rourke Wm. J. Powers Harry S. Murray USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Talmadge Barbour Mariua Rank Francisco Bueno Stanley A. Rodgers Jose Garcia Joseph RoU Gorman Glaze John A. Smith Thomas F. Gaivin Wm. J. S ;ephens Sam Hacker Peter TriantaRUoa Walter L. Jackson William Williams Wm. Kovamees Andrew Suech James McFarlin Clarence Gardner John Ossman Alejandro Lopei Francis O'Laughlin Walter Mitchell USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana Patrick McCann Eladio Aris ' Archibald McGuigan Fortunate Bacomo H. C. Mclssac Jose°ph J. Bass Albert MartinelU Melvin W. Bass Vic Milazzo Juan Denopra Joseph B. Murphy John J. Oriscoll C. Osinski Fabin Furmanek George G. Phifer Joseph M. Gillard G. A. Puissegur Bart E. Guranick Luciano Ramos Everett Haislett Winston E. Renny Wade B. Harrell G. E. Shumaker Percy Harrelson Kevin B. Skelly Taib Hassen Henry E. Smith Billy R. Hill Michael Toth Antonio Infants Harry S. Tuttls Ira H. Kilgore VirgU E. WUmoth Ludwig Kristiansen Pen Wing Frederick Landry Dexter Worrell USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. William Bargone Robert McCulloch Marlow C. Barton Alvie L. Means James Beasiey - Gregory Morejon John W. Bigwood Michael Muzio Claude Blanks Charles Nicholson John Brooks Wesley A. Palmer Rozelio Castillo Jerry Pontiff Thomas Caylor Jr. Winford PoweU Cloise Coats Randolph Ratcliff George Curry Toxie Sanford Leon Dilberto H. Leonard Shaw Ben Foster Irwin Sherman AdeUn Fruge Toefll SmigielskI Dennis Gomez Wert A. Spencer Leon Gordon Chas. H. Summerell Alvin Henderson Nicholas Tala James Hudson Gerald L. Thaxter Eugene B. Hunt Liicien Theriot Edward G. Knapp Frank Unger Antoine Landry Ruben Vanes Leo Lang James E. Ward William Lawless Roy Warren • I ii-y. m h Thomas White CUfford Wuertz Charles Williams Jacob Zimmer USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler W. E. Orzechowski Siegfried Gnittks John C. Palmer Vares R. Hodges August J. Panepinto USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS John P. WUliamson MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Marvin P. Bennett Nighbert Straton B. F. Grice Vivian E. Wilkerson SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor B. Cooper TOURO INFIRMARY NEW ORLEANS, LA. Louis D. Bernier USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. D. Bartol B. Pritiken J. H. Berger L. Ready C. Ferregna • S. H. Sun S. J. Guiffre A. O. Vallejo F. Kostelic N. I. West Jose Marso A. A. Plzarro J. McCann USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. B. B. Blanchard Angelo Martins Grover Duncan Fred Miller Charles E. Joyner WiUie C. Sanders Jimmie Littleton USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Frank T. Campbell Prescott Spinney Tommle Parker EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE. MD. Thomas R. Lehay SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. E. B. McAuley, Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette, Agent ElUott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON, Calif ... 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS. . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint J. Volplan, Eng. W. HaU, Joint E Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. Calif....510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON NEW YORK 605 Marina Ave. Terminal 4-3131 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6165 Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S MONTREAL 128V4 HoUig St. Phone 3-8911 634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILLIAM Ontario PORT COLBORNK Ontario TORONTO. Ontario 408 Simpson St. Phone: 3-3221 ..103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC 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. 61714 Cormorant St. EMpire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebao 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 Sault-aU-Matelot Quebeo Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. NB OX 2-5431 Great Lakes District ALPENA. 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. Phone: Essex 5-2410 NoTember 22. 195T Urges Broader Pension Benefit To the Editor: A couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter (LOG, NOv. 8) discussing at length the broadening of the retirement feature of our wel­ fare plan. Since then I have read Broth­ er James Eichenberg's letter in a recent copy of our Union's paper (LOG, Sept. 27). I think his proposal has sounder merits and is more equitable to the 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. membership's needs than the one I stated. Eichenberg proposed we Ehould keep our present total disability set-up at any age, providing the applicant has 12 years' seatime. (Ed. note: Broth­ er Eichenberg actualiy urged a cut to ten years' seatime for a disability pension.) He also said that with 20 years' seatime a m'an should have the choice to retire with a pension if he so desires. This pension should be deter­ mined, I would say, by what the plan could bear from year to year as time progresses. After all, 20 years at sea is a long time. It would take probably 25 to 30 years of steady sailing to accumulate 20 full years in sea­ time. Life at sea, at its best, is hard. It's wearing, no doubt. I think we should have a third provision that a man reaching 55 and wishing to retire be given two-thirds of a pre-determined amount and, upon reach­ ing 60 years of age, be given a full pension. After all, the armed services do not go by a man's age but by his actual time . spent in,service. Why should a man sweat all his life to draw a pension or work toward attaining one and then having but six or eight years of his life left, be so worn out he can't enjoy either the pension or what's left of his life? One has but to look at the "Final Dispatch" column In the LOG to see that seamen, on the whole, do not live to a "ripe old age." There are exceptions, but consistently I've noticed few reach even-65 years of age. I wrote this as just one mem­ ber to let you know v/hat I and others think on this subject. While I'm still on this, here is another facet of this self-same subject: The computation and acceptance of seatime. What about the many of us who Wave sailing time accumu­ lated while employed aboard SUP ships? . I have ran into at least six or eight men, myself included, who have-this time. I myself have between two and three years; others I have met have equal amounts. We took these ships in good faith during World War' II, never dreaming then of anything such as a welfare plan. Please print this letter. Paul Arthofer SS Del Mar 4" 4« Union Welfare HeSp Applauded To the Editor: I wish to express my sincere thanks for the two checks sent by the Seafarers Welfare Plan to cover my surgical and hos­ pital bill. We ourselves had a hospital plan which as yet has not lived up to its agreement in its entire­ ty. This disappointment was certainly offset by your help. In the face of other unions' unfair practices your generosity is outst'anding. Thank you again! Mrs. Luther Roberts i 4« 4- Fishing's Great, Says 'Pop' West To the Editor: Here are a couple of pictures taken at Lake Dexter, Florida. A friend and myself stayed there five days and averaged 40 speckled perch a day. We could have caught even more, but we didn't want to rub it in too much on "Blackie" "Pop" West shows off what he calls an "average" catch down at Lake Dexter, Pla. Farreil of Tampa. "Blackie" was supposed to have taken his vaca­ tion with us, but didn't get off the Madaket after all. The fish sure are biting down here and I am sure getting my share. It's too bad "Blackie" couldn't be with us, as we have been living on big fat. roe, mul­ let, etc., and you know what kind of chow that Is. Greetings to the best Union and the best bunch of men In the world. C. R. "Pop" West �SEAFARERS November 22, 1957 ORION COMIT (Orion), Oct. Chairman, L. Frailtrf' lacratary, W. •tark. Captain baa limited drawa. Crew cautioned a a a 1 n a t mlsalng watchea without perralaaion and pre­ vious arrangements. Each dept. to take care of their respective beefs. Launch schedule to be posted on ar­ rival. Ship's fund fS.SO. One man hospitalized. Report accepted. Crew to cooperate on coffee consumption— now using 9 lbs. daily—should be approx. 7 lbs. Crew urged to take care of linen and cots. Crew agrees on 4;30-5;30 supper in port. Chairs to be returned after using on deck. Urge cooperation In keeping laundry clean. ORION STAR (Orion), Sept. 19 — Chairman, W. Taffner; Secretary, R. Mills. Captain has cut down on draws as much as possible, also slop chest prices are much higher than usual ousMd. Retained lame delegate. Library to be replenished In Long Beach. Vote of toanke to steward dept. for Job well done,. BARBARA PRIRTCHIi (Liberty), Nov. 3—Chairman, A. Oregofre; Sec­ retary, M. Kramer. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Communications read. Repair list submitted. Some dis­ puted ot. Report accepted. Ship to be fumigated. Votp of thanks to Stewards dept. COALINGA HILLS (Pen-Atlantic), Oct. 27—Chairman, P. Leonard] Sec­ retary, H. Orlando. One man missed ship.. Repair list submitted. Reports accepted. DEL ALBA (MIss.), Nov. 2—Chair­ man, C. Oarter, Jr,; Secretary, C. Ell- zey. New delegate elected. Ship's fund 931.39. Library put on board— crew asked to return books when fin­ ished. Discussion on 2at-walk not being safe at night; will be taken up with mate. PAN OCEANiC TRANSPORTER (Penn Nay.), Nov. I—Chairman, 9. Stockman; Secretary, P. Nealy. Four men missed ship. Ship's fund 94.80. Some disputed ot—to be referred to patrolman. New delegate elected. Something to be done about rusty water; getting rooms painted; colder water in fountain. except cigarettes. Some disputed ot. Request cigarettes be put in box in recreation room—ali cups be returned to pantry. Vote of thanks to steward dept., cook and baker. Oct. 27—Chairman, D. Barry; Secre­ tary, R. Mills. Beef about draws— amount allowed by captain. One man hospitalized In Singapore. Captain to post copy of letter from Bahrain government restricting liberty. Some disputed ot. Had argument to get medical attention for injured man. Captain stopped ship at Singapore for doctor to come aboard. Disputed time for restriction. New reporter and treasurer elected. Members asked to donate to ship's fund. To purchase new reading material. Discussion on draws and withholding tax, slop chest prices, beefs In general, income tax of licensed personnel, restriction in Bahrain. Use more care in handling dishes and glasses, also washing' ma­ chine. KATHRYN (Bull), Nov. 4—Chair­ man, H. Beekar; Secretary, W. Ortiz. One man hospitalized In Ponce. Refer list delayed sailing to patrolman. Ship's fund $6. Report accepted. To see patrolman, about information about Bull Line beef. Request infor­ mation on negotiations. . HASTINGS (Waterman), Oct. 27— Chairman, C. Oglesby;/Secretary, J. Weils. Few hours disputed ot. Good trip, few minor beefs. Rooms to be left clean when getting off Ship. Men asked to be sober-'at payoff. Keep feet, off tables and chairs; Vote of thanks to steward dept. for good food and line Job done. Repair list to be submitted. Good trip, Bne coopera­ tion, no loggins and no foul-ups. All delegates did good Job in keeping things running smoothly. .Good crew. SUZANNE (Bulk, Oct. M-^Chalrman, C. Babick; Sscratary, C. Gill. Chief cook hospitalized; few logs, all else okay. Few hours disputed ot. Report accepted. Motion to have com­ pany put out agents' addresses in for­ eign ports for mail purposes. Motion to have bus service from Sunny Point to Wilmington. Make up repair list soon as possible, turned over to car­ penter so that repairs can be made before arriving in port. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for good phow. Need library, logs and ot sheets. PORTMAR (Calmar), Oct. 27—Chair­ man, R. Campbell; Secretary, R. Sa­ vior. Keep clotheslines clear of dry clothes. Ship's fund G11.30. Few hours disputed ot. Reports accepted. Washing machine wringer to be re­ placed. Suggestion to increase ship's fund. Glasses not to be placed in sink: leave sink dry. EVELYN (Bull), Nov. 3—Chairman, Okray; Secretary, W. Golf. Washing machine needs repairing or replace with new one. Hot water to be fixed. Ship's fund 931. Purchased new radio. See steward about milk re­ ceived in NJ. Check on repair list. . OREMAR (Ore Nav.), Nov. 2 — Chairman, H. Moon, Jr., Secretary, P. Essman. Ship's fund 933.76. Porthole dogs to be freed and oiled. Less noise in passageway. Members asked not to upset food for men standing watch at night. AZALEA CITY (Pan-Atlantic), Oct. 20—Chairman, B. Jones; 9ecretary, R. Elliott. New delegate elected. Two men ill. One nian short. No beefs. Water backs up in laundry room. Discussion on repairs. Showers to be repaired. IBERVILLE (Waterman), 9ept. 30— Chairman, J. Housel; gecretary, R. Walton. Laundry to be returiled amidships. 930 movie fund deficit. Re­ pair list to be submitted. Formgr and present crewmembers endeavor­ ing to maintain movie program, ra­ dio, television and good library for enjoyment of all. Some disputed ot. New cook and good baker on this trip. All members urged to keep up with current labor news and com­ pare SlU with ones having a lot of Inside trouble. Members urged to take, active part in Union. Manhole cover and hatch needs repairing. Money due on projector—all hands asked to cooperate In payments. New porthole' gaskets needed in engine & steward dept. Landing stages needed for bot­ tom of gangway. WESTPORT (World Tramp.), Oct. 13 —Chairman, G. Gage; Secretary, R. Mitchell. Discussion on men who wish to pay off in PR. Delegate dis­ cussed news from sparks with cap­ tain—can do nothing about It. Few hours disputed ot. Steward to accept only good grade of meat. New report­ er elected. Discussion on chow and soap powder—to check with agent. No loud, boisterous talk or swearing aboard ship. Wiper to be turned In to patrolman for neglecting sanitary duties. Scuppers to be cleaned. Sparks endeavor to get MTD News. THE CABINS (Terminal Tankers), Oct. 21—Chairman, L. PInella; Secre­ tary, O. Kane. Shower to be scraped and painted. Insufficient stores or­ dered. Reports accepted. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Oct, 13—Chairman, C. Chandler; Sec­ retary', E. Klingvall. Captain run­ ning . out of travelers' checks—^last draw Penyang. Ship's fund 9138.90. Repair list to be submitted. SIU mail to delegate should be handled only by delegate. Everything running smoothly. No beefs. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Aug. t—Chairman, J. Robinson; Secretary, P. Shala. Men warned about fighting and Ibgglngs; contracting diseases. Ship's fund 952. Radio repaired; pur­ chased two movies. Some disputed ot. Reports accepted. Suggestion that ships on tropical run should supply four bath towels and three face towels per week. To write letter to negotiating committee and bring to company's attention. Motion that company should distribute American money Instead of travelers' checks In Nassau. Foc'sle locks to be checked by locksmith and replace same with tumbler locks. Take better care of washing machine—no spare parts aboard. Thanks to affiliates for help in ACS beef. Drinking water rusty— to see patrolman about same. Sept. 4—Chairman, J. Robinson; 9scrstary, F. Shala. Captain to pay In­ jured man off in Colombo. Ship's fund 941.50. Some disputed ot. Re­ ports accepted. Hand vote taken re­ garding method of Job calls. 940 to be given to injured man from fund. . Will have arrival pool to replenish fund. RION (Actlum), Oct. «—Chairman, H. Mooney; Secretary, J. Hopkins. Two men missed ship in Casablanca; clothes packed and listed. Took one replacement. Two men promoted in kteward dept. Vote of thanks to dele­ gate and steward dept. for Job well 9TEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Oct. 22 done. Few hours disputed ot. Two —Chairman, H. Kaufman; Secretary, students left ship to return to school. E. Starns. Some disputed ot. Re­ Two men short. Suggestion that dis­ ports accepted. Crew asked to keep patchers try to confine these men to ali main deck screen doors locked in coastwise vessels or ships making port, except those at gangway. Crew regular run. Ice box needs repairs warned about American money in, or replacing. Ship to be sprayed for Indonesia. roaches. Dry cereais contaminated Nov. 3—Chairman, W. Worthlngton; with weevils should be discarded. Secretary, C. Starns. Delegate had several minor beefs—asked coopera- . ORION PLANET (Orion), Oct. 19— tion from crew. Chairman, R. Perry; 9ecretary, T. Yablonsky, Next draw to be In yen CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Oct. or money order. Latter re: vacation 24—Chairman, M. LIbby; Secretary, H. pay read to membership. One SUP Fitzgerald. Majority of major re­ and one ex-NMU replacements picked pairs made. Slojf chest inadequate; up In Japan. No beefs. Motion to will be stored completely on west have special launch In port for coast before departure for overseas. watch changes. Proper dress to he New reporter and treasurer elected. worn In messhall. Discussion on Sliip's fund 917. Communication re: special launch for watch changes In 950 deductible surgical paymgnt dls- Japan. Pare Fifteen LOG Robin Vote (Continued from page 3) indicated ttiat the status quo would be observed on contractual rela­ tionships as well. Subsequently, the SIU was noti­ fied by Mooremack that it was placing the ships under the juris­ diction of the NMU contract, dis­ regarding the wishes of the SIU membership aboard the ships. The company then ordered all its re­ placements from the NMU hiring haU. SIU headquarters was convinced that this step was undertaken at the instigation of the NMU which was anxious to get its hands on the jobs. This conviction was rein­ forced when the NMU began a campaign in the fleet which in­ cluded a letter signed by Curran urging Seafarers to switch their union affiliation in the fleet. It became clear then that the NMU had embarked on a raid against the SIU. (Curran, incidentally, has beei^uoted profusely as support­ ing no-raiding agreements.) The SIU countered by filing its election petition with the Labor Board, while Seafarers on board the ships resisted heavy NMU pres­ sure to quit their jobs or to turn in their SIU membership books. This is the second time that the NMU has attempted a raid on the Robin Line. In the first instance, back in 1940, the SIU won an elec­ tion by a count of 199 to one. The NMU was unable then to muster sufficient strength in the fleet to even get on the ballot. Charles A. Carlson J. N. Fusilier Would you please get in touch Your gear, papers and Union book were left aboard the Pan with your grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Oceanic Transporter. Get in touch Culver, R-1, Himrod, NY. 4 4 4 with the company, Penn Naviga­ John Whisman tion, 25 Broadway, NYC. Please contact your wife at 719 4" 4 4" Castro, St., San Francisco, Califor­ Ilmari B. Valimaki nia. Some of the former members of 4 4 4 the 95th Field Hospital would like Wilbur Coutant to hear from you. Contact Homer Contact Bushberg at 72 Spring­ C- Cooper at the Montana State field Ave., Newark, NJ. University, Missoula, Montana. it 4 4 George Baugh, Sr. Please contact Sadie at 5805 Third Avenue, Brooklyn 20, NY. 4 4 4 1 I% * Larry Connor ex-Robin Kettering Frank has checked your shoe.s The deaths of the foilowing Sea­ from Mombasa in the baggage room farers have been reported to the at headquarters. Seafarers Welfare Plan and the 4 4 4 SIU death benefit is being paid to Anthony Carcopa their beneficiaries. Plea^ get in touch with your Francisco L. Perez, 58: A heart mother, Mrs. Carrie Gualano, at aliment caused the death of Broth­ 616 West Nesq. St., Easton, Pa. It er Perez on Au­ is important that she hear from gust 16, 1957, in you soon. Bombay, India. 4 4 4 He became a full Harold L. Loll member of the It is important that you contact Union on August your draft board, No. 161, Green 14, 1947, and was Building, 1243 Liberty Street, sailing in the Franklin, Penn. Your mother would steward depart­ like you to get In touch with her ment. Brother at RD 2, Oil City, Penn. Perez is survived by his wife, Gloria Perez, of Brook­ 4 4 4 lyn, NY. Place of burial is un­ Carlo V. Carlsen known. Ex-Steel Apprentice 4 4 4 Joseph Raymond is holding a Leslie Swift Joyner, 49: On Octo­ package from customs for you. Contact him at 135 W. 115 St., ber 6, 1957, Brother Joyner died" of a heart ailment in Mobile, Ala­ NYC, Apartment ID. bama. He became a full member 4 4 4 of the Union on December 28,1938, William H. Anderson and sailed In the deck department. Your brother is ill. Please con­ Brother Joyner is survived by his tact your sister, Mrs. Audrey Hoff­ wife, Irma Joyner, of Mobile, man, at 2496 Mullolly Street, Pitts­ Alabama. He was buried in Pine burgh 57, Pa., immediately. The Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. SIU Welfare Services Department 4 4 4 is holding a note for you from your Louis Franken, 56: Brother Fransister at Union headquarters. ken died on March 28, 1955, in Le Havre, France of a heart ail­ ment. He became a full member of the Union on July 24, 1943; and All of the follotoing SIU famillet have received a $200 maternity sailed in the deck benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: department. Bur­ Tracy Kim Adamson, born Octo­ bom October 3, 1957, to Seafarer ial took place in ber 25, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. and Mrs. Anthony Pogozelski, Antwerp, Bel­ gium. Richard R. Adamson, Mahwah, NJ. Detroit, Mich. RECENT ARRIVALS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Emlllo L. Belle: Brother Bello James Dickens, Jr., born August Daisy Ayala, born September 16, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4,1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. James was lost at sea while sailing aboard the SS Del Sud on June 20, 1956. V. Dickens, Baltimore, Md. Jesus Ayala, Bronx, NY. He is survived by Inez Volpi of' 4 4 4 4x4 4 New Orleans, La. Charles John and Jack James Norman Joseph Blanchard, Jr., bom September 11, 1957, to Sea­ DeLatte, bom October 27. 1957, to farer and Mrs. Norman J. Blanch­ Seafarer and Mrs. Nolan W. DeLatte.-tSretna, La. ard, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Harvey and James Morris, born Peter Jon Bowley, born October 26, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. October 18, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harvey W. Morris, Brooklyn, Robert R. Bowley, Warwick, RI. NY. 4 4 4 Colirtney R. Carter, born Sep­ 4 4 4 tember 25, 1957, to Seafarer and Alicia Darlene Caine, born Sep­ Mrs. Courtney R. Carter, Savan­ tember 3, 1957, to Seafarer and nah, Ga. Mrs. Francis £. Caine, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Anthony Michael Cunningham, Leader Hughes, borii September born August 7, 1957, to Seafarer 26, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wiland Mrs. Anthony Cunningham, bert Hughes, Baltimore, Md. Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 William Richard Johnson, born Gay Ann Maas, born September 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. July 4, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Henry J. Maas Jr., New Orleans, William H. Johnson, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 La. ' Ray Franklin McVey, born Sep­ 4 4 4 . Judith Clare Osborn, bjonn Sep-, tember 23, 1957, to Seafarer and tember 27, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ray F. McVey, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Mrs. Manfred Osborn, New Or­ leans, La. Hank Vernon Cox, born October 9, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adron 4 4 4 Charles Anthony : Pogozelski, Cox, Flatlick, Ky. SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ 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 reg­ istration number). The next SIU meetings will be: November 27 December 11 December 26 January 8 51 ••51 �.-.'Oijivi :•:;••• Vol. XIX No. 24 SEAFARERS LOG •OFFICIAL ORGAN O F TH E S E A FA R E RS INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • SlU-HIWD Signs Pipeline Boats Dinners Set In All Ports NEW ORLEANS—^Union representation in a new maritime field was established by the SIU's Harbor and Inland Water­ ways Division last week with completion of a collective bar­ gaining agreement covering"^ marine workers of the Glaser ing layoffs and promotions, and a Construction Co., Inc., of La­ tightly-worded grievance and ar­ Hundreds of Seafarers and their families will be sittihg down to Thanksgiving dinners in all of the SIU ports next week. Thanksgiving fayette, La. The contract Is an­ bitration procedure to assure and Christmas dinners have been other In a series of SIU successes in prompt and satisfactory settlement the traditional SIU holiday treat to organizing in the southern tide- of beefs. Seafarers for many years. "Establishment of this first col­ lands. Last year more than 500 Seafar­ lective bargaining relationship Glaser Construction is the Gulf ers, wives and children "attended Coast's biggest independent con­ opens an avenue for extending the the holiday feast in the headquar­ SIU-HLWD's top benefits to many tractor in the petroleum pipelineters cafeteria alone, while many other maritime workers engaged in laying industry and is reputed to more celebrated in the Baltimore be one of the world's largest. SIU- pipeline . construction and relatecf cafeteria. Mobile snack bar and industries," Lindsey J. Williams, HIWD members covered by the other facilities In the various ports. New Orleans SIU port agent, said. The meal in headquarters this "Full credit should be given to the year will feature the traditional enthusiastic endorsement of the For pictures of Glasey pipeline Thanksgiving turkey, complete with SIU by the Giaser employees in­ operation, see centerfold. SlU-HIVVD members Gerard Heberj (left) and Alberie Hebert soup, cranberry sauce, candied volved and to the support given by (right) discuss new pact benefits and welfare coverage with SIU yams and hot mince pie. A-so on the Operating Engineers, Pipeline the menu are shrimp cocktails, patrolman' Tom Gould at Delcombre, La., main plant site for the agreement man tugboats, barges Welders and Laborers Unions prime ribs of beef and baked select Glaser Construction Co. The Hebert brothers will serve, as cap­ toward the successful negotiation of and quarter boats employed in lay­ Virginia ham, with special side sal­ tain and mote of the new Glaser tug Helen to be launched soon. ing pipelines used principally for this agreement." ads. Rum-fiavored fruit cake, the transportation of natural gas mixed nuts, home baked pumpkin from Louisiana's extensive coastal pie and chilled apple cider will also and offshore natural gas fields to be on hand. Dinner will be served industrial and city residential in the headquarters cafeteria from users in Southeastern and Atlantic CHICAGO—Still another authority has cast doubt on the possibility of commercial 10 AM to 3 J>M. Seaboard states. usefulness of atomic energy in shipping. Dr. Harry B. Benford, of the University of Mich­ The Marine Cooks and Stewards In tlie initial stages, the pipelines Union has announced that it will are laid on the bottom of the Gulf, igan's Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, declared it would be hold its holiday dinners in conjunc­ through coastal marshes, across at least ten years, and possibly ' tion with the Sailors Union of the deep rivers and along Louisiana's more, before an atomic mer­ skepticism about the commercial clared. He also added that for com­ Pacific, as has been dpne for the myriad bayous and man-made chant ship could compete com­ usefulness of atomic reactors in mercial purposes, a nuclear vessel past several years on the West waterways. It is at this point that mercially. Even then, he said, it sizes producing less than 100,000 would not be able to travel at faster Coast. marine equipment and skilled in­ would take a considerable reduc­ kilowatts: far more power than cruising speeds than present-day land waterways workers are neces­ tion in costs of a nuclear reactor, needed by a cargo ship. cargo vessels. sary to the operation. "A nuclear ship, to be commer­ more than is deemed possible at The only advantage then, would cially feasible, must prove as good be in dispensing with bunkers, the present time. Covers Marine Personnel Speaking at an American Petro­ an investment as a conventional which is a small one at best for dry The SIU-HIWD's pioneer agree­ ment, thf first maritime labor docu­ leum Institute meeting, Dr. Ben- cargo ship and not merely carry cargo ships which are frequently ment of its kind, provides the bene­ ford agreed with previous estimates cargo as cheaply," Dr. Benford de­ in port anyway. SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping fits of SIU representation for all that atomic energy could best be during the past period has been marine personnel employed on the applied in supertankers where the fair but promises to pick up tugs, barges and quarter vessels saving in bunker fuel can be trans­ within the next few vveeks. The which provide housing and feeding lated into bigger payloads. Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa) and the Re­ facilities for pipeline construction The last issue of the SEAFARERS becca (Ocean Carriers) paid off but workers. These workers, in turn, LOG reported on similar views by only the Pointer signed on. are represented by the AFL-CIO Dr. Edward Teller, leading physi­ The ships in transit were the Operating Engineers, Pipeline cist iff the atomic research field. Ocean Eva (Ocean Clippers), City Welders and Laborers Unions, Dr. Teller expressed considerable of Alma, Fairport (Waterman), whose members encouraged the MONTREAL — Notice has been served by the, SIU. Pacific Cloud (Pegor), Steel Scien­ marine personnel in their organiza­ Canadian District of the union's intention to make certain tist (Isthmian) and the Alamar tional efforts. changes and improvements in the contracts covering Lakes (Calmar). The SIU contract won for the freighters. marine workers included: wage in­ creases ranging up to $90 a month Action on the contract re­ in one classification, full SIU-HIWD opening viras voted on at the Health and Welfare Plan coverage regular meetings in the District's for employees and their families, headquarters and branches. Only increased manning scales, improved BALBOA, CZ—A ten-inch deluge the freighter agreements are af­ working conditions, paid holidays, of rain has restored normal ship fected by this action since the job security guarantees, the union passage through the Panama Canal, dredging agreements are not sub­ shop, seniority provisions govern­ but disrupted land transportation ject to review until June, 1958. and communications throughout Meanwhile, following two months the zone while it lasted. of negotiations, a contract has been The rains, which set a new high signed between the District and the for the month of November, ended British Yukon Navigating Com­ Because of the press of news a long drought which had cut elec­ pany, a West Coast operator, pro­ developments In Robin Line, tric power generation in the Canal viding for increased wages and Canada and elsewhere in mari­ Zone and shipping through the penalty rates, a welfare plan, paid time and the union movement, Canal. But the welcome rains also annual vacations and statutory hol­ the second of a series of SEA­ caused a number of slides and idays. The agreement, which went FARERS LOG article dealing washouts along the banks of the into effect this month, was the first with Herman E. Cooper has canal. In the Gatun area three signed in the District's current ne­ had to be postponed. Prep­ slides and a washout on the Pan­ gotiations being carried on through­ aration of this material is now ama Railroad caused delays to six out Canada. Wages under the new contract going forward and the articles passenger and several freight are considered precedent-setting in trains. will appear in subsequent edi­ Canadian maritime. Pay for ABs Eight other slides were reported tions. - The LOG appreciates the in­ on the Trans-Isthmian highway was increased from $228 to $345 terest shown by its readers in breaking communications between per month while cooks' wages this and other LOG features the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts for jumped from $258 to $35511 month. and apologizes to them for im­ four hours. Telephone communi­ All wages will now be based on a posing on their patience. Fu­ cations on the Atlantic side were forty-hour week with overtime ture articles, as promised, will down and several power failures re­ rates paid for work in excess of Aerial view of new Alcoa Steamship terminal at Port Newark, NJ, eight hours a day or forty hours deal with Mr. Cooper's role ported. following shift from Brooklyn piers the company formerly occupied. The shortage of rainfall had a week. within the trade imion move­ Both Alcoa and Waterman-Pan-Atlantic, located nearby, now Overtime rates are $2.50 an hour threatened to reduce water depths ment and other relevant mrthave all terminal operations in New York area concentrated at in Gatun Lake below levels needed for ABs and oilers and $3.50 an ters. by ships. hour for cooks and pursers. Port Newark. Useful Atom Ships 10 Years Off 5F Looks For Pick-Up Canada Opens Lake Pacts; Coast Pay Up To $345 Panama Has Water Again New Terminal For Alcoa Second Cooper Article Delayed 'm r liK � 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 November 22, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FIRST ROBIN VOTE: SIU, 25 – NMU, 5 INT’L LABOR BACKS CANADA STRIKE SIU-CONTRACTED WILLIS TUGBOATS FIGHT NMU RAID NEW ‘WRECK’ PLAN ON WC NMU RAIDING WILLIS FLEET MTD, SIU SESSIONS SET ON EVE OF AFL-CIO MEET FIFTH COAL BEED SHIP HEADED FOR LAY-UP ASK FEDERAL PLAN FOR US AGED SEATRAIN READIES TRAILER SERVICE FOR ’58 TRYOUT ‘INFORMED MEMBERS BEST UNION SAFEGUARD’ - HALL SUPERTANKER UNLOADS OIL: NEVER TOUCHES A DOCK RRS OPEN NEW WAR ON COASTWISE SHIPS MOBILE SEES BIG POLAND GRAIN RUN UNION ‘LICENSE’ RULED ILLEGAL NY – MONTREAL ‘SEAWAY’ SOUGHT ROBIN MEN GET ROUSING HAND IN BALT. BROWNING ARRANGING LAKES-ATLANTIC RUN BME AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM NY LOOKS AHEAD TO SHIP VOTE SIU-HIWD SIGNS PIPELINE BOATS USEFUL ATOM SHIPS 10 YEARS OFF CANADA OPENS LAKE PACTS; COAST PAY UP TO $345 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 11/22/1957 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. 24 1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6fd166143bb71c218fe3636303b15aea.PDF adc77480927cf03cb79f5af92e8b5113 PDF Text Text Ve»l. XXX tlo. 24 SEAFAREItS#LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •31 • - '• -.-...v" /- • r" ••SAJV .- •• ' •,>-' '- • ' •v:f? »-i *? "? » "aRT « '> '3^ •<» » [i V; tf f' <3^ a-»« rf-'tr:-- •- �- s k^AhAilE'RV ibc Page Two November 22, 1968 Australia Voicing Concern on Soviet Maritime Push LONDON—Australia has clearly emerged as the latest country to feel the growing threat of Soviet maritime expansion. Much concern has been expressed in recent months over the inroads made by the Russian merchant fleet in Australian shipping through a rate war in which the Kremlin has been underbidding the regular shippers by as much as 30 percent. W. R. Russell, Chairman of the Australian Confer­ ence Lines, warned at a press briefing here this month that ". . . head-on clashes between the merchant navies of eastern bloc countries and those of the western world must follow if their ships pursue in other areas the policy they have adopted in the Australian trade." The Australian Conference Lines is a group comprising 19 shipping companies of eight nationalities—mainly Brit­ ish and Norwegian—which agrees on uniform rates and shipping schedules that do not conflict and whose members carry much of the wool exported from Australia. Russian denials were in reply to a statement issued by Lord Geddes, President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, in which he called attention to a growing . . ."threat to British shipping with the appearance of a large Russian fleet." u Earlier this year the Russians applied for membership in the Europe-Australia Shipping Conference—which they are now underbidding—and at the time made clear they would operate in the Australian market, membership or no membership. Ships to be used would be those homeward bound to the U.S.S.R. after discharging military cargo in North Vietnam, and which must return around the Cape o£ Good Hope rather than through the Suez Canal. This fact, plus the underbidding on cargoes, caused a political furor in Australia in which prominent Australians called for closing Australian ports to all Communist-bloc ships because Australia, too, was involved in the Vietnam War. With no action taken on their application for member­ ship, and aware of the dissatisfaction of European import­ ers with the rising price of wool, Australia's chief export, the Soviets began offering rate reductions and rebates of up to 30 percent on shipping rates. At the same time the Russians began to ship their own wool imports from Australia in Soviet bottoms instead of in the Australian-European Conference ships that had formerly carried them and cited a loophole clause in their agreement with Conference carriersTo justify the new practice. In his statement. Lord Geddes declared he had found ". . . evidence of a noncommercial activity of the Soviet merchant marine on many trade routes." His theory seems borne out by the fact that the two major British container consortia. Overseas Containers Limited and Associated Container Transportation, have considered it advisable to begin a nine-vessel service from Tilbury to the Australian continent using specially constructed cellular container ships of up to 27,000 tons. A 'Cold War Navy' Agreeing with Lord Geddes on his estimate of the Soviet merchant marine is Admiral Thomas Moorer, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, who believes that the Soviets "look upon their merchant marine as a cold-war Navy." Testifying before the Special Subcommittee on Sea Power of the House Armed Services Committee hearings last month. Admiral Moorer reached gloomy conclusions which were echoed by Representative Gubser (R-Cal.) who, from the testimony, detected "... a shifting of the balance of sea power from the United States to the Soviet Union." In his testimony. Admiral Moorer declared: "The Rus­ Ten Additional Seafarer Oldtimers Added to Roster of SfU Pensioners sians certainly recognize what the oceans have to offer, both militarily and economically, and they are going after it tooth and nail." When asked how the growing Soviet maritime fleet affects the balance of power, Moorer replied that ". . . it gives the Soviet more national power with which they can support their world-wide policies from both a commercial and military sense, and for that matter, in a political sense, too." Pointing out that the Russian merchant fleet now ranks an impressive seventh in the world, he emphasized: "1 mean they are using it not only for commercial purposes, but also to establish a presence and bring to bear certain influence in various areas of the world. In addition to that, it is undoubtedly an effective intelligence weapon in the sense they have an opportunity to observe world-wide. "In wartime, of course, it always has a military potential, not only for carrying cargo but also for carrying troops," the Admiral continued. Citing the vital importance to the nation of building new ships for a balanced Navy, revitalizing the merchant marine to a position of strength and modernity, and im­ proving shipbuilding and ship repair facilities, Moorer stated: "If we fail to do any of these, it will be tantamount to abandoning sea power as an essential element of our total national power." While expanding rapidly on both commercial and naval maritime fronts, reports continue to come in of the grow­ ing Soviet Mediterranean naval fleet. U.S. Sixth Fleet and Atlantic Alliance observers have reported seventeen additions to Russian naval strength in the Mediterranean" in recent weeks, bringing the number to 60 naval units, necessitating NATO to institute a new air watch for closer observation of Soviet naval activity. A Future Seafarer The names of ten Seafarers have been added to the SIU's continually growing pension roster. The latest men to end their seagoing careers are: Angel Valdes, Benito Gardoza, Joseph Costa, Arthur Thompson, Alex Anagnostou, Earley Joyner, Robert Kennedy, Peter Garvin, Fauntleroy Rommel and Roman Viloria. ^ Joseph Costa sailed as a deck­ Brother Kennedy's last ship was " Angel Valdes joined the Un­ hand. He was born in Spain and the Producer. He joined the ion in the Port of Philadelphia. is now a resident of Norfolk, Union in Philadelphia in 1941. A long-time member of the stew- where he lives with his wife Mary. Peter Garvin sailed as a cook Brother Costa joined the Union and baker. Joining the Union in in that port and was last employed New York, he is a resident of Baltimore. Brother Garvin was by the McAllister Brothers. born in South Carolina. His last Arthur Thompson sailed as AB. ship was the Calmar. uember of the SIU since 1938, Fauntleroy Rommel joined the Union in Elberta, Mich. A na­ tive of Clare, Mich., he lives in Frankfort. He was last employed Gardoza by the Ann Arbor Rail Road and held a fireman's rating. ard department, he was born in Roman Viloria sailed as cook Florida and now is a resident of and joined the Union in New Or­ New Orleans. leans. A Seafarer for 30 years, His last ship was the Alcoa his last vessel was the Penn Trans­ Rommel Garvin port. Brother Viloria was born in the Philippine Islands and is a he joined the Union in the Port resident of New Orleans with his of New York. He lives in Jersey wife, Ethel. City, N.J., and is a native of New Earley Joyner lives in Balti­ York City. His last vessel was more, where he joined the Union. the Chatham. A native of Wilson, North Caro^ lina. Brother Joyner sailed as bosun and his last ship was the Costa Whitehall. Master. During World War II he served in the Army. Benito Gardoza joined the SIU Viloria (^Anagnostou Kennedy iij.iHe Port of New York. He is a'ti^tiye of the Philippine Islands. A chief steward, his last vessel was the Steel Rover. Alex Anagnostou sailed as fire­ man and oiler. A native of Greece, he now makes his home in New York City. Brother Anag­ nostou last sailed on the Robin Hood. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1943. Robert Kennedy s^iM as AJ8. A native of Philadelphia, he is now a resident .of Camden, N. J. 1 ^ittiiSCTiqN ,^|TOPEC.^I Seafarer William Perrl.dge, who sails as AB, brings four-year-old son William, Jr., to N.Y. headquarters to see shipping ^oard. Brother PerricTge is from New York and joined SIU here. Son seems impressed. �November, 22, 1968 LQf Page Three Under New Administration Upgrades To AB Needs of US-Flag Menhant Marine May Receive Long A waited Boost Terrance Lassila (right) receives his AB's endorsement from port agent Jackie Hall in the Duluth hall, recently. Brother Lassila joined the SlU in Detroit and now sails for the Reiss Steamship Company. Mackerel ^Dumping' In Calif. Scored by SlUNA Affiliates TERMINAL ISLAND, Calif.—^West Coast cannery workers, fishermen and boat owners, have joined together to protest Japanese "dumping" of Pacific mackerel onto the U.S. domestic market at prices far below actual produc­ tion costs. SIUNA Vice President Steve Edney, president of the United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific, and Steve Hoinsky, secretary-business agent for the SIUNA-affiliated Seine and Line Fishermen's Union of San Pedro, have filed formal protests against the dumping with the fed­ eral government. "The dumping, if not checked, will completely destroy the domestic industry, which is already depressed and fighting to survive. The serious­ ness of this matter has caused the industry here to unite in concerted action to protect the jobs of its members," said Edney. He also added that contacts are being made nationwide to seek the support of the entire domestic fish­ ing industry in securing a halt to the mackerel dumping. Report on Survey According to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the Japan External Trade Organization has published a report on the results of its survey of the canned mack­ erel market in the U.S. The survey reveals that the principal consumer market for canned "wet fish" is in the southem United States, and that the demand for the product will con­ tinue at the present level. The report adds that the Japanese are hopeful the U.S. market will prove to be a good outlet for their canned ^mackerel. Japan Might Buy US CaaaeJ Tuna TOKYO—^The Tokyo Canned Tuna Sales Company's recent price increase on canned tuna in brine may soon force Japanese firms to buy U.S. packed tuna for resale under their own labels. Many Japanese exporters claim that the 50 cent per case price hike on 7 oz. cans packed 48 to a case, definitely makes it more ad­ vantageous to buy the U.S. packed product. Japanese exporters have usually relied totally upon their own domestic tuna fleet and fishermen for the tuna they pack for export. WASHINGTON—When Richard M. Nixon moves into the White House next January, the Ex­ ecutive reigns of our government will shift into the hands of the GOP. If policies set forth in the Republican Party platform are to be realized, and statements made by the President-elect as a can­ didate are to be carried out in ^ ance. Certainly, the Republican considerably enhanced by the de­ practice, the future could be presidential victory carried with parture of Alan S. Boyd, one of somewhat brighter for the mari­ it very little change in the Con­ the Johnson Administration's most time industry. gress, both houses of which re­ outspoken foes of maritime, as Speaking to a Seattle audience main firmly under the control of Secretary of Transportation. last September 25, Nixon took no­ the Democrats.. The extent of co­ Also open to appointment by tice of the United States-flag fleet's operation between the new Presi­ the incoming administration will numerical insufficiency and its dent and the Congress cannot yet be that of the head of the Mari­ "dramatically unbalanced" state, be accurately predicted. Neither time Adhiinistration—a post including a "glaring deficiency" in can the effect that continued which has for three and a half bulk carriers. high federal expenditures on al­ years been kept by President "We must have more control ready committed programs will Johnson under an acting chief, over the movement of our own have on other goals, including James W. Gulick. cargoes not only for competitive those of maritime. Two incumbent Republican reasons, but also because of the Congressional Changes members of the House Maritime contribution our ships can make and Fisheries Committee will The Senate Commerce Commit­ to our balance of payments," Nix­ likely have more to say in the new tee's subcommittee on merchant on declared at that time. administration, if only because marine has lost one valuable mem­ He promised a new policy aim­ their party affiliation may gain in the defeat of Senator Dan­ ber ed at achieving a "higher level of the ear of the chief executive. iel B. Brewster (D-Md.), a good co-ordination between naval and These are Representatives William friend of maritime, but remains merchant shipbuilding and > sertS. Mailliard (R-Calif.) and Thomas otherwise unchanged. In the ed that "until such time as Ameri­ Felly (R-Wash.). M. •House, the Merchant Marine and can yards can be independently The SlU and the AFL-CIO competitive, I recognize that . . . Fisheries Committee lost Repre­ subsidies are necessary ... to sentative John G. Dow (D-N.Y.), Maritime Trades Department and build ships and deliver them to but is also otherwise intact. The the overwhelming majority of operators at competitive world two chairmen. Senator Warren maritime labor and industry, is G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) and Rep­ poised for the big push on all prices." resentative Edward A. Garmatz measures to re' jild the fleet, in­ (D-Md.) can be counted as con­ cluding the key forerunner of More American Cargoes tinuing strong allies in the fight such a program—the passage of Nixon advocated raising the for a strong U.S.-flag fleet, but current 5.6-percent share of the their influence on the new admin­ an independent MARAD bill. The bill is ready, and so are the key movement of American cargoes istration will have to be seen. leeislators. It remains to be seen by U.S.-flag ships to 30 percent. whether the new administration Spearheaded by a concerted Also called for during his cam­ will live up to its campaign pro­ paign pronouncements were an drive of maritime labor and indus­ nouncements on the subject and "immediate re-evaluation" of the try and concerned legislators, the whether 1969 will be the year government's operating subsidy last Congress passed a bill to cre­ in which the American merchant program and assistance to the un- ate the Maritime Administration marine will begin its long overdue subsidized segment of the fleet, in­ as an independent agency only to comeback as the world's leading cluding the tramp-bulk carriers have it killed by a pocket veto maritime nation. when the "present administration and Great Lakes operators. Fur­ ther "modernization and develop­ apparently remained firm to its ment of our existing port facilities" stand for inclusion of MARAD was also promised by the incom­ in the Department of Transporta­ tion. ing Chief Executive. Nixon has not yet come out Statements made during a po­ litical campaign can only be eval­ for or against an independent uated through eventual perform­ MARAD, but its cause could be New SlU Tanker Launched During the period between De­ cember, 1966 and early 1967, ac­ cording to U.S. government figures, the U.S. imported a total of 645,000 cases of canned mack­ erel. These figures reflect only a small part of the total mackerel import. The focal point of the Japaneseconducted market survey was Atlanta, Georgia, but consumers in several northern cities, such as Philadelphia, were also contacted. Latest addition to fleet of SlU-contracted Bulk Transport, was 37,250-ton tanker S. T. Williamette, recently launched, at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point shipyards. 'Named for Oregon's Willamette River, vessel is first of two of this class constructed for Bulk Transport. The vessel has a cruising range of 12,000 miles. Big New Tankers Want Sea Depth, Not Cuts In Crew PHILADELPHIA—The bigger they come, the cheaper the cost, is the conclusion of a recent naval architectural and engineering study conducted to determine the ultimate practical limits on the size of tankers to be constructed in the future. And the crew com­ pliment would not be altered. Directed toward vessels of the 500,000 deadweight-ton class and larger, the study found that chan­ nel and ocean depth pose the only limits on how large a tanker can be. It also found that offshore cargo-handling facilities will not hold back the building of larger tankers since they can readily cope with the requirements of big vessels. The report, prepared by the University of Michigan and pre­ sented before the Philadelphia sec­ tion of the Society of Naval Ar­ chitects last month, found that, for various reasons, ship construc­ tion costs per ton dropped as the vessel became larger. Fuel and maintenance costs also were found to drop as the ship's size increased, according to the report, while crew requirements remained stable. �Page Four , • {• 1 V •«. 'u 'n v-' SEAFAnEltS LOG MARAD Stops War Risk Insurance On Oldest of Runaway-Flag Vessels IVovembcr 22, 1)68 Joining The Pension List WASHINGTON—Interim War Risk Insurance will no longer be made available to runawayflag tankers or reefers, owned or controlled by U.S. citizens and registered under Panamanian, Honduran or Liberian flags, if the vessels are over 25 years old, the Maritime Administration announced this month. can allegedly be called into serv­ 25 years of age which are other­ The only exception will be ice by this country in the event wise eligible for War Risk In­ for tankers modified or jumbo- of a national emergency. surance, the acting Maritime Ad­ ized by adding a new forebody The War Risk Insurance was ministrator claimed, constitute within the past ten years. Such ves­ originally made available to vessels only a small percentage of the sels, according to James W. Gul- in this category only until they total vessels of these types avail­ ick„ acting maritime administra­ reached twenty years of age. Since able for mobilization requirements tor, will be eligible for the 1960, however, the age require­ and would not substantially affect insurance until such time as the ment had been liberalized. In 1962 U.S. ability to meet these require­ oldest section of the ship is 30 and 1963 tankers in the T2 class, ments. years old. , or equivalents, and reefer vessels War risk insurance is provided were made eligible for the insur­ by the government in order to ance for an indefinite peeriod be­ bridge the gap between the time yond 20 years. In 1964 jumboized commercial war risk insurance T2 tankers and equivalents were ceases to provide adequate cover­ granted eligibility for an indefinite age and 30 days after the out­ period beyond 25 years. SIU Patrolman Herman Troxclair presents a pension check to Angel break of war involving the major The new restricted age limits Valdes at New Orleans hall. Brother Valdes joined the Union in powers. for the insurance eligibility were Philadelphia and sailed in the steward department. He last sailed Runaway ships registered in Li- established in view of the fact NEW YORK—A federal grand on Alcoa Master. Born in Florida, he now lives in New Orleans. 'beria, Panama or Honduras are that siiips in excess of 25 years of covered by U.S. Government In­ age may be in terminal stages of jury has charged 15 Dutch, Ger­ man, American and British firms terim War Risk Insurance because obsolescence and thus not opera­ with violating U.S. antitrust laws they are considered by the Navy tionally sound to perform reliable through an international conspir­ and the Defense Department to service in the interest of national acy to raise the prices and monop­ be under "effective" control of the defense, Gulick declared. The run­ olize sales of two widely-used United States. This means they away flag tankers and reefers over drugs. The indictments, sought this WASHINGTON—America's voters, from Maine to Hawaii, month by the Justice Department, also accused the combine of con­ smashed the hopes of the Republican Party for major gains in spiring to defraud the U.S. govern­ the House. When the 91st. Congress con­ ment on purchases from federal to control the House—and had venes in January, Democrats stockpiles. confidently expected to at least BOSTON—Through the efforts of SIUNA Vice President James The drugs are quinine and will have a 243-192 majority— come close to that figure. D. Ackert, and Acting President Michael P. Orlando of the Atlantic quinidine, both products of the only four less than their present Democrats did much better Fishermen's Union, U.S. military personnel will consume well over bark of South America's cinchona margin. than any pre-election survey had They will elect the Speaker of indicated by winning most of the a half-million more pounds of ^ their "protein food purchases and tree. Quinine is used to treat ma­ the House, fill all committee close ones—those House contests fish next year than in 1968. laria and other diseases; quinidine menus with a view toward bring­ chairmanships and name a major­ rated "toss-ups." They also held is used in treating many heart ailAlarmed by the fact that the ing them in line with the military ity of the members of each legis­ on to a few seats Republicans were ment.s. total military consumption of sea­ fish purchases of the past." lative committee. U.S. firms named in the indict­ strongly favored to pick up. food was less in 1967 than in "The American fishing industry Conservatives of both parties 1966, and that there was strong is finding itself faced with the ad­ ment are the Rexall Drug and In all, Republicans won nine indication that fish purchases were verse effects of ever-increasing Chemical Co., Mead, Johnson and will continue to outnumber lib­ House districts previously held by dropping still lower in 1968, Ack­ imports of fresh fish'filets and Co., and R. W. Greeff and Co., erals in the House. But the con-" Democrats, but lost five of their servative coalition will not be own congressional seats in return. ert wrote to Representative Wil­ portions at the same time as gov­ an importing firm. significantly stronger. The impor­ One count of the indictment liam H. Bates, (R-Mass.), pointing ernment purchases of seafoods tant House Education & Labor dealt with the sale by competitive out the seriousness of the situa­ continue to decline," the Congress­ A complete listing of the new Committee remains firmly liberal. bidding of more than 13.8 million tion and the hardships it would man wrote. House of Representatives will ounces of cinchona products from A Republican President will have bring to the American fishing in­ "While efforts continue to ob­ U.S. .stockpiles. The indictment to deal with Democratic congres­ be found on page 8. dustry. tain control over the influx of for­ Bates contacted the Master eign products, a check with the said the companies agreed not to sional leaders to get action on his The GOP would have had to Menu Board of the Armed Serv­ Defense Supply Agency discloses compete with the Netherlands firm legislative program. win at least nine seats in the East That's not the way the GOP ices and urged that they reappraise that all branches of the military of Nedchem in the bidding. After to come close to a House major­ Nedchem made its purchases, the had planned it. service bought only 26,825,000 ity. They ended up with a net Republicans went into the elec­ drugs allegedly were divided pounds of fish during the first nine among the defendant companies. tion needing a pickup of 30 seats gain of only one. months of the current fiscal year, They hoped to add a couple of SEAFARERS-I^LOG compared to 31,835,000 pounds seats in the Midwest to their al­ in the same period a year ago." ready heavy congressional major­ :Nov. 22, 1968 Vol. XXX, No. 24 Valuable Contribution ' ity from that region. Instead, Official Fubllcatidn of the Asserting that whatever increase Democrats made a net gain of Seafarers International Union might be effected in the "purchase of North America, one. AtlanUc, Gulf, Lakes ; of Americatueaught andprocessed In the West, GOP hopes of and Inland Waters ISstrict, and portions will be fish filets widespread pickups were again AFL-CIO greatly -appreipiated," Bates told thwarted, -except for the capture Executive Board WASHINGT6N — AFL-CIO President George Meany has i PAUL HALL, President each of the military services: of New Mexico's two House seats. assured President-Elect Richard M. Nixon "of the cooperation CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARO "We cannot allow this impor­ The South proved safe for in­ of organized labor," in the "great American tradition" of back­ Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President tant domestic producer of food to cumbents—including several lib­ ing the President. . AL KERR . LINDSEY WILLIAMS be eliminated, yet fishing vessel Sec.-Treae. eral Democrats in hard re-election Vice-President To Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Meany reaffirmed AL TANNER owners in Gloucester and New ROBERT MATTHEWS fights and four conservative Re­ the trade union movement's great regard for him, wiring "you Vice-President V ice-Presiden t Bedford, Massachusetts are so dis­ publicans facing strong opposition. staged a magnificent fight and it has been our honor to have Director of Publications couraged that they fear they may The two GOP pickups—one each been among your supporters." MIKE POLLACK have no choice but to go out of in North Carolina and Virginia— Editor In a statement accompanying the wires, the AFL-CIO presi­ HARRY WITTSCHEN business. Therefore, I believe that were in districts without an incum­ dent pointed up labor's complete involvement in the campaign, Assistant Editors your consideration of this matter congressman on theiiallot. bent declaring "we believe that our efforts contributed to the massive PETER WEISS WILL KARP could lead to a valuable contribu­ The Republicans did not pick rejection of the George Wallace campaign of hate as well as to BILL MOORE tion to the renewal of hope for up threatened Democratic seats the election of liberal candidates of both parties to both houses Staff Photographer these fishermen." in California, Connecticut, Flor­ ANTHONY ANSALDI of Congress." Following a July meeting of ida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, The job facing the nation now, Meany said, is to "move Poblished biweekly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue their Menu Board, the services ad­ Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, forward" to solve the problems of the cities, poverty, educa­ N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafarvised Congressman Bates that they ers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes New York, Pennsylvania and tion, health care and all the rest. "We intend to keep fighting and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 673 were unable to increase the num­ Washington. Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tel. for those goals," he said, and "we are awaiting the details of HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid ber. of seafood servings beyond Basically, the House that will the programs to solve these problems that President-Elect Nixon at Wasblngtons, D. C. 57 for the calendar year 1968, but legislate during the first two years promised during his campaign." POSTMASTER'S ATTEHTIOM: Form 3579 cards should be sent to Seafarers International a total of 58 servings have been of the Nixon Administration is To the "thousands of trade union volunteers," Meany sent Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland programed for 1969. Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, very much like the House that his personal thanks, noting "they have contributed much to the nc- 8r,pqkiyn, N.y. 11232. , That one extra meal will require . served during the last two years grea'tildemocratiC'process of this country . . . and have helped about 656,250 more pounds of of President Johnson's Adminis­ make .America.'better.''f' fish. tration. Rve fhag Firms ChargedSyCovt WithPrkeFixing Republican Thrust Thwarted In Attempt to Capture House Effort Sparked By SfU fishermen Ups fl/lilitary's Purchase of Seafood Nixon Assured Cooperation 6y AFL-CIO Pres. lAeany i '4 �November 22, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five 'S. Nixon Leadership Mandate Dulled by Razor-Tbin Victory •0 i fi / 4 •! h, • ly . J i /' % 'I- ).• ; . ^ ' ifc > ) f. I'., WASHINGTON—Richard M. Nixon, the choice of the American voters to be their 37th President, emerged from the 1968 election with a leadership mandate clouded by the razorthin margin of his victory and the failure of his party to achieve con­ trol of Congress. Nixon won the election with the support of about 43 percent of the electorate, relying heavily on rural and suburban areas. He put together an Electoral College ma­ jority of 302, largely in the same southern, midwestern and western states that had formed the base of his strength in capturing the Republican nomination. But the GOP fell far short of its goals in the legislative branch as it posted a net gain of only four House seats and five Senate seats. Thus Nixon, when he takes office next Jan. 20, will be the first man in 120 years to assume the presidency while confronted with a Congress firmly in the hands of the opposition party. He will take office with the lowest percentage of the popular vote since 1912 when Woodrow Wilson received 41.9 percent in winning a three-way race. Sharp Divisions Addressing supporters following his election, Nixon acknowledged the sharp divisions within the na­ tion reflected in the results. He pledged that "the great objective" of his Administration will be "to bring the American people to­ gether." "This will be an open Adminis­ tration," Nixon said, "open to new ideas, open to men and women of both parties, open to critics as well as those who support us." He also paid tribute to the 'Val­ iant and courageous fight" of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, the man who had nearly succeeded against overwhelming odds in retnining the presidency for the Democrats. Although the popular vote count showed virtually a dead heat between Humphrey and Nixon, each with about 43 per­ cent of the vote, Nixon captured the electoral votes of 32 states for his total of 302, well over the 270 needed to assure election. Humphrey was the victor in 13 states and the District of Colum­ bia for a total of 191 electoral votes and the third-party candi­ date, George C. Wallace, had taken five southern states for a. total of 45. The presidential election was one of the closest in the nation's history and Nixon'Sr majority was not established until mid-morning of the day after Election Day when the last remaining precincts in Illinois gave him the state and put him over the top in electoral votes. Illinois, in fact, told the story of the election. Most observers had conceded it well in advance as firmly in Nixon's camp just as two months ago they had given Humphrey little chance of coming close to victory. But support for the Vice Presi­ dent took a strong upward surge in the latter stages of the cam­ National unity after the nation had made its choice at the polls on November 5 was sym­ paign, and became evident as re­ bolized by the post-election meeting of the Democratic candidates, Vice President Hubert Hum­ turns were counted in such key states as Illinois, Ohio, New Jer­ phrey and Senator Edmund Muskie, of Maine, with President-Elect Richard Nixon in Florida, sey and California—all of which the Nixon forces had counted on. a new term, organized labor was bearer only to lose to John F. ship vacuum and began to build All four finally went to the Re­ the first major group in Hum­ Kennedy in an election almost as for a new presidential drive. He campaigned cooly and con­ publican by narrow margins, but phrey's corner. In the months that close as this one. Two years later, Nixon was fidently, keying his appeal to a a swing of one or two to Hum­ followed, he methodically built phrey could have produced an support among disparate elements dealt a staggering setback by the call for "new leadership" and of the Democratic Party to win voters of his home state, Califor­ promising to end the war in Viet­ Electoral Colle<Je stalemate. Humphrey's main strength was the nomination at a bitterly fought nia, when he lost in his bid to take nam and crime and turmoil in the produced in the industrial East, party convention. the governorship from Edmund cities without spelling out how he For Nixon, his election was a where he captured 122 of his elec­ G. (Pat) Brown. He vowed that proposed to do either. toral vote total, including such big personal triumph, a comeback of he was through with politics but The voters have now given him states as New York and Penn­ immense proportions. Once be­ after the 1964 Goldwater debacle the chance—and the responsibil­ sylvania. He also took Michigan fore, in 1960, after serving eight Nixon was recruited to help GOP ity—to attack these and all the and Texas among the top eight years as Vice President under President Eisenhower, Nixon had congressional candidates in 1966. other problems confronting the industrial states of the nation. been the Republican standard- He stepped into the party leader­ nation. Even in states he lost, the Vice President scored heavy majorities in the urban industrial areas where organized labor and Negro civil rights groups turned out the vote. The election also brought a new figure to the forefront of the na­ tional political scene—Maine Sen­ ator Edmund S. Muskie, the Dem­ WASHINGTON—The makeup of the Senate remained basically unchanged and liberal as a result ocratic vice presidential candidate, whose campaign style stressing of the election, despite some inroads by the Republicans. The GOP scored a net-gain of five seats to cut the Democratic margin from 63-37 to 59-41. Re­ calm reason evoked broad support among the voters and added con­ publicans needed to pick up 14 In Pennsylvania, liberal Senator decision in Indiana over Republi­ siderable strength to the Hum­ seats to win control. Joseph S. Clark was edged out by can William D. Ruckelshaus, a phrey ticket. With Democrats defending 23 Richard S. Schweiker, a four- state legislator. For the Vice President, who of the 34 seats at stake, the Repub­ term Republican congressman In Washington, Senator Warren came so close to the presidency, licans had hoped to pick up at who is rated as a moderate. G. Magnuson (D) easily won re­ the defeat marked a disappointina least 10 seats. On the other hand, election to his fifth term over state Thirty years of congressional setback in a public career dating the Democrats had hoped to lose Senator Jack Metcalf, a conserva­ service ended for Senator A. S. back nearly 25 years, includina not more than three. tive who appealed for support Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) when 16 years as a leader of the liberal The extent of the cut in the he was defeated by former Gov­ through a national right-wing net­ forces in the U.S. Senate. work. But in defeat, Humphrey if any­ liberal margin, which has run ernor Henry Bellmon. about 10 votes less than the Dem­ Democrats also handily retained thing added to his luster simply, In Maryland Representative ocratic mai^in, is more difficult to seats in two states where races through the gameness of his comeCharles McC. Mathias. a moder­ determine. drew national attention: from-behind struggle that fell just ate Republican, defeated incum­ short of succeeding. Several of the newly-elected Re­ bent Senator Daniel B. Brewster. Senator Abraham Ribicoff.(DWhen the Vice President first publicans are clear-cut conserva­ In Florida, ultra-conservative Conn.) won a second term by de­ announced his candidacy a month tives on the basis of past records. Representative Edward J. Gurney feating former Representative Ed­ after President Johnson's stunning But several others are considered (R) defeated former Democratic win H. May, Jr., a conservative declaration that he would not seek moderate-liberals. Governor LeRoy Collins, for a and Senator George C. McGovern The Republicans captured pre­ seat being vacated by Senator (D-S.D.) won' over former Gov­ ernor Archie M. Gubbrud despite viously Democratic seats in Ari­ George A. Smathers (D). a big Nixon victory. zona, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Goldwater Wins Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsyl­ Lieutenant Governor Thomas Arizona swept conservative F. Eagleton is the new Demo­ vania. Democrats took GQP seats Barry Goldwater back into the in California and Iowa. cratic senator from Missouri, hav­ Senate. He defeated Roy Elson, ing defeated GOP Representative These were some of the devel­ administrative aide to retiring Sen­ Thomas B. Curtis. Eagletbn opments in Senate races: ator Carl Hayden (D). topped incumbent Senator Edward In California, former state con­ Ohio Attorney General William V. Long in the state's Democratic troller Alan Cranston defeated B. Saxbe, a Republican, defeated i right-wing Republican Max Raf­ former Representative John J. primary. Democrat Mike Gravel, forrner ferty, who beat Senate Minority Gilligan, who had ousted Senator Whip Thomas H. Kuchel in the Frank J. Lausche in the primary. speaker of the Alaska state legis­ lature, is another new senator. He state's primary. Cranston is rated In Idaho, Senator Frank defeated Anchorage banker Either a liberal, as was Kuchel. Church turned back a challenge Rasmuson and also overcarne! a In Iowa, three-term Democratic by GOP Representative George V. Governor Harold E. Hughes won Hansen, who had tried to win write-in campaign for Senator Er­ election in a nominally Republi­ with a direct attack on Church's nest Gruening, who had lost the primary. can state over state Senator David liberalism. In Nevada, Senator Alan Bible Stanley. Hughes takes a seat given Wisconsin, Senator Gaylord (D) won his third full term, turn­ up by Republican Bourke B, Hickr Nelson won re-election by a better ing back the bid of Republican enlooper, a conservative. than 3-to-2 margin over Republi­ Lieutenant Governor Edward Fike In Oregon, liberal Senator by a greater margin than had been Alan Cranston, Democratic Senator-elect from California, flashes vic­ Wayne Morse was defeated by can Jerris Leonard. tory sign to campaign workers after election. Max Rafferty was loser. Robert W. Packwood. Senator Birch Bayh won a close expected. Democrats Maintain Senate Control Despite GOP Gain of five Seats �Ngyeiinber;22, 1968 Page. Six Will Pi^blic Be Protected? Consumer Product Safety Agency In Hassle Over Public Disclosures Buffalo USPHS Extends Coverage for Outpatients BUFFALO, N. Y.—Seafarers in the Buffalo area are advised that the United States Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic here is extending service to merchant seamen for a period up to 180 days following their most recent sea service. The previous grace period following sea service was 90 days. The extension is provided for in a new ruling from the Public Health Service di­ vision of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and remains in effect through April 30, 1969. Conditions which must be met by applicants are: •There must be documentary evidence that the Seafarer had at least 60 days service aboard a registered vessel of the U.S. •The shipping company or the Union must furnish documen­ tary evidence that the Seafarer applied for a job within 60 days immediately following his last sea service. This should also state that no employment was available from the time he applied for treatment. •The patient's record should contain documentation to sub­ stantiate the 90 days extention of the 90-day grace period. WASHINGTON—Will homeowners be informed about the hazards of household products found to be dangerous? Or will the agency set up to protect the consumer conceal such facts because pub­ lic disclosure is liable to upset the manufacturer? This question seems to be up ^ Also, the amount of consumer consumers can protect them­ in the air. And the safety of the protection remaining — if "Chair­ selves," Pertschuck explained. people seems to be in the same The obligation of the commis­ man Elkind's clarnp on public place—at least at this moment— sion, according to Pertschuck is to disclosure is to prevail in a pro­ because of mixed emotions evi­ work with the producer of a gram of manufacturer testing— denced by a panel charged with dangerous item so as to recall or was not touched upon. a vital function. repair it. At the same time, the A study of more than 200 The trouble lies within the responsibility is there to warn the household items is under way and seven-man National Commission public about items already in the the commission has until Decem­ on Product Safety which can't possession of the consumer. ber, 1969, to complete its report. seem to agree on when the public A case which illustrated how should be told about products his guidelines would be applied It is to be hoped that by that found to be dangerous for general was defended by Elkind, who in­ time manufacturers of faulty prod­ use. dicated that the manufacturer ucts will be required to identify Set up by an act of the ninetieth himself would do most of the themselves and discuss the facts. Congress, the commission's job is testing. He offered no explanation, to identify household products however, as to how the manufac­ which endanger the American turer could be trusted to judge the consumer's health or safety. It safety of a product he had already has the authority to act to bring thought well enough of to release about correction of hazards which publicly. are uncovered as a result of its in­ At any rate, in at least one case vestigations. the manufacturer voluntarily with­ drew his product, Elkind claimed. Facts Kept Secret WASHINGTON—Flicks of three switches activated a new Coast Guard navigational system in The commission chairman, He seemed little concerned that its the Gulf of Mexico early this month which enables mariners to determine their exact location at sea Arnold B. Elkind, a New York only fault, apparently, was that its regardless of weather conditions, and without being dependent on land masses as visual references. lawyer, said there was general use resulted in the consumer ac­ In simultaneous ceremonies agreement ar^ong commission quiring a third degree burn. The at Port Isabel, Galveston in chairman also carefully declined members that information con­ cerning products found hazardous, to name either the manufacturer Texas and at Grand Isle, La., and voluntarily withdrawn from or the product involved—thereby the Coast Guard put into opera­ the market by their manufacturers, leaving its withdrawal less in the tion a $2 million LORAN (Long public interest than in the realm Range Aid to Navigation) network would riot be released. of private company protection which it claims will take much "We would misuse the tnist and with Elkind's willing cooperation. of the guesswork out of naviga­ confidence manufacturers have Under questioning by a news­ tion in the area it serves. placed in us if the information The Coast Guard's Eighth Dis­ were publicized," Elkind declared man at the meeting—as to whether trict commander. Rear Admiral to a meeting of about 200 con­ the Freedom of Information Act RosS P. Bullard, described the sumers, industry representatives didn't require the release of the system as a ". . . revolution in and members of the press at a information to the public—Elkind navigation for the Gulf of Mex­ meeting here in the auditorium hedged that the information was ico." of the Museum of History and in the form of inter-agency "Mariners who use it," he said, Technology. "We do not want memos and, as such, was exempt "will be able to pinpoint their lo­ manufacturers to look at us with from disclosure under the Act. cations without visual reference. These two rooms of electronic equipment, valued at more than No questions were asked as to an attitude of fear." Whether they are out of sight of whether this meant that any infor­ A different viewpoint was ex­ $430,000, are part of the Coast Guard LORAN transmitting station land, or if it's overcast, if the mation which the commission pressed by Mike Pertschuck, a facilities at Grand Isle, La. This installation, and two similar ones at the commission member and counsel deemed it inadvisable to release compass is broken, regardless of cities of Galveston and Port Isabel, Texas, went on the air November 1 to the Senate Commerce Commit­ could not be put on inter-agency winds and currents . . . LORAN to bring all-weather, precision navigation to the entire Gulf of Mexico. tee. He said the power to publi­ memos and thus be automatically will give them a fast and accurate position fix." cize lay with the commission and exempt from public disclosure. tude and longitude, or relative jacent pairs. Thus, in the Gulf of In obtaining this position fix, should be used immediately when Nor, for that matter, was there Mexico LORAN chain there are bearings. a "serious hazard was uncovered." any query as to why only one the navigator refers to an elec­ four pairs of stations: The concept of LORAN is not tronic grid that LORAN has "^\^^en our information indi­ case of voluntary withdrawal of Port Isabel and Galveston, Gal­ new—it has been in use since placed over the entire Gulf of cates a serious hazard exists in a product had so far resulted from veston and Grand Isle, Grand Isle World War II—but this Gulf sys­ Mexico, and finds where two lines a product already sold and in the the testing procedures which were and Cape San Bias, and Cape San tem is the first built to serve the cross on the LORAN chart. home, the commission will make supposedly to be made voluntarily needs of commerce rather than Bias and Venice. the fact known publicly so the by the manufacturers. Replaces Old Methods defense. For each pair a straight line (called the base line) can be drawn The new system incorporates Until now, navigation in the two existing stations at Cape San through the two stations. At this Gulf of Mexico has been limited to celestial fixes, dead reckoning, Bias and Venice, Fla. These .sta­ base line all the LORAN lines radar, radio beacons, and depth tions were originally built and op­ are perpendicular and from there soundings. There were numerous erated by the Air Force and date they extend out over the Gulf in drawbacks 4o these methods, and from the late 1940s. With a third long sweeping curves through va-. they all depended on the individ­ station at Biloxi, Miss., they rious arcs. Because the base line between Galveston and Port Isa­ WASHINGTON—Nearly six out of every 10 candidates en­ ual skill of the navigator. In addi­ formed a LORAN chain that pro­ vided good coverage only in the bel, as an example,, is at consid­ tion, celestial fixes required clear dorsed by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education for the weather, and radar needed a land eastern Gulf of Mexico. By the erable angle to the base line be­ 91st Congress were victorious, an analysis of the new Congress mass within its range to be effec­ time signals from that chain tween Grand Isle and Galveston, disclosed. ^ reached the western Gulf they the LORAN lines of position from of 62 percent in the 1962 congres­ tive. Of the 353 candidates endors­ were no longer usable for position the two pairs cross hatch the Gulf The principle of the new sional elections. ed by COPE for the House and in a distorted grid pattern. The fixes. LORAN network is based on the COPE endorsements are made Senate 201, or 57 percent, won at the state and congressional dis­ length of time it takes for a radio The station at Biloxi was closed same is true of the other pairs. their contests. In the 1966 congres­ trict levels by state AFL-CIO signal to travel from transmitter down Nov. 1 when the new Grand Chief beneficiaries of the sys­ sional elections only about 53 per­ groups. The endorsements are to receiver. Signals transmitted Isle facility began transmitting. tem, according to the Coast cent of COPE-endorsed candidates based primarily on the records or simultaneously from two different The move was made to integrate Guard, will be commercial fisher­ won at the polls. the espoused programs of the can­ points will take different lengths the old chain and the new one, men in the Gulf, who can reduce Including candidates for the didates in terms of a wide number of time to travel to a third receiv­ giving better coverage throughout fuel costs because of the shorter governorships running with COPE of economic, welfare and labor ing point, and in effect act as a the entire Gulf. running time gained by pinpoint endo;-sement, the winning percent­ issues. triangulation system for the navi­ Transmitting stations operate in navigation. age came to 56, a bit higher than pairs. Each pair produces the two In the 1968 campaign COPE gator. Another advantage will be the the 55 percent victories scored in endorsed 326 House candidates When he obtains these elapsed- signals that are needed to get one shortened running time required the comparable 1960 election. of whom 186 were recorded as time readings, the navigator then line of position reading. Pairs are for the Coast Guard to carry out In 1964 in the Johnson land- winners. Fifteen of the 27 Senate compares them to LORAN charts further arranged in chains of three its rescue missions, a time factor slide,'^COPE-backed candidates set candidates won election and six which hdVe been, over-printed on or more stations..When the chain that can spell the difference be­ a record high victory margin of 67 of the 17 endorsed ^bernatorial tdfi of f<i^ar nautibal charts, and arrangement is used the interme­ tween life and death for mariners percent, topping the previous high candidates. translates these readings into lati­ diate stations operate in both ad­ in distress. New LORAN Navigational System Allows Exact Location Fix in Gulf COPE-Endorsed Candidates Victorious In Most Contests �November'22, '1968 Page- Seven- Senior Citizens the Target In Annual Drug Name Game WASHINGTON—The nation's elderly would save at least $41.5 million a year if doctors prescribed drugs by generic (scientific) names instead of by manufacturers' brand names, a new government report concludes. A 139-page report of a Task Force on Prescription Drugs also found that the health needs of those over 65, compounded by the high cost of drugs, are "a medical and economic problem of major importance." The task force, which has been studying the drug industry since May 1967, was established under the Department of Health, Education and Welfare through directive from President Johnson. The report en­ titled The Drug Users, is devoted not only to the cost of drugs used by the elderly but also to their ability to pay for them and their patterns of drug use. The task force analyzed some 175 million prescriptions written for elderly persons in 1966, the last year for which pertinent data were available. From these data it compiled a master list of 409 mostfrequently used drugs. Of the 409 drugs, the study found that 67 could have been obtained from more than one manufacturer—the rest being subject to patents or to other arrangements which in effect, fixed their prices. "If these 67 had been dispensed as low-cost generic name products," the report said, "the savings at the retail level—providing the same mark-ups were set by the pharmacists—would be about $41.5 million, or 27.7 percent." Still further savings could be achieved, the report indicated, if lists of drugs used by government and other health programs regularly included generic name products. The^study found that ten drugs accounted for 20 percent of all the prescriptions surveyed and that eight of those were still protected by patents so that no generic equivalent was available. The ten in­ cluded tolbutamide, for treatment of diabetes; chlordiazepoxide, a tranquilizer, chlorothiazide, a diuretic used in treating kidney and heart diseases; four types of pain killers and phenobarbital. a sedative. All of these medicines are used by the elderly on a day-in-day out basis causing them to have "extraordinary expenses for drugs," the report said. The problem is intensified, it added, because the needs for drugs among the elderly increases at the very time of life when their income declines. The study reported that per capita expenditure for prescription drugs in fiscal 1965 for the elderly was $41.40, almost four times greater than the $12.77 figure for those under 65. It also cited statistics which showed that among the elderly, women paid more for drugs than men and whites expended far more on drugs than non-whites—"reflecting the greater affluence" of whites. A 23-dav strike of bus drivers was not quite enough to win a set­ tlement from reluctant Baltimore Transit Co. management. It took an unfair labor practice charge, the intervention of the mayor and a transit authority hearing to get the buses back on the street after Transit Union Div. 1300 approved a new one-year contract. The sTikers voted 758-523 to accept terms formulated by management after Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro brought the parties together, but the company declined to put the buses back on the street unless fares were raised at once. Man­ agement changed its mind when Div. 1300 filed charges of refusal to bargain with the National Labor Relations Board. The charges then \vere withdrawn. * * * The constitutionality of New York's "full crew" law requiring a fireman helper on every diesel locomotive in freight service has been upheld by the New York Court of Appeals which reaffirmed a ruling handed down in 1965 by a Special Court of the New York Supreme Court rejecting a chal­ lenge brought by 10 railroads op­ erating in New York. They con­ tended they did not want to dis­ pense with a "second man" on the freight engine but claimed they wanted him to be a brakeman not a fireman. The appeals court found that it was legislative intent that the second man should be an engine crew man and that a brakenian's ^duties -ffequently prevent him from being in the cab. Th'' National Association for Retarded Children has named lo­ cals of tv/o AFL-CIO unions as winners of annual Merit Awards to Labor. Local 1464, State, County and Municipal Employees in Grand Junction. Colo., was chosen for its work for the Colo­ rado State Home & Training School for the Retarded. Local 24, International Brotherhood of Elec­ trical Workers, Baltimore, received the award for its efforts on behalf of the Baltimore Occupational Training Center and Sheltered Workshop. NARC and the AFLCIO Department of Community Services established the Merit Awards to Labor last year to give national recognition to union members and locals who have helped transform the mentally re­ tarded into useful citizens. « * « Peter Fbsco, secretary-treasurer of the Laborers International Union since 1950, has been elected president of the LIU succeeding Joseph V. Moreschi who has re­ tired. The union's executive board named Moreschi president-emeri­ tus and elected vice-president Terence J. O'Sullivan of San Fran­ cisco secretary-treasurer to suc­ ceed Fosco. Moreschi had served as president since 1926. Fosco joined the Laborers in 1915 in Chicago. "In 1936 he was named a regional manager of the Chicago regional office of the union and established a.record of organizing the pipeline! industry both region­ ally and nationally; The Big Fix The unconscionable exploitation of the sick and the smug disregard for the law shown consistently by giant drug companies has once again been brought partially to light for public examination. A federal grand jury has formally charged 15 firms—American, Dutch, German, and British—with violating U.S. anti-trust laws through an international conspiracy to raise prices and monopolize sales of two widelyused drugs. The indictments also accuse the combine of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government on purchases from federal stock­ piles. U.S. firms named are the Rexall Drug and Chemical Co.—that "household word" company whose outlets supposedly give us all a bargain through the once-a-year "Penny sales" at their retail outlets—Mead, John­ son and Co. and R. W. Greeff and Co., im­ porters. According to the indictment, the manu­ facturers primed one foreign drug concern to submit a low bid while themselves re­ fraining from bidding on contracts involved. The drugs purchased through the low bid were then divided up. Thereafter—having control of the market—the cooperating com­ panies proceeded to raise prices and capture still another bonanza of handsome profits. For those who might kid themselves that this is something really not close to home, or, perhaps, just clever business tactics, it is well to remember that such tactics always pull at the pockets of that good-natured sucker, the American consumer. He pays for it, not qply indirectly in governmental costs, but directly in the higher prices he is hit for when he takes a prescription to his local drug store. The drugs involved in this latest exposure of drug cheats are quinine—widely used in the,,treatn)ent 0^ ji)aiar|a and other diseases -Tqi?4 pr^^qribed^fpr varipus,. types of heart ailments.; What's to be done about it? If found guilty, the individual companies face a maximum penalty of only $50,000 in fines on each of three counts. Although the individual co-conspirators face this fine and a possible one year in jail, they have no fear of jail—none have ever been sentenced in the past. If the worst happens—imposition of collective maximum fines—the whole deal can be chalked up as just another business expense in a coup which must have netted many millions of dollars for the offending drug combines. Small wonder that drug companies have always been a favorite Wall St. investment —their profits are enormous. Also, the drug industry is high on the list of those spending millions annually to create the public image of their "reputation" and "quality"—largely tax-deductible millions geared toward main­ taining the demand for "standard brands". Washington hearings on the price of drugs have clearly brought out profiteering as a hallmark of the pharmaceutical manufac­ turers. A presidential Task Force on Prescription Drugs which has been studying the drug in­ dustry since May, 1967, found that all but 67 of the 409 most frequently used drugs, were subject to patents or to other arrange­ ments which, in effect, fixed their prices. The fundamental problem of skyrocketting costs of health care—of which prescription drugs are only one aspect—continues to re­ flect a growing need for federal control in this area in which the unscrupulous hold the sick at bay. The choice is narrowing down— either the profiteers will be permitted to con­ tinue to control their prices by processes which eliminate effective competition, Or the government must step in to protect the cap­ tive consumer with more than a slap-on-thewrist fine or, worse yet, a convenient turning..! of,, the back while the, medical community, t,ii> Cpntinues, its parasitic rape of those too sick.-n i; to defend themselves. xnvq �November 22, 1968 SEAFAkEHS LOG Pace Bii^l The New House of Representatives (Numerals denote District; AL: At Large) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ALABAMA Jack Edwards (R) William L. Dickinson (R> George W. Andrews (D) William Nichols (D) Walter W. Flowers (D)» John H. Buchanan (R) Tom Bevill (D) Robert E. Jones (D) ALASKA AL Howard W. Pollock (R) ARI^NA 1. John J. Rhodes (R) 2. Morris K. Udall (D) 3. Sam Sleiger (R)) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. ' 38. ARKANSAS Bill Ale xander (D)* Wilbur D. Mills (D) John P. Hammerschmidt (R) David Pryor (D) CALIFORNIA Don H. Clausen (R) Harold T. Johnson (D) John E. Moss (D) ^ Robert L. Leggett (D) Phillip Burton (D) William S. Mailliard (R) Jeffery Cohelan (D) George P. Miller (D) Don Edwards (D) Charles S. Gubser (R) Paul McCloskey (R) Burt L. Talcott (R) Charles M. Teague (R) Jerome R. Waldie (D) John J. McFall (D) B. F. Sisk (D) Glenn M. Anderson (D)* Robert B. Mathias (R) Chet Holifield (D) H. Allen Smith (R) Augustus F. Hawkins (D) James C. Corman (D) Del Clawson (R) Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) Charles E. Wiggins (R) Thomas M. Rees (D) Ed Reinecke (R) Alphonzo Bell (R) George E. Brown (D) Edward R. Roybal (D) Charles H. Wilson (D) Craig Hosmer (R) Jerry L. Pettis (R) Richard T. Hanna (D) James B. Utt (R) Bob Wilson (R) Lionel Van Deerlin (D) John V. Tunney (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. COLORADO Byron G. Rogers (D) Donald G. Brotzman (R) Frank E. Evans (D) Wayne N. Aspinall (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. CONNECTICUT Emilio Q. Daddario (D) William L. St. Onge (D) Robert N. Giaimo (D) Lowell P. Weicker (R) * John S. Monagan (D) Thomas J. Meskill (R) DELAWARE AL William V. Roth (R) I, .• • f 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. FLORIDA Robert L. P. Sikes (D) Don Fuqua (D) Charles E. Bennett (D) William V. Chappell (D)* Louis Prey (R)* Sam M. Gibbons (D) James A. Haley (D) William C. Cramer (R) Paul G. Rogers (D) J. Herbert Burke (R) Claude Pepper (D) Dante B. Fascell (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. « 6. 7. GEORGIA G. Elliott Hagan (D) Maston O'Neal TD) Jack Brinkley (D) Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) Fletcher Thompson (R) J<An J. Flynt (D) John W. Davis (D) • New Representative 8. W. S. (Bill) Stuckey (D) 9. Phil M. Landrum (D) 10. Robert G. Stephens (D) HAWAII AL Spark M. Matsunaga (D) AL Patsy Mink (D) IDAHO 1. James A. McClure (R) 2. Orval H. Hansen (R)* 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. ILLINOIS William L. Dawson (D) Abner J. Mikva (D)* William T. Murphy (D) Edward J. Derwinski (R) John C. Kluczynski (D) Daniel J. Ronan (D) Frank Annunzio (D) Dan Rostenkowski (D) Sidney R. Yates (D) Harold R. Collier (R) Roman C. Pucinski (D) Robert McClory (R) Donald Rumsfeld (R) John N. Erlenborn (R) Charlotte T. Reid (R) John B. Anderson (R) Leslie C. Arends (R) Robert H. Michel (R) Thomas F. Railsback (R) Paul Findley (R) Kenneth J. Gray (D) William L. Springer (R) George E. Shipley (D) Melvin Price (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. INDIANA Ray J. Madden (D) Earl F. Landgrebe (R)* John Brademas (D) E. Ross Adair (R) Richard L. Roudebush (R) William G. Bray (R) John T. Myers (R) Roger H. Zion (R) Lee H. Hamilton (D) David W. Dennis (R)* Andrew Jacobs (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. IOWA Fred Schwengel (R) John C. Culver (D) H. R. Gross (R) John H. Kyi (R) Neal Smith (D) Wiley Mayne (R) William J. Scherle (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. KANSAS Keith G. Sebelius (R)* Chester L. Mize (R) Larry Winn (R) Garner E. Shriver (R) Joe Skubitz (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. KENTUCKY Frank A. Stubblefield (D) William H. Natcher (D) William O. Cowger (R) M. G. (Gene) Snyder (R) Tim Lee Carter (R) ^ John C. Watts (D) Carl D. Perkins (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. LOUISIANA F. Edward Hebert (D) Hale Boggs (D) Patrick T. Caffery (D)» Joe D. Waggonner Jr. (D) Otto E. Passman (D) John R. Rarick (D) Edwin W. Edwards (D) Speedy O. Long (D) MAINE 1. Peter N. Kyros (D) 2. William D. Hathaway (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. MARYLAND Rogers C. B. Morton (R) Clarence D. Long (D) Edward A. Garmatz (D) George H. Fallon (D) Lawrence J. Hogan (R)*. J. Glenn Beall (R)* Samuel N. Friedel (D) Gilbert Gude (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. MASSACHUSETTS Silvio O. Conte (R) Edward P. Boland (D) Philip J. Philbin (D) Harold D. Donohue (D) F. Bradford Morse (R)) William H. Bates (R) Torbert H. Macdonald (D) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Thomas P. O'Neill (D) John W. McCormack (D) Margaret M. Heckler (R) James A. Burke (D) Hastings Keith (R) MICHIGAN 1. John Conyers (D) 2. Marvin L. Esch (R) 3. Garry E. Brown (R) 4. Edward Hutchinson (R) 5. Gerald R. Ford (R) 6. Charles E. Chamberlain (R) 7. Donald W. Riegle (R) 8. James 'larvey (R) 9. Guy Vander Jagt (R) 10. Elford A. Cederberg (R) 11. Philip E. Ruppe (R) 12. James G. O'Hara (D) 13. Charles C. Diggs (D) 14. Lucian N. Nedzi (D) 15.-William D. Ford (D) 16. John D. Dineell (D) 17. Martha W. Griffiths (D) 18. William S. Broomfield (R) 19. Jack H. McDonald (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. MINNESOTA Albert H. Quie (R) Ancher Nelsen (R) Clark MacGregor (R) Joseph E. Karth (D) Donald M. Eraser (D) John M. Zwach (R) Odin Langen (R) John A. Blatnik (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. MISSISSIPPI Thomas G. Abernethy (D) Jamie L. Whit'en (D) Charles H. Griffin (D) G. V. Montgomery (D) William M. Colmer (D) MISSOURI 1. William Clay (D)* 2. James W. Symington (D)» 3. Leonor K. Sullivan (D) 4. William J. Randall (D) 5. Richard Boiling (D) 6. iW. R. Hull Jr. (D) 7. Durward G. Hall (R) 8. Richard H. Ichord (D) 9. William L. Hungate (D) 10. Bill D. Burlison (D) MONTANA 1. Arnold Olsen (D) 2. James F. Battin (R) NEBRASKA 1. Robert V. Denney (R) 2. Glenn Cunningham (R) 3. Dave Martin (R) NEVADA AL Walter S. Baring (D) NEW HAMPSHIRE 1. Louis C. Wyman (R) 2. James C. Cleveland (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. NEW JERSEY John E. Hunt (R) Charles W. Sandman (R) James J. Howard (D) Frank Thompson (D) Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (R) William T. Cahill (R) William B. Widnall (R) Charles S. Joelson (D) Henry Helstuski (D) Peter W. Rodino (D) Joseph G. Minish (D) Florence P. Dwyer (R) Cornelius E. Gallagher (D) Dominick V. Daniels (D) Edward J. Patten (D) NEW. MEXICO 1. Manuel Lujan (R)* 2. Ed Foreman (R)''^ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. NEW YORK Otis G. Pike (D) James R. Gilbver (R) Lester L. Wolff (D) John W. Wydler (R) Allard K. Lowenstein (D) * Seymour Halpem (R) Joseph P. Addabbo (D) Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D) James J. Delaney (D) Emanuel Celler (D) Frank J. Brasco (D) Shirley Chisholm (D)* Bertram L. Podell (D) 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. John J. Rooney (D) Hugh L. Carey (D) John M. Murphy (D) Edwin I. Koch (D)» Adam C. Powell (D) Leonard Farbstein (D) William F. Ryan (D) James H. Scheuer (D) Jacob H. Gilbert (D) Jonathan B. Bingham (D) Mario Biaggi (D)* Richard L. Ottinger (D) Ogden Reid (R) Martin B. McKneally (R)* Hamilton Fish (R)* Daniel E. Button (R) Carleton J. King (R) Robert C. McEwen (R) Alexander Pimie (R) Howard W. Robison (R) James M. Hanley (D) Samuel S. Stratton (D) Frank J. Horton (R) Barber B. Conable (R) James F. Hastings (R)* Richard D. McCarthy (D) Henry P. Smith (R) Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. NORTH CAROLINA Walter B. Jones (D) L. H. Fountain (D) David N. Henderson (D) Nick Galifianakis (D) Wilmer Mizell (R)* L. Richardson Preyer (D)* Alton Lennon (D) Earl B. Ruth (R)* Charles Raper Jonas (R) James T. Broyhill (R) Roy A. Taylor (D) NORTH DAKOTA 1. Mark Andrews (R) 2. Thomas S. Kleppe (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. OHIO Robert A. Taft (R) Donald D. Clancy (R) Charles W. Whalen (R) William M. McCulloch (R) Delbert L. Latta (R) William H. Harsha (R) Clarence J. Brown (R) Jackson E. Betts (R) Thomas L. Ashley (D) Clarence E. Miller (D) J. William Stanton (R) Samuel L. Devine (R) Charles A. Mosher (R) William H. Ayres (R) Chalmers P. Wylie (R) Frank T. Bow (R) John M. Ashbrook (R) . Wayne L. Hays (D) Michael J. Kirwan (D) Michael A. Feiehan (D) Louis Stokes (D)* Charles A. Vanik (D) William E. Minshall (R) Donald E. Lukens (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. OKLAHOMA Page Belcher (R) Ed Edmondson (D) Carl Albert (D) Tom Steed (D) John Jarman (D) John N. Happy Camp (R)* 1. 2. 3. 4. OREGON Wendell Wyatt (R) A1 Ullman (D) Edith Green (D) John R. Dellenback (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. PENNSYLVANIA William A. Barrett (D) Robert N. C. Nix (D) James A. Byrne (D) Joshua Eilberg (D) William J. Green (D) Gus Yatron (D)* Lawrence G. Williams (R) Edward G. Biester (R) G. Robert Watkins (R) Joseph M. McDade (R) Daniel J. Flood (D) J. Irving Whalley (R) R. Lawrence Coughlin (R)* William S. Moorhead (D) Fred B. Rooney (D) Edwin D. Eshleman (R) Herman T. Schneebeli (R) Robert J. Corbett (R) George A. Goodling (R) Joseph M. Gaydos (D)* 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. John H. Dent (D) John P. Saylor (R) Albert W. Johnson (R) Joseph P. Vigorito (D) Frank M. Clark (D) Thomas E. Morgan (D) James G. Fulton (R) RHODE ISLAND 1. Fernand J. St. Germain (D) 2. Robert O. Tieman (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. SOUTH CAROLINA L. Mendel Rivers (D) Albert W. Watson (R) W. J. Bryan Dom (D) James Mann (D)* Thomas S. Gettys (D) John L. McMillan (D) SOUTH DAKOTA 1. Ben Reifel (R) 2. E. Y. Berry (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. TENNESSEE James H. Quillen (R) John J. Duncan (R) William E. Brock (R) Joe L. Evins (D) Richard H. Fulton (D) William R. Anderson (D) Ray Blanton (D) Robert A. Everett (I^ Dan Kuykendall (R) TEXAS Wright Patman (D) John Dowdy (D) James M. Collins (R) Ray Roberts (D) Earle Cabell (D) Clin E. Teague (D) George Bush (R) Robert C. Eckhardt (D) Jack Brooks (D) J. J. Pickle (D) W. R. Poage (D) Jim Wright (D) Graham Purcell (D) John Young (D) Eligio de la Garza (D) Richard White (D) ; Omar Burleson (D) Robert D. Price (R) George H. Mahon (D) Henry B. Gonzalez (D) O. C. Fisher (D) Bob Casey (D) Abraham Kazen (D) UTAH 1. Laurence J. Burton (R) 2. Sherman P. Lloyd (R) VERMONT AL Robert T. Stafford (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. VIRGINIA Thomas N. Downing (D) G. William Whitehurst (R)* David E. Satterfield (D) Watkins M. Abbitt (D) W. C. Daniel (D)* Richard H. Poff (R) John O. Marsh (D) William L. Scott (R) William C. Wampler (R) Joel T. Broyhill (R) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. WASHINGTON Thomas M. Pelly (R) Lloyd Meeds (D) Julia Butler Hansen (D) Catherine May (R) Thomas S. Foley (D) Floyd V. Hicks (D) Brock Adams (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. WEST VIRGINIA Robert A. Mollohan (D)* Harley O. Staggers (D) John M. Slack (D) Ken Hechler (D) James Kee (D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. WISCONSIN Henry C. Schadeberg (R) Robert W. Kastenmeier (D) Vernon W. Thomson (R) Clement J. Zablocki (D) Henry S. Reuss (D) William A. Steiger (R) Melvin R. Laird (R) John W. Byrnes (R) Glenn R. Davis (R) Alvin E. O'Konski (R) WYOMING AL John Wold (R)'* �November 22, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine IN USPHS Junk mail before medical equipment and service? Soil conservation before nurses and tech­ nicians? Perhaps the above is too starkly drawn, but there is mounting evidence that the economy drive of the 90th Congress had a tough time wrestling with priorities—^with results that portend disaster. The now adjourned Congress demanded —and got—a high price-tag for going along with President Johnson's program for a 10-percent income tax hike. This was that the administration agree to a $6 bilRon-cut in spending by government agencies and on government programs. Result? An agency like the United States Public Health Service, which is directly The USPHS hospital in Staten Island, N.Y., is clean and modern inside and out. Federal cutbacks threaten this, and other hospitals like it. Wide aisles and a clean ward make hospitalization as pleasant as possible for patients at Staten Island Hospital, one of the finest in the U.S. They're on the ball! Recreation time finds Seafarer Kenneth Beverly of Engine Department shooting pool as tv/o fellow patients in hospital look on. When seamen, and others, find that they concerned with the lives of Seafarers and others, is being slowly starved. The bulk have to wait in long lines; that clinic ap­ of the impact hasn't been felt—^yet. pointments, will be spread out over longer Faced with the Budget Bureau's overall and longer periods, they may slowly be­ directive—issued last July 1—to fill only come discouraged and look for help else­ one out of two job vacancies, the Post where or—^worse yet, put off treatment. Office Department's boss, Postmaster Gen­ This must not be allowed to happen. eral W. Marvin Watson, told Congress in There is no reason why the USPHS no uncertain terms: "Cut and people won't should not continue to be tops in medical get their mail. We must drastically curtail care, equipment and personnel. Our society services." is dealing with human lives here—not junk Afraid of repercussions from the ptiblic mail; not soil. Priorities are certainly lop­ —and, especially the big mailers—the Con­ sided when such interests take preference gress promptly passed a law freeing the and should be re-examined. What might the situation be like a year Post Office from the job freeze. Similarly, the Senate took action to ex­ from now? If there is a move on, as has empt $1 billion in farm price support pay­ been declared by some, to eventually phase ments from the $180 billion ceiling on out the USPHS, something must be done Federal spending. Also released from the quickly to preserve the traditional function budgetary and personnel cutback order of these institutions or they will inevitably was the Soil Conservation Service. At the deteriorate. Once before, in 1965, a virulent attack same time, however, the Senate cut an estimated total of $500 million from Fed­ was launched on the USPHS when the De­ eral funds to states which extend the Medic­ partment of Health, Education and Welfare aid program to persons not on the relief threatened to close down seven of its hos­ rolls. Apparently health is considered ex­ pitals and transfer patients to Veteran Ad­ pendable. And make no mistake about it— ministration facilities. The hospitals in­ volved at that time were at Boston, Nor­ the pinch will be felt. The United States Public Health Service folk, Savannah, Galveston, Memphis, Chi­ first began with the recognition of the cago and Detroit. The SI UNA testified before the Appro­ special health needs of seamen. It dates back—in one form or other—to 1789 and priations subcommittee, and the House is the oldest medical program in the United Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, States. Today, it operates a total of ten which were conducting hearings on the hos­ general, hospitals, a leprosy hospital, 28 pital closings. The Union then strongly op­ separate out-patient clinics and 124 other posed the direct curtailment of services, out-patient clinics in other hospitals. It and continues to oppose indirect curtail­ has been a pioiieer in preventive medicine ment by attrition, on the basis that VA and is outstanding in its provision of medi­ facilities are inadequate for the most basic cal facilities, offering quality care to Civil USPHS functions, let alone the more com­ Service employees, seamen. Coast Guard prehensive facilities which were planned for personnel. Army dependents and American them. Indians. All this comes under the direct sur­ veillance of the Surgeon General of the U.S., William H. Stewart The medical equipment available in the USPHS hospitals stacks up well against most hospitals in the U.S. It is also inter­ esting to note that the cost of a day's care in Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., is $85. At the USPHS hospital in Staten Island, only a stone's throw away, it is $45 per day. Services in these USPHS hospitals, and in the many clinics, are excellently staffed and maintained. But the economy squeeze prevents the updating of equipment. In an age of advances in medicine and medical research, the need for innovations, such as intensive care units for coronary cases and much costly diagnostic equipment, are still regarded as frills—because of constant low Seafarer Thomas J. Connell, budgeting. But such "frills" save lives. Deck Dept. enjoys smoke There is, besides, a chronic staff shortage in ward while recuperating. in such high-turnover categories as nurses, With the help of the Commissioned Offi­ technicians, and dietary experts. Here, the filling of vacancies is difficult enough even cers Association of the USPHS and the with adequate funding. But now, under the American Legion—both of which joined in directive of Congress, vacancies are or­ the fight—the move was beaten back at that dered to be kept unfilled. Personnel will time. A SIUNA-backed bill introduced by be cut—^from file clerks, to technicians, to Representative Jacob H. Gilbert (D.-N.Y.) was the vehicle used to win that phase of nurses and beyond. Put simply, this metms that an inadequate the continuing fight. A typical call by the American Medical situation will become increasingly more in­ Association, also in 1965, for the end to adequate. Put in terms of human impact, it means hospital and medical care for seamen in that a seaman who comes into a USPHS USPHS hospitals was also defeated by a hospital—^with a hernia, for example—^will vigorous protest of the SIUNA. In a report to President Johnson in 1967, soon have to wait three months for care the National Advisory Commission on instead of a week. While emergencies will continue to receive prompt attention, treat­ Health Manpower declared that there is ment of all elective-type conditions will a "crisis" in American health care. The gradually be eliminated. Wards, with an President, at that time declared that there increasing lack of. adequate personnel and , was a need for action to rescue the USPHS equipment,'will have to be clos^. One by before it's too late. .<• .1 .Hn The time for action is now. one. to ...i 11 �• I $]• IVoVeriiber' 22, 1968 SEMrMRSyRS. La(? > Page TeA » .'i MTD Great Lakes Conference Maps Rescue of Fleet America Ed Kraft, Vice Pres. Detroit MTD Port Coun­ cil (left) chatted with Gene Muskie, brother of Senator Edmund Muskie, and Pres. Ber­ nard Puchalski of Chicago Port Council.' Peter M. McGavin (left), MTD Exec. Secretary-Treasurer trades views with (l-r): Pres. Amos Stewart of Detroit MTD Port Council. John Schreier, AFL-CIO Regional Director, and Fred Farnen, Detroit MTD Sec.-Treas. Listening to Rep. VV'illiam Ford are (l-r): Don Bensman, Exec. Sec.-Treas., Cleveland MTD Port Council: John Yarmola, MTD Great Lakes co-or-' dinator: Ford; Rep. John Dingell, Stewart & rarnen. ; DETROIT—Measures to rescue American shipping on the Great Lakes, seen to be on a dangerous course and heading for disaster, were discussed here last month by some 200 delegates of 12 Port Councils at the Great Lakes Conference of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Representatives of 38 international unions participated. SIU President Paul Hall, who is also pre.sident of the MTD, pointed out that most merchant marine ve.ssels plying the Great Lakes today are more than 40 years old and have just about outlived their usefulness in terms of efficiency and safety. "The American merchant marine has slippe 1 to a minor position in World shipping since World War II," Hall no,"d He called for an im­ mediate American shipbuilding program as a major contribution toward solving some of the problems which exist. The SIU president also discussed water pollution and the development of lake ports and added that "legislation and government action will be proposed on these var­ ious issues." Peter McGavin, MTD executive secretary-treasurer, traced the in­ dustry's decline since World War II, when this nation's fleet was the largest in the world. McGavin fold the 200 MTD delegates that U.S. ships carry less than seven percent of the world's cargo, even though it is the greatest trading nation in the world. "The U.S. is not even in the top ten nations in tonnage shipped and ranks 16th as a shipbuilding nation," he observed, and emphasized also that top priority must be given to construction of docking facilities in Detroit. Chicago and other Great Lakes ports as well. McGavin re­ called that the U.S. merchant fleet experienced its greatest strength and growth in the 1936 to 1950 period—a period during which the country boasted an independent Maritime Administration. Addina his own observation on the grim picture. Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.) outlined some legislative lifelines he is urging Con­ gress to throw to the maritime industry. A member of the House Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the Dearborn legislator has advocated tax relief and subsidies to shippers and a continuing effort to help revive American shipping on the Great Lakes. "Since 1955 our Lakes fleet has decreased by 130 vessels," Dingell observed. "Today we have fewer than 250 ships." He stressed also that the inland fleet "is even more obsolete than the American ocean­ going fleet. About 45 percent of the Lakes fleet was built before 1915." Other speakers at the day long conference included Detroit's Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley and Representatives Martha Griffiths, Democrat of Detroit County and Wil­ liam Ford, Democrat of Wayne County. le^Cr; |k Inictiid yVateri^ plstrlct November 1 to November 14, 1968 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Applauding remarks of Frank Kelly, Michigan Attorney General, are: left to right: Johnny Williams, Secretary-Treasurer, Wayne County AFL-CIO; John Yarmola; Bernard Puchalski and Pete McGavin. MARAD Places Six More Vessels On North Vietnam, Cuba Blacklists WASHINGTON—Four more ships have been added to the North Vietnam blacklist and two placed on the Cuba blacklist, the Maritime Administration announced this month. At the same time two Finnish vessels were ^ flag ships Dolphin of 3,550 tons, removed from the Cuba list. and Johnny of 9,689 tons. The MARAD report for Oc­ Two Polish-flag ships—the tober brings the number of ships Mickiewic at 4,344 tons, and the blacklisted for calling at North Szymanowski of 9,023 tons—as Vietnamese ports to 58 vessels of well as British-flag Court Harwell, 398,891,tons. For Cuba the total 7,133 tons, and Somali vessel is 188^ ships of 1,344,557 tons, Yvonne of 8,997 tons, were the a drop of three vessels from the additions to the North Vietnamese blacklist. last report for that country. MARAD reported that the own­ The Maritime Administration ers of the two Finnish-flag vessels maintains shipping records of Free removed from the Cuba list—the World and Polish carriers to de­ 3,576-ton Isomeri and the 11,631termine which vessels have traded ton tanker Sword—had agreed to at Cuban and North Vietnamese keep all ships under their control ports, and those that have done away from Cuba. In all, carriers so are placed on MARAD's black­ controlling 937 ships have prom­ lists for these countries. This ised to keep all of their vessels out means that these carriers are no of Cuban ports in return for hav­ longer eligible to carry U.S. Gov­ ing 122 ships removed from the ernment-generated cargoes until blacklist by MARAD since its in­ their owners pledge to keep their ception. ships from these,two areas. C9fnpilatip^ , h. :T . The two ves^ls added,to the: the ninety-pecond, fpvision of, Cuba blacklist are the Cypriot- lists'.' ' .lii -irrij i Z-: Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk ;. Jacksonville Tampa Mobile T jw Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle All Groups Class A Class B 2 1 43 33 10 7 34 19 4 5 20 12 9 2 17 22 30 23 27 51 27 25 50 34 19 21 264 283 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 1 1 35 12 44 4 4 3 8 26 11 3 2 1 10 10 16 0 2 3 0 7 0 3 20 13 17 22 24 16 26 28 31 36 52 16 22 17 209 217 122 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 4 11 114 180 16 22 42 77 28 30 6 11 7 9 63 22 110 103 65 61 1 34 16 64 10 41 441 706 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston ,. New York '. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ..... Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals All Groups Class A Class B 3 0 33 46 6 5 16 21 6 4 13 18 6 1 21 15 19 21 20 21 18 7 63 44 19 19 213 252 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 1 1 20 34 44 6 1 3 6 18 11 0 3 1 7 6 14 2 4 2 3 0 8 20 6 10 11 17 21 20 8 24 47 54 32 19 15 7 234 143 132 SGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 6 138 110 14 15 40 46 21 17 13 10 6 6 22 39 98 70 66 60 1 17 12 50 11 16 444 462 A - STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Port 0 1 1 3 2 Boston 29 17 25 14 New York 21 2 4 7 Philadelphia 2 7 10 11 Baltimore 17 13 27 Norfolk 0 9 1 7 1 Jacksonville ..... 7 7 6 6 15 Tampa ^. 2 3 2 3 4 Mobile 10 2 3 3 22 New Orleans 16 10 23 14 2 Houston 17 22 8 17 11 Wilmington 9 22 14 13 5 59 San,Francisco ... 36 34 65 33 jp 17''''^ i 10 SedC#': 187. 4 H nr 194"•! 193 Totats-H ,143' 152 131 •1. REGISTERED on BEACH All GroupB Class A Class B 1 5 64 116, 14 18 26 70 28 18 5 8 3 8 19 51 71 97 40 59 0 19 40 29 i: 28 6 ./ 537 1 306 �rember 22, 196ft ieafarer Thanks LOG [For Recent Story I To the Editor: I feel that I must write a few lines of appreciation for the fine writeup in the September 27 issue of the LOG. I gave a copy to each of my seven grandchilI dren and they think it's great. I would like to thank the Un­ ion so much for all the things it has done for me in the past years. I would like to say I have always thought it a lucky man who's a member of the SIU. Through the years, I have given so little and received so much. When I call all of you Brothers I feel proud to be called a Brother by you. Please thank for me whoever wrote this story about me. I would especially like to thank the Union officers here in Bal­ timore for their concern and all of the help they have gladly given me while I was in the hospital and at all times. I think we have the best patrolmen and agents and welfare workers there are. I did not want to retire from the sea, but the doctors at the Marine Hospital thought it best after the third heart attack. I cannot praise the hospital here too much for they have the best doctors and nurses in the world, as far as I am concerned. In addition, I wish to thank you for giving us as fine a paper as the LOG, which I have read and received all over the world. Now that T am beached. 1 sure do appreciate having it here at home. I wish the LOG editor and personnel the best of every­ thing. Thanking you again for your wonderful writeup. Sincerely, Benjamin Gary, ' SEAFARE^RS^ laO eight months to find out that they have these ships supposedly under control? If this is the way they operate, how long would it take—let's say we were in a national emergency—to locate those ships, to marshal them under orders, to get them to carry the strategic cargoes that might be required of them? It seems to me the whole idea of "effective control" as used by the Navy brass in re­ ferring to runaway-flag ships is a lot of malarkey. Perhaps it is a smoke screen used to conveni­ ently overlook the fact that the only real control possible—just as the SIU and other opponents of this questionable system have maintained all along—is that over American-flag ships, reg­ istered in the U.S., manned by American crews, and facing up squarely to U.S. safety stand­ ards. And—what is most impor­ tant—operating at all times "di­ rectly under regulations and directives of the United States," as the LOG story put it. Let us hope the new Admin­ istration in Washington will realize the importance of a strong and effective American merchant marine and will set about the task of rebuilding the fleet and replacing the 20-yearold and older ships that make up most of our tonnage now. And v'hen we get another independent MARAD bill through this next Congress—as I am confident we will—let's also hope that the new Presi­ dent will sign it promptly as the means of creating a realistic ap­ proach to the long neglected up­ grading of our maritime indus­ try. John De Tirsis ^ V ' Praises Union ' Upgrading Aid / To the Editor: My wife and I would like to ' take this opportunity to thank the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union for all their help during my schooling , period. A married man, with a fam• ily and home to maintain, finds it very difficult financially to " go full time to school. The sub, sistence provided by the unions . enabled us to carry through . during the training time. Receiving my second mate's ' license was a dream come true after sailing as bosun for 24 years. Sincerely, Henry Bilde, B 371 Seafarers Widow Thanks The SIU To the Editon I would like to express my appreciation to the SIU Wel­ fare Fund for the check I re­ ceived so promptly following the recent death of my hus­ band, Charles, and for the kindness extended to us by his Union Brothers. The money will help me see our 13-year-old son through school. His father and I always shared the wish that he get a good education. Thank you again. Sincerely, Mrs. Gladys Favrean — 4^ — Sunken Lakes Ship Recalled by Seafarer To the Editon /Hov/ Effective 'Is Late 'Control'? .To the Editon I was interested to read your item, "Navy Declares 'Effec.tive Control' Over 423 Runa­ way-flag Vessels" referring to • Liberian, Panamanian and Honduran registered ships. ' But the date of so-called "ef­ fective control" announced by ^ the Navy was March 31. 1968. ,This is November. What hap­ pened? Does it take the Navy I am writing you this short letter in memory of those who died when the Carl J. Bradley sank in the cold North Lake Michigan waters on November 18, 1958. A total of 33 lives were lost on this tragic occasion ten years ago. Two crewmembers were rescued. I am a fireman on the A.K.A., a motor vessel of the Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Frankfort, Michigan. Sincerely, Michael O'Rourke Arcadia, Michigan Page Eleven Peruvian Trip on Hospital Ship Hope Warmly Recalledby Seafarer Milton Seafarer Peter Milton, who has been sailing since 1942, recalls a 1962 voyage aboard the hospital ship Hope as one of the most unusual and satisfying experiences of his life. It was, he said from his home in Sa , Francisco, "a voyage that probably spread more good will for America than many of the projects the Government f spends a large amount of money Trujillo, with a population of tend to the medical problems of around 25,000. Milton remembers his own department in his capac­ on." The hospital ship was spon­ that it was a primitive area, and ity as steward delegate. "Crew­ sored by the People-to-People • the people were for the most men got sick from time to time part quite poor and employed and other problems would come Health Founda­ mainly by the sugar industry. Al­ up. I guess I spent more time as tion, a private, though they now have modern delegate than I did on my job." non-profit foun­ equipment, the refineries at that The Hope treated some 40,000 dation, that made time had no machinery, a major patients during its stay and by its maiden trip reason for the poverty in the area. the time the vessel left the coun­ to Indonesia in try, thousands of Peruvians were 1960. The trip Generous Crew on hand to see them off. made to Peru by The crew aboard the Hope Because the area was remote, Brother Milton consisted of 47 men in the stew­ entertainment facilities were limit­ was the ship's sec­ ard department and about 100 Milton ed, said Milton. For relaxation, ond. He sailed Seafarers overall, Milton said. In in the steward department and addition, the hospital ship's medi­ the men would go mostly to local served as department delegate on cal staff numbered 25 doctors facilities and utilize the ship's rec­ the trip. "We left from San Fran­ and 35 nurses. The crew members reational area. Brother Milton was born in cisco and spent some nine months of the Hope were always ready in Peru," he recalled. "When we and willing to lend a helping hand New York City in September of first got there, we were greeted by when needed. "At Christmas time, l9l6, but he moved to Maryland a number of 'Yankee Go Home' they donated $1,500 to buy pres­ when he was very young. His signs, but by the time we left, ents for the children," Milton re­ first trip to sea was as waiter on they were all gone," Milton, a called. "In addition to that most the Swedish passenger ship member of the SIU Pacific Dis­ of the men volunteered their serv­ Kungsholm in 1942. Following a trict, said. ices as blood donors whenever an trip to Alaska, Brother Milton caught the Robert Lucas, carrying The ship was unable to tie up emergency arose." ammunition to Guadacanal in at a dock because of heavy sea The Seafarers stood ready at September of 1943. When the swells common to the area, so night, while the Peruvian Army vessel entered the war zone it they had to drop anchor some were the primary donors of blood came under heavy fire, surviving distance out and patients from during the day. 27 waves of attacking Japanese the nearby communities were In addition to treating those fighters, mostly at night. "It took brought to the ship by ii g. Mil­ ton rec: ".^d. "The tughoais were who were ill, a major job of ten days for us to unload our on duty 24 hours a day and the Hope was the training of i a- ammo from that ship," he said. brought patients aboard about tive doctors and nurses. Mi! 3n Many Ribbons every fifteen minutes—day and said. "I was always impressed by This was the first of many am­ the dedication of the ship's doc­ night." munition runs that Milton has The nearest town was Sala- tors and nurses. I have always made, a fact of which he is justly been glad I had the opportunity verry, with a population of some proud. 2,500 people and it served as to sail on that ship." "I've hauled ammunition in Brother Milton also had to atthe port for the larger city of three wars and have five Mer­ chant Marine and three Army ribbons," he said. He is entitled to wear Merchant Marine ribbons for Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterran­ ean. Combat and Vietnam, plus Army ribbons for Korean Army Daniel Roes, 46: Heart disease Occupation, Asiatic Pacific and Albert Weems, 64: Seafarer Weems died on October 3, in claimed the life of Brother Roes, the World War II Victory ribbon. October 1, in In addition he also received a Houston. At the North Bergen, certificate for continuous service time of death, he N. J. Employed was on an SIU by the New York from the Maritime Commission pension. Born in Central Railroad, for World War II. His most recent Columbus, Geor­ gia, he made his he joined the Un­ ship, the Barnard Victory out of home in Housion in New York. San Francisco carried ammo to ton. Brother Born in New Jer­ Vietnam. Weems joined the sey, Brother Roes During the Second World War, held a deckhand's Seafarer Milton also served with Union in Savan­ nah, and sailed as an AB. His rating. During World War, he the Auxiliary Police, Military last vessel had been the Seafarer served in the Army. Surviving is Police and the California State in 1966. He had served in the his mother, Mrs. Louise Roes, Guard during a brief period Army prior to joining the SIU. of North Bergen. The funeral was ashore. He went back to sea for Burial services were held at the held in that city. good in 1947, however. In J's San Jacinto Memorial Park Ceme­ spare time, he enjoys the theatre, tery in Houston. foreign movies and the opera. Charles Bush, 68: Brother Bush died on October 28, at USPHS Juan RivaduUa, 45: Brother Hospital in San livadulla died on October 24, at Francisco. He the USPHS Hos­ was a native of pital in Baltimore. New York and Bill Gumsey He was a mem­ had lived in San ber of the deck Francisco. Broth­ Please contact your sister, Betty department and er Bush sailed in Vitelli, at 578 Woodbine Avenue, the deck depart­ Toronto, Ontario. Very urgent in sailed as an AB. His last vessel ment as AB and reference to Mother. he joined the SIU was the Charles­ ton. A native of in the Port of New York. His Spain, Brother last ship was the Carroll Victory. John G. Newman Jivadulla had made his home in At the time of death, he was on Baltimore, the same port in which an SIU pension. Surviving is his Please contact your sister, Mrs.,,i, he joined the Union. Rivadqfla widow, Mrs. Chie Biish. Burial Mary E. Harrigan, at 144-25 33rd was buried in the Sacred Hi^it services were held in Rolling Hills Avenue, Flushing, N. Y. 11354, , Cemetery in Baltimore. as soon as you possibly can. Cemetery, San Pablo, Calif. FINAL DEPARTUItES 4^ 4, �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Bam Vi€tory Seafarers All Safe Following Collision in Saigon River "What appeared to be a routine cruise down the snake-like Saigon River on the Barre Victory (Delta) might well have ended in disaster for the 31 SIU men aboard," Ship's Delegate Luke Ciamboli wrote recently from Saigon. Seafarer Ciamboli, a 21-year SIU veteran who sails in the engine department, described the ship's close call when they collided with another American - flag ship, the Garden City. There were no injuries. "We had sailed from the Cat Lai ammunition anchorage, with a back load of 2,000 tons of am­ munition for Oppama, Japan," he writes. "As the vessel was making the last turn of the river, we spotted the other ship, a C-2 type vessel, coming right for our number three hatch- port side. "Our cargo of ammo was di­ vided between number three and number four hatch," Ciamboli continued. Because the SlU-contracted ship was almost clear of the river, some of the Seafarers were in the outside port passage­ way. As the Garden City ap­ proached, Jiamboli shouted for everyone to go through the house to the starboard side and hold on. A smashed lifeboat on the deck of the Barre Victory is part of the damage inflicted on the ship when she collided with another Training Pays Off American-flag vessel, during a recent trip on Saigcn River, Viet Nam. Showing their training for such situations, the men quickly and The possibility of electrical fires of railing, four feet by 30 feet of orderly ran to starboard. They was prevented by the "quick boat deck, 65 feet of bulwark, got there none too soon, for the thinking" of chief electrician Ray­ the entire connecting frame of Garden City had already started mond Regaldo, who ran below passageway from the main deck to make her turn. Instead of and cut off all switches to the port to the boat deck and the two life­ ramming out number three hatch side. All wiring had been torn off, boats and davits, which were un­ repairable. as it appeared it would, Ciamboli he said. Ciamboli said wiper Ed BalHad the Garden City not been explained, the ship's bow "cut into our bulwark at number four lance, the Chief Engineer, and filled to only one-third of her hatch and the hull slammed into hin self checked various rooms cargo capacity, her bow might ana foc'sles for damage while the have cut into number four hatch our House." The other ship had two barges second engineer went to the en­ of the SIU ship where the ammu­ across its number five hatch gine room to check the bilges nition cargo was stored, Ciam­ which extended over the side and hull. Damage was slight and boli noted. The Barre Victory has since about ten feet. These barges tore from then on, things went along arrived at her destination in Ja­ off both the Barre Victory's port smoothly. The Barre Victory arrived at pan and it is expected that the lifeboats and davits and pushed the vessel onto the river bank. Vung Tau where representatives vessel will undergo repairs at the Voices could be heard from from MSTS and Maritime Com­ Yokohama shipyard probably for the other vessel, reported Brother mission came aboard and quickly about two weeks, before return­ Ciamboli, "But we never received estimated damage at over $150,- ing to San Francisco for payoff. word from them. All hands on the 000. Ciamboli reported damage Brother Ciamboli, a native of Barre Victory pulled out fire hoses to the Delta Steamship Company West Orange, New Jersey, joined to wash away leaking gasoline. vessel was an estimated 105 feet the Union in New York City. Yvonne Marie Lyons, bom June 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis G. Lyons, Brimley, Michigan. Waliis Kathline Rodrigues, born October 9, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lancelot Rodrigues, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Nancy Charlea Henley, born August 26, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Alfred Henley, An­ dalusia, Ala. Anita Amel Robinson, born July 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Vincent D. Robinson, North East, Maryland. Sharon Ann May, born October 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. George E. May, Brentwood, N.Y. Stephen Warhola, born October 17, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul Warhola, Middle Village, N.Y. Andrea Weaver, born August 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lloyd L. Weaver, New Orleans, La. Maria Vazquez, born Septem­ ber 21, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Heriberto Vazquez, Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Javelyn Harrington, bom July 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James P. Harrington, Corona, N.Y. Timothy Hoiston, bom Septem­ ber 10, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles S. Hoiston, Louisville, ' Kentucky. Janet Ayala, born September 10, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ramon Ayala, Bronx, N. Y. Adria Gniilory, bom September 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jerry W. Guillory, Port Arthur, Texas. November 22, 1968 ^ 1 On the Puerto Rico Run The Sea-Land Freighter Detroit paid-off recently in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, after a trip to Puerto Rico—a frequent port of call for this and other Sea-Land vessels, A LOG photographer took in the pay-off. The Seafarers reported routine trip with no serious problems. SIU Rep. E. B. McAuley and" Charles Martinussen talk" over details of voyage. John Her'momdo, who sailed as OS, discusses trip with E. B. McAuJey and D. Goldberg. <1> <1> <t>- Beverly Lynn Lambert, bom SeptembCT 30, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles O. Lambert, Hickory, Kentucky. Alicia Butler, born September ,14, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph J. Butler, Oregon, Ohio, J. Guilles helps prepare a heisrty lunch. A chief cook, Sullies joined SIU in 1955. i \1> —— Stacy Lynn Goodwin, bom Oc­ Francis Anthony Keeley, born tober 9, 1968, to Seafarer and December 31, 1967, to Seafarer Mrs. John Cole Goodwin, Balti-- and Mrs. Fraricis W, Keeley, more, Md. ' Tujunga, California. Deanna Lyn Ancel, bom Octo­ ber 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy E. Ancel, Bay City, Michi­ gan. i Debra Lynn Miehike, born July 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raympnd Miehike, Elberta, Mich­ ^ igan. ' A member of the steward de-; pertmenti- S.: Castro catches; up oq- lofest news, ih^ LOG. �'V'.., lovember 22, 1968 ^ V. 7 V V, •• , ^ SEAFARERS LOG 'eteran Seafarer Urges Son lO Follow 'Good Life' at Sea Thirty-odd years ago, it would probably have been unheard ' of. Why, indeed, would a merchant seaman in those hard times want to see his son follow in his own footsteps? As a matter of fact, he might have more likely put his foot down and forbidden the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. John G., who will it. Almost anything else offered be 17 in February, says he is very a better chance for a youngster anxious to attend the school and than the early drudgery of life at make a go of it. sea. Today, however, things are different. Sailing Since 1935 The senior Murphy has been sailing since 1935, when he put out to sea at the age of 15. "Those were tough times," he recalled. "I started out at $1 a week and had to bring my own 'bread and breakfast.' At that time a straw mattress was known as a 'donkey's breakfast.' "I've had a full life on the sea," the older Murphy said. "I've sailed on double topsail schooners out of Dublin and Lisbon. Once, Seafarer John F. Murphy and son, during the war, I missed a ship— John G., on visit to LOG office. the schooner Cymric. Someone up there must be looking out for John F. Murphy, AB, a 47- me, because that ship was lost year-old Seafarer, brought his 16- with all hands on that trip and year-old son, John G., into the never heard from again." LOG office recently and anJohn F. has been a member of 'nounced he wanted his boy to SlU since 1943, when he joined follow the sea as he had. He in the Port of San Francisco. He was quite proud of it. lives in Staten Island, N.Y. with "It's a good life today," the his wife, Theresa and eight chil­ father said. "1 want him to learn dren, six girls and two boys. "It was the Union which made the trade from the ground up. There is plenty of room for ad­ family life possible," he states. vancement for the boy, too. I "And it has been a good life for all of us down through the years. think he'll make it." The Murphys have put in an I know that my boy will find it a application for the youngster at good career today." DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS DEL VALLE (Delta), NovemlK'i- 3— Chairman. P. L. Bei-tiaume; Secretary, R. Mosey. No beefs and no disputed OT were reported by department delcBate.s. LONG LINES (Isthmian), November 3—Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, Leon T. Jekot. Some disputed OT in deck department. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the good food and service. BURBANK VICTORY (A. L. Burbank), October 30 — Chairman, K. Roberts; Secretary, A1 Hirsch. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. No beefs were reported. BURBANK VICTORY (A. L. Burbank), October Chairman, Al Hirsch; Secretary, Paul Knox, Jr. Brother R. L. Smith was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in engine department. -OBERLIN VICTORY (Steamship Serv­ ice), October 22—Chairman, A. C. May; Secretary, E. F. Borodenko. Brother A. C. May was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. There was no disputed OT and no beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. RALEIGH (Crest Overseas Shipping), Octqber 4—Chairman, R. Schaefer; Secre­ tary, M. Vigo. Motion was made to see the patrolman regarding repairs which were not done when ship was in port. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for the good food, good service and cleanliness. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian). No­ vember 7—Chairman. E Lasoya : Secre­ tary, w. Benish. $48.50 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. CONNECTICUT (Oriental Exporters), October 21—Chairman, Tom Ballard ; Sec­ retary, H. Speanis. $19.25 in ship's fund. Brother James W. Parker was elected to serve as ship's delegate. PLATTE (Platte Exporters), Novem­ ber 9—Chairman, John F. Dickerson ; Secretary, Albin Samoska. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Pr;„f information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If yoo are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS aiY STATE aP Page Thirteen feU "T"" " \ \ Roy Evans, ship's delegate on the Bessemer Victory (South Atlantic Caribbean Lines, Inc.), re­ ports that Seafarers thought Captain Joseph Thannisch is "one of the very best. We all agree, he can't be beat. If you don't think so, just throw in your card sometime and make one of the best voy­ ages ever." Eugene Blanchard, ^ Meeting Secretary Gary Mc- there was $29 in the ship's fund. meeting chairman, reported that Donoiigh reports from the Steel Movies were rented for $213.75, the ship was on the Vietnam Worker (Isth­ with $200 borrowed from. the run and after a stop in Balboa, mian) that John Captain for this purpose. It will the crew will pay off at a port T. Carnes of the be repaid by the Seafarers. The which is yet to deck department remiiining $13.75 was taken from be chosen. "The was elected ship's the ship's fund, leaving it with a ship is a good delegate. Roy balance of $15.25. Department feeder, had a fine Theiss, meeting delegates elected were Brother crew and is clean chairman, wrote Crowley from the deck, John in every respect," that treasurer Kim, engine department, and Blanchard writes. Reuben Crowley Hugo Fuentes, steward depart­ Carnes Brother Evans reported that ment. No beefs were reported. and the steward Blanchard department re­ ceived a vote of thanks for the job well done. Meeting Secretary A. Rogers wrote that Steward W. E. Harper and chief cook A, W. Hutcherson have done a top-notch job. Broth­ er Harper stated that the crew made this "one of the most pleas­ One of the unique advantages the Seafarer enjoys is the fact ant voyages in 45 years of sailing his profession makes the whole world his market-place. His the seas." Several Seafarers said travels give him a wide choice of countries in which to purchase they are anxious for another voy­ items that interest him—and cameras often fall into this category. age to Vietnam for "another visit It is well, however, to know what to look for in a camera as well with V. C. Charlie in Cat Lai." as where to buy it. Those who think buying a camera overseas is cheaper than in America are correct. However, make sure you have proof from the Meeting Chairman E. Lasoya dealer that a firm in the U. S. will honor your guarantee. Unless you reported from the Steel Architect are truly an expert, stick to brands known in the United States. (Isthmian) that There are, of course, restrictions on the cameras you may bring ship's delegate into this country. We have listed 16 of the better-known names on the Frank Camara restricted list. These trademarks are registered by U. S. companies with has been asked to the Bureau of Customs and cameras or binoculars hearing them will act as treasurer. he stopped by customs. Brother Camara In order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment or difficulty with cus­ told his fellow toms, it is advisable to keep this list in mind. Among the other restricted Seafarers that the trade names registered with customs are Ansco, Asahi Pentax, Bronica, ship's treasury Canon, Fotorite, Leica, Mamiya, Minolta, Nikon, Pentax, Rexo, Rollei, contains $48.50. Soligor, Takumar, Topcon and Weston. Steward delegate Remember that you must pay customs duty on any value over $100 Javina Fernandez reported that the chief cook was injured and of all items brought hack. Be honest, it isn't worth the trouble not to he. unable to work. W. Benish, meet­ Customs will also determine the duty you pay on equipment purchased ing secretary, wrote' that crew- by mail. members were requested to be sure When you are abroad, you think of Germany and Japan as having to leave keys to the foc'sles behind the best in photographic equipment. Hong Kong comes into your mind for the new men when they leave for low cost, right? Wrong. Contrary to popular belief, cameras in the vessel. After a good trip carry­ Hong Kong are more expensive than they are in Japan, although ing lumber intercoastal, the vessel German equipfnent is frequently cheaper in Hong Kong than in Ger­ headed for Portsmouth, Rhode many. Japan also has a far greater selection of lenses and other accesso­ Island and Philadelphia. ries—plus more up-to-date equipment than can he found in Hong Kong. word of caution. If you wish to send a camera home by mail from Japan, hear in mind that no camera may he shipped out of that country, according to a Japanese Government ruling, unless repair Meeting Chairman John Dickerservice and warranty are guaranteed abroad. Most American firms rep­ son reports from the Platte (Platte resenting Japanese companies will not issue such a guarantee, so you Exporter's, Inc.), may not he able to ship the camera at all. that the Captain When buying a camera it is also wise to stay away from airport and chief engineer have been notified shops. They usually have a limited supply of accessories and the equip­ about the accident ment is frequently older than later models available almost anywhere which caused oil else. No warning should be necessary on buying equipment from side­ to leak into the walk peddlers, the out-of-the-way shops located on some hack street, fresh water sup­ or the guy who pops Up with a $100 piece of equipment he'll gladly ply. The tanks sell to you for $20 or so. Some American photographic houses will ask a service charge to Dickerson will be cleaned and fixed when honor the guarantee or warranty on foreign-bought cameras. The fee the vessel reaches Holland, Broth­ is usually less than $10, hut some U.S. firms have become alarmed er Dickerson reported. Alhin Sa­ at the number of cameras being imported in large quantities by trading moska, meeting clerk, writes that companies. So, to insure that your overseas warranty will he honored, no beefs were reported by the de­ always make certain you have a sales slip from the foreign dealer and partment delegates. The pay-off the factory warranty card. Otherwise the service charge may wind up in is scheduled for Philadelphia. Mail the $25 bracket. and LOG'S are arriving regularly In the long run, buying in person is always preferable to buying and things have been running' through the mail—which brings us hack to Germany and Japan. smoothly. Germany once had a big lead in technical excellence while Japan frequently turned out inferior merchandise. Now, however, the Japanese are at least the equals of the Germans with many technicians from Germany now working in Japan. "Made in Japan" used to mean cheap in both quality and price; now it has come to mean one of the best. One reason why a camera costs more in the U. S. than it does abroad is the high costs to the U. S. importing firm. After the cameras arrive from Japan, the importing company must individually inspect each one to make sure it is in top condition. The U. S. firm also must charge more to cover the costs of its repair and service departments, sales promotion and advertising. <1> WRITE ( 7 i �IVovcniber 22, 1968 . SEAFAKE,R\ ipG Page Fourteen AMERICAN VICTORY (Huds n Wa­ terways), October 5—Chairman. W. Darley: Secretary, L. Calderon. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. CITADEL VICTORY (Waterman), Oc­ tober 27—Chairman, C. Walker; Secre­ tary, Esco Satchfield. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported by department. Vo'e of thanks was extended to the steward department for the good food and service. NOT BUY ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), October 25—Chairman. C. M. Knight: Secretary, John S. Ruse. Very pleasant voyage with no beefs and no disputed OT reported. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), November 1—Chairman, Charles W. Jor­ dan : Secretary, John W. Parker. Ship's delegate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks to each department for helping to clean up the ship after leaving the shipyard. YELLOWSTONE (Oriental Exporters), October 25—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, W. H. Simmons. Ship's dele­ gate reported that it was a fine voyage with good seamen, no logs, no beefs and no disputed OT. Discussion held regarding retirement plan for eligible men. Vote of thanks was extended to the i steward department for a job well done, i Kayscr-Roth Hosiery Co. Inc. Women's Hosiery Schiapareli, Kayser, Phoenix, Mojud, Supp-hose, Sapphire, Bachelor Girl, Fascination. Men's Hosiery & Underwear Esquire Socks, Bachelors' Friends, Supp-hose, Supp-hose Undertvear, Slendo Children's Products Kayser, Fruit of the Loom Mojud. Slippers Jiflies. Mercnrr (Textile Workers Union of .\merica") \l* Stitzel-Weller Distilleries STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), October 19—Chairman, Roy S. Theiss; Secretary, Gary A. McDonough. Brother John T. Cames was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $15.25 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EBt" "Cabin StUI," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), November 3 — Chairman, F. Schandl; Secretary, N. Tatar. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion was held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. Kingsport Press "World Book," <'ChiIdcnift" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Of SIU MEETINGS SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Water­ ways), November 2—Chairman, J. John­ son ; Secretary, J. E. Higgins. Disputed OT regarding delayed sailing to be brought to the attention of the patrol­ man. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment .for a job well done. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Maritime Overseas), November 2—Chairman, Ivar Anderson; Secretary, Henry C. McCullough. Vote of thanks to the ship's dele­ gate, Brother Ivar Anderson, and to the entire steward department, for a job well done. Discussion held regarding pension plan. DETROIT (Sea-Land Service), October 3—Chaiman, A. Lipari; Secretary, Victor M. Perez. Discussion held regarding in­ crease in wages, particularly for nonrated men. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. BESSEMER VICTORY (South AtlanticCaribbean), November 3—Chairman, Eu­ gene Blanchard; Secretary, A. Rogers. No beefs and no disputed OT were re­ ported. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for a job well done. Special vote of thanks to the chief cook Brother A. W. Hutcherson, and chief steward. Brother W. E. Harper. A vote of thanks to Brother Roy Evans for the fine job as ship's delegate. The entire crew was thanked for making this a pleasant voyage. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson Water­ ways), October 2§—Chairman, John Eddins ; Secretary, John S. Burke. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly so far with no beefs. A vote of thanks was extended to the en­ gine department fo: repairing all heads and scuppers. ROBIN KIRK (Moore-Mc Cor mack), November 3—Chairman, Malcolm Woods ; Secretary, William Nesta. No major is­ sues or disputed OT reported. TRANSHATTERAS (Hudson Water­ ways), October 27—Chairman, Albert J. Van Dyke; Secretary, Charles Muscarella. Ship's delegate reported that the disputed OT will be clarified by patrol­ man. Discussion held regarding mail serv­ ice. Crew would like the Union to check this with Company. Vote of thanks to Brother Robert Williams, crew messman, and Brother James Milligan, baker, for a job well done. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY. October 13—Chairman, 0. Butch Wright; Secre­ tary, Charles Swain. Ship's delegate re­ ported that it was a nice trip with few minor beefs. Special vote of thanks was extended to the chief cook. Brother Paul Dowling, for the fine food he turned out this trip. Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Hoot and Shoe Workers' Union) Baltimore Luggage Co. I.ady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) DIRECTORYofi UNION HALLS ^ & Inland Waters White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Inland Boatmen's Union SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans. Dec. 10—2:30 p.m. Mobile Dec. 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .. Dec. 16—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Dec. 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle Dec. 20—2:00 p.m. New York ... Dec. 2—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia . Dec. 3—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. . Dec. 4—2:30 p.m. Detroit Dec 13—2:30 p.m. Houston .... Dec. 9—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers United Industrial Workers Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanntr Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiay Wllliami Robert Matthewj SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS $75 4th Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY 9-MOO ALPENA. MIeh 127 River St. (517) EL 4-3&li BALTIMORE, Md 121$ E. Belttmore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, MBM $$3 Atlantic Avanue ($17) Rl 2-0140 'BUFFALO, N.Y ^ Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) 4/ ^J> Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) — — Giumarra Grapes ^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynce Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) (United Farm Workers) Brothers and SeweD Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes PRESIDENT Paul Hall Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Siisiis. \|> Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conetitation of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of vamus trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only ui»n approwl 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 jrour shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If yra feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU 1MH»contracts specify the wages end conditions under which you work and live abo^ 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 SlU^troIman or other Union offleial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rii^ts prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—8BAPABERS LOG. The LOO has tradithmaUy refninfl from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individnal in the Union, ofiScer or member. It has also •_ Tained from imblishing armies daonad harmful to the Union or ita collective membership. This estabUsbsd policy has bM reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings In all ecmsa^ tional porta. The rceponaibili^ for LOG poli«7 is vetted in an-editorial hoard whteh conslata of the ESzeeutive Board of the Union. The Bxeeutlv* Board may delegate, from among Ua ranka, one individual to carry out thla responaiblUty. 735 Wathlngton St. SIU (71$) TL 3-9259 IBU (71$) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9311 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. ISth St. - (21$) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaflerion Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, Tex JACKSONVILLE. Fla JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala 312 W. 2nd St. (2IB) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. ($1$) EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 0-3207 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-0987 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La $30 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-754$ NORFOLK, Va. 115 3rd St. (703) $22-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2$04 S. 4th St. (2IS) OE $-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemen! St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Ju'ncoi Stop 20 724-2848 SEAnLE, Waih 2505 Firzt Avenue (20$) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. . Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 New Orleans. Dec. 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile Dec. 1' -7:00 p.m. New York .. Dec. z—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Dec. 3—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ,.. Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. ^Houston ... Dec. 9—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Dec. 2—2:00 p.m. Alpena Dec. 2—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Chicago Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Duluth Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ... Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Re^on Chicago Dec. 10—7:30 p.m. t Sault St. Marie Dec. 12—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Dec. 11—7:30 p.m. Duluth Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Cleveland ... Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Toledo Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit Dec. 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Dec. 9—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans. Dec. 10—5:00p.m. Mobile Dec. 11—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia . . Dec. 3—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) .. Dec. 4—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .... Dec. 5—5:00 p.m. Houston .... Dec. 9—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Dec. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Dec. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. f *Norfo!k Dec. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Dec. 9—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any oifieial 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 ^cial 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 montb in the SEhLFARESlS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any memba or officer is attempting to derive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other uctails, 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 setivitiee, ineluding 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, ineluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers eannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-etanding 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 baa negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, eoior, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he ia denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquartera. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the baeic ri^ta of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and politleal objectives whieh will ecrve the best interesto of themselves, their famUies and tiieir Union. To achieve theee objMtivee, the Seafarers Politleal Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and cooatitnte the funds throuidi whieh Icgialattve and political activities are conducted ita tlie benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that aiv «f ^ above righte have been vMated. er ttat he baa been dtnlsd hta censUUUonai right of accem to Union reeerda or informatien, be shenU immadtetely natify SIU Preridcnt Paal Hall at bandqnarters by omtificd maU. retnm receipt regntrtid. I y .V �yembcr 2i2, 1968 sU^yp/RFRV VOG 'ace Fifteen Once back at Cape Cod, the Mayflower did not pro­ ceed directly to Plymouth Harbor, but sent a small shallop to seek out the safe landing place—now almost immemorialized as Plymouth Rock—which has since been moved to another location and substantially chipped down from its former size by generations of tourists and curiosity-seekers and souvenir hunters. The Pilgrims' small reconnaissance ship met with the same tribulations encountered by the Mayflower during the trans-Atlantic voyage. Beset by storms, rough seas, an Indian attack along the way, and unfamiliarity with the tides and currents, it very nearly was lost. Crewed by seven seasoned hands under John Clarke, mate of the Mayflower, and accompanied by ten Pilgrims, the frail vessel bucked cold, easterly winds in mid-winter weather in which "spray froze on their clothes and made them many times like coats of iron." Rigged with a jib and mainsail, and fitted with oars, the shallop battled rain, snow and rough seas, and re­ ported encountering a "no'easter" so violent that "the sail fell overboard in a very grown sea, so as they had like to have been cast away." First Arrivals Shipwrecked "HEN THfi SKIPPEli of the historic Mayflower ^brought the Pilgrim Fathers safely through stormtossed seas to Plymouth Harbor on November 21, ,.jl^20, he probably little imagined that in later years he ' would be maligned by their offspring as a piratical adnturw and bribe-taker who sold , out their interests r hjs own perspnal gain, jjj it, took well over two hundred years for historians jljjPj^qlear his name, and conclude that Captain Jones' 'jffirnished image resulted from mistaken identity, the '^^.cal villain being another sea captain of almost the ^^^jime name. Captain Christopher Jones, commissioned to com­ mand the Mayflower on its perilous crossing to the ^^ew. World, was accused, almost five decades later, of j(aking a bribe from the Dutch for steering the Pilgrims New .Yorkv-their original destination, be­ cause the Dutch feared-Competition to their owh lucra•; .4ve fur-trading posts located along the Hudson River. In addition, other $ources identified Jones as a free­ booter who, in the years after his alleged Mayflower sell-out, raided coastal settlements to seize furs and kidnap Indians to be sold as slaves. These accusations, made by the descendants of the •Very Pilgrims that Captain Jones had guided safely to new hope on America's shores, were put forth despite documentary eyewitness accounts which should have made the charges groundless. To begin with, just why the Dutch would,- have wanted the Pilgrims diverted from New York is not at all clear. Prior to the crossing, the New Nether­ lands Company—a Dutch-based organization with extensive'holdings on and around jthe Hudson—^had been negotiating with the Pilgrims, then living in Leyden, Holland, for a voyage of settlement to the New World. To this end, the New Netherlands Company had pe­ titioned the Prince of Orange, a member of the Dutch nobility, to "allow and encourage" these Pilgrims to emigrate to New York. British Offer Better The Pilgrims broke off negotiations with the Dutch only when Thomas Weston of London proposed a better offer—one that would allow the Pilgrims to preserve their English heritage for their children by sailing to the New World under the British flag. Secondly, actual recorded events during the May­ flower crossing make it difficult to support the idea that its skipper was intent on diverting the Pilgrims from their intended destination at New York. Indeed, had the master persisted in heading for New York, the ship and its occupants might well have been lost to history, and the course of events Very different for the eventual development of the Massachusetts colony and - the history of colonial seafaring itself. ' It was not an easy crossing for the Mayflower. Qnthc-spot accounts tell of the heavy seas and smashing gales that were encountered by the already-old vessel,A typical crisis occurred in the raid-.Ajlanfic when,yielding to the punishment of continual Storms, the fnain' bearri amidships ga.ve way, causing the upper works to leak badly, and the seams opened wide enough Ip reiease their caulking. Tf Captain Jones had really intended to divert the TOgrims fi:pjth; Ne^ York, here was his perfect qpppr- ; : idnky to^^clarOaih^ ship unsafe! reverse coursepand •?: f return to England. In fact, the Pilgrims held an emergency meeting with Jones and his officers to let it be known that they would prefer to return to England than face what appeared to be inevitable disaster. However, Captain Jone§ prevailed in his determina­ tion to continue westward, and assured the Pilgrims thatJepairs could be made. With seamanlike ingenuity, a large jack—fortunately brought along from Holland— wrs blocked under the sagging beam,'and the opened seams were caulked as best as possible under existing circumstances. The Mayflower then continued on its charted course. ; With Mayflower 11, built in I960, as backdrop, Ply­ mouth residents re-enact 1621 Thanbgiving. First Mayflower returned to England before Festival. After three days -of this, finally struggling through breakers, the first sailors and Pilgrims to actually set foot on shore where the new colony was to be located were in fact shipwrecked on the beach—^their records use the term ^'castaway"—and their trek was ended. After recovering from the arduous trip, the re­ connaissance party sounded the harbor, found it to be of satisfactory depth, and returned to the Mayflower . with the good news. Forty-nine years after this historic landing, the fiirst attacks on the reputation of Captain Jones began, and were picked up by succeeding historians who took these allegations for fact—assuming that the Mayflower's Captain Jones was the infamous Captain Jones whose criminal activities were already well-known. Other historians then embroidered on these lurid accounts, not bothering to check original sources. The first of the detractors, ironically, was Nathaniel Morton, the nephew of William Bradford, first governor of the Plymouth Colony and its best-known historian. Bradford's own journal, "Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620- „ 1647," contains' an entry that provides a clue to the mistaken identity that later sparked the attack on Captain Jones' reputation. In 1622, two years after the Majdlower's arrival, a ship called Discovery anchored in Plymouth Harbor. Bradford recorded the event as follows: "Behold now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor, one Captain Jones being chief therein. They were set out by some merchants to discover all the harbors between this and Virginia, and the shoals of Cape Cod, and to trade along the coast where they could." This ship was commanded by one Captain Thomas Jones, and the distinguished historian Samuel Eliot Morison notes with understatement that this Captain Jones "got into trouble both with his employers and with the Council for New England by taking furs forcibly and trying to kidnap Indians." It seems ridiculous to think that William Bradford would lightly refer to a man who had brought the Pilgrims safely to the New World only as "one Captain Jones" and make no further reference to him had this Captain Jones truly been the previous skipper of the Mayflower, whose name was captain Christopher Jones. However, because many documents of the time omitted first names, the reputation of an able and valiant sea captain was mistakenly blackened. The name of the Mayflower skipper has since been restored to its rightfully honored place in American history. In the last analysis, the worst oomplaint still re­ corded against him is Bradford's personal note in his own journal in which he expresses bitter resentment that hfs beer ration was cut off by Captain Jones when the Mayflower's supply ran low. Troubles, Not Over 'Their troubles far from over, the voyagers continued to meet perilous gales during which "not a stitch of can­ vas could be spread for days on end," and they were "hove to under bare poles." Now, at a further point during the^ cro^ the record is again clear that Captain Jones " the directives of the Pilgrims in landing them 'u ymouth " Harbour, rather than deliberately diverting them from , New York. When the Mayflower at last came in sight of Cape Cod, the Pilgrims held another conference and, acr cording; to accounts, "after some deliberation among themselves and the master, of the ship," decided for unexplained reasons to head southward to the Hudson River. This met no objection from Captain Jones, and he proceeded to set course for New York, Later that same day, however, when the ship was caught up in the breakers of the menacing Pollock • Rip Shoals, Whose dangers are well-known to it was the Pilgrims themselves who decided to returp to Cape Cod Harbor, It is fecprded; that in^; doihg I Ihey , J 'WWf^tl Mainsf modern New ^pr-k Cifyi skyline. ,0- . •jirr .wcxtty sifi Yo -danger^ '.AT. ,V ?!i1hei!^>i^shfp-re-enacfed original voyage hhder sail, t-..! �Vol. XXX No. ^ SEAFARERS#LOG OFFiCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTiC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT > AFL-CI (• -r "Si. ( INCE its inception on Janua^ 6, 1959, the SIU Blood Bank has provided the means to save lives in so many emergencies that it has become one of the Seafarers' most precious benefits—a priceless one when needed. The growing realization by Seafarers of the importance of donating their blood so that the vital fluid remains in reserve for use if they—or any member of their families—^require transfusions is increasingly appar­ ent. Membership in the SIU Gallon Club—a special group of Seafarers who have given eight pints or more—is expanding and latest figures show that Seafarers have contributed an overall total of 7,542 pints of blood since 1959. The SIU's medical director. Dr. Joseph Logue, originated the idea of the Gallon Club and has set a tentative goal of at least 50 members. As a token of appreciation for their outstanding contribution to this vital cause, each Seafarer who donates eight pints of blood will receive a specially designed lapel pin which reads "Gallon Club Award—Seafarers Blood Bank." The pin is in three colors, with the SIU wheel engraved in the center. Five Seafarers have already qualified for membership in the Gallon Club. They are: Arthur Sankovidt 18.pints donated Alvin Carpenter . 17 pints donated Andrea Pesce ... 12 pints donated Torsten Lnndkvist 12 pints donated Clifford Emannd 8 pints donated Several others are also well on their way to earning this honor. Nearing the gallon mark are: S ^: Arffinr Elliott ........ Edward Going Charles Johnston ......... Phillip Erck David Manzanet ......'.... 7 pints donated (1 pint to go) 7 pints donated (1 pint to go) 7 pints donqted (1 pint to go) 6 pints donated (2 pints to go) 6 pints doimted (2 pints' to go) Seafarer Clifford Emanuel, right, receives gallon-club honor pin from Dr. Joseph Logue, SIU medical director. Brother Emanuel is the fifth Seafarer to join this distinguished group for donating eight pints of blood. Dr. Logue is considering possible additional recognition for those who exceed the Gallon Club quota as the program continues. He points out that four men are already on their second or third gallon. The vital service made possible by these, as well as all other blood donations is of great importance to Seafarers. Any Seafarer, or member of a Seafarer's family who requires blood transfusions can draw, through his local hospital, against the credits built up in the Union's blood bank. Prompt delivery of the lifesaving fluid is insured—^without any cost what­ soever. A total of nearly 7,000 pints have been provided in emergencies since the Bank's inception. A continual supply, in whatever quantity needed, can be assured only so long as Seafarers and their families continue to replenish it. Any, SIU member, or member of his family who wishes to donate blood in New York can do so by arranging with the SIU Brooklyn clinic. In other SIU ports, appointments can be arranged through the port agent. "•'r : ' '" I r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource November 22, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AUSTRALIA VOICING CONCERN ON SOVIET MARITIME PUSH NEEDS OF US FLAG MERCHANT MARINE MAY RECEIVE LONG AWAITED BOOST MARAD STOPS WAR RISK INSURANCE ON OLDEST OF RUNAWAY FLAG VESSELS NIXON LEADERSHIP MANDATE DULLED BY RAZOR THIN VICTORY CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY AGENCY IN HASSLE OVER PUBLIC DISCLOSURES NEW LORAN NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM ALLOWS EXACT LOCATION FIX IN GULF CRISIS IN USPHS PERUVIAN TRIP ON HOSPITAL SHIP HOPE WARMLY RECALLED BY SEAFARER MILTON BARRE VICTORY SEAFARERS ALL SAFE FOLLOWING COLLISION IN SAIGON RIVER 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 11/22/1968 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. 24 1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/38ca1dfd4e620abdde0bf995cbda7a4f.PDF 6935c8a4d1ca0d3dd5921008918984b3 PDF Text Text m Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N.Y« FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1945 No. 47 May Begin isthmian Vote Before Month Ends Voting in the Isthmian fleet to determine the bar-'eiejjtion shaU be held in accor­ gaining agency for that outfit may take -place sooner than dance with the National Labor expected, possibly before the month of November has Relations Act, the Board's Rules ended. A proposed agreement on the manner of holding and Regulations, and the cus­ tomary procedures and policies of the election has been submitted by the National Labor Re­ the Board; provided that the de­ lations Board to all interested* parties in the case — the Sea­ ing will be manual for those farers International Union, the crews arriving in American ports National Maritime Union-and the within 150 days of the beginning Isthmian Steamship Corporation of the voting period, with mail —for their final approval. In­ voting for those ships which will dications are that no "serious ob­ not be back in the States within jections will be found by any of that time. If 65 ships have not the parties, and that the agree­ voted manually within that time, ment will be approved by all. In an additional 30 days will be al­ that case, voting can be started lotted for manual voting. Six months are provided for as the almost at once. The only points yet to be de­ voting period in the proposed cided are the date of ' election, agreement. The complete agreement as for­ and the date- of eligibility of crew members for voting, which warded by J. E. Kearns, Ex­ Will have to wait until the agree­ aminer of the NLRB, to the in­ terested parties follows in full: ment has been signed. As proposed by the NLRB, vot1. SECRET BALLOT — An election by secret ballot shall be conducted under the supervision of the Regional Director, among the employees in the Unit de­ fined below, at the indicated time one of their chief organizers. boats, and at a meeting held and place, to determine whether Monday, adopted three resolu­ or not the employees desire to be The Lewis affiliate claims a tions. One was that Carey be representd by (one of) the under­ majority of both licensed and un­ signed labor organization(s). Said licensed personnel ^ oh the tug­ (Continued on Page 12) NMU Scabs On Tugboat Strikers ^ Once more the communist-controlled NMU has turned to out­ right scabbing in its efforts to gain control over the American waterfront. Desperately grasping for any straw since their unsuc­ cessful attempt to take over the AFL longshoremen in New York, the National Maritime Union-^ CIO, on Monday set out to break 'a istrike called by Philadelphia • tugboatmen, who are members of • John L. Lewis' United Harbor •Workers Union. Six-man crews from NMU - were placed aboard each of four strike-bound tugs, operated by 'the Independent Towing Co. hnc P. F. Martin, Inc., under orders from Eugene Williaihs,; NMU port agent. Williams stated that I the NMU was prepai-ed to move additional men into the area to <man another 41 struck tugs. In order to justify their action, r Williams claimed that Lewis* ' union was "sabotaging the Port ; of Philadelphia." ' HAVE YOU VOTED YET? THREE DEMANDS The dispute began Sunday when 700 United Harbor Work­ ers members walked off the boats as a resiilt of Willis T. Carey, mate on a boat operated by the Martin Co., being fired. Carey, according to ship operators, was fired because he was delinquent in his dues to the MMPA. How^ever, he was also a member of the Harbor Workers Union, and Yes. voting for Union officers for the next year is still going on. This election committee has had a busy day. Seated at the table (left to right) are G. Suit. Henry Gillot. and Richard Hanson. Be­ hind them, about to enter the voting booths are Daxy Letoumeau and George Arnold. In front of the table. S. Ball is signing the register, while A.Stoeeklin is being sworn in and Ben Omar awaits his turn. ' , termination of the Regional Di­ rector shall be final and binding upon any question, including questions as to the eligibility of voters, raised by any party here­ to relating in any manner to the election. Time and Place of election: Crews wiU be voted in person on those ships arriving within 150 days from November , 1945, at their customary American ports of call on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts, provided, the Re­ gional director will notify the Regional Director what ships are expected within the next 90 days. Ballots will then be mailed to eligibles not aboard any ships ex­ pected within the next 90 days. In the event that any eligible voter casts a vote by mail and also votes in person, the mailed ballot will be counted if received prior to the date the ballot is cast in person. If 65 ships have not been voted manually within 150 days from November , 1945, an addi­ tional 30 days will be allowed for manual voting. Crews will not be voted in person after 180 days from November , 1945. The election will terminate 120 days from the date ballots, if any, are mailed as specified above, and votes shall be counted and tabulated at that time except that in the event it is not neces­ sary to mail any ballots as speci­ fied above, voting wiU be ter­ minated 180 days after Novem­ ber , 1945, and the votes will be counted and tabulated at that time. 2. THE UNIT—All unlicensed personnel in the deck, engine room and steward departments of the company's American Flag vessels, including chief stewards, but excluding radio operators, li­ censed officers, and aU employees licensed under the Staff Officers Act of 1936, (herein called the Unit) constitute a unit appropri­ ate for the purposes of coUective bargaining. 3. ELIGIBLE VOTERS — The eligible voters shall be those em­ ployees included within the Unit, who appear on the Employer's pay roll for the period indicated below, including employees who did not work during said payroll (Continued on Page 12) �4 Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS LOG Fx!da7. November 23, 1945 THE PiM'Wf •m 9 m m 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 4- » HARRY LUNDEBERG - ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - SecyrTreas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 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 Organize Isthmian Unless the greatly unexpected" happens, voting to (decide the collective bargaining agency should begin short­ ly in the Isthmian fleet. Elsewhere in this issue, we print the still tentative proposal offered by the National Labor Relations Board on the mechanics of holding the election which has been submitted to all parties concerned for approval. No serious disagreement with the NLRB's suggestions is ex­ pected, and it may be presumed that the election will be conducted along these lines. Under the proposed agreement, the election, a com­ bination of manual and mail voting, will take 180 days. It is unfortunate that the period must be so long; how­ ever, in a fleet as large as Isthmian, it would seem that no shorter time can be allotted. The Seafarers has done a tremendous job in its spade work among the Isthmian seamen. In the five months that the SIU has been actively organizing among the Isthmian fleet, it has been able to get about twice the number of pledge cards than another union could get in the four years it has been propagandizing. The response that SIU has received from the Isth­ mian men is at once a recognition of the superiority of the contracts the Seafarers has with the other shipowners, and a tribute to the rank anli file SIU seamen who have acted as volunteer organizers aboard the Isthmian ships. Working shoulder to shoulder with Isthmian seamen aboard their own vessels, the SIU men have been able to demonstrate, far better than speeches and literature (as necessary as these are) what unionism means to the mari­ time worker: the fellowship, the solidarity, the cohesiveness of purpose that enables the seamen to be at once an individual where individuality counts—^socially, po­ litically—yet to be part of a group where group action is important—settling beefs, getting improved wages and conditions. As we have said, the Seafarers has done well in the comparately short time it has been at work, chiefly be­ cause the Isthmian men feel a need for a clean, militant, non-political union, and they like what the SIU has to offer. But the work is not yet done. In the six months that remain, much work must be done: much talking to all Isthmian men, wherever they are; many leaflets written and distributed; invitations to Isthmian men to SIU halls and SIU meetings to show them, first hand, how the Sea­ farers works. But more than that, men are needed to ship Isthmian; to work with them, to talk with them on the jobs, and to fight side by side with them on their beefs. The Seafarers is "calling all men" to do a job that must be done, if the maritime industry is to be stabilized —and that is where each of you comes in. See the Port Agent or Organizer in the nearest SIU hall, and see him now! ' VERSE and WORSE "I have a remarkable Ordi­ nary," said the bosun. "This lad," tie continued, "has an unusual brain. It starts working the mo­ ment he gets up in the morning and doesn't stop until he begins to work." » t 4 The young bosun reported to his skipper. The captain was gruff and sized the youngster up with anything but a friendly air. "Well," he said, "I suppose as usual they have sent'the fool of the family to sea." "Oh, no," the bosun quickly responded. "They've changed all that since your time, sir." 4 4 4 You may call a woman a kitten. But you must not call her a cat. You may call her a mouse. But you must not call her a rat. You may call her a chicken. But you must not call her a hen. You may call her a duck. But you must not call her a goose. You may call her a vision. But you must not call her a sight. 4 4 4 A young Brooklyn soldier was on maneuvers in Oregon. Having a few minutes to himself after, evening chow, he strolled out into the woods and soon came back with a handful of rattlesnake rattles. "Where in the world did you get them?" gasped his alarmed buddy. "Off'n a woim," replied the lad from Brooklyn. Mrs. Chips: "Has the baby called his father 'Daddy' yet?" Mrs. Sougee. "No. I'm not tell­ ing him who his father is until he gets a little stronger." 4 4 4 A middle-aged woman lost her balance and fell out of a window into a garbage can. A passing Chinaman remarked: "Ameri­ cans velly wasteful. That woman good for ten years yet." ,444 The following epitaph was found on an old tombstone: Here lies the body of John, They buried him today; He lived the life of Riley, While Riley was away! 4 4 4 Gruff Father (to son) — Why don't you get out and find a job? When I was your age I was work­ ing for $5 a week in a shop, and at the end of five years X owned the shop. Son—You can't do that nowa­ days. They have cash registers. 4 4 4 Whitey: "I hear you're in" the doghouse." Blackie: "It's the wife's own fault—she asked me: *What's Bet­ ty Grable got that I haven't got?' and I told her." .4 4 4 Conditions seem about the same all over. A Briton complains to his -favorite newspaper that the laundry returns the right but­ tons but he can't find the shirt, it 4 4 Caller: "Is your mother en­ gaged?" Hospital Payments Members of the Seafarers are entitled 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 the day you are admitted, so that there will be no delay in your receiving the money due you. Little Boy: "I think she's married." 4 4 4 It was long after midnight in the home of the famous author. He looked haggard and worn, for he had been working on his latest novel. "Darling," called his wife, "are you coming to bed?" "No, I'm not," muttered the author. "I've got the pretty girl in the clutches of the villain and I want to get her out." "How old is the girl?" asked the wife. "She's twenty-three," informed the writer. "Then for goodness sakes put out the lights and come to bed," snapped the weary wife. "She's certainly old enough tp take care of herself!" 4 4 4 "Go to father," she said When I asked her to wed, For she knew that I knew That her father waS dead; And she knew that I knew Of the life that he'd kd, So she .Icnew thqt I kiiety What she meant when she said, "Go to father!" . �m Friday, November 29, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG HEIL HIGGINS ! Page Three CG Pushes New Card By J. P. SHULER By PAUL HALL The UAW-CIO has just declared a strike against General Motors Andrew J. Higgins, once hailed From all indicaations, it looks as though this will be one of the largest as the Henry Ford of the South, strikes in years. is doing his best to usiup Sewell This will not only be one of the biggest strikes ever pulled but, Avery's place as the nation's isomething more important, it will be a testing ground for organizer, number-one labor hater and labor and trade unionism in this country irt the future. If this strike union buster. After closing down goes for these autO workers, the entire labor movement In this coun­ three of his New Orleans plants in a frankly anti-union move, try will come out ahead. If the auto barons' crush the UAW, ai: Higgins embarked on a crusade trade unions will sooner or later have to fight for survival. If the against labor that included fullauto barons are allowed by organized labor to crush this union, we page ads in daily papers, assail­ WiU have allowed them to set an example which all big business wil ing not only unionism but also the Wagner Act. Higgins work­ attempt to follow in their fight against trade unionism. ers, who think his tactics have a Nazi smell, have asked for a A GOOD UNION Congressional investigation. Some people may be of the opinion that you should judge an organization on its affiliation—^whether AFL or CIO. We are not of that opinion. It is oiu: belief that, regardless of union affiliation, if an organization is a good one, then it is a good one; if it is a bad one, then it is most certainly a bad one,regardless of its affiliation. The UAW in our opinion is one of the better type CIO unions The rank and file of the UAW membership and part of the officials have fought not only the auto barons in their struggle for conditions but have, as well, fought the communists to keep them from seizing control of their organization. The UAW-CIO is organized on such a basis that each local union has its own autonomy. Some of these locals are very powerful outfits, and are rank and file led and con­ trolled. They are worthy of the support not only of CIO unions, but of all unions, regardless of their affiliation. It is every trade union's and every union man's duty to support these men, if not physically and financially, then at least morally. • r'H • V'J NEW YORK — Shipping ha^ some act on a merchant seaman hit its peak in the Port of New for his betterment and furnish York. Each night finds more jobs a banner to go along with it, such as this new shipping card ot on the board than there were in Copeland book. It took us two the morning. It is hard to tell years to beat the Copeland Book, where the merchant seamen have and it seems that we will have I 'I gone. They certainly are not to do this all over again on the Iaround the Port of New York, new card, which looks like an advertisement for the United and if there is anyone not look­ States Coast 'Guard. ing for a job and drops in here, he stands a pretty good chance PASSENGER JOBS of being shanghaied. The SS George Washington One of the causes of the short­ crewed up here this week to go on IS'] age can possibly be laid to the a regular passenger rim. She ril new seaman's papers that the will be the first ship leaving the Coast Guard is trying to cram east coast under an American down the merchant seamen's flag to ply the passenger trade* throats. In several instances, It is to the interest of all mem­ •'C some of the oldtimers who have bers of this organization that lost their papers, and applied for these ships be properly manned, duplicates, refused to take them and that the work be efficiently because of the phony card that performed. This may mean a dif­ the Coast Guard puts out as a ference in a lot of passenger ship Certificate of Service and Effi­ jobs or none for the SIU. ciency. In the very near future, there It seems as if some land lub­ will be a number of ships oper­ ber is always determined to hang ated by different companies con­ • -r-ii tracted to the SIU that are com­ binations. which carry from 50 to 100 passengers. All of these will mean more jobs for the members of the Seafarers Union and it is up to us as to whether we get these jobs or not. It Was A Wise Old OwlHe Joined The Seafarers An annymous brother, who is nameless because he forgot to sign his monicker to his letter, has some rather interesting ex­ periences to relate regarding trips made during his five and a half years as a seaman. 'My sea trips have taken me a distance of more than eight y * Already, with the, sfirike but one day old, as this is written, times arotmd the world, measur­ promises of support for this CIO union have come from other AFL ing around the Equator," says and independent unions. The building trades unions in Detroit, the Joe Doakes, "which isn't bad for teamsters and the railway brotherhoods have declared that they will a sailor of only five odd years. What I've learned, and what I've not cross the autoworkers pickellines. seen are a vital part of my life This solidarity on the part of labor is inspiring, and the SIU is history. The people I met were from Paul Bunyan was that the proud to offer whatever help it can in labor's first major action of many different qualities, char­ SIU owl was sailing aboard Isth­ against the employers' offensive. acteristics, and religions, but then mian ships, organizing for the it takes all kinds to make this SIU. From all indications, the big 3 in Auto—^Ford, General Motors world of ours. That's the real Seafarers spirit! and Chrysler—are going to join forces in their attempt to crush the BLESS 'EM ALL UAW. So, let us make it our business to do whatever we can to "As for the women, God bless help this outfit. 'em," continued Yehudi. "Blondes, red heads, an^ brunettes—^bless TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SIV em all. But green eyes, they're Approximately 200 ships sched­ We have recently discussed at our shoreside meetings and at my favorite dish of candy." uled to go into the Reserve Fleet (Shipboard meetings, as well as run articles in this paper, the neces­ sity of a training program for this Union. Today, this is more evi­ John Doe' declares, "Three before the end of the year must dent than before. The government-controlled fink system of up­ years ago, while steaming about be maintained in service in order grading has proved time after time that it is not competent enough 250 miles east of Hawaii on the to meet new shipping demands, way from Pearl Harbor to Frisco, Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, to handle any major demand for qualified men. thought that I had seen the USN (Ret'd), War Shipping Ad­ The results of the Union's failure within its own framework of Seventh Wonder of the ocean ministrator, said today. Some of producing its own upgrading program is evident now in the number world. That was the time when the vessels included in the 200 • of qualified men we need in our contracted ships. It is time we did actually saw Halley's Comet; have already been laid up and some serious thinking on this particular thing. something which only occurs will be recalled to active duty, once every 79 or 80 years, and Admii-al Land stated. ; We see where the government is laying up ship after 'ship, Increased shipments for ialthough recently they have reversed themselves, pulling out a few which very few people ever have the opportunity of seeing. That UNRRA, Great Britain, and ad­ ships which were laid up. But eventually they will continue this momentarily interrupted lay-up program. These ships being laid up was really a sight I'll never for­ ditional supplies for Russia and France accounted for the major vrere built with taxpayer's money. This means that you and I are get. SEA OWL part of the increased shipping de­ just as much an owner of one of those scows as anybody else. A While steaming from Staten mand. simple procedure for us to follow to get proper training facilities The additional ships are all would be to demand of the government that it put at the disposal of sland to Le Havre on the good ship SS Richard Rush," continued cargo vessels, not troopships, and this Union one of these vessels which are going into retirement. Richard Roe, "About three days will require 10,000 merchant of­ It would be a very simple thing to take one of these sdows and tie out, I saw something really hard ficers and seamen over previous her up to a pier somewhere, and use her as a training school for all to believe. A hoot owl landed on estimates. Admiral Land stated. SIU members who desire upgrading. our ship, joined the SIU, and be­ For the present, 50 per cent of This organization has proven before, as in the instance of the came a sea owl. all additional men heeded would SUP in San Francisco, that seamen's unions can operate an up­ "You don't believe it?" Davey ship out of the Atlantic Coast, grading school and can operate it efficiently. There is no question Jones went on. "Well, owls have primarily aboard transports re­ but it would be strictly in order for the membership of this organi­ reputation for being wise birds, turning American troops from zation to instruct their officials to go about taking steps to acquire don't they? Anyone with any Europe. Of the remainder, 20 pne of these tax-payer-built vessels for a Seafarers Training School. sense would know that the Sea- per cent would sail out of Gulf We helped lay but the dough to build 'em—^we sailed them all dur- 'arers is the only worthwhile ports and 30 per cent from the fog this war, so we should certainly be able to have at least one of Union aboard the organized rust Pacific Coast. The latter per­ ihem for this purpose. Let's have some letters and stiggestions on buckets sailing the seven seas, centages will rise as the troop this thing and, later on (the sooner the bett«r>, we should have ac­ and it didn't take that wise old return program diminishes in tion within our regular meetings on .tiiis partictdar subject. owl long to catch on." Europe and increases in the Pa­ Certainly, it is worthy of a full and thorough discussiom Last report the Log office had cific. Shipping Demands Will Use Ali Vesseis h-i 11 PAID IN THE DARK Among the ships paying off here the past week is the SS John Gorrie, South Atlantic SS Co. They had a skipper by the name of Rudolph Augusten and a Chief Mate by the name of Simon B. Puckas, a former member of the NMU now sailing chief mate under a second mate's license. Puckas is a fine example of an NMU seaman and what they stand for. This crew made a seven months trip on the SS John Gorrie, and the stories they tell will be carried in other ar­ ticles in the next issue of the Log. Waterman SS Co. is correcting a bad habit which they have been practicing, such as terminating articles at midnight, one night, and paying off the ship at 7 p. m. the following night. The de­ ciding factor in this case was the SS Hastings, which terminated articles midnight Monday and at­ tempted to payoff the crew after 7 p. m., Tuesday. The unlicensed personnel stood pat 100% and refused to take the payoff until 2 p. m. the next day. The out­ come was that Waterman has now decided to pay off all their ships not later than 2 p. m., whenever possible. CROSSING THE LINE Carl C. Lawson (Bosun) and Vance Reese (AB) take part in a party as the ship crosses the Equator. The boys didn't say whether they were taking part in the traditional ceremony for voyagers crossing the line for the first time. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 23, 1945 C (•.V SIU Supports Autoworkers 350,000 Autoworkers Strike, As in Strike Against GM Labor-Management Confab Snags NEW YORK, Nov. 22—Mem­ bers of the Seafarers Internation­ al Union-AFL in a move to rally forces behind the striking Gen­ eral Motors .workers, adopted a resolution last night calling upon all unions to declare themselves in support of the auto workers' demands. The resolution in support of the UAW objectives states, "We recognize that the UAW-CIO faces the combined might of the nation's wealthiest manufactur­ ers . . . the Seafarers Internation­ al Union-AFL caUs upon all other unions, regardless of affili­ ation, to take similar action so that the combined might of the labor moyement be placed squarely ..." against the em­ ployers. The text of the resolution fol­ lows: WASHINGTON — With some trolled prices will not create in- vast amoimts of money are. avail­ 350,000 autoworkers reported out fiation but the best known eco­ able to the corporation with on strike against the General nomists have failed to agree with which it can influence the "free their views. press" through advertisements Motors Corporation, the show­ Putting it very simply, one GM and other more direct methods. down phase of the fight to move worker said, "If it costs me a Spokesmen for the UAW take-home pay into closer rela­ buck for a meal today and I'm pointed out that this 30% wage tionship with the cost of living getting a buck an hour, what ad­ increase demand, while initially moved sharply into the national vantage is it if they pay me two undertaken by their organization, bucks and charge two dollars or would eventually effect every spotlight. more for the same meal." It was worker in the country. "The out­ Simultaneously, it seemed, the a lesson in economics which even come is inescapable for all work­ long anticipated split between la­ the high paid corporation lawyers ers whether in the CIO, AFL or bor and industry members of refused to tangle with. WHEREAS. A showdown fight which concerns all labor other unions. Even non-affiliated President Truman's Labor-Man­ workers wUl feel the blow if we has been started between the United Automobile WorkersPROFITS WILL FADE agement Conference forecast the should fail to achieve our ob­ CIO and the General Motors Corporation, and R. J. Thomas, president of the doom of the sessions which some jective." autoworkers, orderd the strike of the more naive spectators had WHEREAS: Every worker, regardless of his trade or expected to result in harmony be­ after the company refused a last union affiliation, has a stake in the outcome of this struggle BACK AGAIN tween the two obviously irrecon­ minute offer by the Union to to establish a fair relationship between wages and the cost place the whole dispute before a cilable forces. three-man arbitration board. of living, and The breakdown in the confer­ With only a $4,000,000 strike ence came as the industry mem­ WHEREAS: We recognize that the UAW-CIO faces fund to fight the combination of bers proposed the enactment of the combined might of the nation's wealthiest employers, GM, and other industrialists who legal shackles which would seri­ manufacturers, bankers and even shipowners, and ously curtail the rights of free will throw their financial resour­ ces into the fight, the UAW ex­ workers. WHEREAS: We recognize that defeat for this union, pects to outlast the corporation's The labor members were un­ resistance because of the vast the largest in the world, will be a major, if not fatal, set-. animous in their opposition to the profits the .shareholders and cou­ back for all unions, large and small alike, ^ proposals filed by the manage­ pon clippers see slipping from ment representatives, with AFL, their grasp as other producers THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Seafarers CIO and the UAW joining in a crash the company's markets. International Union-AFL declares itself wholeheartedly declaration that "Legislation It was obvious, however, that in support of the objectives of the UAW-CIO in its struggle would destroy attempts to bar­ the UAW could not undertake a with the General Motors Corporation, and gain in good faith." prolonged struggle unless it had BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Seafarers In­ assistance from other groups of 135 LOCALS STRIKE ternational Union-AFL calls upon all other unions, regard­ organized workers. In the autoworkers action, less of affiliation, to take similar action so that the com­ which followed further attempts ALL WORKERS AFFECTED bined might of the labor movement be placed squarely in by the GM Corporation to stall Meanwhile the strategy as out­ opposition to the combined might of the employers, and on negotiations for a 30% wage lined by UAW Vice-president demand, the international union Reuther was generally considered BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That the Seafarers Inof the UAW-CIO called upon its to be winning the public's sup­ ternatinal Union-AFL authorize its officials to invite a Lonnie Grantham, former door­ 135 Local Unions in the GM sys­ port for the autoworkers' point speaker, or speakers, to address thia membership and pre­ tem to walk off the job at 11 a.m. of .view. Reuther's invitation to man at the New York Hall » all sent the UAW-CIO case in more detail. (Wednesday). (The actual time press and radio reporters to at­ smiles. Just in from off a ship, for the walkout varied because tend open hearings of the dispute he's catchixig up on all that he's of time zone differences.) WORDS, WORDS, WORDS! won favorable comment when the missed while away. Being on the The Union had demanded that corporation refused to go along beach is wonderfuL as Lonnie the corporation throw open its with the proposal. "What are urill tell you—^but he'll soon be books if it expected labor to scale they hiding?" was the press re­ off on another trip. Ah. a sailor's down its wage demands, which action. labor has charged the industry It must be remembered that life . . . can well afford without any in­ crease in retail prices. It appeared evident that the company, like the rest of indus­ try, would not fight against some I enjoyed reading a very in­ such as "Albert I^alace," "Sunny increase in pay, provided they teresting column by Johnnie Boy Bar," "Bob's," "The Rue De could pass the cost on to the long Bunker, wherein he quotes cer­ Galleon," "Johnny the Greek's" suffering consumer. The Union tain females who operated out of and other well known places in has repeatedly pointed out that this would merely alter figures various European ports prior to Le Havre. and, in actual fact, create even the war. I'm sure the oldtimers In Antwerp there was the greater differentials between who sailed out of the Gulf in "Globe," "Savingay," "Cosmos," take-home wages and the cost of those days and were known, in­ "Skipper St." and places along cluding myself, as Lykes stiffs, London Street, such as "Jack -living. can remember the old Havre, An­ Dempsey's," "New Orleans Bar," WANT PRICE BOOST twerp and Rottendam, the Ham­ the "British King," and numerous That part of industry's battle burg and Bremen, and the Liver­ hotel bars on Nassau Street. was with the OPA, was apparent pool and Manchester runs. All the above places were prop­ in its offer to grant a small in­ The bars, girls, and streets of erly manned, or should we say crease if the government price these towns were as familiar to control agency would allow it to us as our own hometowns. We womanhed, lay plenty of wellincrease its retail prices on autos were so stuck on these runs that known ladies of easy virtue, who and other products. In answer, the mere thought of running any­ gave freely of their companion­ the OPA granted several com­ where else was out of the ques­ ship and charms (for a moderate panies the right to up prices, but tion. It got so that guys would fee) to almost any American sea­ ordered the GM outfit to scale write songs and poems about man who happened to be first in theirs down. All this was based these runs. How well we remem­ the bar. upon a government survey of ber a poem written by an anony­ While we didn't make a hell profits and investments. The em­ mous writer called "Havre and of a lot of money in those days, ployers are insisting that uncon- Antwerp — that's the run; and we sure had a lot of fun in those when our daily work is done, we ports and leaving them was go ashore and have some fun, tough, but the joy of returning made up for all gab that we used in Havre and Antwerp." Of course, there's more to this to have while at sea. Sidney Frey. Carpenter, is lost deep in thousands of words as poem, but, having been away Going East, it was always what from that run for some time, we we were going to dp on our first he puts his spare time to good use, browsing among the books in can't remember all of it. If night; and going West, it was all the SIU library in the New York hall. By special arrangement, the' some guy can remember all of it we did while we were ashore in library is a special branch of the New York City Public Library he should write it in to the Log the good old ports of Havre and system, and has a continuously changing selection, including a large for publication, as it's really a pip Antwerp. Maybe these ports will all the way through. return to the old happy places percentage, of the latest books. Whether a mystery story or a book on navigation, we have it: So come on up. We remember familiar places, again—^we hope. SIU Resolution Supporting UAW Strikers Ah, The Good Old Days Of Yoro! �•-., Friday, NovetoiBer 2S. 1945 TffE --.™. SEAFARERS .A. LOG By JOHN MOGAN -•c QUESTION:—After thelirst of the year, the hist of the seamen's rest homea he tlosed down. Do you think they shmM- be eonUnued ynder government eontrot? BOSTON—Just finished a very busy week. The payoffs were generally very good, with the old ,SIU cooperation by the ship's de­ legates. We still have a couple of ships nn Portland; these should be get­ ting- away any day now, which will be a- relief, as the turnover in men on these outport ships can be a real headache. It seems, too; that these ships can run into a great deal of trouble up that way. On one of them, the J. Crit­ tenden, all new mattresses went aboard after the ship was fumi­ gated. When the boys got a look at some of the mattresses a howl went up that could be heard in Boston. Part of the lot, 1 learn­ ed, were about 4% or 5 feet in length, and none of them was so hot to look at. JOHN CABRAL, AftThere is a dafiaite need for seamen's rest' homes to be eon' tinned, but not under government conlroh The7 should be tmder the supervision of a private or­ ganization with worthwhile lead­ ership, not just out for the al­ mighty dollar like that USS putfit. Either retired seamen, or bonaflde seamen's organizations, SHORT SLEEP should operate them minus the red tape which usually kills any I contacted the agents and no place under government control doubt they made every effort to Even with the war over, although obtain good mattresses, both in some hazards such as floating Portland and in Boston, but the mines still exist; we must have good, clean, sensibly operated seamen's rest homes. EDWARD HANSON, CARP,— I don't mind government control of rest homes after the 1st of the year so much, but I don't want any shipowners or outfits con­ trolled by them to have any sayso about seamen's homes. As a sailor with fifty years experience in the Norwegian and American maritime service, I certainly feel the need of rest homes. In spite of my 72 years. I still feel active enough to continue shipping out, • but I've met plenty of fellows younger than myself who are burned up enough physically to need a permanent rest home. We men of the SIU should have some control, even if the government does supply funds. Page Five a- best they could buy were none too good. Several of the crew felt that they would rather use their old mattresses, which seem­ ed okay as the ship was fumi­ gated with gas and certainly every little thing in the mat­ tresses should have been killed also! • A few minor beefs on the J. Rowland Gardner, recently re­ surrected from the boneyard, where she was destined to go after just one voyage out of the shipyard, were settled at the same time. Tomorrow the SS James Swan (So. Atlantic )pays off at Portland at 10 a. m., which means that we have to get a Patrolman started this afternoon to be up there the first thing in the morn­ ing. In other words, when we have a ship in Portland, we lose the services of a Patrolman for two whole days. At this time, particularly, we feel this loss. CG RED TAPE On November 13, we had a couple of troopships (Victories) in here for a quick tmnaround. Be­ tween the two, about 36 entry ratings were needed for the stew- SS Smith Victory Stowaways Identified As Nazi Victims ards department. At 10:30 a. m. on the 13th, 1 took five young fellows over to the Coast Guard to obtain their papers so that they could sail these Victory ships, which were scheduled to sail within 36 hours. 1 was told by Lt. Comm. Leon­ ard of the Coast Guard that they were buried in work and that the earliest these men could get sea­ man's papers would be after the 21st—or a week later. Apparent­ ly it is all right with the Coast Guard if the ships lay in port until they get around to issuing necessary entry ratings. But 1 put it right up to the operators, and they sent a dele­ gation to the Coast Guard Ship­ ping Commissioners and finally contrived to obtain temporary waivers for men needed by the Union for immediate employ­ ment. WRONG SLANT The anti-labor editor of the "Stars and Stripes" is feeding vi­ cious propaganda to the troops awaiting transportation home, ac­ cusing organized labor of delay­ ing redeployment. 1 sometimes wonder if the editor referred to is not well aware of the real facts; namely, that any delay of ships is directly attributable to various government bureaus in­ cluding their brothers-in-arms, the U. S. Coast Guard. Why is it the "Stars and Stripes" does not take an edi­ torial stand against the shipping of their comrades on unsafe Lib­ erty ships, on which returning soldiers are often injured and sometimes killed due to improper ballasting for heavy weather. In my opinion, that should be their fight, to obtain the very best for returning servicemen, who de­ serve the best, and quit the busi­ ness of trying to set off the man in uniform against his civil­ ian brother in the ranks of or­ ganized labor. BUSY. BUSY Everything in this port is in good shape at the moment. One beef sent to us from the New Orleans Agent by way of Louie Goffin, regarding a linen beef aboard the SS Galon Stone, will be settled tomorrow in Port Com­ mittee with Eastern officials. No one can say what the end of the week will bring, however, except that it looks like a mighty busy week-end, with a half-dozen SIU ships scheduled to arrive on the last three days of the week. There is still an acute shortage of engine ratings, so we trust there are no brothers sitting around anj^where waiting for a job. Two stowaways who arrived at ! Boston aboard the SS Smith Vic­ tory, as reported in last week's Log on the "Membership Speaks" page, have been identified as sur­ WASHINGTON, D. C.—Amer­ vivors of the infamous Nazi con­ centration camp located at Buch- ican workers who have lost their enwald. They had vowed to come jobs since V-J Day are refusing to America if alive to do so, and to accept new employment of­ they managed to keep that vow. fered to them because the wages Immigration authorities identi­ are from 34 to 53 per cent lower fied the two as John Rubenfeld, than they earned before. This was announced by the 23 years old Polish youth, and his cousin, a 20 year old Roman­ United States Employment Serv­ ian, Gleidu Dayidescu. Slipping ice after a survey of conditions in aboard the Smith Victory at Le three "typical" cities — Atlanta, Havre, the youths managed to Columbus and Trenton. !ast until five days out when their Labor surveys also disclosed empty stomaches forced them to that many discharged servicemen ROBERT E. HUFFMAN, AB— give up. After being fed, they also are refusing to take jobs at In my opinion. Homes are very were placed in the ship's brig for cut-rate wages, preferring to get necessary whether under govern­ the remainder of the trip. along .on unemployment compen­ ment or private controL Seamen sation until a better break turns FACE DEPORTATION need rest homes more than the up. Both told authorities at immi­ other occupations, due to the very The Employment Service said gration headquarters that they nature of their job, and older men there was no mystery behind the who have served their time and had dreamed of coming to Amer­ fact that available jobs are going ica all through their imprison­ outlived their usefulness should begging while more than 1,500certainly be taken care of. If not, ment at Buchenwald, and that 000 persons are looking for work. they only wished for a chance to they'll become waterfront bums, The jobs now being offered, its panhandlers, moochers, or what start a new life when they were studies disclosed, would mean a have you. Of course, if we ever freed. The young stowaways managed cut in take-home pay averaging have a decent Seamen's Bill of to escape detection when board­ from 34 to 49 per cent for men Rights that wiU help matters con­ ing the vessel at Le Havre, and and from 49 to 53 per cent for siderably. The SIU, as an active but for hunger pangs might have women. seamen's union, should have reached this country undetected something to say about mntrol during the eight day voyage. Ex­ of such projects; pectation is that Rubenfeld and Davidescu will be deported after being given a hearing before WASHING'TON, D. C. — The organized labor was forced to Federal authorities. clothing industry has pulled a carry on a lone fight against the STRANGE BEEF successful strike against the gov­ price increases. For the past two years the CPA Mountainous seas resulting ernment and the nation's con­ has tried to keep cheap clothing from a storm off the English prices at about their 1943 levels, coast caused most of the^ Gls sumers. Refusal of manufacturers to which were, of course, marked to come down with seasickness, and they were still wobbly from produce lower-priced garments away up from prewar standards. The OPA excused its change of the after affects of their briny finally forced the Office of Price trip upon arrival at Boston. Their Admission to grant the industry policy by pointing out that most only gripe was a new one; one another 15 per cent increase in of the affected items had disap­ ceiling prices -^for such merchan­ peared from the market, leaving we've never heard before. dise as underwear, pajamas, hos­ only the highest-priced merchan­ They claimed that the food on iery, shirts and handkerchiefs. dise available to purchasers. Un­ the Smith Victory was really When labor strikes, the news­ der the revised order, the OPA good, but the stormy weather and papers and Congress go into con­ said, the lower priced garments resultant mal de mer made it im­ possible for them to eat and en­ niption fits—but apparently it's win again become available, al­ joy themselves during the first perfectly all right for industry to though the retail selling prices employ the same tactics, because will be "slightly" higher. (part of the trip. Some beef! Workers Spurn Jobs; Pay Is Cut In Half Glothing Industry On Strike PAUL STANCIL, BOSUN— If the SIU and other progres­ sive unions have something to say about the running of seamen's rest homes, I am in favor of con­ tinuing their operation; f don't object to government funds, but I do object to government con­ trol, The USS spoiled a good thing by paying out a lot of money in fancy salaries and high operating expenses. They weren't operating the rest homes for the benefit of seamen the way they should be run. We should also be careful to see that shipowners have nothing to do with them, as we can't Inut the owners not to use the homes to their own ad­ vantage. . . -;1 ffl I i; h H• I �r;rS?7T7^-77f^ •!;< •,• • 'v -' •• Page Six THE Ship Meetings On Edelstein, Cranston And Cape St. George Potrero Hills Crew Votes Fine For Untidiness At the meeting aboard the SS Potrero Hills on . Oct. 25, J. Whited, L. Clarke and E. R. Farmer were elected by accla­ mation to fill the posts of chair­ man, recording - secretary and "reading clerk" respectively. After much routine business Brother Quinnel made a motion that "feet be kept on deck and not on the messroom chairs and that anyone violating this rule donate one dollar to the Seafar­ ers Log." The motion was amended by Brother Clarke "that the 3 delegates see that the donation is made to the Pa­ trolmen when they come aboard." The motion and amendment were carried. The crew unanimously con­ curred with the SIU resolution on the recent longshore beef. Several members spoke on this motion, pointing out the aim of the communists was to create disruption with little regard to the worker's problems. One said they never gained "a darn thing for the working man — only trouble." A motion by Brother Quinnell that the three delegates con­ tact the captain and get cigaretes out of the slop chest, was adopted. The same brother then moved that the delegates negotiate with the skipper re­ garding the men who have transportation money coming from Galveston, Texas to the ship at Port Arthur. The mo­ tion was carried. Under Good and Welfare sev­ eral members took the floor and talked on union matters. It was pointed out that the beef over Stewards making up the Pur­ sers room was settled in favor of the Union and that now this work is overtime. Also men­ tioned was the fact that Stand­ ard Oil of California has "signed on the line with the Union." All hsinds spoke of the good work being done by various Union officials and expressed their appreciation of the way the organization is! being run. The meeting adjourned at 2,15 p. m. after it had been in ses­ sion for 1 hour and 15 minutes. 45 members were present. During the first regular meet­ ing aboard the SS M. Michael Edelstein, the crew elected Bro­ ther Joseph Barron and J. J. Wald as chairman and secretary, respectively. Chairman Barron opened dis­ cussion on the rusty condition of the ship's supply of domestic and washing water. It was brought out that the master and chief enginer had refused to do anything about improving this condition. When questioned by the crew, the master stated that no one could do anything to remedy the situation. At the conclusion of discus­ sion, motions were carried that members should be reimbursed for any damage to their clothes, and that the fresh water tanks should be cleaned and cemented upon reaching a U.S. port. Other matters regarding sanitary con­ ditions of mess hall and galley were settled without difficulty. The meeting was then adjourn­ ed. CRANSTON VICTORY First ship's meeting aboard the SS Cranston Victory, was held on October 20th. Brother Elliott, Chef, was elected chair­ man, and Brother George Moon, secretary. Ninety per cent of the stew­ ards department were present at the meeting and reported that Delegate Bob Keller was doing a good job free from personal bias in the breaking of night cook to dish washer. Working conditions aboard ship were discussed at length, and it was reported that the ice­ box and radio in stewards' mess hall needed repairing. Lockers and blower fans in the galley were also in need of repairs. The only member missing without excuse was the demoted night cook. Meeting was then ad­ journed. CAPE ST. GEORGE Chief Steward B. Farmer was elected chairman, and Junior Engineer A. Mullen was elected secretary at the first meeting aboard the MV Cape St. George. Motion was carried that any­ one caught leaving cigarettes on deck, leaving dirty cups behind, or creating a mess in the messroom would be fined a quarter, and that the money so collect­ ed would be used tp buy mag­ azines and other reading ma­ terial. Another motion to restrict the P.O. head was carried, and a motion to open nominations for ship's delegate resulted in S. Boyd being elected by accla­ mation. Reports from the stewards, deck and engine depts. indi­ cated that everything was ship­ shape with no beefs. Discussion regarding cleanliness on the sailor's foc'sle ensued and, after the Agreement was broken out and read, the matter was then read for the benefit of the trip carders, and meeting was adjoixmed. SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Norember 23, 1945 . f Freeloaders Not Wanted f™j[ Aboard William S. Young Alexander. Beii The SIU men aboard the SS William S. Yoimg held two efficently organized meetings de­ spite the fact that the Bull Line Liberty was on a comparatively short trip. The first, a general meeting for all hands, conducted seme sound union educational work among the newer seamen. Book men, discussing the question of new members among the first trippers, explained the advan­ tages of joining the SIU and the benefits derived. They also pointed out that, because of the short trip they were on, finan­ cial arrangements could be made so that the new* mem­ bers wouldn't be hit too hard in the pocket when joining the Union. The oldtimers made it quite clear, that they would not ship with freeloaders. The stewards department was okayed by the deck and engine gangs and a motion was made and carried that the laundry be put into proper condition and the ship fumigated before sail­ ing again. A black gang member made a motion calling for a safety rail on the catwalk "H. P. and I. P. Another motion instructed the delegates to see the captain and get the library opened. Chips volunteered to build a bookshelf in the messroms. After some discussion of al­ leged overcharging on slop Cody Victory Trip Quiet And Unoventfui chest prices the meeting de­ cided to investigate the matter at the end of the voyage. It was moved and carried that the slop chest be open to accommo­ date men on watch. The meeting adjourned after names of all those ready to join the Union had been recorded for submitting to the Patrolman at the payoff. The next day it was decided that a meeting of full book members only should be held. Those attending were: Arthiu: Lomas, Stewards; Joseph Frech­ ette, Ch. Ck.; Charles Taylor, AB; Constant Dobrovolsky, Car­ penter; John Dissent, AB; G. Sawyer, Bosun; Tony Green, FWT; Lynn Fields, Dk. Eng.; Joseph Kelly, PI Mach.; and K. Wuori, FWT. The meeting was called to or­ der at 8.10 p. m. by Chairnaan Taylor who called, for any old business to be discussed. There being none the next item on the agenda was New Business. The members went on record to notify any member of the crew who has not paid his dues, whether full book, probationary or trip card, to do so at the payoff or be listed as a "free­ loader." The meeting adjourned after a general discussion during which the noise situation and making coffee was straightened out to the satisfaction of all present. CAPE TEXAS BEEM Intelligent action and union solidarity among the crew of the Cape Texas, on the Porto Rico run, resulted in agreement by the ship's officers to make the needed repairs. The crew demanded that these badly needed improve­ ments and repairs be made prior to the ship's sailing from New York and effective work by the Patrolman, backed up by a solid crew, got the- beef squared away. Testimony of SIU crew effi­ ciency and stewards' depart­ ment ability is contained in two letters from the troop command­ er aboard the Alexander Gra­ ham Bell which docked in New York recently. In the first, addressed to Skipper William A. DePuey, the officer states, "Sea voyages aboard a troop ship are, as a rule, long, monotonous and un­ comfortable . . . these conditions have been minimized . . . due to the efforts of you and your crew . . , their fine courtesy and their friendly and cooperative attitude. "While it would be impracti­ cal to mention, everyone indi­ vidually ... we would especial­ ly like to commend Chief Stew­ ard Caesar Kiewe for the ex­ cellent mess furnished while on board and for his considerate and thoughtful gifts of birthday cakes for the men." TRIBUTE TO COOK In his second letter the army man, Lt. Col. Russell E. McMurray, pays tribute to the Chief Cook and his assistants. It reads, "The officers and men . . . wish to express their apprecia­ tion of the courtesies extended to them by the stewards' departmisnt, the excellent food served and the efforts and thought extended by the galley personnel . . ." "It has been our experience that good food can be spoiled by improper preparation and mediocre food can often be made palatable by a little in­ genuity and effort. "The quality of food has been good but we feel that it is through the tireless efforts of you and your helpers that the high standards . . . have been attained. Accept, therefore our sincerest thanks and our best wishes . . ." One of the crew commenting on the citations said, "It looks like the Colonel doesn't think the stewards' department per­ sonnel needs WSA competence cards to serve him and his men." The Cody Victory (Alcoa) trip to France was quiet and un­ eventful, according to crew members' reports at the New York Hall, with only a few items of ship repairs and im­ provements to be taken care of by the delegates and Patrolmen. The men held a shipboard meeting, which lasted about an hour, under the chairnianship of Joseph C. Lupron and with William C. Scott as recordingsecretary. TULSA IN DRYDOCK Business discussed included messroom cleanliness, missing glasswqre, and stewards depart­ ment's poor mdnus. A motion to have the delegates meet with the Steward and get these con­ ditions improved was unani­ mously qdopted. Trip card men were given some information about organ-, • ized seamen and the conditions preceding the SJU. The value of membership in the Union, both in conditions and. in dol• lars and cents, was carefully explained by the book members at the meeting. Recommendations for repair­ ing the crew's water, fountain, putting steam in the crew's Declc delegate Martin O'Conner, Henry Piekuiowski. Gordon laundry and eliminating jthe Ellington and Tommy Hannon (left to right) were part of the crew salt water from the stewards which brought the South Atlantic . SS Tulsa into Brooklyn for department head, were made at drydocking. the payoff. € �^ Friday, November 23, 1945 KEEP IT VP A larger number of ship's minutes are streaming into the Log office then we have ever before seen. This indicates two things. One that more shipboard meetings are taking place and the-other that the members are taking a real interest in their .. paper. Expanding this feature to two full pages is the result and we don't have to stop there. Keep up the good work. Mellville Crew Beefs About Dirty Messroom, Etc. THE SEAFARERSLOG Page Seven ON SS TULSA John Merrick Crew Holds Two Shipboard Meetings With all members present ex­ cept those on watch, the crew of the SS John Merrick (Calmar) held two shipboard meet­ ings during which various ship beefs were taken up. The first, were Brother W. Perdue in the chair and L. Paradeau as recording secretary, discussed bunk lights, fans and the cleanliness of messroom and dishes. The delegates' reports dis­ closed that 8 book members, 4 p.b.s and 18 trip cards were aboard. Blackgang delegate was Perdue. Steward and Deck del­ egates were D. Carroll and R. Brown, respectively. Under good and welfare the recording secretary spoke about the value of SIU membership for the benefit of all but the trip carders especially. Several other members took the floor to dis­ cuss this point. The Steward asked to be ex­ cused temporarily and when he returned had with him a pan of apples which everyone en­ joyed. At the second meeting the Steward, J. Van Der Laan, ques­ tioned about the poor quality of the eggs on board, produced a copy of a letter he had sent ashore with the pilot. It stated that the eggs ,were obviously "repacks" and that they were not fit for use. The Steward said he was positive that Calmar would thoroughly investi­ gate Meddin Bros., the suppliers. He stated that eggs would be obtained at Antwerp if at all possible. Also discussed was the possi­ bility of electric toasters and irons for the crew and it was decided that these matters would be referred to the Patrol­ men on the return to the US. A motion was made to ex­ change books with crews of other ships so that the ship's library would have some read­ ing material for the return trip. Both meetings observed pe­ riods of silence in memory of brothers lost at sea. Chairman of the second meet­ ing was C. Lee and the record­ ing secretary D. Carrol. Meetings called on the SS Herman Mellville (Eastern) dealt with a variety of items which included mess halls left dirty with fruit peelings and V cores, cups left on tables after being used and fumigation. John Buselewski, Deck dele­ gate who chaired the meetings, reported that all departments The shipboard meeting on the were urged to present their SS Ferdinand R. Hassler was beefs to the meeting but that few existed and the ship en­ called to order with all hands joyed a clean payoff. present, except those on watch. The Engine delegate was Oli­ Brother M. Corbett was elected ver H. Headly and the Steward chairman and R. Flanders re­ delegate's name is unreported. cording-secretary. The MelviUe left Baltimore The delegates' reports pointed Sept. 26 for Rotterdam and payed off in New York Nov. 8. out that the meeting had been called to check up on the food situation and find out why the cooks were not putting out the kind of food they should, also to get the probationary book and trip carders familiar with ship­ The SS Cape Comfort held board meetings. her first union meeting at sea on Deck Delegate G a b a r e e voyage three, and elected claimed the cooks were need­ Charles Scofieid as chairman, The SS Fitzhugh Lee of the and A. R. Smith as the record­ lessly slack and left the galley Smith and Johnson Line recent­ to go out on deck. He asked ly returned from a six-week trip ing secretary. that they spend more time in out of New York to La Harve, After the deck delegate re­ ported no overtime beefs to the galley and improve the Rouen, Antwerp, and return. date, the question arose as to cooking. He reported six full Deck delegate Marvin Bozard whether the deck dept. could and engine delegate L. K. collect overtime pay for paint­ books, two p.b.s and one trip Welch report that an Oiler came ing done by the second mate, card. Engine Dept Delegate Mo- aboard the ship at Baltimore. while the crew was on day work nast reported foin: full books, The delegate, being below, did in port. The entire matter was three p.b.'s and two trip cards not pick up his shipping card at discussed at length, but settle­ in his department. Ralph Lent, once. Later, when it came time ment was postponed until the a trip card who was on watch, to sign on, they found out that arrival at port, where a patrol­ he was an NMU man on the was said to have made non­ wrong ship! However, his ship man could be contacted. The delegates from the stew­ union statements but after he was across the dock from ours, ard and engine depts. reported was relieved appeared and stat­ and he was promptly assisted that there was no disputed over­ ed that he had inquired about over there. time, and that conditions on the the different unions and decid­ The ehtire mess crew were whole were quite satisfactory. highly commended by Lt. Colo­ "Discussion arose as to the di­ ed he wanted to join the SIU. nel Charles E. Boyle who was in vision of pay for extra meals. The Steward Dept. delegate, charge of returning GIs. He It was the unanimous decision R. Flanders, stated that he had gave them high praise for the of all present that the pay three full books and five proba- excellent food they served, and should be evenly divided among on the exceptionally fine condi­ the three cooks, scullery man, tionaries. tion of the messroom and facili­ The meeting drew up a list ties. and messman who served the meals. of needed repairs and improve­ Motion was moved, supported, ments which included: fumigaand carried to have a steward dept. patrolman aboard to tion, covering of steam pipes, check stores, and to see that coffee percolator, repairing of there was enough on hand for bunk springs, water drains and the next voyage. Another mo­ •refrigerator. tion was passed regarding • the The meeting adjourned after repairing or replacement of all lockers in the crew quarters. one minute of silence in honor After this, the meeting was ad­ .of union brothers who lost their ^ves during the war. v. journed. Censure Cooks Of F. R. Hassler Cape Comfort Crew Votes Extra Meal Pay Division Crew Of Fitzbugh Lee Assists NMO Man HAVE YOU VOTED? I i-'Vf-l V^;| f Tulsa crew included J. Prendergast. J. Scott and Henry Piekutowski. (Left to right.) CUT AND RUN By HANK It's sure good to be back to the welcoming arms of Mother New York, especially to collect the forty-five dollar peace of­ fering so reluctantly shelled out by the operators. tr It looks like a lot of the brothers have pulled retirement books so that they can keep the Midtown, Somerset, Pilot and other malt juice spots busy. 4. 4. t The salty barnacle babes seem well equipped these days for the high cost of living. The dames of questionable virtues must have organized into the UOPWA (United Order of P and W of America). They sure get union rates if not, con­ ditions. Just so long as we don't have to take them on a seniority basis. Looking for the union label would be mighty interesting. 4* 4* 4* Looks like Pete Bush quit shipping out to Hudson and Jay hospital. He's probably firing his boilers somewhere else in the world. 4. t t Has Smiley gone down to Mo­ bile or did he ship out as bosun? 4> 4> 4' It looks like Daniel "Blackie" Boyce (remember the Robin Moor) is out of New York, too. 4> ^ 4^ Remember Captain Brote who used to keep in shape by throw­ ing logs among his crew? Won­ der if that red-faced old burp man is still sailing the Del Aires for Mississippi? a x Busiest survivor we ever saw was Captain Krolikowski. Never to be forgotten is the smoking cigar in his face while he played poker with GIs aboard the Seminole back in 1942. He even borrowed some spinach from this lucky nickel player—but he paid it back alright. 4> 4^ & Frank . Brown, who was Bosun on the Pennmar when we paid off in her last port deep down in the North Atlantic, was re­ ported to have taken a Brook­ lyn apartment with his wife. He has a brother sailing too. How about contacting us via the Log. We'd like some data on PR, which Frank knew like a book. 4. 4. 4. Good to see Leo Siarkowski, AB, at the hall. He's now foot loose and fancy free and wait­ ing for a Mediteranean run. X X X Hear that Norman Okray is sailing Bosun these days. Pro­ motions were never like this. 4* 4* ^ Rudy Palelka is shaping up to ship as soon as he can sign his car on articles. Perhaps he did not get spliced after all. 4 4" 41 Lowering the boom on that lawyer must have left "Scotty" just enough for the govern­ ment's tax stomach. 4 4. 4 Are the lovely senoritas still chasing Mike Rossi around? Or is it" visa-versa for the smiling Bosun, Ah! Rio, what tempta­ tions you offer us lonely Am­ ericanos. 4 4 4 The rusty old lady, Sth At­ lantic's Tulsa, isn't going to rest her bones in the graveyard for a while, neither is she sold to the Russians. Right now the scow is having herself a facial and permanent in a Brooklyn drydock. '• 4 4 4 Tommy Hannen finally left the Cornish Arms and the empties and is home in Chicago. 4 4 4 Good luck to Reefer Oiler Joe James who is going to school for his Third's license. 4 4 4 If you like this new feature (call it gossip, scuttlebut or what you like) the best way to have it continue is to send in choice items. Address them to "HANK" c/o the Log. A Good Union Member Votes—Have You? V l! )• �Page Eighl THE SEAF ARERS LOG Friday. November 23, 1945 THE MEMBERSmP SPEilKS SUGGESTS "DIGEST" CARRY NUMBER SAME AS LOG Diear Editor, I have enjoyed reading the first two editiors of the Seafar­ ers Log Overseas Digest and tried comparing them with the corresponding editions of the Log itself. I believe that the idea of a single sheet letter sized news digest for mailing first class and by airmail, is excellent. It will keep members at sea in closer touch with union activit­ ies and should also be of assist­ ance to ship delegates who wiU know what's happening prompt­ ly and be able to act accord­ ingly. Although its easy to check the "Digest" against its big brother, the Log, while there are only a few editions out, I feel that this will be difficult when the number runs into the hundreds. Therefore I suggest the Voliune and Number of the corresponding Log be printed on the "Digest." G .W. Champlin Ed. Note. Check! Brother. A good idea and it's being done at once. ROBIN SHERWOOD CREW DEMANDS PAY VOUCHERS The Log: Aboard the Robin S. Sher­ wood we have discussed the question of receiving vouchers before the payoff but so far the delegates (Dougherty, Engine; Bause, Stewards; and myself) hax'e been unsuccessful in get­ ting it straightened out. The crew has decided, there­ fore, not to accept the payoff until they have received such vouchers and had time to look them over. The Sherwood left New York on October 31. R. L. Pribbenaw TOPA TOP A MEN BEEF ABOUT BEEF Dear Editor, It looks as though this will be one of the best trips yet. About a week ago the crew was being served bad meat through no fault of the Steward but rather by the order of Waterman Com­ pany stiff. Matt Brown. We un­ derstood this and brought the beef about the bad beef to Pa­ trolman Joe Algina who proved his worth to the Union by the sweet way in which he handled the problem. An Inspector from the Dept. of Meats came down to the ship the following AM and, although it was not in his power to condemn the meat^ said, "I wouldn't serve it." The following AM the WSA com­ pany-minded inspectors argued against putting it off, but the Bureau Inspector stuck to his original decision and the meat was condemned. The crew also decided it was time to make these companies put all the stores on before our signing on, instead of promising that the rest would come later, a thing which seldom happens. The following recommenda­ tions were made: a new and larger fan for the Recreation room, hooks for the Foc'les and mess room, new knives for the crews mess, a new library and a decent slop chest. Also it was recommended that the membership show a little more interest in their union and in their brothers by taking care of such things as the disposal of bad meat before they sign off. It is apparently a good crew With only a couple of trip cards and the rest'obligated members. WilT see you soon and keep you posted' on -die good ports and the bestr gin mills. J. M. Weir, Deck DeL G. E« Parker, Epg. DeL ALETL. G, BELL HAS STOLEN SMOKES CASE The Log, At a meeting aboard the Al­ exander" Graham Bell, the crew took up the question of an^ ac­ cusation made by the- skipper against a number of the men. Three cases of army cigarettes had apparently been stolen by someone and the cap'n implied that unless the cost was made Ode To Grande Ronde Purser Dear Editor: The following poem is about something of interest that occured on the SS Grande Ronde. It's title is "The Inebriate." Doc Heath was sick, had himself to blame. We all got drunk, he did the same. When we gassed up to the ship we'd come. But Doc stayed drinking 'til he was numb. 'Twas some party, I think there werfe six. Five from the city and one from the sticks. The drinks they came, the drinks they went. The Purser drank but he never spent. A small town druggist, that's what he claims, To save company money seems one of his aims. His slop chest prices a thing to behold, His prices are high and his stock is old. He opens it up when he sees filr And charges a buck for a two-bit kit. His prices are based on tho war xone pay. For he never heard of the OPA^ A couple of boys sitting on the bench. Had caught Old Joe from a local wench. Doc fed them pills, put them to bed, "See you tomorrow," is all he said. Morning came and morning went. But slUl no word the Purtcr sent. The pains they grew with the roll of the ship. But Doc slept on, stiff in his kip. From Canadan Club to alcohoL To benredrine and barbltoL We pounded his door to no avaB, The only response was a moan and a waiL It got so bad we broke in" the door. And there lay Doc, out cold on the floor. Said one of his patients, "I smeU skunk,"' The Bosun said, "No, it's the Purser^-dWiinki We stretched him out up on the deck, Man, oh man, what a human wreck! His eyes were hollowed and his cheeks were pale. He looked like a felon, escaped front jail. Diagnosis of his case, inside and out. Was acute alcoholism and not" tbn gout. His first known utterance was one of mirth. For he said all seamen were scum of the earth. . This Purser who drank but never spent. Went dragging his , doubled and bent. We thought he'd be wiser—a- better mart, Before we hit port—^Yokohama, Japan. xjohn Trainor. good he would dismiss the en­ tire crew and get a new one. After some discussion, and with the captain apparently backing down, the incident is considered closed. Blame for the galley's inabil­ ity to supply enough food was laid upon the Steward and the three delegates are to meet with him to iron out the difficulties. Also discussed were the glasses, silverware, crockery and pit­ chers. Two men who claimed to be SIU caUed in to have their books checked. One had no proof but said he could get it and the other is unable to speak English. Richard T. Solomon UNABLE TO HOLD MEETING, MEN HAVE WIND JAM Seafarers Log: Due to bad weather and other drawbacks no shipboard meetings have been held aboard the Claymont "Victory so far. The deck gang managed to get together though and discuss some union questions and some members of the stewards deI>artment and black gang got in­ to the bull session. However, because they were not official r-hipboard meetings we didn't make any decisions so there's nothing much to report. The delegates are Nelson E. Kiehl (engine), Daniel J. Hurley (stewards) and for the deck crew, Ammon J. Page CORRECTION In the Talisman story last week, the Log admits to two errors. One that the Talisman is not a Waterman scow but be­ longs to Mississippi. The other is that as a result of leaving the ship before beefs was the man named Soskind was not recom­ mended for membership. Union didn't run one of his r ships. His name is H. K. Sandvick, ' It hasn't been a pleasant trip for the deck gang because of a mate named Tanner who is strictly NMU and works the department from bell to bell. He has the impression that he knows it aU and fancies he's a budding Leonardo Di "Vinci . . . he's crazy about painting. As a result everything on deck is "froze" and you have to hit it with a hammer to break it loose. He's had the men painting in the pouring rain and when he was spoken to about it said, "it isn't raining on that side of the ship." As if that wasn't enough, he had the men turn to, to chip and scrape the boat deck, with v seas coming over the deck at the time, fn Manila he com­ plained that the men were tak­ ing too much time over coffed MOUSETRAP VICTIM THANKS MANY KIND FRIENDS Editor, Log: I want to thank my many friends for their kindness and consideration to me during my enforced stay in the local (New York) mousetrap. Thanks a mil­ lion for the many favors, I real­ ly appreciated them. Now that I'm out again, I'll be seeing all of you on the next trip. Clarence Carter CAPT, TELLS CREW SHIP MEETINGS ARE AGAINST LAW To the Editor, We of the "Valdosta "Vic came back from the Pacific on Oc­ tober 28th but we have not paid off yet and are unlikely to do so for another month. The ship is carrying an army cargo and they want all crews on articles so that they can "con­ trol the ship in their base." There are a fair number of book members among the deck and black gang although the deck crew, of which Scotty Smith is delegate, just doesn't hold together. Early on the trip we tried to hold a meeting but the old man came out with a lot of phony maritime letters to say that it was against the law and that the although the heat was terrific and one man was already down with the sun. While making out the mani­ fest I told him to order a com­ plete set of new tools as we had made the trip without any. He told me that everytime we used tools we put in for overtime. We are glad to inform you that we are receiving the Log regularly lately and that it sure helps break the monotony on long voyages. A. Mitchell LIKES UNION <5 ACTION ON WSA AND COAST GUARD Dear Editor, r an Oiler and naturally an SIU member although I haven't been sailing very long. I'm writing to say that I liked the way the Union puts a stop to the WSA and Coast Guard attempts to foul up the seamen,. We are human beings even though some of the owners and government agents don't think so. Clyde 'Tat" Parker > ..Gim — �Ftiday, November 23, 1945 ^ THE MS SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine If You Can Walk, Here's A Job By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH — We shipped 22 men during the past week. The Ferdinand Hassler paid off in Charleston with the overtime in dispute being squared away at the payoff. Some of the crew left without collecting their disputed overtime, and can collect same at the Bull Line office. We ship­ ped nearly a full crew for the Hassler plus a few replacements for the John Sherman, also in Charleston. Some replacements were need­ ed on the Francis O'Gara in Sa­ vannah and we've been moving heaven and earth in search of a Second Cook and Baker. We need three of them now and can't find one. We had to call on some other ports for men, and while some were supplied, we were still short. We have an­ other ship paying off in Charles­ ton, the August P. Loring, and they'll need a full crew—which will be tough to get. We have only a handful of men on the beach down here and most of them just came in, and want to stay home for a few days, at least. We talk some of them into shipping out right away, but AH'.We 6oT 'ANorm out! 1' rr NO NEWS?? Silence ibis week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: PHILADELPHIA JACKSONVILLE BALTIMORE NEW ORLEANS MOBILE NORFOLK Oh, If You Can Cook! Says Tampa By D. L. PARKER TAMPA—The voting in this Branch has so far almost exceed­ ed the total vote that was cast last election. It seems that the membership has awakened to their obligations and duties and is taking more interest in the Union, which is as it should be. I wonder where in the hell all we're still sending ships short-handed. We just got a call from one of our members in Charleston, tell­ ing us Brother Sakuta is coming to Savannah to the hospital. This is our first hospital case in over a month. We don't know what is wrong with him yet, but we'll see By LOUIS COFFIN him in a few days. If he can walk we'll try to ship him out. We The battle that we have been homeward bound troops; and that need every man we can get. If waiting for all these months is instead of sending these troop you want a ship come to Sa­ now ahead, and that is the com ships empty, we should fill them vannah. up with commies, and send them ing elections on Isthmian ships. back to the country that—they We are now in the midst of one of are always bragging and boasting the greatest organizing drives in —is the Utopia of the Universe. our history, and more than ever If that is what they want, that By BUD HAY the backing of the membership is what they should have. It will is needed. We must sail Isthmian, be the greatest of pleasure to see SAN JUAN — Business and her engines broken down. No talk Isthmian and think Isthmian. these skunks leave the country shipping has slackened off some one seems to know just • when True SIU men know that this that they have rapped and knock­ here, but next month I expect she will sail. The Cape Nome drive is the most important our ed, although they make sure that came in, and I am expecting the that there will be plenty of jobs Jean and Elinore, but am told Union has embarked upon. It is they enjoy all the benefits and when the men who live here get that all of these old ones are on for our membership to sail these fruits of the U. S. A. We know, without question, - off to pass the holidays at home their last runs and that they will vessels, and to encoimage Isth­ mian men to swing to the right that the American service man with their families. And we have be replaced with small new ones wiU never fall for all this commie side for the best in Union con­ plenty of men on the beach to of the Motor Type. It is also crap, regardless of all the phony ditions and wages. There is no ^ fill the jobs. rumored that they will start to propaganda in the commie and question that, with the complete The Cape Romain came in for re-christen all of them around cooperation of all hands. Isth­ fellow traveler newspapers and the Porto Rico Line and, after the first of the year. leaflets. Yes, we will do our ut­ mian men will vote SIU. discharging, she loaded for Wa­ The clock arrived from New We believe, as do all seamen, most to help bring back the boys terman and went to the Gulf, York and I am having a new that bringing back the troops without injecting political prop­ went aboard and told the men on blackboard made up so you can from Europe and the Pacific aganda into the picture. Since her what the score was; so in the tel lat a glance what ships are due should be first on the agenda for quite a number of our member­ event that they wished to payoff, and which ones are in the Island. all ships. We believe that re­ ship are ex-service men, they to do so here In San Juan where The Hall is looking better every turning them home is our job know that all this commie propa­ we had the replacements. One along with the Government's. It ganda will fail. This Union has I Oiler and one Messman paid off, day with the few small improve­ is true that ships come and go always been the first to aid and and we sent the men to take the ments that it is possible to make, empty handed, and we would like welcome service men into the jobs. But on sailing day in and the members are staying to make a sugestion that every fold, and will continue to do so. Ponce, which was Saturday, around closer so that they are ship returning from Europe or the Fifteen million good American seven men deserted the ship and Pacific be filled to capacity with service men can't be wrong. easier to get when needed. .HI she sailed short handed. We Can All Do A Double Job Notify Union When You Payoff MUST STOP This practice must stop, as the members on the beach who want to get back to the States are robbed of these jobs; and it makes the shipping list that much heav­ ier and doesn't relieve the ship­ ping situation any. Also, it is putting the Organization in a bad spot when it comes time to renew the contracts. This has happened several limes in the last two months, and this is to _ give you fair warning that the membership here on the beach is getting fed up with it. So if you do these things, and are brought up on charges, don't go around singing the blues that the /T' men are giving you a bad time when they suspend you from the shipping list for sixty or ninety days. Friday, November 9th", was pro­ claimed a legal holiday here in the Island by the Governor to Welcome the home-coming sol­ diers, and not a wheel turned. 6,000 came in from France on an Army Transport, and they sure ' jgot a royal welcome with parties in every town on the Island. PICKING OUT A GOOD ONE the cooks have disappeared to? I have all kinds of calls for cooks, and then the ships have to go out short of one or two cooks. I sup­ pose that they have opened up restaurants or beers gardens. Any way, the Port of Tampa is al­ ways short of cooks. It seems to me that the Steam­ boat Inspector here in Tampa has gone hog-wild with the is­ suing of seaman's papers. Yes­ terday there v/ere at least twen­ ty-five men sent down from the Inspector's office to get a letter from me stating that they would be given jobs, so that they could be given the papers. The Port of Authority Commit­ tee has been selected by the Gov­ ernor, and is now making prog­ ress here in this Port, which has been very badly needed in the past. If they are given the supr port of the public, Tampa will exceed all Ports in the Gulf area in shipping. Brother Johnny Williams, the Guitar-picking, Belmont Heights King-pin, arrived in Tampa yes- terday for a long thaw out. He states that the east coast is too cold for him. Nothing like Tampa oranges and sand — is there, Johnny? Shipping is picking up here little by .;^ttle. The famous Bull Line has a few ships in here, at least one a week. The Brandywine is due in tomorrow, its first trip here in a long time. I uiiderstand that she will be coming in regular. ^1 r Report Chinese Reds Seize U. S. Seamen SAN FRANCISCO — Charles Miner, Mutual Broadcasting Sys­ tem's correspondent, at Shanghai, reported that a news blackout was clamped down at U. S. Army headquarters there following the reported seizure by Chineses Communists of several American crewmen from a Liberty ship in the Chinwangtao area. Newsmen dependent on British sources wei-e told. Miner reported, that some seamen were seized by the Communists but that some later were released. An American Army spokesman in Shanghai, Miner added, refused to discuss the matter and the United States consul general's office referred inquiries to the Tientsin consu­ These men show interest in the jobs on the stewards department board in the Union hall. There late, saying only "vague" reports NEW SHIPS 'The Cape Mohican has been is a need for stewards department men in all ports (as every Agent will tell you), and these men had been received on the inci­ dent." laying here for two weeks with are doing their bit for the Union and the servicemen by not taking too much shore time. J �TB1& SEAW ARERB Fags Tan ' LOG Ftf<la7< Novambev 28, | C .nil THE WEEK'S MEWS m REVIEW A Sports And News Roundup For, The Benefit Of Our Union Members In Foreign Ports, BOUSING CHAMPION SPORTS CURRENT EVENTS.. r land, in a disappointing 10 Amazing Army made it 17 wins rounder. After Saturday's roundup, four in a row. by blanking the Penn undeafeated college grid teams AT HOME team, and riding roughshod over stood out from the pack as cer­ The United Automobile Workers called out 350,000 General them to the tune of 61-0. The tain bowl candidates. Army, of Motors workers in what was said to be a showdown fight for a 30% touchdown twins, Doc Blanchard course is No. 1 in the country, wage increase. R. J. Thomas, President of the UAW, declared that and Glenn Davis, each scored and should have little difficulty the company had chosen "between stable industrial peace and un­ with Navy. three times. Army now has a stable industrial dictatorship." Crux of the dispute lay in a GM. long rest before meeting Navy on refusal to back its "can't afford" statement by opening its books for Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D, N. Dec. 1st . . . The Columbia Lions Y.) is sponsoring the first com­ public view . . . Labor and industry were hopelessly divided as the bounced back with a 32-7 win prehensive bill to provide decent expected deadlock between the two developed at the Washington sessions of President Truman's Labor-Management Conference. over Princeton's Tigers . . . Con­ housing for every American. Last Robert Taft (R, Ohio) to intro­ week he joined with Senators necticut 54, Boston U. 0 . .. Tem­ The Senate rejected Truman's plea for continuing the USES ple upset the dope by taking a Arthur Ellender (D, La.) and duce the meatuiOe (United States Employment Service) under federal control for an­ other year . . . General Marshall and Admiral King retired. Dwight close one^from Holy Cross, 14-6 Eisenhower and Chester Nimitz were appointed Chief of Staff and LEWIS AND GREEN TALK IT OVER Ohio U licked West Virginia, 14-0 Chief of Naval Operations, respectively, to replace the two mien . . . Northwestern Wildcats took who had organized and run America's World War II machine . . . it on the chin from the Fighting Eisenhower disappointed many of his fans by openly embracing the Irish of Notre Dame, 34-7 . peacetime military conscription plan. Boston College defeated Scranton Testifying before the Congressional Pearl Harbor Committee, 12-0. Admiral Richardson declared his plea, prior to Pearl Harbor, that Undefeated Navy rolled over U.S. warships be brought to the West Coast for repairs and im­ the Wisconsin Badgers by a 36-7 provements was ignored. He was in command of the Pacific Fleet score . . . Colgate 20, Dartmouth at the time . . . Truman asked Congress to act immediately on a 13 . . . Unbeaten Indiana con­ health and social welfare program which would give all citizens "sL tinued by winning over the Pitt full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy health." Consid­ Panthers, 19-0 . . . Georgia 35, ering Congressional reaction to all other measures designed to help Auburn 0 . . . Michigan's Wolver­ the public generally, Truman's words were considered "just for ines knocked Purdue's title hopes publication." in the Big 9 by a score of 27-13 The CPA has decided that manufacturers and dealers can, and . . . Harvard 14, Brown 7 . . . should, absorb most of the increased cost of automobiles. It re­ Michigan State whitewashed stricted Chrysler, Ford and Studebaker increases to a small per­ Penn State, 33-0 . . . Iowa over centage and ordered GM to cut prices ... A B-29 landed in Wash­ Minnesota, 20-19 . . . VPI 44, ington after completing a 8,198 mile flight from Guam in 35 hours Richmond 6 . . . Rutgers defeated and 5 minutes. It established a new non-stop record. NYU, 13-7 . . . Yale's BuUdogs trounced Coast Guard, 41-6 . . . The Voice, Frank Sinatra, was ordered by his physician to keep Ohio State 27, Illinois 2 ... UCLA his mouth shut for 24 hours. He's suffering from a throat ailment. upset St. Mary's, 13-6 . . . LSU 9, Georgia Tech 7. INTERNATIONAL The opening sessions of the Labor-Matiagemeni Conference in AMONG THE PROS Washington found John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Russian occupation forces turned back Iranian troops sent td N. Y. Giants* rookie from Mis­ Workers, and William Green, AFL preeideol, in intimate discussion relieve tebel-besieged government forces in Azerbaijan Province sissippi, Junior Hoviou& .tossed 3 of strategy to counteract any anti-union proposals from industry's .. . Protest of Soviet interfernce with domestic affairs were made by scoring passes to aid'^ upset­ side of the table. Rumors are still afloat thai Lewis may attempt to Iranian ambassadors to Washington and London . . . The Soviet ting the heavily favored Detroit lead the UMW back into the AFL fold. newspaper "Izvestia" denied the revolt was a "separatist move" but Lions by the score of 35 to 14 . . ., rather a protest against "reactionary landlords and the police." In spite of Sid Luckman's hurling NO HANDOUTS the Washington Redskins came The Greek government has resigned, and the aged Themistocles from behind in the last quarter Sophoulis has been asked to form a new government . . . French to win a close one, 28-21 .. . Steve President Charles DeGaul has formed a cabinet with himself as Van Buren of the Philly Eagles, chief of government, in a compromise move after difficulties with and the leading ground gainer of the communists. the NFL, ably assisted in downing On trial for their lives in Nuremberg, 20 of the Nazi top figures the Pittsburgh Steelers, 30-6, by faced the judgment of the world, as charges of major responsibility, plunging across for two markers for World War II were made against them before the International and assisting on two others . . . Military Tribunal . . . Chinese Nationalist forces poured into Man­ The Green Bay Packers white­ churia but the communists were cutting their lines' of communica­ washed Boston's Yanks, 28-0, with tions, threatening the success of the drive . . . Pitched battles are Hutson receiving as usual and reported from Batavia and Surabaya as British planes bombe<l Lou Brock smashing thru the Indonesian Nationalists . . . Queen WUhemina of the Netherlands, line . . . Cleveland's Rambunc­ one of the richest women in the world, declared "we do not plap A tious Rams continued as Western any act of revenge nor establishment of colonial domination in Indo' Division leader by trimming the nesia" ... The Indonesians, misguided souls, don't believe her. Chicago Cards, 35-21, with rookie Bob Westerfield heaving three Britain's Labor Government is planning to nationalize all public counters. utilities except shipping . . . Japan was ordered to eliminate all her civil aviation industry and air training ... 75% of Bulgaria's voters SPORTS IN GENERAL turned out to vote despite the ballot box boycott by the Agrarian Lou Woods, Detroit middle­ party over alleged political coercion by the Government. weight, outpointed Cleveland's Johnny Lawer in 10 dull roimds P>le» Administer ClUMtsr Bowles told the Hotise Smell Businest at St. Nicholas Arena, N. Y. . . . The Irvington flash, Charley FuCommStteo that the "neatest, slickest and most perfectly timed" lob^. sari, kayoed Pat Demers of hying campaign he has ever come across has appeared in Washington Brockton, Mass. in the 3rd at on bsdialf of higher pritees for new autos. Labor has protested that Newark ... At Pai'is, Time Me­ pttioo tisee in the auto industry, which has denied pay hikes, would dina, French lightweight, won on amount to a "handout." (LPA) ' points from Jackie Paterson, Eng­ COLLEGE GRIDIRON i,' �Tziday. November 23, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven f <1 :r| (UP TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1945) —Unclaimed Wages— Calmar Steamship Company SS PHILIP THOMAS L. D'Angelo $ 18.56 E. Kindlin 8.77 Peter Speed 8.77 Benj. Rush 2.36 A. Thompson 01 N. Cramer Francis Meagher 67 Edward Schuberd Donald F. Feeser 67 Chas. Peoples William Robinson .67 Chas. Fritz, Jr James Truesdale 1.82 WUliam Wynn Ferdinand Cohrs 1.82 William Monterio . Anthony Barra 120.25 L. Almeida Frank Hill 98.75 H. D. Perey W. Spiers 112.28 Jesse Jordan ' F. Coppa 111.51 M. Stallworth James Truesdale 10.90 E. Morris, Jr J. Ferene 8.66 Arthur Cameron _ U. Radrigo 8.41 Herman Demick , Chas. Salm 8.50 Lawrence Kensinger Donald Hiatt 8.50 Clyde Whittington Fred Schanfile .70 John Campbell L. O. Wymbs 1.60 Carroll Wright - William Roberts 2.52 Walter Fisher . Robert Young 9.26 Wiliam Macko , Donald McDonough 11.78 James Erickson Frank Pinkowski 2.52 Robert McDowell _ Robert Bettis 1.68 Henry Cabe Demsey Conley 6.99 Harry Martin Paul O'Hara ....'. 3.77 Fred Fox Edward Samas 21.88 Billie Britt Eugene Walter 16.83 Howard Logue George Dougherty 53.74 William Bradshaw Paul C. Johnson 4.83 Archie Blue , Theo. Rzomp 10.34 Chas L. Brett Leonard Blevins 3.37 Victor A. Velasco 27.5J Anton Tankowitz 98.75 F. Driscoll 19.80 .... 98.75 Alfred Leebacker 98.75 Robert Rickett 19.80 .... 98.75 Francis Greenwell 98.75 F. demons 5.40 98.75 Myron Thomas 19.80 James Sylph 3.36 .. . 98.75 Sylvester Miranda 19.80 John Floyd 3.36 .54 . 6.71 2.69 ... 9.32 67 67 ... 4.03 .... 2.69 ... '3.36 ... 2.69 4.00 1.34 ... 6.04 1.68 30.72 ... 3.37 ... 26.93 ... 20.53 ... 26.93 ... 21.03 15.43 SS HOWSER SS A. BELL 11.23 (Paid off in New York) (Paid off in New York) 6.43 J. S. Marcantel, $2.00; D. G. J. Wojenski, $2.00; J. De Bruin, .51 Jones, $2.00; M. Waldonado, $2.00; $4.00; T, Wyock, $2.00; R. C. Carl­ .40 P. Albano, $2.00; W. Brown, $2.00; son, $2.00; J. A. Burchfield, $2.00; 41.62 Lopez, $2.00; J. M. -Mullen, W. Jewel, $2.00; J. Johnson, $2.00; J. 20.52 Donald Thomas Fred Ehrman L. St. Clair C. Olsen W. White R. L. Ceaser Theo. Elmore J. A. Lopes B. Circuta R. McNiel L. J. Rose P. Cox 89 14 2.38 10.96 8.18 3.82 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.42 Salisbury, $1.00; F. Peace, $2.00; R. C. Hecker, $1.00; W. Siht, $2.00; W. R. Kruger, $2.00; J. L. Trukowitz, $2.00; N. A. Vrydenberger, $3.00. Total—$22.00. William Mullen W. Bruce, $2.00; H. J. Moore, SS WILLIAM STURGIS Wm. E. Doolan F. J. Taylor, $2.00; S. Williamson, $2.00; John Desmarets, $2.00; F. $2.00. Total $14.00. Fred Farren $ 2.45 $2.00; R. Warder, $7.00. Total— dkassich, $2.00; B. L. Stan, $1.00; SS MARIE MELONEY SS E. WHEELOCK Lawrence McDonald 3.30 J. Williamson, $2.00; C. Bickford, $27.00. J. Mulholland $ 98.75 William Sawyer 84 $2.00; H. Lambert, $2.00; T. Winn(Paid off in New York) Frank Norton 29.03 SS MADAWASKA VICTORY berg, $2.00; E. Mayer, $2.00; R. L. Foy 4.07 R. J. Forrest, $1.00; R. D. Wa­ John O. Miller 4.03 (Paid off in New York) A. Rood 2.01 C. Derrickson E. Tenny, $2.00; W. H. Lovett, 2.01 ters, $1.00; L. E. Walker, $1.00; R. S. Kinzler, 2.00; A. Acosta, $2.00; M. Kolanik, $2.00; R. W. Wm. McDeritt 2.36 J. Barpee R. M. Cassio, $L00; I. W. Walker, 7.27 $2.00; T. Burness, $2.00; D. R. H. Spain • .67 Floyd Betton 98.75 1.00; W. A. Hendricks, $1.00; Tenk, $2.00; G. Runieri, $2.00; Hess, $2.00. Total—$27.00. J. W. Gunter 3.36 B. Nias Dallas Cropper, $1.00; C. Peau, SS FREDERICK L. DAU 98.75 A. J. VanDyk, 2.00; C. D. DaughA. H. Wilson 5.37 Henry Davis (Paid off in Norfolk, Va.) 5.46 $2.00. Total $9.00. erty, $2.00; W. M. Worth, $2.00; A. Johnson 12.67 Carlton Brown 5.36 Wm. M. Robersoh, $2.00; J. A. SS HEWES F. A. lachetta, $2.00; G. P. SpanB. Farmer 2.01 Stanley Estes 67 Jackson, $5.00; R. H. Roberson, (Paid off in New York) gler, $2.00; E. McDermott, $2.00; F. Harrington 2.92 Royal Burrell 12.66 Jr., $2.00; L. A. Dewitt, $2.00; Wm. H. Green, $3.00; T. H. J. E. Gritzinger, $2.00. Total....$24, F. E. Harming 04 Bob Montgomery 12.66 Winders, $2.00; R. Korenski, John J .Powell, $2.00; Fred E. J. A. Wernboe, $1.00; F. L. E. Wilson 23.08 Eugene Private 7.50 i 12.00; W. M. Centers, $1.00; C. Golding, $1.00; J. O. Lee, Sr., Lee, $2.00; John H. Shaw, $2.00; Patrick McCarthy 18.13 Roy Cowley 5.00 Gomez, $9.00; R. H. Sloan, $1.00; $1.00; F. W. Striker, $1.00; W. C. W. R. Robinson, $2.00; V. C. R. Daisley 21.82 William Combar 7.35 A. A. Lean, $1.00; D. M. Martin­ Amlie, $1.00; H. McKenzie, $1.00; Hinley, $1.00; N. Deaton, $10.00; J. A. Schnidlin 12.72 James Gresback 8.16 son, $1.00; Z. Witt, $9.00. Total— F. W. Kenfic, $1.00; R. D. Jones, W. H. Wilkerson, $5.00; W. S. Svend Smith 4.03 $29.00. $1.00; R. S. Borowski, $1.00; J. E. Franklin, $5.00; M. R. Wickham, James Gleason 4.03 $5.00; L. H. Leonhardt, $5.00; H. Adam Hanke .67 E. Rountree, $5.00; W. B. Green, Henry E. Sohl' 1.01 $2.00; R. R. Culberson, $5.00; W. NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Andrew Steetenroth ..' 1.34 HAiiover 2-2784 L. Smith, $5.00; R. B. McCorkle, •BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. J. Paul Tracy 5.05 $5.00; Richard Beckman, $2.50; Liberty 4057 Carlo Purpuro 3.37 L. B. Sanders, $2.50; R. M. Owen, BALTIMORE .'.14 North Gay St. 74 hrs.; J. W. P. Hale, 64 hrs.; $3.00; Jack Brady, $5.00. Total— Calvert 4539 Lawrence Hoyt SS WM. PEPPERELL 51.73 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. John V. Beg W. L. Vick, 46 hrs.; C. J. Dauphin, $84.00. The following men, who paid 55.42 Lombard 7651 13.23 off in New York on Nov. 2, have 54 hrs. NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI. M. L. Flynn SS BUENA VISTA HILL 4-1083 V. Henry B. Roosberg, 24 hrs.; J. W. 25.48 money due: (Paid off in New York) NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. 17.17 J. Robinson, Steward, 64 hrs.; Sawicki, 60 hrs.; K. Green, 71 Canal 3336 Martin Ferris B. L. Parker, $2.00; E. Andrade, -SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Jacob Knee 4.95 Luna, Ch. Cook, 86 hrs.; Davis, hrs.; B. E. Buehl, 4 hrs.; J. I. 3-1728 $1.00; J. H. Bithea, $2.00; L. 3.37 2nd Cook, 86 hrs.; Washington, Brown, 6 8hrs.; J. J. Ward, 50% MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. J. Du Base Brackett, $2.00; Al. Alford, $1.00; 2-1754 Paul Gibbs 3.37 Utility, 56 hrs.; Edwards, Utility, hrs.; R. G. Palchanes, 76 hrs. F. W. Cheshire, $1.00; A. A. HirSAN JUAN, P. R 45 Ponce de Leon D. Klemn The above is a rough estimate, 11.14 50 hrs.; Dorpman, Baker, 45 hrs.; San Juan 1885 shey, $1.00; W. L. Witchen, $1.00; 2.52 Wagner, Mess, 28 days messman names not on this list, can con­ GALVESTON 305 >/4 22nd St. D. Steedman C. R. Carper, $2.00; R. McGiU, 2-8043 H. Aradine 2.52 wages. Collect a Calmar office. tact the company for amounts RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. $2.00; T. M. Steward, $3.00; P. L. due. Collect at Smith & John­ 2.52 $ $ $ SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. A. Alesandi Hutchinson, $3.00; L T.. Kearley, son, Beaver and William Sts., 2.52 SS EDWARD G. JANEWAY SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. B. Frost PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St. S. Provino 1.68 (Paid off in Wilmington, Cal.) New York, N. Y. after Nov. 26th. $3.00; A. A. Bugliono, $3.00; E. Mosley, $3.00; G. M.'Waller, $3.00; WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. $ $ $ O. H. Hall, 20 hrs.; H. HesseHONOLULU 16 Merchant St. J. N. Osborn, $10.00; H. D. Young, SS THOMAS SULLY DENNIS CALDWELL BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. hode, 12 hrs.; E. W. Enslen, 12 C. N. Walker, $1.00; C. G. 98.75 $3.00 Ivan Cresmanick .$ -CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. hrs.; N. Stoneburg, 12 hrs.; F. Overtime coming this Wiper off Allmyer, $1.00. Total—$48.00. SO. CHICAGO ...9137 So. Houston Ave. Marstall, 12 hrs.; I. Rybeinski, 12 the SS McAuley. Collect at Alcoa. H. J. Carey, $3.00; F. O. LanCLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. ft 4. 4. hrs.; L. Valliant, 12 hrs.; M. DETROIT 1038 Third St. dum, Jr., $3.00; B. Darnell, $3.00; SS CUBORE DULUTH 631 W. Miohigan St. Kneiss, 12 hrs.; S. Azzarello, 12 E. E. Davidson, $3.00; W. Waller, WiCTORIA, B. C. <602 Boughton SL Will the holder of receipt No. hrs. The following men have over­ $3.00; T. A. Lawson, $3.00; B. E. A^ANCOUVER .....144 W. Hastings St. L. S. Bugajewski, 68 hrs.; C. E. time coming to them: Maddox, $3.00; W. B. Brown, .TAMPA -<642 Zack St. 19398 kindly communicate with M-1323 Patrolman Keith J. Alsop of the Lansford, 41% hrs.; J. R. Gib­ J. Feeny, 16 hrs.; F. Moskal, 8 $2.00; H. M. Hankee, $2.00. To^ JlACKSDNVlbLE <920 M>in St. NoTfolk Branch, as his name was bons, 62 hrs.; E. R. Scott, 78 hrs.; hrs. Collect at Calmar SS Co. tal-^25.00. ^ 5-1231 omitted from receipt. IC. M. Baer, 80 hrs.; C. Newport, office. TOTAL—$261.00 SIU HALLS MONEY DUE PERSONALS S.' I �y Page Twelve THE NMU Scabs On Tugboat Strikers In Pbiify (Continued from Page 1) reinstated; another that the tug companies recognize the union; third was that the companies join the union in asking for a National Labor Relations Board election among licensed and unlicensed . personnel. NOT ALL AFFECTED Some non-shipping companies, including the railroads which op­ erate their own tugboats, were not affected by the strike action. This is the second tie-up within the past two months. On Sept. 14 a strike was called by unli­ censed help to enforce payment of a wage increase ordered by the War Labor Board. The tie-up lasted a week, and the payment was finally made on Oct. 15. SEAFARERS LOG f hi Fxidar, November 23, 194& *) LOOK AT WHO'S HERE! 'i ,. Warren Evans of the MEBA "Right now this is a matter of self-preservation. We won't take sides in a jurisdictional dispute. Evans further emphasized that MEBA members were not on strike, had no grievances, and would remain on board the tugs if necessary, to keep up steam and protect property. SCABBING FAILS Shipowners announced t h a they were "digging in for a finish fight," and prepared to lay up their tugboats, with only one boat in each company keeping up steam for emergencies. This action, along with that ta­ ken by the engineers apparently dooms the abortive attempt o; Curran's scabs to break a legiti­ mate strike for their own selfish, finky purposes. Whenever any NMU SCABS union, even a so-called union like Curran's scabbing NMU is ob­ the NMU, deliberately scabs The communists in the CIO maritime unions still deny that they attempted to raid the AFL viously using the tugboat situa­ with the avowed purpose of bngshoremen in New York.^ WelL 'dodging the truth is not a new tactic for the commies; anyone tion in an attempt to move in on the Lewis' union, and take over breaking a strike, then that union who will scab on men trying to improve their job conditions will do anything. (See story on pages 1 the waterfront just as they at­ forfeits any right to respect or and 12 on the NMU scabbing in the Philadelphia tugboat strike.) The above men. representing all of the communist influence in the maritime field, were pictured meeting in the NMU hall to discuss how , tempted to move in on the New consideration. to lake over the AFL longshoremen. Seated, left to right: Harry Bridges, president of the west coast York waterfront a short time International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. CIO; Ferdinand C. Smith, national secretary ago. They have nd contracts with of the NMU. and John Rogan. NMU official. Rear. left to right: James Bobbins, business agent. Ma­ any of the tugboat companies in rine Firemen's. Oilers'. Walertenders' and Wipers' Union, umdfiliated; Jack Winocur. vice president of the Philadelphia region, and the the marine department. American Communications Association. CIO; Joseph Stack. i>ort agent. NMUi Word has come to this of­ statement of E. J. Cunningham, and Sid Kaufman, port agent. Marine Cooks and Stewards Association, CIO. NMU National director, is ob­ fice that the Seafarer Log is not to be found in some of viously only for.public consump­ the seamen's Clubs in for­ tion, to excuse their scabbing. eign ports. Cunningham declared, "This Whenever in a foreign port strike, called by the Harbor and have not been rehired or re­ BaUots to an observer designated (Continued from Page, 1) Workers Union, is strictly an at­ go to the seamen's Clubs and instated prior to the date of the by each party for such purposes, period because they were ill or see if the Log is displayed. If tempt by John L. Lewis to raid election. At a date fixed by the 7. OBJECTIONS. CHAL­ you don't see it. ask for it. on vacation or. temporarily laid our union. We're going to move Regional Director, the Employer LENGES. REPORTS THEREON Find out why it is not put the ships." off, including employees in the will furnish to the Regional Di­ —Objections to the conduct oi out. and leave some of your This is in strict contradiction armed forces of the United States rector an accurate list of all the the ballot, or to a determination ship's copies of the Log there. to the facts, as the NMU has no who present themselves in per­ eligible voters, together with a of representatives based on the Notify the Seafarers Log of membership involved in the son at the polls, but excluding list of the employees, if any, results thereof, may be filed with all Clubs where you do not strike, other than their scabbing find the SIU paper. any employees who have since specifically excluded from eli­ the Regional Director within five strike-breakers. gibility. days after issuance of the Tally quit or been discharged for cause Payroll period' for eligibility: of Ballots. Copies of such objec­ LONG STRIKE Week ending Novembr , 1945. tions must be served upon the William E. Collier, field repre­ sentative of the Harbor Workers 4. NAMES ON BALLOT — In other parties. The Regional Di­ Union stated, "This is a show­ the event more than one labor rector shall investigate the mat­ down, and a fight to the finish. organization is signatory to this ters contained in the objections We are prepared for a year's agreement, the choices on the and issue a report thereon. If strike, if necessary." ballot will appear in the wording objections are sustained, the Rp For more than a year now, indicated below and in order enu­ gional Director may in his re , John Kmetz, president of Dis­ merated below, reading from left port include an order voiding the trict 50 of the Mine Workers with rank and file members of the NMU have been turning their to right on the ballot: (The order results of the election and, in which the striking Harbor Work­ books over to the SIU and asking in which the names of the contes­ that event, shall be empowered ers are affiliated, declared that to join the Seafarers. These men ting parties appear will be de­ to conduct a new election under the local NLRB was responsible the terms and provisions of this terminated later). for the present situation through are leaving the NMU not because agreement at a date, time, and delaying action on an election to they are non-union—else they 5. NOTICES OF ELECTION— place to be determined by him. ' determine the employees' bar­ would not want to join the SIU— The Regional Director shall pre­ If challenges are determinative of gaining agent and for also up- but because they are staunch bepare a Notice of Election and the results of the election, the , holding the company's discharge livers in unionism, and have very supply copies to the parties de­ Regional Director shall investi­ definite ideas as to what a union of an employee. scribing the manner and con­ gate the challenges and issue a should mean to and do for its duct of the election tp be held and report thereon. MEBA SUPPORTS STRIKE members. incorporating therein a sample 8. CONSENT DETERMINAAfter moving six ships with From time to time, we shall ballot. The Employer, upon the •TION OF HEPBESENTATIVES-rscabbing NMU crews on Monday, present one or more of our new request oiE and at a time desig­ "The Regional Director shall, if the strike was once more enforc- applicants, as space permits, so nated by the Riegional Director, and when appropriate, issue 'U . ed on Tuesday by the refusal of that the SIU membership can see will post such Notice of Election consent Determination of RepU . engineers belonging to the Mar- just who these men are," and for at conspicuous and usual posting resehtatives to the parties, setting . ine Engineers Benefit Association what reasons they are turning to places easily accessible to the forth the name of the labor . —CIO to move any ships with the Seafarers. eligible voters. organization which has been de^ scab crews. "We simply refuse NO REPRESENTATION to get into a physical fight and 6. OBSERVERS — Each party signaled and selected as the ex-^ Today, we present the signed get our heads skinned," declared hereto will be allowed to station elusive representative of all the statement of William Craig, who an equal number of authorized employees in the Unit for the WILLIAM CRAIG joined the NMU in March, 1943. observers at the polling places purpose of collective. bargaining Craig remained a member in representation. When a beef was during the election to assist in in respect to rates of pay, wages, good standing through March, turned over to a patrolman, you its conduct, to challenge the eli­ hours of employment, and other 1944 when, feeling that the NMU very seldom heard anything fur­ gibility of voters, and to verify conditions of emnloyment. When paying dues, assess­ was not representing him, he left. ther—and there was nothing you the tally. The parties will submit 9. RUN-OFF PROCEDURE — ments. fines, donations or any He sailed on the Rufus Choate lists of persons authorized to act In the event more than one labor could do about it. monies to the union, make on an SIU trip card August 11, as their observers to the Regional "When I paid up my dues to organization is signatory to this //i sure that you pay it to an date, and told them I was not Director. As soon after the elec­ agreement, and iii the event that'' I authorized representative and 1945. Following is Craig's signed sailing with them anymore, they tion as feasible, the vptes shall be no choice on the ballot in the that you get an official re­ ceipt. No matter how much statement, executed when he said that they would turn me counted and tabulated by the election receives a majority of the came to the Seafarers: Regional Director, or his agent or valid baUdts cast, the Regional over to the draft board. or how little you pay. follow "In my opinion, the NMU was agents. Upon the conclusion of Director shall conduct a run-off, "I left the NMU voluntarily, this procedure for your own because I did not feel that the not run by the members, but for the counting, the Regional Di­ election at a time and place to hi*, protection. membership was getting a fair them, and in a way I didn't like." rector shall furnish a TaUy of determined by him. Attention Seafarers Isthmian Voting To Begin Soon Says NMU Didn't Give Members Fair Representation On Beefs Attention Members! � 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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 23, 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. 47 Description An account of the resource MAY BEGIN ISTHMIAN VOTE BEFORE MONTH ENDS NMU SCABS ON TUGBOATS STRIKERS ORGANIZE ISTHMIAN VERSE AND WORSE CG PUSHES NEW CARD IT WAS A WISE OLD OWL--HE JOINED THE SEAFARERS SHIPPING DEMANDS WILL USE ALL VESSELS 350,000 AUTOWOKERS STRIKE, AS LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONFAB SNAGS SIU SUPPORTS AUTO WORKERS IN STRIKE AGAINST GM AH, THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF YORE! GOVT BUREAUS SNAFU REDEPLOYMENT SS SMITH VICTORY STOWAWAYS IDENTIFIED AS NAZI VICTIMS WORKERS SPURN JOBS; PAY IS CUT IN HALF CLOTHING INDUSTRY ON STRIKE JOHN MERRICK CREW HOLDS TWO SHIPBOARD MEETINGS MELLVILLE CREW BEEFS ABOUT DIRTY MESSROOM, ETC. CENSURE COOKS OF F. R. HASSLER CUT AND RUN CAPE COMFORT CREW VOTES EXTRA MEAL PAY DIVISION CREW OF FITZHUGH LEE ASSISTS NMU MAN SAYS NMU DIDN'T GIVE MEMBERS FAIR REPRESENTATION ON BEEFS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-23-1945 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/0f31db4a9fffb66e08c97ece72038a0e.PDF 04c2c4893691f7af681af12f4f4410ae PDF Text Text SEAFARERS AWARDED FIRST FRIZ* GENERAL EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE • 19SS ' • LOG INTERNATIONAL LABOR PRESS OF AMERICA OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATlOhTAL UNION > ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL-CIO • a As Transfers Continue • Tii '1 RUSH ON • - =3 f r" funnel and flagstaff of one Oosfocle Course* blockship protrudes above water at Port Said entrance to Suez Canal after Egyptians retaliated against a BritishFrench attack by blocking canal passages. An estimated 50 ships have been sunk or disabled along the canal route, which will be shut possibly six months. Talks on bonus rates for the area continue. (Story on page 2.) Story On Page 3 Six-Month Suez Shutdown Seen; Bonus Tallcs On Story On Page 2 :i| 11 _ - Seafarer Cliff Wilson, hq. cafeteria manager (left), Lost LOOK* and chef A1 Clark give the once-over to a gobbler before readying him for the roasting pan. Several himdred pounds of turkeys, hams and roast beef were used to feed large crowds of Sea­ farers and SIU families yesterday at traditional thanksgiving dinners in Union hq. and the outports. (Story on page 5.) ILA Strikes To Bar Future Dock Vote; Injunction Awaited 41 Story On Page 5 : -i- ••i>| -il �m Fasre Two SEAF See SIX-Month Job To Reopen Suez; Bonus Talks Go On SLOG Nevember 23, 1959 -Si ^ ij:: ^ iv .JSLi at;, • i * While an uneasy truce reigns oyer Suez, salvage crews are getting ready to clear Port Said harbor and the canal of some 30 to 50 vessels sunk in the area. The sunken vessels, of course, effectively bar naviga- • ^ tion which is not expected to in the canal itself, none of them^ resume for at least six months, American-flag ships. One ship in the canal is the runaway flag tank­ or possibly longer. er ironically named the Statue- of Although there is a cease Liberty. Its Dutch crew is report­ fire in effect, the SIU and its edly now in Cairo. contracted companies are continu­ At present United Nations police ing talks on war area bonus de­ forces from several countries are mands. In preliminary discussions, establishing themselves in the Suez operator representatives agreed zone. The British and French that specific bonus provisions troops are supposed ' to withdraw would be in order for the Mediter­ as soon as the UN command estab­ At Port Said, salvage vessel (center) begins removing one of wrecks blocking northern en­ ranean and Red Sea. It was made lishes control of the canal zone. trance to Suez Canal. Sunken canal dredge is at left. Egyptians are reported to have sunk clear by the Union that all bonus However, Russian threats to send 50 ships as they retreated before Anglo-French forces. provisions would be retroactive to "volunteers" to Egypt are keeping the date of the Uniori ilotificatipn. the area in a state of uneasy ten- : As it shapes up now, very little sion. i American-flag shipping will be in The United States has warned • the vicinity of the canal in the that it will oppose the use of Rus­ coming weeks. Diversions around sian or Red Chinese "volunteers" the Cape of Good Hope are now by the Egyptions in any shape or BRUSSELS, Belgium—As an aftermatli of the brutal Soviet suppression of Hungarian the rule, with 144 ships of various form. antt-Communists, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has called for nations expected to call at South a world-wide boycott of Soviet trade. J. H. Oldenbroek, secretary-general, said that 40 African ports by the end of the delegates representing vari--' month. ous affiliates had voted unan­ general strike. Workers have re­ admissions from the Communists In Durban, congestion of ships imously to support the boy­ fused to turn to on their jobs de­ that Hungarian youths were being calling for bunkers is mounting cott. spite promises from the Commu­ deported to Siberia in sealed Rus­ day by day. Fifty ships arrived in A special meeting has been nist puppet government that they sian box cars. one 36-hour period while 20 others After considerable delays, UN called by the ICFTU to work out will have "free" elections and that were waiting for bunkers. details. The boycott would be ad­ Russian ti'oops will leave the coun­ and Red Cross relief supplies are On the Mediterranean side, the • now being permitted to enter Hun­ ministered principally by the Inter­ try eventually, but not now. pipelines going to Tripoli in The strikers' ire was aroused by gary. national Transportworkers Federa­ Lebanon and Banias, Syria, are out tion, including seamen, teamsters, of action, so no tankers will be MOBILE—The Waterman Steam­ railway workers and longshoremen calling at those ports. Loading is still possible at Sidon, Lebanon. ship Corporation will shortly file in 84 countries. Arab countries will not permit an application with the Federal No US vessels at present trade loading for British or French ports. Maritime Board for a subsidy to directly with Iron Curtain coun­ A survey of the situation in the bring its foreign operating costs tries and only a small amount of canal shows that Port Said alone into line with those of its com­ Soviet cargo comes to the United has 20 wrecks in its harbor. Eight petitors. States, principally furs. It is un­ of the ships were scuttled in a In making the announcement. likely then, that any US union semi-circle cutting directly across Waterman's president, James K. would play ihuch of a role. How­ the Port Said main channel. Tugs, McLean, said that the line's for­ ever, the bo.vcott call would have floating cranes and miscellaneous eign operations have continued to a greater effect in western Eur­ After a lingering illness of more than a year's duration, harbor craft were scuttled, either be successful but that "the man­ ope because of the far heavier Seafarer Ernest B. Tilley, former Wilmington port agent, by dynamiting them or opening agement feels it is good long-range East-West trade existing in that their sea cock.s. business judgment to apply for area. passed away on Wednesday, November. 14. He was 51 years One 'Block* Ship the subsidy." 4Soviet trade with Asian and old. The rest of the scuttled ships are Most American flag operators Latin American countries is also Tilley was one of the oldat various places in the canal itself providing regular liner service in far more considerable than with and at Suez. Contrary to earlier the foreign trades already have the , United States. Since the timers of the SIU, joining the Union in Balti­ reports, only one of the ships was such subsidies, which are desig- ICFTU boycott will be a voluntary more back in loaded with concrete blocks. That ned to equalize costs between one, it remains to be seen how ef­ lff39. After sail­ vessel is sunk near Lake Timsah. US and foreign flag operations. fective it will be in some Asiatic ing for several The bridge at El Ferdan was also McLean also said the subsidy countries where feelings are not as years, he was dynamited and is lying partially would not affect Pan Atlantic high against the Soviet as in West­ submerged in the water. appointed engine Steamship's plans for its coastwise ern Europe.' room patrolman Two of the world's largest sal­ sea-land service. Both Waterman Balloting in the two-month SIU Meanwhile, all armed resistance for Baltimore in election for offices is proceeding vage ships are en-route from Ham­ and Pan-Atlantic are subsidiaries has come , to an end in Hungary, 1945. Since that at a brisk pace. With the voting burg to participate in the canal of McLean Industries, Inc. but the country is crippled by a time he served just three weeks old, over 4,000 clearing, along with British, Dutch and French salvage vessels. in a number of ballots have already been cast in Tilley Union posts in­ all ports to choose 39 officers Several vessels are still trapped cluding Philadelphia patrolman for the A&G District. and agent, Boston agent. Savan­ •Voting in the headquarters port nah agent. New York patrolman has passed the 1,000 mark with and dispatcher, and most recently, other ports also reporting goodNcv. 23. 1956 Vol. XVIIi No. 24 Wilmington agent. PAUL HALL, secretary-Treasurer sized turnouts. The three-week After assuming his Wilmington period involved included two holi­ HERBERT BRAND, editor; RAV DENISON, duties, his failing health forced days, Thanksgiving Day and Armi­ Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art. him to the sidelines. From then stice Day, in which the halls were Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK. on it was a long and persistent de­ closed. Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area cline. Representative. The new system whereby the Floral wreaths were sent by day's ballots are mailed into a safe Editorials headquarters and all ports as well deposit vault is working without Page 11 as many of Tilley's friends in rec­ a hitch. All ballots voted are sent Final Dispatch Page 15 ognition of his long and valuable by certified or registered mail to Inquiring Seafarer , Page 4 services to the Union. He was the Commercial State Bank and Letters Page 14 highly regarded as one of the Trust Company in New York, and Personals, Notices , original core of Seafarers who each day the bank notifies head­ Page 15 helped build the Union to its pres­ quarters of the number of envel­ Recent Arrivals ... Page 15 ent status. Seafarers paid tribute opes it has received in the mail Shipping Roundup Page 4 to him as one who could always and the ports from which they Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 be counted on to give his best came. The bank report Is then energies for the Union and his checked against the outport rec­ Published biweekly at me headquarters Union brothers. ord. o# the Seafarers International Union, At­ A large group of Seafarers on lantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth The two-month voting has 71 Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYaclnth the beach in Wilmington attended Seafarers competing for the 39 9-4600. Entered ae second class matter the funeral ceremonies from posts open. Space is provided for at the Pest Office In Brooklyn, NY, under Motells and Peck mortuary at 3rd write-ins. The daily balloting is the Act of Aug. 24, I9IZ Seafarers bear Tilley's coffin from hearse to grave.' Pallbear­ and Alamitos, Long Beach, Calif. conducted by three-man polls 130 ers included Ralph Ewing, Bjorn Granberg,-James Rivers, E. •Tilley is survived by' his wife, committees elected before each Brookshire, Nick Sargent and James Eichenberg. Ruth, and two children. days' voting. Plan Red Trade Boycott Waterman To Ask Foreign Run Subsidy Ernest Tilley Dies; Long Active In SIU SIU Election Totals High; 4^000 Vote SEAFARERS LOG 9«i i �•••i , f, , ' November 2S. 195f - f > > ; y , < .r- • Par* Thro* SEAFARERS LOG SlU, GO'S REPORT SAFETY PROGRESS Ship Need Spurs New Vessel Plans; Transfers On Rise Further steps toward instituting the joint Union-manage­ ment shipboard safety program are being taken with meet­ ings b?:-.7een SIU and industry representatives on setting up the machinery for the pro--*^" ^^— grarr. A Union headquarters the radio officer, electrician, bosun committee consisting of Joe and steward. There were no acciAlginr., C'aude Simmons, Ed dents on board to discuss since the Booming freight rates and soaring ship prices testify this week to a world-wide ship­ Mooney and Herb Brand is holding last meeting so the subject of ship­ ping shortage gripping all maritime nations. The result of this overwhelming demand is board housekeeping was taken up. a series of meetings with the oper­ ators' representatives on the me­ The chief mate and bosun were widespread planning for construction of new vessels with no less than 32 new American-flag complimented for the excellent supertankers proposed. How--* chanics of the operation. Representing management on order in which the paint locker ever in the face of the huge and American shipbuilding facili­ time high in the next few dayg, the group are: Earl Smith, Water­ and carpenter shop were kept. shipping need, there is little ties with 13 proposed Liberian- topping the Korean War figures. It was decided at the meeting to man Steamship Corp., who is chair­ evidence yet of a realistic, flag tankers. There may be more • Dry cargo coal rates are al­ man; Max Harrison, consultant to appoint a safety inspection com­ long-range program to protect to. come on this score. ready at Korean levels. Freight In addition, the construction of rates as a whole went up 11 per­ several SIU operators; Captain J. mittee consisting of the chief mate, the interests of US ships and first engineer, bosun, steward and the new ships would be at a cost Cecire, Seas Shipping, and Russell electrician to inspect the ship from US seamen outside the subsidized of approximately 73 T-2, Victory, cent in one week. Brandon, Cities Service. • Tanker construction plans are stem to stern and report back to section of the industry. and Liberty ships transferred for­ One Of the immediate tasks fac­ the next meeting. On the contrary, the boom is eign. popping up all over the world with ing the committee is the procedure orders for 50 tankers placed in two Two slight modifications of ex­ encouraging a new rush of run­ Suez Closing to be set up on shipboard meetings isting equipment were suggested, away ship construction in Amer­ weeks, 30 of them in US shipyards. so that the officers and crew can including an added rail on the ican yards, and transfers to run­ The unprecedented closing of the Of the 30 contracts, three are re­ Suez Canal was, of course, a pow­ pull together on safety matters. after cat walk and bulwark hooks away flags. The 32 proposed portedly for 100,000-ton ships, four The committee hopes to make this on the bulwark steps for embark­ American-flag ships will have to erful stimulus to the current rush, for 60,000 to 65,000 tons; and the but it was only one of several fac­ procedure uniform throughout the ing and debarking pilots. compete for scarce steel supplies tors, which touched it off. The remainder smaller ships but no whole SIU fleet. others include expanding world less than 29,000 tons. Many SIU operators such as • The sale price of existing ves­ trade, US farm supplies and mili­ Waterman, Isthmian, Robin, Cities tary aid programs and booming sels has zoomed skyward, far in Service and others, have been hold­ production in all parts of the globe. excess of original costs. Foreign ing regular shipboard meetings for Once it was reported that Suez flag T-2s are being priced at $4 some time but the procedure has would be closed for six months or million, while operators are bid­ differed from place to place. more (something which never hap­ ding well over $2 million for USA typical meeting was the one pened before, not even in World flag ships. The same T-2s were be­ held aboard the City of Alma late War II) the effect on shipping was ing sold for $400,000 to $600,000 in September. It was attended by The first claim under the new dependent parents bene­ startling. Here are some of the two years ago on the American the master and all the mates and market. Liberian-flag Libertys now engineers not on watch at the time. fit program is now being processed by the Seafarers Welfare developments to date: command as much as $1,400,000. • Tanker rates shot up day by Plan. Seafarer Ed Van Vynck of Astoria, Long Island, will day and are expected to hit an all(Continued on page 15) Qualify First Dependent Parent For SIU Benefit SSHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ 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 reg­ istration number). The next SIU meetings will be: November 28 December 12 December 26 January 9 January 23 receive a $280 payment for"* hospital and surgical care for qualify by stating his allotments and expenditures for his parent's his mother. She was hospital­ support. ized on October 23, just eight days after the new dependent parents program went into effect. Mrs. Van Vynck had to be rushed to Astoria General Hospital for emergency surgery on a rup­ tured appendix. She Is now re­ cuperating at home after spending 13 days in the hospital. How Parepts Qualify Under the procedures drafted by Union and employer trustees of the Plan, dependent parents qual­ ify for hospital and surgical bene­ fits if they have been getting the major part of their support from the Seafarer for the past five years. One key to determine the fact is whether the Seafarer claims his parent as a dependent on his US income tax return. The tax return Is the clearest in­ dication but is not necessarily the ..final word, as the Seafarer can Step-parents and foster parents can also qualify under the Plan as well as natural parents. Benefits Over 31 Days Like the wives and children of Seafarers, parents are also en­ titled to hospitalization benefits past 31 days for as long as they stay in the hospital. A number of Seafarers have already been able to collect benefits under this pro­ vision with the largest single ben­ efit so far, $752, going to Seafarer Wheeler Vandersall of Mobile. His wife was hospitalized for 54 days, accumulating a total bill of $1,088.18. All told, through the end of October, the Plan had paid out over $126,000 in hospital-surgical benefits since it first went into effect on June 1, 1955. The hospital-surgical benefit for parents is only one of several new Welfare Plan provisions which be­ came effective October 15. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Vynck poses with son, Seafarer Ed Van Vynck, MM, of Astoria, LI, after emergency operation for appendicitis which made her first dependent parent to receive hospi­ tal-surgical benefit under Seafarers Welfare Plan* Ed's holding his nephew, Mike* MEBA Severs NMU Alliance in Coal Beef A close alliance on the waterfront of nearly twenty years' standing between the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa­ tion and the National Maritime Union has been dissolved by the engineers. The MEBA executive board announced it Mine Workers, along with coal producers and coal railroads, are was taking the union out of owners of the company. American the AFL-CIO Maritime Committee (formerly the CIO Maritime Com­ mittee) because the NMU refused to assist the engineers in their contract beef with the American Coal Shipping Company. The MEBA jction leaves just the NMU and the American Radio As­ sociation in the maritime commit­ tee. The bulk of the maritime in­ dustry, including the SIU, is in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. In announcing its complete break with the NMU, the MEBA said that it "cannot in good con­ science continue its association of almost two decades with the Na­ tional Maritime Union within the AFL-CIO Maritime Committee." The committee was notified that the MEBA "completely and ab­ solutely severs all its connections" . . . and further stated it "feels compelled to condemn the policy of the National Maritime Union in this situation as being completely inconsistent with the time-honored obligations of a sister maritime union to observe and protect the picketlines of other maritime un­ ions." Were Together In CIO The MEBA and NMU have been close allies ever since the CIO was first formed and the CIO Maritime Committee was the instrument through which they functioned. The MEBA's beef with American Coal Shipping concerns that oper­ ator's contract for mates and en­ gineers signed with District 50 of the United Mine Workers. The Coal Shipping has the right to charter 30 Libertys from the US. Contract talks had been going on for some time, the MEBA said, be­ tween MEBA, the Masters, Mates and Pilots union and the company. Last month the two unions "iearned to their amazement" that the company had signed a sub­ standard contract with District 50. The officers' unions started picketing the company's offices in New York and turned to NMU for help since NMU has a contract for the unlicensed crews. But they were advised by the NMU that they would get no support on their beef. The two officers' unions have formed a joint committee to fight out the beef. They announced they would conduct a campaign to win full support from all AFL-CIO af­ filiates. They pledged they would remain "permanently, and abso­ lutely united" toward that end. AFL-CIO president George Meany has already denounced the District 50 contract as a raid on the long-recognized jurisdiction of the two officers' unions. mSCflOA �SEAFARERS EOH November 23, 195« October 31 Through November 13 Registered Port Deck A Boston ..... New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans.. Lake Charles . Houston Wilmington ... San Francisco. Seattle Deck B 7 ... 68 .. 37 .. 68 .. 17 .. 9 .. 8 .. 23 .. 42 .. 24 .. .. 31 19 3 16 7 17 23 2 0 8 14 7 17 2 17 16 Deck A Total Deck B .. 381 149 Bng. A Slew. A '"B'- 0 57 32 44 11 3 4 18 40 13 19 7 12 9 4 18 8 15 13 3 2 11 8 10 12 6 14 16 EUR. 2 51 22 35 10 2 4 16 36 8 16 4 20 10 Eng. B A 269 Stew. A 140 236 Stew. B 1 13 6 16 7 5 2 10 13 6 2 4 11 11 Stew. B 107 Total A 9 176 91 147 38 14 16 57 118 39 59 21 63 38 Total A 886 rotal B Total Reg. 8 47 21 48 43 10 4 29 35 23 31 12 42 43 17 223 112 195 81 24 20 86 153 62 90 33 105 81 Total B Total Reg. 396 1282 Shipped Deck A One of the six tankers for which 44 US shipping companies put in bids, the Seven Seas, a T-2,is shown at a dock in Rich­ mond, Calif., in 1953, when she was seized by the Govern­ ment. The ships were taken over from the Niarchos interests to settle US claims that they had fraudulent American regis­ try. Their value has more than quadrupled since that time. 44 Bidders Clamor For Six Tankships Savannah Tampa .. Deck B Deck C Eng. A 9 91 24 72 12 6 1 11 30 11 40 8 23 22 0 22 6 26 18 3 0 3 1 4 10 1 10 12 0 3 5 12 8 5 0 1 0 0 12 4 5 21 0 69 10 54 7 5 0 12 23 6 15 6 7 11 Deck A Deck B Deck C 116 76 Eng. A 360 225 Eng. B En^. 2 15 3 22 11 2 3 8 11 5 18 2 11 11 4 4 6 17 10 5 3 0 6 0 8 3 8 19 Eng. B Eng. 124 93 Stew. A 1 60 10 48 5 3 4 14 32 3 18 0 7 11 Stew. A 216 Stew. B 1 12 5 18 5 3 0 11 4 4 4 2 4 7 Stew. B 80 Stew. C Total A 1 10 2 220 8 44 3 174 17 ' 24 3 14 2 5 37 1 85 1 1 20 73 2 5 14 7 37 14 44 Stew. C 67 Total A 801 Total B Total Total Ship. 3 49 14 66 34 8 3 22 16 13 32 5 25 30 5 9 19 32 35 13 5 2 7 1 22 12 20 54 18 278 77 272 93 35 13 61 108 34 127 31 82 128 Total B 320 c Total Total c Ship. 236 1357 WASHINGTON—World dependence on oil, especially in Despite a decline spread among nine ports last period, SIU shipping was almost the light of the present shutdown of the Suez Canal, was high­ lighted by the bidding on six World War II tankers recently same as the previous two weeks while registration dropped slightly further behind. offered for sale by the US. Total shipping for the A&G District was 1,357, and the three top ports in jobs. New No less than 44 separate York, Baltimore and Seattle,| companies, some apparently accounted for exactly half of hurriedly set up just for the oc­ casion, bid up to $2V2 million on it. Registration was 1,282. ships for which they wouldn't have Improvement over the last pe­ paid one-fourth as much in 1954 riod was shown by Baltimore, when they were already ten years Savannah, Mobile, Houston and Question: A system of regular shipboard safety meetings is be­ old. Seattle. All other ports declined ing planned for all SIU ships. Have you ever had any such meet­ Most victims of pa<'alysis would Nine existing SIU companies be happy to be able to get around took part in the scramble, most of somewhat, particularly New Or­ ings before? What's your opinion of them? via a wheelchair, but not former them seeking only one ship. Wa­ leans, which is very quiet. Seafarer James Chew. The 30-year- terman bid .$9.6 million for all six The current longshore strike old AB, now of them, but was far from high bid may cut into shipping still further, John Carey, AB: Most of the J. W. Givens, steward: I've been r. : jdBIMtC.. . fighting his way on any of them. Algonkin also was particularly in the case of New safety meetings I've known of con­ to safety meetings on many ships back, has two seeking the whole lot, but its of­ York. Best bets for the future seem sist of a few key including Cities burning a m b i - fer fell short, too. to be Baltimore, Norfolk, Houston men like the Service, Water­ tions — one, to and the West Coast, which will bosun and the man and Bull Other SIU Bidders walk agaLi, If benefit greatly from current ship steward, plus the Line among Other SlU-contracted outfits only on crutches, breakouts. delegates and others. The and the second, who put in bids were Seatraders, A seniority breakdown shows meetings were the officers. They Ocean Carriers, New England In­ to cross the At­ class A steady, with 59 percent of held pretty reg­ should have dustries, Metro Petroleum, Valen­ lantic under sail. the total shipping, and class B up meetings of the ularly but they Chew, who tine Tankers. US Petroieum Car­ to 24 percent. Class C has the re­ Chew entire crew. If didn't seem to do riers and American Waterways started sailing mainder. The most class C activity the crew is left much good as far SlU back in 1948, was an active Corp. None of them had high bid was in the engine department, out it doesn't as the steward on any of the six ships in the of­ Seafarer until he was drafted into where registration lagged the fur­ have much interest in what's go­ department is concerned because the Army two years ago. Less than fering. thest behind shipping. Norfolk and ing on. changes weren't made. Low bids of $300,000 to $350,000 Seattle, both now booming, shipped a year later he was in a serious 4" 4^ automobile accident with the re­ were put in by Standard Oil of more class C men than men in Douglas "Smiley" Claussen, bo­ sult that he has been paralyzed California, possibly just to keep its class A. L. B. Thomas, steward: The sun: On the Steel ships they hold from the chest down for the past purchasing department in form. The following is the forecast Robin Line ships hold these meet­ meetings every 15 months. "Needless to say," he There was no doubt when the sale ings very regultrip and as far as writes, "I'll be riding a wheelchair was announced that the ships port by port: larly, outbound Boston: Slow . . . New York: Fair and inbound. I'm con c e r n e d for the rest of my life. would draw good prices. Similar the meetings "At present," he adds, "I am T-2 tankers sold two years ago at to good . . . Philadelphia: Good The suggestions have been very doing what is considered very well prices ranging from $400,000-$600,- . . . Baltimore: Good . . . Norfolk: are sent in to the constructive in under the i-ehabilitation program. ono. Thus, they have at least Good . . . Savannah: Fair . . . company safety improving shipBy 1960, with careful planning and quadrupled in value since then. Tampa: Slow . , . Mobile: Fair . . . committee. I've board safety. study, I seriously intend becoming The six ships affected, the New Orleans: Fair . . . Houston: seen many of the only paraplegic to ever cross Jeanny, Memory, Mermaid, Merri- Good .. . Wilmington; Fair. . . San them put into ef­ Howe V e r. Isth­ mian is the only the Atlantic alone under sail. mac. Monitor and Seven Seas, Francisco: Good . . . Seattle: Very fect. To my mind "A long time ago I read in the were seized by the Government Good. company I've the meetings are LOG where an AB did it to Fin­ some years ago from US interests the best thing that could happen. sailed with that's had regular land." (Chew is referring to Sea­ of shipowner Stavros Niarchos to meetings. 4 4^ 4^ farer Olavi Kivikoski, who made settle claims against him. They 4) 4^ 4^ an East-West crossing and an were built between December, John Stanley, AB: Some ships Angelo G. Dominguez, OS: None eastbound crossing in the summer 1943, and July, 1945. I've been on have had safety meet­ of the ships that I've sailed on A reminder from SIU of 1953.) ings, but the At the time they were originally has held any headquarters cautions all -• "5 "It is my intention to name this sold under terms of the Ship Sales meetings don't safety meetings Seafarers leaving their ships boat after a nurse whom I consider Act of 1946, they brought prices always get re­ as far as I know. to contact the hall in ample outstanding . . . She is responsible ranging from $1.6-$1.7 miliion. In sults. If no ac­ But then most of time to allow the Union to for me being so determined to walk today's market, they are worth one tion is taken, them are in good dispatch a replacement. Fail­ once again, even if only on and one-half times as much as there's not much condition and ure to give notice before crutches." they were new. use in them. For there wasn't paying off may cause a de­ Chew is officially classified as a A condition of the sale is that instance on the much that a layed sailing, force the ship paraplegic, which means he has they must be used as AmericanSeatrains, there meeting could to sail short of the manning suffered an injury to his spinal flag tankers in either the foreign still is no place accomp 1 i s h. If requirements and needlessly cord. He is now receiving treat­ or domestic trades. They cannot to stow a lifethe ship is in bad make the work tougher for ment in the Crile Veterans Admin­ be transferred to any foreign regis­ jacket, although this has been sug­ shape, then you should call a safety your shipmates. try. istration Hospital at Cleveland. gested, . v;, tneeting. Paralyzed^ Plans Solo Ocean Trip ilii Quitting Ship? Notify Union �Noirember Zi. 19St Page Fire SEAFARERS LOG SlU-Contracted Tug's A 'Monster' ILA Strikes East, Cult Coasts; Seeks To Bar Future IBL Bid m: .JM Shipping on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts was shut down this week as the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association called a coastwise strike as of Friday, November 18. Some 60,000 ILA longshoremen in ports from Portland, Maine, to Brownsville, Texas, walked off their jobs and were promptly joined by members Teddy Gleason, fired off a tele­ originally drafted by the IBL. of Harry Bridges' Interna­ gram to the West Coast longshore­ Longshoremen now have a basia tional Longshoremen's and Ware­ men thanking them for their sym­ hourly rate of ?2.48 in this port. housemen's Union on the West pathy. The ILA originally asxed for a Coast. An estimated 150 freighters Subsequently, the ILA leader­ 32-cent-an-hour boost in a two-year and passenger ships were tied up ship attempted to cover up their pact. The shipping association agreed to the increase but wanted in the first days. alliance with Bridges by sending There is now every indication a second telegram declaring that it spread over a three-year period that the longshoremen will be the ILA "resents" Bridges' offer and wanted 16-man gangs to handle back at work by Monday since of support and assistance. "We freight on paUets. To sweeten the President Eisenhower, probably don't need Bridges help or his sym­ latter proposal, the shippers of­ over the weekend, is expected to pathy," Bradley was reported as fered a 15-cent-an-hour premium to men in the 16-man gangs. order the Attorney-General to saying. Last Thursday, while negotia­ seek an injunction calling for an Besides the national bargaining tions between the ILA and ship­ 80-day "cooling off" period under issue, the ILA's major demands are pers were still in progress, Alex­ the Taft-Hartley law. for a guaranteed eight-hour day, ander P. Chopin, chairman of the Yesterday, Thanksgiving, the a sling-load limit, 2i .;;an gangs President named a three-man fact­ and increased wages, an of them shippers' group, said the shippers finding board to look into the portions of the longshore program were withdrawing their counter­ proposal for the 16-man gangs. the strike situation and this board is expected to make its report by tomorrow night. Also, the NLRB Costa bulb, increasing power, circles prop of monster V-4 tug, obtained a court order restraining the ILA from insisting on coast­ Sombrero Key. Tug is one of two chartered by SlU-contractwise bargaining. This in itself ed TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. to haul LSTs, loaded with trailer would not halt the strike unless the trucks, between US and Caribbean ports. Sombrero Key is 80-day injunction were granted. 194 feet long and capable of 12-knot tow. Tug is manned Ostensibly the strike was called by SlU's Harbor and Inland Waterways Division. because the ILA and the employers Sale of the A. H. Bull Steamship Company to American were unable to agree on the terms Coal Shipping has been jointly announced by the two or­ of a new contract. But many ob­ servers, noting that there was ac­ ganizations. The announcement specified that there would tually a wide area of agreement be no change in Bull Line^ on wages and other pork-chop is­ services and contracts as a East Coast ports. Bull also owns sues, saw the strike as a move by result of the sale. four Libertys and three seam-type the ILA to close the door on AFLThe announcement from the ships which would be useful as Turkey was king throughout the country yesterday and CIO chances for petitioning for a two companies reads as follows: bulk coal carriers. the SIU was no exception. Seafarers on the beach in all new waterfront election in 1958. Agreement has been reached for In addition. Bull Line ships ports attended a series of Thanksgiving Dinners in SIU halls In fact, the chief bone of conten­ American Coal Shipping Inc. to would be free from a number of tion between the ILA and the ship­ acquire control of A. H. Bull Steam­ restrictions as to types of cargo and in nearby restaurants astpers was the ILA's demand for a which apply to the Libertys Amer­ part of the traditional Union holiday, featuring an elaborate national bargaining unit for all its ship Company and its associated ican Coal Shipping is chartering. companies. It is important . . . that menu. For those who were allergic East and Gulf coast ports, so as practice on this holiday. the public and all individuals and Because of the national long­ to turkey and dressing, the menu to set up a coastwise voting unit. organizations interested be reas­ shore strike, the turnouts were offered roast prime ribs of beef Wages Not Uniform sured that no changes in manage­ heavier than in past years. The and baked Virginia ham as an al­ Since tthe ILA had already ment, personnel or services are New York cafeteria was prepared ternate. The remainder of the agreed on contract terms in New contemplated as a result of any for an influx of 500 holiday diners, menu included juice, shrimp cock­ Orleans and Galveston, it was ob­ change in stock ownership. while the Baltimore cafeteria, the tail, two kinds of soup, chef's salad, vious that the ILA was not in­ Existing contracts and agree Mobile snack bar and other facili­ celery hearts, olives, five kinds of terested in getting uniform wages, ties in the various ports served vegetables including asparagus and working conditions and fringe ments, of course, will continue in many hundred more Seafarei's, candied yams, mince, pumpkin and benefits, but was only interested effect and it is not expected that apple pie; nuts, candy, apple cider, in preventing the IBL from seek­ those regular services and other wives and family members. operations of Bull Line to which The headquarters cafeteria was coffee and tea. ing another New York port elec­ the business world and public both Protests a^rainst construction of open from 10 AM to 2 PM for the To handle the influx the head­ tion. in the States and Puerto Rico have a nuclear power plant in Monroe quarters cafeteria had 17 turkeys The national bargaining argu­ been accustomed will be modified County, Michigan, have been made on hand totaling up to 350 pounds ment has been used right along by or altered. by three unions. The unions in­ of fowl, plus 100 pounds of prime Bridges to justify his alliance with volved, the United Auto Workers, Runs Will Continue ribs and four huge Virginia hams. the ILA. "Bull Line services will continue the International Union of Elec­ Both Thanksgiving and Christ­ The ILA walkout attracted im­ In all respects as they have pre­ trical Workers and the Paperworkmas have been occasions In the mediate support from Bridges and ers, had previously won a hearing past for SIU holiday treats for from National Maritime Union viously, with two sailings weekly SAN FRANCISCO—Surplus US Seafarers. Meanwhile, on board president Joseph Curran, who sat from New York and one sailing on the plant's safety hazards. The farm products moving to India and SIU ships, the holidays are occa­ in on negotiations. Bridges' reac­ weekly from Philadelphia and unions claim that construction of ships being diverted from the East sions for the galley force to show tion in calling out his men was Baltimore to Puerto Rico. Like­ the facility with the approval of to the West coast by the Suez Canal off its best, complete with elabo­ formaUy acknowledged by ILA wise there will be no change in the Atomic Energy Commission tieup are apparently having an ef­ rate menu cards and mess hall President William Bradley who, ac­ weekly service provided to the would endanger the health and safety of workers and their fam­ fect on shipping here. The out­ decorations. cording to ILA general organizer Dominican Republic." ilies for miles around. look for future shipping out of American Coal Shipping is the t 4. this port is "terrific," says port new company formed by the coalSeven major New York City agent Leon Johnson. carrying railroads, the United Mine newspapers and the New York During the coming shipping pe­ Workers and coal companies to Newspaper Guild settled for a nine riod, Johnson says, four payoffs are provide transportation for US coal percent wage increase package in slated. Waterman's Wacosta was to Europe. It has permission from a two year contract. Five percent the only ship to pay off in the last the Federal Maritime Board to of the raise applies immediately. two weeks, but during the same SAN FRANCISCO—The Coast Guard has apparently given charter 30 US Liberty ships for Left open is the question of wheth­ time there were six sign-ons and up its fight to withhold the validated papers of seamen that purpose. er any of the second years' in­ seven in-transits. The purchase of Bull Line gives Ships signing on were the Wa­ barred from sailing US ships under a now-voided screening the new company an established crease will go into pension and + welfare benefits. costa, Iberville, Choctaw and procedure. steamship administrative organiza­ An announcement by the 4» 4« t Since then, the Coast Guard has Maiden Creek (Waterman) and tion with experienced management Sentimental nostalgia about the Couer d'Alene Victory and Long- Court of Appeals here said sought unsuccessfully in various and agents and offices in major barefoot boy is poppycock, as far view Victory (Victory Carriers). In that It would issue a mandate court actions to defend its right as the Boot and Shoe Workers Un­ transit were the Afoundria, War­ ordering the papers returned im­ to retain the seamen's papers of ion is concerned. Far from glorify­ the men involved, pending a secur­ rior and Maiden Creek (Waterman), mediately. ing the joys of freewiggling toes, An estimated 300-400 seamen on ity check under an amended George A. Lawson (Pan Oceanic), the Union plans to spend $100,000 Coe Victory and Longview Victory all coasts would be affected by the screening program. The new pro­ to get the same number of feet (Victory Carriers) and Steel Rec­ ruling. They had teen classed as gram establishes some safeguards Headquarters again wishes into more boots. The object is to "security risks" under a screening against secret testimony, but ac­ order (Isthmian). to remind all Seafarers that persuade people to own several Men in the marine hospital are procedure set up in 1951 during cused persons could still be barred payments of funds, for what­ pair of shoes for different occa­ from cross-examining their ac­ the Korean War. Orville E. Abrams, Charles Dwyer, ever Union purpose, be made sions. This procedure was overturned cusers. John Hrolenok, M. Belen, Martin only to authorized A&G repre­ However, the latest move would 4> 4> t Hammond, Michael Michalik, Wil­ a year ago last October when the sentatives and that an official Michigan Bell Telephone em­ liam A. Van Dyne and Howard W. 9th Federal CirciHt Court of Ap­ require the Coast Guard to give up Union receipt be gotten at that ployees called off a scheduled peals ruled it unconstitutional. the papers. It does not limit the Forbes. time. If no receipt is offered, strike when agreement was On the beach here have been The court said the system was il­ right of the Government to file be sure to protect yourself by reached on $3 to $5 increases for H. C. Johnson, M. Dikun, R. T. legal because it denied the ac­ new "security" charges against immediately bringhig the mat­ most of 18,000 telephone worker.s. Mueller, H. M. Skaalegaard, E. cused seamen the right to con­ these men later on, when it could ter to the attention of the sec­ The Communications Workers of Viera, G. D. Olive, F. Radzvilla and front and cross-examine witnesses theoretically withdr-aw the papers retary-treasurer's office.' America negotiated the contract. all over again. against them. J. Rodder. Bull Line Sold To New Coal Co.; Remains SIU Union, Ship Turkey Feeds Mark Holiday I •-a- •li\ -i." j 'J -••j •H Surplus Cargo Booms 'Frisco CC Must Return Papers To Men Screened Oft Ships Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts -i �Pkff* Six SEAFARERS LOG Patricia Burgess, H/j (left), is happy now that brother Tomnny (right) has arrived. She and Tommy are youngsters of Joe Burgess of Brooklyn. This brother and sister act includes a pert miss, Eliece, 6 (left), and Dennis Wayne, 3. Their dad is Ollice D. Fillingim of Chickasaw, Ala. November XS, 1958 Seafarer Julio S. Napoleonis of Brooklyn is proud of this quartet (l-r) Julio, 4; Carmen. 13; Frances, and Miguel, I. with S1U families Milca, 21/2, Is daugh­ ter of Julio D. Delgado, Guayanilla, PR. Roger Hall Jr., 2, Is at home In LI, NY. Dad Is on the Elizabeth. Nancy, 2, Is Braullo Ollveras' daughter in Guayanilla, PR. Mike, 3, and Johnny, 6, pose with' dad Un­ ion H. Saunders after a swim in the pool. They're from Bay Minette, Ala. Wayne Anthony, I. is son of Sonny Catalano of New Orleans. Donna Lou, 3, Is Dan Donovan's young lady In Ozone Park, NY. Fernando, 4'^, and Donald Duck are pals. Dad's Wm. Montalvo. Linda Louise, 2I/2, is from Chicago. Dad is Cecil E. Taylor. John C. Stewart Is dad of Jack G., I, of Covington, La. Now 4 mos., Charles J. Is son of Robert Rivera of Bronx. NY. Mrs. Colon H. Boutwell and the girls posed during vacation from home in Bayou la Batre, Ala. Dad Is on the Alcoa Planter. Seafarer AI Rakocy's family Includes Vir­ ginia, Mrs. Rakocy, sons Parker, Lewis and baby Allda in front. Home Is Tampa. ...J-/;', �) Xf r'- Novfihber 23. 1951 SEAFARERS Pare Sevea LOC m YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Car Insurance Overcharges state insurance commissioners, who are supposed to protect the pub­ lic against overcharges, now stand revealed as having attempted to whitewash the nationwide practice of large finance companies in over­ charging unsuspecting car buyers for auto insurance. Involved in the nationwide scandal are not merely a few small or "fringe" finance companies usually blamed for installment rackets, but some very big finance companies who sell insurance through their own insurance companies. The gouge has operated chiefly by charging buy­ ers the Class 2 rate for drivers under 25, whether or not there actually is a young driver in the family, and without asking the buyer if he has a younger driver. The Class 2 rate is approximately twice as high as Class 1. Car owners thus have been over­ charged as much as $75 for insur­ ance. Estimates of the total coun­ Lauded for heroic rescue of a shipmate who had fallen between the ship and the dock in a trywide overcharges run as high Hawaiian port, Sailors Union members Bobby Naipo (2nd from left) and Blewett Perkins (cen­ as $25,000,000. The National Bet­ ter) receive v/atches from Matson Line official E. J. Bradley (left) aboard the Hawaiian Re­ ter Business Bureau reports some tailer in New York. Looking on are Capt. George A. Zepaloff, master of the Retailer, and companies wrote as few as one out Matson aide Frank Zinn (right). A third man who took part in the rescue, Eddie Romejko, of seven policies at the Class 1 was unable to be present. rate, automatically charging all others the higher rate if the dealer or finance company failed to stipu­ late that the lower rate should be charged. Actually four out of five car owners are entitled to Class 1 SAN FRANCISCO—Three members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Bobby Naipo, rates. The finance companies and their puppet insurance companies Blewett Perkins and Eddie Romejko, have received gold watches from the Matson Navi­ have been able to get away with gation Company in honor of a particularly difficult nighttime rescue of a shipmate in this gouge because of the persist­ Hawaii. ent practice in the auto business of The rescue was hailed by port guy and release the pendant. up a pilot ladder rigged from the lumping all charges for car, credit The ship was rolling heavily and dock. fee and insurance into one sum so the company and the skipper when the boom swung with the roll Akana was taken to the hospital of the Hawaiian Retailer Captain the guy pulled Akana overboard the buyer doesn't know how much he is charged for each item. for a few days, while Naipo suf­ Existence of the gouge has been known to state insurance depart­ G. A. Zepaloff, who declared, "It between the ship and the dock, a fered an attack of the "bends" ments at least since 1954, if not before. In 1954, the Texas Board of is refreshing and encouraging to space two or three feet wide, as from diving and had to get a Insurance Commissioners learned that many car buyers had overpaid reflect that in these materialistic, the ship sheared off. check-up at Hilo. for insurance bought from Service Fire Insurance Co. This nationally- throat-cutting times we live in Naipo ran down to the dock and operating company insures more than 800,000 cars a year financed there are men who will disregard jumped into the water as did Per­ through the Universal CIT Credit Corp. But most state departments their personal safety and leap be­ kins, who, incidentally, was not a still kept quiet about overcharges in their own states. Finally at the tween a surging ship and a dock to swimmer. The crew turned to rig­ end of 1955 the National Association of Insurance Commissioners save the life of a friend and ship­ ging lights, and bringing liferings, adopted a resolution admitting the existence of overcharges, but rec­ mate. But I suppose there always belts and lines. The chief officer ommending refunds only on the most recent, and witlvno proposal to will be men with stout hearts and several of the deck gang suspend licenses of responsible companies. In fact, the commissioners among seafarers so long as this old quickly breasted off the ship at an even said they weren't sure but that the refunds should be made to and honorable calling exists." angle. the parent finance companies and not to the buyers themselves, which According to the skipper, the Meanwhile Naipo dived 35 feet simply would mean taking the overcharges out of one pocket and put­ accident took place at Pier 1, to the bottom several times before ting them in another. he found Akana and brought him Kahuhii, Maui. Nick Akana, a deck Better Business Bureaus Aid Buyers gang member, stepped over the to the surface. Then he, Perkins To the great credit of the nation's Better Business Bureaus, they rail in the space where the gang­ and Romejko rigged a harness on Progress in the development of have fought courageously and are still fighting the overcharges and way rests to slack the No. 3 after the unconscious Akana and got him atom-powered merchant ships will the secrecy of the state insurance departments, despite the prominence be "swift and dramatic" from now of the powerful finance companies involved. on. Chances are that within five In particular, Kenneth Barnard, president of the Chicago Better years such ships, operating at high Business Bureau, has waged a tireless battle to force Illinois State speeds over long runs, will be able Insurance Director Justin T. McCarthy to investigate misclassifications to compete commercially with con­ and order refunds. For months the Illinois department did nothing ventionally-powered vessels. until it was flooded with complaints and public disclosure of financial These are the views held by irregularities in the conduct of state insurance supervision by the St. The Alcoa Planter surely was a home is the fact that Jim Golder, Richard P. Godwin, project man­ Louis "Post-Dispatch" and other regional papers. happy ship on its previous voyage chief steward, is no longer with ager for the first atom-powered ' A few state departments have been comparatively diligent in secur­ at least, because them after 18 months on the job. merchant ship which the Govern­ ing refunds, and at least one brave insurance commissioner, that of all hands seemed The crew was sorry to see him go ment is now building. Massachusetts, even revealed the names of four Insurance companies to be satisfied and what's more, sent in some In the beginning, Godwin be­ found to have been overcharging. The New York, Pensylvania and with the repre­ menus to show that they had really lieves, the only atom-powered ship Kentucky departments ordered refunds only for the recent overcharges. sentation they been feeding while he was aboard. which would be commercially eco­ In line with the weak recommendations of the commissioners' associa­ got from a quar­ 4 4^ nomical to operate would be the tion, and along with Connecticut which found overcharges by 15 com­ tet of delegates. While on the subject of food, supertanker. But he predicts panies, shielded the names of the companies from public view. Arkansas Ships delegate C. J. Lefco, bosun of the Maiden a steady decline in the costs of nu­ and Oklahoma have been getting refunds for at least some residents. Boutwell, with Creek, made his clear propulsion. Other states have on the whole taken only partial or ineffective action the assistance of own unique con­ The experimental atomic ship or no action at all, to our knowledge. J. Mahalov, H. tribution to the which the Government is now Boutwell The scattered newspaper reports of the overcharges, except for the Stalling and A. galley. It con­ building is a 12,000-deadweight ton Chicago "Sun-Times" and "Daily News," and several others in that Marinl, kept all business running combination passenger and cargo sisted of a cof­ region which reported the fight by the Chicago BBB, failed to name in good shape. vessel which is not expected to be feepot holder of the companies involved, whether from fear of reprisal or simply lack economically suitable for com­ 4" 4» 3» his own inven­ of journalistic enterprise. Here are the insurance and their affiliated One way a delegate can save tion. We pre­ mercial competition. finance companies named by the National Better Business Bureau as himself a peck of trouble some­ But if a supertanker were built sume the holder already known to have overcharged through misclassification: times is by clarifying rules and does away with in about a year from now, Godwin Companies Committing Overcharges contract provisions for his ship­ burned fingers believes, there is a good chance Lefco Cavalier Insurance Co. (Commercial Credit Co.);. Calvert Insurance mates. Aboard the Hurricane en­ and spillage. The that it could operate at a profit Co. (Commercial Credit Co.); Emmco Insurance Co. (Associates Dis­ gine delegate Louis K. Greaux did gang didn't say, but they did spec­ from the very beginning. count Corp.); Industrial Insurance Co. (American Installment Credit just that when he explained the ify that the bosun had something The advantages of atom-powered Corp.); Marathon Insurance Co. (Pacific Finance Corp.); Service Fire transportation agreement in detail. useful there. ships, as outlined by Godwin, are Insurance Co. (Universal CIT Credit Corp.). Now everybody should understand these: • Nuclear pi'opulsion plants are These companies now have informed the Bureau they have under­ just what's coming to them. more compact than conventional taken reclassification to correct overcharges and are setting up pro­ 4; t Aboard the Mae, Seafarer Willie plants and less space is needed for cedures to prevent future misclassification. storing fuel, making passible If you yourself in recent years bought insurance through a car dealer Morris got applause for his com­ greater payloads. and have no driver under 25 in your family, check as to whether you petent handling of the ship's fund. • Nuclear ships can achieve were misclassified, and possibly eligible for a refund by writing to your He also took care of recreation higher sustained speeds over State Insurance Department at your state capitol. As we've advised equipment so that there would be longer runs, factors which will add before, beware the dealer who insists you buy your insurance through something interesting to do off to gross income. him. You are entitled to shop among other companies to find the low- watch. • Nuclear ships, requiring less e.st possible rate. Nor do you have to cancel your old insurance when S" ^ 4> refueling, will require less turn­ you buy another car. You won't get a full refund on the unexpired One of the reasons the Sandaround time in port. insurance. You fan transfer your old policy to the new car. captain gang will be happy to get Hail SUP Trio For Rescue •i •i -.9 See A-Ship Commercial In 5 Years SEAFARERS IN ACTION mm - 1 .5*1 �Pa^e Eisht SEAFARERS LOG November 23, 1956 PHOTO-REPORTS F: Bosun George Ford and wiper Al Knauff are Interested spectators as motor­ cycle is lowered from Waterman's Wild Ranger. Photo is by Don Ruddy. OS Charlie Phelps. DM Neil Abernathy and OS Dave Rivers seem happy over the cooking as they stow coal for galley on the Lewis Emery. Jr. Stakes fn Steel Executive game are high, judging from looks of DM Decker, At Lonay, A6 Townsend. and FWT "Franchy." Photo by George Zalonsky. It's sunbathing time for utility Wilson and MM Donnelly on the Wild Ranger, but MM AllschafFI and passenger Soon keep 01' Sol's rays off their backs. Terelli clips, Price supervises {ob on Shafer on Lewis Emery. Djakarta cop fs fens subject for Steel fExecutive^s chip lensmaiu Broken arm doesn't stop Emery's Abernathy in Kamaishi, Japan. Here's Zalerisky himself (right) in * enother- shot>-at. Dja karta^ ' v �November 23, 1953 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nine mMiSiM • SID SHIPS J ^ I I I 1 i-fS ^ 'I George Gill took this photo of Sonny Cataiano and officer utility Otto aboard the Alcoa Cavalier in Curacao, Dutch Indies. I "1 • -4 We don't know what they're smiling about but DM "Gus" and AB Conant look pleased as they pose for cameraman on the Murray Hill. Ramirez (left) poses with tractor driver in Balcar, Yugoslavia. It looks as if these Steel Seafarers are due for OT. Left to right are AB Mike Carlin, AB Gunnar Hansen, and OS "Knobby" Eustace. •4 Luigi lovino seems startled as he's "shot" by L. Ramirez on Jose -MartK ' H"* 'l*'" Steel Maker, with his "family" in Bombay. The picture-taker. who was too modest himself tej^t us hii nahne, says Srotitet GIRbs Hr t bl^-hearted Quy, a^hd''phbtb^s^ gMd evidence of that fact. �Pagre Tea SEAFARERS Backyard Curiousity LOC Ask Gov't Aid For Wine Ship WASHINGTON—An application for US ship mortgage insurance for construction of a ship to carry wine and wine products from California to New York has been filed with the Federal Maritime Board by United Vintner Lines of San Francisco. The application asks for 87V^ percent of the ves­ sel's actual cost of $514 million. The company, which will char­ ter the ship to another corporation for operation, is planning seven intercoastal trips a year. On the re­ turn from New York, via the Gulf coast, the ship will carry whatever bulk products are available. United Vintner Lines now op­ erates the James Lick under the Liberian flag but is planning sale of this ship to a Liberian company. Firmly entrenched on the beach at Scltuate, Mass., where she went aground during a blizzard last March, the Italian freighter Etrusco was finally refloated by salvagers yesterday. She was bought by a Panamanian company for $121,000, but would be worth $1 million If she could be put into service again. Small Boat Menace Told To Congress Before you can navigate a commercial ocean-going ship of any size you have to hold a Coast Guard license and show quite a bit of seagoing experience. But if you just want to rent a boat for plea-'*' sure, you don't have to know along. The customer is given a few minutes' instruction on the rules fore from aft. That bit of information was brought to light at a House Mer­ chant Marine Committee hearing in New York investigating the small boat problem which has be­ come an increasing menace to navigation. One witness, the operator of a boat rental service in New Jersey, reported that he rents boats as big as 28-footers with 120 horsepower engines to anybody who comes The annual elections for the Sailors Union of the Pacific got under way on December 1 and will run for two months. There will be 17 posts open on the ballot plus SUP building corporation trustees and convention delegates who will be chosen at the same time. 4" 4" Another Union which will be balloting during the same period is the Brotherhood of Marine En­ gineers. The balloting is on pro­ posed special assessments for 1957 and 1958 and on two constitutional amendments, one of which sets up apprentice membership for those engineers not required by law to hold Coast Guard licenses. & i $> Four new agreements have been signed by the SIU Canadian Dis­ trict with operators in that coun­ try. Companies signed are North­ land Navigation, Valley-camp Coal, Owen Sound Transportation and Cadwell Marine Ltd. About 250 men are involved in the new agree­ ments. of the road and sent on his way. When asked if he imposed any limitations on his rentals, the op­ erator said "Well I would certainly look a man over and if he was sober and sensible there would be no reason why he shouldn't go out." Speeds vary, of course, with the design of hulls and the efficiency of an engine, but a 28-footer with 120 horses should be able to zip along merrily at 12 knots without any strain. If the renter really wanted a thrill, he could bounce along at 16 knots, and take off for open ocean; a pretty dangerous speed for an inexperienced sailor to be playing with, especially in coastal waters. A considerable number of wit­ nesses associated with the yachting business testified in favor of small boat licensing and registration with strict enforcement. Some yachting spokesmen asked for li­ censing requirements for boat op­ erators similar to drivers' licenses. With the growth of popularity of small boating and increasing con­ gestion of coastal waters there have been a number of serious ac­ cidents in recent months. The House Committee is holding hearings in major coastal cities to gather opinions on how best to control the small-boat menace. Don't Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of -trouble and red tape with the JBailway Express Co. Crew Beef: 'Lady Cooks Ain't Ladies' TORONTO, Canada—They grow 'em big, hard and tough across the border—both male and female it seems. At least that's the word from the "Canadian Sailor," official publication of the SIU Canadian District. The crew of the MV Coastajl Creek complained that the two fe­ male cooks aboard were a little too fluent in waterfront lingo to suit the crew's taste. What's more they installed a two-pot system aboard the ship. Consequently, the paper reported, the gang raised Cain about it, including use of "abusive language" by the cooks. When the crew reproached the galley force for this and other mis­ November 23, 1358 CANTICNY (CItlat Sarvic*), Oct. 7 —Chairman, D. Horn; Sseratary, F. .Widegren. New delegate and secre­ tary elected. Ship's fund $9.52. One man missed ship in Tampico. Make donation to call union haU by ship's telephone. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Sept. 20—Chairman, J. Soral; Secre­ tary, M. Whale. All disputed over­ time for delayed saiiing and boat driU on Labor Day being paid at payofE. TV bUl to be paid. One man short. Some disputed overtime. Re­ ports accepted.. TV and library to be taken care of. Good menus and nice service throughout past four trips. BARBARA FREITCHIE (Liberty), Sept. 24—Chairman, T. FInnerty; Sec­ retary, C. McLean- Money to be col­ lected for burial of deceased brotlier if insurance benefit not paid. Repair list to be turned in. Few hours dis­ puted overtime. To discuss fish box with patrolman in port of call. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Sept. 25—Chairman, L. Clarke; Secre­ tary, F. Naklukl. One man missed ship and a few men logged. Ship not cleared. New secretary-reporter elect­ ed. One hour disputed overtime. Ship's fund sent to Baltimore when ship laid up. Ship restricted in Yoko­ hama. All beefs to be settled with patrolman upon arrival in Norfolk. Washing machine needs repairing. VBNORB (Ore), Sept. 19—Chairman, D. Chetin; Secretary, W. Raid. Two hours disputed overtime. Report ac­ cepted. New delegate elected. Dis­ cussion on washing machine, etc. ALCOA FURITAN (Alcoa), Sept. 2S —Chairmen, C. Hartman; Secretary,. B. Cussciyniky. Ali repairs completed. Reports accepted. New delegate elected. Discussion on launch serv­ ice in Mobile at pier where shells are loaded. Letter written to agent in Mobile about same. Crew not to leave ship by way of overhead conveyor. L0N6VIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Sept. 2 —Chairman, A. Wil­ liams; Secretary, J. Singer. Ship not fumigated and repairs not made—to be taken up with San Francisco agent. Ship's fund $10.15. Report accepted. Discussion on chief cook, mess serv­ ice. Vote of thanks to delegate for good job. Ship to be fumigated. FLORIDA STATE (Ponce Cement), Aug. 10—Chairman, R, O'Dowd; Sec­ retary, D. Wagner. Report accepted. New delegate elected. Repair list to be made up. Fine cooperation from steward. HAROLD T. ANDREWS (New Eng­ land Industries), Sept. 10—Chairman, S. Ross; Secretary, R. Archer. New delegate elected. Report accepted. Need electric mixer. Ship needs fumi­ gating for roaches. Spray guns and roach powder to be used for roaches. deeds, the ship's minutes reported Sister Laforce said, 'you haven't seen anything yet'." The net result was that the Toronto port agent had to hustle down and get two new cooks aboard to the vast relief of all hands. It may be just a coincidence, but another report that same day quot­ ed Captain Alan Villiers, as say­ ing that there will be no women aboard the Mayflower II when It leaves from Plymouth, England, next spring to duplicate the May­ flower voyage of the Pilgrims iq 1620. In 1620, Villiers said, "women were chattels, but now they are no longer chattels. They can talk back and you can't handle them." Maybe Villiers and the Coastal Creek crew ought to exchange notes. It sounds like he might have had dealings, with the same cooks on some previous occasion. ters. Repairs being made. Travelers checks being put out in $."50 denomi­ nation. No checks issued in Port of Pakistan, local money only. One man missed ship, rejoined foliowing day. Messman took time off and refused to get up on time. After being logged, refused to turn to on overtime day. loosing overtime to company and put­ ting Union in bad repute. More men logged in two departments. Donations accepted for ship's fund. Arrival pool to be drawn off. $20 to be contributed from proceeds to fund. Fireman was toid consul would put him in jail for visiting his residence. Protest filed with consul. Disputed double overtime for working In tanks—later approved. Man logged for missing two days' work. Report accepted. Need electrician. Third cook discussed his demotion before membership—was told to refer same to patrolman. Five men paid way back to ship as launch not running on schedule. OCEAN STAR (Triton), Sept. U— Chairman, S. Holden; Secretary,. R. Harden. New secretary-reporter and treasurer elected. Ship to be exter­ minated. Discussion on great improve­ ment in preparation and selection of menus. All repairs made. New repair list to be prepared on return voyage. Crew, to clean dirty dishes. Timer to be installed on washer. Mushrooms to be checked for leaks. Steward to requisition new air foam pillows. Water tight doors need repairing. Oct. 7—Chairman, S. Emerson; Sec­ retary, S. Waleckl. Perfect deck gang. Few disputed hours of stevedore work —to be taken up with patrolman. Dis­ cussion on wiper leaving ship for hos­ pitalization in France. Report accent­ ed. Mail from headquarters to he turned over to dele.gate immediatel.v. Keep passageways clean. Discussion on repair list. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department for job well done. OLYMFIC GAMES (Western), Oct. 7 —Chairman, L. Sellx; Secretary, J. Lacey. Need new lipen and new pil­ lows. Ship to be fumigated for rats. Several repairs and new equipment on SIU forms to be turned over to engineer and mate. Vote of confi­ dence to all departments. CECIL N. BEAN (Transfuel), Oct. 12 —Chairman, R. Torres; Secretary, M. Gordlls. New delegate elected. Dele­ gate to talk to engineer about water cooler. Shower In steward department to be painted. Crew to take care of washing machine. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Oct. « —Chelrman, J. Procell; Secretary, H. West. Crew to take better care of washing machine. Membership cau­ tioned against performing. Report accepted. No one but .crew members to use washing machine and laundry. Pantry and mess haUs to be kept clean at all times. SEA CLOUD (Feqor), Sept. 23— Chairman, J. Farnell; Secretary, A. Jones. Repairs to be taken care of next meeting. Report to be sent to headquarters inquiring why captain doesn't carry American money. Sec­ retary-reporter elected. No coopera­ tion in galley or foc'sle. Room and galley left dirty by night cook and baker. Steward claims he is incapable of doing Job—to be turned over to patrolman at payoff. Discussion on boxes. More variety in night lunches. Oct. 7—Chairman, J. Farnall; Sec­ retary A. Jones, Discussion on stew­ ard and baker to be taken up with patrolman. Cook ill—report to be given to patrolman. Crew warned to remain sober at payoif. Request spare room be used by night cook and baker. Report on shortages—to be taken up with patrolman. HIGH POINT VICTORY (Bull), Sept. 17—Chairman, R. Godwin; Secretary, J. Hodges. Slop chest prices to be checked by patrolman: seem too high. All members asked to take better care of washing machine; needs new parts. Ladder and safety belt need­ ed. Mail delivery to be checked; very poor this trip. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Sept. 2$ —Chairman, J. Swoffard; Secretary, J. Maloney. Membership request transportation and medical expense from company. Permit men to cail for replacements at end of 60 days. Report accepted. Food to be stored away until serving time. Request French fries with steaks. Request use of spray bombs in messhall and quarters. Food to be cooked as near serving time as possible. COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Sept. 24—Chairman, L. Clamboll; Secretary, L. Pepper. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), July 9—Chairman, J. Baugher; Secretary, J. Easterllng. Delegate to check re­ pair list. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $10. Few hours disputed overtime. More variety in menus. Steward requested crew notify him of dishes they wish him to prepare. Want more variety of cigarettes in slop chest. Sept. 23—Chairman, J. Baughar; Secretary, R. Hutchins. Two men hos­ pitalized. Ship's fund $10. Remove metal wind chutes. Food to be im­ proved. Need more supplies in slop chest. Slop chest closed two weeks before arrival in states—to see patrol­ man about same. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Sept. 23— Chairman, D. Marine; Secretary, A. Rudnlckl. Standard brand coffee put aboard. Few repairs made. Ship's fund $58.35. New delegate elected. Discussion regarding repairs—to be taken care of immediately. JOSEPINA (Liberty), Sept. 8 — Chairman, J. Reed; Secretary, R. Sadowskl. Few hours disputed over­ time. Delayed sailing disputed. Head­ quarters to send log, overtime sheet and communications to ship. Logs to foreign ports. Wiper needs sanitary gear. Wants clarification of his duties. Drinking fountain and galiey scuppers to be repaired. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Sept. 15—Chairman, W. Brown; Secretary, H. Coley. New delegate and secretary elected. Ship's fund, $10.07. Report accepted. Bathroom in hospital to be repaired. Vote of thanks to steward department for baking birthday cakes for crew. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Mar Trade), Oct. «—Chelrman, W. Lewis; Secre­ tary, E. Ray. Special meeting called concerning chief engineer and stew­ ard. Logs and communications re­ ceived. Copy of protest filed, with US Consul, Singapore, sent to headquar- Quarters to be painted. Ono man missed ship: rehired by company. Ship's fund $10.50. Wiper missed ship in Long Beach, rejoined at San Fran­ cisco. One brother borrowed money and jumped ship before sailing time. Discussion in regards to hiring for­ eign labor b.v ship's crew. All tools to be returned to electrical shop. Baking improved. MONARCH OP THE SEAS (Water­ man), Sept. 30—Chairman, R. Ransome; Secretary, C. Crabtree. One man paid off in San Juan: Illness in family. Report accepted. Remove linen from deck. Army cots to be re­ moved from deck before arriving In port. Cups to be returned to galley. OCEAN EVA (Maritime Overseas), Aug. 26—Chairman, A. Capote; Secre­ tary, D. Wood. Ship's fund $30. Two hours disputed overtime. New dele­ gate elected. Commodes leaking in deck and engine department. Ending department shower not working. Sept. 23—Chairman, J. Loseter; Sec­ retary, D. Mclnnls. Draw list to be taken up. Repair list to be turned in. Transportation discussed. Ship's fund $30. Disputed overtime to be taken up with patrolman. Report accepted. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Sept. 38 —Chairman, T. Adklns; Secretary, Z. Chlng. No repairs made. Coffee urn to be removed from topside to pantry. Galley range to be repaired. Ship's fund $4.18. $20.00 to brother In hos­ pital. Some disputed overtime—to be settled at payoff. Reports accepted. Vote of thanks to aU delegates. �Novrmber 2S. 1956 SEAFARERS Pace Eleven LOG 'See The Difference?' 'Wreck' Law Backers Routed In Two States It was two wins and one loss for organized labor in the recent elections as far as state "right to work" laws are concerned. The net result was a Mexican standoff with "right to work" repeal failing-f­ in one state and two attempts to extend "right to work" roundly defeated. Of greatest cheer to labor unions was the resounding defeat suf­ fered by "right to work" backers in Kansas. While "right to work" was not on the ballot, it was a major issue in the gubernatorial campaign. The Democratic candidate, George Docking, ran on a plat­ form opposing "right to work" laws, while his Republican oppo­ nent, Warren W. Shaw, had won his nomination as a strong "right to work" supporter. Shaw had de­ feated Republican Governor Fred Hall in the Republican primary. The basis for his victory over Hall was the letter's veto of a "right to work" law passed by the Kansas legislature. Docking's success in the face of Incoming Kansas Governor a Republican state sweep averted George Docking opposed almost certain reenactment and "woric" laws. signing of a "right to work" bill. In the state of Washington, tion was on the ballot, the voters where a "right to work" proposi- did the expected by decisively de­ feating the measure in a two to one landslide. Washington "right to work" backers had just barely scraped up enough signatures to latid on the ballot. On the other side of the fence, an attempt to repeal "right to work" in Nevada fell short of the mark. The final tally was 45,172 against repeal to 39,081 in favor. NEW YORK—Activity slowed up As it now stands, "right to work" in this area during the last two is in effect in 17 states. It was 18 weeks, despite a last-minute spurt, until June of this year when a due to the impending longshore determined labor campaign in strike that erupted Friday. Louisiana, in which Seafarers The majority of ships due in played a large part, resulted in re­ here for payoff was diverted to peal of the law there. other ports while attention was "Right to work" laws have as focused on getting the ships in their basic aim the undermining of port ready to sail. Assistant Sec­ unions by prohibiting any form of retary-Treasurer Claude Simmons union security. Unions are not al­ pointed out. As a result shipping lowed to sign agreements which and business was relatively slow, require all workers in a bargaining although they should pick up for unit to join up and pay dues. At this period. the same time, unions are com­ Rerouted to meet the critical pelled to represent non-members. Suez Canal situation, ships of US Petroleum Carriers, Western Tank­ ers and Trafalgar Steamship have been pulled off the Far East run and will be split between two other routes. Seven of them will go into the nearby foreign or coastwise trade and the other seven will run either BOSTON — Uncertainty still from the Persian Gulf to Europe or rules the shipping picture in this from Caribbean ports to Europe. port, but the outlook so far is not All of them have been fixed on too promising. Shipping has been time charters through 1960. on the slow side for a couple oi. During the past two weeks, 12 weeks. ships paid off, seven signed on and All beefs have been settled at 16 stopped off in transit. All of the payoffs of the ships in port, them were generally in good shape. agent James Sheehan reported. The Fort Hoskins, Council Grove and Bradford Island (Cities Service), and Michael (Carras) all signed on again. In-transit vessels included the Seafarers overseas who want Robin Gray (Seas Shipping); to get in touch with headquar­ Ponce (Ponce Cement); Steel ters in a hurry can do so by Traveler and Steel Rover (Isthm­ cabling the Union at Its cable ian). address, SEAFARERS NEW One additional note concerns the YORK. death of Brother James J. Crotty, Use of this address will as­ who ipassed away in New York on sure speedy transmission on November 6. A floral wreath was ell messages and faster serv­ sent to his services in Winthrop, ice for the men involved. Mass. Dock Strike Diversions Cuf NY Jobs Jobs Boom Balto; Port Busy Again BALTIMORE—A new flurry of job activity has this port booming again, after a six-week period of relative quiet. Shipping has bounced back again and will prob­ ably stay that way for a while, pending the outcome of the longahore strike. No major beefs developed dur­ ing the past two weeks that couldn't be handled right on the ships, according to Port Agent Earl Sheppard. The lone item that needed handling concerned some allotment checks on the John Kulukundis (Martis) that "bounced," but this has been straightened out. Sheppard said the company was advised that this practice wasn't going to be tolerated and held up the sign-on until some specific pro­ tection for the SlU crewmen and their families was added to the articles. A clause was added that allot­ ment checks had to be sent out promptly and by certified check to assure that the money was al­ ready on deposit at the bank. "We hope this question won't come up again or other action against this ahip may be necessary," Sheppard added. Nineteen ships paid off, 11 signed on and 11 were in transit during the past two weeks. i^nowi. IO-MBIDS Reading the "Daily Worker," official Communist Party or­ gan, is an interesting experience, provided you have a strong stomach. It takes a sturdy digestive system to absorb the American Communists' alibis and excuses for the bloody re­ pression of the Hungarian nation by Russian guns. The rest of the world knows what happened in Hungary. It knows of the unarmed teen-age demonstrators slaughtered by Communist arms; of a whole population fighting for its freedom with rifles and gasoline bottles against tanks and ar­ tillery; of Russian promises to pull out of Hungary followed by a crushing sneak attack in the midst of so-called "nego­ tiations." The world knows of the riddling of ambulances; the shootting of stretcher bearers; of refusal to admit food and medicines from the west; of the deportation to Siberia of thousands of Hungarians in sealed box cars; of other acts of brutality so enormous that Russia has been indirectly con­ demned for genocide (which simply means mass murder) in the United Nations General Assembly. Threadbare Excuse Offered Everybody knows this, it seems, except the Communist Party USA. According to the Party, when a whole popula­ tion rises against Communism and Russia's armies it is a "fas­ cist counter-revolution." The Communist Party's governing body explained it so this week in a statement of approximately 3,000 ill-chosen words. The Russian armed bludgeon wielded so freely against Hungarian civilians was regrettable but nec­ essary, or so the "Worker" says. According to the Party then, anybody who is against Russia and for freedom and free elec­ tions is "fascist." The lie is so barefaced that the very same issue of the "Worker" carried a bitter attack on the Party's statement from a staff member of the newspaper. The "letters" column con­ tained equally indignant demands from Communist Party members that the Russians get out of Hungary. Even the blindest and most fanatic Communist who swallowed the line on Korea is ready to heave like a seasick first-tripper at the prospect of having the new Party line jammed down his throat. These are the very same people who said repression and brutality was all Stalin's fault. But Stalin is dead, and the brutality grows worse because it is inseparable from the Com­ munist system of government. These same people also form committtees on the waterfront and have the brass to tell Seafarers and other maritime work­ ers how to be "democratic." They should be the last to spout about democracy and freedom, because they have no more idea what those words mean than a chicken in the coop. . . Boston Doubts Upturn In Jobs Union Has Cable Address " ; i T,- *, -.f-.; j 1 ' :, '' « -• : .•- .'rl I .'I •- •JI �Speedy Marore Rescue Saves Four Fishermen They'll Howl When He Hits His Thumb, Too Seafarers on the Marore as­ sisted in the rescue of three Canadian fishermen off the coast of Nova Scotia this month, after they had been drifting in a leaky boat for four days. "Since they were low in the water and had no means of signal­ ing, a number of other ships had already passed them by," reported crewman George R. Brown, AB. Mate Spots Them "It was only due to the keen observation of 3rd mate Evans that their distress was actually detect­ ed, and another bit of heartwarm­ ing humanitarianism was added to the pages of maritime history this bitter, cold Saturday morning." Brown got his report down on paper a few hours after the rescue occurred. A good story jollies up things for the gang constructing a "A special tribute was earned by everyone on the couple of benches on deck. Pictured around a hatch cover ship for the per­ are A. Rosenblatt, OS (center), getting set to flatten his formance of this thumb, W. Briggs. OS (left), and J. McCarthy, deck engirescue," he said. Rosenblatt sent in the photo from the Charles Dunaif. neer. "The men were picked up with­ out us even hav­ ing to launch a lifeboat after Capt. N y b o r g skillfully maneu­ Brown A little off tlie beaten track, bound for India this time, Far vered our 10,000East veteran James "Paddy" Conley has taken time out again ton ship alongside the tiny fishing craft. All hands performed in an to share some of his observations with the world at large. efficient, cool manner while the "Paddy" claims more time time it takes a bootblack to shine lifesaving gear was rigged, so the on the West Coast-Japan run a pair of shoes. operation came off without a hitch. . . . Famous caba­ "It was truly a beautiful job of "than a lot of guys have searets beckon from seamanship, highlighted by the time." many corners magnificent response and complete Subject of today's sermon is the ('Cosy. Our girls cooperation of the crew." Ginza in Tokyo ". . . street of are wonderful.') The fishing boat had been dis­ dreams, with large department .. . and down the abled when strong winds tore away stores, cabarets and the crowds of Ginza tiny res­ its sails and the motor refused to remarkable people. taurants each less respond. The three men had been Sidewalk Artists than 12 feet drifting for four days, without "Artists sketch portraits in the Conley «. serve rice heat, when they were picked up. ' with SIX kinds of fish for 19 cents. "The narrow streets off the Ginza provide the color of Tokyo. To the west are the Chinese res­ taurants, geisha houses, smelly, hot theatres, and crowded cabarets, most notably the incredible ShowBoat, a monstrous steel and chrome affair five stories high. Bare girders have been decked out to give it the appearance of a ship, while a large elevator rides monot­ onously up and down carrying a jazzband doing American tunes. On each deck an electric train runs about serving cola beer. . . . "The Show Boat Is crammed with girls. Most wear bobbysox, but many are in fine kimonas. The system is simple; everything costs $1.20. Beer, sandwiches, soup, a boiled egg or a martini, each is $1.20. With each arrives a pretty girl eager to help down the beer or eat the sandwich. The entire place is loud, sweaty and fun. No man brings a date, but of course no man needs to be lonely long at Turning the tables on the chief cook to help mark his birth­ the Show Boat. ..." "Paddy" is day, baker V. Chavez (right) presents Allan Ritchie with a on the Natalie right now, remininscing with the rest of us, no doubt. cake on the Camp Namanu. Ritchie looks real pleased. TOKYO'S GINZA A STREET OF 'DREAMS, FISH, JAZZ' Cookie Takes The Cake Burly November 23, 1950 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Twelve OATBWAY CITY (Wattrman), tapt. It—Chairman,. H. Cermlehatb Sacratary, W. Sink. One man to be boapltalized In Brem-srhaven. Crew pan­ tryman not dolus work properly. Crew warned about not fouling up. Pantryman uses cold water to wash dishes. Washing machine and sinks to be cleaned after using. Garbage not to be thrown over side. ALCOA PEOASUS (Alcoa), (No date) —Chairman, T. Phillips; Secretary, M. Culp. New delegate elected. Coast­ wise articles to be signed on all coast­ wise trips. Some rooms need sougeeing. Procure new mattresses where needed. Fumigate 8-12 aaUors' foc'sles. trolman. Disputed overtime. Patrol­ man to straighten out numerous beefs and unnecessary disputing of over­ time. No night lunch at 10-pm while gang still working. Crew dissatisfled with certain types of food and menus, shortage of canned juices; also how long night lunch has been on ship. Discussion on insufficient night lunch before midnight. Steward not around when beefs arise. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Oct. 7—Chairman, E. Willsch; Sacratary, F. Shala. New delegate elected. Ship's fund $15. One man missed ship in New Orleans. Discussion on changing library; ship's linen. Mate to be re­ imbursed for Armstrong's laundry. To see department heads about repair FAIRPORT (Waterman), Sapt. 15— Ust. Chairman, J. Hogie; Sacratary, R. Walton. Few repairs made. Shore STONY POINT (IISPC), Sapt. 15— Chairman, W. McBrfde; Bride Secretary, C. Johnson. Ship's fund $26.04. Report accepted. Present delegate to remain until end of trip. Discussion on preparation and serving of meals. Mail situation very bad for several months—to try to improve same. Sug­ gestions to get frozen foods in Singa­ pore. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas), Sept. 23 —Chairman, T. Oniel; Secretary, T. Omiie. Reports accepted. Passengers may use crew laundry from 10 to 12 am Wednesdays. New reporter elected. Good engine gang; picked up chief electrician in Savannah. Crew to donate $1 for cigarettes and other articles for men in hospitals in Africa. Clothes to be removed from dryer when dry. Cold drinks to be substi­ tuted when milk runs out. Crew to stay out of pantry during meal hours. liberty will be given if Japanese agree. Beef concerning wipers blow­ ing tubes. Engineer wants tubes blown at 7:30 piu weekends but at 4:30 pm during week when no over­ time has to be paid. Reports ac­ cepted. New delegate elected. New mattresses to be ordered where needed. Poor launch service—no life preservers on these boats. SAND CAPTAIN (Cons. Agg.), Oct. 7—Chairman, W. Smith; Secretary, J. Colder. Need awnings for top deck, fore and aft. Quarterly statement not received. Men who signed off old ar­ ticles entitled to draw on bonus, both $20 monthly and 25%, and entitled to first class transportation. Ship's fund $238. New men requested to donate $10 to fund at next draw. New treas­ urer elected. Awaiting replacements for steward and chief cook. Report accepted. Deck chairs to be repaired. Discussion on having Union donate money to enable SlU members help in vocational schooling. Dogs to be re­ paired on port holes. Messhall to be kept clean. Vote of thanks for stew­ ard for job well done. Brother thanked crew for help in enabling him to return to States when mother passed away. FAIRLAND (Waterman), Sept. 30— Chairman, J. LaCosti; Secretary, V. Fitzgerald. Some repairs made. Pa­ trolman handled difficulties. Ship's fund $25. Outboard parts of engine to be spot sougeed. Soap and soap powder ordered. Discussion about seating men on watch. Dispute about cleaning sanitary gear locker. Minor coffee beefs. All squared away. BATTLE ROCK (USPC), Sept. 25— Chairman, G. Ruf; Secretary, R. Air. New delegate elected. New secretaryreporter elected. To obtain yen in Yokkaichi, Japan, due to difficulty in exchanging American mone.v. Repairs to be made soon as possible. To have arrival pool in Japan—50,000 yens to winner and 10,000 yen to ship's fund. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Oct. £—Chairman, M. Carlin; Secretary, R. Grant. Two beets—the payoff: Agree­ ment not to pay off until after Euro­ pean trip. Only hospital cases allowed to pay off. New washing machine picked up in Frisco. New delegate elected. Shin's fund $10.50. Four men paid off In Frisco—four new men furnished. Steward asked coop­ eration of men b.v not holding on to extra linen. Crew asked to take care CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), Oct. of new washing machine. 7—Chairman, M. Olvera; Secretary, L. Santa Ana. One man missed ship in ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), Oct. Rotterdam. Ship's fund $21.65. Need C—Chairman, J. Manners; Secretary, new washing machine. New pipe to C. Kreiss. Table made for recreation be installed to drain in laundry room. deck. Crew to be quiet at night when Repair list to be turned in and all drinking. Ship's fund, $77.48. One man extra and soiled linen. hospitalized in Cape Town. Reports accepted. Fresh fruit to be left out CHARLES C. DUNAIF (Orion), Sept. during day and put away at night 9—Chairman, C. Stack; Secretary, C. while ship is in port. Foster. Beef about steward painting around in galley. Washing machine STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Sept. 7 and wash rooms to be kept clean. —Chairman, T. Scanlon; Secretary, P. Some disputed ovei tinie. Request not Daigle. Letter written to J. Algina to serve left-overs couple of days concerning slop chest prices and 12% later. interest on loans through slop chest by radio operator for purchases at IDEAL X (Pan Atlantic), Sept. 30— Port Said. Ship's fund, $5.20. Few Chairman, J. Barnett; Secretary, G. hours disputed overtime. New treas­ Forrest. No reimbursement for launch urer elected. Remove towels and service in Ostrica. One man demand­ clothes from showers. Keep recrea­ ed payoff at sailing time—ship sailed tion room clean. Not enough variety short-handed. New percolators or­ in menus. Natives to be kept out of dered for additional coffee at cot- quarters. Slop chest short on some gear. Crew to report shortages. fee time—recommends larger pots. EMILIA (Bull), Oct. 3—Chairman, C. Gladhill; Secretary, C. Stansbury. Spe­ cial meeting held regarding changing eligibility of gaining "A" seniority rating. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Oct. 13—Chairman, W. Carney; Secretary, D. Beard. No draw in Maracaibo; no passes or launch service. Restriction to ship disputed. Ship's fund $66.02. Day man missed ship in Linden. Re­ ports accepted. Messhall to be kept clean. Cooperation urged. MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfield), Oct. 1—Chairman, N. Flowers; Secretary, D. Keddy. Galley range to be re­ paired. Ice box not functioning prop­ erly. Letter written to LOG about laundry in Brooklyn. Radiogram sent to welfare about man hospitalized in France. Ship's fund $3. To be turned over to LOG if ship lays up. Disputed rest periods—to be discussed with pa- ALMENA (Pan Atlantic), Oct. 9— Chairman, A. Novak; Secretary, J. Jellette, Vessel back in oil trade again. Crew cautioned not to smoke on deck and other un-authorized places. Discussion as to under which contract crew is working—when carry­ ing trailers to go according to freighter agreement—when carrying oil to go by tanker agreement with exception of port time. Now carrying both trailers and oil. Wliich agree­ ment to follow? WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Oct. 12—Chairman, F. Rees; Secretary, I. Wilson. Nothing yet on transportation. Crew cautioned about cigarettes when loading petroleum products. Company wants to deduct overpaid overtime. Suggestion to pay crew for no launch service in Lake Chas. Arrangements should be made for pumpman sleep­ ing in different foc'sles during pump­ ing operation. By Bernard Seaman �November 23, 1956 SEAFARERS Now How About A Song, Boys? Pare Thirteen LOG 'This Is It?'-Not For Sandcaptain! It'll take more than a scrape with a couple of tankers to keep the Sandcaptain sitting tight in the Maracaibo channel it's been helping to dig for the past two years. If the crew has its way, they'll be heading back to the States in about a week so the Venezuelan government can stage the big fiesta planned sions between the SlU-manned 'this was it,' we came out laughing and the js at the end anyway." for the official opening of the dredge tankers is channel. sketchy, but it's Information on the pair of colli- certain no one on the Sandcaptain was injured. The ship suffered no damage in the first mishap, and only "a glancing blow" in the one Cousins a few days later, which Occurred near the break­ water in Maracaibo harbor. Steward James Eichenberg "There were no casualties, except on the Seamar may be par­ for a few near nervous break­ doned for patting himself on downs, that is," reports C. L. the back these days, now that his "Bud" Cousins, who was on the shipmates are confronted with wheel at the time. "Although the 2nd mate, in his some of the fruits of his labors on most emotional, dramatic stjde, a steaming hot platter. "It seems as though we'll have vowed that 'this was the end' and to retract our previous statement about the steward and his fish stories from the Massmar," ship's reporter H. G. Horowitz confides, "since he caught that 40-pound king mackerel. Proof Is In The Eatin' "In fact, I'm going to tell you fellows something. You haven't * eaten fish until you've tasted one of steward Eichenberg's freshly caught king mackerel the way they're done by chief cook Peter Garvin!" Licking his chops further, Eichenberg Horowoitz adds: "Next Friday we eat a 35-pQund dolphin." Six big fish have been caught by Eichenberg and other anglers so far. While on the Massmar the stew­ ard met considerable luck in his fishing, but the non-believers on the Seamar prevailed for a time. It apparently took just a few bites 'Now what were you saying, from a fresh morsel of fish to make converts out of them. open . ?" With A Fish Story, Taste Counts Most Tabbed as the "singing galley crew of the MV Del Viento," these Seafarers take pause from their cooking and vocal chores for a picture. Included (I to rl are Carl Jordan, NOB; J. E. Richards, galley utility; Norman Dubois, 2nd cook; 8. E. Phillips, steward, and W. E. Harper, chief cook. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Determination By William Willdridge I am bound to be determined After all my struggles aiid strife, Yes, I'm bound to be determined For the knocks I've had in life. Determination is one's great aspect. If you go to it heart and soul. But if you're really determined You will somehow reach your goal. Some who finally reached their desire. Then when they'd reached the top They sat back ready to retire. Sure, determination's no easy task If that pinnacle you seek. You may almost get there, brother. Then fall back before the peak. Don't just say I'll be determined But always keep that sight in view. And take things in your stride Never take the backward trend; If you have determination And chances are you'll be riding You must feel it deep inside. high Just look and see what lies ahead. Believe these words, my friend. Then grasp at every chance. You'll never reach the summit Unless you're firm in your stance. Someday I intend to be up there Before I'm old and die. Determination must be wonderful. And I'll thank God for determinaEspecially if you reach your aim; t'-m There is nothing in the world to That I once gave it a try. lose. But ere I'm laid away to rest. And everything to gain. In that cold and empty ground, I've known men who were deter­ I'll know that I had done my best mined When I was determination bound. Thanks Baltore For Sympathy To the Editor: I wish to thank Captain Ray­ mond and all SIU members on the Baltore for the kindness and-sympathy they showed when the bad news of my mother's death reached me at Seven Islands, Quebec. I also wish to express my gratitude to all for the many generous contributions. John Ray Wilson i 4" 4" Urges Husband's Pals To Write To the Editor: Please do not stop sending me your paper as it is the only contact I can have with your Union. Ray was a devoted member, and we both read the paper together and enjoyed it so much. I just don't know how I can bear under this, as Ray is every­ where I go. He only wanted to ship so we could enjoy our­ selves together when he came home. He never believed in fighting or arguing. It was a honeymoon all the time we were together. He turned over every penny he made and never wanted anything for himself. I wish there could be some­ thing done for the boys who go into the hospital. All the while Ray was there they were treat- ing him for one thing, but something entirely different was at fault. Fell At Gangway He started to complain of those terrific pains in the head the day he feii at the gangway of the Jefferson City Victory and from then on he was a goner. Before that, he had headaches like everyone else. Letters T« 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. After he took a few anacin pills he was okay. I don't know if there is any­ thing you can do, but I hope there will be something done for the sake of others so that they don't have to suffer the agony I'm going through. Is there any way you can let some of Ray's pals know of his passing on? It will help me an awful lot to hear from them. Mrs. Raymond Frye (Ed. note: Brother Frye died Oct. 5, 1956. Notice of his death was carried in the Nov. 9 issue of the LOG.) "Since the collision occurred at about 10:30 PM and the general alarm was rung, all hands were aroused. But after everybody had talked it over, had some coffee and smoked a few cigarettes to find out what was next, the order was given to proceed to the dump and then to Zapara, our island repair anchorage. I guess it'll take more than a few bumps to disable this old mud-sucker." ^lU uusacn cice& An Afterthought been one of the finest doctors to be aboard the Del Norte, and our only wish at this moment is to have him with us always. In closing, we say a million thanks to you "Doc" from ali of us. You will be missed by the entire crew and we wish you all the success that you so right­ fully deserve for a job well done. Edward L. Fuselier Ship's delegate Michael Lauds Health Centers To the Editor: We here on the Michael had a discussion at our meeting on the new health centers planned for the SIU. All members of the crew wish to extend a vote of thanks to our headquarters officials and the trustees of our welfare plan for this advanced program in the interest of SIU members. We also extend a vote of thanks to our negotiating com­ mittee for the good work done in securing the new raises in pay, overtime and other bene­ fits. J. Griffith Ship's reporter Del Norte Hails Ship's Doctor To the Editor: We, the crew of the Del Norte, wish to express our sin­ cere thanks and gratitude to our ship's doctor, William T. Skin­ ner. He has spent much time and effort attending to our needs. We are especially appreciative for the appendectomy he per­ formed enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Curacao. He was very ably assisted by our chief steward, William P. Kaiser; 2nd electrician Eugene P. "Red" Leonard and John W. "Rocky" Powers. We believe Dr. Skinner has (Ed. note: This letter is also signed by Chadbourne Gait, deck delegate; Lucien C. Theriot, engine delegate; Francis J. Fletschinger, topside dele­ gate; Frank Fraone, galley delegate, and George Djian, waiters delegate.) • m —By Seafarer Jim Cody Jones, about a valve being Finds Good Spot In Rotterdam To the Editor: 'Please inform SIU members that this place, the Seven Seas, Holland, is friendly towards seamen stopping over at Rotter­ dam. The prices are right and there is always a friendly atmosphere. Please put this place on the LOG mailing list, as many SIU men patronize it. Vivian Wiikerson Ship's delegate SS Neva West (Ed. note: This place has been put on the mailing list and a supply of LOGs will be available there regularly in the near future.) : Editor, ; I SEAFARERS LOG, | i 675 Fourth Ave., ! i Brooklyn 32, NY | i I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— | I please put my name on your mailing list. I ; (Print Information) | INAME i I STREET ADDRESS :CITY .....ZONE, STATE. J TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change J • of address, please give your former address below: » • ADDRESS ! CITY ... .. ZONE STATE I 9 n>«i: *•.«- .. a''"'-" IviJ �Carruth Loses PropMakes Home On Spare More than a little put out because their propeller got tired and ran out on them in the mid-Atlantic, SIU crewmen on the William H. Carruth finally arrived beck in New York a week ago in plenty of time to • spend Thanksgiving at home, pep and scrap iron for Genoa on "I suppose everyone is won­ Sept. fl but apparently weren't dering about our ship," writes fated to get such a good start. Two Fred Harvey, AB, "since we days out the iceboxes went on the haven't been heard from in some blink. "By the time we got to Halifax time. Well, we started out full of for repairs, the chief cook and 3rd cook took sick and had to get off. so we wound up with repairs there for a few days and a short gang to do the cooking. "After Gibraltar, our orders were changed to Spezia instead of Genoa. Nobody had any real kick on this because we all had a good time. Spezia isn't exactly Genoa, but the crew beh a V e d and all turned out well. We have a good bunch of men on Harvey here, including Clean^Up Job Tidying-up job d o e s n't phase this pair in the galley on the Ocean Joyce. Those smiles belong to Cerilo Ramos, galleyman (left), and Louis Thomas, steward, who lends a hand with the task. Photo by Tate Hall, Jr., MM. It was turned !n by Thurston Lewis. Raps Brotherhood In Name Only To the Editor: I would like nothing better than to have you print this item. This is a slam at half or maybe more than half of the men go­ ing to sea today. It seems they can only think of the good money and the overtime they're making and that a great many have lost something—or never had it. By this I mean the thoughtfulness for the men they call brothers. As long as a man is able to stand on his feet, answer their questions, and listen to their troubles, he is a good guy. But the minute he is flat on his back he's forgotten. How many of these so-called broth­ ers who are in good health and think they will never be sick a day in their lives ever go to a hospital to see the guy who is less fortunate? Sure, they say, I sent him a donation. But even though a donation to a man who is down is a wonderful thing, it can never take the place of a per­ sonal visit. Still you will always hear them say I should go see this guy or that guy, and then wind up in the nearest ginmill and forget it anyway. How many of these so-called friends went to see Johnny Arabacz when he spent a year and a half in the hospital? I know a great many did, but certainly many more did not. How many have ever made an attempt to see Ernest Tilley when the ship hit Wilmington? Damn few! Yet it is these same ones who would cry if they were the ones who got sick. I've seen Tilley in good November 2S. 195< SEAFARERS LOG Pagre Fonrteen a good captain, chief mate and bosun. "But the trip seemed too good, I guess. After we had nice weather up to Santa Maria in the Azores, the propeller got tired at 4:30 AM one morning and left us. "For about 24 hours we drifted at the rate of a mile and a half an hour until the Dutch tug Ebro from Ponta Delgada picked us up the next morning, and towed .is into Horta on Fayal Island. Since we had a spare wheel and shaft aboard, the repair wasn't too much of a problem for the local shoregang. We were on our way in a week. It's still a good trip, even with the excitement." health and I have watched him going down. What I've seen is almost unbelievable, but true. I have heard him ask what ships were in, name men he knew on these ships and hope out loud Letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names toill be withheld upon request. they would come to see him, but they never did. Are we letting the pay raises and overtime raises and other benefits take our full time? Is this all we can think about? Are we forgetting the times when these sick men were able to do us the little favors that really helped when they were needed? Are we letting high money and conditions rob us of every bit of decency wc ever had? Some of you who have been promising yourselves to go and see this guy and that one and never got there should stop and think. Christmas is coming and even a card would cheer up a lot of guys in the hospitals. Take time out from one drink to send a card. I'm sure the next drink will go down easier and taste a whole lot better. Dave Barry (Ed. note: This letter was re­ ceived shortly before Brother Tilley died.) VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. John Abadie USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Paul Raggett William Lawless N. J. Blanchard Michael Muzio Gil Borge John Overton John L. Caldwell Sherwood Finer Cloise Coats Winford Powell Serio M. DeSosa Randolph Hatcliff Woodrow W. Ford F. Re-aldo Clarence Graham Roy .Hichardson Clarence Hefner Joseph Rusheed William Havelin Wade H. Sexton Charles Herring Paul Signorino James Hudson Toefil Smigielski Robert B. Hunt Lonnie R. Tickle Martin Kelly Luciano Toribio James King Gilbert Trosclalr Frankie Kittchner Dirk Visser Edward G. Knapp James Ward Thomas Landa Walter Yahl Leo H. Lang USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Glendyn L. Brooks Peter Choplinski Eugene E. Cabral Thomas Curran USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Robert Byrne Alfonso Olaguibel John Grimes G. E. Richardson Concpcion Mejia Harold J. Romero USPHS HOSPITAL STATE.V ISLAND, NY Fortunato Alfonso Lawrence Moore Birdie Biggs Harvey W. Morris Julin Blomgren John F. Murphy Walter L. Davis Robert Parker Earl Erickson Jose Rodriguez Kurt Franzke Rafael Rodriguez David Furman Antonio Sanchez Estell Godfrey Manuel E. Sanchez J. Huisman W. Schoenborn Antonio ibarra Stanley C. Scott Alfred Kaju Joseph Shefuleskl D. F. Kaziukewicz Calisto Siaran Robert McDavitt Morris D. Siegel James McFarlin Samuel Small Fillip Madsen Joseph Snyder Vincent Meehan Roman Szczygiel Andy Messana Leonidan Tolias Franciszeh Mietkl USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana Eladio Aris They Lift Weights, Too These boys, billed as "weightlifters," seem to carry a bit of weight with them all the time. On the Seastar (I to r) are Tiny Bell, Milce Curray, Moon Mullins, Frenchy Robins. Reports Funeral Of A Shipmate To the Editor: On the evening of Sept. 6, while standing his watch in the fireroom of the SS Steel Ad­ miral, Brother Joseph Engles collapsed. He was brought on deck and given first aid while a male nurse in the port of Damman, Saudi Arabia, was sent for. The nurse took Brother En­ gles' temperature and said he should immediately go to the hospital as he had a tempera­ ture of 106. Engles was taken from the ship by special con­ veyance to the hospital in Dhahran, where he passed away on the morning of Sept. 7, appar­ ently from heat prostration. His next of kin was duly no­ tified by the master of the ves­ sel and that same evening a spe­ cial ship's meeting was called by the ship's delegate, Johnnie Reinosa, who led a small service and prayers in Engles' behalf. A telegram was also drawn up to notify SIU headquarters in New York. On Sept. 9 an inquest was held ashore and it was an­ nounced that only four people could attend the funeral on Sept. 12 because of the rules of the Saudi Arabian government. The four of us who went to the funeral were Capt. Brummelen, chief engineer C. Balcazar, 12-4 oiler B. Rivera and myself. We left for the funeral by train where we were met by the agent for Isthmian Lines. We arrived in Dhahran at 9:05 AM where the rest of the funeral party was assembled, and rode out to the Aramco cemetery where the interment took place. When Brother Engles' body was removed from the hearse we noted that it was encased in a durable and sturdy casket. There was a Catholic priest at the graveside who donned his vestments and led the service. I noticed that at the head of the grave, which was cement lined, there was a beautiful spray of flowers, and another one on the casket. Under a blazing hot sun the service was read and the remains of Joseph Engles put to rest. Prior to the service, everyone in the funeral party had to sign their names as a witness that the deceased had been interred in a decent and respectful man­ ner. I wish you would publish this account in the LOG so that Brother Engles' friends and shipmates know of his passing. Fiorian R. Clarke Engine delegate 4" ft Praises Assist By Blood Donors To the Editor: I wish to take this opportu­ nity to offer my heartfelt thanks to the members of the SIU who so generously gave their time and energy to donate blood in my behalf. I owe a great deal to the SIU, which has always given me aid and comfort in time of need. I recently underwent a major heart operation and, had the re­ sponse to my need not been so prompt, I doubt whether I now would be able to write this let­ ter of thanks to a very wonder­ ful union. Please accept my sincere and everlasting gratitude as the wife of a deceased member. God bless you and yours, and may you never know sorrow. Mrs. Yetta Levlne Fortunato Bacomo Michael Machusky Wm. C. Baldwin H. F. MacDonald Frank W. Bemrick Benjamin Martin Frank T. Campbell Albert Martinelli Wm. J. Conners Archibald McGuigan E. T. Cunningham Vic Milazzo Robert M. Douglas Joseph B. ATurphy John J. Driscoll W. P. O'Dea Robert E. Gilbert Ralph J. Palmer William Guenther George G. Phifer Bart E. Guranick James M. Quinn Howard Hailey G. E. Shumaker Taib Ilassen G. Sivertsen Joseph If sits Henry 31. Smith Thom.-is Isaksen Michael Toth Ira H. Kilgore Karl Vreimann Ludwig Kristiansen Harry S. ''uttle Frank J. Kubek Fred Wes. Kaarel Leetmaa Norman West Leonard Leidig Virgil E. Wilmoth Anthony D. Leva Pon P. Wing Mike Lubas USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Joseph A. Proulx Richard H. Daniels Telesford Roman Herbert W. Davis Wiliiam Snyder Fred M. Harrill Walter C. Stevens Harold Kammet D. G. Zerrudo Ernest L. Magers USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Orville E. Abrams John Krolenok Marcelo B. Belen Michal Michalik Howard W. Forbes William Vandyne M. M. Hammond USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Maximino Bernes Jimmie Littleton Reamer Grimes D. L. Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. L. Bosley D. K. CampbeU USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Claude F. Blanks VA HOSPITAL ALBERQUERQUE, NM Charles Buton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler John C. Palmer Samuel Giove Rosendo Serrano Siegfried Gnittke Robert N. Young James R. Hodges VA HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Billy R. HiU USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Mack Acosta Chas. M. Kellogg Eusibio Andaya Edward McMaster Leslie Brilhart Ramon Maldonado Frank Cardoza Francisco Mayo Semion Gamier James T. Moore Joseph Gill John A. Morris Gorman T. Glaze James Porter Torleif Hansen Wm. E. Roberts Walter Hartman Richard Schwartz Clarence R. Haun Alonzo D. Sistrunk Walton O. Hudson Ernest H. Webb Edward Huizenga Albert WiUis flenry Kantorski Hails The LOG As Best Paper To the Editor: I am a member of the SIU hospitalized at the present time here at Manhattan Beach Hos­ pital. It is with pleasure that I write and express my apprecia­ tion for the splendid job that the editors and everyone con­ nected with the LOG is doing to guarantee SIU men the best maritime paper in the world. The LOG has served in my home as a yardstick for the en­ lightenment of my family and myself. One can point with pride to the interest it has been created outside the maritime industry and to the acclaim given the LOG by other papers. It is my wish and the wish of all Sea­ farers that our letters of grati­ tude may in some small way serve as an inspiration to all of you in your work at headquar­ ters. On my discharge from the hospital, I am personally com­ ing by the hall to say hello. Un­ til then, my best regards to everyone. Howard L. Hailey 4" 4" it Mae Crewmen Rap IBL Loss To the Editor: The crewmembers of the Mae were very sorry to hear that the IBL lost out in the recent long­ shore election. It seems some people just won't take advan­ tage of something good when it comes along. Chuck Hostetter Ship's reporter �November X3. 195$ Pare Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG New Tanker PitSONAlS AND NOTICES Rush Begun By US €o's EVERY I SUNDAY I I DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST Don Miller Herbert W. Cogsdale ex-SS Suamico Contact your brother c/o Colo­ Ralph Dunsmoor has left money nial Theater, PO Box 1388, Nor­ for you with the SUP patrolman folk, Va. in the New York haJl. 4' 4« 4 4 4 4 John Garber Audley C. Foster Get in touch with your mother, (Continued from page 3) SS Seatrain Texas ! Mrs. E. L. Ames, at Box 55, Ney, Many of these were sold by the US Ohio. Contact your wife at your new in 1950 for around $650,000. address, 714 Grand St., Hoboken, 4 4> 4« • The frantic demand for ships NJ. Victor J. Lynch was shown whgn over 40 steamship Contact Mrs. Theresa Van Al4 4 4 companies bid for six T-2s offered styne, 329 Hoefler St., Syracuse Henry Arnold for sale by the US. (See' story on 4, NY. TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN Urgent. Contact your wife Elsie, page 4.) at 70 Wroxham Ave., Grimsby 4 4 4 AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS Everett J. Tweed To meet the shipping needs, the Lines, England. An important message for you is Maritime Administration is follow­ 4 4 4 ing two apparently-contradictory being held by Mrs. S. Wessel, James J. Connors TV courses. On the one side it is offer­ Missing Seamen's Bureau, 25 South The, welfare department is hold­ ing almost 100 ships for sale and St., NY, NY. ing an SUP vacation check for you. charter'under the US flag. These Contact Toby Flynn at SIU head­ 4 4 4 :^ Giles L. Glendenning WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships in Caribbean, East Coast include the above mentioned six quarters. of South America, South Atlan­ Get in touch with your motjicr. T-2s and eight Mariners for sale; 4 4 4 . tic and East Coast" of United charters on 30 Victory ships, prac­ Anyone associated with the late 4. 4 4 r-,,/ Stales. Bad Tobias tically all of them for West Coast James Cmtty bet-ivcen ^Kug. 24, Contact Thomas A. Home, 420 1956, and'tne time of his death on companies; 30 coal Liberty chart­ WFL-65, 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ ers and 18 to 30 reserve fleet and Hagley Ave., Christchurch, New Nov. 6, is asked to get in touch bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico Navy reserve tankers for overhaul Zealand. with Toby Flynn at SIU headquar­ and US East Coast. and charter. ters. This brother was last em­ 4 . 4' 4" Alvin H. Sourwine ployed on the Seatrain New York. Maritime has also announced WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area. Anyone knowing his where­ tentative approval of programs lor 4 4 4 North Atlantic, European and Jack M. Johnson M-203 US East Coast. building the 32 new American-flag abouts contact his niece, Mrs, Contact your family at once. tankers. However, at the same A. Jones, Box 451, LaPlace, La. time that it is breaking out reserve fleet tonnage for shipping needs, it is giving preliminary approval Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-World to the transfer of up to 73 US ships to runaway flags and con­ Wireless Broadcasts Continue . . . struction of runaway flag super­ Every Sunday. 1915 GMT tankers in steel-short, space-short The deaths of the following Sea­ vived by his wife, Mercedes Pitre (2:15 PM EST Sunday) US shipyards. farers have been reported to the of Kenner, La. WCO-13020 KCs Seafarers Welfare Plan ajid the Runaway Fleet Gains 4 4 4 Europe and North America SIU death benefit is being paid to Jennings B. Bamett, 37: On Septheir beneficiaries: The net gainer tonnage-wise in WCO-16908.8 KCs „ tember 29, 1956, this situation is the runaway fleet. East Coast South America Clarence F. De Chenne, 58: Brother Barnett The transfers could prove a cash Brother De died of a head WCO-22407 KCs bonanza to those operators who Chenne died of injury. He joined West Coast South America want to unload their ships. In two a heart condition the Union Feb­ instances, operators will be per­ Every Monday, 0315 GMT on September 16, ruary 9, 1943, and (10:15 PM EST Sundai/) mitted to transfer brand new ton­ 1956. He was sail­ was sailing in the nage, now under construction, in ing in the engine deck department. WMM 25-15607 KCs return for larger projected Ameri­ Australia department and Burial took place can flag tonnage. The new tonnage joined the Union in Graceland can now be sold foreign-flag at for WMM 81-11037.5 December 2,1944. Cemetery, Green­ Northwest Pacific more than original construction ville, South Carolina. Brother De costs. Chenne is sur4 4 4 The reason for the transfers, vived wife, Sophia De Francis C. Murray, 45: Brother Maritime says, is the need to get Chenne of Philadelphia, Penna. Murray died of big, new fast tankers i under the congestive heart 4 4 American flag. The argument is Maximiliano C. failure on Sep­ that the ships would not be built October 10, 1956, tember 27, 1956. unless the transfers were permit­ Brother P i t r e He joined the ted. In view of the readiness of died of a skull Union April 1, Maritime to permit transfers in the fracture in the 1941, and was last three years, that argument has USPHS Hospital, sailing in the All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity never been tested. . New Orleans, deck department. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Brother Murray, In 1955 and 1956 alone Maritime Louisiana. He joined the Union a resident of transfei-red no less than 238 ships Donna Elaine Umfleet, born Oc­ October 19, 1956, to Seafarer and October 14, 1954, Ozone Park, Long Island, is sur­ tober 5, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mrs. Howard K. Pierce, Philadel­ foreign, amounting to 1,900,000 and was employed vived by a brother, John Murray. gross tons. The result is that Li­ Clifford D. Umfieet, Dextor, Mis­ phia, Pa. Burial took place in Ozone Park beria now has the fourth largest in the engine de­ souri. t 4« t sur­ Cemetery. partment. Brother Pitre maritime fleet in the world. 4" Cynthia Ann Fontenot, born Oc­ Guy Anthony Fletcher, born Oc­ tober 22, 1956, to Seafarer and tober 13, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Clarence Fontenot, Lake Mrs. Ferdinand Fletcher, Los An­ Charles, La. geles, California. I I . "THE VOICE OF THE MTD FINAL DISPATCH MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT RECENT ARRIVALS t 4" 4" 4. 4. t Diane Marie Will, born Septem­ Michael Joseph Zeloy, born Oc­ ber 28, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. tober 12, 1956, to Seafarer and Harold C. Will, West Hollywood, Mrs. Joseph Zeloy, Mobile, Ala­ Florida. bama. 4" 4" 4" t 4 4'\ Ben Frederick Hicks, born July David Andrew Marino, born Oc­ 28, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Fred tober 7, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. R. Hicks, Norfolk, Virginia. Andrew Marino, Tacoma, Washing­ ton. ^ 4> Cherise Joyce Anerino, born Oc­ 4 4' t tober 28, 1956, to Seafarer and Rita Ann Gambaro, born Octo­ Mrs. Willam R. Anerino, Philadel­ ber 18, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. phia, Pa. Louis Gambaro, Staten Island, 4" 4' 4" NY. Darline Elaine Mser'". born Oc­ t 4i 4i tober 16, 1956, to Seafarer and Teresa Ann Robbins, born Octo­ Mrs. Robert Myers, Jacksonville, ber 16, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Florida. Thomas E. Robbins, Baltimore, i 4" Robert Wallace, born November Md. 4, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed­ 4 4^ 4i ward F. Wallace, San Francisco, David James Faircloth, born Oc­ California. tober 21, 1956, to Seafarer and 4' 4- 4" Mrs. Grady Faircloth, Philadelphia, Andrew Howard Pierce, born Pa. DIRECTORY OF SIU RRANCHE8 SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard. Agent EAstern 7-4906 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sbeeban, Agent Richmond 2-014O HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. Micbelet,., Acting Agent Capital 7-8558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILB 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEbnlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulaiie 8626 NEW YORK 075 4tb Ave., Brooklyn UYaclntb 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent MAdlson 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 PUERTA de TIERRA PR Pelayo 51—La » Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty BreitboS, West Coast Representative SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St E. B. McAuley, Acting Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GtUette, Agent EUiott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Pranklln SL Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries, Agent. Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS....675 4tb Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETTABY-TREASURERS J. Alglna, Deck C. Simmons, Joint J. Volplan, Eng. W. HaU, Joint E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU PORT COLBORNE Ontario TORONTO. Ontario 103 Durham St. Phone; 5591 272 King St. E. EMpLre 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC 617M Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phono 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnai 7-3202 QUEBEC 85 St. Pierre St. Quebec Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 85 Germain St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND, CALIF. 510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANUSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave Main 0.290 Great wn,MINGTON 505 Marine Ave. ALPENA Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 875 4th Ave., Brooklyn BUFFALO. NY HYacinth 9-6165 CLEVELAND Canadian District HALIFAX, N.S MONTREAL FORT WILLIAM Ontario 128Vt HoiUs St. Phone- 3-8911 634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 l30 Simpson St. Phone: 3-3221 Lakes District 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J 180 Main St Phone: Cleveland 7391 734 Lakeside Ave.. NB Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W Michigan St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO. 3261 E. 92nd St Phone: Essex 5-2419 '•'y �SEAFARERS AWARDED FIRST PRIZE • GENERAL EDITORIAL BXCELLENCK • 19» • LOG INTERNATIONAL LABOR PRESS OF AMERICA • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE StAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • SAFETY... is part of the job Seafarers have always had a stake in safety aboard their vessels because their life and limb depend on it. Since the SlU negotiated the first industry-wide safety program in the maritime field, plans have been moving ahead to get this program on a solid footing. Early next year, the SlU safety program will get underway, with the active participation of SlU crew­ men in all ship's departments at regular safety meet­ ings. There, problems can be explored and, where possible, handled right on the spot. Since safety is a continuing job, the shipboard aspects of the program will be coupled with shoreside safety machinery jointly operated by the Union and the companies. SlU men have already been called upon to take part in this program by submitting ideas and sugges­ tions to make their ships as safe to sail as man's in­ genuity can make them. They, their families and fheir Union have a vital stake in this effort —another pioneering first in maritime for their security and pro­ tection. •/ AN SlU SHIP is A SAFE SHIP! � 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 November 23, 1956 Description An account of the resource Headlines: RUSH ON TO BUILD TANKERS SIX MONTH SUEA SHUTDOWN SEEN; BONUS TALKS ON ILA STRIKES TO BAR FUTURE DOCK VOTE; INJUNCTION AWAITED PLAN RED TRADE BOYCOTT SHIP NEED SPURS NEW VESSEL PLANS; TRANSFERS ON RISE MEDBA SEVERS NMU ALLIANCE IN COAL BEEF UNION, SHIP TURKEY FEEDS MARK HOLIDAY BULL LINE SOLD TO NEW COAL CO.; REMAINS SIU HAIL SUP TRIO FOR RESCUE SMALL BOAT MENACE TOLD TO CONGRESS ‘WRECK’ LAW BACKERS ROUTED IN TWO STATES JOBS BOOM BALTO; PORT BUSY AGAIN SPEEDY MARORE RESCUE SAVES FOUR FISHERMEN CARRUTH LOSES PROP-MAKES HOME ON SPARE NEW TANKER RUSH BEGUN BY US CO’S SAFETY… OS A PART OF THE JOB 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 11/23/1956 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. 24  1956 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/bd7a0908865be8a104634147c0474409.PDF 896928769809f792fe9c3ec381012bc1 PDF Text Text ^j^^KBRS JOQ OPFIDIAL OSaAN OF THE^ ATLAKTIO AND OULF DISTRICT. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VoL VL Organizing Makes Good Progress .'a NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1944 New York Voting Hits All Time Record Pace On Monday. November 20th the New York Branch broke 1.300! More than 1.000 members had cast their bal­ lot in the port in the first 20 By A. M. days of voting. This estab­ We wonder how many brothers lishes an all time record for realize how tremendously import­ the port, and indicates a ant is the work of organizing keen interest in the affairs those companies that the SIU has of the union by the rank and singled out' to try to line up for file. contracts. For many new to the in­ Our union has gone a long way dustry this is their first taste toward realizing its goal since of union democracy. They Steely White came up to New are seeing how the rank alfd York as an organizer. Brother file controls the policies and White has tackled the problem the selection of officials in a with enthusiasm aijd he's doing democratic union. This ex­ a bang up job. We were looking perience will serve to educate over the records recently and we them for future struggles in can assure the membership that the union movement; strug­ some real progress has been made toward lining up these 'badly gles not only against the needed contracts for the postwar - shipowners but against any group, or clique which might period. attempt to seize control of More than enthusiasm and hard work on the part of the or­ the labor movement for its own ends. ganizers is needed, however, if The ballot box is your this vital work is to be carried guarantee of union democ­ forward to a successful conclu­ racy . . . use it! sion— there must be enthusiasm on the part of the membership as well! If some of the newer brothers will take the trouble to examine the heads of some of the oldtimers they will invariably find evidence of old wounds. These old-timers got that way because they marched on picket lines in We hit the perfect ship this the lean and hungry days and frequently had clubs and stones week; the SS John La Farge of bounced off their heads by the the American Range Line. This finks and the shipowners' stooges. ship was away for over four They got that way because they months and we expect to run in­ believed whole - heartedly in to a pile of beefs. We contacted unionism and because they were the three delegates and asked willing to make real sacrifices for them for their beefs, but there the recognition of union princi- were none. Not even in the (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 4) Patrolman Finds John La Farge Perfect Ship No. 38 HOUSE GETS WAR SERVICE ACT FOR AMERICAN SEAMEN SIU-SUP Sweeps Pacific Coast Standard Oil SAN FRANCISCO — Standard Oil seamen delivered their votes to the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific and Seafarers' Pacific Dis­ trict Engine and Stewards De­ partment by such majorities that almost from the start of the count there was no question as to what Unions they wanted to represent them. Under auspices of the NLRB 20th Region the count started early Monday morning, two weeks ago, and within a short time the result was almost clinched — as the chant of the counters came — SUP — SUP — SUP—and later in the Engine Di­ vision, SIU—SIU—SIU! Every once in a while a lone CIO-NMU vote, or a company union vote would show up to enliven the situation, but the final result showed the Sailors Union - Seafarers combined vote was 83% of the totals cast to 17% for the CIO-National Mari­ time Union which received the worst drubbing at the hands of West Coast seamen in their short history on this Coast. The result of this vote is all the more interesting and conclusive (Continued on Page 2) WASHINGTON, D. C. —War Shipping Adminis­ tration recommendations for a "GI Bill of Rights for Merchant Seamen" were incorporated in a bill introduced in the House last week by Representative J. Hardin Peter­ son (Dem., Fla), a member of the Merchant Marine Committee. It was referred to" the Merchant Marine Committee as H.R. 5477. 550,000 seamen and a similar number of dependents of seamen will be affected by the bill's pro­ visions, which include hospitali­ zation and medical care, educa­ tion, employment, readjustment, allowances, provision for depend­ ents of deceased seamen, disabil­ ity payments and burial honors. hostilities. It would also extend benefits to an enrollee in the U. S. Maritime Service on ac­ tive duty, or during any period as an enrollee or student in any school or institution, including basic training schools and acad­ emies of the United States Mer­ chant Marine Cadet Corps and any State maritime academy, un­ der the jurisdiction or super­ vision of the administrator of the War Shipping Administration. HOSPITALIZATION WAR SERVICE ONLY , PROVIDED • At the same time WSA out­ Hospitalization and medical lined the program to the House treatment are covered in Title II committee, it was pointed out of the measure, which provides that eligibility for the measure's for the medical care of seamen benefits would be only upon the and their dependents at public basis of the task merchant sea­ health service hospitals. WSA had men have performed in the war pointed out that the Public and in terms of the inadequacy Health Service had its origin in of their existing rights and those 1793 in an Act of Congress to of their dependents to meet the provide for the care of merchant seamen. Since then others than misfortunes of war. Titled "Merchant Seamen's War merchant seamen have been Service Act," the Peterson bill granted access to marine hospi­ would make eligible for benefits tals until only 35 per cent of the both licensed and unlicensed men present patients of the Public who has served after September Health Service are merchant sea30, 1941 and prior to six months m e n . Dependents of merchant after the termination of present seamen arc not now entitled to access- to marine hospitals, nor are the present marine hospitals equipped to furnish institutional or domiciliary care. Title III proposed amendments to the vocational rehabilitation act extending the rights of resti­ tution of jobs vacated by men to join the merchant marine. Pro­ vision is made for job counsell­ ing, retraining, rehabiltation and placement (including Civil Ser­ vice preference) of merchant sea­ men who desire shore employ­ ment, together with contact fa­ cilities throughout the country for the information and guidance of men so interested. Here is the latest picture of the floating residential Qnd recreation club Klang. operated by the USS in the South Pacific. The Klang is 281 feet long with a beam of 36 feet and a speed of 14 knots. She is equipped with games, feeding and sleeping facilities, and a medical dispensary. She steams among the island ports in the entire Pacific' war area, giving merchant seamen much needed recreation and relaxation. h> ; • J The remaining titles of the bill provide for educational pro­ grams for seamen, disability pay- • ments, readjustment allowances, including loans for the purchase or construction of homes, farms and business property, and pro­ vision for deceased seamen. Hearings on the Peterson mea- • sure will probably be held early ! in December. The SIU-SUP wiU, appear before the Committee at ; that time and offer certain > amendments to the bill. • 4! 1 - . �..T-iVy ' Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, November 24, 1944 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAVTK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 Ith Street, N. m m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH. TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON —The Call Washington, D. C. ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic AVe 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St. 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 08 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St.... PHONE HAnover 2-2X84 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 ^mbard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonviile 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N, Y. •4^267 SIU-SUP Sweeps Patrolman Finds John La Farge Pacific Coast Perfect Ship Standard Oil (Continued from Page 1) {Continued from Page 1) Steward's Department. All the because the SUP-SIU had to face overtime had been turned in and FOUR places on the ballot—and OK'd by the department heads. win 51% of the votes of all However,we still thought some of it might be knocked down by FOUR! This will be the first time any the company. But no, it was all paid. There were no beefs against Union has won in such a case by the Steward and believe it or not, such a clear majority over all everyone on the ship said he was places on the ballot that no run­ one swell guy and a good feeder off is necessary in the Deck or to boot. He is making another Engine Department, and only a trip so don't be afraid of this ship. run-off with the Company Union 1 found the whole ship painted from stem to stern, inside and in the Stewards, although the out, and it looks like an easy job Seafarers received almost a 51% for the next crew. The officers even there, getting 49 votes to all liked the crew and, more im­ portant, the crew liked the of­ the Company Union's 43. ficers. Just one big happy family There were 10 challenged bal­ and no fooling. lots in the Deck Department, 12 A vote of thanks is due to the in the Engine and 4 in the Stew­ three delegates, George Held for ards, and as we claim the major­ the Engine; R. S. Young for the ity of these challenges as our Deck; and M. O. Boone for the men, the determination of these Stewards department. Also the challenges is expected to swell entire crew recommended that a the majority received to even few good Words be said for the Steward, Amos A. Baum. greater proportions. If you're looking for a* gooijl The team of organizers who ship, grab yourself a job on the worked so patiently and consci­ La Farge. entiously to bring about this vicARTHUR THOMPSON tory were congratulated by Harry Lundeberg, secretary of the Sailors Union and President of the .Seafarers International. Notwithstanding the numerous delays and seemingly endless SS JOSE MARTIE battles with the forces arrayed Crew has 8 hours everiime against us, the Richmond team, coming. Collect New York office the boys in the southern ports- of Bull Line. at Portland, Honolulu and Seattle * * * —in fact the many loyal Union SS LILLINGTON men who stayed on their ships to Entire Stewards Department clinch the vote—all contributed has overtime for Election Day their local share to the final re­ while in port. J. L. O'Connor and sult. Trueblood have 65 hours each ofr This election involved fifteen dumping garbage. Collect at of­ tankers, and around 500 seamen. fice of South Atlantic SS Co. MONEY DUE •V s.'n JivVrf •Afr.: NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY By "FRENCHY" MICHELET We had dinner a few nights where he bleeds a mixture of ago at the India House with Paul blood, salt water and beer every Hall. In the two hours after din­ time he cuts his finger, he's a ner period, while each of us was guy who's having a swell time waiting for the other guy to pick going through life just seeing up the check, we got to discuss­ what lies over Uie next horizon. ing food generally. Being a N.O. Feople who slave away at boy ourselves, we hinted darkly shoreside Jobs never know the that anybody who pours milk thrill of creeping into-a far har­ and sprinkles sugar over rice bor where the white wails of doesn't have all his marbles. some strange Moorish city lie Brother Hall, who can see some gleaming in the torrid sun. good in anything edible, pointed A fellow doesn't have to be a out the virtues of northern cook­ profound philosopher to realize ing. We then reminded the big that life is a pretty deceptive cracker boy that he can drum up business. All of us go through quite an appetite for southern life all hopped With hope. We cooking himself. Once, when we had a swell time yesterday and were Chief Steward on the old we're going to have a swell time Dynastic, and after we had fed tortiortow --- it's just today that him, Jimmy Hanners and "Cot­ we're* getting those tough breaks! ton" Haymond, southern grits all A seaman has more fun chas­ the way across the North Atlantic ing for the rainbow of happiness and almost back again, and had than any other guy on earth. finally run out, we were rudely What better way is there to awakened one morning by all dream than just sitting on your three of them pounding on our fanny in some Spanish park and door and yelling, "What's the watching those dark-eyed darl­ matter with you, you hungry ings in the black mantillas go belly-robber—no grits!" gliding by! Just thinking about red beans Last week we discussed ways cooked in some good tasty style for utilizing chuck cuts in stews make us hungry. We don't mean and pot roast. We continue today. red beans cooked the way half A delicious goulash can be taken the ship cooks prepare them— fr<)m the chuck. Cut the meat simply boiled in salted water into small squares and plenty of with bacon rind. We mean red onions into pieces. Season well beans what am red beans! Here's with salt and pepper and a lib­ a. tasty way to prepare them: eral sprinkling of paprika. Brown Soak the beans overnight and the meat and onions in butter. pour the water off in the morn­ But a layer of meat into the pot, a ing. Boil them for two hours ih sprinkling of onions over the well-Salted water along With sev­ meat, another of meat, and so on eral quarted onions and a crack­ until all is used up. Add enough ed ham bone. When they have cold water to cover the top layer cooked for two hours, add two and bring to a boil. Allow two No. 2% cans of tomatoes. Fry cupsfull of tomatoes for each several large onions a golden quart of the meat mixture. When brown in a half cupful 6f olive the mixture has come to a boil oil. Sprinkle liberally with chili (not before) pour the tomatoes powder. Now turn all into the over the meat. Allow to simmer beans and cook for an hour ahd gently for two hours, then put a half. Just before they are done simae peeled raw potatoes into add two tablespoonsful of vine­ the pot, pushing the meat gently gar. Cook enough for two Serv­ aside to make room. The contents ings—the crew will really go for ,must not be stirred more than ab­ them -and they will taste fevett solutely necessary. When the po­ tatoes are done, serve With butbetter at the second serving. We had a bird in our office re­ .tered noodles. Here is an unusual and delici­ cently who wanted us to explain to him just what benefits' a guy ous dish: Cut up some chuck into who went to sea only for the dur­ squares and several large onions ation could expect under the GI into pieces. Season well with salt, Bill of Rights. We told him that pepper and a liberal sprinkling the SIU is a union of bona fide of dry mustard. Brown well in seamen and that we don't much bacon drippings. Wash two No. care what happens to people who 10 cans of sauer kraut in a coldon't intend to go to sea for a lender. Combine the kraut, meat living. However, the question got mixture, some capers and queen us to thinking about people who olives in a baking pan and pour do go to sea for a living and of several cups of rich stock over what a swell time they have of it. the mixture and bake until the When a fellow gets to the stage meat is tender. iiiltsSi-i,'-.*- • '-'-.''J. One thing that all members should remember in order to have a good trip, as well as a clean pay-off, is that there must be absolute cooperation on board all vessels between the Departments. From the experiences of this port, it is noticed that When there is trouble between the various de­ partments on board a ship, then everything is usually haywire with all sorts of disputes to be settled. When the various de~ partments are unwilling to go down the line for each other it makes for very bad conditions and must be stopped. To realize to the fullest extent the benefits of being a member of this or­ ganization, it is imperative that you cooperate with your ship­ mates as well as with union Of­ ficials. You can do this by calling in the three departmental represen­ tatives on any dispute that may arise during the course of the voyage. 'At the pay-off time, as­ sist the Ship's Delegates in lining up all affairs and disputes so as to have them available for the Patrolmen when they board ship. Assist the boarding Patrolmen in every manner possible and by do­ ing so, it will mean belter condi­ tions for you and more dollars in your pocket. S. During the . past week this port paid off 32 ships and signed on 28 ships. With the exception of one vessel, all these jobs paid off clean with no beefs pending and the membership's affairs were handled in a satisfactory manner. During this same week, the Branch also shipped 837 members to regular jobs. This is only an average week for this Port and, as can be seen by the figures, this Port is usually very busy. i) if No doubt, many members have been on board ships where there are Skippers, Mates and Engin­ eers who continually threaten the crew with the Army and the Coast Guard. When this happens, don't take it too seriously because when a man does this he is usually of a very low calibre. Re­ member too, that these same men are also liable to charges by the Coast Guard. It is up to any crew when they are intimidated or abused on board ship, to co­ operate with their union officials in the port of arrival in seeing that characters of this type are put where they properly belong —ON THE SPOT ! ! Remember too, when at sea with men of this type—keep your nose clean in every respect—do your work and don't, under any condition, take time off unless given permission by the head of your department. is �Friday, November 24, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG PUERTO RICO WHArS DOING We're having quite a few ships calling at San Juan and island ports. Some of these ships have skippers that are real characters. They think up all kinds of petty deals to antagonize their crew and then call the Coast Guard. Had the Knute Nelson of the here. The Bos'n and the Deck Seas Shipping Company in this Delegate are old timers and they port sometime ago. The charact­ reaRy know their business. Had er who called himself the skipper no beefs at all on this trip With by the name of Christoffersen, the skippers. was nothing but a gas-hound who I would like to see more old stayed drunk while the ship was timers shipping in some of the in this port. By the crew's report Bull Line ships as the conditions he stayed drunk at sea as well. aboard some of these ships are For three days I tried to reason not so good. If a good union with this man to obtain stores crew ships in them for one or two for the ship. He could hardly trips they can bring the quarter raise his head off the pillow. The and conditions of these ships up ship had no vegetables, no juices, to par. DANIEL BUTTS, Agent and no fresh fruits of any kind. The chief cook and myself made up a store list of things that were SAVANNAH needed. I obtained almost every­ thing that was needed through Shipping around this port late­ the Bull Line Office who were ly has been real good. Have av­ the agents for the ship here. This eraged at least one new ship out ship had been in the Mediterran­ eyery week for the last eouple ean, also in South America for a of months, with ,a few West 4% months' trip. They had to Coast ships in on the side. Have buy Argentine beef while the been shipping out the men as ship was in South America. I fast as they come in here to reg­ was informed by the WSA here ister. Shipped out everything I that all ships making the Medit­ could get my hands on around erranean or European runs are here and also anyone I could get stored for 180 days. This ship out of Charleston and Jackson­ certainly was not stored for that ville. Had three new ones out period of time. The skipper had here this last week, one here and five men up on charges of sabot­ two in Brunswick, and had to age before the Coast Guard. The call on Charleston to get men to cases were dismissed. fill out some of these crews. The main trouble concerning From the looks of things it the food situation was the Stew­ might be quiet around here for ard who did not know his busi­ the next couple of Weeks as all I ness. He is a gas-hound and a have in sight right now will be a WSA stiff. I tried to jack this couple of new ones scheduled for Steward up but he was beyond around the first of December. reasoning. For five days he stay­ CHARLES WAID, Agent ed in this condition. He told me Aronnd the Ports I every step. Brother Wread was calling on one and' all for help, but just as he made the door his gal made a long reach and got her man. Next we had to hunt up "Marrying Sam" and after going all over Dog Patch we finally found the Horsethief in the big city of Dade City, where he pronounced them man and wife. We wish for them the best that life affords. Voting here has started off at a slow speed, although we don't hopo to' vote very many as most of the boys will vote at the place of pay off. D. L. PARKER, Agent BALTIMORE ped into the hall this week and reported on his progress in his capacity of tanker organiier. It is very encouraging to know that some of our brothers will sacri­ fice their own welfare in order to make our union grow, and is reminiscent of the days when all our members were serving the union in that capacity. This handfull of old-timers must be pretty proud of their achievementsin being instrumental in creating one of the greatest or­ ganizations the seamen ever had, and justly so. They can recall how all the other so-called unions were doing every thing in their power to fofestall our growth, even to the extent of scabbing on us, and using goon squads when­ ever they got one of our mem­ bers alone. And brother McLemore was one of these pion­ eers of our union. JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent Page Three members before they were com­ pletely contaminated by this SIU bolshevism. He must teach them the principles of the NMU where the shipowner and union officials work hand and glove, as is sa often pointed out by word and cartoons in the Pilot. The cooperation of 1936 and 1937 is forgotten, or is there any­ one left in the NMU now that went to sea in 1936 and 1937 ex­ cept the "piecards?" But to poor "straighten it out'* Mohun's chagrin, these new men had been led astray. And to make i| worse, the companywould not support his mission to convert the seamen to his idea of "work and pray and receive your pay judgment day." Upon arrival of this vessel in port, the union hall was inform­ ed that Mohun was aboard and practicing his usual tactics. We informed the company that the crew did not want to sail With Mohun, and as the ship needed fumagating Mohun had better get off before they got 'rough on rdts." The result is Mohun is now a fugative from the exterminator and an outcast from all SIU ships. Thus the mournful tune he now sings on street corners. The "piecards" in this port have proven that, with the sup­ port of the membership, beefs can be settled on the point of production. True SIU style. Shipping has picked up here last week, and it looks as if it will continue so for a while. Arty of the boys down the line whe are interested in getting out soon can drop up this way. The boys in this port are show­ ing an interest in their represen­ tation next year. The balloting has reached a thousand. Our main interest now is to see the war end, then we can put out an extra line or two on some of the ships where the Captains think that they are little "Hit­ lers." We can thus end Facism here and aboard. J. P. SHULER, Patrolman. Shipping has been exception­ ally good this week and all beefs except for one hour (which has been submitted to New York for determination) has been settled. This hour involves a penalty hour NEW YORK for dinner for a deck engineer while winches were working There'll be pie in the sky when cargo during the noon hour and you die. If you hear this refrain in my opinion is a very import­ on the street corner around the ant issue. The company is under water front it will be coming the impression that all a man on from a very well known charact­ the winches has to do is oil the er, Red (keep 'em sailing) Mohun. winches every hour or so. I have This character came into this sailed in the black gang for over port as mate on the Juliet Low, twenty-five years, and have oiled many winches in that time and an SIU ship belonging to the never have I been able to have South Atlantic Steamship Co. over twenty minutes to myself Mohun. As most of your oldon the best running winches. We timers know, Mohun has always will be faced with the inevitable had the desire to become cham­ break downs, changing gears, pion fink herder of the maritime tightening up loose glands and industry, and he realized his am­ running parts, fixing broken bition a few years ago when he vales and hand levers, and many became organizer for the NMU. other minor repair items too But fink herding has a lot of numerous to mention. This is competition in that organization, what the company claims is oil­ so Mohun gracefully retired from ing the winches. On second the field before he was out-done thought, some other issues were by some of the smarter boys in also submitted regarding stand­ the NMU. He shipped mate on an SIU ing seawatches when ship was in ship and to his surprise learned port. Well, the politicians have final­ that the merchant marine Was A. Mallberg ly ceased their mud-slinging and going to hell. Why, the guys- on J. W. Coilman are now busy congratulating each this ship- actually wanted coffee SS Scripps other. The result of the elections time, and the Deck Department SS Riddle means only one thing to the pub­ even wanted overtime for dock­ H. W. Thompson lic in general, and that is that ing and undocking, and they ask­ H. Haughton the same bureaucrats keep their ed for $.90 an hour. Some of the J. McKay unproductive jobs, and the op­ Steward Department went so far SS Joseph McKenna position is still promising their as to ask for overtime for feeding J. Symons party workers that they shall be the Chief Mate breakfast after C. Dreyer G. J. Hahn given these jobs in some future 8:30 a.m. date. Such_ was thfe basis of the It was simply ridiculous. What SS J. S. Casement Whole campaign. Needless to say is becoming of this SIU anyway? SS Shicksheney they shall all continue With a Something had to be done. So Kajis vengeance to fight against any "good deed Mohun" commenced Hayes gains Labor will try to make for to right an evil. He contacted H. Krevitz itself. But this time they have some of the crew who were old Jones 3td Mate SS Henderson Communists openly helping SIU men, but alas they were them. To such degredation does hopeless. They had gone too far L. U. Ferguson to reform, but maybe he could Levesque a politician go to get votes. Brother John Mc Lemore drop­ save a few trip card and new NewaU Routh J. W. James Thomas Lamerets Bill Fredericks D. E. Jones SS Colabee ...^. SS L. B. Evans E. W. Manz SS Arizpa T. Bowens A. Anderson M. Brickhouse A. E. Gibson Frank Strazalka he was a WSA stiff and he has made two trips on SIU ships and TAMPA as far as he Was concerned he The port of Tampa for a long would go back again to the WSA. Had another Liberty ship in time has been without a, regular with another grub-beef. The schedule of ships, we could only skipper ordered the Steward to expect a stray now and then. The feed accordingly to his taste. The business men and the city Fathers Steward refused to comply with have come to the conclusion that his order. The skipper then call­ for a better city in this Post War era that they must do something ed the Coast Guard in. While waiting for the Coast about the shipping, so they have Guard to arrive, this character called in several EXPERTS on blew off that he was a real mas­ port facilities to recommend ter when he was sailing in the changes that may be made in South Pacific. The Army backed order that this port will be one him up by theatening to put the of the best in the Gulf. Quite a few of the boys are Deck and Engine Department now coming home to spend Delegates on the rock pile, really gave this skipper the score. Thanksgiving, also to get out of A man from the Coast Guard the cold weather up Norths For came down aboard the ship and some unknown reasons the poor heard the beef. Politely he told working class of people voted him that was strickly a union against the closed shop here so I beef between him and me and he suppose that we will have all left the ship. I informed the skip­ kinds of trouble with the em­ per the Army did not run the ployers in the future. This will ships in the island of Puerto Rico. create a lot of dissension here in He swore he would never come time to come. It seems that the back to Puerto Rico again. Some majority wants to work for any of these skippers think they can thing that the boss may pay do as they please in San Juan them. Things in this port are at a and the island ports, and attempt standstill but we are looking for to assume the air of dictators. I have very little trouble with them to pick up in the near fu­ Waterman, Bull, McCormick, ture. Smith & Johnson, American Ha­ I suppose that you good mem­ waiian, Mississippi outfits. Alcoa bers have read in the funnies and the Calmar Line give me the about Li'l Abner. On the 11th of most trouble. The majority of the each November they have what skippers I have come in contact they call Sadie Hawkins day. with on these ships are real chis- Out come a gal by the name of elers and try to give you the old Alene Chapman, barefooted as a run around. This type of skipper yard dog from the Everglade^ I would like to teach the score, if and proceeded to catch her man. possible, the hard way. In time This is the story: I was down in the office when one of our broth­ they will learn the score. 1940 1944 Had the Cape Falcon of the ers by the name of Luthur Wread One hour's work at straight time pay averaged 65c for non-farm Waterman Line in. She has one turned the corner of Morgan and of the finest crews I have seen in Piatt St., on one foot and right workers in 1940. Despite propaganda, that same hour's work in sometime, mostly old timers. The behind him was this gal coming 1944 will buy only 80c worth of goods at 1940 prices, the AFL points Cornelia of the Bull Line was in on a wing and prayer, gainiixg out in this graph. 8im/i»Potme/m«om/mir-STaimrTfM£ Honor Roll $20.0(1 17.0(1 15.25 12.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 9.00 9.00 7.25 6.50 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 ..... 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 i.O0 i.O0 1.00 $110.50 Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board !f| �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 24, 1944 SIU Financial Shape Excellent The firm of Spahr, Lacher & Spahr, certified public account­ ants, issued this week its quartrely financial audit of the Atlan^ tic & Gulf District funds. The statement reveals a remarkable growth for the district over the past year, and a painstaking ac­ counting of all funds by the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. C. A. Spahr prefaced his report with a special letter of congratulations to the union on its growth and financial stability. His letter read: "Before submitting the Quar­ terly Financial Statement, may we take this opportunity to offer our heartiest congratulations up­ on the acquisition of your mod­ ern new building in New York, and upon the promise of future expansion and increased service to your members which this move implies. • "We wish you every success.".. audit the accounts of the Union for the past three years. In that space of time, we have seen the size and financial stability of your organization increase manyfold. This has been a source of personal satisfaction to us, for we count ourselves as active parti.cipants in your struggles for an ever bigger and better union. "Our firm is indeed proud to count as a client such a growing and progressive organization as the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarer s' International Union of North America. We_wish you every success." New U-Boat Assault Seen As Possibility Although there was a lull in U-boat activity in September and the Allies' shipping losses last month were "almost as low" as those in May, the best month of the war in that respect, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill jointly warned last week that the Germans might re­ new their offensive this winter with "new types of U-boats." The monthly Anglo-American statement on submarine and anti­ submarine operations, issued by the Office of War Information under the authority of the Presi­ dent and the Prime Minister, re­ ported that the rate of U-boat de­ struction, in proportion to ship­ ping losses, remained satisfactory. It focused attention, however, on what U-boat experts constantly emphasized: that submarine war­ fare is a never-ceasing battle of science and that, when one side gains an advantage, the other side immediately gets to work on new devices or methods to count­ er it. STATEMENT OF FUNDS —As at September 30, 1944 Total Available (Continued from Page 1) Defense Bonds Purchased Total Funds pies. In Year In Year As At Sept. In Year Bonds From the faith and militancy 1942 1943 1944 At Cost 30, 1944 of these pioneers has sprung a union movement unparalleled in $15,000.00 $50,320.00 $ 70.480.00 $149,537.63 Gen. Fund—Headquatrers .$ 79.057.63 $ 5.160.00 the industry; a union that is sole­ 2.639.43 General Fund—Branches ... 2,639.43 ly concerned with the welfare of 15.000.00 119.324.02 25.000.00 Strike and Org. Fund 94,324.02 10,000.00 the seafaring man. 100.439.00 Annual Strike Asst. Fund . 100,439.00 We believe that the member­ 38.950.00 Building Assessment Fund 38.950.00 ship, to a man, is proud to be SIU 63.689.60 20,320.00 22.200.00 52.520.00 Hospital Fund 11.169.60 10.000.00 men. We believe that they real­ Total Available Funds ize that they are part of the As At Sept. 30. 1944 $326,579.68 $25,160.00 $50,320.00 $72,520.00 $148,000.00 $474,579.68 cleanest and healthiest labor movement in the maritime indus­ try. But we believe, too, that some of us are inclined to let the other guy carry the load. Your union needs you, brother It needs you to go aboard unor­ ganized ships and spread the good word.. It needs you to help cre­ The British Columbia Seamen's ate hew jobs for those lean and Union, Vancouver section of the hungry days ahead. It needs you SIU, is in the process of expan­ to take jobs that perhaps don't sion and is taking to many of our exactly appeal to you at times Canadian brothers the benefits of when you may not be just ready to ship. It needs you to make some our brand of unionism. As part small part of the" sacrifices that OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SEAMEN'S UNION of its new organizing drive, the those far-seeing brothers who Affiliated with S.I.U. of N.A. (A.P. of L.) BCSU has launched a lively new formed this organization were paper, the masthead of which ap­ ever ready to make back in the days when the conditions we now pears on the left. enjoy were but hazy dreams! For years the Vancouver ship­ owners have constituted a strong­ hold of reaction, keeping unions off their ships and the pay of their seamen down to European WASHINGTON, D. C.—Joseph standards. The impotent and dis­ CREW OF SS WALTER L. A. Padway, AFL general counsel, credited IBU and the Stalinist dominant CSU have played footy FLEMING: Any crew members hailed the election victory over with the shipowners and failed to familiar with the circumstances the proposed State constitqtional amendment to ban the union offer the men militant unionism leading to the death of brother shop in California as a triumph capable of raising their standard Edward Young, please get in for the American Federation of of living to that of the American touch with attorney Richard M. Labor and the state federation seamen. Now, with the BCSU on Cantor in New York City. which conducted a vigorous cam­ the job, we can expect some re­ A. WISNEWSKI. No. 32014 sults. paign to defeat the proposal. JOSEPH COOMBS. No. 193 y The SIU has always understood Paid dues in New York to Late returns showed that a similar amendment had been that as long as Canadian seamen Claude Fisher, Patrolman on Oct. carried by a narrow margin in worked under substandard condi­ 11, 1944. Please bring receipt in tions, American conditions were for adjustment. Florida and also in Arkansas. Padway declared that if the in jeopardy. The SIU has con­ JOSEPH COOMBS. authorities in these states attempt stantly demanded decent miniBook No. G 193: to enforce the newly adopted ban mums, not only for our Canadian Your building assessment was on union shop agreements, the brothers, but for all seamen of stamped paid in your book, but American Federation of Labor all countries throughout the the money was not collected. will move swiftly to challenge world. Please stop in New York to have the constitutionality of the The BCSU now has a member­ it corrected. Counterfeit money gives itself amendments. ship of 2,000—and it is growing A. WISNEWSKI, Book No. 32108 away if you examine it closely, In an opinion rendered to the every day. We congratulate them Please bring your receipts into the U. S. Secret Service says, and AFL Executive Council, Padway on their new paper, and upon the headquarters for corrections. gives this illustration. The left declared such amendments clear­ leadership they are giving the CREW OF ANACAPA; | half of Hamilton's head on the ly unconstitutional in that they Vancouver men. We pledge them Contact Mr. Sol Berenholtz in $10 bill above is from "queer" abrogate the freedom of contract full support from their fraternal Baltimore regarding salvage case money: the right hand half from guaranteed by the federal consti­ brothers in the United States. against the Balls Bluff. tution. a genuine bill. (Federated Picture by special In order to test the validity of done, Padway said, the cases will ROMAN GONZALES, permission of the Secretary of the the amendments adopted by be fought all the way to the Su­ MANFRED KEILITS: Treasury; further reproduction Florida and Arkansas, an attempt preme Court of the United States, Get in touch with attorney in whole or in part is strictly must be made by state officials if necessary to outlaw the amend­ Richard M. Cantor. 51 Chambers prohibited.) to enforce the ban. If that is ments. Street, New York City. Cash Balance Per Books As at Sept. 30, 1944 CANADIAN SIU LAUNCHES NEW ORGANIZING Union Shop Ban Defeated In Calif; AFL Challenges Laws In Fla. And Arkansas 7-msuH«t/s —Shipyard Worker JHrNANIGANT i m Organizing Makes Good Progress jitic-..''.-i . liriii^Srnliti'liii I III liiil II I iifririT'ii'l' '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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 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.38 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ORGANIZING MAKES GOOD PROGRESS HOUSE GETS WAR SERVICE ACT FOR AMERICAN SEAMAN SIU-SUP SWEEPS PACIFIC COAST STANDARD OIL PARTOLAMN FINDS JOHN LA FRAGE PERFECT SHIP SIU FINANCIAL SHAPE EXCELLENT CANADIAN SIU LAUNSHES NEW ORGANIZING DRIVE UNION SHOP BAN DEFEATED IN CALIF; ADL CHALLENGES LAWS IN FLA. AND ARKANSAS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1944 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/515861f1563269bdc2c625b965df53f6.pdf c6288a01301682ddcd64ae609d64d9eb PDF Text Text :  '  ' '.. , •   •    •  ­  1.*  '.'^  .r,;r.V4is.'^'t ii"^. ^  Official Organ of  the  AtlanUc and  Gitlf  District, Seafarers International Union  of  North America  ­L^  VOL.  XII  HEW  YORK.  N. Y„  FRIDAY.  NOVEMBER  24.  1950  No.  23  SUP  Beats  Off  Bridges  Baid  ILundeiserg  Presents  SiU  Case  The  Congressional  subcomfnittee  investigating  the  activities  of  the  Military  Sea  Transportation  Service  heard SIU  President  Harry Lundeberg's charge  that  the  Navy­operated  shipping  agency  "has  endeavored  and  attempted  to  encroach  upon  private  shipping  and  upon  civilian  merchant  seamen."  After  outlining  the  position  of  AFL  seameii  toward  MSTS,  Lundeberg  submitted  a  brief  to  the  subcommit­ tee of  the  House  Merchant  Marine  Committee,  the full  text of  which  begins  on  page 3.  ,  Apparently  operating  under  specific  orders  from  the  communist  in«  ternational to halt  their steadily  dwindling  prestige  on  the  West  Coast  wa­ terfront,  Harry  Bridges'  job­hungry  longshoremen  have  again  launched  a  jurisdictional raid against the Sailor's  Union of  the Pacific.  Using  the same tactics they  employed  in  the  ilMated  Coos  Bay  Beef  in  1946—phony  picketlines  and  goon  squads — the  commie­controlled  long­ shoremen are trying  desperately  to grab  jobs  that  have  traditionally  be­ longed to the SUP.  In  fact,  the  raided  jobs—^working  packaged  lumber  on  deck  in  the  loading  and  unloading  operations  of  steamschooners—are  part  of  the  SUP's  contracts.  The SUP has successfully staved off  the raiding attacks and the Marine  t Firemen,  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots,  Marine  Engineers,  arid  the  Marine  Cooks  and  Stewards  members  have  stayed  aboard  the  ships  and  ignored  the  com­?  mie  picketlines.  On  the  East  Coast,  members  of  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  have  vowed  all­out  sup­ port  —  physical, financial  and  moral—to  their  West  Coast  af­ filiate  in  the fight  against  the  mad  communist  raid.  The  manner  of  the  comiriie­ led  attack  on  the  SUP  follows'  the  same  pattern  in  all  ports  where  the  mob  scenes  have  been  staged.  PHONY  LINES  In  both  Wilmington  and  San  Pedro,  Calif.,  bands  of  approxi­ mately  500  men  picketed  the  SUP­contracted  lumber  schooner,  C­Trader,  without success.  Every­  ;  where  the  lines  were  classified  as  "phony"  and  were  not  rec­ ognized  by  any  organization.  '  Last  Friday,  when  the  ship  left  Wilmington,  SUP  Agent'  ,c.:­ Charles  Brenner  and  14  other  members  went  to  the  UniOTt  Hall  at  440  Avalon  Boulevard.  Shortly  after,  more  than  300  longshoremen., surrounded  the  I:. '• ­ building  and  began  an ^attempt  to  storm  the  Hall.  The  SUP  men  barricaded  themselves  in  the  building  and  jf­ ­  Harry Bridges'  ill­conceived  jurisdictional  raid^on  the  again  whenever  they  sought  to  spread  commie­control  announced  they  were  ready  to  defend  themselves  against  any  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  sounds  much  like  the  futile  over  North America's waterfronts.  and  all  attackers.  The  commie­ In 1946,  in  the strikingly similar  Coos  Bay  Beef,  the  led  mob  then  smashed  all  the  flappings  of  a  dying fish  left high  and  dry.  There's  no question  that  Bridges  is  falling  down,  and  SIU­SUP,  aided  by  the  AFL  Maritime  Trades  Depart­ windows  and  began  wrecking  ^very  time  a  commie­line  stalwart  starts  slipping,  the  ment,  knocked  the  props  from  under  Bridges  and  his  cars  in  the  area  belonging  to  SUP  men.  party  machinery  gets  rolling  in  a  frantic  effort  to create  commie  Committee  for  Maritime  Unity  in  another  juris­ When  SUP  members  began  dictional  raid  on  the  West  Coast  Sailors.  In  fact,  that  confusion  and  chaos.  (Continued  on  Page  2)  (Continued  on  Page  4)  :• ^  Falling  Down  Despite  the  fact  that,  in some "West  Coast  ports,  the  members  of  the  SUP  are  tremendously  outnumbered  by  Bridges'  forces, the  Sailors  are  determined  to pin  back  the  ears  of  th^  commie's  numbef­one  waterfront  strategist.  Nor  will  the  SUP  be fighting^^ alone. The  SIU's  At­ lantic  and  Gulf  District  will  back  its West Coast  affiliate  with every  resource  af its  command—^physical, moral  and  financial—»to  slap  down  the  latest  communist­inspired  maneuver.  •   '  '  ­History points to a  discouraging oiitcome for  Bridges.  He and  his  fellow  plotters  have  been  frustrated  time  and  Play  it  Close  To  The »  Vest,  Brothers  Incidenls  have  been  reported  to  the  Union  of  fights  arising  as  the  result  of  differences  among  crewmen  in  the  course  of  card  games.  The  Union  is  not  interested  in.  and  has  no  in­ tention  of  interfering  with  the  way  Seafarers  spend  their  off  hours.  However,  when  card  games  develop  into  shipboard  clashes,  they  are  damaging  to  the  Un­ ion's  reputation hnd  to  its  contractual  relations.  It  is  the  Union's  job  to  see  to  it  that  incidents  of  the  sort  mentioned  do  not  react  to  the  disadvantage  of  the  membership  as  a  whole.  Anyone,  therefore,  who  is  guilty  of  causii^g  shipboard fighting,  such  as  those  reported  to  the  Union,  is  Uable  to  charges  for  conduct  harmful  to the  best  interests of  his shipmates  and  Union  Brothers.  Men  who  cannot  gamble  without  getting  involved  in fights,  should  leave  gambling  alone.  . .r:3  T­ �'  Page  Two  I­?­?';.  Friday.  November  24. 1950  T  HE  SE  AF  ARERS  LO G  SEAFARERS  LOG  ONt MINO ­  ONi VOICS  :  •'  Published  Every  Other  Week  by  the  SEAFARERS. INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and  Gulf  District  Aifiliaied  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor  At  51  Beaver Street,  New  York  4,  N. Y.  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949;  at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N,Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  %  267  Bridges'  Falling  Down '  (Continued  from  Page  1)  encounter  spelled  the finish  of  the  CMU,  which  the  com­ mies  had  fashioned  as  an  instrument  for  putting  the  US  waterfront  under  their  domination.  •   •  ,  The  current  raid,  aimed  at  SUP­manned  lumber  Wr  fiteamschooners,  is  an  effort  to  ojgice  again  grab  jobs  that  are  traditionally  and  contractually  those  of  the  West  Coast  Sailors.  Oddly  enough,  Bridges  has  been  given  aid  and  com.­ fort  by a  California  professor, who  has acceded  to Bridges'  request  that  he  arbitrate  the  issue.  How  people  professing  disgust with communist  methods and  tactics, on  one hand,  can  be  duped  into  helping  their  cause  is  beyond  under­ standing.  Maybe  it's  the  result  of  living  too  long  in  an  ivy  tower. ^  Feeble^i^rts like  these  will  not  alter  the outcome  of  Bridges'  indefensible  move.  The SIU  has  called  the shots  on  Bridges  before.  Call­ ing it  aga'm,  we'd  say  his  raid  on  the SUP  looks  as  though  his  jig  is  tip.  •  Commie  'Education'  From  now  on  everyone  in  the  Soviet  Zone  of  Ger­ many  is  going  to  be  a  red  head.  But  the  color  of  a  guy's  hair  doesn't  have  a  thing  to  do  with  it.  It's  what's  inside  of  the  cranium  that  the  commies  are  concerned  about.  So  to  properly fill  German  heads  with  the  official  red  blend  of  history,  the  director  of  the  Ministry  of  ^Popular  Education  of  Saxony­Anhalt  has  issued  a  direc­ tive  that  will  govern  education  in  the  schools  there.  Here are excerpts  froni the line he laid  down:  Organization  of  schools  in  the  Eastern  zone  must  be  carried  out  according  to  purely  Eastern  ideas.  For  this  reason,  the  teaching' methods  of  the  Soviet  Union  will  be.  the guiding influence  in the schools of  the Eastern zone.  The  term  "military  heroism"  must  take  on  quite  a  different  form  from  that  which  prevailed  hitherto.  Our  soldiers  are  not  heroes,  for  they  fought  neither  in  defense  of  their  country  nor  in support  of  the  high  ideals  of  the  noblest  in  man.  They  may  only  be  pitied  as  the  unfortunate  victims  of  the false  policies of  a  false  tyranny. Men  like Bismarck,  Moltke,  Hindenburg  and  Frederick  the  Great  do  not  de­ serve  to  be  looked  upon  as  heores.  The  Russian  soldiers  and  military  leaders,  on  the  other  hand,  are  heroes  in  the  true sense of  the Word, for they  defended  a fatherland  that  had  been  treacherously  attacked.  These  are  the  lines  on  which  history  lessons  should  be  given.  Every  teacher  must  combat  militarism.  '  When  dealing  with  the  question  of  the  occupation  force  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  Russians  are  here  as  defenders  of  their  country,  which  we  after  all  attacked  without  justification  and  laid  waste.  Therefore  it is obvious  that  we really  must show  some  understanding  •  toward  the  occupation  force,  unpleasant  though  it  is,  and  respect  it.  It  is  nonsense  to  talk,about  freedom.  Nobody  is  free,  for  everyone  is  dependent  on  his  needs,  his  sur­ roundings  and  the  conditions  under  which  he  lives.  Every  teacher  must  be  political.  In  politics  the  SED  (Socialist  Unity  or  Communist  party)—and the SED alone  can claim  the right  to do so—  will give  the lead.  Other  parties must  follow its lead.  Every  teacher  must first  and  foremost  be  an  official  of  the SED and  therefore be  politically active.  A  political­ ly  active  teacher  is  of  more  value  than  an  old  teacher,  however  good  the  latter  may  be  pedagogicall>'.  It  is  the  degree  of  his  political  activity  that  decides  the  value  of  any  teacher.  i  GALVESTON  J.  J.  EZELL  BEN  SUMSKI  L.  COHEN  A.  MACIEL  T.  C.  MICKEY  »  »  «  ^BALTIMORE  WESLEY  YOUNG  FRANK  NERING  WILLIAM. WOLFE  SAMUEL  DRURY  E.  J.  BRADLEY  G.  MINISTERI  JACK  HOWARD  •   WALTER  HACKETT  J.  G.  HARRIS  M.  D.  WATT  R.  R.  WINGERT  JOHN  A.  MORRIS  TIMOTHY. SULLIVAN  ROBERT  DILLON  FRED  L.  PITTMAN  JOSEPH  PILUTO  %  %  BOSTON  R.  LUFLIN  .  CHARLES  F;  DWYER  1S>  t>  CSP iTTT P  JOSEPH  McNULTY  JOHN  WARD  WALTER  YERKE  FRED  ENGLAND  MALCOLM  CROSS.  NEW  ORLEANS  E.  J.  ALBINSKI  JAMES  E.  BELL  .  N.  BOSSANYI  CHARLES  A.  BROWN  B.  P.  BURKE  JOHN  L.  CALDWELL  WILSON  O.  CARA  B,  F.  CHAPMAN  S.  P.  COPE  R.  CRUZ  L.  DONALD  ALBERT  GATEWOOD  HARRY  GERDES  K.  GUNDERSON  G.  HARDWIO  WILHAM  HERNANDEZ  L.  A.  HOLMES  D.  D.  KELLFY  H.  F. LAGAN  LEO  LANG  M.  E.  NEWMAN  K.  RAANA  WILLIAM  ROCHELLE  CHARLES  THOMPSON  L.  TICKLE  T.  ULINSKI,  ^  t,  SAVANNAH  LEO KODURAND L. C. SHEDD. W. VAUGHAN its.'  ELLIS  ISLAND  G.  C.  GAGE  M.  COLLINS  B.  T. KNEW  i  t  4>  SAN  FRANCISCO  JOSEPH  SAXTON  JAMES  H.  BRANDON  GEORGE  H.  NOLES  J.  H.  EMORY  E.  E.  RITCHIE  DONALD  P.  GELINAS  EDWARD  L.  PRITCHARD  JAMES  R.  LEVfIS  W.  WATSON  JAMES  HODO  THOMAS  J.  CONNELL  . 9^  * a  ^  STATEN  ISLAHD  R.  P.  NIEVES  F.  KUBEK  D.  KOROLIA  J.LUCAS  J.  MOLINI  B.  RAMIREZ  •  ;  J.  HANSON  L.  HOLLIDAY  r  R.  GRESHAM  .  ,  C.  FIGUEROA  B.  DARLEY  J.  QUIMERA  H.  J.  MOORE  _  '  YOir  TZANG  E.  SPAULDING  C.  HANSEN  B.  JURKOWSKI  . , f  C. EZELL A. VASQUEZ S. GLYPTIS D.  GARDNER­  ­ R.  CHRISTOPHER  Staten  Island  Hospital  You  can  cbntact  your  Hos­ pital  delegate  at  the  Staten  Island Hospital at  the follow­ ing  times:  Tuesday  — 1:30  to 3:30  prnv  (on  5th  and  6th floors.)  Thursday —  1:30  to 3:30  puxi.,  (on  3rd  and  4th floors.)  '  Saturday —  1:30  to 3:30  pan*  (on 1st  ancl  2nd floors.)  .  MANHATTAN  BEACH  A.  LOMAS  V.  CHESNER  W.  PADGETT  ­,  J. PADZIK  R.  CABRERA  H.  TUTTLE  V.  MILAZZO  ­"v  I  M.  BRUNO  P.  VORKE  J. J.  DRISCOLL  J. H. ASHURST  J.  SPAULDING  J. T.  EDWARDS  J. LIGHTFOOT  E.  FERIfflR  R.  A.  BLAKE  E.  LOPEZ  S.  BURGSTROM  :  '  .  .'•   Bill  Padgett,  SIU  delegate  at  Maa^  hattan  Beach  Hospital,  can  be  contacts  ed  from  3­4:30  PM  every  day  on  thS  second  deck,  West  Side,  Wwd  X«  ft  4  i • •   '  MOBILE  ^  '  •   W.  E.  ALPIN  .  TIM  BURKE  ft ft ft  >  FORT  STANTON. 1J.M.  GIDLOW  WOODS  A.  MCDONALD  R.  A.  RADCLIFF  S.  WALKER  H.  THURMAN  •  W.  MEEHAN  ••  j .  •  ft ft  a  PONCE,  PUERTO  RICO  '  R.  V.  SUAREZ  1  :1  �Jridoy* XfeTMnber  24, 1950  TRE  SEAF  A RE RS  L O G  Seafarers  States  Its  Case  Against  MSTSJ  (Tesiimony of  SIU  Presideiii  Harry  Lundeborg  Government owns  quite a niunber of  Panamanian  Congressman September  6, 1950. I quote from  the  before  Congreasional  Investigatiiig  Committee  ships  indirectly  under  subterfuge  eorporations.  letter:  to  San  Francisco.)  —  That  has  been  exposed  in  national/magazines,  so  "There is  a  necessity  to provide ships for  tro<^  if  the MSTS does not  know  this  it  is sadly  lack­ transport  and  the  movement  of  certain  kinds  ol  '»The A^wiean' Seamen  have serious grievances'  ing  in  its dutiee,  and chaptering  these  types  of  equipment  and  material  for  which  privately  against  the action,  of  the  Military  Sea^ Transpor­ ships  with. these  types  of  crews  constitutes  a  owned  shipping  is  either  unavailable  or  unsuit­ tation Service in  its declared  policy  of  by­passing  menace, to­the  national security, which  indicates  able.  Secondly,  it  is  essential  to  have  a  niicleua  bona fide  American  seamen.  negligence  on .the part  of  the  MSTS.  fleet  of  auxiliary vessels to be employed in  peace­'  The  MSTS"  was  established  in  August  1949  We  further find  that  when  a  large  number  of  time  for  supply  missions  and  available  for  as­^  i^ough  a  directive  of' the  Secretary  Defense, ,  American  vessels , were  taken  out  of  the  lay­up  signment  to the mobile  support  of  the fleets  dur­.  Effecting a  consolidation  of  all military  sea  trans­ fleet  to  be  re­activated  for  the  purpose of  carry­ ing  emergencies.  Finally,  an  experienced  ope»*  portation  facilities  with  the  Department  of  the  ing supplies  and  troops  to  Korea  and  to  the  war  ating  and  administrative  organization  must  be  Wavy.  fronts  in  the  Orient,  many  of  these  ships  taken  maintained  in  peacetime  to serve  as an  essential  It  is  our  observation  that  since  the  establish­ out,  instead of  being  handled  in  the  usual  man­ base  of  rapid  expansion  required  by  i^^ar  or  snent  of  the  MSTS,  this  organization  has  en­ ner  by  private operators  with civilian  crews sail­ other  national  emergencies."  deavored  and  attempted  to  microach  upon  pri­ ing  under  collective  bargaining  agreements,  they  Comment: This  statement  by  Mr. Koehler  tells  vate shipping and upon  civilian merchant seamen.  were  immediately  taken  ovr  by  MSTS.  MSTS  quite  a  story.  First  of  all,  there  is  no  merit  to  •   When  the  war  started  in  Korea, it  became  im­ carried  on  their  expansion  program  and  decided  the argument  that  privately  owned  ships are" not  mediately  necessary  to  use  quite  a. large fleet  of  they  would  operate  them  directly  themselves.  available  and  are  not  suitable,  because  privately  knerchant  vessels  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  This,  we  protested  to  Washington  for  many  operated  ships  are  equipped  with  gear  capable  supplies  to  our  armed­forces.  One  of  the first  reasons:  It  was  very  evident,  particularly  in  San  of  handling  any  type of  material, heavy  machin­ • ttungs the MSTS did  was to  go out  on  the mark­ Francisco,  that  the  MSTS  did  not  have  qualified  ery,  etc.  In  other  words,  they  can  handle  any,  et  and  charter  a  number  of  foreign  ships  —  seamen  to  man  these  vessels.  Consequently,  they  type  of  cargo.  They  did  it  during  the  last .war.  among them  Greek  and  Panamanian ships.  When  went  out  on  the  open  market,  outside  of  Ban  Why  can't  they  do it  during  this  war?  Secondly,  bur  organization  immediately  protested  this  ac­ Francisco,  and  picked  up  so­called  "seamen,"  as we have  stated before,  there is a  large number  tion  oh  the  part  of  the MSTS,  we  received  from  flew  them  into  San  Francisco,  housed  them  in  of  American  ships  available.  In  regard  tO  the  Admiral  Callahan  and  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  the  Y.M.C.A.  on  the  San  Francisco  waterfront,  movement  of  certain  equipment  and  material,^  Na\^  in  Washington,  D.C.,  various  and  sundry  kept, them  there  imtil  they  placed  them  in  the  private ships  and  private seamen  can handle any  excuses  stating  that  there  were  not  enough  vessels  they  intended  to  operate.  They  also  ad­ kind  of  material and  equipment  any  place in  the  American  ships  available  and  that  they  had  to  vertised  in  the  papers for  seamen.  This  is  where  world.  have  certain  types  of  vessels  to  handle  certain  our  particular  objection  comes  in.  As for  Mr. Koehler's  comment  that "an  experi­ types, of  equipment,  etc.  At  that  particular  time,  in  the  port  of  San  enced  operating  and  administrative  organization  ­ These, of  course, were  just alibis  and not  legiti­ Francisco  there  were  conservatively  over  3,000  must  be  maintained,"  this,  we  contend,  is  just  mate  excuses,  because,  in  the  first  place,  the  qualified, bona  fide, loyal  American seamen  ready  eye  wash,  because  who  are  more  qualified  and  ships  which  the  MSTS  chartered  were  mostly  and  available  to  man  any  type  of  ship,  but  not­ experienced  to  administer  and  operate  vessels'  Liberty ships,  which  are  rigged  the same  as any  withstanding  this  fact,  the  MSTS  saw  fit  to  fly  than  private  operators  who  do  this  year  in  and  other  vessel.  They  are  not  any  better' equipped  to  this  Coast  a  motley  crew  of  incompetent  men  year  out  and  who,  naturally,  in  private  competi­ to handle special  types of  cargoes than  any other  to man  their ships.  We  notified  Admiral Callahan  tion  must, •  of  necessity,  develop  the finest  type­ American ships. As  a  matter  of  fact, they  are  all  of  the  MSTS  in  Washington,  D.C.,  that  we  were  of  operation  in  order  to  survive?  ex­American  ships  built  in  this  country.  willing,  able  and  qualified  to  man  any  and  all  The  MSTS,  or  any  other  Government  service,'  It  was  also  stated  that  no  American  vessels  ships  they  needed  seamen  for  and  we  were  able  could  not  qualify  alongside  a  private  concern  in :  were available. This  seems­mighty  peculiar  to  us  to  furnish  them  with  Icyal  American  seamen.  any  type  of  industry  because  there  is  no  compe­ in  view  of  the  fact,  particularly  on  the  Pacific  However,  this  was  to  no  avail.  tition  in  Government  operations.  A  Government  Coast,, there  are  huge fleets  laid  up  in  the  San  We  can  only  take  the  position  that  the  overall  employee  usually  takes  a  lackadaisical,  easy  go­ Francisco Bay, in the  Columbia  River  and  in  the  policy  of  the  MSTS,  whoever  is  concocting  this  ing, attitude,  which  does  not  develop  sharp,  fast  Puget  Sound  areas  and  anyone  knows  it  doesn't  particular  policy,  is  definitely  hostile  to  organ­ and  qualified  operations.  ti^e a  lifetime  to  re­fit  a  Liberty  ship  ready  for  ized  seamen.  When  we spoke  about  3,000  seamen  'Mr.  Koehler  definitely  lays  down  a  policy  jiervice.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  some  of  the foreign  being  available  in  the  port  of  San  Francisco  which  we  are  opposed  to:  "The­ developing  of  a>  j^ps chartered  by  the  MSTS  were  lying  around  alone,  with  a  possible  6,000  seamen  or  more  nucleus  fleel  of­auxiliary  vessels  by  the  MSTS  on  the  Pacific  Coast  for  weeks  afterwards,  wait­ available  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  naturally  to  be  employed  in  peacetime  for  supply  mis­ ing for cargo. So these excuses  do  not  hold  water  meant  seamen  who  are  affiliated  with  various  sions." We maintain  that this is not  only  unneces­ ,with  us.  ~  .  labor  organizations.  These  loyal  American  sea­ sary  but it  is a  waste of  the  taxpayers' money.  After  our  vigorous  protest  against  this  prac­ men  were  on  the  beach,  looking  for  worlc.  As  a  ^A  cargo  vessel  operated  by  the  MSTS  under  tice had  been  taken  up in  the  proper  quarters in  matter  of  fact,  some  of  them,  or  most  of  them,  Mr.  Koehler's  plan  will  carry  a  certain  amount  Washington,  it  became  evident  that  the  MSTS  had  been  out  of  work  for  many  months  due  to  of  supplies  to  certain  military  outposts.  In  most  discontinued  the policy  of  chartering foreign  ves­ the  sharply  reduced  American  Merchant  Marine  cases, it will come  back to  the Continental United  sels.  I  might  say  though,  while  on  this  subject,  in  the  past  years.  States empty.  This is a  very expensive operation.  that  a  British  ship  was  loading  military  supplies  Now  when  we  go  back  some  years  to  the  Sec­ On  the other  hand, a  privately owned  vessel may"  in San Diego for Korea. When  the ship was ready  ond  World  War  and  dig  up  the  records,  we find  take half  of  its cargo in  military  supplies  to mil­ to leave,  the  coolie  crew  (nationals  of  India)  re­ very  clearly  that  practically  all  war  material,  itary  outposts.  The  rest  of  the  vfessel  can  be'  fused  to sail  the ship  because  of  communist  agi^  gasoline,  and  a  large  majority  of  troops  were  filled  up  with  general  cargo,  if  there  aren't  tators  among  the  crew.  Consequently,, the  ship  carried  in  ships operated  by  Union  seamen.  For  enough  military  supplies,  going  in  the  same  di­^  was delayed  while  the British  operators attempt­ instance,  all  the large  passenger  vessels  on  this  rection.  Upon  the  discharge  of  military  supplies,  ed  to fly  in  replacements.  Coast  were operated  by  Union seamen. As  a mat­ these  vessels  would  go  to  nearby  ports  in  the^  While on  the subject of  foreign ships, it is very  ter  of  fact,  the  Queen  Elizabeth,  the  British  area  and  attempt  to get  cargo  back  to  the UnitedP  idlear  that  no screening  was done  and no attempt  ship,  and  other  British  ships  that  were  carrying  States. Consequently,  cargo  in  privately  operated"  was  made  to  check  these  foreign  ships  as  to  war  supplies  during  the last  war  were  operated  ships  could  be  sent  much  cheaper  to  the  gain  whether  or  not  they  carried  agents ­ of  foreign  by  British  union seamen.  of  the  taxpayers.  Mr.  Koehler  states: "An  operation  of  this  mag­ countries.  The  record  of  the  American  seamen  during  ;  On  the  other  hand,  American  civilian  crews  the  last  war  and  alsn during  the first  world  war  nitude  was  not  accomplished,  however,  without  iBailIng  into  those  waters  were  screened  by  the  is  very  clear.  The  American  seamen  sailed  ships  the  fullest  and  closest  kind  of  cooperation  be­:  fBL the  Naval  Intelligence and  the Cbast  Guayd.  into all waters,  regardless of  the danger involved,  tween  the  various  segments  of  the  maritime  in­ It seems  mighty  peculiar  to  us  that on  one  hand  and  the  heavy  toll  taken  of  American  seamen  dustry  and  the  Maritime  Administration  itself."  This is  the first  time we  have  heard  that  there,  file  authorities  should  insist  on  such  a  severe  in  loss  of  lives  proves  that  they  were  ready  ^d  screening  for  American  civilian  crews,  while  on  willing  to  sail  ships  wherever  they  were  called  was  close  cooperation  between  anyone.  Every^  the other  hand  they  allow  ships  under  a  foreign  upon  to.  sail  them.  The  same  condition  prevails  shipowner  that  we  have  talked  to  has  complain­­ fiag  to  sail  in.there  without  the  crews  being  today,  with  the  exception  now  it  is  very  evident  ed  bitterly.  The  only  reason  they  haven't  com­ screened  or  checked  up  on  as  to  the  safety  of  that  the  MSTS  has  no  intention  of  utilizing  plained officially  is that they  are afraid  they wiU^  toeir  handling  American  military  supplies  des­ trained  personnel,  and  we  can  only  assume  that  lose  whatever  little  cargo  they  already  handle  tined  for  the battle  areas of  Korea.  the  MSTS  and  the  policy  makers  of  same  are  for  the Army  and  Navy.  However,  to  my  knowledge,  there  is  no Union  Whether  or  not  the  MSTS  knows  this,  it  is  a  hostile  to  American  union  seamen.  which  has  cooperated  closely  with  the  MSTS,  Well­known  fact  that  crews  sailing  in  Pana­ I  have  had  occasion  to  read  a  letter  sent  by  Ihanian  ships  are  composed  of  the  cheapest  type  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  John  T.  Koeh­,  except  that  all  Unions  have  offered  to  furnish,  bf  men  picked  up  in  waterfront  ports  aU  over  ler,  to  Congressman  John  Shelley  of  Csdifornia,"  the MSTS  with qualified, bona fide  seamen  at  the  the  world,  add  coutain  many  communists.  As a  dated  October  3,  1950,  supposedly  in  reply  to, a  prevailing  wage  rates  and  conditions  under  col­ '^1  |natter>d£^ fact,  it  is  also  known, that  the  Soviet  letter  sent; to  the  Assistant  Secretary  by  the  (Continued  on  Page  10)  • m  �Page  Four  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Bridges  Thrown  For  Loss  In  New  Raid Against SUP  Friday,  November  1950  ­ ^1,  Hank's  Fund  still  growing.  If  you  haven't  . . . The 'wind  just  blew  Vince  Kelleher  into  helped  yet,  see  the  port  Agent.  . . . "Baltimore  town,  but  it  didn't  blow  the  wind  out  of  Vincje,"  (Continued  from  Page 1)  (Whitney,  was  reported  badly  arriving  the  following  morning  beaten  by  'longshoremen  after  Bob""McCullough  trying  to'make  a  mid­town  who  can  talk  your  ear  off.  My  happiness  went  sour  this  week.  A  news­ entering  a  ginmiU  alone  and  street  resemble  East  Baltimore  Street.  Two  more  the  longshoremen  dispersed.  paper  headline  read,  "Settle  Suit  Over  Peddlei's  In  Coos  Bay  SUP  Agent  Jo­ unaware  of  the  situation.  beers  ought  to  do  it.  . . .  One  of  our  Union  WilL" 1 thought for  sure  that  Westbrpok  Peddl jr"  hansen  and  Whitey  Benz  were  The  Bridges'  group  attempted  Brothers  insists  that  the  membership  know  the  had  diedr  but  it  was  just  some  poor  peddler;  attackect  by  approximately  25  to  call  in  a  Dr.  Paul  Prasow,  a  IncidentaUy,  inflation  is  reaUy  here.  That  poor  Bridges  men.  JTohansen  suffered  University  of  Southern  Califor­ answer  to  the  riddle:  "What  is  it  a  man  does  peddler  only  had  $114,000.  . . . John  Iglebelik  three  broken  ribs  and  internal  nia  professor  to  "arbitrate"  the  standing  up,  a  woman  sitting  down,  and  a  dog  still  waiting  for  One  of  Waterman's  Antwerj)­ injuries  which  will  keep  him  issue.  The  SUP flatly  turned  on  three  legs."  The  answer,  according  to  him,  Rotterdam­Bremen  runs.  . . . Contrary  to  other  laid  up  for  some  time.  down  the  "arbitration"  offer,  as  is  shake  hands.  What  com.  . . . Did  you  know  expressed  opinions,  the  real  reason  that  Bosups  One  SUP  member,  off  the  MT  that  of  a  "dd­gooder  knowing  that  the  "mortality  rate"  (turn­over  in  piecards)  get  grey,  is  because  of  old  age.  nothing  of  the  basic  issues,"  A1  Clouse,  John  Hunt,  Glen  Lawson  and  BilU  has averaged  twenty­five  percent, since  the Union  stating  that  no  one  was  qualified  Datzko  among  those  recently  shipping  into  Cities  started?  "to  arbitrate  away  work  that  Service's  Lake  Charles  Specials.. Incidentjilly,  traditionally  belongs  to  and  has  It goes  without  saying,  that  everyone  is  impa­ you  have  tankeritis. Lake  Charles  is a  gpod .pla<[e  been  SUP  members'  jobs."  tient  for  the  new  Union  HaU  in  Brooklyn  to  be  to  ship  from.  Keith  Terpe  is  the  Union's  repr(!­ opened.  It  will  be  several  months  yet,  but  all  sentative  there.  . . .  The  SEAFARERS  LOG  s  As  far  as  the  SUP  is  con­ The  hammering  and  chipping  cerned  the  issue  is  pure  and  the  waiting  Will  be  worthwhile.  We  understand  compiling  a  series  of  articles  in  which  it  intenc is  of  construction  gangs  at  work  simple.  The  Bridges'  outfit  is  that  there  are  even  going  to  be  doors  in  the  to  give  facts, figures,  places,  etc.  relative  to  buy­ this  week  in  the  SIU  Atlantic  facing  a  problem  of  conserving  'joint.  .  . .  Will  the  member  who '  cruised  the  ing  rugs,  trinkets,  souvenirs,  wallets,  etc.  and  and  Gulf  District's  new  Head­ its  strengtji  in  face  of  reports  second  deck  in  New  York,  telling  friends  that  getting  your  money's  worth.  In  other  wordk  quarters  building  were  welcome  that  the  CIO  intends  to  put  a  the  Union  just  signed  with  a  new  twelve­ship  when  you  buy  some  piece  of  merchandise  in  a  sounds  to  Seafarers  anxious  to  dual  organization  into  the  long­ company,  please  see  the  Secretary­Treasurer  and  foreign  land,  you'wUl  be  in  a  position  to  knoV  enjoy  the  benefits  of  their  own,  shore field.  let  hiih  in  on  the  secret?  if  the  product  is  genuine,  approximately  whit  fully­equipped,  modem  Hall  in  Since  the  CIO  national  body  You  can  start  in  the  Norwegian  Merchant  Ma­ grade  of  product  it  is,  what  the  best  country  or  the  Port  of  New  York.  threw  Bridges'  imion  and  other  rine  as  a  Deck  Boy  if  you  are fifleen  years  port  to  buy  such  ah  item  is,  etc.  If  you  have  The  alteration  job  on  the  commie­controlled  outfits  out  of  young.  You  must  then  work  Vour  way  up  to  any  in  formation  or  special  talent  which  will  structure,  located  on  Fourth  the  organization.  Bridges  has  Ordinary  Seaman,  then  become  a  Light­Hand,  help  the  LOG  do  a first  class  job  on  such  ^  Avenue,  between  20th  and  21st  met  with  several  communist­line  then  an  AB  and finaUy  you  can  sail  Bosun,  by  series  of  articles,  contact  the  Editor  of  the  LOCjl,  Streets,  near  the  waterfront  in  labor  officials  to  discuss  setting  which  time  you  wish  you  hadn't  started  at  all.  either  in  person  or  by  mail.  Brooklyn,  got  imder  way  fol­ up  their  own  group.  lowing  the  awarding  of  the  con­ ;  tract  to  the,  Leeds  Construction  The  current  face­saving  effort  of  Bridges  in  raiding  the  SUP  Company.  steamschooners  is  reminiscent  of  According  to  present  esti­ the  Coos  Bay  Beef  in  1946.  At  mates,  the  project  is  expected  that  time  Bridges  ordered  mem­ to  be  completed  and  the  build­ bers  of  his  union  to  refuse  to  ing, ready  for  occupancy  aroxmd  unload  cargo  from  the  SUP­ the  latter  paft  of  March,  1951.  The  renovation  job  is  under  contracted  SS  Mello  Franco,  in  In  an  imanimous  decision  the  original  suit  for  injunction  membership  books  in  the  oi  ganization. ...  the  supervision  of  Seafarer  Coos  Bay,  Ore.  He  demanded  handed  down  on  November  14,  and  $250,000  in  damages.  Prenchy  Michelet,  who  acted  in  that  the  ship  be  manned  by  a  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  The  29  men  claimed  that  they  . . Nothing  in  the  recor i  had  been  illegally  expeUed  from  warrants  the  conclusion  that  de  a  similar  capacity  during  the  crew  representing  the Committee  New  York  Supreme  Court  turn­ the  Union.  renovation  of  the  SIU  Hall  in  for  Maritime  Unity,  a  group  of  fendant's  officers  or  member  the  red­led  CIO  unions.  ed  down  the  appeal  of  29  for­ In  effect,  the  decision  of  the  acted  with  fraudulent  intent  dr  New  Orleans  two  years  ago.  Details  of  work  involved  in  Retaliatory  pressure  by  the  mer  permit  men  for  an  injunc­ Appellate  Division  held  that  the  in  bad  faith  in withdrawing  per­ transforming  the  present  struc­ AFL  Maritime  Trades  Depart­ tion  and  damages  against  the  plaintiffs  are  not,  and  never  mit  cards  from  plaintiffs.  Under  ture  into  modem,  comfortable  ment  on  the  East  Coast  against  SIU,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District.  were, members  of  the  Union, and  these  circumstances  plaintiff'  and  suitable  quarters  and  of  the  the  CIO . outfits  in  the  CMU  re­ The  ruling  of  the  court,  com­ consequently  do  not  possess  the  claim  for  damages  may  not  b  facilities  that  will  be  available  sulted  in  Bridges  calling  off  the  posed  of  Justices  Glennon,  Dore,  rights  of  members.  Accordingly,  sustained.  Judgment  is  rendere­a  for  the  membership  upon  the  CooS Bay  raid.  Cohen,  Callahan  and  Shientag,  they  cannot  insist  on  the  same  for  the  defendant  dismissing  131  job's  completion  will  be  made  This  defeat  was  one  of  the  upheld  a  decision  rendered  last  procedures  that  members  can.  complaint  on  its  merits ...  Imown  in  the  next  issue  of  the  factors  that  lead  to  the  subse­ year  by  Supreme  Court  Referee  The  Aiitellate  Division's  deci­ SEAFARERS  LOG.  quent  abandonment  of  the  CMU.  Isidor  Wasservogel,  dismissing  sion  marked  the  fifth  time  that  the  29  plaintiffs  were  denied  action  against  the  SIU.  In  addi­ tion  to  Referee  Wasservogel's.  dismissal  of  the  damage  suit  last  By  JOE  ALGINA  Mate  when  the  overtime  was  to­ has  been  able  this  way  to  clear  year,  three  applications  for  tem­ By  CAL  TANNER  f  porary  injunctions  were  refused  NEW  YORK  —  Although  we  talled  and  collected  by  the crew.  up a shipload  of  beefs  before  tjie  by  the  courts.  lAfelTE  HEADQUARTERS  trip  was  too  far  gone.  .  MOBILE—During  the  past  twi  handled  seventeen  ships  for  pay­ In  affirming  Referee  "iyasser­ weeks  shipping  in  the  port  of  I'd  like  to  urge  crews  on  long  We've  had  a  complaint  recent­ offs,  the  week  was  a  slow  one  vogel's  decision,  the  Appellate  Mobile  has  been  extremely  slow,"  in  this  port.  Despite  the  slow­ trips  who  don't find  everything  ly  concerning  crewmembers  Division  justices  also  awarded  with  only  two  offshore  ships  running  smoothly  to  keep  cool  smoking  while  their  ship  lay  at  ness  of  shipping  the  Patrolmen  to the  Union  court  costs involved  paying  off  and  taking  just  a fevr­ and  not  blow  their  tops.  Instead,  ammunition docks.  This is  a  very  had  plenty  to  keep  them  busy.  in  the  litigation.  they  should  write  a  letter  to  explosive  matter,  and  I'm  not  replacements.  On  one  ship,  the  SS  Steel  Ad­ miral,  the  Patrolman  ran  into  Headquarters  giving  us  the  beef.  kidding.  ThCTe  are  ^  areas  set  The  Union's  case  was  prepared  The  next  two  weeks  look  litof  overtime  beefs  aplenty  in  all  de­ We'll  try  to  straighten  it  out  aside  for, men  to  smoke.  If  a  and  presented  by  Seymour  Mil­ they  will  be  somewhat  betteri  partments.  He  put  in  a  full  day  with  the  company  or  give  an  guy  doesn't  cai'e  what  happens  ler  of  the  law  firm  of­Benjamin  with  the  Anjinous,  Morning  Light,  De  Soto,  IMbbilian  and,  on  the ship,  but  got  it  all squar­ interpretation  of  the  agreement,  to  him,  he  should  at  least  con­ Sterling  of  New  York  City.  Whichever  is  needed.  It's  hard  sider  the  other  guy  who  might  Referee  Wasservogel's  decision,  the  Wild  Ranger,  for  Waterrriari;  ed  away  in  the  crew's  favor.  to  communicate  back  and  forth.  want  to  live  a  couple  more  affirmed  by  the  Appellate  Divf­ the  Patriot,  Clipper,  Roarner/  The  Mate  on  the  ship  had  but  many  times  Headquarters  years.  sion,  said  in  part:  Planter,  and  the  Alcoa  Corsair,'  given  the  crew  a  good  share  of  Alcoa  Company,  due  to  hit  this.i  "The  evidence  clearly  indicates  the  grief.  He ^wailed  that  the  that  plaintiffs  were  merely  per­ port  for  payoff  and  replace j  SIU  had  fouled  up  the  agree­ mit  holders  in  the  Union  and  as  ments.  ment  so  that  it /was  impossible  such  were  granted  the  privilege  We  stijl  have  plenty  of  men  for  him  to  even  paint  out  his  By  RAY  GATES  of  working  on  union­affiliated  on  the  beach  and  probably  will!  own  room.  He  told  a  crewmem­ ships  only  in  the  event  that  no  have  for  quite  awhile,  unlesir  SEATTLE  —  News  from  the  next  few  weeks looks  very  gpod.  ber  that  no  matter  what  he  did  book  members  were  available  shipping  picks  up  quite' a  bi;­ port  of  Seattle  is  still  very  good  The  Robin  Goodfellow  will  be  the  crew  watched  him  like  a  as  far  as  shipping  goes.  We  had  for  employment  . , . In  accept­ in  the  next  few  weeks.  ;  in  off  the  Korean  shuttle­run  hawk  and  puts  down  for  over­ ing  the  permits,  plaintiffs  vol­ a  welcome  invasion  of  about  a  We  have  received  reports froni;  after  a  four­month  trip,  and  will  time.  untarily  accepted  their  qualified  Seattle  that  shipping  is  verj \  dozen  bookmen from  Mobile, who  take  a  full  crew,:  The Mate  thought he was Gen­ came  overland  to  Seattle  to  employment  of­  temporal^  Union  good  out  there,  and  that  if  afty"  We  may  also  get  a  Victory  eral MacArthmr  or something,  as  ship.  When  this  edition  hits  the  one  would  like  to  get  out  sooiT  ship  in  from  a  long  trip  to  pay­ sanction. ...  the  crew  says  he  told  them  "I'll  street  all  of  them  will  have  off.  We  can  not  get  any  advance  "In  the  absence  of  any  allega­ to  go  to •   that" port  and  they ­ turn  to  who  I  want  when  I  shipped.  '  information  from  the  companies  tions  and  proof  of  malice  of  con­ would  have  a  good  chance  tc it  tyant  to.  If  there  are  any  beefs,  The  boys  from  Mobile  have  on  their  arrivals,  but  the  crews  spiracy/the  court  may riot  con­ grab  a  ship.  put  in  for  overtime.  Fm  Chief  some  beefs  about  the,  Seattle  have  been  keeping  in  touch  with  cern  itself  with  the  motives  of  We  would  like  to  remind  th«!.  Mate  on  here  and  I  want  all  weather  which  is  starting  to  get  the  Union  or  the  propriety •  of  members  who  are  coming  intt  my  orders  carried  out.  If  I  tell  a  little  chilly.  The  main  beef  is  the  Hall  through  the  mail.  Mobile,  if  'they  haven't  Vdtfec  you  to  drj^  a  boom,  then  drop  that  they  can  not find  a  restaur­ Any  bookmen  wanting  to  drift  the  action  taken,  and  wiU riot  interfere  in  the  internal  affairs  yet,  to  please  come  to  the'HSlt  this  way  will find  it  good  skip­ it!"  ant  in  town  that  serves  grits.  ping,  and  wiU  not  have  to  wait  of  the  Union  on  behal'  of  per­ and  do  so  before  they  leave  The  boom  was dropped  on  the  Tlie  shipping  picture  for  the  too  long  for  a  job.  sona  who  admittedly  niver  held  town.  Work  Starts  On  Now HQ BuiUing  NY High Court Turns Dowh  Appeal Of  Ex­Permitmeh  Shipping Slow, But OTBeefs Keep NY Busy  Shipping  Still  Good  In  Seattle  IK­J­ Mobile  Expects  Better  Shipping  �Frid^jT'  Noyembcx  24,  1950  • ­V.­ur*  THE  S E  APA RERS  LO 6  Page  F!«»  From  A  Seafarer's  Album  Seafarer  Juaa Colpe  is  convinced  that  one  picture  is  .worth  a  thousand  words.  Ever  since he  began  sailing  SIU­ contracted  ships  many  years  ago,  he's  been  accumulating  a  pictorial  record  of  his  voyages.  As  a  result  he  already  has a  volunjinous album,  which he  siys he'll  keep  expand­ ing at  the  conclusion  of  his  trips.  Colpe  also  frequently. contributes  shipboard  photos  to  the  SEAFARERS  LOG. Those  appearing  on  this  page  Were  taken  by  the  seafaring  cameraman  on  a  few  of  his  most  recent  trips.  ­•   Photographer  Colpe  through!  the  wheel  would  make  a  Vgood  prop  for  a  photo  of  ]Luis  Diaz,­ AB.  The  result  is  this  I salty  scene,  which  Colpe  regards  as  one  of  the  best  shots  on  the  Inez.  ­• • ^1  af.  I  It  was  chilly  in  Turkey  when  the  Inez  called  at  Istan­ bul  so  Luis^  an  OS.  broke  out  his  cold  weather  gear  and  had  Colpe  shoot  him  just  for  the  record.  ' ­Coh^  the  Near  East  port  of  Beirut,  Lebanon,  these  Ibree  Inez  crewmen  came  out  on  deck  to  see  the  sights.. Left  tn.righti  Juan  Colpe. (the  photograpber).  Chief  Cook  Keno,  v«hd^'See^d.'C(x^^­FwN^  ^  .­• • • a  Colpe  titled  this  shot  "Wishful  Thinking."  Chief  Cook  Keno  demonstrates  what  he  thinks  would  be  an  ideal  setup  —being  able  to  keep  the  galley  going  by  manipulating  the  winch  controls.  This  shot  is  a  feminder  of  a  recent  trip made  by  Colpe  aboard  the  SS  Alcoa^ Polaris.  The  trio—Juan  Usera,  OS;  Carmelo  Aponte,  Wiper,  and Ramon  Santiago,  Carjwnter—were  just  loaf­ ing; it  on thiAr. time  oK aa  the  vessel  smoothly  rode  the seas  one day  oN  Bermuda.  �Page Six  THE  S  E  AE A  R­E^R  g  LOG  Ttidaf, iMNmb^  2|;'I9M  SHIPS'MINVTES flMD NEWS  ggv  lift.­ %  Encounter With Whale Was More Exciting  THE  NAVIGATOR'S  JUST  OFF  THE  PRESS  Than Entry Into War Zone, Seafarer Says  One of  the  first Seafarers  to return  to  the  States  after  a  voyage  to  Korea  is  Thomas  Parrett,  former  Utilityman  aboard  the SS  Jefferson City  Victory,  but  to him  the  trip to  the  battle  zone  packed  none of  the excitement expected. It was  just another  trip.  ,  Despite  the  fact  that  his  ship  delivered  its  cargo  to  Pusan  at  the  time  when  the  United  Na­ tions  forces  were  making  a  last  ditch  stand  less  than  30  miles  away, Parrett found  the port  had  IK­­ the  unmistakable  appearance  of  a  big  army  base,  but  hardly  the  supply  heart  from  which  a  bitter  life  and  death  struggle  was  be­ ing fought  in  the  nearby  hills.  free  and  continued  on  its  way.  Following  the  loading  of  army  cargo  in  Honolulu,  the  ship  re­ turned  to  New  Orleans,  where  Parrett  paid  off  on  November  1.  When  asked  if  he  cared  to  return  to  Korea,  Parrett  shook  his  head  and  answered  "Not  for  me.  I'd  rathe):  go  to  a  part  of  the  world  where  there  is  some  excitement."  SWIPING  Final Dispatch  The  37­year­old,  veteran  of  wartime  vdyages  through  the  Mediterranean  and  Atlantic  in  the late  war^as prepared  to find  Twenty­two  year  old  Seafarer  a  port  under  seige  with  the  ap­ Ruel  L.  Smith  died  at  sea,  175  pearance  of  front  line  operations;  miles  out  of  Galveston,  Texas,  instead  he  found  Army  long­ THOMAS  PAHRETT  on  September  27  of  pneumonia.  shoremen  and  South  Koreans  Smith  was  serving  as  Engine  working  on  the  piers  with  no  leans,  they  found  ahead  of  them  Bobby  Daigrepont  Bell  Boy  aboard  the  SS  Del  Norte,  Maintenance  aboard  the  USNT  sign  of  concern.  The  people  of  the SS Black  Eagle  and  SS  Rob­ displays  latest  edition  of  the  Navigator,  shipboard  publica­ Mission  San  Fernando.  Pusan  too,  Parrett  observed,  in  Goodfellow,  both  SlU­crewed  The  young  Seafarer  had  been  tion  of  the  vessel's  unlicensed  crewmembers.  showed  the  nonchalance  o f  ships  operating  on  the  shuttle  people  thousands  of  miles  away  run  between  Pusan  and  Yoko­ a  member  of  the SIU  since  1948,  when  he  joined  in  New  York.  from  danger.  Despite  the  peace­ hapia.  His  home  was Waco,  Texas.  ful  appearance  soldiers  told  Par­ While  the  ship  unloaded,  Par­ According  to  the  statement  of  rett  that  snipers  occasionally  rett saw  other  vessels discharging  a  fellow  crewmember.  Smith  drew  a  bead  on  those  working  Scotch  and  Australian  troops,  complained  of  feeling  ill  the day  along  the  docks.  though  by  far  the  greatest  num­ There  were  no  restrictions  ber  of  •  soldiers  debarking  were  prior' to  his  death  but  thought  Shipboard  newspaper  activity  continues  to flourish  against  going  ashore  and  roam­ GI's  from  American  transports  it  was nothing  serious.  When  the  ing  around,  though  crews  were  Almost  all  of  the  ships  Parret;  acuteness  of  his  illness  was  no­ on  SIU  ships.  The  principal  development  in  this  required  to  bo  aboard  ship  after  saw  tied  up  in  the  port  were  ted  a  seaplane  was  called  for,  field  this  month  was  the  rollicking  but­  brief  appearance  dark.  Entertainment  offered  was  American,  with  a  smattering  of  but  Smith  died  before  the  plane  of  the  Gooneybird  News­Review,*  .  ..  arrived.  sparse  in  the  port  compared  to  British  vessels.  well  came  an  improved  Advo=  a  one­pag6  edition  of  chit­chat  t.  S.  t,  ^  other  Far  Eastern stopping  place,  After  three  days­in  Korea  the  put  out  by  an  anonymous  editor  cate,  publication  of  the  SIU  but  according  to  crewmembers  ship  left  for  Yokohama,  where  Malcolm  D.  Getchell,  died  in  aboard  the  SS  Topa  Topa.  crew  aboard  the SS  Puerto *Ricd.  who  had  been  there  before  the  orders  were  received  to  proceed  Baltimore  Marine  Hospital  on  Printed  on  a  new  mimeograph,:  The  November  edition  of  the  recently  purchased  out'  of  the  shipping started, Pusan  was nev­ to  Honolulu.  Enroute  to  Hawaii  October  23  following  an  opera­ er .much  of  a  place  for  shore  the  ship  experienced  its  only  tion.  Brother  Getchell  was  26  Gooneybird  News,  was  the  sec­ ship's  fund,  the  November  12,:ik­ leave.  noteworthy  incident, according  to  years old.  A member  of  the deck  ond  and  last.  The  anonymous  sue  of  the  Advocate, ^certainly  When  Parrett's ship  arrived  in  Parrett.  A  whale  got  fouled  up  department,  Getchell  joined  the  editor  didn?t^say  why  he  was  appears  to  be  one  of  the  most  Pusan  early  in  September  after  in  the  ship's  propeller.  After  a  SIU  in  1946  in  BaUimore.  He  is  making  his  farewell  in  the  ship­ attractive  all­aroimd  jobs  yet  at­ its  huny­up  trip  from  New  Or­ tussle,  the  ship  worked  its  way  survived  by  his  parents  of  board  publication  business,  but  tairfed.  Meadsville,  Pa.  it  is  hoped  that  some  enterpris­ In  addition  to  the  customary  t,  i  S'  ing Seafarer  will resume  its pub­ advertising  from  spots  in  porfs  Seafarers  of  the  Wilmington  lication  on  the next  voyage.  visited  by  the  Puerto  Rico,  the  Branch  on  October  13  attended  the funeral  services  for  Seafarer  With  the  Gooneybird's  fare­ Advocate  contains  gossip  items  in  sufficient  quantity  to  satisfy  Randolph  Schreiber  who  died  in  the  most  inquisitive  crewmemr  St.  Mary's  Hospital  on  October  Seafarer  In  Khaki  ben,.'  Not  all  Texans  make  their  chips  in  the  oil  business.  10.  The  ­60­year­old  Seafarer  to  a  chronic  illness.  The  Advocate  has  its  serious  For  instance,  retired  Seafarer  William  Randall  makes  his  ­succumbed  Schreiber  had  been  a  member  side,  too,  as  evidenced  by  the  out of  potatoes down  in Rip de  Janiero.  of  the  SIU  since  1947  and  sailed  sensible  front­page  editorial  urg­ Bill's  got  a  thriving  little  en­t  in  the  Stewards  Department.  ing  all  hands  to cast  their  ballots  terprise  in  the  Brazilian  Big  He  is  survived  by ^  brother,  in  the Union  elections  now vbeing  Town,  where  his  potato  chips,  or  Rajnnond,  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  held  in  all  A&G  District  ports.  batatas  fritas,  may  be  had  in  the  best  cafes,  restaurants  and  bars.  fe  . Brother  Randall,  sells  and  ad­ All  delegates'' aboard  SIU  vertises  his  product  under  the  ships are  urged  to  make  cer­ trade  name  "Familiares," and ac­ tain  thai  every  ship  is  fully  cording  to  reports  reaching  the  manned  before it  leaves port.  LOG,  they  are  "the  best'  in  The  "SlU­manned  SS  Tini,  a  If  the company­fries to vio­ town."  Carras  Liberty ship,  resumed  her  late  the  contract  manning  course,  after  having  run  aground  A  former  Chief  Cook,  Bill  scale  by  sailing  short,  the  on the  rocks off  Cap de la  Hague;  sailed  on  the  Delta  ships  Norte,  ship's  delegate  should  call  near  Cherbourg,  this  week;  i  .  Mundo  and  Sud  and  other  ves­ the  nearest  tfnion  Hall  im­.  ­  sels  whose  home  port  is  New  The  fini  was  refloated  by fiv,e  mediately.  '  Orleans.  Robert  Guzman,  former  SIU  tugs,  which  towed  her  intd  La  The  Union  will  take  im­ Although  he  hails  from  Spur,  member  now  with  the  US  Sagine,  sheltered  anchorage  west  mediate  action  to  see  that  "Texas,  Brother  Randall  is  quite  Army  in  Germany,  has  his­ of  Cherboug  Roads,  and  ran  her  our  agreements  are  observed  at  home  in  Rio.  He  got  married  to'  the'  letter  as  it  does  Dad.  Hector •   Guzman,  carry­ onto  a  sandbank  to  keep  her  se­ down  there  two  years  ago  and  cure  oyernight.  whenever  violations  are :re­ ing  on  for  him,  as  a  sailing  he's  becoming  an  accomplished  WILLIAM  RANDALL  ported.  Bound  for  Cherbourg,  Ant­ nian.  Like  his  son,  the*  elder  speaker  of  Portuguese.  •  werp,  Rotterdam  and  Bremen,  Know  your  contract  and  Guzman  is  a  member  of  the  the  Tini  was  loaded  with' 4,000  ;  >Bill  makes  it  a  pointJ;o  meet  keep  tab  on  the  doings  of  his  report  all  violations  to  the  Seafarers,.  He.  sails  in .  the  tons  of  military  supp.lies,  jncludr  the  Delta  ships  occasionally  as  many  friends  and  former  ship  Union  right  away.  they  come  into  Rio,  so  he  can  mates  in the  SIU.  Deck  Department.  ing  .37  Sherman  tgnlis.,:,  Topa Topa Gooneybird News  Flies  Off  After  2  Editions  Retired Member Randall Makes  Mucho Chips — 'Taters, That Is  ­Sailing Short  5 Tugs Haul Tlni  Off  Rocks  ,  Near CHjerbourg  �Friday,  NovembA  24,  1850  THE  SE AP ARERS  LO G  Page Seven  Digesteil Minutes  Of  SiU  Ship  Meetings  STONY  CREEK.  Oct.  15  —  Secretary.  Spivey.  All  Delegates  Short  talk  given  on  men  assum­ Chairman.  Richard  Bauer: Secre­ reported  disputed  overtime.  Mo­ ing  responsibility  of  office  in  tary.  Oscar  Payne.  Delegates  el­ tion  carried  to  have  Patrolman  conducting  shipboard  meetings.  ected.  Proposal  made  to  stgrt  a  clarify  work  done  by  Electrician  Letter  to  Senator  Murray  read;''  ship's  fund  toward  renting film  by  chipping  inside  winches. Gen­ and  approved  by'crew.  for  projector  owned  by  a  crew­ eral  alarm  bells  to  be  checked  ft ft ft  member.  Motion  Carrie^  to  have  for  volume. Ship's  Delegate  gave  STEEL  ADMIRAL,  Oct.  29  —  new  mattresses ordered  in  Texas;  a  short  tqlk  on  unionism.  Vpte  Chairman,  S.  Evanchuck;  Secre­ 4­4.  4."  of  thanks  given  Steward  for  tary.  T.  Freeland.  Deck  Dele­ ANDREW  JACKSON.  Oct.  serving  of  chow.  gate  reported  522  hours  disputed  Chairman.  L.  Phillips;  Secretary.  overtime.  Foc'sles  not  being  4 ft ft  C.  Cousins.  Delegates  reported  OREMAR,  Oct.  15—Chcurman,  painted  out. Entire" ship has  about  no  beefs.  Letter  from  Headquar­ C.  Gibbs;  Secretary,  B.  Bobbins.  1,000  hours  of  disputed  over­ ters  concerning  Cities  Service  Delegates  reported  number  of  time.  Steward  to  either  bring  read.  Motion  carried  to  write  a  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ up  man  on  charges  or  forget  his  letter  to  Senator  Murray  tbank­ partments.  Ventilation  on  ship  beef  against  the  mgn. in  his  de­ iiig  bim  for  bis  committee's  ef­ to  be  improved.  Air  ducts  to  be  partment.  *  forts  in  behalf  of  seamen.  cleaned.  Wipers'  foc'sle  has  been  ft ft ft  4.  4.  painted  and  Oilers' foc'sle  is next.  ANGELINA.  Nov.  2  —  Chair­ PENNMAR.  Sept.  24 — Chair­ 4  4  4  man.  William  Davies;. Secretary*  man.  Kase;  Secretary.  L.  Van  SEA  THUNDER.  Oct.  19  —  Arthur  Marini.  Delegates  report­ Evera.  Delegates  reported  num­ Chairman.  W.  Reidy;  Secretary.  ed  everything  okay.  Motion  car­ ber  of  books  and  permits  in  N.  Peterson.  Delegates  reported  ried  to  refer  matter  of  man  paid  their ­  departments.  Crewmembers  aU  in  good  standing.  Motion  car­ off  in  Puerto  Rico  to  New  York  voted  to  donate  $1  toward  fund  ried  that  delegates  make  repair  Patrolman.  for  welfare  of  crew.  Each  de­ list  and  check  slopchest  with  the  partment  Delegate  to  make  up  a  Captain.  Tarpaulin  muster  repair  list  and  submit  it  to  brought  $4.37  to  cover  mailing  Ship's  Delegate.  costs.  4  4  4.  4  4  4  LONE  JACK,  Oct.  28_Chair.  FRENCH  CREEK,  Oct.  29  —  man.  Willieun  Tradewell:  Secre­ Chairman.  H.  McCoskey;  Secre­ tary.  Chester  Lohr. Delegates  re­ tary,  J. Baxter.  Delegates  report­ ft ft ft  ported  number  of  books  and  per­ ed  all  in  order.  Motion  carried  PORTMAR,  Oct.  4—Chairman.  mits in  their  departments.  Repair  to  write  letter  to  Senator  James  G.  Douglas;  Secretary.  C.  BedelL  list  made  up  and  approved. Book  Murray  thanking  him  for  inves­ Delegates  reported  on  number  of  shelf  and  beach  chairs  to  be  had  sent  a  letter  to  Senator  relary,  William  Morris. Delegates  tigation  of  Cities  Service's  anti­ books  and  permits  in  their  de­ purchased  from  ship's  fund.  Murray  in  behalf  of  the  'crew,  reported  no  beefs.  Motion  car­ labor. activities.  Each  crewmem­ partments.  Motion  carried  that  giving  thanks  for  the fine  job  ried  for  the Deck  Delegate  to see  ber  to  donate  $1  to  ship's  fund  each  man  donate 25 cents to  Car­ 444,  WANDA.  Nov.  5 —Chairman,  done  in  the  investigation  of  the  Mate  to  determine  who  gives  at first  draw.  Departmental  Del­ W.  Lawton;  Secretary.  F.  John­ Cities  Service  anti­uriion'  prac­ the  men  orders,  the  Bosun  or  egates  to  make  their  repair  lists  penter  to  reimburse  him  for  the  wringer  oh  washing  machine.  son.  Delegates'  Reports  accepted.  tices.  Delegates'  duties  explained  the  Mates.  brief  talk  on  the  in  quadruplicate.  4  4  4  Suggestipn  made  that  ship  be  to crew. Crew  asked  to cooperate  history  of  the  SIU  organizing  ARCHERS  HOPE.  Oct.  18  —  fqmigated  before  next  trip.  Dis­ in turnfhg  in dirty  linen  on time.  drive  and  the  contract  given  by  Chairman,  R.  Q'Rourke;  Secre­ cussion  on  new  wage  scale.  Del­ Steward  asked  if  crew  wished  Brothers  Weaver  and  Morris,  tary.  K.  Bowe.  Delegates  report­ egates  advised  crew 40 keep  rec­ to  suggest  changes  in  menus.  No  ft ft ft  ed  few  minor  beefs.  Motion  car­ ord  of  all  overtinie  after  October  changes  requested.  BEATRICE.  Nov.  5  —  Chair­ ft  4 ft  ried  to  make  up  a  ship's  fund.  15.  Ship's  fund  now  stands  at  4.  t  t  man.  Claude  Fisher;  Secretary,  DESOTO.  Oct.  22—Chairman.  Motion  carried  to  check  slop­ $15. Ship's  Delegate reported  that  ROYAL  OAK. Nov.  11—Chair­ George  Rutherford.  Delegates  re­ Maurice  Olson;  Secretary.  Philip  chest  before  next  trip  to  see  if  ship  was  qn  par  with  other  SIU­ man.  Paul  Ulrich;  Secretary.  ported  all  in  order.  Motion  car­ Reyes.  Deck  Delegate  reported  sufficient  clothing  is  aboard.  contracted  vessels  and  no  mem­ Frank  Robertson.  Discussion  on  ried  that  Ship's  Delegate see  Pa­ he  had  received  clarification  on  ^  ^  ber  need  hesitate  about  shipping' new  Coast  Guard  papers.  Sug­ trolman  concerning  larger  fans  delayed  sailing.  Other  depart­ CITRUS  PACKER.  Oct.  24  N  aboard  her.  gesti^n riiade  to  purchase a  radio  for  the  rooms  that  need  them.  ments  reported  to  be  running  Chairman,  Henry  Dukes;  Secre­ for  messroom  out  of  ship's  fund.  Delegates  told  to  adhere  closely  okay. Motion  carried  that  a  letter  tary.  G.  O'CoBiior.  Delegates  re­ Crewmembers  urged  to  return  to  Union  rules  on  time  permits  of  thanks,  be  sent  to  Senator  ported  everything  satisfactory.  glasses  to  messhall  as  messmen  are  allowed  aboard  ship.  Murray  in  appreciation  f)i  the  Several  members  talked  on  Un­ are  being  caused  inconvenience.  efforts  of  his  committee  in  ex­ ion  brotherhood  and  conduct;  Skipper  given  a  vote  of  thanks  posing  the  illegal  activities  of  and  the  importance  of  having  for  providing  an  ample  slop­ the  Cities  Service  Oil  Company.  regular  meetings  aboard  ship.  chest  during  the  voyage,  Crewmembers  discussed  short­ ft ft ft  comings  of  heating  system  aft.  4  4  4  PAOLI,  Nov.  4—­Chairman, .R.  ft ft ft  4 ft ft  MARORE.  Sept.  24—  Chair­ La  Peinte; SMretary.  B. Richard­ DEL  VALLE.  Oct.  29—Chair­ man.  J.  Gergorus;  Secretary.  W.  son,  Deck  Delegate  reported  that  STEEL  MAKER.  Oct.  28  —  man.  M­.  McCarty;  Secretary.  M.  Bl^eslie.  Delegates  reported  sailors  entering  pumproom  Chairman,  E. Landley;  Secretary,  C.  Gaddy.  Letter • s   ent  to  Sena­ number  of  books  and  permits  in  should  put  dqwn  for  overtime.  T.  Concepcion.  Ship's  Delegate  tor  Murray  from  Rio  giving  the  reported  $20  in  ship's  fund.  En­ tl^eir  departments.  Suggestion  Motion  carried  to  rotate  the  crew's  thanks for  his committee's  gine  Delegate  reported  disputed  4  4  4  made  that  coffee  urn  in  night  cleaning  of  the  recreation  room  work  in  the  Cities  Service  case.  overtime;  other  departments  pantry  get  a  thorough  cleaning.  among  the  three  departments.  ROBIN  GOODFELLOW,  Nov.  Department  delegates  to  rnake  Ship's  Delegate  to  see  Captain  okay.  Departmental  Delegates  Suggestion  made  to  make  up  an  3 — Chairman,  Charles  Gardia;  up  repair  lists  to  be  given  to  about  obtaining  draw  in  Ameri­ told  to  turn  in  repair  lists  to  arrival  pool  for  the  old  washing  Secretary  (not  given).  Delegates  Ship's,  Delegate.  Steward  asked  machine  at  $1  a  chance.  Crew­ reported  disputed  overtime  in  Ship's  Delegate.  can  money  in  Canada.  member's  beef  about  being  given  to  order  homogenized  milk,  4  4  4  ft ft ft  two  days  off  to  go  to  the  marine  all  departrhents.  Army  men  re­ TRINITY.  Oct.  22—Chairman,  ALAWAI.  Oct,  30—Chairman,  ft ft ft  ported  as  doing  some  of  the  C.  Hullun;  Secretary.  K.  Hatgi­ E.  Moyd;  Secretary.  A.  Phillips.  GOLDEN  CITY.  Oct. 8—Chair­ hospital  to  be  referred  to  Pa­ Stewards  Department  overtime.  misios.  Deck  Delegate  reported  Delegates  reported  no  disputed  man. J. Mitchell;  Secretary.  Otto  trolman.  Suggestion  made  that  Motion  carried  to  see  heads  of  small  overtime  beef.  Other  Dele­ overtime  or  beefs.  Statement  of  Hoepner. Delegate  reported  ship's  all  ventilators  be  blown  out.  departments  to find  out  what  gates  reported  all  in  order.  Mo­ 2nd  Cook  to  be  referred  to  Pa­ fund standing  at $108.  New  wash­ is di.sputed  in  the  overtime. More  tion  carried  to  elect  a  commit­ trolman  in  San  Francisco.  Mem­ ing  machine  purchased  from  efficient  marking  of  overtime  tee  of  three  to  draft  a  resolu­ bers  to  take  up  collection  for  a  Maritime  Electric  Corp.  for  $108.  sheets  asked  of  depai'tment  tion  regarding Coast  Guard inter­ new  washing  machine.  Motion  made  to  continue  ship's  heads.  ference  in signing  on,  and  speed­ fund; 17  in  favpr  of  it, 11  against  4  4  4  4  4  4  ing  up  of  payoff.  Each  Depart­ it.  Motion  carried  that  no  mem­ GOVERNMENT  CAMP.  Nov.  ment  to  make  up  a  repair  list,  bers  are  to  make  private  deals  JEAN,  Oct.  8—Chairman,  Jo  5—Chairman,  J.  Luplon;  Secre­ with  department  heads  for  over­ Jo  Touart;  Secretary.  John  Dur­ tary,  H.  Goodfried.  Delegates  re­ ft ft ft  WINTER  HILL.  Nov. 1—Chair­ time  work.  Motion  carried  that  kin.  Delegates  reported  every­ ports  made  and  accepted.  Ship's  .  t;'ft ft  man.  D.  M.  Irvine;  Secretary.  R.  ship  be  secured  for  sea  before  thing  in  good  shape.  Crewmem­ fund  reported  at  $26;  each  man ,  P^y.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  JOHN  STAGG.  Nov.  1­ ­Chair­ leaving  port  for  the  safety  of  bers urged  to  writ6 Senator  Mur­ to  contribute  $1  at  payoff.  Mag­ that  money  had  been  sent  to  J.  man.  William  Prince;  Secretary.  the  Deck  Department.  Rule.was  ray  for  the  work  his  committee  azine  subscriptions  to  be  pur­ Fleming's  sister.  Stewards  and  Chris  Karas.  Delegates  reported  violated  on  last  trip  to  Europe.  has  done  in  behalf  of  American  chased  from  ship's  fund.  Ertke.  tankermen.  Three  departments  crew  asked  to  cooperate  at fire  Deck  Delegate  reported  disputed  on  number  of  books  and  per­ 4  4  4  overtime  up  to  36  hours.  Irvine  mits  in  their  departments.  Mo­ TADDEI.  Nov.  5 — Chairman,  to  cobperate  in  leaving  laundry  and  boat  drill.  elected:  Ship's  Delegate.  One  tion  carried  that  crew Tjack  up  Bernard  J.  Curran;  Secretary.  clean.  Crew  expressed  its  thanks  4 ft ft  crewmember  who had  been a  dis­ the  Steward  in  seeing  that  addi­ Stanley  Stucoski.  Delegates  re­ for  receiving  the  LOG  by  mail  EDITH.  Nov.  9—Chairman.  W.  credit  to  the  ship  was  voted  to  tional  stores  b^  placed  aboard  potted  everything  running  and  voiced  their  ai>preciation  for  Reid;  Secretary.  L.  Rizzo.  Dele­ 'or  the  next  trip ' and  that  no  smoothly.  Suggestion  made  that  the  wage  increase.  be  given  another  chance,  gates  reported  some  disputed  one signs  on  unless the  stores are  more  cigarettes  be  put  aboard  4  4  4  overtime.  Delegates  to  be  reim­ ft ft ft  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY.  put  aboard.  for  next  trip.  SALEM  MARITIME.  Oct.  24—  bursed  for  cost  of  transportation.  ft ft ft  ;  Oit. 25—Chairman.  Walter  Beye­ Chairman.  S.  Deir;  Secretary.  to and  from  the Union Hall. Dis­ 4 ft  4  lef;  ' Secretary,  Vinceht  Monte.  LOGANS  FORT.  Ndv.  3  —  JEFFERSON  CITY  VICTORY.  William  Burke. Delegates  report­ cussion  on  getting'  decks  and!  Ship's  Dehjgate  reported  that  he  Chttirman,  Orvis  Bobichsixj  Sec­ Oct.  29  —  Chairman.  Workman;  ed  no  Leets  of  major  importance.  foc'sles  painted.  ,,  l>ooK  cr to  please inclzideybur •*  mxmbey.  imeiliereaTfe  men. ctJ­iilT.  meorsimikir'  names, ­£0X1 infohi­ "  jiiibn. fe ixeedfiA,  Ksep ­the  T^ecords  and cpjoid.  delay a:^  ConfoSian..  �­Page  E^hi  , I'.v"  •   THE  SE A  P  A RE RS  LOG  •  FridaiTt  KoTAnDIm 1(4. 1950  THE MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS  Or  Not  TV For Kiddies I  Shelley  Urges  Immediate  Probe TV  Lfet  Papa (Who Pays) Decide  Of  Military Sea  Trai^port Service  To  the  Editor:  torpedoing  the  hopes,  ambitiorts  and  social  stability  of  American  military  transport  in  orders^at  YMCA  here  in  Seattle,  beefing  "There  are  some  things  a  son  youth.  To the  Editor:  .  Communists  and  subVersH^  about  that  part  of  the  LOG  or  daughter  won't  .tell  you!"  Enclosed  please find  a  copy  of  might  be  weeded  out.  This ,3»as  write­up,  which  stated  that  the  That's ti^e  big  headline  of  full  Your  seven­year­old  son  may  complain,  says  the  ad,  that  "The  ilr  the  portion  of  the  Congressional  a  recognized, necessity  to  protect  YMCA  shipi)ed  1,400  men  to  page  advmisemeplis appearing  in  kids  were  mean  and  Won't  play  pecord  containing  the  remarks  our  ships  and  supplies  and  t)&e  MSTS.  The,  way  it  should  have  the  news]^ers  last  week  de­ with  me!"  Then  the  ad  starts  read  was  that  the  Seamen's  signed  to^iame  American  par­ shaking  a  finger  at  you  and  of  Representative John  F. Shelley  lives  of  our  men.  ents  into  laying  television  sets  beating  you  down  to  the  size­of  nf  California  on  the Military  Sea  "The  program  was  approved  YMCA  reports  that  1,400  men  for  their  youngsters.  have  shipped  through  MSTS  the selfish cur that  you are,  with:  by  the  Government  and  is  ope­ Transportation Service before, the  since  the  Korean  War—^from  the  The  advertisers,  the  American  "Do  you  expect  him  to  blurt  rated  by  the  Coast  Guard.  What  Television  Deeders  and  Manu­ House  of  Representatives.  becomes  of  that  program  when  Puget  Sound  and^ Seattle  area.  facturers, are  now  using  the  kids  out  the'  truth—that  he's  really  Congressman  Shelley's  view  of  MSTS  turns  over  whole  vital  As  we, understand  it,  Mr.  Ly­ ashamed  to  be  with  the  gang­r­.^  the  MSTS  should  be  of  interest  operations  to  ships  manned  by  tel  does  not  encourage  men  to  as  a»  springboard  for  increasing  that  he  feels  left  out  beceuise  he  to  seamen,  because  he  blasted  foreign  crews  from  countries  ship  through  MSTS,  but  goes  the  demand  for  TV  sets.  doesnt  see  the  television  shows  the  attempts  of  that  organiza­ which  may  be  hotbeds­of  com­ along  with  the  maritime  unions.  Anyone  who  doesn't  run  out  they  ­see,  know  the  things  they  and  buy  a  set  after  reading  the  know?"  tion  to  exercise  military  control  munism,  and  where  no  provi­ Ray^ Gates,  Agent  ad  can  consider  himself  an  ir­ And  down  in  the. lower  corner  over  the  shipping  industry,  sions  are  made  to  investigate  or  i redeemable  louse*,  intent  upon  of  the  page  the Television  Mami;­ Seattle  SIU  Braaoh  which  he  declared  is  strictly  ci­ screen  the  personnel?  vilian  in  character.  facturers  provide  the  authority  SKIDROW  HIRING  p  for  their  parental  lashings.  Shelley  told  the House that  the  There's  la  testimonial  by  a  cetf­ "high­handeS  manner  in  Which  "Further,  tl^e  civil­  service  tain  Angelo  Patri,  "Noted  Bey  crews  hired  from  the  skidrows  policy  makers  are  bypassing  and  havorist  and  Authority  on  Child  side­tracking  the  private  mer­ of  our  port  cities  undergo  no  Guidance,"  who finds it  extremec'  chant  marine  in  the  present  screening.  They  not  only  lack  say  that  the  boys  on  the  picket­ ly. profitable  to  guide  kids  into  experience  and  bungle  opera­ To  the  Editor:  crisis."  line  were  a  credit  to  the  SIU.  owning­their  own  TV  sets.  The  California,  Congressman's  tions,  but  there  undoubtedly  are  Enclosed  please  find  copy  of  They  upheld  the  SIU's  reputa­ Says  the  noted  Angelo.:­ concern  over  the  MSTS  opera­ among  them  planted  spies  and  the front  page of  a recent edition  tion  for  being  a  militant  organi­ "Youngsters  need  television  for  tions  Was  shown  throughout  his  saboteurs , bent  on  destroying  us.  of  New  Orleans  States  news­ zation, and  the friend  of  all labor  their  morale  as  much  as  they  speech,  part  of  which  follows:  And, while  this  goes  on  our mar­ paper.  As  you  can  see  the  SIU  unions  when  they  need  help.  need  fresh  air  and  sunshine  for  itime  hiring  h^s  are  full  of  was  helping  the  AFL  Butchers  their­health. ...  It  is  practicaUy­ W.  E.  Lanning,  international  GREEN  CREWS  loyal,  unemployed  Americans  Union  here.  •   impossible  for  lioys  and  girls  to  representative  for  the  AFL  But­ who  know  how  to do  the  job.'  The  Butchers have  a legitimate  "MSTS  has  taken  over  large  chers  Union,  was  quoterf  in  the  'hold  their  own'  with  friends and  numbers  ^ ships  and  are  at­ The  Congressman  also  stated  beef  and  some.  Seafarers  who  newspapers  here  as  being  indig­ schoolmates  tmless  television  is  tempting to  man them  with green  that  he  had'  called  upon  the  were  voluntarily  helping  on  the  nant  over  the  police's ­move.  available  to  them.  Of  course  crews,  hired  from  the  streets  House  Armed  Services  Commit­ picketline  were  hauled  off  by  The  paper  quoted  him  further  there  would  be  no  conflict  tf  and  placed  in  temporary  civil­ tee  and  House  Merchant  Marine  the  police.  parents  brought  television  into  service ratings.  They do not  have  Committee  to  make  a  thorough  The  Butchers  dre  most  grate­ as  follows:  the  home. . . .''  .  'The  SIU  men  came  over  to  But  getting  TV  sets  into  aU  the necessary  berthing,  dock  and  investigation  of  the  MSTS  prac­ ful .to us  of  the SIU  for  our sup­ loading  facilities  to  expeditious­ tices  and  recommend  legislation  port  and  guarantee  us  their  sup­ help  us  out.,"  he  (Lanning  de­ American  homes  is  not  a  bad  port  wherever  and  whenever  clared.  ly  handle  the  cargoes  they  are  to  correct  its  harmful  aspects.  idea.  I'm  for  American  working  appropriating to  themselves. With  By  the  way,  the  MSTS fink­ they  can  help.  Our  Port  Agent,  'We  still  think  this  is  a  dem­ men  and  women  getting  and  eny  inexperienced  crews  and  dock­ herders  have  not  been  so  active  Lindsey  Williams,  and  Buck  ocratic  country.  And  we  think  joying  all  the  benefits  of  scien­ side  personnel,  supplies  do  not  around  here  since  the  blast  Stephens  really  did  a  job  in  this  we  have  a .  right  to  peaceftd  tific  research  and  accomplish­ get  proper  handling.  Their  ships  against  them  appeared  in  the  beef.  ~  picketing.  That's  exactly­  what  ment. On  that score  I'm  probably  PICKET  CAPTAIN  are  lying  idle  waiting  for  bertlis  SEAFARERS  LOG.  it  was."  in  agreement  with  the  manufac­ and  cargo.  All  this,  with  priv­ I  had  a  phone  call from  Mr.  I  was  out  on  thW  line  as  a  George  H.  McFall  turers.  ately  owned  ships  and  facilities  Lytel,  the  head  of  the  Seamen's  picket  captain,  and  I  want  to  New  Orleans  The  only  big  fly  in  the  oint­ unused;  and  with  a  desperate  ment ^is  this:  how  are  all  Amer­ need  for  the  most  efficient  pos­ ican  workers  going  to  manage  sible  dispatching  of  materiel "and  to  ante  up  around  $200  or  $300  troops.  It  seems  evident  that  for  the  sunshine­bringing  TV  MSTS has seen fit  to begin  build­ gadget?  ing  up  a  shipping  empire  of  Is  American  industry  willing  their  own  with  the  intention  of  to  increase  its  payroU  so  that  its  perpetuating it.  employees  can  respond  to  presi  sures  made  upon  th§m  by  indus­ "This  is  not  the  whole  story:  try's  advertising?  The  Navy's  Transportation  Serv­ If  so,  then  there's  no  problem^  ice  has  now  under  charter  a  And  ­there  will  be  no  furthet  large  number  of  foreign  ships,  need  for  using  the  poor  kids  as  operated  by  foreign  crews,  and  hostages  for  TV  sets.  engaged  in  logistics  operations  vital  to  the  security  of  the  Uni­ Frank  (Blackie)  Oiyos  ted  States.  I  have  endeavored  for  weeks  to  obtain  a  satisfac­ STEEL CHEMIST  ­1  tdiy  explanation  as  ito  why  this  CREW CAN'T MIX  •  •  f  bolicy  is  being  continued.  I  have  been  told  that  they  needed  ships  ANY IN CALCUTTA  quickly  and  that  they  needed  To  the  Editor:  fast  ships.  "  I  New  Orleans SIU Members  Back Beef Of AFL Butchers  Strathcape  Weathers­ Tilt  With  Hurricane  The  Steel  Chemist  arrived.­'  here  in  Cplciitta  on' Labor  Day  "This  explanation  does  not  where  we  expect'to  spend  about  tell  me  why  so  many  foreigp  two  weeks.  Then  we  head  for  Friction  is  something  thai  doesn't  exist  aboard  the SlU­manned  Strathcape. In  this  typical;  Liberty  ships,  sold  at  give­away  New  York,  arriving' there  about  prices  by  this  Government  after  scene  of  go9d  shipboard  fellowship  are  (left  to  right):  Captain~A.  Loucas;  Charles  Martin,  Bo­ October  19,  just  a few  days fi»m  ;;  EWorld  War  II,  are  included  sun,­Dick  Hemingson,  DM;  Jack  Swles,  AB,  and  Steve  Zubbvitch.  mv  65th  birthday.  among  those  foreign  ^ips  on  To  the  Editor:  They  tried  to  keep  the  long;  .  Thecooperation  between  of­ The  crew  of  this  deepsea  race  "'• ^charter. Besides  taking  needed  ^Just  a  few  lines  to  let  you  shoremen  from  finishing  their  ficers  and  crew  on  this  ship  horse  is  a  great  and fine  onei­  No^  0  business  and  jobs  away  from  know  we're  alive  and  .kicking  loading but the beef  was straight­ couldn't  be  better.  All  the  Mates  performers, and  all fine  seamen.  ;  our  own  operators  and  seamen,  on  the  SS  Strathcape,  now  in  ened  out  and  the  ship  sailed  and  a  few  of  the  engineers  are  The  ship  is  like  a  home,  except  :  this  foreign­ship  operation  has  Eire.  without  any  delay.  This  was  former  SIU  men.  Captain  A.  of  course,  that  there  are  no  ^ even  more serious  side.  •  The  trip  got  off  to a  walloping  strictly  a  phony  ''beef  on  the  Loucas "is  a  square  shooter  from  mamas.  "Shortly  after;  United  Nations  start  in  Houston,'  where  the  part  of  the  MMA.  India  is .dry  and  there  is very; r  '  beginning  to  end,  and  any  creW  lai?.  intervention  in  Korea  our  mari­ MEBA  tried  to  force  recognition  The  trip  since  Hoi:^n  has  sailing  with  him  may  expect  a  little  hot  stuff  around . here,  so  time  unions  and  private  opera­ of  their  union  on  this  company,  the  lads  wiU  drink .cdea­cola.Mi  tors  vqluntariUy  set  up  a  pro­ which  had  already  recognised  been  smooth  outside 'of  a  hurri­ pleasant  trip..  So  what!  • ;  Dick  Heming»>n  gram  for  screening  every  man­ the BME  as  bargaining  agent  for  cane  which  we  got  mijced  up  in  r M  «>  if Uncle'*  QtloFreUBsler^  j  jack  boarding  a ship  engaged  in ( its  engineers.  in  thp  North  Adfflrtic.  *  SS'Sieel  i  • /  NO  EXPLANATION  • SSvv.  �Fridayr NoVexnbex  34. 1950  .::s­ THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  SEAFARER­ARTIST  SAW  IT  THIS  WAY  Page  Nine  Quality Of  Members' Labor  Held SIU Bargaining Point  To  Ihe  Edilor:  A  union  is  only  as  good  as  the  men  who  belong  to' it.  The  Much  has  been  said,  and  much  only  thing  its  members  have  to  more  remains  to  be  said  about  sell  is  their  labor—your  labor.­ the  benefits  of  a  Union  contract.  There's  no  time limit  on  it, but  And  since  the  price  of  an  article  depends  on  its  quality,  it  is  up  those  benefits  were  not  given  to  to  us  to  see  that  the  quality  of  us—they  were  earned  the  hard  the  product  we  are  asking  our  way  and  were  deserved.  And  these  benefits  will  last  as  long  Union  to  sell  for  us  is  as  high  es  we  can  make  it.  as  we  continue  to  earn  and  de­ Then  we'U  have  a first­class  serve  them.  It  is  easy  (too  easy)  to  say  reason  to  boost  our  prices.  Frank  Robertson  I'm  going  to  do  as  little  as  I  (new  member)  can  get  away  with,  and  if  the  SS Royal  Oak  boss  doesn't  like  it  to  heck  with  Cities  Service  Oil  Co.  him!"  That  kind  of  an  attitude  may  work  if  you're  in  business  for  yourself  (although  I  doubt  it)  but  the  fact  is  that  as  long  as  you  are  working  for  somebody,  you'll  have  a  boss.  And  the  boss  has  to  be  satis­ fied  with  the  way  you  do  your  The  following  letter  was  re­ job,  or  you  won't  have  a  job.  ceived  recently  by  Sal  Colls,  That  has  always  been  true,  and  SIU  Agent  in  Puerto  Rico,  always  will  be  true—^union  or  from  Marion  Ladwig.  a  form­ no  union.  er  Seafarer  now  with  the  law  firni  of  Mullinax.  Wells  and  Ball,  of  Dallas,  general  coun­  ­ sel  to  the  Texas  State  Federa­ tion  of  Labor:  ­ Lauds  Union  For  Defense  Of  Crewmen  Know Your Union,  CS  Crewmember  Dear  Sir:  Tells  Shipmates  Having  been  in  the  SIU  my­ To  the  Editor:  From  the  decks  of  the  SS  Hurricane*  Norman  Maifie.  AB.  sketched  this  v|ew  of  the  French  freighter  Aquataine  unloadixig  cargo  onto  lighters  in  Hamburg,  Germany.  Brother  Requests  Clarification  Of  Rates  For  Overtime  Under  New  Wage  Increase  I  To  the  Editor:  a  great  benefit  to  them  because  they  are  usually  the  low  men.  Since our  new  wage scale  went  And  whereas  this  concerns  into  effect  I  have  heard  quite  a  quite  a  few  of  our  SIU  Brothers  few arguments,  both  pro and  con,  1  would  like  to  get  a  clarifica­ as  to  tTie  rate  of  overtime  for  tion  on  this  matter,  to  be  printed  Derk  Maintenance  men  and  Sec­ in  the  LOG  for  the  benefit  of  ond  Cooks.  our  Brothers  who  sail  in  these  As  per  the  wage  scale  in  the  ratings.  October  13  issue  of  the  SEA­ Star  Wells  FARERS  LOG,  these  men  are  SS  Robin  Trent  entitled  to  $1.54  per  hour  for  Yokohama.  Japan  overtime  pay.  This  1 can  see  as  '  P.S.: Since  the  outbreak  of  the  war  in  Korea  there  has  been  a  large  number of  our  ships  hitting  this  port.  None  of  them  have  been  able  to  get  any  fresh  copies  of  thei  LOG.  So  how  about send­ ing  a  few  to  the  USS  here  in  Yokohama?  To  the  Editor:  (Ed.  Note:  The  publication  Just  dropping  a  line  to  the  of  the  new  wage  scale  in  the  LOG  to  let  all  my  buddies  know  October  13  issue  of  the  LOG  that  I'm  in  the  Army.  1  have  contained  an ecror  in  the over­ been  in  Fort  Dix,  N.  J.,  for  two  time  demaxcEition  point.  This  weeks  and  there  sure  is  a  big  error  was  corrected  in  the  No­ diflference  in  life  here  and  sail­ vember  10  issue  of  the  LOG.  ing.  ,  .  Here  are  the  overtime  rates  I'm  in  a field  artillery  outfit  under  the  new  wage  scale,  and,  boy,  do  they  keep  you  go­ once  again:  ing.  They  get  you  up  at  4:30  (On  freightships,  the  ovet­ AM  and  they  keep  you.  going  until  5  PM.  Then  after  you  eat  supper  they  usually  have  you  Steward Says Rest Coiiies  cleaning  up  the  barracks  'until  Easy With Inner­Springs  at  least  8  or  9  PM.  And  I  do  To  the  Editor:  mean,  they  keep  you  going.  The  chow  over  here  isn't  even  As  Steward  it  has  been  my  as  good  as  it  was  on  a  Cities  experience  that  putting  inner­ Service  ship  before  it  was  or­ spring  mattresses  aboard  ship  ganized.  You  get  very  little  of  for  the  unlicensed  personnel  has  it  anyway.  not  only  saved  the  companies  They  say  I'm  going  to  stay  money  but­ it  was  greatly  ap­ here  for  14  weeks.  1  hope  yop  preciated  by  the  crews.  will  publish  this  letter  so  all  I'm  sure  that,  as_ 1  have  seen  my  •   buddies  will  know  where  before,  the crews  wDl  take  prop­ I'm  at.  My  address  is  as  follows:  er  care  of  these  inner­spring  Sc. Chas.  Bulsci,  US '5102077S  mattresses.  Also  whfn  they  get  Bai.  Gi  34ih  Field  Artille^  more  satiisfactory  rest  our  Bro­ 60th  Infantry  Reg.,  9th  Div.  thers  will  have  greater  ease  of  Fbrt  Dix,  N,  J.  mind.  T,  E.  Maynek  In The Army Now,  Buleca's Busy  From Bell To Bell  lime  rate  is  $1.22  per  hour  for  ratings  receiving  under  $282.47  per  month,  and  $1.54  for  ratings  getting  over  that  amount.  The  standby  rate  is  $1.64  for  an  8­hour  day  with  time­and­a­half  for  overtime  and  Saturdays  and  Sundays.  On  tankers,  the  overtime  rate  is  $1.22  for  ratings  under  $258.24  and  $1.54  for  those  above  that figure.  (Beginning  with  the  Novem­ ber  24  issue, copies  of  the LOG  will  be  sent  to  the  USS  in  Yokohama.)  self,  I  listened  with  great  pride  for  the  organization  when  my  This  is  addressed  to  Union  twin  brother.  Bill  Ladwig,  told  men  who  are  not  just  book  car­ about your  actions as  Port Agent  riers.  in San  Juan, standing  up  against  After  a  recent  voyage  on  the  the  ship  captain  and  the  steam­ French  Creek,  the  palatial  liner  ship  company  for  a  single  crew­ of  Cities  Service,  1  went  to  the  member,  a  Union  Brother.  SIU  Hall  on  Beaver  Street  and  got  my  book.  It  was  a  good  1  should  like  to  express  my  personal  gratitude  to  you  for  feeling,  too.  your  courage  in  opposing  what  The  line  of  stuff  that  had  been  you  considered  an  unjust  charge  put  out  by  the  phonies  that  the  against  him.  Union  will  use  you  and  then  thr,ow  you  overboard  was  just  BiU  also  relate^  to  me  the. ,  a  iot  of  anti­union  propaganda.  example  of  real  union  solidarity  You  men  riding  unorganized  when  the  local  longshoremen's  union  back  the SIU  in  its "beef  ships,  look  your  hand  over.  Go  one  hundred  per  cent.  If  you  to  the  SIU  Halls  and  get  ac­ could  let  me  have  the  name  of  quainted.  1 had  the  pleasure  of  the  local  agent  for  that  union  meeting  Bull  Sheppard,  Johmiy  in  order  that  I  may  add  my  Arabasz,  Walt  Siekmann  and  thanks,  1  certainly  should  ap­ Frenchy  Ruf  on  my  visit  to  the  preciate  it.  Hall.  Bill  Manley,  by  the  way,  was  if  you  are  ever  in  Texas,  in  Corpus  to  meet  his  boy  Pete.  please  drop  by  to  see  some  fel­  M'  1 am  going  back  out  on  a  Cities  low  AFL'ers  in  Dallas.  FraternaUy  yours,  Service  ship.  Marion  C.  Ladwig  Lee  Arnold  Log­A­Rhythm  A  TOAST  TO  THE  SEA  By  C.  B.  WARD  Here's  a  toast  to  the sea  That  we  never  see,  For  all  the  hum  and  humdrum  , Of  its  pure  montony.  But  to  grumble  and  gripe  Is  a  sailor's  way  of  play.  He  would  be  at  a  loss.  If  it  were  ever  taken  away.  'Tis  poof  Jack,  alack.  On  watch  he  must  go,  Be  it  on  lookout  Or  to  heir down  below.  '"T  While  we're  prisoners  all.  Our  warden  the  sea  Has  been  known  to  smile.  When  so  often  we flee.  She  runs  like  a  clock.  And  we  are  the  hands.  Bound  to  go  round  As  long  as  time  standsr^  For  she  gives  us  parole,  On  our  own  honor  bright.  Knowing  we'll  return  As  sure  as  there's  daylight.  Your  gay  sailor  lad  Is  the  one  that's ashore,  'Til  it's  all  hands  aboard  For  the  rat  race once  more.  ­ Though  the  sea  grows  wider.  The  longer  the  wake  streams.  There  is  no  known  boimdary.  To  a  sailor  man's dreams.  One  would  gather  from  this,  Be  he  that  unwise.  That  a  sorrier  life  No  one  could  devise.  Each  new  port's, a  discovery,  And  the  past  is  astern,  To  be  broke  out  in  memory,  When  the  long  days  return.  1  ­Mm  �•  PagK Teir  • '  •  ­­rf,;  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  ^  ''  FrMajv  NbT«Bd3MHr  2<ii  iSSitf;  Its  (Continued  from  Page  3)  the  law,  namely,  the  nunibr  of  certified  Abie­ tlonal  extra  eompenwtd^n  over  and ^ above  the  lectiyp  bargaining  agreements.  Yes,  indeed,  the  Bodied seamen carried, a seaman must  sail  three  base  wage,  overtime  pay  and  penalty  pay  by  American  Unions  did  cooperate,  but  there  was  years'  apprenticeship.  He  must  take  an  exami­ • ;; V­;­­.  no  cooperation  whatsoever  from  the  MSTS,  so  nation  and  a  rigid  physical  examination  before  virtue  of  provisions  for  the  payment  of  bonusei  under  certain,  conditions.  Men  in  both  services  irii­ we can  only assume  that Mr.  Koehler is  attempt­ he  is  certified.  Evidently  Mr.  Koehler  does  not  were entitledr to  an  aditional  $2.50  per  day  while  ing  to  convey  the  impression  that  everybody  is  know  that  a  ship  is  not  considered  seaworthy  the vessel  was west  of  the 180th mwidian  as well  happy  and  agreeable  to  this  program,  which  is  imless  the  whole  personnel  of  the  ship  is  qual­  as  a  100  percent  basic  wage  bonus  and  a  $100  so.  ­  ^  ified  and experienced.  He either doesn't  know  or  harbor  attack  bonus.  In  addition  to  the  abovbi  We  quote  again  from  Mr.  Koehler's  letter:  doesn't  care.  It  is  very  evident  that  a  bunch  of  war  risk  insurance  of  $10,000  was  afforded  to  "Perhaps in no other area has so much misunder­  incompetent  men  have been hired  to man  MS'tS  each  man.  These  bonuses  became  effective  for  arismi  as  in the  area  involving  MSTS  vessels  without  regard  for  rules  and  regulations.  employees  of  the  MSTS  on  September  1,  1950  }i::  standing  procedures  in  recruiting  necessary  seagoing  per­ In  the record  of  this Committee,  there is a  let­ and  were  in  effect  In  private  oporaBono  sincd  sonnel.  Fi»t  of  all,  in  securing  such  personnel  ter  submitted  by one  Eugene  So^nden,  who  was  June in  respect  to  Korea  and Formosa  knd  from  MSTS  is  governed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  employed  as a  Bos'n's  Mate  aboard  the  BENEV­ Aiigust  in  rospect  to  the  $10,000  insurance  cov­ of  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  The  criticism  OLENCE  which was sunk  in the  Golden Gate as  erage.  directed at  MSTS  on  this score  may only  be ex­ a result of  a collision, with the loss of  many lives.  "The  greater  number  of  fringe  benefits  pto­ plained by a failure to accept  this fact. Therefore,  Mr.  Sowden  points  out  definitely  and  conclu­ vided by  the  contract  between  the  SUP  and  the  the  claim  that  MSTS  'interposes'  an  unsatisfac­ sively  in  his  letter  that  this  ship  was  not  sea­ Pacific  Maritime  Association  resulted  In  remiulu  tory  form  of  employment  on  seagoing  personnel  worthy;  that  it didn't  adhere  to the  safety rules  oration  in  addition  to  the  base  rate  to  unicXl  is, of  course,  without  merit."  or  regulations  in  regard  to  eqmpment;  that  the  members  in  amounts  approximating  60  to  150  This  statement  of  Mr.  Koehler  is  certainly  lifeboat gear  was out of order. Mr. Sowden brings  percent  of  the  base  wage  of  $226  per  month  a*  vague  and  ambiguous.  First  of  all,  as  we  have  out  that  the lifeboats  were mamied  by men  who  contrasted  with  the  more  limited  scope  of  thii  stated  before,  the  MSTS  has  never  attempted  to  didn't  know how  to  latmch  them  and  the  results  beh^ts  available  to  ABs  in /Government  em­ get  qualified  bona  fide  seamen.  They  have  by­ of  their  inefficiency  is  proven  by  the  disaster  ploye which  approximated  20  percent  to  a  maxi­ passed  them.  Secondly,  when  they  hire  their  so­ lil"  called  "seamen,"  they  give  them  a.  temporary  regardless*  of  whether  or  not  one  believes  Mr.  mum  of  33  percent  of  the  base  wage  and  waa  Sowden's  statement.  paid to such crew members.over  and  above  thel£  It: .  civil  service  status.  There  is  no  guarantee  that  The  fact  remains  that  only  one  lifeboat  was  basic  wage.  The  evidence  showed  that  this  re­ these  men  they  have  engaged  will  be  given  a  launched.  It  was  also  definitely  established  that  sulted  in  a  monthly  wage'of  $450  to  $500  fbtf  • peimanent civil  service  status.  As  a  matter  of  one  of  the  officers  in  his  testimony  before  the  union  members  as  contrasted  with  a  wage  of  fact,  many  of  the  men  they  have  engaged  have  approximately  $300  for  Government  seamen  iii  only  lasted  for  a  trip—and  sometimes  less.  They  Coast  Guard  stated  that  the  lifeboat  could  not  the  AB  classification.  be  lowered  because  there  was  not  any  power  to  have  been  fired  or  laid  off.  •   *  •   do  so,  in  spite  of  the' fact  that  the  vessel  had  It  is  definitely  imderstood  by  each  and  every­ "In  this  respect  it  is also  noteworthy  that  the  one  that  when  the  so­called  "emergency,"  which  gravity  davits  on  the  life  boats.  differences  in  remuneration  with  which  we  are  In  Sowden's  statement,  it  is  very  clear  that  created  the situation,  in  the mind'of  Mr.  Koehler  involved  in  the  instant  case  have  come  about  and  his  advisors,  is  over,  the  civil, service  status  the  crew  was  incompetent.  Furthermore,  after  through  th  failure  of  the  Governmental  agency  of  the  seamen  employed  by  the  MSTS  will  also  the  BENEVOLENCE  disaster,  the'  MSTS  in­ to  carry  out  the mandates  of  Subdivision  8,  Sec­ structed  the  crew  to  go  to  Alameda  to  apply  to  be over.  Who  is kidding  who?  tion  201  of  Title  II  of  the  Federal  Classification  \  We  are  definitely  and  openly  criticizing  the  the  Maritime  Commission  Training. School  for  Act  of  1949  which  provides  that  the  wageis  of  MSTS and  we refuse  to accept  what Mr.  Koehler  instruction  in  handling  life  boats.  It  is  evident  crews  on  Government  vessels  be fixed  and  ad^  describes  as  facts.  We  contend  that  these  are  they  would  not  have  had  to send  their  crew  for  justed  as  nearly  as  consistent  with  the  public  instructions  in  the  handling  of  life  boats,  had  just  cover­up  alibis.  interest  and  in  accordance  with  the  prevailing­ I  am  quoting  again  from  Mr.  Koehler's  letter:  they  been  qualified  to  begin  with.  rate  and  practice  In  the  maritime  industry.  NO'  "A  Coast  Guard  certificate  or  license  of  profi­ WAGES  AND  CONDITIONS  such survey of  prevailing  salaries has  been­ made  ciency  is a  prerequisite  to  employment,  and,  un­ by  the  MSTS.­  the  last  such  survey  having  besn  The  MSTS  is  utterly  and  completely  disre­ der  no  circumstances,  are  any  personnel,  re­ conducted  by  the  Army  Transport  Service  in> |  cponsible  for  the  safety  of  the  ships,  such  ds  garding  the  law  they  are  supposed  to  operate  1947­1948.  If  the action  dictated by  this provisions  masters,  mates,  or  senior  engineering  officers,  under ;as  far  as  wages and  conditions for  seamen  of  the  law  had  been  carried  out  the  variance  ihrj  are  concerned.  permitted  to  sail  without  the  certificates."  .  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  They­have failed  to  carry  out  the  mandates  of  the  benefits  and  remuneration  between  employ­'  ­  ^  This,  indeed,  shows  how  little  Mr.  Koehler  Subdivision  8,  Section 291  of  Title  II  of  the  Fed­  MSTS and  the private operators mi^  knows  about  the  safety  of  sliips  at  sea  and  it  ^^al  Classification  Act  of  1949  whicl;  provides  hav®  so  great/'  shows  a  total  disregard  of  safety  at  sea  by  the  that  the  wages  of ^crews  of  Government  vessels  ...  No comment  is needed on Mr. Gilson's decision.'  whole MSTS.  When  they  say, "Under  no circum­ be  fix^  and  adjusted  as  nearly  as  consistent  It  is self­explanatory.  I am furnishing  your  Com­'  stances  are  masters,  mates,  or  senior  engineer­ with  the  public  interest  and  in  accordance  with  mittee  with  a  complete  copy  of  his  decision^  ing  officers  permitted  to  sail  without  certifi­ tbe. preyailing rate  and  practice  in  the  Maritime  which  is  attached  to  this  Statement.  cates." this  acknowledges  our  contention  that  all  industry.  .  CONCLUSIONS  the  rest  of  the  personnel  aboard  an  ayerage  Our  organization had  occasion to appear  before  MSTS  vessel,  such  as  ablebodied  seamen, ^inli­ the  State  of  CaMomia  Department  of  Employ­ 1.  The  American seamen  urgently  request  that  censed  engine­room  crews,  and  stewards  depart­ ment Service, Division  of  Appeals, San Francisco  the  MSTS  and  its  functions  be  definitely  estab­ ment  personnel,  are  not  qualified  seameii  with  District.  A  public  hearing  was  held  September  lished  by  law  and  limited  to  handling  troop  certificates.  26th,  27t^  and  28tb  before  a  duly  appointed  transports  in  the  event  there  are  no  privately  In  case  Mr.  Koehler  does  not  know  it,  each  Referee,  1^.  Donald  Gilson.  Appearing  for  the  operated  passenger  ships  being  committed  t<r  vessel,  depending  upon  its classification,  size  and  Union  in  our  protest  against  the  Department  of  that service.  type,  according  to  the  United  States  law,, must  Employment  for refusing un«mployment  benefits  2.  We request  that  the MSTS  be prohibited by,  ­­carry  so  many  qualified,  certified  life­bM men.  to  our  men  because  had refused  to accept •   law  from  functioning  as  common  carriers,  carry­t  ^  the deck  department, for mstance,  every Able­  employment from  jhe MSTS was Attorney Scully  , ing  supplies  to mihtary  outposts.  It  is  a  dupHca  ^dmd seaman must  be  a  quahfied  and  certified ­ from  the  A^^^  tion  and  a  waste  of  the  taxpayers'  money  as  Me­boat  man.  Likewise,  all  the  rated  personnel  behalf  of  the Union.  well  as  an  infringement  upon  private  enterprise"  in the  engine  department  must  be  so.  There  were  tw;o  attorneys  opposing  our  con­ and  private  shipping.  Does  Mr.  Koehler  think  than  in  an  emergency  tention  from  thje  Department  of  Empl(^ment.  3.  We request that  the MSTS  definitely live  ujfe  I  ihe  mates,  the  senior  engineers  and  the  master  There  were  approximately  seveq  witnesses  from  to  the  law  of  the land  instead  of  by­passing  it?  are  enough  to  handle  the  safety  of,  say  for  in­ the MSTS in varjous  executive capacities  appear­ as  they have  up  to  date.  stance,  thousands  of  wounded  troops  iu  a  troop  ing  for  the  Department  of  Employment,  their  4.  We ^ggest that any  and all manpower need­ ship?  Dees  Mr.  Koehler  know  what  it  takes  to  contention  being  that  the  MSTS  did  not  violate  ed  by  the  MSTS  be  employed  from  available  launch life boats, to man  life boats, and  to handle  their  and  that  the  conditions  and  wages  manpower  sources  in  the  vicinity  of  the  operas  life  boats?,  E^deatly  not.  were gpc^,  if  not better  in the  MSTS.  tion  of  the  MSTS. For instance, in San  FrancisCUi  We  have definite  proof  and  knowledge  that  if  Mr. ­,|)onald  Gilson,, Referee  for  the  State  of  there  were  thousands" of  available  bona fide,  cer*^  the  MSTS  can  get  certified,  qualified  men,  they  California,  in his decision  dated  October  10  cer­  , tified men.  will  take them,  but  the  records  show  they  have  tainly­^eld  with  the  Union  and  disregarded  all  The  MSTS  should  have  contacted  the  Unions)  hired plenty of  incompetent drifters  to man  their  testimony by the MSTS  as not  being factuaL  to  furnish  them  with  manpower  under  the  pre­'  ships. An American  seaman sailing  in a  privately  I  quote  the following from  the  decision  of  Mr.  vailing  collective  bargaining  agreements.  W#  operated  ship  must  adhere  to  the  strictest  regu­  Gilson:  '^recommend  to  the  Committee , that  a  clear  lavi^  lations  and  to  a  certificate  system.  For  instance,  "The  evidence  iurShsr  showed  ihel  boih  the  be  made  allowing  the  MSTS  to  sl^ collecilve  in order  to sail as an AblerBodied  seaman, which  employment  wlBi  the  L;STS  and  the  employ­ bargaining  agreem^ots  with  bona fide  American  is one thing: that makes  a vessel, seaworthy under  meni  under  union  juris^ciidn  involved­^ addi­ seamen's'unions.:/'\  i!8­i  .  Iw  �­f  .  ­.  > T FrWIy.  ifoyembM  24,  1950  ­  ;?  • ­"• i­­  ,  '.C­'  • ,t •  • . ^  v;'  /  THE  S  E  AF  AHERS  LOG  Page  Eleren  M­  :m  Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings In. Brief  NEW  ORLEANS — Ohairman,  Lindsey  Williams,  21550?  Record­ iatg  Secretary.  Bill  Fredericks,  94: ..Jleading  Clerk,  Buck  Ste­ phens,  76.  the  beef,  and  it  will  be  straight­ ened  out  with  the  company  or  an  interpretation  given,  ­wmlch­ ever  is  needed.  In  Headquarters  SHIPPED SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  report  to  the  membership,  Sec­ DECX ENG.  STWDS.  SHIPPED  retary­Treasurer  said  that a  con­r  10  6  20  ference  had  been  scheduled  in  4  90  70  58  218  Washington  by  Coast  Guard  two  23  12  22  57  weeks  hence  to  discuss  security  I  51  56  40  147.  program.  SlU  ­will  attend,  he  7  8  2  17  said,  and  meanwhile  will  pur­ 4  2  2  8  sue  a .policy  of  "wait  and  see."  k Secretary­Treasurer  read  Lind­ (No  gures Received)  17  13  17  47  sey  Williams* final  report  as  61  57  71  189  retiring  Director  of  Organize­ 20  13  55  22  65  42  163  56  A&€  SSSpping  From  Nov.  F To  Nov.  IS  PORT  •  REG.  DECK  REG.  ENG.  REG.  TOTAL  STWOS.  REG.  Motion  carried  to  accept  5  13  11  29  charges  as  read  and  refer  to  78  268  112  78  elected  Trial  Conunittee.  Head­ New  York  35  '  20  17  72  quarters  financial  report  read  Philadelphia  73  69  254  Baltimore  112  and  approved.  Minutes  of  all  13  10  8  31  Branches  read  and  concurred  in.  Norfolk.  8  3­ Savannah  ­ 7  18  Agent  reported  that  affairs  of  Tampa  .t.  (No  Figures  Received)  port  were  in  good  shape,  and  24  29  92  39  that  shipping  had  picked  up  a  Mobile.  48  New  Orleans..  60  149  41  httle  since  last >meeting.  During  31  '74  25  18  period  since,  there  were  six  pay­ Galveston  63  52  166  51  offs  and.  six  sign­ons  and  ap­ West  Coast  proximately  25  ships  in­transit;  GRAND  TOTAL.  338  1,153  339  468  311  347  271  921­ Communications  read  and  mo­ tions  carried  to  concur.  Motion  carried  to  concur  in  Headquar­ to  accept  committees'  reports.  to  accept.  Minutes  of  meetings  ping;  report  concurred  in.  Meet­ ters  report  ^as  read.  Reinstatd^  Motion  carried  ­that  $50  be  do­ in  other  Branches  read  and  ap­ ing  adjourned  at  7:30  PM,  with  ment  committee  recommended  nated  to  AFL  Trades  and  La­ proved.  Agent  spoke on shipping  65  members  present.  4  4  4  that  Fred  Easter  be  allowed  to  bor  Assembly  of  Savannah,  as  situation  here.  Meeting  adjourn­ tion.  Following  this  he  announc­ NEW  YjORK—Chairman,  Ed  ed  that  specifications  on  new­ reactivate  his  book.  John  C.  other  imions  have,  to  enable  ed  at  7:35  ?M.  TLA  to  help  sponsor  Weekly  Mooney,  46671:  Recording  Sec­ building  had  been  made  known  4  4  4  radio  program  for  organized  la­ NORFOLK  —  Chairman,  Ben  retary.  Freddie  Stewart,  4935:  and  bids  called  for,  with  six  bor.  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:20  Rees.  95:  Recording  Secretary,  Reading  Clerk.  John  Arabasz.  firms  submitting  estimates.  He  29836.  PM,  with  37  members  present,  James  A.  Bullock,  4747.  then  read  Committee's  report  t  4.  and  recommendations  contained  Chairman  pointed  out  that  in  Motion  carried  to  accept  Sec­ therein.  Secretary­Treasurer  sta­ PHILADELPHIA  —  Chair­ retary­Treasurer's  financial  re­ man.  E.  Abualy,  7047;  Record­ view  of  fact  that  no quorpm  was  port.  Minutes  of  other  Branch  ted  that  the  Appellate  Division  present,  a  special  meeting  would  ing  Secrettiry,  H,  Larson.  92:  be  held  to  check  shipping  cards.  meetings  read  and  approved.  of  New  York  State  Supreme  Rehm  took  the  Union  Oath  of  Reading  Clerk,  H.  Gerie.  26783.  Motion  carried  that  all  excuses  Port  Agent  ssud  that,  although  Court  had  unanimously  upheld  opinion  of  Court  in  dismissing  Obligation.  Motion  carried  that  be  referred  to  Dispatcher.  Meet­ 17­ship  payoffs  had  been  hand­ suit  of  29  former  permitmen  Minutes  of  previous  meetings  requests  for  extensions  be  re­ ing  adjourned  at  7:30  with  16  led  in  port  during  past  two­ who  had  entered  suit  against  week  shipping  period,  shipping  ferred  to  elected  committee.  in  all  Branches  read­  and  ap­ members  present.  Union  for  $250,000.  He  said  this  ^ Meeting  adjourned  at  8:25  PM,  proved.  Motion  carried  to  ac­ %  X  was  the fifth  time  the  courts  cept  Secretary­Treasurer's finan­ With  285  members  present.  BOSTON—Chairman,  B.  Law­ had  turned  down  attempts  of  cial  report  as  read.  Headquar­ i  %  .  these  men  to  win  support  of  ters  report  to  the  membership  son.  894:  Recording  Secretary.  ; BALTIMORE  —  Chairman.  A1  read  and  approved.  Agent  dis­ D.  Sheehan.  22856: .  Reading  their  qction.  Court  also  awarded  Sitansbury,  4683;  Recording  Sec­ cussed  shipping, ­which  had  been  court  costs  to  the  Union.  Mo­ Clerk,  J.  Panlier,  20071.'  retary,  G.  A.  Masterson.  20277:  rather  slow  during  past  two  had  been  slow.  Beefs,  however,  tion  carried  to  concur  in  Head­ Beading  Clerk,  Leon  Johnston,  weeks.  Excuses  from  members  Reading  of  Secretary­Treasur­ kept  Patrolmen  busy,  but  all  quarters  report.  Following  ­re­ 108.  absent  from  meeting  were  re­ er's financial  report  and  Head­ were  eventually  squared  a A­ay.  port  there  was  open  and  lengthy  ferred  to  the  Dispatcher.  Meet­ quarters  report  to  the  member­ Be. ^mged  crews  on  long  trips  discussion  on  subject  of  new  Oath  of  Obligation  adminis­ ship.  Motions  carried  to  accept  not • to blow  their  tops  when  all  building,  with  Committee  giving  ing  adjourned  at  7:45  PM.  tfered  to  John  W.  Rombo  and  reports.  Minutes  of  meetings  in  isn't  running  smoothly.  Instead,  answers  to  «11  questions  raised.  t  »  Leon  G.  Sexton.  No  charges.  SAN  FRANCISCO—Chairman,  other  Branches  read  and  con­ he  advised  that  they  write  to  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:05  PM,  Minutes  of  other  Branch  meet­ ings  read  and  approved.  Motion  Lloyd  Gardner,  3697:  Recording  curred  in.  Agent  discussed  ship­ Headquarters,  fully  describing  with  1,150  members  present.  ­.>• 51  carried  to  refer  excuses  to  the  Secretary,  H.  J.  Fischer,  59.  Dispatcher,  Agent  said  that  ship­ ping  had  been  comparatively  Chairman  explained  that  since  sioW  for  this .port.  Motion  by  R.  there  were  not  enough  members  ­  M  G.  Roe,  seconded  by  several,  present  to  constitute  a  quorum,  that  any  member  dispatched  to  the  meeting  had  been  called  to  any  Ore  ship  at  Sparrows  Point  check  shipping  cards  until  7:30  tb_ replace  man  who  has  signed  PM.  Conhnittee  also  asked  to  .^ticles,  and  who  fails  to  report  check  and  audit  books  for  week.  to  Ship  one  hour  before  sched­ Membership  was  reminded  that  Personal  effects,  papers  ,and  STANI^Y  SCOTT  WALTER  STOVALL  tiled  sailing  time,  as  per  agree­ Union  elections  are  now  being  permit  are  being  held  for  the  MIKE  KENNEDY  DIXIE  PETERS  ment, ^ shall  be  paid  four  days'  conducted.  following  men  at  the  SIU  Hall,  Get  in  touch  with  Higgins  &  pay,  instead  of  the  present  two  4  4  4>  450  Harrison  Street,  San  Fran­ Pamess,. 92.JLiberty  Street,  New  Write  Carl  Neilson,  US  Marine  Hospital,  Chicago,  Illinois.  days'  pay—providing  the  origin­ MOBILE—Chairman,  O.  Ste­ cisco,  California:  York  City,  concerning  the  acci­ ad  crewmember  who  signed  on  vens^  115;  Recording  Secretary,  4  4  4  W,  C.  GOODEN  dait  of  Tommy  Langon  of  the  The  Saloon  Messman  of  the  Articles  wants  to  make  the  voy­ F.  Drozak,  46030:  Reading  Clerk.  DORENCE  HINTON  SS  Steel  Mariner.  age.  Motion  carried.  Meeting  ad­ R.  Jordan.  71.  SS  Marymar  from  April  to  CONRAD  SHIRLEY  '  journed  at  8:10  PM,  with  350  4  4  4  July,  1950  is  asked  to  contact  ROGER  C.  WHITLEY  Motion  carried  to  concur,  in  members  present..  I&RVEY  MARTIN  W.  Meehan,  312  Franklin  Ave.,  WILLIAM  E.. HOLLAND.  Secretary­Treasurer's  financial  ^  Your  wife  asks  that  you  write  Norfolk,  Va.  .  '4 4  4  ­ her  at  60  Golden  Street,  New  SAVANNAH—Chairman.  E.  B.  report.  Minutes  of  meetings  in  GLEN  CURL  .  London,  Connecticut.  Tilley,  75:  Recording  Secretary.  other  Branch  reports  read  and  T.  W.  Burke,  36802;  Reading  approved.  Port  Agent  discussed  Get  in  touch  with  your  wife  4.­­4  4'  shipping  in  this  port  during  the  immediately.  MAX  LONGFELLOW  P^rk,  A.  Smith,  36970.  *  4  4  4  (jet  in  touch  with  your  Motion  carried  to  suspend  WACLAW  LUESCHNER  nephew,  Harold  Witherow,  at  39  regular  order  of  business, to elect  SOLOMAN  BISHAW ' .  Creed  Street,  Struthers,  Ohio.  a  Trial  Committee.  Following  Get  in  touch immediately­ with  4  4  4  Were  elected to  serve:  C.  Schuch,  Jack  Doyle,  419 California Street,  RICHARD  (Redj  CORNETT  .R.  Bennett,  R.  L.  Booker,  F.  Checks  for  the  following  men  Write  Ted  Vargas  at  328  Mer­ are  being  held  at  the  New  York  Kagelmacher,  W.  Sanders  and  past  two­week  shipping  period.  San  Fi'ancisco  California.  4  4  4  E,  H.  Searcey.  Secretary­Trea­ Motion' carried  to  accept  Ballot­ cer  Strefet,  Princeton,  West  Vir­ Hall:  W.  R.  DIXOK  ginia.  surer's  financial  report  read  and  ing  Committee's  report.  Oath  of  Newell  Greenhaw,  James­ Sea­ ajpproved.  Minutes  of  other  Obligation  administered  to  T.  T.  You  are  asked  to  telephone  4  4  4  ly,  Stanley  Partyka,  Raymond  Branch  meetings  read  and  con­ Nickerson,  Ben  Hubbard  and  Jessica  Dixon,  68  Pershing  Ter­ RICHARD  J.  EGAN  Donway,  Andrew  Ahlstrom,  Har­ race,  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania.  Get  in  touch  with  the  Pruden­ old  G^en,  William  O'Dea,  II,  curred  in.  Communications:  Mo­ Tom  Henry  Brown.  Uhiontown  6109  M.  tion carried  to accept  lettet  from  tial Insurance  Company  of  New­ Fred  Paul,  Frederick  J.  Durham,  4^4*  Brotherhood  of  Teamsters,  Local  GALVESTON  —  Chairman.  4  4  4  ark,  New  Jersey  or  Mrs.  Shirley  Julio  Colon,  Aurelio  Suarez,  897,  asking  members  not  to  use  TOMAS  MARTINEZ  We'ssel, . Seamen's  Church  Insti­ Joseph  Demuth,  Juan  Delgado,  Yellow  Cabs  as  long  as  they  are  Keith  Alsop,  7311;  Recording  Contact  Philip  Dorfman,  225  tute,  25  South  Street,  New  York.  John  Early  and  Jesus  V.  Garcia.  being  struck.  Contents  of  letter  Secretary,  Ralph  Willieims:  South  15th  Street,  Philadelphia,  4  4  4  .  Also  Thomas  C.  Lockwood,  from  Trades  and  Labor  Assem­ Reading  Clerk,  C.  M.  Tannehilh  Pennsylvania,  concerning  your  JC^EPH  C.  LEVACK  William  S.  Porter,  Philip  P.  ­Its  bly  of  Savannah  laid  over  to  25922.  *  _  case.  Get  in­touch  with  your  draft  Guimond,  Francis  E.  Perry,  New  Business.  Tilley.  reported  4  4  4  ­ board.  ­ ­ Lawrence  Durham,  Clyde  PHn­ Motion  carried  to accept  Headr  that  Agent  Bryant  is  in  Jack­ " V" ^  EDWARD  CARPEJTTER  ney,  Louis  Sten  Brrkeland,  Al­ ^pville  to  meet  SS  Council  quarters  report  to  the  member­;  DONA)^.  C.  REDMAN  bert  Buck,  Erick  Borgh,  Ken­ Grove.  Trial  Committee's  report  ship  and  Secretary­Treasurer's  Your  mother  and  niece  are  ^'Worried  about  yoiT^hd  ask  that  netli  Singh,  W.  A.  Henley,  Jr.  Contact • Silas    B.  Axtell,  15  read,  along  with  Ballotting  Com­ financial  report.  Instruct'w.s  to  you  write  them  in  Tdm^.  and  Joseph  Zitoli.  Moore  StreefJ'New  York  City.  hiittee'si­report:  Motions  carfi  I  bidders  read  and  motion  carried  �|>?f ;  • '.  •  . ­ liilSI­ ^  mj s; ;..  ^r'­'.*;?': •   ' ^A.: ^  ..ill  ^IX"  .  .QUESTION:  This  is the  12th  anniversary of  the SIU. What do you think is the greatest  single  achievement  made  by  the  Union?  _  1/ •­ If• • '  S"  R. L.  (Blackie)  ABBEY. Bosun;  P.  McCANN,  Nt.  Cook­Bkr.:  M.  GOTTSCHALK,  Stwd.:  RODERICK  SMITH,  Bosun:  The  outstanding  SIU  achievement  to  me—and  I've  seen  a  lot  of  them—was  the  1941  Bonus  Strike  when  the  SIU  won  the  first  100  percent  bonus  for  sealing  in  the  war  areas. ^This  union  set  the  pat­ tern  by  winning  the  first  war  bonus  and  it  resulted  in  sea­ men  being  paid  for  the  terri­ fic  dangers  they  faced.  Today  the  same  bonus  is  being  paid  in  some  areas,  and  it  all  goes  back  to  the  strike  we  waged  to  win  it.  At  that  time  a  lot  of  weak  sisters  said  the  Union  was  biting  oN  more  than  it  could  chew  in  hitting  the  bricks,  but  events  have  proved  them  wrong.  I've  been  in  the  SIU  since  1940  and  started  sailing  in  1912  for  $15  a  month.  I  can  remember  working  16  or  18  hours  a  day,  doing  two  or  three  different  jobs  without  OT.  The  eight­hour  day  is  the  biggest  gain  we've  made,  plus  overtime  payments.  Improved  shipboard  conditions  rate  high,  too.  Tin  utensils,  straw  mat­ tresses  we  had  to  provide  our­ selves  and  lousy  food  we  had  to  eat  in  our  foc'sles  are,  for­ tunately,  behind  us,  thanks  to  the  union.  Without  the  union  we'd  still  be  lugging  a  "don­ key's  breakfast"  aboard  and  working  around  the  clock.  I  can  think  of  a  lot  of  vic­ tories  over  bum  conditions  and  poor  wages,  but  for  sheer  de­ termination  and  guts  my  hat's  off  to  the  SIU's  victory  over  Cities  Service.  Cities  Service  was  the first  major  unorgan­ ized  oil  company  to fall  to the  ^  drive  of  a  union,  and  despite  many  attempts  by  other  un­ ions,  We  were  the  first  to  break  the  company's  solid  front.  This  could  well  be  an  opening  wedge  into  &e ' en­ tire  tanker field  and  bring  un­ ion  representation  to thousands  of  seamen  who  even  todaY  have  to  endure  the  bum  con­ ditions  we  haven't  seen  in  years.  .  BOBBY  R.  LYNN,  AB.:  MARIANO  ARROYO,  Bosun:  D.  S.  GARDNER,  Stwd.  GEORGE  STEINBERG,  Stwd.:  I  cannot  speak  for  the  en­ tire  12  yeeurs  of  the  SIU's  ex­ istence.  I  haven't  been  going  to  sea  anywhere  near  that  number  of  years,  but  from  what  I  experienced  in  sailing  non­union  ships  in  this  day  and  age,  there  is  a  world  of  difference  that  offers  some  comparison.  I  came  into  the  SIU  in  1949  as  a  result  of  the  Cities  Service organizing drive.  The  big  thing  to  me—equal  to  the  better  wages—is  the  representation  the  men  get  on  the  ships  and  the  equal  rights  men  have  to ship  in. the union  hiring  hall.  Those  advantages  stand  out  like  shining  lights.  The  terrific  betterment  of  The  SIU  is  the  only  union  I  ever belonged  to and  I'm  proud  pay, without a  doubt. I've  been  in  the  Union  since  its  incep­ of  my  lyok.  I've  been  a  mem­ ber  for  eleven  years  and  had  tion  and  first  went  to  sea  in  the  opportunity  to  see  the  1904.  I  was  paid  $4  a  month  wage  scale  climb  up,  year  af>  for  working  in  the  galley,  no  ter  year,  until  we  now  live  limit  on  hours  per' day.  If  it  in  the, same  comforts  as  well  weren't  for  the  union  we'd  paid  working  men  ashore.  probably  be  getting  less  than  $30  a  month  and  glad  to  get  There's  no  doubt  that  the  ter­ rific  boost  in  wages  has  been  it.  Nobody  ever  gave  the  sea­,  the  biggest  achievement  of  the  men  anything.  I  have  to  laugh  union.  Bettering  the  wages  of  sometimes  at  thg  youngsters  who  make  a  trip  or  two  and  its  members  is  a iinion's  prim­ ary  role,  trnd  the  SIU  has  then  bellyache  about  a  couple  done  thS in a manner  no other  of  nunor  matters.  They  should  union anywhere  can equal. Can.  have  been  around  in  the  days  you  think  of  any  shoreside  when  it  didn't  pay  to  even  beef  or  you'd  be  fired. .  ,  union  that  beats  us?  WALTER  BEYER,  FWTJ  Our  base  pay  of  today  shows  Name  one  other  union  in  maritime  that  has  a  job  for  our  biggest  gain  in  the  dozen  every  bookmember?  There  years  we  have  been  in  exist­ aren't  any.  The  other  unions  ence.  Today  I  get  $248.41  in  base  pay.  Back  in  1940  whei^  have  gotten  our  better  con­ ditions  and  wages,  usually  by  I  joined  the  union  I  got. $55  ,..4'.  hanging  onto  our  coattmls,  but  a  month  and  overtime  was  75  cents  an  hour.  The  Union  was  hone of  them can boast  of  hav­ ing  a  job  for  every  member.  just  warming  up  then  and  has  certainly  put  up  steam  since  The chance  to get  a ship  with­ in  a  reasonable  eimount  of  those  days.  I  think  the  SIU  lime  and  go  to  work,  which  has  brought  wages  up  to  a  is  the  ­main  purpose  of  the  point  where  rated  men  aboard  a  ship  now  enjoy  approxi­ union,  is guaranteed  the  book­ members  of  the  SIU.  Our  set>  mately  the  equivalent  pay  re­ up  is  the  envy  of  all  other  ceived  by  skilled  craftsmen  in  seamen;  that's  why  the  Cities  industry  ashore.  This  certainly  Service  seamen  quickly  saw  the  advantages  of  the  SIU  and  wasn't  the  case  when  I  started  voted  overwhelmingly  for  the  sailing.  The  Union's  done  a  darn  good  job.  SIU.  JOHN  JELLETTE,  Stwd.:  ii­;  I've  been  around  during  these  years  the SIU  has grown  and  won  greater  benefits  for  thp  membership,  and  I'm  hard  put  to  put  my  finger  on  the  specific  one  that  rates  tops.  Probably  to  us  oldtimers  the  inception  of  the  40­hour  week  with  time  and  a  half  for  ov­ ertime  stands  out  more  them  anything  else.  That  put  an  end  to himdreds  of  abuses  and  at  leeist  put  a  limit  on  the  lime  a  seeunan  could  be  made  lo  work.  Bum  chow,  blue  lin­ en,  crowded  foc'sles  and  all  those  abuses  of  the  past  are  gone  now.  All  these  vi^ories  should  >a  given  credit,, too,  Ifs hard  to point  to one ffar­ licular  gain,  there  so  many,  and many  of  them are  depend­ ent  upon  the  other.  I  tMnk  the  hiring  hall  was  6ur  big­ gest  gain.  Without  the  hiring  hall  we  would  be  unable  to  really  become  united  to fight  for  wage  increases  and  better  conditions.  I've  been,  sailjing  since  1918  and  saw  seamen  get  good  conditions  during  the  first  world  war  only  to  lose  them  after  the  way  because  they  couldn't  stay  united.  Af­ :  ter  this  war  we had  our  hiring  halL  We  stayed  united  and  we  kept  our  conditio^  and  even  improved  on  them.  ^  � 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 November 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. 23 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: SUP BEATS OFF BRIDGES RAID HARRY BRIDGES' FALLING DOWN PLAY IT CLOSE TO THE VEST, BROTHERS COMMIE 'EDUCATION' SEAFARERS STATES ITS CASE AGAINST MSTS WORK STARTS ON NOW HQ BUILDING NY HIGH COURT TURNS DOWN APPEAL OF EX-PERMITMEN SHIPPING SLOW, BUT OT BEEFS KEEP NY BUSY MOBILE EXPECTS BETTER SHIPPING SHIPPING STILL GOOD IN SEATTLE SNAPSHOTS FROM A SEAFARER'S ALBUM ENCOUTER WITH WHALE WAS MORE EXCITING THAN ENTRY INTO WAR ZONE, SEAFARER SAYS TOPA TOPA GOONEYBIRD NEWS FLIES OFF AFTER 2 EDITIONS RETIRED MEMBER RANDALL MAKES MUCHO CHIPS - 'TATERS, THAT IS 5 TUGS HAUL TINI OFF ROCKS NEAR CHERBOURG Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1950 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/17df734b5d384d08e8e317db7ea159bc.PDF e568a1fad76db032354f9b863052cb19 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • com HIMO PLOTS S AM N eUCX ST -Story on Page 8 ^-1 I: PI*'-- ir"':- •' > . •rsi' \A~ • -. t.- • rj\ • Wv... Yh^Sm Seafarers began voting by secret ballot on November 15 in all Union halls to determine who among the 78 MriUMKMny f fiefr WflOrCva* candidates will be elected to 49 headquarters and branch posts in the Union, Early voting was brisk through­ out the district with Seafarers on ships in the various ports piling off to cast their votes along with men on the beach. The two-year election balloting will continue for 60 days, until January 15, 1955, after which votes will be counted by rank and file tallying committees. Day by day balloting h conducted by three-man rank and file committees elected by the membership at the start of each day's business. (Story on Page 2.) • lit �5 psee tn § ?t Noi^Ae^ Gov't Agoncy Revives Drive Against '50-50' fe' - > I.' Newly-opened Seafarers cafeteria in Baltimore hall Is now providing low-eost meals for Seafarers on the beach. Unlike the New York cafeteria, it is not open to the public. Cafeteria Is on basement level, just below the Port O'Call eafe which is now In the process of completion. A new attempt to nullify the operation of the "50-50" prin­ ciple in foreign aid shipments has been made by a Govern­ ment agency. Paralleling the unsuccessful attack on American shipping under the original-^ Marshall Plan, the Foreign he would accept the American bids Operations Administration has unless they are "obviously unfair tried to drive American coal- and unreasonable." handling rates down to the level The current squabble over coal of foreign operations. rates is a replay of a much bigger If successful, the attempt would fight back in 1949, when the Mar­ have the effect of barring US ships shall Plan first swung into opera­ from carriage of coal relief car­ tion. At that time, the Marshall goes. The administration is ship­ Plan administrator threatened to ping ten million tons of coal to by-pass all American cargo ships coalshort nations sucn as Korea unless US shipowners cut their rates to the levels of foreign-flag and Japan. The FOA move against "50-50" operations. Foreign flag operators took the form of refusing all but got into the act by cutting their one bid by US-flag operators for rates to the bone in the hope of carriage of coal on the grounds putting US operators out ot nusithat they were not "fair and rea­ ness. The SIU led a vigorous and suc­ sonable." The FOA contended that cessful fight against the move. the US-flag bids should be about the level of foreign-flag carriers, and arbitrarily set a ceiling on the rates it would pay. Revise Position Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Industry spokesmen immediately Regular membership meet­ protested the move charging that ings in SIU headquarters and they could not operate under the at all branches are held every FOA ceiling, since it would mean second Wednesday night at carrying cargo at a loss. As a re­ 7 PM. The schedule for the. sult, the FOA backed down from next few meetings is as follows: its original stand and announced it Dec. 1, Dec. 15, Dec. 29. would open new bids on six car­ AU Seafarers registered on With the opening of its low-cost cafeteria, barber shop and recreation deck, the Baltirnore goes of coal. the shipping list are required Arthur Syran, who Is director of branch office of the SIU is virtually in full swing. All of the facilities of the brand new hall to attend the meetings. transportation for the FOA, and are now complete with the exception of the Port O'Call cafe and the Sea Chest retail store. The fully - air - conditioned' Baltimore "hall opened two more Federation of Labor. The weeks ago with a special mem­ Marine Firemen, Oilers and Waterbership meeting and party for Sea­ tenders Union will move in short­ farers in the port. The five-deck ly and other tenants are in pros­ Voting in the SIU's A&G District election for Union officers got off to a flying start hall is easily the best in the A&G pect. Work is now going forward on during the first two weeks of balloting with heavy voting reported in all ports. District, surpassing the famed The balloting, which got underway November 15, outdistanced the pace of the 1952 headquarters hall in space, com­ completion of the cafe and the Sea Chest. The Union already has a voting, which ran up a total-tforts and conveniences. liquor license for the Port O'Call Shipping out of the new hall be­ operation so it should be open for vote of about 5,700. Seafarers gan two weeks ago today but some business in the near future. Orders ashore on vacation or waiting oi the furniture and equipment for are also going out for stock and to ship swelled the total, along its subsidiary services had not yet fixtures for the Sea Chest retail with hundreds of others on Inbeen installed. However rapid store which will have ample space transit ships who came ashore to progress was made on these items to service all Seafarer's needs. vote at the first opportunity. SIU in the past two weeks. Pool table men heading out on offshore runs The Sea Chest has been operat­ and shuffleboard equipment have ing its slop chest supply service to also hurried to cast their votes been provided, a barber and boot­ on the chance they wouldn't return black were hired to put the barber to the States before the end of the shop in operation and final touches two-month voting period, on Janu­ were put to the cafeteria, enabling ary-15, 1955. it to open for business fully-equip­ At issue are 49 offices, including ped and staffed. all regularly-elected offices in the The following are the ma­ Tenants In Union. A record total of 78 can­ jor facilities of the new SIU didates is competing for these Baltimore branch office; Several of the Union's tenants posts, three more than there were • Modern hiring hall and are already operating in the build­ on the 1952 ballot. Fourteen other meeting hall ing, including the Masters, Mates nominees were disqualified from • Union offices and Pilots, the Brotherhood of running by a six-man rank and file • Cafeteria IMarine Engineers and the Balti­ credentials committee for failing • Bar and dance floor to meet the constitutional require­ • Barber shop ments for holding office. • Shoeshine Stand ® Laundry drop Tallying Committees Nov, 26. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 24 • S&a Chest retail shop Following the end of the voting, • Air conditioning and sound­ As I See It Page 6 rank and file tallying committees proofing throughout Burly Page 16 will be elected by the membership Voting in the election for 1955-56 SIU olHcials gets underway at • Parking lot Crossword Puzzle Page 8 in each port, including headquar­ Union headquarters as Seafarer J. Pola (standing) gets his ballot • Pool room Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 ters, to count the votes in that and prepares to step into the voting booth. Officiating as a member • Game loom Editorials Page 9 branch. The headquarters tallying of the Polls Committee elected that day was Red Stams. • Elevator Galley Gleanings Page 15 unit will also serve as a district • Television rooms Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 tallying committee and check on each department as well as six the photos and biographies of all • Open sundeck Labor Round-Up Page 8 the counting and results In each joint patrolmen in the Port of New candidates was published In the • Shower room Letter of The Week Page 9 port. Its report will certify the York, and an agent, Joint patrol­ October 29 Issue of the LOG, along • Piped mu.sic and public ad­ Letters Page 16 winning candidates subject to a man and one patrolman for each with a sample ballot on the back dress system Maritime Page 8 vote of the membership In all department In the Ports of Balti­ page. Copies of these can be ob­ Meet The Seafarer Page 8 ports. The full text of this report more, Mobile and New Orleans. tained at any SIU hall. Notices, Personals Page 17 the ships for some time out of a will be carried In the SEAFARERS There are no constitutional amend­ All Seafarers who have not yet Off Watch Page 14 warehouse at 1023 East Baltimore LOG. ments or propositions to be voted done so art urged to vote Just as Port Reports Pages 12, 13 Street. As soon as its lease expires soon as they can get to the nearest upon In this election. Offices Voted ' Quiz Page 14 the Sea Chest is planning to move A special supplement containing SIUhalL Offices at stake In the election SIU History Cartoon Page 6 this service into the hall as well. v.. Sports Line Page 15 Other features of the new hall Include the posts of secretaryVote of Thanks Page 9 include a modern hiring hall and treasurer, three joint assistant sec­ Washington News Letter..Page 7 meeting hall, ample space for Un­ retary-treasurers and one assistant Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 ion administrative offices, a laun­ secretary-treasurer each for the Welfare Report Page 18 dry drop, outside parking lot, deck, engine and steward depart­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 game room, television rooms, open ments. In addition, the membership will sundeck and shower room. The Publishtd blwMkly at tba headquartars is air-conditioned and choose an agent and joint patrol­ of lha Seafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ building lantic A Golf District AFL, 475 Fourth soundproofed throughout and con­ man for the Ports of Boston, Phila­ Avenua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYacmth f-44M. Entered as second class matter tains a built-in piped music and delphia, Norfolk. Savannah, Tampa at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under public address system. and Galveston; three patrolmen for the Act of August 34. 1912,. Balto Hall Services Hum —Cafeteria Makes Debut Vote Heavy In All Portf Features Of Baltimore Hall SEAFARERS LOG �SEHFytRERS *haG ' Pir« ThfM 511/ To Fight CC Power Move Superman Brain-Body Test Bared As Scheme To Pull Seameu Papers Under the guise of setting up a physical standard system to improve the health of America's merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard is attempting an outright power grab for iron-fisted control of all seamen, which could result in the black­ balling out of the industry • they gave to the industry, corresponding improvement in his of any man now sailing. service and contain standards that could treatment of seamen. The SIU has declared that be used to flunk and revoke the Commenting on the proposal, it "will fight the Coast Guard's scheme all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head." The physical and mental tests proposed in a 60-page document recently released by the Coast Guard could be used against all merchant seamen, no matter how many years of satisfactory CG Power Move: GG Orlglual Role: Ships, Not Seamen In the eyes of the public the Coast Guard's major functions are ship safety, rescue work and control of smuggling. As a matter of fact, the Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and US Life Saving Services. Later the US Lighthouse Service was added. Through Jhe years, the Coast Guard has been concerned with iceberg patrol and ice-breaking, law enforcement on the high seas, maintenance of lighthouses, naviga­ tional aids and ocean weather sta­ tions, inspection of the safety fea­ tures and equipment of ships. Since ship safety is a major con­ cern of the Coast Guard, it would appear to merchant seamen that a much more energetic effort could be put forth to make the ships themselves safer and more com­ fortable places to work on. Time and again, the SIU has had to take action to remedy dangerous condi­ tions on board ship. An example is the case of the Christine, a Liberty ship, which attempted to put to sea in the spring of 1953 although it was showing a 12 degree list. It was only on complaint of the Union that the Coast Guard entered the picture. Subsequently, the Coast Guard ordered reinoval of excess cargo to assure stability. It was only Union action in this instance, that kept the ship from sailing in an unseaworthy condi­ tion, and risking the lives of all crewmembers aboard. Each year a large number of merchant seamen file suits under the Jones Act charging shipowner negligence as cause for personal injury or illness. These suits reflect the degree to which the shipowner is responsible for un­ safe or unsanitary conditions aboard ship. If the Coast Guard was primari­ ly concerned with ship safety it would be proposing stricter super­ vision and control over shipboard living and working conditions rather than stricter controls over merchant seamen themselves. The way to fix a leaky scow is to repair the leak, not to buy a stronger pump. papers of virtually every Ameri­ can seaman. The far-fetched nature of the document makes it obvious that it is a cover for establishment of sweeping new bureacratic con­ trols over the livelihood and ship­ board actions of seamen. The proposals also represent an under­ handed attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipowners since, if put in effect, they would effec­ tively discourage seamen from filing negligence suits against shipowners responsible for injuries or illness. Finally, the new proposals could be converted into a Union-busting weapon with the greatest of ease, since they are broad enough to bar anyone who vigorously presses a shipboard beef as a "complainers" and unstable personalities. Seven Tests The Coast Guard proposals can be summed up as follows: All working seamen would have to pass seven separate tests as out­ lined by the word "Sailors." These would be Strength, Arms (arm function). Incapacitating diseases (past and present). Legs (leg func­ tion), Observation powers. Recep­ tion of sound. Stability (mental and emotional). Men would be rated by numbers on each of these seven tests and the numbering system could make up his "pro­ file." The profile for an AB would be 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1. Failure to pass any one of the seven could be taken as proof that the man is a seagoing "security risk" and un­ fit for duty. The Coast Guard would then ask him to "voluntarily" surrender his seamen's papers, since it has no legal right to pass on his phy­ sical qualifications except when he goes for a rating or a ticket. How­ ever, once a man has been brand­ ed "unfit for duty" under the above system, he could easily be blackballed off every Americanflag ship. How Many Tests? If a Seafarer should pass the test once, he has no assurance he won't be called on to do so two, three or a dozen times. Nor is any provi­ sion made for an appeal from the "unfit" ruling, once it is issued. This profiling procedure for mer­ chant seamen has been seriously questioned by a psychiatric spe­ cialist to whom the LOG referred the Coast Guard proposal for study. He concluded it has "no scientific basis," pointing out that there are no verified facts or sta­ tistics to determine which per­ sonality traits and physical quali­ ties are most desirable in a sea­ man. Army and Navy standards do not apply, he emphasized, as statis­ tics were based on many men who were draftees and may have de­ liberately courted failure to get medical discharges. Further, he added, the whole procedure obviously discriminates against a seaman since it demands superior performance of him un­ der conditions imposed on him by the shipowner, while making no demand on the shipowner for any "j -i SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall declared: "Clearly this is the most vicious and unjustified attack on seamen ever made by a Govern­ ment agency. This test isn't de­ signed for human beings. It's for Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick. There are grounds here for flunk­ ing every sailor that ever stepped on a deck. "But whether the tests are practi­ cal or not, the fact remains they are an excuse for the Coast Guard to move in and shackle working sea­ men. The SIU fully intends to fight this all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head. Our Union is composed of men who were competent and qualified enough to man the ships in wartime and to meet the highest peacetime operating stand­ ards of any merchant fleet. We are not going to stand by idly while a set of gimmicks is put into action to deprive them of their (Continued on page 7) CG Power Move; strict Test Could Bar All Seamen Under the new Coast Guard proposal for mental and phy­ sical examinations for seamen, a man could lose his right to con­ tinue making his living as a sea­ man for failure to meet a wide variety of standards so strict that only a superhuman could pass. A few of the scores of reasons for which he could be denied an okay are the following: • Defective sense of smell. • Speech defects, stammering, stuttering and the like. • Non-contagious skin diseases that are unpleasant to look at. • Parents or ancestors who were alcoholics or criminals, had nervous breakdowns, or were di­ vorced or separated. • Lack of educational advan­ tages. • • Any record of juvenile de­ linquency or coming from a "broken home." • A record as a "beefer" or "complainer" abroad ship. . (The captain's opinions would be given great weight on this score. This could include shipboard activity on behalf of the Union). • Outbursts of rage. • Allergies. • Being hostile or uneasy in the presence of the examining doctor. • Attitudes toward sex. • Past head injuries. • Failure to answer questions in a manner that is satisfactory to the examining doctor. • Religious attitudes; ethics, opinions. • Frequent changing of jobs. i' �SEAFARERS Pii* FOOT I fe I- Jitaventer ZC, 19S4 THERE'S MUCH CRITICISM THAT COULD BE MADE OF THE Coast Guard proposal to regiment seamen under a type of military con­ trol that went out of fashion 50 years ago. But there's just a couple of things here that should rightfully be called to the attention of the public. The first is the fact that the Coast Guard is trying to make its quack proposals respectable by associating itself with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Before anybody falls for this cover-up they ought to consider one thing—that powerful people in- this depart­ ment are out to cut the throat of the Public Health hospitals. Since this Department was established two years ago, it's naade a prac­ tice of cutting down health and welfare services. Your Union knows from past experience, that the Department has no love for seamen and little concern for their problems. Otherwise it would be fighting for more health services, not less. Your Union believes that the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare could well be called to account for associating with this report. As people who are supposed to be ex­ Former Seafarer Herman F. Webber is shown (right) working as bosun aboard the Army tug LT 1960 perts on physical and mental health they have a good deal of explain­ (left) in the harbor of Pusan, Korea. A ten-year Union man, Webber now spends his days docking ing to do. SIU ships. Bosun Webber holds the rank of private and drags down $92 per month. Coast Guard Humbug 4 ; The second is that the Coast Guard presents this proposal with ques­ tionable purpose. Your Union questions the sincerity of the Coast Guard's proposal. Your Union believes it is pure humbug. To begin with, the Coast Guard presents a deliberately distorted pic­ ture of the life and outlook of a seaman. It's a picture that was true when the seaman was under a military-type control such as the Coast Anti-union regulations that have been promoted by em­ Guard would like to reimpose today. A seaman had no way of pro­ his rights. He could be lashed by the skipper, given the boot by ployers in several states appear to have reached their peak tecting the mate and charged with mutiny or desertion for any protest. That in the little town of Baxley, Ga. Two organizers for the was the way ships operated before the seamen won the rights of firstInternational Ladies Garment class citizenship, rights which the Coast Guard is trying to take away Workers Union (AFL) have today. As far as one Seafarer is been arrested for entering the The Coast Guard weeps crocodile tears about the life the^pbor sea­ concerned, the SIU is truly town and told that they must each man has to lead, about the poor living eonditions, the lack' oT recreation pay a fee of $2,000 a year for an international union. Be­ operating and comforts, the cramped living space, the dangers of working in the within the town limits. cause when an SIU ship pulls in holds, over the side or aloft in bad weather. Further, the organizers were in­ to Pusan, Korea, it has a good Where was the Coast Guard when the Union fought for white linen, chance of being towed to the dock formed that the town itself would soap and matches? Where was the Coast Guard when the Union de­ by an Army tug whose deck gang collect a $500 "initiation fee" for manded fresh milk, washing machines, decent messrooms and recrea­ every worker that the organizers is under an SIU bosun. tion rooms? Did anybody ever hear the Coast Guard demand reading The bosun is Seafarer Herman signed up. material, adequate slopchests, and bigger foc'sles for seamen? Did the Interpreting these regulations r. Webber, a ten-year Union man, Coast Guard ever come down to your ship to see if it was stored with who had to retire his book through as outlawing any kind of union Grade A meats and a wide variety of satisfying foods? Did you ever Hong Kong will again be a hear the Coast Guard put up a beef about manning scales or about the no fault of his own. Uncle Sam's activity in Baxley, the two organiz­ Army tapped him on the shoulder ers asked the Georgia Supreme monthly port of call for Isthmian old two-watch system? And has anyone ever heard a Coast Guardsmen one day, with the result that Web­ Court to throw out the ordinance. ships making the line's westbound say seamen should be paid decent wages? ber now helps dock the same SIU The court refused to do so on the round-the-world runs, it has been Union Fought For Safety grounds that the organizers have announced. ships he once sailed on. As a private in the Army, Web­ not yet been tried for violating the No you didn't hear it, and your Union, never heard anybody who did. .Resumption of the Hong Kong ber writes, he drags down $92 per ordinance. stops is expected to start with the It is the unions that have done more for the safety, the spirit, the com­ Small Town month. He takes a lot of kidding, sailing of the Steel Admiral from fort and the sense of pride or the seamen than any Coast Guard direc­ he says, especially when the tug Baxley itself is a small county New York on December 23. The tive ever written. The unions fought for the eight-hour day, good food, is called on to shift ships on a seat town in Appling County, Steel Admiral will be followed by safe and sanitary shipboard conditions, decent representation and the weekend and the SIU men aboard approximately 75 miles west-south­ the , Steel Recorder and Steel other benefits now in union contracts. them are getting a minimum of west of the port of Savannah. The Maker, which will sail from New The Coast Guard says that seamen are a group of strangers having lit­ four hours' call-in-time. 1950 census figures give it a popu­ York January 22 and February 19, tle in common. It appears that the Coast Guard may object to the fact lation of 3,400 which means that respectively. Keeps It SlU-Style that ships are manned by men of all races and religions with their, own at the best it would have a couple The Steel Recorder and Steel individual opinions and outlook on life. The Coast Guard apparently Since he is a long time Union member, Webber finds that hardly of small-sized plants. Evidently Maker will sail from Long Beach doesn't like the idea of a man being different than his neighbor and an SIU ship pulls into the harbor the local council passed the ordi­ and San Francisco on the sixth and expressing himself accordingly. without at least one or more of his nance to attract more industry to eleventh day of each month, re­ If the safety, the morale and the physical and mental well-being old shipmates aboard. "I've had the town so that the employers spectively, and arrive in Hong of the seamen are to be improved it will be by extending and strength­ many nice comments by SIU men could operate in open shop fashion Kong 22 days after leaving San ening the union gains of recent years. The surest way to create fear, Francisco. on the condition of the tug," he with low-paid labor. suspicion and discord among civilian seamen and to shatter their Headquarters of the Interna­ says. "I just tell them I'm keeping This is the only A & G company morale and functioning is to put these Coast Guard military proposals the tug in SlU-style, even if it does tional Ladies Garment Workers to call at this port. into effect. Union regard the ordinance as belong to the Army." Webber writes he is particularly clearly unconstitutional and intend thankful to some of the, Waterman to go ahead with a test case. Of ship gangs and to the company for course, the case will take several ••• the help they have given him in months to decide, during which period the employers in Baxley keeping his tug spic and span. "I The SIU continued to keep a weather ey e peeled this week on the activities of the have asked for and received some will have clear sailing. "United International Seamen's Union," the ILA-sponsored crimp rig. Thus far, the outfit The Baxley regulations are an used articles like paint rollers, old wire brushes and a little hard-to- extreme example of the kind of and its leaders have been promising much but accomplishing little of their announced anti-union legislation that has plan to raid both AFL and^ get paint now and then. made headway, particularly in the CIO maritime unions. Conse­ apparently unaware of this pro­ kickbacks from ship chandlers; "I think iPs a fair exchange be­ The outfit at present is prepar­ cause we manage about one Water­ South, in the last couple of years. quently, observers believe that posal and continue to glow, con­ The spread of state "right to work" ing to move its offices to 33 White­ man ship a week and our tug gives laws which forbid any kind of it will have little success in any versationally, with future plans. As part of its expansion pro­ hall Street in lower New York attempt to seize power in the them a lot of service." union security has had a serious industry but will serve the ILA's gram, the crimp outfit has printed City where Le Doulx-Londos for­ Webber writes that he makes it effect on union membership in the up a batch of-^ "unfair" picket merly operated. He also speaks a practice of visiting as many SIU affected states. In at least one attempt to harass and provoke signs and has sent men to contact of opening halls in other US ports legitimate trade unions. In any ships as possible. Seafarers hitting state, Virginia, the backers of companies having both American around the first of the year. Pusan can find him aboard Army "right to work" legislation have case, the SIU is fully prepared to and foreign-flag ships in the hope Meanwhile, applicants at the meet the threat. tug LT 1960. And when his two- been busy putting more teeth into of cooking up some kind of a deal outfit's 28th Street office are told year hitch is over, Webber is it.. Now any individual guilty of Change Of Leaders with the shipowners. Le Doiulx- that Le Doulx-Londos can get thinking of following the footsteps violating the law is subject to a The latest reports on the organic Londos boasts continually of being them seamen's papers if they don't of Seafarer J. A. Mcintosh and personal fine of $500. zation's "progress" reveal that a "near" a contract with an Ameri­ have any. One applicant paid his staking himself a homestead in The "right to work" laws and program for expansion is contem­ can-flag carrier, but no contracts fees and was sent to the Coast Alaska. the local regulations such as the plated. As part of the program the have materialized as yet. Guard with a letter from Le Baxley ordinance are also designed organization would dump its pre­ The only jobs that have materi­ Doulx-Londos requesting a vali­ to attract "runaway" plants from sent leaders. Captain George Beli- alized out of the outfit are typical dated document. The Coast Guard areas that are well-organized by basakas and . Louis Le Doulx- of a runaway-fiag crimp hall. Jobs refused to issue one to him. unions. A very large number of Londos and replace them with have been offered to ABs at $81 a It is the normal practice of the plants, particularly in the textile "American" seamen. Evidently month with 40 cents an hour for Coast Guard to honOr such re­ industry, have taken advantage of the feeling is that Belibasakas and overtime. One chief steward was quests from legitimate sea unions, this kind of law to get away Le Doulx-Londos have outlived told he could get a job at $220 a provided, of course, that the man from union contracts. their usefulness. Bqth men, .arfe security..plearanee..,. ' SIU Army Man Docks SIU Ships Ir I J- LOG Ca, Town's 'License' Bars Union Activity Isthmian To Call At Hong Kong Crimp Rig Promises—Buf susfiai acsis Mnim/ts i-'- • '• '*• tif rfiU'i �K* -nlfivy* tMI ' Navember t§, 1954 » 1 I * , '-f » 1 I SlEAF ARERS LOG rage FIT* Future Of Reserve Fleet To Hinge On Conversions The big question of the fate of the US-owned reserve Liberty fleet will be answered in the not-too-distant future. Work has started on experimental conversion of four Liberty ships to step up their operating speed, improve their cargo-handling gear and modernize them in other respects. — Contracts have been award­ gear, if successful in cutting the that modified Liberty ships would ed by the Maritime Adminis­ turnaround time, would have genu­ be used in convoy . . ." Inspecting the installation of plumbing in the elaborate new recrea­ tion room under construction in the New Orleans SIU hall are Port Agent Lindsey Williams (left) and veteran Seafarer Carl McCranie. Work on the layout on the ground floor of the hall is due to be completed by January 1, 1955. NO Hall Adding Laundry, New Recreation Facilities NEW ORLEANS—Seafarers in New Orleans soon will have at their disposal an attractive recreation room in which to wile away their time between job calls. Workmen are busy convert­ ing the ground floor of the will be provided in the lavatory SIU hall here to recreation room. facilities which are expected to be ready for use by January 1, 1955. Now being installed in the spaci­ ous room (40 by 60 feet) are thr^e combination dressing rooms and showers, a laundry room and toilet facilities. The laundry room will be equip­ ped with an automatic washing machine and drier and an ironing board and electric iron for mem­ bers who desire to launder their gear while on the beach. Automatic electric hand driers The air-conditioned room will have terrazo floors, a sound­ proofed acoustic ceiling and at­ tractively painted plaster walls. The combination showers and dressing rooms will be partitioned separately to afford privacy while in use. The room will be equipped with three pool tables, a shuffleboard table and a television set. At present, two pool tables are provided on the hiring hall floor on the second deck. tration for installation of two gas turbine power plants, a steam tur­ bine system and a geared diesel system. In addition, brand new cargo handling rigs of an experi­ mental nature will be installed above decks. There is a lot of doubt though, whether these experiments will have any real value in terms of utilizing the 1,500 ships in the re­ serve fleet. For one thing, the Maritime Administration has given up the idea of developing an 18 knot ship and is now aiming at a 15 knot speed. Maritime Admin­ istrator Louis Rothschild said that the IB-knot speed was abandoned on the grounds that the Libertys were not constructed to take the strain of an 8,500 horsepower plant. A power plant of that kind would require hull reconstruction at considerable additional cost. Both in terms of commercial op­ erations and in terms of Defense Department objectives, 15 knots is not considered sufficient speed. And with the American merchant fleet dwindling day by day be­ cause of transfers, the reserve fleet is the only possible source of extra shipping which the country could turn to in times of a shipping emergency. It is believed by some authorities that expensive conversions aiming at a 15-knot speed would have little practical effect in terms of bring­ ing a Liberty ship up to date. The cost of the four conversions now planned will run more than $2 million each. New Cargo Gear Of more practical importance, perhaps, are installations of experi­ mental cargo handling gear. Roth­ schild estimates that the average cargo ship spends 60 percent of its time in port loading and discharg­ ing cargo. New cargo handling ine practical value both for regu­ lar commercial operations and for emergency cargo needs. Aside from the new powerplants, the experimental Libertys that will have gas turbines will be equipped with controllable pitch propellers. These are believed to have great advantages in maneuvering a ship without having to change the di­ rection of rotation of the main en­ gine. The decision to concentrate on a 15-knot target, Rothschild said, was made in the face of conflicting opinions. "The more moderate scheme," he said, "was considered particularly since it was assumed WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration and the SlU-contracted Cities Service Oil Company have completed arrangements for a swap of seven of the company's T-2s for three new 32,000-ton super­ tankers. a third super-tanker. The first two The swap is the first to tankers will be completed early in be made under the tanker trade-in program approved by the last Congress. The program was de­ signed to provide modern tonnage for the American-flag tanker fleet and at the same time give the Gov­ ernment a reserve of useable tankers. The contract calls for the imme­ diate construction of two super­ tankers by Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Sparrows Point, Marj'land, at a cost of $8 million each. In turn Cities Service will turn in five T-2s to the Government for $4.8 million. Third Supertanker Next April, the company will trade-in another two tankers for SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Here's one tip for Christmas: You don't really have to shop "early" as the stores say, unless you need to mail gifts. Otherwise, you'll find better buys after Dec. 11 when the stores start cutting prices on gift items. Here's another: Beware the novelties and gadgets man­ ufacturers and merchants feature for Christmas on the theory that the public is not as value and utility conscious A floating flshing knife with a cork handle Is a use­ ful gift for a man who likes to fish. It costs about $3.50 and will be well appreciated by an outdoor man. during the gift-giving season as usual. At this time of year stores push sudi short-lived gifts as fancy- lighters, humorous salt and pepper shakers, expensive mechanical toys, extra-fancy lingerie, etc. But you give .the most for your money when you seek out basic playthings for chil­ dren, and useful gifts for adults,- like well-made clothing and household equipment. About: ao percent of the playthings chlldten get during rr^ytxe twicwKcfP/TVowes CS To Trade 7 T-Ts For 3 Supertankers YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Tips For Christmas Shopping Whatever the outcome of the ex­ perimental program, the Govern­ ment will be faced with the prob­ lem of what to do with 1,500 Lib­ ertys which have little or no use at the present time. a year are those given them for Christmas. The test of a toy you buy ought to be: Is it interesting enough to the child and durable enough so he'll play with it, for months to come? Here are suggestions for gifts that have enduring value: Gifts for Children PLAY FURNITURE: Experts recommend simple "school" furniture in natural finish, like Phoenix brand sold by some toy stores. Avoid play furniture that is highlydecorated or has extra gimmicks like a musical chair, at an extra price. Simple play furniture can also be constructed at home, from packing cases, or "bought" lumber sanded down smoothly and given a natural finish. BLOCKS: Whether you buy blocks or make them your­ self, avoid the traditional cubes and instead get sets of large blocks in varied shapes. These have more play value because they can be arranged into different objects like bridges, tunnels, etc. You can make them yourself from one and three-eighths inch lumber, preferably a hard wood so they don't splinter. The set should have paired blocks of the same size and shape so they fit together and make a third block. The large hollow wood blocks used by nursery schools are good, but costly to buy. The large Blockbuster blocks made of corrugated paper are surprisingly durable and cost only $6 for a set of 12. PAINTING MATERIALS: Double easels are best but costliest. If you can't afford a good easel, make up a kit of newsprint paper, brushes and colors that will have good play value. • MODELING MATERIALS: One of the best play ma­ terials for young children is the elastic plastic which doesn't stick to surfaces and mak^a: housecleaning prob­ lems. But. don't buy tlie set-With little jars and molds! Buy a big jar of'elastic plastic and provide your own 'Jats ahd? molds; Another good type of modeling clay, for 1956. Aside from size, and a speed of better than 17 knots, the new tank­ ers will be the first built to carry a wide variety of petroleum prod­ ucts. Each tanker will carry up to 18 different grades of oil and gaso­ line. The new ships will have a man­ ning scale of approximately 48 men, licensed and unlicensed. They will be 650-feet long nd carry 13,340,000 gallons of oil products. Individual rooms will be provided for each crewmember. The tankers will run between the Cities Service terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and East Coast ports. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying older children, can be baked in a home oven. For a more elaborate gift, you can also include glazes. SCOUTING EQUIPMENT: One of the best sources for well-made children's equipment at reasonable prices is :i| M •I Assemble a painting set for a child with a pad of newsprint and a variety of colors and brushes, for a gift with good play value at reasonable cost. the Boy Scout Trading Posts. You can find these in each town. The equipment is suitable for other children besides scouts. For example, they have camp shovels at low prices which are superior to the shovels usually sold (Continued on page 17) •m �f •??> Kwwbw 2«. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG rv Sis Freighter's Stern Rides High After New Yoric Crash MAJOR HELD AS KOREAN COLLABORATOR—Major Ambrose H. Nugent has been charged by the Army with collaboration with North Korean Communists while a prisoner of war and will be court martialed. Two of the charges involve treasonable offenses. The major, who was captured the first day US troops took part in the fighting, admittedly broadeast for the Communists but claims he did so under duress. He is the third US officer to face such charges. ^ AIRLINE SCHEDULES POLAR FLIGHTS—Scandinavian Airlines became the first commercial company to fly over the polar area with the opening of a new service between Los Angeles and Copenhagen on a four-trips-a-week basis. The new route is 535 statute miles shorter than the old one via New York and will save three to four hours flying time. » ^ ^ FIFTEEN SEALED IN BURNING MINE—Unalble to proceed with rescue work, state and United Mine Workers officials agreed to seal off the Farmington, West Virginia, mine of the Jamison Coal and Coke Company with 15 men still trapped below. The sealing off of the mine was agreed on after repeated explosions and underground fires had made rescue work impossible. It was hoped that the steps taken would bring the fire under control. The unfortunate miners were trapped by a gas explosion just 30 minutes after the mine had been tested and certified as gas-free. - j< Pf ii "i» 4 Riding high above New York's East River after a collision with the Japanese freighter Meirinsan Maru is the stern of the Panamanian-flag freighter Lake Charles. Bow of Lake Charles, operated by Garcia Line, sank to bottom of river in 20 fteet of water, after collision on November 18. The ship Is shown here on the Manhattan side of the river just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. 4 4 EGYPT'S PRESIDENT GIVEN BOOT—General Mohammed Naguib, a leader of the revolt against King Farouk's former government, was ousted from the presidency as the aftermath of an attempted assassina­ tion of Premier Gamal Nassar. Witnesses have linked Naguib to the assassination attempt. Nagiub and Nassar have long been rivals in Egypt following the overthrow of Farouk. It is expected that Naguib will be put on trial for his part in the conspiracy. South Atlantic May Get Subsidy 4 44 REDS SINK CHIANG SHIP—Soviet-<built torpedo boats sank a Natinalist Chinese destroyer-escort ship off the Chinese coast in the con­ tinued sparring for control of several small Nationalist-occupied islands. WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted South Atlantic Steamship Company won the open­ Repeated artillery duels, air raids and other belligerent acts have mads ing round in its bid for operating subsidies when the Federal Maritime Board gave tentative Formosa the hottest spot in the world at the moment. approval to its application. 4 4 4 ATOMIC FUEL TO GO ABROAD—The US announced in the United The subsidy, if granted, Nations that it has allocated 220 pounds of atomic fuel for use in atomic would apply to Trade Route furnaces and power plants in other countries. The fuel will be allocated 11, which covers South At­ WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's to a proposed international agency that would operate experimental lantic ports from Hampton Roads easy ship transfer policy provided a new addition reactors for peacetime purboises. The offer is part of the "atoms for and Key West here in the States, for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels peace" program put forth by President Eisenhower in December. and runs to continental Europe and this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay the British Isles, including Scan­ 4 4 4 for the transfer of the 42nd Liberty dry cargo vessel dinavia under certain circum­ TWO MORE FIELDS RELEASED—The government of Hungary fol­ since mid-August on November 23rd. Half of the US stances. Spain and the Mediter­ lowed up Poland's release of Hermann Field by releasing his brother tramp fleet is eventually expected to be swallowed up ranean are excluded from this Noel Field and Noel's wife, Herta, from imprisonment. Noel Field was trade route. in this manner. a former State Department employee whose name was mentioned in The latest ship to go is the John W. Powell, owned Once before, in 1948, South At­ connection with Communist spy rings in this country. He and his wife lantic was found qualifled for an by the Anchor Steamship Corp., which has been sold disappeared on a visit to Europe, and his brother Hermann, disappeared operating subsidy, but the company to Seacarrier Corp., a Panamanian outfit, for operation while searching for him. All three, it is now revealed, were imprisoned chose not to enter into a contract by Communist governments on charges that they were US agents. under the Liberian flag. So far, transfers are being with the old Maritime Commission 4 4 4 approved only to the Liberian, Honduran and Pana­ at the time. MCCARTHY CENSURE SEEN LIKELY—senate censure of Wiscon­ manian flags. In granting approval, the FMB sin's Senator Joseph McCarthy for conduct unbecoming a Senator ap­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: points out that company received peared likely despite an 11-day delay in the special session called for SIU Ships Other Unions Total Transfers prior approval for this run, was op­ that purpose. The delay was causbd by McCarthy's hospitalization for (13) (29) (42) erating on the run and was quali­ an arm ailment. While efforts were being made to effect a compromise, fied under the provisions of the most observers agreed that McCarthy deliberately invited an adverse The SIU ships already transferred are the General 1936 Merchant Marine Act. vote by calling the Senate session a "lynching bee" and describing the Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, Purplesix-man Senate committee that investigated him as the "handmaiden" Companies or individuals having star, Greenstar, Western Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, of the Communists. Facing defeat in the Senate, McCarthy was at­ an interest in the operation are Captain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, Christine and tempting to mobilize public opinion through a petition drive in hia given a period in which to file ob­ Lucile Bloomfield. favor. jections to the grant of a subsidy. Boxscore On Ship Transfers Cartoon History Of The SIU CUieg Service Battle Baqes No. 77 >; i-N' P: •fci,. ; An interim pact with Cities Service was reached in March, 1950, but the SIU fight to improve con­ ditions on the tankers was not over. Talks continued on working rules to go with the wages already agreed ' Meanwhile;-unfair labor charges based on dompaiqr firings of men still bad to be settled. In June, the NLRB opened hearings on the ehargeSi The SIU produced evidence showing that CS had used every trick, including an elaborate labor si^ apparatus, to try and whip the Union, despite the tankermea's 9-1 vote fbr the SIU. .'After fbw days •f damagiitf tcstiiMnjr, CS threw inv lb*, sponge. The settlement produced reinstatement for over 100 ex-CS tankermen plus over f150,000 in back pay. < It also upheld SIU charges, clearing the way toti renewed bargaining. By the end of July, however,;. CS was still stalling. Tired of these tactics, Sea- ' dewmsiiyoted' taristt^.tt eoatinueit �November it, lfS4 SEAFARERS Pes* Sevea LOG CG Power Movet CG Super Brain-Body Test Bared as Blacklist Scheme The SEAFARERS LOG submitted the Coast Guard's proposals for study and appraisal to a physician who is a psychiatric special­ ist certificated by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Here, briefly, are some extracts from his remarks. "Statistics for profiling ... on the basis of personal history and predicting . . . functioning under stress at sea are not available . . . Army and Navy statistics ... are not applicable . . . there was a factor in these cases of secondary gain (removal from stress and danger to life) in the armed services for a man who would not function well . . ." "There might be some basis for such a plan where there is unanimity of purpose . . . among all parties concerned. But where a difference in basic interests may exist as ... . between the own­ ers .. . and the seamen, this plan could be used against the indi­ vidual seaman . . . the proposed draft could be . . . discriminatory against the seamen while it leaves the owner . . . free of any cor­ responding obligation . . ." ". . . the Coast Guard's proposals can have a negative effect and can induce a low morale . . . subjection of civilian workers to . . . control by a military agency is not desirable . . ." ". . . tbere is no scientific evidence to support the theory that histories of alcoholism, criminality, etc. have any bearing on an individual's ability to conduct himself normally in society . . . this is a highly controversial subject . . . consultation on the subject with 20 psychiatrists could result in 20 different opinions." "There is danger ... of licensing the Coast Guard to label com­ plainers as psychopaths, the danger being that the man who com­ plains can be removed via a psychiatrist's diagnosis. As a matter of fact complaining ... is considered a healthy outlet . . . Where there is a remedy, complaining can lead to constructive action." "The Coast Guard says, 'abnormal personal traits . . . not appar­ ent ashore, become a problem at sea' . . . this is a highly question­ able conclusion and as a matter of fact it can be demonstrated that the reverse is true." or industrial relations consultants, relations between crewmembers in (Continued from page 3) Jobs. We have opposed, and will who are totally ignorant of the the face of active shipowner oppo­ oppose, any scheme of this kind facts of life at sea outside of the sition. "The next thing the Coast Guard covers of a book. The description Actually, the LOG consultant . may propose is a new breed of of life at sea and relations between pointed out, there is a grave dan­ robot seamen of a certain height, seamen at work is an insulting ger that the Coast Guard will muscle development and brain and untrue picture. "The crew of abuse the term "chronic complain­ structure. They would like the kind the average merchant vessel," it ers" to the degree that all of them that would do what it's told with­ states, "are a group of strangers will be rated "unstable" and bar­ out asking questions." having little in common," ignoring red from shipping. "Complaining Demand Pensions the close working and living rela­ and griping is a healthy outlet, "If any proposals like these should tionships developed among crews he emphasizes, and "can lead to ever go into effect in any shape for the common good. It speaks constructive action." While un­ or form whatsoever the Union is also of "chronic complainers about stable persons may be chronic prepared to reopen its contract conditions for which there is no complainers, the reverse is not and negotiate a pension plan spe­ remedy," overlooking the Union necessarily true — chronic com­ cifically to protect Seafarers who system of shipboard meetings, plainers are not always unstable are deprived of their livelihood by ships' delegates and shoreside con­ persons. the Coast Guard scheme." tract enforcement in all ports ex­ In further justification for its Detailed examination of the isting solely to deal with shipboard power grab, the Coast Guard ar­ Coast Guard proposals reveals beefs. It overlooks the close asso­ gues that the design and function­ their ridiculous nature. Men could ciation of seamen in their various ing of merchant vessels is inher­ be knocked out of jobs for lack­ union facilities. ently defective. Involving such ing a sense of smell, for coming Actually of course, it is the ship­ danger and peril as to require men from broken homes, having a ju­ owner who has preferred to have ol supreme physical and mental venile record, a speech defect or a disgruntled and suspicious group condition to handle the job. Such similar far-fetched reasons. of crewmembers aboard, and it has phrases as "dangerous and hazard­ The LOG consultant termed been the unions who have acted to ous conditions . . . slippery decks particularly unsound in the pro­ promote close and harmonious . . . narrow, steep, or vertical stair­ filing system the references to a way ladders . . . extremes of heat seaman's family history as a basis and cold, . . . poor footing . . for disqualifying him. "There is dangerous operation . . . exposure no scientific evidence to support to extreme cold for long periods the theory that histories of alco­ . . . living quarters limited . . holism, criminality, etc. (in par­ sanitary conditions unsatisfactory ents and ancestors) have any bear­ ..." are scattered throughout its ing on an individual's ability to description. It is obvious from the conduct himself normally . . . tenor of the report that much As a matter of fact, the Coast should be done to adapt ships for Guard admits that "none of the more comfortable and safer opera­ several profiling systems in cur­ tion, which is a function of the Since 1947, the net ship operating subsidies paid by the Government rent use (in shoreside industry) ap­ Coast Guard. have averaged out at about $41 million each year. Is this a cheap price pears to be quite suited to the par­ Little Or No Value ticular needs of' the maritime inThe whole "profile" system, as to pay for the merchant marine? This question will be among the top dustry^ hence an adaptation of the Coast Guard admits, has been issues to be debated early next year by Congress. The new Coast Guard power borrowed from practices in cer­ Right now, special studies are being conducted by Government several was developed for this purpose." In other words, the pro­ grab, if successful, would be tain big businesses of applying sources to determine whether this is a cheap price to pay. A report on posed tests are a true catch-all an additional bur(ien on the psychological tests to job appli­ this should be issued in a couple of months for Congressional review. It is expected that the new Congress will determine that, despite stewpot consisting of a little of backs of the country's most cants. How near this "profile" this and a little of that, none of heavily-controlled and regulated mumbo-jumbo comes to outright widespread criticism from time to time, such amount is not too much civilian worker, the American quackery was shown in a recent to appropriate for the well being of America's subsidized shipping com­ which applies to maritime needs. seaman. Motive Is Clear "Fortune" magazine study. After panies. Already the Coast Guard, a careful eexamination, "Fortune" Regardless of the defects of these 4" 4" Although the past Congress enacted a permanent 50-50 shipping law proposed tests or any others, the military service, has four major concluded that personality tests clear motive remains to give the controls over seamen. It screens have little or no value in determin­ providing that American lines will transport at least 50 percent of all Coast Guard full military control all seamen for security risks. It ing a man's ability to perform un­ Government-financed cargoes, the tramp operators and the Foreign conducts hearing units which der pressure. If anything, they are Operations Administration continue at odds over the interpretation of over seamen. this statute. The new law states that the carriage should be at fair and The imposition of such controls, operate like a court martial to often misleading. according to the specialist consult­ discipline civilian seamen for As proof, "Fortune" took the reasonable rates. Although the tramp lines and FDA now have temporarily reached ed by the LOG, will if anything, behavior aboard ship. Seamen "profiles" of 14 of the country's have a negative effect on the mo­ seeking ratings in the deck or most successful business execu­ a truce as to the meaning of "fair and reasonable rates." it is now rale and performance of seamen. engine departments, or lifeboat- tives. The conclusions? "Not one clear that the 50-50 shipping law once again will be before the next "Control of civilians by a military men's tickets, must pass Coast corporation president had a pro­ Congress for action as to a proper interpretation. Initially, FOA took the position that the bids submitted under the agency is not desirable in a free Guard examinations. The Coast file that fell completely within the and democratic society. We need Guard also has complete control usual acceptable ranges and two new law by American tramps were not fair and reasonable and was look only to the Soviet Union . . . over the licensing of ship's offi­ failed to meet the minimum pho- rejecting such bids. In effect, what FOA wanted to do was to take the for evidence of the influence of cers. And finally, the Coast Guard file for foreman." Many of the lowest bid and throw out all the others. The temporary agreement reached between the tramp lines and FOA military control over civilians on has special powers over seamen people who did well on one stand­ the morale of segments of the who are convicted of narcotics ard test did very badly on an­ is that the latter now will accept the lowest market bids up to the num­ population." violations. other. No doubt Coast Guardsmen ber of ships actually needed, unless the bids on their face are obviously Now the Coast Guard Is asking themselves would fail to meet unreasonable. Already the Coast Guard holds Congress very likely will be asked to determine whether the perma­ a variety of powers over seamen for power to deprive seamen of many of the standards set for sea­ nent 50-50 shipping law is a good one. When the law was signed by through its security clearances, up­ their livelihood if they fail to meet men. grading tests, disciplinary hearing a wide variety of physical or Fortune" says that the tests are President Eisenhower several months ago, he did it reluctantly, with units on the style of court martials, mental specifications, many of a convenient way of firing men no the idea that additional studies would be made to determine whether narcotics controls and licensing them far-fetched and ridiculous longer wanted. "If business de­ the merchant marine should not be supported by more direct means. in the extreme. tests. t t t clines tests may also be applied to The effort of States Marine Corporation to buy out the subsidized For years seamen's unions, cut down the work force." One Present contract terms covering manning of Union-contracted ships under Andrew Furuseth, fought to psychological testing service ad­ Bloomfield Steamship Company will run into a further hitch in the call for physically fit men to man free seamen from harsh controls vices "there is no better , place to near future. Other such ship merger deals were quickly approved by the ships. It is the practice for over their lives and their freedom direct the ax than, in the worker the Maritime Administration, but in the case of Bloomfield, protests company doctors to examine candi­ of movement Seamen, who were category," and there is no better are coming in from other American operators. The principal protestant of the States Marine-Bloomfield proposed dates for jobs. Where there is dis­ considered by the courts "neither way to do it, it adds, than to merger Is Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., which is seeking a full scale agreement on a man's fitness, the among the living or the dead," give everybody a test. Public Health Service has the final were subject to beating and fiogOne of the very few men actual­ probe into the facts of the transaction. In any event it Is expected that the MA soon will pass on the matter. word. A seaman who has been hos­ ging at the discretion of ship'is ly in a position to talk about the 4« 4" 4' pitalized is not dispatched unless officers, and charges of desertion personality requirements of a sea­ Since the middle of 1952, there has been a continual reduction in ^he he has a "PHS fit for duty" slip. if they sougbt to leave a ship. It man's job is the psychiatrist Dr. Constant Union Effort was not until the 1915 Seamen's R. B. Robertson, author of the construction of vessels throughout the world, with US yards having The Union, through contract Act that seamen could be con­ book "Of Whales and Men." Rob­ felt this reduction more than any other major maritime power. The United Kingdom, with orders for almost 39 percent of the world's amendment and enforcement, is sidered free Americans. ertson made a lengthy trip to sea constantly endeavoring to improve Seamen were under civilian con­ as doctor on a whaling ship and total construction, had a decline of 30 percent in the tonnage of new safety practices and remove ship­ trol through the years except for observed conditions at first hand. orders booked last year as compared to 1953, and over 8 percent as board discomforts. Shipowners World War 1. In World War 11 He had this to say on seamen's compared to 1952. The world's shipyards now have on order or under construction who have men working over the the Coast Guard obtained control physical qualifications. "For a tough job one chooses 16,156,000 deadweight tons of oceon going shipping, or almost 6 million side in bad weather, securing ships over the merchant marine and while at sea or who indulge in hung on to its authority when the not the carefully-nurtured athlete tons below the postwar peak of 22,146,000 tons in 1952. The USSR with an increase of 41,000 tons of new orders was the other risky corner-cutting prac­ war ended. It has sought, to ex­ to whom disease is but a name, tices are natural targets for Union pand that control continuously in but the man who has encountered only major maritime country with any sizeable Increase of new con­ the years since World War II, and every one of man's morbidities and struction in the last six months. action. Careful examination of the Coast the current physical and mental has survived." In other words, pick Guard proposal indicates that it exam proposal is only one of sev­ the -man who has been through the was prepared by an outside outfit eral Coast Guard maneuvers to wringer and is still doing a day's r 'i•&' '"J * ^or»; possibly some psydR^ieab t^stittg rule' civUian ^seamen. CG Power 3iove: Seamen Now Under Heavy CG Bnrdens ^g||' A Psychiatrists Opinion... • —« from WASHINGTON �SEAFARERS Pace EicM LOG MARITIME The 25th new ship to enter the world-wide cargo services of the Japanese Mitsui Line since 1950 has made her maiden appearance in New York—and with a bang. After spending several days in the port, the 10,858-deadweight-ton motorship Meirinsan Maru collided in a mist with the Panamanian freighter Lake Charles, in a. mishap which wound up with the Lake Charles practically climbing up the city's East River Drive. No one was injured, however. An indication, inci­ Qucation; Have recent reports dentally, of the low wage bill necessary to operate the Japanese ship linking tobacco to cancer had any is the fact that she is manned by a crew of 53. effect on your smoking? J, J, • Designed for use aboard small craft, a miniature Gyro-Compass has Bob Bowley, chief steward: I been developed by the Navy's Bureau of Ships and the Sperry Gyro­ haven't changed my smoking scope Co. The device is expected to get widespread use aboard land­ habits any. I ing craft and will enable crewmen on such craft to find true north usually smoke without any specialized training . Already virtually depleted as a re­ about a pack a sult of ship transfers, principally to British-fiag operation, Canada s day while I'm merchant fleet suffered another setback this month when the 9,000-ton ashore and half immigrant ship BOaverbrae was sold to an Italian concern. The 800a pack a day at ' passenger vessel was the last passenger ship operating under the sea because you Canadian flag. can't smoke in t 4 4the galley. While Turkey's merchant fleet will grow by almost 70,000 tons and 11 ships I'm busy I don't within the next 20 months under the terms of agreements just signed. need to smoke as An outlay of $14 million is being used to buy five cargo ships here much. I expect to keep up that and build one 21,000-ton tanker and five medium-sized cargo vessels way. in Japan. Included in the purchase are two Victory ships... Battered 4 4" 4" by an Atlantic storm w'hich cracked her deck plates, the 7,111-ton William J. Benson, wiper: I'm a Panamanian freighter Stork was towed into a Newfoundland port last week, 60 hours and 150 miles from the spot where a Gulf of St. Law­ reformed smoker. I had been smok­ rence gale nearly swamped her. Although after 30 hours the order to ing very heavily '•abandon ship" was given, it was later cancelled as four ships raced before and I started to get a to aid the disabled vessel. pain in my chest. J" 4" 4I quit smoking Under ah agreement between the Greek government and the Home and the pain went Lines, the liner Atlantic will be renamed the Queen Frederika on Dec. away. I don't 22 in Piraeus, when she will raise the Greek colors. Now operating think the stories under Panamanian registry, the 22,000-ton ship will enter service as the largest, fastest Greek passenger ship between Greece and the US. about cancer and tobacco had any She is now running between English Channel ports and Quebec . .. The special effect on Maritime Administration has been asked to okay the purchase of the passenger sliip Aleutian from the Alaska Steamship Co. by the Carib­ me though. bean Atlantic Lines. The new owner will use the ship on cruise runs from Washington to Bermuda, Nassau and Havana. t 4. The first Israeli ship to be built by West Germany under the restitu­ tion agreement covering Jewish property confiscated by the Nazi re­ gime has been delivered to the Zim Israel Navigation Co. Altogether, 12 ships will be built under this pact. The initial one is the 7,000deadweight-ton cargo ship Dagan . .Four explosions wrecked a water­ front warehouse, injured six persons and jolted half of the city of Memphis awake before dawn one day last week. The cause of the blasts was unknown. 4" 4- 4" Joining the Liberty dry-cargo ships allowed to be transferred for­ eign by the US Maritime Administration are two US-flag tankers, the John Good and the Pan Maryland. The two ships will be registered under the flags of Liberia and Venezuela, respectively... Sixteen deck and engine officers on the Egyptian cargo-passenger steamer Moham­ med Aii el Kebir held a one-day strike protesting a cut in their usual draw of $50 in American dollars to $25 in Hoboken, NJ, last week. It was called off after the vessel's owners restored the cut in shore al­ lowances. The beef postponed a scheduled sailing to Baltimore for 24 hours. 4^ 4^ Harvey Alexander, wiper: That's a good question. I'm one of those who switched from cigarettes to a pipe as a result of the cancer re­ ports. I've been smoking the pipe for a couple of weeks now and I'm satisfied with it. Before that I had been a regu­ lar pack-a-day smoker. if November 28, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Maurice Kopenhagen, MM Seafarer Maurice Kopenhagen's Kopenhagen says he has no spe­ sailing experience follow a fami­ cial preferences as to ships "or liar path taken by many before runs, with one job pretty much like another as far as he is con­ him—that of a shoreside worker cerned. But like many Seafarers who turns to the sea as a better he would rather take a tropical way of making a living. Kopen­ run in the wintertime and a North hagen was 37 years old when he Europe trip during the summer first started shipping out in the months. That's one of the advan­ tages of seafaring, he pointed out. steward department, because he You can pick your climate to suit heard from many seamen about yourself. the superiority of sailing as a way By and large, he finds the ports of making a living. Once he in Spain, Italy and Germany the got started, he never gave it up. most hospitable, offering a wide It was early in 1941 that Kopen­ variety of shoreside recreation. hagen grabbed his first ship out Kopenhagen's last trip out was of Baltimore. He found that he on the Ocean Nimet which ran to couldn't get on US ships without Yugoslavia. On the way back the experience so he caught a Latviancrew had a little unscheduled flag vessel that was being operated excitement when they turned up a by American shipping interests. stowaway a couple of days out. After a trip of six months on a "The Yugoslav police had gone South American run, he came back to the States and caught his over the ship very carefully be­ first ship out of the Union hall. fore we left," he said, "looking It was the old Raphael Semmes, through all the lockers and any­ which later was lost to the enemy place else that somebody might be hiding." Evidently, too many of in World War II. Kopenhagen the local citizens would try to skip got his SIU book a few months out for greener pastures if the later and has been with the Union government didn't clamp the lid ever since. on them. Worked Ashore Hid In Hold A native of Poland, Kopenhagen The stowaway eluded the police came to the United States in 1920. Over the next 20 years he worked search by concealing himself in ashore in a wide variety of jobs in one of the cargo holds. He turned offices, chain stores and factories, up when the ship was a couple of none of which seemed particularly days out at sea. The captain ra­ rewarding, either in terms of ex­ dioed the information ashore and perience or the amount of money the stowaway was transferred to a Yugoslav ship off Gilbraltar, a they paid. "From the time I started going ticklish operation in a rough sea. Kopenhagen, who is unmarried, to sea with the Union," he said, "I found that the wages at the makes his home in New York end of the month came out where his mother and other rela­ better than the money I could tives live. Except for a period of earn ashore. But that wasn't the illness when he had to stay ashore only reason I had for going to sea. he has been sailing steadily with I found that on ships you can the Union since he caught that learn a great deal and have ex­ first SIU ship. periences that somebody living "Going to sea was a very good ashore would never have. At the decision for me," he said. "As far same time it's a lot more fun. as I'm concerned it's the best way "Going to sea for a living" he there is to make a living, particu­ concluded, "is an education all by larly with SIU wages and condi­ itself. It's not college but it's an tions. I intend to keep at it for ai long as I can." education just the same." Willie Williams, AB: No, those stories haven't changed my smok­ ing habits at all. Generally speak­ ing I will smoke a pack a day, but when I'm on overtime and the money's coming in I'll go up to two packs a day. Legislation to halt "runaway" "Employees Collective Bargaining I've been smok­ companies has been proposed by Association," and then tried to ing steadily for the AFL for consideration by the keep AFL building trades unions about 20 years now and I don't next Congress. The AFL proposes from picketing. The court threw, intend to change. increases in minimum wages, re­ out the company move. 4> ( 4> peal of tax exemptions for munici­ 4 4 4 John Gibbons, chief cook: I pal bonds issued to lure industry A narrow margin of 2,105 votes smoke and I don't know whether from other areas and repeal of kept the Nevada "right to work" to put much stock the Taft-Hartley provision that en­ law on the statute books in a state­ in the reports. ables states with "right to work" wide referendum. The proposition Smoking may or laws to enforce them in preference to repeal the law got 36,286 votes may not have bad to the milder union security regu­ but fell short of passage as 38,391 results, but I'll lations of Federal laws. votes were cast for the "right to leave that up to 4 4 4 work" act, the doctors. What Demands for a guaranteed an­ 4 4 4 about the men Smoked fish processors ended a who used to chew nual wage will be put forth seri­ tobacco all the ously this year by the United Auto two-week-strike in New York with time? I never Workers (CIO) as five-year con­ an increase of $6 a week for 250 heard any reports about them tracts expire with major automo­ men. Fish and Sea Food Workers tive producers. The guaranteed an­ Local 635 (AFL) signed the agree­ getting sick from it. nual wage has long been a plank ment with an employer group. The 4" 4" 4" in the UAW program but the ex­ starting minimum in the industry R. Beach, bosun: I'm still going perience of the past year in which is $62.50 but skilled workers re­ to smoke the same way as before. many workers were hired early ceive far more than that. When you go to in the - year only to be laid off 4 4 4 , ' sea and work on by droves in midsummer has The troubled atomic labor pic­ ships, smoking is stimulated interest in the proposal. ture was clarified slightly when just about the 4 4 4 1,250 AFL electricians went back last thing that A California construction firm on their jobs at Oak Ridge, Ten­ you would give that tried to use a state ban on nessee. A supervisory dispute was up. I don't think jurisdictional strikes to block or­ the cause of the six-day walkout. anything that's ganizing has lost its case in the As in previous instances, union been reported state's superior court. The Bau- difficplties were with construction would majce me man-Rpbert9' Company signed a contractors and not the Atomic change my mind ' about si^igjiipft .lyheji; I .wajjt j qpntraot /With a idummy lunlon, thd Bner^y Ctithmls^bn. _ 'i ff.'l-)/' )J'- ^.11 ItC jhoV ,iehhr,'ri(l J- ' LABOR ROUND-UP P; h ACROSS 57. Period of time 58. Remain upright Zernial. of 59. Bank. NJ baseball XJKJ W IN 4. Had picture taken 1. Gambled ». Baseball rooter 2. Hivei 3. Port in Masi. 12. Macaw 4. Cushion 13. Island off 5. Cargo carrier Venezuela on lakes de France 6. Certain 14. 15. Allen of sports 7. Flowed out. as tide 16. The Run for 8. Hudson River the Roses Line 17. Aleutian 9. Member of the Island group 18. British statesman I 2 20. Honey maker 21. Beginner 22. Half mask 12 24. Theatre shows 27. Dory 15 29. Famed battle in Texas Harbor, 30. 18 NJ 33. Part of the 22 ship 35. Short sleep 36. Got up 38. Race horses: Slang 40. Bows head again 42. Hitch-hiker on a shark 46. Put on 47. Oriental napie 49. Where Salt Lake is 50. -Former Japa-nese statesman 50 61. Calm down, as waves iS3. Moor 54 34. Norte (Miss.) 57 i 55. Any jane 36. , Former Gov't agency , 1. loLiI) v'ij j:f* 10. 11. 19. 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. crew 32. Boat used In Where Grand Venice Bay is 34. River in NJ Device to 37. Turf catch 6sh 39. College in Pen point Dallas Daimatia: 41. Wooden shoe Abbr. 43. Device to Moved in sweep mines slowly 44. Pay boost A line of 45. Signal to direction engine room Soak up 48. Tibetan priest A number 50. Small fish Hearing organ 51. Exclamations Antilles 52. Finish (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) : i Kflf'ii.fl ) kbc ii» i»'M i *1'.' �rji-j-'tr,- November 26, 1951 SEAFARERS Pace Nfn* LOG 'You're Nexf!' SEAFARERS ^ LOG Novembor 2«, 1954 B Vol. XVI, No. 24 Published biweekly by the Seafarers Internationa] Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAOI HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Vfi I I 120 Coast Guard Ambush The livelihood of every merchant seaman, no matter how long or how well he has served the industry, has been en­ dangered by the Coast Guard's latest proposal for physical and mental "examinations" of seamen. This program is a poorly-disguised power grab by a group of ambitious and cynical Government officials who would make merchant sea­ men unwilling puppets of their power manipulations. If this program should ever go through, the Coast Guard and the shipowner could use it to make every militant Union man walk the plank. They could use it to destroy the Jones Act which was passed to protect seamen from the negligence of the shipowner. Finally, the Coast Guard could use it to bring civilians in a civilian Jndustry under what amounts to a military dictatorship. The SIU does not think the Coast Guard can get away with it. Fortunately, the democratic processes of our Government prevent the Coast Guard from sneaking this program through in the dead of night. Public hearings will have to be called, and Seafarers can rest assured that the SIU will make its voice heard at considerable length. Other maritime unions are planning the same action. Among unanswered mysteries concerning the birth of this new program are two: First, how the Coast Guard ever expects sensible human beings to swallow the ridiculous pseudo-scientific quackery that it has pawned off as a valid test of a plan's ability to do a job at sea;—second, who is really Responsible for the 60-page proposal. It is so chockfull of scientific error as to cast serious doubt on the pro­ fessional competence of the nien who drafted it. The cover of the proposal declares that it is "published by the US Coast Guard with the concurrence of the US Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Wel­ fare." That department should be asked to explain its re­ sponsibility for this proposal. It should also be asked whether or not it is "concurring" with the Coast Guard so as to have an excuse for closing down the Public Health Service hos­ pitals. This, of course, brings up the subject of the againthreatened USPHS hospitals ... 444« Hope For The Hospitals What now seems to be an annual effort in Washington to cripple the vital US Public Health Service hospital program through budget cuts hasn't gotten underway officially yet, but many Seafarers are wisely not holding back their fire until that time. It appears that several SIU ship's crews have already con­ tacted their Senators and Representatives on the importance of keeping the hospitals open. Individual Seafarers and their families ashore have also taken up pen and pencil to speak their mind to Congress on the issue. This initial response is encouraging and means that Sea­ farers are aware of what is at stake for themselves, their families and the nation if budget "cuts in the name of "economy" can end or hamper what has been a responsibility of the Federal Government for 156 years. Meanwhile, it is important that more Seafarers bombard the Capitol with messages favoring letting the hospital budget alone. Efforts in this direction were successful earlier this year and they can be repeated again. .4' 44' Late Starters Can Apply 5^," ll-i f . Although the first group of tests which will help determine the winners of the four annual $6,000 SIU college scholar­ ships for 1955 have already been given, the door is still open to interested Seafarers or their offspring. Several other test series are scheduled to enable as many potential Candidates as possible to compete for the coveted awards. The next examinations will be given on January 8 and March 12. Closing dates for applying to take these tests are December 14 and February 19, respectively, but late starters can apply by January 1 and March 5, and still get under the wire. In the hope, that as many candidates as possible will go out for these awards, those interested are urged to get busy right away. Detail^ ihfprmation can be tobtained by contact­ ing the SIU Welfare Plai\ 11 Broadway, New York City, -^11 I Calls Sea Chest EMWsuit ^Phony^ m To the Editor: I am writing this because I have some comments to make about the phony lawsuit which has been brought against our Seafarers Sea Chest. What a lot of gall the jokers who . brought this suit against the Sea Chest have! For years they had a Roman holiday, putting their inferior crap on the ships, and generally putting it on at the last minute so no one had time to argue about it. And now they have the nerve to yell "foul!" I have been going to sea since 1912 and I have really seen some lousy merchandise come aboard the ships. I have seen cigarettes with worms in them, shoes that fell apart after a few days, pants Just how busy a ship's delegate that busted at the seams and items that looked as if can be in defense of his shipmates' they had lain in interests is shown by Herman R. a warehouse for Whisnant, delegate aboard the years. Steel Admiral. In the course of a And now these couple of weeks same interests who unloaded all Whisnant got on ;he captain's tail that worthless for wind scoops, junk on seamen discussed ration­ come along and ing of cigarettes charge, the Sea­ with the skipper, Seeberger farers Sea Chest and was ordered with being a "monopoly." That's by the crew to a real laugh! write to h e a d I think that the quality of mer­ quarters concern­ Whisnant chandise supplied by the Seafar­ ing natives eat­ ers Sea Chest is tops. At present I ing in the messhall and the be­ am chief steward on the Arlyn havior of the ship's officers. In (Bull) and believe me when I say addition, Whisnant made regular that I am proud to go down and reports to the shipboard meetings, open up a Seafarers Sea Chest gave a talk on the contents of the slopchest at any time because I SIU contract, said he would keep know that all the merchandise is a record of the anti-union behavior top quality. of certain of the ship's officers and As I say, I have been going to also spoke to the crew about proce­ sea since 1912, and I have handled dure in backing up a delegate on quite a few "crapchests" in my beefs. time. In fact, on several ships the All of that gives an idea of how merchandise was so bad that I much of a load a conscientious would not handl? it at ail, and the ship's delegate carries and how im­ job fell to the third mate. And so portant it is for him to have solid for me now to be able to handle support from his shipmates. a Seafai-ers Sea Chest slopchest is a Whisnant, who sails' in the deck real pleasure, and I can certainly department, carries a bosun's enappreciate the difference between "dorsement. He's a native and the way things are now and the resident of Lincolnton, North way they used to be. Carolina, and joined the SIU in Items Are 'Name' Brands 1948 in the port of Norfolk. I -might call attention here to 4 4 4> the fact that all the items In a Sea­ farers slopchest are "name" brands Crewmembers of two SIUand that in itself show$ how much manned ships aren't letting any things have changed since the Seafarers Sea Chest was started. I grass grow un,der their feet when can remember the days when a it comes to defending their inter­ seaman was lucky if he could find ests in Washington. The red-hot is­ any name on an article he bought. sue of ship transfers, and the pend­ In conclusion, I would like to ing appropriations for the Public propose a vote of thanks to our Health Service hospitals are get­ Union for bringing about the Sea­ farers Sea Chest. I believe that as ting the attention of men aboard a result of the SIU efforts the sea­ the Barbara Michel and the Orion man has finally come to his own. Comet 'respectively. Also, I want to say that if this Now that a ne%v Congress has phony lawsuit ever comes to court been elected, the minutes of the I know there are many, many oldBarbara Michel report that crewtimers who have been made to pay through the nose for inferior junk members are making letter's to put aboard their ships, and who their Senators and Representatives would be only too glad to stand up in Washington the first order of and say what a good deal they have gotten as a result of the ef- business. The letters deal with the transfer prbttem'and the legisla­ fotts bf the SedfaVeYs' SOA Chest. Geofga II. Seeberger tors are being notified in strong 1 •i\ • -<ll • 'iiI Vat • '~ ! I terms of the feelings of Seafarers on their subject. Tlie Orion Comet crew has gone on record to send a wire to Presi­ dent Eisenhower on behalf of the Public Health Service hospitals. Although the new budget hasn't been reported as yet. the word from Washington is that another attempt wiTl be made to cut the heart out of PHS appropriations. The Comet ci'ew feels, rightly so, that there's no time like the pres­ ent to act on this problem. Minutes of both ship's meetings failed to identify the authors of the shipboard resolutions on these sub­ jects, so our "vote of thanks" this week will have to go to the crews at large. 4 4 ,.4 As Seafarers know, voting in the SIU's elections began on Novem­ ber 15. Before the voting could get underway. Seafarers in all ports had to elect rank and file polling committees to supervise the conduct of the elections. This procedure is followed each day for as long as the balloting continues as called for under the Union con­ stitution. A special meeting is called each morning and three Sea­ farers are elected before voting begins. It's the responsibility of the committee to see to it that the carefully-specified voting proce­ dure is followed, that the ballots and ballot boxes are not tampered with in any way and that only qualified members are permitted to vote. In other words, the com­ mittees are keys to the proper conduct of the election. Seafarers in these all-important posts serve without compensation except for meal money. Among men elected at the start of the two-month voting in the various ports were Walter Reidy, Starns and W. McDonald in New York; D. E. Jones, Santos Garcia and G. C. Metting in Hous­ ton; Eli Hanover, T. LaBofia and Salty Dick" Martinez in Bal­ timore; B. A. Datzko Granberg, J. C. Jilurden and William Datdro in Wilmington and other rank and fila members throughout the district. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG November 26, 1954 AMTlCtM Iff ^ mini ^ . .. O. • •• •••.. 57.50 m»r m. .L 40.00 » 2"'* C.r,.C"" • • sa; ttv.v.;;--;: tp: : S^i-:y'S:SS-!"»- / Cramped foc'sles gave the seaman the room and the privacy of a goldfish. Clothes lined the walls, since lockers were a luxury. The ladder (right) led to an "emergency" hatch, which took 214 hours to open. 57.50 57.50 •• wVpir'"" • • "-'••w':;;;.- ^ •Mfinn ^ _ • "• • •• • • • y'so » a: I. 55.00 ••• 57.50 " AMWfic • ;®S 571 [JJ "'•'Jong, This was a messroom for engine department personnel 20 years ago, where the men in the "black gang" ate their meals. Running motors a few feet away provided them with continuous "dinner music." ifSfaslSiMiSl 1 * I ^ ^I "Sanitary facilities" they were called, and a constant debate raged over whether they were cleaner than the spaces where the crew ate and slept each day. ^ » i : J- r• . •—• - Crowded sleeping quarters doubled , as recreation room, since the messroom—with all the engine clatter like the one above—wasn't always popular. Leisure activity was limited to reading, letter-Writing or ah bcca- ' • br-i-. , , s j^xvaacii. .ucu-u • Giw.#t 4 6 H fr.f 4 •; * 1. 4 V . ' ' ^ Life preservers were jumbled in a heal an alleyway. between two watertight! did not find It easy getting at them inl �' November 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG •;^#i Page Elevea .4 •• • " , - — TT "'Cult It is a paradox for most veteran seamen that the conditions shown on these pages seem 100 years old in the light of today's benefits, while conditions today seemed more than a century away just 20 years ago. For these were the days before the birth of strong maritime unions which, because of their strength and the membership support they enjoyed, brought changes in the shipping industry viewed by many as'plainly "miraculous." These were the days of crowded, grimy foc'sles, two-pot feeding, heavyhanded officers who knew no bounds and working conditions which were so embedded in tradition that there seemed to be no escape from them. Safety regulations, of course, mattered for nothing; every­ thing—including the crew—could be sacrificed as long as the cargo got to its destination. A lot of changes have come about since those days. The SIU and other strong, democratic maritime unions have developed and grown, and with them the whole face of the industry has been remade. Ad­ mittedly, there's a lot that can be done yet—and will be done—in time. But the SIU and other modern seamen's unions have made great strides, and seamen today—those who remember those days anyway—can really say; "We've come a long way, brothers, we've come a long way..." -M ['• 1934 ll si fLl93s ^1 .'•51 rilSSiW: telfgiiilsill I' rlBiiiiii •iilailiSI ^IIIIIB ..- I » '' I •^ ^ 'i Mililiiir 4 in a locker in ioors. Seamen emergency. Firemen's foc'sle contained oil sounding pipe leading to the fuel tank. Soundings were taken day and night. The noise and fumes always interfered with sleep. Every seaman was his own "automatic washer" as long as he had a bucket. He washed himself and his gear in the same way, sometimes in the same water. �SEAFARERS LOG Pa*® Twicl*® •: . ' • Nwrember 29, 1954 POBTHEPOBXS..... made the grade after being con­ Baltimore: of the balloting which began this Lake Charles: < fined to the hospital for more than week for the election of Union a year. His friends and former officials for the next two years. At shipmates will be pleased to hear this writing balloting is brisk and that "Spider" has shipped as it appears that all records will be galley utility on the Alcoa Runner broken for the number of ballots Government statistics plus the (Alcoa). Since our last report to the cast in this port. We are urging Voting for officials of the Union During the last two weeks, this SEAFARERS LOG, shipping In every man who has a book to make for the next two years is now in experience we have had in the Port of New Orleans in the last two port handled seven payoffs, eight this port has maintained just about it his business to cast a ballot, progress in this port as it is in since that is one of the important all the other Union branches, arid weeks show that, even in this sign-ons and had 14 ships call in the same level, with the nuniber ways our members have to help we are hoping and expecting to period of slack shipping, this sec­ transit. tion of the Gulf is one of the best The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel of men sluppcd slightly below decide the policies of the Union cast a heavy vote here. We be­ shipping areas in the country. lieve it is our duty to advise, all the Scientist (Isthmian), Del Monte the number registered. There have for the next two years. At the present time the follow­ members that it is not only their and Del Norte (Mississippi), Chick- been no more ships taken out of The US Department of Com­ merce reported that during the a.saw and Antinous (Waterman) drydock at this writing, but there ing brothers are in the marine hos­ privilege but also their duty to first six months of 1954, the dollar and Southwind (South Atlantic) has been a rumor that additional pital here: William D. Kenny, cast their ballots for the men they ships will be taken out of the laid- Chambers Winskey, Pete Lannon, wish to serve them and the Union. volume of shipping through the paid off here. mid-Gulf ports of New Orleans, As for shipping around the.se The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), the up fleet and reactivated, so all in Oswald Ergle, John Castro, Max Lake Charles and Gulfport, Miss., Del Vlenlo, Del Mar, Del Rio and all shipping here is not shaping up Felix, Michael Jablonski, Carl parts, it has been very slow during Chandler, Herman Glaze, Jesse increased 24.9 percent as compared Del Valle (Mississippi), the South too badly. the_ past two Clark, Robert McKew, August with the first half of last year. By wind (South Atlantic), Frederic C However, since we do have a weeks. We had comparison, the total value of all Collin (Drytrans) and Sunion (Kea) backlog of brothers registered here, Smith, Hugo Jeffcoat, Tommy 33 men registered Lamphear, Mercele Arong,- John US exports increased only 4.3 per­ signed on. I do not advise but were able to Stanford, Louis Firlie, Bobby cent. members to come ship only 22—10 Ships calling in transit were the Stalsworth and Ed Janowski, in the deck de­ Increased shipments of rice, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa here in the hope I am sure all of these brothers of shipping out partment, 5 in wheat, oilseeds, cotton, sulphur, Corsair and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa) would appreciate hearing from the the engine de­ industrial chemicals and iron and the Del Rio and Del Valle (Missis­ quickly. But, of members, particularly those who partment and 7 steel mill products accounted for sippi), Seatrains Georgia and Lou­ course, all mem­ sailed with them. The address is in the steward the comparative prosperity of this isiana (Seatrain Lines), Monarch bers are invited USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park department. How­ port, according to the New Orleans of the Seas, Topa Topa, Fairisle to come here to Lowe Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. enjoy the facili­ ever, we did get Board of Port Commissioners. and Claiborne (Waterman), the ties of our new a call here one day for 4 men for In conclusion, in behalf of the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and SIU Shipping Brisk building and ship entire Baltimore membership- I standby jobs, which is very unusual the Southern Districts (Southern As for SIU jobs, shipping has out of here when Jeffcoat would like to thank all the mem­ in this port. We were able to fill Steamship). "been brisk since our last report, jobs are available. bers of the SIU for our wonderful these jobs with no trouble and also Lindsey J. Williams with more men Speaking of our new building, new building and all the other have enough men on hand now to New Orleans Port Agent being shipped we do not have all of our furniture privileges that have been given to fill any jobs that we can foresee in than were regis­ or equipment yet, but hope to soon the men who ship out of this port. the near future. tit tered. The out­ be enjoying all the facilities of this I can assure you that everyone CS Tankers Call Savannah: look for the shipping out of this port is deeply big, beautiful new hall of ours. Calling in here during these past immediate future grateful. Special Meeting Held two weeks were the Bradford is not so favor­ Earl Sheppard Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, As you know, if you read the able, but the Baltimore Port AgentGovernment Camp, Council Grove last issue of the SEAFARERS slack will be t- tand Winter Hill, all of Cities Serv­ LOG, we formally opened the hall .taken up some­ ice. The Bradford Island also at a special meeting last Wednes­ Houston: what by the Shipping has been good in this Barrett stopped here on her return trip day night and I feel certain that crewing up of port during the past two weeks and from Florida. the Del Norte (Mississippi), which the outlook for the future is fair. everyone who attended had a fine We have no men in the hospital is coming out of the shipyard after During the past two weeks we time. at this time, but recently we re­ Getting back to shipping, since her annual repairs. paid off and signed on the Rosario ceived word that one of our mem­ our last report we have paid off Of interest to Seafarers here Is (Bull) and servthe following ships: Steel Chemist This port has been experiencing bers, Sam Paralez, was killed in an a change in Seatrain schedules. iced 10 in-transit (Isthmian); Edith, Ines and Frances its usual pre-holiday lull and ship- automobile accident. He sailed in Beginning with the December 9 ships, as follows: the steward department as a mess(Bull); Yorkmar and Oremar (Calvoyage, the Seatrain Texas will go Southstar (South "ping has been on the slow bell. As man. mar); John B. Waterman" (Water­ Atlantic); Salem oft' the New York-New Orleans run man), and Feltore, Cubore, Baltore, a result, we had no payoffs or For our Seafarer of the Week and will ti'ansfer to the New York- Maritime and sign-ons during the past two weeks we nominate Brother Bill Lowe Chilore and Marore (Ore). Texas City run. The Seatrain Archers Hope Signing on were the Steel Chem­ and the only men we were able to who sails as chief steward or chief Georgia will follow suit on the (Cities Service); ist (Isthmian); Ragnar Naess ship were replacements on the in- cook. Brother Lowe sailed for December 16 voyage. Other Sea- Seatrains Geor­ Cities Service during the organiz­ (Norlo); Oremar (Calmar); William transit ships which we serviced. trains are scheduled to replace gia and Louisiana H. Carruth (Transfuel); Strathbay These in-transits were the Can- ing of that company and is now these ships on the New Orleans (Seatrain); Raph(Strathmore); Hilton (Bull); J. B. tigny (Cities Service), Steel Vendor enjoying the benefits that he aei S e m m e s run. Waterman (Waterman), and Fel­ and Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Del helped to win. He knows that no­ (Waterman); Steel Scientist (Isth­ Since the last report, five men have gone into drydock at the mian), and Southern States (South­ tore, Cubore, Baltore, Chilore, Monte (Mississippi), Seatrains where else can a seaman get the Texas and New York (Seatrain) benefits and privileges he gets in USPHS hospital here. They are ern). The Seatrains Georgia and Steelore and Marore (Ore). The Feltore and Cubore each and Southwind (South Atlantic). the SIU, and he says that we must George S. Dean, Charles R. Nichol­ Louisiana etch called here twice. always be alert to see. that no one son, Julian (Red) Barrett, Donald Among the men now on the paid off and signed on here twice. Over in Beaumont, Tex., we laid takes these privileges and benefits up the Cracker Stat# Mariner Alt and George Curry. We hope beach are E. M. Bryant, B. SweatIn transit were the Topa Topa, from us. these members will recover quick­ ington and H. Galphin. In the Antinous, DeSoto and Choctaw (South Atlantic). On the local labor front, the AFL ly and be ready to ship again. On each of the ships which marine hospital are E. Webb, (Waterman); Bethcoaster and MassMetal Trades Council has just called here, we held special meet­ A. A. Turlington, R. Carrollton, mar (Calmar); French Creek (Cities John (Red) Carolan, William Roberts, Albert Nelson, Marcus A. W. Lima, J. Littleton, J. T. Service); Robin Tuxford (Seas ings and the crewmembers dis­ signed the Davidson Chemical Co. Evans and Louis L. Arena were Moore, P. Bland, R. L. Field and Shipping), and Alcoa Partner and cussed the anonymous literature to a new contract and got just Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa). The Beth- which is being placed aboard them. about everything it was seeking. discharged recently and expect to J. F. Lee. Political Rumblings ship out soon. coaster called here twice. Jeff Morrison A. (FrenChy) Michelet Other than that, things are quiet Savannah Port Agent Houston Port Agent I am sure that everyone Is aware Still confined to the ho.spital, on the labor front but on the po­ but reported to be convalescing in litical front we are beginning to good style, are Victor (Zeke) hear the first rumbles of the ap­ Bonura, Samuel Cope, Harry L. proaching race for the governor­ Schuler, Theodore Lee and Charles ship. This is still quite a few E. Brady. months off yet but down here in Duska (Spider) Korolia finally Louisiana we believe in getting an early start on things. Right now we have four candidates in the Shipping Figures November 3 to November 16 race, but by the deadline for REG. REG. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL entries we expect to have about 15, REG. TOTAL SHIP. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED because down here in Louisiana we Boston 11 7 29 8 26 11 9 9 Under the rules of the Va­ also believe that the more the New York ... cation Plan as set forth by the 95 84 252 100 84 87 271 73 merrier. trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ Philadelphia . 14 13 42 IS 13 40 15 14 The hunting season is still con­ ply within one year of th« Baltimore ... tinuing around here, and we are 96 83 68 247 101 87 52 240 payoff date of his oldest dis­ hoping that some of our boys bring Norfolk ..... 12 9 27 9 7 2 14 •charge in order to collect his home a full bag. Savannah .... full vacation benefits. If he 21 . 13 42 20 14 8 14 48 Leroy Clarke presents any discharge whose Tampa 6 29 5 7 14 14 2. Lake Charles Port Agent payoff date is more than a Mobile 33 26 27 107 32 82 24 4T year before the date of his va­ New Orleans 88 73 261 100 95 74 102 271 cation application, he will lose Houston .... 66 46 165. .11 53 9 - • 13 33 out on the sea time covered Seattle by that particular discharge. 28 29 28 85 27 26 73 20 Don't sit on those discharges. San Francisco » e e • e e • < 15 20 49 14 11 34 Bring them in and cdilect the . Wilmington ., 12 26 9 5 If money that is due to you. New Orleans: Balloting Is Brisk And So Is Shipping Port Area Ranks High, Govt. Figures Shew See Geed Veilng Mark Being Rolled Up Here Shipping's Good; Ton in-Transits Sorvicod Pre-Holiday Lull Hits Port, Slows Shipping AmBmanppwGRmxMD Don't Wait, Get Vacation Pay .•:» AT 1 (•'.J C't'tk't 'i'xI'tiZ '• iW vi't.)M' -^ e » o '•w- > r ty* r, , .; ./..Vx' 419 U58 ' 883 niUd �SEAFARERS November 29, 1984 Page Ttafrteca LOG PORT JREPOXTS Mobile: Shipping Fair; New Voting Record Seen Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks has been fair, with some 82 men shipped to reg­ ular jobs and 170 men sent to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had nine payoffs, five sign-ons and four ships In transit. The ships which paid off here were the Hurricane, Monarch of the Seas, Lafayette and Claiborne (Waterman) and the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Signing on were the Fairisle and Topa Topa and Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Pennant (Al­ coa). In transit were 'Cayton the Antinous, Beauregard and Chickasaw (Wa­ terman) and the Del Valle (Missis­ sippi). All payoffs, sign-ons and in-transits were contacted and all beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews. Future Outlook Fair Prospects for the coming two weeks look fair, with the follow­ ing ships due to hit the port either for payoffs or in transit: City of Alma, De Soto, Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Bienville and Iberville (Waterman), and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Cor­ sair (Alcoa). The LaSalle, one of the Water­ man C-2s which has been lying idle in this harbor for some time, will take a crew within the next week, so this is also a factor in our future shipping. Arriving here late yesterday, after a voyage from New York via St. Petersburg, Fla., was the SIU training ship Andrew Furuseth. This ship will be berthed in Mobile for some time, and exact arrange­ ments will be announced later as to her schedule and how she is going to operate. Voting for the 1955-56 Union of­ ficials is now in full swing here and from the beginning of the bal­ loting all signs have pointed to a record vote for this branch. Vot­ ing booths have been built accord­ ing to the constitution and have been located on the second deck, Story Stirs Interest Besides the voting, something of great interest to the members here this week was the story in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG about the $18,000 restriction beef which was won by the Union after a long and bitter fight. This was of interest because some of the brothers shipping out of this port will probably have some of this money coming to them. The members here wish to ex­ tend their deepest sympathy to the families of brothers H. Trawick and Daniel W. Alexandre. Brother Trawick's father died while he was at sea and he is to fly back from San Juan to attend the funeral. Brother Alexandre died at the USPHS hospital in Lexington, Ky., and was buried here in Mobile on November 16 with some of his shipmates serving as pallbearers. He is survived by his wife, four children, parents and other rela­ tives. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Louis Cay­ ton, who joined the Union in 1944 in Galveston but who has sailed steadily since then out of Mobile, generally as second cook. Brother Cayton, who is married and has one child, makes his home in Mo­ bile and when on the beach can generally be found fishing or troll­ ing for shrimp. He thinks that the vacation plan which SIU members enjoy is tops in the industry, and is looking forward to the vacation pay increase which is coming up the first of the year. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4Seattle: Four Ships Scheduled Te Ceme Out Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this port during the past two weeks and the future also looks very good, with four ships due to come out of lay-up—the Western Trader (Western Navigation), Irenestar (Maine), Seamonitor (Ex­ celsior) and Seastar (Mercador). During the past two weeks we paid off the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) and signed on the Alcoa Planter and Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Car­ riers). In transit were the Fairland and Maiden Creek (Water­ man) and Portmar (Calmar). For our Sea­ farer of the Week we have selected Brother M. M. Cross who joined the Union in New York in 1944. Brother Cross, who is 39 years old, sails all ratings in the deck department and pre­ fers intercoastal runs. He says that he is very happy to be a member of the SIU, which he sincerely be­ lieves is the best-administered un­ ion in the maritime field. Men now on the beach include E. M. Pappadakis and Tex Krohn. In the hospital are T. J. Connell, W. E. Ellis, F. J. Fletcher, H. E. Harrell, S. Johannessen, L. C. Long and M. Michalik. Jeff Gillette Seattle Fort Agent Boston: Boslon-Yarmoulli Run Has Doubtful Fuiure Eastern Steamship Lines, which last spring sold the steamer Yar­ mouth to a Florida company, has now also sold the Yarmouth's sis­ ter ship Evangeline, it has been reported. The Evangeline, which covered the Boston-Yarmouth run last summer, has been sold to the Volusia Steamship Company of Jacksonville, and sailed from Bos­ ton for Florida last Tuesday, No­ vember 9. She is expected to enter the cruise service between Florida ports and the West Indies. This leaves Eastern with the steamer Acadia, but so far the com­ pany has made no announcement about the Boston-Yarmouth run next summer, and it remains to be seen if this run will be abondoned or made by the Acadia or a chartered ves­ sel. Another item of interest here concerns the stowaway who came into Boston Lane on the Steel Chemist (Isthmian). He got on the ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and while the ship was docked in Bos­ ton he got off by pretending to be a mate checking the drafts upon arrival. As soon as he got off the ship he hightailed it up to the city and the Immigration authorities have been looking for him ever since to find out if he is an Ameri­ can citizen. If the man does not check with the Immigration de­ partment the company will have to pay a fine of $1,000. Shipping in this port picked up quite a bit during the past two weeks and the outlook for the fu­ ture is fair. During these past two weeks we paid off the Cantigny and Royal Oak (Cities Service), Seacoral (Coral), Queenston Heights (Seatrade) and Alexandra (Carras) and these five ships signed on again. In transit were the Ragnar Naess (Norlo), Strathbay (Strathmore), Steel Rover (Isthmian), Southern Cities (Southern), Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) and Iberville, Madaket and Chickasaw (Water­ man). For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected William (Billy) Prince. Billy, who is a handy man with a wrench, sails in all ratings in the engine department and sailed on the Evangeline last sum­ mer as engine maintenance. On a number of his runs he was also ship's delegate. Naturally, Billy is very sorry to see the Yarmouth and Evangeline go under foreign fiags as he sailed these ships for many years while they were under SIU contracts. Among the men on the beach now are R. Johnston, J. Hanson, K. Smith, M. Dusevitch and C. Karas. In the Brighton Marine Hospital are F. Alasavich, A. Oyhus, E. Broussard, M. Stabile and J. Senneville. Brother John Lane passed away on November 10. The patrolman attended the funeral services and the Union sent a fioral wreath. James Sheehan Boston Port Asent t San Francisco: ti Proles! PHS Closings, Brothors Hore Urged Now that the balloting has begun to elect the officials of the Union for the next two years, we are urging all the members here to be sure to get their votes in and make this the biggest vote that has ever been cast in a Union election. We are also urging our members to write or wire their Senators and Congressmen about the closing of USPHS hospi­ tals, since this issue has come up again. As for ship­ ping, it has been slow in this port Just during the past two weeks but we think the future looks much brighter. We had no sign-ons during the past two weeks but we paid off The Cabins (Cabins) and serviced six in-transit ships, as follows: Fairport and Kyska (Waterman); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), and Portmar, Calmar and Alamar (Calmar). Men On The Beach Among the men now on the beach are R. Montcalm, J. F. McGonel, F. Wonsor, J. Batson, C. Just, L. B. Knickerbocker, V. John­ son, M. Landron and A. Beck. In the marine hospital are C. Brown, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, A. A. Kessen, C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. Perreira, P. S. Yuzon, W. Timmerman, A. A. Franklin and F. D. Gilman. In conclusion, we would like to congratulate all the members and officials of the Union on the com­ pletion of the fine new Baltimore hall and wish our Baltimore broth­ ers the best of luck' and good shipping in it. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Stu HAtL DIRBCXORY SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Afent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Jamea Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent - Phone 6-9744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 Bienville St. Llndsey WiUlama. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK ...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH I Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE .2505 1st Ave Jeff GiUette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA .... 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. IK Phoni^8-;333 WILMINGTON. CalU 808 Marine Ave. Ernest TiUey. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 678 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECREH'ARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WilUam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 11844 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 61744 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St, Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quchee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 83 St. Davids St, CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam S., NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. , Phone 8-8777 PORTLAND 833 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CAUT .....257 5th St, Phone 2599 SAN FRANQSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE ...2508 1st Ave. Main 0390 ALPENA W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone; 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 834 St James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St UAUFAX NA.-.19844 HoUis St SOUTH CHICAGO Phoney. 8-3419, New York: Voling, Good Shipping Make Hq A Busy Place Everything is humming these days in the port of New York. Shipping has continued to be good dur­ ing the past two weeks and there has also been much activity in the hall regarding the election of offi­ cials which is now going on. Everyone this year seems to be taking a great interest in the vot­ ing, which will determine the men who will serve as officials of the Union for the next two years. And, in fact, we set a record here on the first day of voting with 323 men casting their ballots. This voting will continue'through January 15, 1955, and we would like to remind every member that it is not only his privilege but also his duty to go into some hall while he is in port and cast his ballot for the men of his choice. 3 Ships Out Of Lay-Up As I have said, shipping in this port continued to be good during the past two weeks as we had three ships come out of lay-up and also shipped a full crew on a Lib­ erty ship that we signed a contract for last week. The ships coming out of lay-up were the Massmar (Calmar) and the Robin Tuxford and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping). The Liberty that we crewed was the National Free­ dom (American Waterwaysl, wnicn was formerly contracted to the NMU. During these past two weeks we paid off 15 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 20 in transit. The follow­ ing were the ships paid off: Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Navi­ gation); Suzanne, Evelyn, Beatrice, Arlyn and Angelina (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Traveler and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Crack­ er State Mariner (South Atlantic); Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping), and Lone Jack, Government Camp and Bents Fort (Cities Service). Ships Signing: On Signing on were the Robin Trent and Robin Tuxford (Seas Ship­ ping); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Massmar (Calmar), and National Freedom (American Waterways). In transit were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Frances, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Mae (Bull); Steel King and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Arizpa. Mada­ ket, De Soto and Iberville (Water­ man); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Seacoral (Orion), and Seatrains Savan­ nah, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain). Shipping should continue good during the coming period as there are quite a few ships due in that make the long runs. There is gen­ erally a good.turnover on these ships at this time of the year, as many of the boys like to hit the beach and spend the holidays with their friends and families. Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer •A •,SI -^1 I Report Lost Baggage 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. bRggage was checked as soon as you find out you've^ lost the check. % k m �Pve Psufoca Norember X«, 1954 SEAFARERS hOG WATCH Snapped By Shipmate At iWeetlng On The Pertmar Snapped by crewmember Blaine Boxwell during recent intercoastal run are some of SIU crewmen of Portmar (Calmar) shown here at shipboard meeting. Photo at left includes Frank Wherrity, "Red" McCullough Leo Wills, Bob Ingram. Charlie Johnson. At right are crewmen Singh, Bileck. Southern Fried Chicken, Rough Seas Prove Bad 'Daily Double' On Madaket Southern fried chicken and heavy seas proved a bad combination recently for the SIU crew of the Madaket (Waterman), crewmember Roy S. Theiss reports. These two things, Theiss says, combined to bring to vivid reality one of the seaman's greatest fears—-fire at sea. In a letter to the LOG, engineer, who smelled the smoke, were finished the electrician, W. Theiss writes; "While some also came on the scene and got a Busch, went to work. As a result Southern fried chicken was being fire extinguisher, and the two men we ate a standard breakfast and prepared in the deep fryer, the managed to put the flames out for a few minutes. But they burst out ship took some again, reached up to the exhaust unusually heavy vents, and then swept through the rolls and the hot whole exhaust system. grease spilled Current Cut Off over the side of "As the alarm sounded the chief the fryer. As It electrician cut off the current to hit the hot plates the galley, several C02 extinguish­ of the range, the ers were discharged on the range, grease burst into and a fire hose was run in and flame, and then the hot plates cooled off. In a mat­ it ran down un­ Theiss After fire in galley of Mada­ ter of minutes the fire was put out. derneath and be­ ket, MM E, Goo and utilityhind the drip plate of the range, "Within minutes after the em­ man R, Bni clean up crew where it is impossible to clean, ergency was over the steward de­ pantry. partment, under the direction of and ignited some old grease. "B. Rucker, the steward, was in steward Rucker, went to work after that had no interruption of the galley at the time and he grab­ cleaning up the mess In the galley our regular meal schedule. bed a fire extinguisher. The chief and pantry, and as soon as they "As ^own in this instance," Theiss says, "with alertness and training an emergency can Alcoa Pioneer Men Pose For Photo proper be met and handled with a mini­ mum of time and danger to all hands." Union Bos Cable Address Topping off their gear before arriving in Havana, some of the SIU crewmembers of the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa) pause long enough to have their photograph taken by shipmate Oscar Rosenfelt. iQiiiz Corner r--" »Vr„ (1) Which is the longest river in the world: (a) Congo, (b) Nile, (c) Yangtze, (d) Danube? (2) Two men can complete a certain job in 10 days. One of them, working alone, can do it in 15 days. How long would it take the other one to do the job by himself? (3) Which state was settled first: (a) Florida, (b) Massachusetts, (c) Delaware, (d) New York? (4) If a baseball player wound up the season with a batting average of .300 after 500 times at bat, how many hits did he have? (5) What was' the only tree which was forbidden in the Garden of Eden? (6) In British peerage, which ranks higher, an earl or duke? (7) How many kings sat upon the English throne in 1936: (a) none, (2) one, (3) two, (4) three? (ff) Rearrange the letters in "trechacar" to spell a word meaning reputation. ^ (9) What did Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk have in common? (10) Three times a cprtain number plus two equals five times the number less 14, What Is the number? j _ ....(Qnis,Answers'Oa Page 17>-— 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. This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARER'S LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. •' With the Christmas gift-giving lished by Ives-Washbum (NY), is season coming up, photography 236 pages, and lists at $3.50. 4 4 4 enthusiasts who are iooking for Seafarer-philatelists still have a something novel to give as a gift may wish to take advantage of a chance to obtain a first-day-of-isnew import from Japan, in the sue cancellation Dec. 10 when the form of photosensitized seven and United Nations Postal Administra­ nine-inch round and square china tion issues its 3c red-orange and 8c plates called Paloma Photo China. olive "Human Rights" commemorSensitized with a chloro-bromide atives at UN headquarters in NY. enlarging emulsion of medium Collectors are invited to send~"a speed and contrast, they are pro­ reasonable number" of self-ad­ cessed in a manner similar to dressed covers, with money order photographic paper. A picture of a or certified check to cover the ship, native figures or a family- amount of postage desired, to the portrait on a China plate might be UN Postal Administration, United a dandy gift for someone on your Nations, NY. Requests for mint list. With wooden display stands stamps should be sent separately, and test strips of the same emul­ 4 4 4 sion used on the china, the plates Dads who have access to photoare $2.25 and $4.50, depending on enlarging facilities can make a the size. They can be ordered real hit with the junior members through any camera store or from of the family by making up simple the importer, Spiratone, Inc., 49 picture puzzles for the kids to play West 27 Street, NYC. with. The idea is to print an in­ teresting photo of your youngster ^ Another item from Japan, for 8x10 or larger, and then back up the stamp collector this time, is a the photo with a small piece of 32-page illustrated book describ­ thin plywood, composition board or ing all Japanese stamps since sturdy cardboard. Next, cut the re­ 1871, which was issued by the sulting sheet into a dozen or so Ministry of Posts about a year ago, odd shapes like any other picture for sale to collectors. A copy of puzzle—a coping saw can do the the book can now be obtained at trick here—assemble the pieces no cost, by requesting one from flat in a box or scramble them In the Philatelic Agency in Tokyo. a drawstring bag, and then watch All that is required is that each the fun and recognition. request contain one international reply coupon, available at any postoffice, to cover mailing costs, t 4" 4" The popularity of the Herman Wouk novel "Caine Mutiny," which led to a successful Broad­ way play as well as a movie based on the book, has also caused a re­ vival of interest in another mutiny over .100 years ago. Although orig­ inal advertising blurbs for the "Caine" book and movie claimed that there never was a mutiny in the US Navy, the facts are just the opposite. There was what pass­ ed for a mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which-was led, it was claimed at the time, by the son of the then Secretary of War, in Washington, who was a mid­ shipman aboard the vessel. In any event, the Somers episode pro­ duced several books, the latest of which, the "The Captain CaUed It Mutiny," by Frederic F. Van de Water, has just appeared. Seafar­ ers whose reading tastes run |o history and especially naval his­ tory would probably find the story an absorbing one. The book, pub- LOG'A'RHYTHM: The Ocean Tramp By John Bunker There's a freighter down the harbor. She's a-swinging with the tide. Bottom mud upon her cable. Sea rust streaked along her side. See her steaming down the harbor. She's no liner with the mails. Riding deep she is with scrap iron And two thousand tons of rails. She took the North Atlantic route Through a February gale. The fireman heaved on slicing bars When the steam began to fail. The coal caked on the firing grates But she won't stay long in harbort And when the steam line btew. Soon they'll charter her away ? They tried to turn her with the the wind With d load: of coal from Cardiff To ride the norther through. For the fires down Rio way. See her fretting down the harbor. But she'll carry no more cargoes All her stdepiates red ^nd black. To the ports of many lands— Steam is rising front, the boilers,. They've posted, .heir as "overdue" CotU-mtokete-rolUng-up the-staeh, -And-"missing' •with dll ftandf^ • There are ten thousand miles behind her. Sure, ten thousand miles before, 'Till she's home again and empty. Briefly hobbled to the shore. Top Skipper Rates A Pat, Seaman Says Human nature being what it is, there's a tendency for SIU men, like other men, to beef about the bad things but for­ get about the good ones, says Sea­ farer Luigi lovino, crewman on the Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion). Like Samuel Gompers, first president of the AFL, lovino be­ lieves we ought to "reward our friends and pun­ ish our enemies," and that goes for skippers as well as others. When­ ever SIU crews get on a ship that has a hardtiming skipper they soon pass the word along, he says, lovino but when they get a ship with a topnotch captain they rareiy find time for praise, "I've been aboard the Barbara Fritchie for six trips now," lovino writes the LOG, "and- usually I don't make more than a couple of trips on any ship. But on the Bar­ bara Fritchie we have an excellent skipper—Captain Bob Ransom, who's tops In cooperating with the crew and making the trips smooth. He stands up for the company, of course, but he also recognizes the crew's rights and the terms of the contract. "Every run I've mad^ on this ship has been free of b»,efs, and it's a pleasure to know the crew and delegates can concentrate on their work and not have to wrestle with a bucko, skipper. "So, if you ever ship on the Barbara Fritchie under Captain Ransom, you can be sure of a good ship with everything in SIU style," Tovinosaysr' — .,,.V : : �• ••".•-,prr • N«v«mber tt. 19M SEAFARERS Gi is Concerned About Transiers To the Editort About four months ago my friends and neighbors chose me to serve Uncle Sam, so I gave up my career as a chief electrician in the merchant marine to become a private in the Army. I took my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and there I used to receive the SEAFARERS LOG, but now I'm going to school. at Fort Monmouth, NJ, so I wish you would note my change of address. I certainly enjoy reading the LOG and iearhing about what's going on with my old shipmates. But from what I read about those foreign transfers, it looks as if there may not be an American merchant marine for me to come back to after I finish my Army service. Learning Electronics The Army is teaching me elec­ tronics so I really can't kick too much. But the closest I get to sailing is over a bar with an old shipmate once in a while, and it's pretty rough being drydocked after eight years of going to sea, I'll sign off with my best wishes to the Union and its efforts to save the merchant marine and the Job I'd like to come back to. Pvt. Richard J. Peterson US 55455898 Co. R. 9404-TU Fort Monmouth, NJ. (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted). 1(1 it t, iAberaee^ Krupa Cheer Patients To the Editor: We, the brothers in the Brighton Marine Hospital in Boston, would like to tell our other brothers that if they must get sick, this is the place to be in. For entertainment, for instance, we have had such well-known per­ formers as Liberace, Gene Krupa and many other celebrities. We would also like to give credit to Miss Colohan here. She is very good at giving shots. M. A. Stabile, Jr. it it it Given Good Care in Si Hospital To the Editor: I want you to know that while • patient.at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island for seven weeks I received the best of care and treatment. I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the SIU Welfare Services repre­ sentatives for all Tillabol they did for me during my stay. I also want to thank the nurses and staff members in Ward CD 2, and especially Dr. William Smith and Dr. W. H. Proudfoot who were most generous with their time and patience. Pedro VlUab^ LOG rkc»nftM» L E T TEE S and introduce yourself as a Union brother and Charlie and 1 will see that you're treated royally. Sorry 1 can't be on a ship with you boys right now but happy sailing to all of you. Eddie Kacsur if if J, She Has Beeipe For Vinegar Pie Eddie Kacsur o injured Brother Now Bar Owner To the Editor: I realize that you probably get a good many letters sent into the LOG and cannot devote as much space to them as you might like, but I certainly would appreciate it if you would print at least some of this letter, and also the photopraph 1 am enclosing which shows me at my new place of business. Rest assured that if you print this story and photo you will be doing a great service for a disabled Seafarer who is now unable to work due to a shipboard accident. You would also let all my friends at sea and on the beach know my whereabouts, and 1 would be very grateful to you. The point is that for the past year I've been aching to ship out again—^1 used to sail in the deck department—but it looks as if my sailing days are over, for the pres­ ent anyhow. The doctors say I'll be unable to work for quite a while, due to an accident 1 had aboard a Waterman ship, the old Stonewall Jackson, and have ad­ vised me to find something else. And so I've taken the money I've saved from sailing and, together with my brother Charlie, have opened a bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. Brother Also Sailed My brother Charlie, incidentally, also sailed with the SIU for about three years, and also was injured. At any rate, 1 am really happy to state that 1 can finally repay the Union in some measure for all the good it has done for me, because I feel sure that this is the kind of bar that all seamen will love. It's just like the ones we found in Bremerhaven and other good ports, and anything you want can be found in it. I'm sure that any seaman who is fed up with the clip joints that are found in New York will go crazy over this piace, which is called the Club 28 and is located at 28 Cornelia Street, near 6th Avenue and West 4th Street Just come in To the EditorRecently in the SEAFARERS LOG I read a "Galley Gleanings" article about steward Jesse W. Puckett, who said that all his life he had heard people talk about "vinegar pie," but had never met anyone who knew how to make it. Well, here's my recipe: Take one cupful of sugar, one cupful of boiling water, five teaspoonfiils of vinegar and two of lemon extract, also two level table­ spoons of cornstarch and two eggs. Mix the sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and flavoring and slowly add the hot water, strirring constantly on the stove until it thickens. When the mixture is cold, stir in the yolks of two eggs and pour into a pan lined with pastry. Make a meringue of the beaten and wellsweetened whites, and spread over the top after baking and brown. (Mrs.) Alice Smith 1^ i it Disabied^ He^s Aided By Union To the Editor: 1 would like to thank all the brothers at headquarters, from our secretary-treasurer on down, and including the staff of the Welfare Services Department, for helping me get on the disability benefit list. I'm going to be 72 years old next February and am no longer able to work because of a hernia operation and a heart condition. 1 used to be a member of the NMU at one time and worked for Cities Service for a great many years. There I met an SIU or­ ganizer who sold me on the SIU and 1 have been a Seafarer ever since. From the time 1 started with the Steinmann SIU in 1947 I've seen the SIU make progress until it is the best union in the whole United States. I know quite a few men in different shoreside unions, and you can believe me, their un­ ions can't compare with ours. A lot of the brothers will re­ member me from Cities Service ships where I sailed deck engineer and machinist. My last ship was the Nikoklis which I was on last January. Aofiut Stefaunann Overgioeked Bfirly League Praises SiU Demoeraeg To tte Editor: The New York Chapter of the League for Industrial Democracy is indebted to the SIU for a most stimulating and enjoyable visit to its headquarters on November 6. The courtesy and patience of your representative in answering our numerous questions were truly commendable. 1 only regret that more LID members could not take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the SIU and its earnest attempt to foster well-be­ ing for its membership and demo­ cratic methods in its administra­ tive set-up. (Mn.) Isabelle B. Friedman President, New York Chapter League for Industrial Democracy i Carroll and William Seafarer^s Wife Proud Of Sons i i Val Chem Men Protest PHS Cuts To the Editor: We thought that you might be interested in publishing the text of the radiogram which we, the crewmembers of the Val Chem, have just sent to President Eisen­ hower: "S.S. 'VAL CHEM' CREWMEM­ BERS REQUEST THAT BUDGET DlRECnrOR NOT CUT FUNDS FOR MEDICAL CARE OF AMER­ ICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN IN USPHS HOSPITALS." We have also sent copies of this radiogram to Hon. John Rooney, Warren G. Magnuson, Herbert Bonner and James Murray. John Latimer Ship's delegate i it i To the Editor: 1 am the wife of Seafarer Woodrow W. Reid, who is now chief cook on the Monarch of the Seas, and 1 hope you will publish this picture of our two sons in the SEAFARERS LOG. They are Car­ roll, 15, and William, 11, and 1 think they show what fine, healthy families Seafarers can raise, thanks largely to the economic and other gains" they have made through their Union. Incidentally, we motored down to Mobile recently to meet my husband and ~ checked in at the Seamen's Club. The dining room serves excellent food, and the en­ tire place is nice to be in, and other seamen's wives might find it To the Editor: 1 have no words to fully express a good place to go if they are visit­ my appreciation to the SIU for ing their husbands in this port. its kindness and help to me dur­ Mrs. Woodrow W. Reid ing the recent death and bui-ial i i i of my brother, Eddie T. Driggers. To all of the Union's officials, welfare representatives and mem­ bers 1 wish to say, in memory of my brother, "The SIU has once To the Editor: When 1 arrived here at the Frere again proven itself loyal and de­ serving of the deepest faith of the Hospital in East London 1 was brothers and their families." under the impression that South Paul M. Driggers African hospitals are inferior to i i i American ones, but 1 soon found out that I was wrong. 1 received a fine reception and was promptly To the Editor: and adequately cared for by Dr. I would like to take this method Naude of the casualty department, of expressing my appreciation to and then 1 was taken to a semi- the Seafarers private room where 1 was attended Welfare Plan for by some remarkably pleasant approving my acnurses. The doctor told me he plication for ben­ thinks 1 have a slight case of efits for the dis­ malaria, which 1 may have con­ ability I suffered tracted in Madagascar, but I have 14 months ago been so well treated that today I when I had to be feel much better. taken off my ship I would especially like to thank which was head­ my roommate, Mr. Goldsmith, and ed for Japan. Trottle nurses Dyks, Kieser and OosthuiI wish to thank zen, as well as the other nurses everyone concerned in this matter and doctors who have all been so for their cooperation and great kind to me. help to me. Benjamin F. Trotilc Ray Brault '<^1 :.r| Brother's Death Brings SiV Help ;S| al African Hospital Treats Him Well Welfare Plan Thanked For Aid OR Bernard Seaman •HI,, •h' >/ . .. �I-; 7s6«f.TsS?^->-?.-; w ^siAhkkkkiifdG ' .. DIGEST of smps IV frV t'.';7' i^- I STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), October 3 —Chairman, E. C. Teske; Secretary, S. Hanks. Launch service beef will be set­ tled at payoff. A new washing machine is needed. Mate thanked deck gang for the fine work they did during the voy­ age. Socrotary, Albert Do Forest. The engine delegate read an article in the LOG about performers and noted that the Coast Guard is sometimes called in on this type of beef. The ship's delegate will try to get numbers 5 and 6 SlU libraries aboard. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), August ItChairman, Pugacieski; Secretary, Fred C. Litsch. Ship's delegate reported that repairs will be taken care of in New York or Baltimore. The chairman made a motion that meeting minutes be read at the first meeting of next voyage so that the new crew will know what rules and suggestions were made to promote a smoother running ship. In case of layup, equipment will be turned into near­ est SlU hall. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), September 25—Chairman, James Flanagan; Secretary, Alexander Janes. The steward gave a report on stores. Library will be put out after leaving New York. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oc­ tober 4—Chairman, James Meaves; Sec­ retary, none. Thirty glasses have disap­ peared in ten days and the crew was asked to try and find out where they have gone. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 28—Chairman, John Garrison; Secre­ tary, Ed Gordon. Wringer for washing machine will be fixed or a new one will be purchased in Long Beach or San Francisco. Several crewmembers com­ plained about the soft icecream being served. A suggestion was made that all hands keep the screen doors locked while enroute through the Panama Canal. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Septem­ ber 25—Chairman, James Allen; Secre­ tary, Charles W. Cothran. Steward will request a better grade of beef. Ship's deiegate wiii contact captain about giv­ ing time off to all hands while in port until one hour before sailing time. Crew voted not to buy TV set for messhall. There is a balance of $55.10 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), September 28—Chairman, M. Masley; Sec­ retary, Frank Flanagan. Several for'sies painted and sougeed as requested at last meeting. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Transfuel), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, D. D. Story; Sec­ retary, H. Cordes. Deck delegate sent a letter to the New Orleans hall about the deck maintennce missing ship. Everyone DEL AIRES (Mississippi), September 12 aboard is satisfied with the travelers —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. checks. Motion made and carried that Hall. Most of the ship's repairs have the ship be fumigated before it goes out on the next voyage. Sheets are too small for new mattresses. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for their cooperation with the crew. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), October 10— Chairman, Hugh W. Eatherton; Secretary, Gerald Sinkas. First assistant wouldn't check overtime sheets to show depart­ ment whether or not there is any dis­ puted overtime. Motion made and car­ ried to have flush valves in deck and been taken care. Members were asked engine department toilets repaired. to be more quiet in the passageways in the afternoon in consideration of men MADAKET (Waterman), September 6— sleeping. Only two cartons of cigarettes Chairman, W. Busch; Secretary, B. Ruckbeing issued per week. er. Ail delegates were asked to make up a rep'>ir list and turn same in to the DOROTHY (Bull), September 25 — ship's delegate. Chairman, Jack Kain; Secretary, Peter October 12—Chairman, W. L. Busch; Patrick. Toaster in crew messhall not Secretary, B. Rucker. A vote of thanks working. Steward asked the crew to was given to the crew mess and elec­ cooperate and turn in soiled linen. trician for good show. Drinking water should be controlled in Puerto Rico as it always seems warm ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), July during the day. 25—Chairman, Walter Fitch; Secretary, Walter Marcus. Chief engineer will flx ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), September water fountain. Purser will be contacted 15 — Chairman, O. Sandal; Secretary, to see if he will open the slopchest after James F. Fyrne. The 12 to 4 watch leaving port in order that crewmembers missed two watches. A deck department may buy cigarettes. member raised a beef about the captain September 19—Chairman, Harry J. not permitting the crew foc'sles to be Acesta; Secretary, Walter Marcus. In the painted. future no union pocket books should be giving away in any port. Books are put CHILORE (Ore), September 26—Chair- on board for the crew to read and not man, Eli Hanover; Secretary, D. Stone. for foreign people. Crewmembers were For the past three or four trips the -asked to keep the washing machine in a washing machine has been on the repair dean condition after using same. list and each time some part of It has been replaced. The steward department ROBIN WENTLEY (Stas Shipping), will keep the recreation room clean and September 26—Chairman, E. Cantoral; the OS will keep the laundry clean. The Secretary, J. Howlson. One brother was steward department was given a vote of hospitalized in Beira and he wrote a let­ thanks. ter to the SlU Welfare Services depart­ ment regarding same. Motion made and LOGANS FORT (Citias Service), Octo­ carried to attend safety meetings and if ber 2—Chairman, Thompson; Secretary, suggestions are not used, then crewmem­ A. Hebert. Motion made and carried bers will not attend any of the future that men wearing underwear will not be meetings. All rooms need painting. permitted in the messhall. Wipers foc'sle Books and magazines are not to be given was painted. Ship's delegate said that away in foreign ports, and the new li­ he will try to get benches on fantail for brary will be placed in the custody of crew's beneet. the ship's delegate or the steward. Vol­ untary contributions to the ship's fund QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), Sep­ will be collected at payoff. tember 26—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ August ' 1—Chairman, Walter Walsh; man; Secretary, K. O. Smith. Motion Secretary, Frank Crider. The captain in­ made and carried to draft a letter ask­ sists that passenger men either eat their ing that a former ship's delegate and meals standing up in passenger pantry or deck delegate be made to account for take them to the crew mess. Motion made ship's fund from . the last trip. Sugges­ and carried that a stand by buzzer be tion was made to take chairs out of installed in the crew mess to enable man messhall and replace them with benches. on standby to know when he is wanted on the bndi dge. ALEXANDRA (John M. Carras), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, Fred Miller; Sec­ ROBIN $HERWOOD ($eas Shipping), retary, W. M. Hand. Chief pumpman September 21—Chairman, Ray Brault; didn't get--clothing allowance and failed Secretary, H. Berkenfald. Special meetto notice it until after the payoff. Ship's ing was called concerning old refrlgerdelegate contacted the patrolman again ator. Ship's delegate reported that one about making sure that fresh provisions man missed ship in New York. are provided at each port. October 10—Chairman, W. Kerby; Sec­ retary, Tommie Williams. Master refused COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sep­ to let crew send cablegram to the Union tember 19—Chairman, L. A. Ciamboli; and asked the ship's delegate to give .'v p' Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) fv' NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ••••• •••••••• • • • •• ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID pUPLICATIONi if you are an old tubseribar and hava a ehanga •f address, plaaaa giw your former address balowt ADDRESS ciTir « f BDGMMtFMf Biaaa/el ZONI . iaeseeeeaaee^ STATI him 24 hours to get the box fixed. A new refrigerator wUl be installed If the pres­ ent one breaks down again. Suggestion that some old books be given away in various southern ports to merchant ma­ rine library. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (TransfucI), Au­ gust 28—Chairman, H. K. Smith; Secre­ tary, H. Cordes. The steward department will take care of the recreation room and the deck and engine departments will take care of cleaning the laundry. Cap­ tain informed delegates that we would put the draw out in Lisbon in travelers checks. made and passed directing the ship's deiegate to write a letter to the secre­ tary treasurer and the editor of the LOG outlining the crew's recommendation for a change in sailing board clause and rest period clause in the tanker agree­ ment. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Octo­ ber 9—Chairman, J. A. Sullivan; Secre­ tary, B. W. Buster. New mattresses and springs are needed on vessel. Lockers and fans are also needed as agreed in contract. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), geptember 24—Chairman, Dempsy Nicholson; Secre­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), tary, Harry C. Kllmon. A special meet­ October 4—Chairman, J. MacLaughlin; ing was held to elect a ship's delegate. Secretary, V. RatcllH. Dispute on room Suggestion made to have a union patrol­ allowance as captain only wants to pay man look at the beef that was put three days to some of the crew. Ven­ aboard in Trinidad to decide if the in­ tilation system cut off in shipyard so spector should be called in to check it. that the entire system is now blocked off. Recommended that shipping not be JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Sep­ done for a period of longer than four tember 22—Chairman, S. Gondzar; Secre­ hours around foc'sles while men are tary, McCall. Discussion about fruit sleeping. juices not being served often enough. At the present there is S47.70 in the ship's SUZANNE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, fund. H. Orlando; Secretary, R. M. Godwin. Messroom will be sprayed after each EVELYN (Bull), September 19—Chair­ meal. Each department repair list will be turned in on the way down south. man, W. Bunker; Secretary, M. Burns. Motion made and carried to have the Washing machine needs repairing. port agent or his representative come down especially to see about the food GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), September 26—Chairman, M. Gattschalk; beef and the repairs. The steward says that the captain is constantly interfering Secretary, Frank J. Shandl. Motion made and carried to ask for innerspring mat­ with the steward department. tresses for the entire crew on arrival ROBIN KIRK (Robin), September 5— in port. Discussion on sougeeing rec­ reation room. One brother would like to Chairman, Thomas Vessel; Secretary, Matthew Gehereaux. A suggestion was know if crew is entitled to transportation to New York in the event ship is laid up. made to hold meetings between 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Bad milk will be checked. FRENCH CREEK (CItias Service), Oc­ Steward is to notify delegates if captain tober 10—Chairman, William Adams; Sec­ refuses to order all stores. Suggestion retary, Dan Beard. Two new lockers are made to report all performers at ship's available for the crew and they will be meetings to decide upon action to be installed. The crew feels . a coastwise taken. Results will be turned over to a tanker should have a prompt payolf. patrolman. Unnecessary delays and company redtape ANTINOUS (Waterman), October 9— penalize crew when delegates bring in a clean ship. Minor food beefs explained Chairman, Ernest Gerace; Secretary, J. De Poo. A new ship's delegate was satisfactorily by chief cook and messman. eleeted. Each crewmember will donate There is $35 in the ship's fund. SI to the ship's fund at payoff. Voted to DE SOTO (Waterman), August 22— keep TV set in present location and to Chairman, Bill Burke; Secretary, Phil have Joe PagoUa responsible for same. Reyes. Steward reported that the rest Bosun will see about having messroom of the innerspring mattresses will be tiled. placed aboard this trip. Deck delegate DEL VALLE (Mississippi), October 9— thanked members of the crew who do­ nated sums of money to a former brother Chairman, Joe Scramuzza; Secretary members .whose mother just died. Stew­ Ramon Irazarry. One crewmember re' ard reminded the members of the nom­ ported fowling up continuously. Motion inations for Union officials currently go­ made and carried that a letter be writ ing on and the provision of the Union ten to Congress complaining about turn constitution giving the right to every ing American flag vessels over to foreign member to nominate himself for office. flag. A letter from the Sea Chest was Several members discussed the quality of read to the membership concerning qua! ity of skoes and other articles in slopthe food and suggested improvements September 19—Chairman G. Callahan* chest. Secretary, Phil Reyes. Motion made and DEL SOL (Mississippi), September carried that a certain portion of every meeting be devoted to educational di» Chairman, K. Lopez; Secretary, William R. Cameron. Motion accepted that each, cussion of our union constitution, conman donate $1 to the ship's fund. All hands were asked to clean the laundry room after using same. tracts and union history. All the necessry repairs should be submitted to the respective delegates before the ship docks at payoff port. It was agreed that the engine and deck departments will stag­ ger in keeping the laundry clean. Movies are being showed aboard -ship, by Sidney, the messmaii, and the ship's delegate urged every member to donate one hour's overtime for the renting of the films. $TEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, W. Mitchell; Secretary, Charles J. Hartman. The sum of $80 is now in the ship's fund. This amount has been built up by arrival pools. Mention made that two members of the deck depart­ ment have been logged for failure to pass the port doctor prior to Karacchi de­ parture. Delegate stressed that port medical inspections are important and that crew must attend them. Ship's dele­ gate took the deck and spoke at length about sundry matters of union import­ ance that require more coopertion from the crew. Because of repeated complaints that letters mailed In Saudi Arabia sel­ dom reach the States the ship's delegate urged the adoption of a plan to send ail mail in one envelope to a US, postmaster who would open it and repost all the American stamped letters. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), July 18—Chairman, Frad Isrsal; Sacratary, J, E, Brooks. New washing machine will be ordered as the old one Is beyond repair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to the crew and steward. CUBORE (Ore), ;tptambar 5—Chairman, W. Cain; Sacratary, James Archie. All departments agreed on keeping laundry and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for their fine work. One man was left in Baltimore. MARY ADAMS (Bloomtlald), Septem­ ber 29—Chairman, Al Wile: Sacratary, Bill Hay. Ship's delegate was elected. Cots will be checked before satlinv. Bosun-asked all steward department to diimp garbage back aft In the garbage drums instead of by number 4 hatch. Ship's delegate asked all members to take their , beefs to their own department delegate first and if beef cannot be set-' tied then coma to him. CANTIONY (Citias Sarvica), Dctabari 9 —Chairman, D. RaynoMst Secretary;. M. O, Ohstrom.' Captath - is.: trying-'to, get crew'fitalpvWon rapaiyad. :A"Dotto]F. was jnembers agreed on the suggestion. Stew. Md asked the men getting off to strip their bunks and leave the foc'sles clean. PENINSULA MARINER (Waterman), September 18—Chairman, J. H. Fisher; Secretary, J. B. Jaianng. Old minutee will be posted on the bulletin board. A tray should be placed on the washer so that the water will go in the sink in­ stead of on the deck. October 7—Chairman, C. Martin; Secretary, T. Lindbery. Steward department was given a vote of thanks for excellent food and service. Motion made that rooms be checked. CALMAR (Calmer), September 22— Chairman, Chuck Hostetter; Secretary, Henry E. Batogowskls. Meeting was called so that repair list could be taken up. Crew agreed not to sign on until new mattresses are put aboard. Medical sup­ plies will be checked before signing on. Arrival pools in the Canal Zone and New York will bring the ship's fund up to $40. The crew was asked not to open letters that are addressed to the ship's delegate. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), September 15—Chairman, B. Fimovicz; Secretary, S. Rivera. Two men missed ship in St. John, New Foundland. Repair lists to be made up and turned in. Crew­ members were asked to stop making noise while men off watch are sleeping, and to keep the laundry and recreation rooms clean at all times. October 10—Chairman, W. Hammock; Secretary, S. Rivera. All repairs have been turned in and most of them have been taken care of. A new library will be put on board for next voyage. Sug­ gestion was made to keep recreation room locked in port: ALCOA PIONEER (Alcos), October 21— Chairman, John Fsdesovlch; SecretaVy, John R. Tllley. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the groceries they put out in spite of the fact they fed breakfast the same day they came aboard and sailed the next. A patrolman will check the slopchest before crew signs on to make sure it is complete. BALTMORE (Ore), October 10—Chair­ man, John Peacox; Secretary, James Oliver. Fans recently installed are not working properly. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ROBIN LOCK$LEY (Seat Shipping), no —Chairman, Steward; Secretary, H. Burge. Bosun suggested keeping the washing machine clean. Engineers will fix STEEL KINO (Isthmian), September 19 all repairs as they occur. Fans will be —Chairman, W. Schoenborn; Secretary, installed in foc'sles. Deck showers need R. Harford. Letter sent to headquarters painting. October 11—Chairman, Smith; Secre­ about cleaning tanks. All delegates were Two men given repair list. One man missed ship tary, John N. Thempsen. missed ship in Durban. Engine depart­ in Honolulu. ment complained about water and lack ANTINOUS (Waterman), September 12 of soap in engine room. This matter will —Chairman, W. Wallace; Sacratary, C. be turned over to the patrolman. Achoy. Captain warned crewmembers to SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Oc­ be aboard one hour before sailing. In the future all beefs or communications tober 17—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported to the Union will be handled through the Friedman. ship's delegate. It was agreed that TV ship's fund now stands at SB7.25. He also set be raffled off among the crew. $47.06 spoke on a survey being made by the Union and company concerning ventil­ in the ship's fund. ation of messhalls. Former ship's dele­ OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), gate given a vote of thanks for a job March 22—Chairman, R. Edan; Sacratary, well done. F. Sulllns. Each department will help SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatralnl, clean the laundry. Washing machine October 17—Chairman, E. Cols; Secretary# needs repairing. E. Jonas. Ship's delegate saw the pa­ April 10—Chairman, J. Stevens; Sacra­ supposed to have a tary, Robert Walton. Captain -said slop- trolman and is chest will be open as often as Is conven­ meetting with company about air con­ ditioning. Beef about cleaning laundry. ient. Brother Williams made a motion to have the linen checked for shrinkage Cots to be taken off deck. The relief as soon as possibie. Brothers were mate was using tools on deck. warned to be more watchful for out­ ALEXANDRA (Carras), October 17 — siders coming into Individual foc'sles while in port. Each department dele­ Chairman, Vssser SzymsnskI; Secretary# Galveston patrolman gate was asked to have a financial re­ W. M. Hand. port of ship's fund. There is a total of called and instructed captain to put out $13 in the fund, and a collection will be a draw. Chief pumpman brought to the taken after the meeting. August 6—Chairman, Stevens; Secre­ tary, R. Walton. There is a shortage of porthole screens. Shrinkage in the linen has not been taken care of. A collection was made to help Brother Sulllns with traveling expenses. He flew home from Inchon due to his piother's illness. Port­ hole screens, cots, milk, fly swatters, and of the members the slanderous other essential needs should be ordered attention propaganda being put out by "Justice by the captain upon arrival in Guam; Committee' against the SlU. Chairman Brother Foster who is steward will ac­ cept any constructive sugg'estions crew­ informed permits that they had the right to express themselves in a ship's meet­ members make about the food. ing. October IS—Chairman, V. SzymsnskI; PENNMAR (Cslmar), no date—Chair­ Secretary, W. M. Hand. Discussion about man, J. Samsel; Secretary, J. Dedicatoria. captain's decision not to put out a draw Two men hospitalized and left behind in Corpus Christi. Captain will see that for treatment in Panama. The captain is items on repair list are taken care of. very disagreeable to the crew and he A suggestion was made that each man does not recognize the ship's delegate or contribute to a ship's fund to take care any delegate on the ship. Motioh made of phone, calls, etc. that from now on foc'sles that have been painted should be dated and stamped on BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), the wall so that crew will know when to Dcteber 16—Chairman, Jehn C. Mitchell; expect painting again. The chief steward Secretary, V. F. Ralcllff. Motion made requested that excess towels and sheets and carried that a new iron be bought be turned over to him. out of the ship's fund, and that the crew radio in the messhall be left Off during STEEL NAVIGATOR - (Isthmlsn), Au­ meal hours. Ship's delegate will see the gust 13—Chairman, Charles Sceflefal;. Sec­ chief engineer about getting a new agi­ retary, F. Delapenha. Brothers spoke of tator for. the washing machine and- he understanding in regard to abuse and will also see the patrolman in New York dissention among the- departments. Stew­ about having the recreation room fixed ard promised to cooperate and Improve up, food situation. BREBCE VICTORY (South Atlantic), SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Oc- October 14—Chairmen, >)*. Oottschelk; teber S^hslrman, R. Miller; Secretary, Secretary, D. Gemelner. Di.:cussion on L, 'Bruce. The ship's- delegate said in the best means to get required fans And case the s>ilil lays up ti^ shlp'F lUQd 'should' be turned OveT to m needy cause U wap deciditd to refer the matter t» the v(Continued on p^e -such as the HarOb- ofi-Dinies.:. eirew-l , •« M H �Norembw Sf>'lt54 SEAFARERS LOG P«(« SCTClltCCB ... DIGEST of SHIPS' BIEETINGS.. Sims; Sacrstary. Stavo Musce. Motion made and carried to give ship's dele­ gate fuU purchasing power where recre­ ation facilities are concerned. The ship's delegate will sea the captain about using the ship's phone to call agent in Savannah, and find out whether or not the captain has the right to keep the MARINA (Bull), September 7—Chair­ creW on board while the ship is along­ man, F. Fletcher; Secretary, Burns. side the dock clearing immigratioin. Fans have not been put in ail the rooms according to the latest agreement. The MASSMAR (Calmar), August 28 — ship's delegate requested that each de­ Chairman, Red Giggi; Secretary, Guy partment settle its own beefs with its Walter. Philadelphia agent said there • own delegate. He spoke on the neces­ was not much that could be done about sity of working in harmony with ail the mattress situation at the time, but members. if nothing is done about it when the September 29—Chairman, K. Hatglmt vessel returns to New York then action sios; Secretary, Burns. One crewmember will be taken. Comment was made on took time off without first seeing the noise in alleyways after watches turned head of his department for permission. in. Laundry will be kept clean by Discussion regarding longshoremen in the wipers. galley, toilets and passageways. The ship's delegate agreed that they should MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ be kept out of messhails. galley, etc.. but riers), October 3 — Chairman, James the passageways are another question. Flanagan; Secretary, Alex Janes. Water cooler was fixed, and repairs not taken OREMAR (Calmar), September 25—Chair­ care of yet will be attended to. Vote man, Elmer Barnhiil, secretary, Clyde of thanks was given to the steward de Kent. It was suggested that pantryman partment. wash coffee cups in night pantry. A vote of thanks was given to the galley WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 12 crew for the swell food they have put —Chairman, Al Parker; Secretary, August out. Souza, Jr. The steward delegate wishes to pass on the delegate job to another CUBORB (Ore), September 28—Chair­ member, and he thanked the crew for man, W. Cain; Secretary, O. Bell. cooperating with him. Rails leading to Scrubbing brush will be kept in laun the crew quarters need painting. Ship's dry. AU hands were asked to keep the fund has a total of 853. laundry clean, and not to wash mop in the tubs. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), July 2S— (Continued from page 16) patrolman at payoff for further action. Five copies of repair list will be made up and distributed to the port engineer, chief engineer, patrolman, captain and one copy will remain aboard. Chairman, Jenkins; Secretary, T. Ulisse. CAROLYN (Bull), October 4—Chairman, Crew to go on record to have stores checked by the Union to see if they come up to par with other ships owned by the company. A variety of night lunches re­ quested; steward requested to cooperate. Crew was asked to take care of cots and put them away when not In use. Cups should not be left out on deck. John Leys July 11—Chairman, Ray Ellison; Secre­ tary, T. Ullsse. There is S249.9S due on Please get in touch with your TV set. Crew to continue S3 donation at wife at once. flrst mainland draw on return trip. $24.50 now in ship's fund. ^GRSONAli 3) t !• Edward F. Woods Mother worried about you. Write home soon. Fritz. J" i" 4" Leslie N. Pearsall Please get in touch with me as soon as possible. My new address is 1122 53 St., Oakland, Calif. M. Oschitzki. t 3i 3) Bill Tacey Please contact me aboard the French Creek, c/o Cities Service Oil Co., 70 Pine St., New York, NY. Ed McMaster. 3« I" 4" Richard Suttle I got the stuff out and it's nice. Thanks a lot. Good luck. Mel. 3> t 4 Richard Brown Contact Allen Myrex, 4 N. High St., Baltimore 2, Md. ALAMAR (Calmar), August 8—Chair­ man, Herbert - Braunstlen; Secretary, James B. McPhaul. An improvement seen on fresh fruit over last trip was dis­ cussed by ship's delegate. Lights to be turned off on starboard while men off watch are asleep. Lockers and sink stoppers will be ordered and repaired. Wiper's foc'sle needs painting. All re­ pairs to be turned in to department dele­ gates. DEL ORG (Mississippi), July IS—Chair­ man, J. R. Tauart; Secretary, J. Smythe. Ship's library was explained by ship's delegate and he will check with purser concerning books in his storeroom. Ques­ tion on cups and glasses being left around the decks. Members decided that everyone bring his own cup and glass back to the pantry. FELTORE (Ore), August 9—Chairman, Quiz Anawerz Jim Keavney; Secretary, Ray Lavolne. (1) (b) Nile. It is almost 4,000 Part of the repairs have been taken care ef and the repairs pending will be in­ miles long. cluded in the new repair list. Ship was deiayetl when leaving .the shipyard for (2) 30 days, several hours after posted sailing time. (3) (a) Florida (1565). Patrolman informed the crew that they cannot collect overtime. Union library (4) 150 hits. (5) The tree of knowledge of expected aboard the ship this trip. Ship's good and evil. (6) A duke. (7) (d) three. George V died on Jan. 20, was succeeded by his eld­ est son, Edward VHI, who abdi­ Stanley Dean Turner cated the throne on December 11, and was himself succeeded by his Please get in touch with the brother George VI, father of the SEAFARERS LOG office at SIU present queen. headquarters in New York. (8) Character. 3^ 4 4' Charlie King (9) All were Presidents of the Get in touch with Joe Volpian US. (10) Eight. at headquarters. Important. NOTICES delegate requested a price list from the Sea Chest. Crewmembers complained that ice cream is served too soft and the steward informed the membership that the ice cream starts to melt the first day out of port, and there is nothing that can be done to remedy the situation. Mem­ bership requested that adequate refrig­ eration be obtained. Donations to the ship's fund will be collected at payoff. John Parker will buy an electric steam iron out of the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ gate to see the patrolman about chief refusing to obtain cleaning gear for the wiper assigned to sanitary work. Machinist missed ahip intentionaUy owing ferad a menu of a little mora variety money to 2nd mate, one 3rd assistant and plus extra service. others. A motion was made that the Union give a double fine to this brother. GOVERNMENT CAMF (Cities Service), SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Septem­ ber 5—Chairman, E. B. McAuley; Secre­ tary, D. T. Morrison. Several beefs about the meat served. It was brought out that the boxes marked strip loins were nothing but a poor grade of dog meat and not fit for any SIU crew. Motion carried to contact the union hall regard­ ing larger sheets to cover the new innerspring mattresses. Lack of keys for crew's quarters. The bosun pointed out that in the event that a man loses his keys to inform the mate on watch to open the room and not use a. fire axe to open the door. Discussion about use of money in the ship's fund. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), August 3—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secretary, H. W. Schnoor. Ship's delegate cautioned all brothers about smoking beyond safety barriers. He will see the chief engineer concerning replacement of new drain plugs in messroom. Men relieving watch TOPA TOPA (Waterman), September t were asked to relieve on time. Vote of James K. Sheets; Secretary, thanks given to the steward department. —Chairman, Gerald Sinkes. Suggestion that ship's delegate see captain about notifying the MOTHER M. L. (Eagle Ocaan), August 1 crew when he is ready to close siopchcst. —Chairman, H. Kanflich; Secretary, Nor­ Crewmembers were asked to return ail man Phillips. No beefs reported. Ail re­ cups to the pantry. SEAMAR (Calmar), August 19—Chair­ man, Barnett; Secretary, John Bucci. Ship's delegate will try to get Sea Chest in New York. Motion made and carried to turn deck engineer over to the patrol­ man for working off hours without pay­ ment of overtime. Mate will be asked to furnish new station bill and muster list pairs requested during the trip okay. Few as present one is confusing. hours disputed overtime, June 14—Chairman, Michael F. Dellane; TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), August 1— Secretary, Norman Phillips. Motion made and carried that each department help Chairman, Red Baron; Secretary, H. Sanderiln. Steward suggested that new cots keep the laundry room clean. be ordered. Fans in several rooms have AZALEA CITY (Waterman), August 8— to be repaired. Chairman, Tex Suit; Secretary, Frank BALTORE (Ore), August 29—Chairman, Walker. Steward asked ail crewmembers to return surplus linen. The ship was B. O. Wilson; Secretary. J. J. Foley. De­ partment delegates were asked to turn held in Puerto Rico five weeks due to the longshoremen's strike. Ship's delegate in repair lists to the ship's delegate be­ fore going to shipyard. Discussion on elected. the most suitable thne for meetings. Steward was requested to have a variety CHILORE (Ore), no date—Chairman, D. Stone; Secretary, C. Patton. Before ac­ of salads other than tomato and lettuce. The night lunch could be improved. cepting the nomination of ship's dele­ gate. D. Stone stated that under no cir­ STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), August 31 cumstances would he accept if the crew expected him to go to bat for anyone —Chairman, James Hanners; Secretary. Ray Queen. Steward was asked to check who did not live up to the agreement and constitution. Linen will be changed each the stores more carefully when they Saturday morning. Agitator and wringer come on board. Crew agreed not to sigii on until repair list has been completed. broken on the washing machine. .Messmen don't get up at the proper time STEEL AGE (Isthmian), July 18 — in the morning to do their work, and Chairman, James W. Barnes; Secretary, the steward has been asked to crack and see that their work is done on John W. Barnes, Ail hands restricted down on board ship after doctors ex­ time. amination. Motion made to have better SANTORE (Ore), September 11—Chair­ lockers installed in foc'slcs. Motion made to get Lava soap only instead of Klex. man, R. King; Secretary, Frank Okwcrian. Delayed sailing discussed. Steward in­ Motions .accepted. Ail repairs should be checked by those crewmembers that are vited delegates to Inspect bo.es at any staying on for another trip, as they know time. what to look for, and be fixed before TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), September sailing. Payroll slips should be broken down to show exactly how much over­ 11—Chairman, Thomas Foster; Secretary, time, how much base pay and how E. J. Whelan. A feU; hours overtime to much taxes amount to instead of a total be settled by patrolman at payoff Stew­ amount of wages and taxes taken out. ard asked crew not to waste the coffee. When leaving New York the mortal re­ The captain will be contacted about mains of Brother Henry Core were re­ fumigating ship and severance slips as the ship is laying up. MAE (Bull), September 19—Chairman, HIckey; Secretary, Williams. .411 repairs have been taken care of and fans are being installed as soon as possible in ail rooms. The ship's fund has a balance of $23.40. Ship's delegate will see that new drinking water pump is installed before ceived aboard ship. -His last wish was leaving Baltimore that he wanted to be buried at sea. CECIL N. BEAN (Dry-Trans), Septem­ OREMAR (Calmar), August 9—Chairman, ber 12—Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William Mac Arthur; Secretary, L. Blank- N. McGuire, Overtime for chief mate enbechler. Ship's delegate reported that doing deck department work has been all repairs are being taken care of. Wind turned in. A unanimous vote of con­ scoops are being ordered this trip. One fidence was given to the steward depart­ man reported hurt and, was not allowed ment. if parts are available to fix the to see doctor in Canal. ' This will be re­ top of the galley range it should be re­ ferred to a patrolman. Ship's delegate paired before arrival in next port. reminded those men leaving ship to turn in linen and keys to foc'sle. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Sep­ July 24—Chairman, Jack R. MIsner; tember 12—Chairman, Frank Brodzik; Secretary, William Mae Arthur. . Beef Secretary, Leo Bruce, A motion was ! about rusty wash water discussed. Stew­ made to spend some of the money from ' ard will see about dividing Canal transit the ship's fund for games. One brother crew between the two messhails evenly. suggested locking the messroom in port' Steward to see that his entrees for Fri­ to safeguard the books and put the key days include nreatless meals for Catholic where it can be found. , members of the crew. Deck and engine departments will clean the recreation SUZANNE (Buli), November 2—Chair­ room and passageways, and the steward man, P. Bush; Secretary, Remaud. The department will clean' the laundry. baker on the ship claims he is overtaxed ; with work due to extra passenger request' MARORE (Ore), July 31—Chairman, and variety of crew menus. He requested Henry Shepeta; Secretary, Manuel A. that the passengers be fed the same food RIndudes. Suggestion made to the stew­ as the crew and no extra additions. Stew- 1 ard to put some extra night lunches out. ard stated that passengers should be of- ' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING (Continued from page 5) for children; Indian beadcraft and other handicraft outfits; reasonably-priced cameras, telescopes and other equipment Gifts For Adults For older children and adults, many clothing items are less costly this year than last and will make welcome gifts. Items made of the newer synthetic materials like nylon, Orion, Dacron, etc., are noticeably less expensive this year. Here are other specific value-wise suggestions: SWEATERS: To be sure they'll wear well, check the tightness of weave. The seams should be bound with ribbon to keep their shape and withstand strain, or at least be very firmly sewn. ROBES: Most men actually don't like tl^e expensive, fanpilyrtci(nmed rayon isatin robes^ widely sold fov Ghrist-> mas giving. They are not warm, and wrinkle quickly. More preferable are flannel, corduroy or terry-cloth. In buying flannel robes, for man, woman, or child, hold the material up to the light to make sure it isn't thin in spots. LINGERIE: Buy well-made tailored lingerie instead of the fancily-trimmed but non-durable things the stores promote for Christmas giving. In slips, nylon tricot is a useful type at a reasonable cost this year. HOUSEDRESSES; A simply-made housedress of basic­ ally good material like 80-square percale is always an acceptable gift for a woman. Look for durable con­ struction details like generous seams and hem rather than fancy trimming. SP0RT;SMAN'S KNIVES: A !'Sportsman's" pocket knife is one of the most versatile and rugged tools a man can own. .It.hasi.Ariarge .spear> blade^'-sra'all'pen. blade, tait*^ October 7—Chairman, W. Orr; Secretary, J. Block. The new washing machine or­ dered by the captain will be installed on this trir north. There is S18.92 in the ship's fu.nd. Ship's delegate was author­ ized to buy aerial for the radio. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no date—Chairman, S, -Novak; Secretary, MIsterne. Repair lists should be turned into respective delegates. The steward department was given a vote of thanks. VALCHEM (Valentine), November 4— Chairman, L. Hagmann; Secretary, R. Geiiing. The crewmembers will draft and, send a telegram to the President of the US protesting the proposed cuts in the USPHS hospitals, as this would deprive merchant seamen from aid when needed. There is $112.07 in the ship's fund and the loan to Frank Maidanado has been paid. Repair lists will be made up. BARBARA MICHEL (Norto), October 38 —Chairman, E. Mmercelau; Secretary, Frank Cuilison. Motion made and car­ ried that crewmembers write a letter of protest to their congressmen to oppose the transfers of American-flag ships to a foreign flag. Discussion on use of the washing machine, and the crew was asked to exercise caution and considera­ tion in emptying tubs, and turning off machine when finished with s- mc. < i BEATRICE (Bull), November 8—Chair­ man, Red Campbell; Secretary, J. Ber­ nard. The chairman talked about the ILA and how they are trying to foul up the union. A vote of thanks given to the cooks for the fine meals they prepared. A little cooperation fr-jm the crew would be appreciated when dumping garbage. STEEL ARTISAN ilsthmian), August 14 —Chairman, Thomas Lowe; Secretary, A. Gaspar. The steward suggested that ail hands take good care of the linen, cots and cups. The three departments will take turns rotating in keeping the laun­ dry clean. September 24—Chairman, R. Beach; Secretary, F. P. O'Leary. Patrolman will be contacted to get in touch with the company about receiving mail. Sugges­ tion made that awning be placed on poop deck Had a little trouble getting trav­ elers checks cashed but when people see there Is nothing else to do they will cash them. Thanks given to the steward de­ partment for three good feeding trips. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), November 7—Chairman, M. G. Ohstrom; Secretary, D. Aguiia. Boston patrolman is contact­ ing .New York concerning new mattresses. Engine delegate will see the chief en­ gineer about a new hot water hose for washing machine, repairing latch on lower port engine room door and inade­ quate hot water in deck department showers. Puzzle Answer QSB DBS SIBB SSa [2]S!2ia[Sg) . [saBD : ESBQizaa sss .sDssia Hiaseii GOH@@ QBSiaas ^ QsizDssQ Esaa BBD [SDQC] ••a ODB Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying opener, screwdriver, cap lifter, corkscrew and awl— everything a Seafarer might need in one compact knife. SPORTS LANTERNS: Two interesting and useful battery-powered lanterns, for men who like hunting, fish­ ing and outdoor camping, are the Chest Light and the Head Lantern, sold by sporting goods stores and the large mail order houses like Montgomery Ward. The Chest Light is the size of a pack of cigarettes. You wear it around your neck on a strap. It was designed especially for night fishing so a man could use both hands for baiting hooks, etc. But it's even useful for changing a flat at night. The head lantern is designed like a miner's lamp and also frees a man's hands for fishing or other night activity. It can be worn on your head, carried as a hand lantern or used as a stationery light. It weighs only a quarter of a pound and has a long cord running to a four-cell battery case which you carry in your belt^ or pocket . ty �SEA^VxAiRSRatL^OtC 1_L Pare-EiffktecB.^^ ^ f 5IU Aids More PH5 Transfers *(»> SEAFARERS Several more Seafarers who have been treated in private or city hospitals have had SIU Welfare Services arrange transfers for them to a Public Health Service facility in recent weeks. One of them is Seafarer Victor Shavroff who suffered a severe compound fracture of his right leg enroute to his ship. As reported previously in the LOG the Public Health Serv­ ice will provide transportation for seamen from a private hospital to a Public Health facility in the event circum­ stances compel a seaman to seek treatment in a private hospital. Shavroff Further, PHS will pay the hospital bills in many instances, provided that PHS is notified immediately that the sea­ man seeks transfer. Welfare Service has been instru­ mental in arranging a good num­ ber of such transfers and seeing to it that the seamen's needs are met and that he has the necessary dis­ charges and seamen's papers on hand to qualify for admission to a PHS hospital. Ambulance Called In ShavrofC's case, he was on his way back to the Steel Artisan when he tripped and fell over an obstruction and was badly hurt. An ambulance was called, and Shayroff was rushed to Kings County hospital, a city institution, for immediate treatment. As soon as Welfare Services learned of the Seafarer's misfor­ tune, a Union representative head­ ed for the Kings County hospital to make necessary arrangements for his transfer. Because he un­ derwent extensive surgery on his fracture, Shavroff could not be moved immediately. What Welfare Services could do at the moment was to make certain that he was eligible to enter the Public Health Service hospital. Proof of his eli­ gibility was obtained, clearing the way for his transfer. ' After several days at King Coun­ ty, doctors in charge there notified the Union that Shavroff was in condition to make the ambulance trip across to Staten Island. The Public Health Service hospital was notified accordingly by Welfare Services and an ambulance sent to pick Shavroff up. Like other Seafarers involved in similar situations, Shavroff is eli­ gible for his SIU hospital benefit from the day he entered Kings 'County hospital. The hospital rep­ resentative will see to it that he collects -all money due him from the time of his injury. 0 (3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Je From 1 No, Seafarers Receivina Benefits this PeriodH 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer \ 1 Total Benefita Paid this Period | 1 ca WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hosoital Benefita Death Benefita Disability Benefita Maternity Benefita Vacation Benefita 1 Total Wvn .S-islI S Ooo 1 A M|| /. tfTS 00 AJ 3i mL I I 11 VP. rjir fA WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY following SIU families Henry James Gable, 1301 W. 7th the $200 maternity Street, Whistler, Ala. a $25 bond from the 4 4 4 baby's name: David Lee Hartline, born Sep­ Michael Ellis Prudhomme, born tember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Hartline, 2115 and Mrs. Joseph H. Prudhomme, Gaylord Drive, Dallas, Texas. 4 4 4 Covington, La. Debra Rae Casanova, born Sep­ 44> Keith Lee Ballance, born Octo- tember 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ober 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Casanova, 4303 CarMrs. Winfred N. Ballance, 218 W. tier Avenue, New Orleans, La. 16th Street, Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 Christopher Paul Achoy, born 4 Evonne Marie Richardson, born October 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Charles P. Achoy, 149 W. and Mrs. Hubert E. Richardson, 179th Street, Bronx, NY. Route 1, Box 35, Sulphur, La. 4 4 4 James Mitchell Black, bom Oq4 4 4 Deborah Anne Harbman, born tober 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and September 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James Black, 2058 Washing­ and Mrs. William H. Harbman, ton Avenue, Bronx, NY. 9027 W. Shorewood Drive, Mercer 4 4 4 Island, Wash. America Morales Muniz, born July 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Sharon Denise Juzang, born Oc­ Mrs. Jose Morales Vega, 263 tober 25, .1954. Parents, Mr. and Buenaventura Street, Villa PalMrs. James B. Juzang, 405 Calhoun meras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Delia Luz Perez, born August 27, 4,4 4 Marva Jean Gable, born August 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perez Negron, 334 Providencia All of the will collect benefit plus Union in the Operation Was Successful Street, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. 4 4 4 Jan Van, born October 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ching Z. Van, 134 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 4 4 4 4 Catherine Mary Rogers, born October 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick I. Rogers, 344 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Edward Michael Molineaux, born October 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Molineaux, 525 Pfiffer Street, Camden, NJ. Roberto Principe, Jr., born Octo­ ber 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roberto A. Principe, 514 £. 145th Street, Bronx, NY. Pedro Galarce, born September 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Galarce, 11 St. Marks Place, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 sasttd 3o — 00 f/ 00 22. S.ti99or4t 7f •Oi #1 • Date Benefits Beaaa WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 4 Marcus Webb Garrett, born Sep­ tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. Garrett, Route 1, Box 145, Fairbanks, Texas. 4 Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1930 * Death Benefita Paid Since luly 1. 1950 • Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 • Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total Cash on Hand Vacation (»Sl //J .sx. Bt/qy-r Of lS33at 9Q Vacation 00 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 'j ffa 707 rjt f fse //9OC0 ?7 CBJTBgiTI SQiBHS* Duclng th« Bonth of Cotobor tho Plan paid out ton DEATH BENEFITS oakihg a total for the year, aa at tho ond of Gotober, of 152. Tbo Plan alao paid out nlno-bundrod and thirty-two HOSPITAL BENEFITS'aaklBg a yoar to data totals aa of Getobor, of 9166* Tho aaount of MATBRNITI BEIEFITS paid for tho nonth of Gotober woro fifty-two, which glToa tho Plan a yoar to data total of A76e Thora woro thirty-olght DI3ABILITX BENEFITS paid during tba •onth, which glvoa a yoar to data total of 137Ge 1 %mhmine4 At Kcrfg Azuiumsf'KiminiRtrmteir Craig Philip Price, born October 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Price, 4611 Touro Street, New Orleans, La. James Lee Francum, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Francum, Route 9, Box 251, Lenoir, NC. Charles Wesley Stansbury, born October 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Stansbury, 19 Jeffry Street, Baltimore. Md. Judith Lynn Brookshire, born October 17,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire, 463 D Riverdale Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Tk Sharon Elizabeth Arscott, bom October 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Arscott, 1464 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Evelyn Vazquez, born October 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Polo Vazquez, 106 E. 116th Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ernest Jeffrey Harris, born Oc­ tober 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emest E4ison Harris, 3138 W. Solano Drive, South Phoenix, Arizona. y-.- ' ' "' , ' n Seafarer Bill Neef smUes happily from hii hospital bed after op­ eration to correct a long-standing eye-muscle defect Maik Darley, born August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mllburae Darley, 358 Drummond Park, Panama City, Fla. I SIU WELFARE SERVICES lEnunrar VOUft PR08UM IS OUR BUSINESS _ | �r-y^'-m Npir»r>i6;iAM<«W Group Off Seaffarers On The Mend SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Brothers, it looks like the Coast Guard is cooking up a little scheme on physical tests which would make it very tough on Seafarers. It appears they are out to hardtime all seamen, but especially the men who wind up in a hospital even though it was the shipowner's fault that they got hurt in the first place. The brothers in the hospitals can rest assured that the Union will fight this one all the way 4pwn the line. Watch the LOG for further details. Among the Union brothers hospitalized recently is Frank Strelitz of New York, who suffered an accident on the Seatrain Louisiana. Strelitz was night cook and baker aboard her, and was work­ ing in the meat box along with the steward when a heavy package of meat fell from the top shelf and hit him in the leg. .The result was a broken leg and a spell in the hospital for Brother Strelitz. Seafarer James Parker, AB off the Robin Trent, had to go in the hospital on November 18. Eye trouble has got him down. A double hernia put bi'other Joe Keelan out of action. Keelan was AB on the Chickasaw and entered the hospital on No­ vember 15. Leiner Seafarer Alexander Leiner of Brooklyn was laid low when his appendix started acting up. It appears that the doctors may operate on him in the near future. Leiner was carpenter on the Steel Fabricator his last trip out. Sam Jonas' troubles come from kidney stones. He's been in the hospital since November 15 getting treatment. His last ship was the Seagarden. Fred Delapenha, chief steward on the Steel Navi­ gator, had to go in the hospital for treatment of a skin rash that's been bothering him. Fred lives ashore in New York. A touch of high blood pres­ sure is keeping Seafarer Frank Fandino out of action for a while. He was fireman-watertender on the Alcoa Roamer his last trip. Among the other brothers now in the hospital are E. Ramirez off the Beauregard; John Quigley, who was messman on the Steel, Rover; Thomas Maher, who was oiler on the Steel Traveler; Albert Delapenha Willis, oiler on the Bethcoaster on his last trip and George Robinson who was readmitted with a heart ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Joseph F. Adams James Hudson Thomas Ankerson Henry Jeffrey Leonard Kay Louis Arena Wini.nm D. Austin £. G. Knapp WUliam R. Bates D. KoroUa Paul Laborde Perry Bland Leo H. Lang Victor Bonura Pierre Leblanc George Books Tbeo E. Lee Charles Brady Jesse Lyles John E. Brady James M. Mason August A. Brosig Vincent Michel Owen Butler Nick Mutin ^hn Carolan Sebastian Carregal Albert W. Nelson WillUm D. Ott C. W. Champlin Aurello Patlngo Cloise Coats Randolph Ratcllft S. Cope WUliam Roberts £mile P. Davies Henri Robin Joseph Denton M. J. Rodriguez Serio M. Desoso Clarence Dyer Edward Samrock Harry L. Schuler John Emory Benjamin Seal Marcus Evans Luther Seldle Thomas Fields Wade Sexton WUliam Fisher Paul Signorlno Olever Flynn Warren Simmons Leo Flntenot George Glerczie Nicholas Tala J. Vonholden George Gordano Roy M. Green J. E. Ward Paul Hebert Milton Wetzell Lyle Hipp WUUam Witty USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. WUliam E. Ellis l.estcr C. Long Jack M. Hudson Mike Michellk S. Johannessenn Richard L. Welch USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Albert DeForest USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong G. M. Gonzales Lyles D. Brunson Abel N. Salas W. S. Connors « Joseph Solleau Thomas Dawson Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Carl R. Johnson Henry J. Chllds Aloyslus Kessen C. J. Neumaler Luke Clamboll Leo Cronsohn Joe Perreira GUbcrt Promutico Andrew Franklin Franklin Gilman W. Tlmmerman Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Arthur Botelho George F. Lechler B. M. Bumpass JERSEY CITY POLY HOSP. JERSEY CITY. NJ Ssteban Morales USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSP. MIAMI. FLORIDA William O. Gregory SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Feseph Xoslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Woodrow A. Meyers Edward J. Toolan PHILADELPHIA GEN. HOSP. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nlelson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed , A. H. Mander George T. Coleman WUliam E. Neel ' Irving DeNobriga Joseph Neuhaucr John J. Doherty Oscar Olsen Joseph P. Farrell Abe Partner Brigido Figueroa John Qulgley George W. Flood W. L. Rackley David S. Furman Jose Rodriguez EsteU Godfrey Mattl Ruusukallio Fred Hauser Jose Salgado Vlncent Jones WiUiam Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Chong Sun Richard Koch Pedro Vlllabol Nils H. Lunsquist Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrlck Hurlbut Free Francis Lynch Claude Blanks Joseph McGraw Robert Booker Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Frank Mackey Joseph G. Carr Vic Mllazzo Ho Yee Choe Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Pedro Peralto Bart Gutanick John Hass James C. PoweU Talb Hassen George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemora John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwlg Kristiansen Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry • Harry S. Tuttle James Lawlor Renato VlUata Kaarel Leetmaa Virgil Wllmoth James Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alassvich Arnfin A. Oyhui E. F. Broussard J. £. SennevUle Walter E. Gordon Matthew A. Stabile USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Jlmmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore Rufus L. Field A. A. Turlington James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb Albert W. Lima JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. FA. Royal Hargraves USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Marcelo Arong Hugo B. Jeffcoat Thomas B. Bryant T. E. Lanphear John Castro Peter Lannon Carl E. Chandler Robert G. McKnew Oswald M. Ergle Roscoe T. MUton Max FeUx Eugene G. Plahn Louis Flrlle Thomas A. Scanlon Gorman T. Glaze Weldon C. Wade Michael Jablonskl J. C. Whatley Edward Janowski Chambers Wlnskey ;v! Recuperating from a variety of injuries at the Staten Island USPHS hospital are these five Seafarers. Standing, left to right, are: George Coleman, John Doherty, and Norman West, Seated, George Flood and Matty Ruusukallio. Lobster Tail Tainted, Co. Blames Victim Rock lobster tails are considered a delicacy by many people but there's one Seafarer who will have no part of them from now on. He is Edwin Christian, who went through a lengthy bout of food poisoning after dining on the South African specialty while aboard the Robin Trent. ' Piling insult on injury, the that he get further medical treat­ obligation over and. above apy company tried to get Christian ment. He checked in at the Staten maintenance and cure that was due to sign a statement, which declared, Island hospital where his ailment him. The .statement declared, was diagnosed as severe food among other things, that Christian among other poisoning. things, that he knew the food was bad when he Since he is still not fit for duty ate it. was aware the Christian came up to the headquar­ food was tainted Christian wisely refused to sign ters Welfare Services office for the statement and hotfooted it before he ate it. advice on how to collect mainte­ back to the M'elfare Services office. Christian hasn't signed the pa­ nance and cure. The company Welfare Services gently reminded pers, and SIU office was contacted and Christian the company that he would not was sent there to pick up money have to sign any statements of this Welfare Services due him. has made it clear kind to collect his maintenance to the company When he got to the company money. At last word, Christian had Christian that he would not office he was first asked to sign a not signed the paper and wa& well have to sign them to collect his statement which would iiave re­ on his way toward receiving full lieved the company of financial compensation for his ailment. maintenance and cure. Out of Action Christian's troubles began aboard the Robin Trent after the lobster tail dinner in a South African port. He and several other crewmembers became violently ill with all the standard symptoms of food poison­ ing. While he was given medica­ A Seafarer who was suddenly stricken seriouslv ill had his tion, he failed to recover and was wife rushed to his bedside from Houston, Texas, with the out of action all the way back to assistance of SIU Welfare Services. Further, as soon as he the States. was well enough to be moved,• — On the ship's arrival in New the Union arranged for him to i Houston branch office and asked York, Christian was examined by a be transferred from a local the agent there to get in touch "ompany doctor who recommended hospital to the Public Health Serv- with Eklund's wife. Once she was ice Hospital on Staten Island notified, Welfare Services made arwhere he is now given a decent rangements for her to fly to Eklund's bedside. chance of pulling through. „ , „ „ in a few days, Eklund started to Seafarer Gustave Eklund was ij-espond to medical treatment. Despite the best efforts of aboard the Seatrain Savannah when Meanwhile, Weifare Services was the authorities, the Public he suddenly suffered a severe re­ in constant touch with the hospital. Health Service Hospitals are currence of an old ulcer ailment. As soon as the Union office was still plagued with ambulance He was in serious condition and notified tliat Eklund could be chasers. Seafarers approached had to receive immediate medical moved, it made arrangements with by these characters or their treatment. Fortunately, the ,ship the Public Health Service for an front men are advised for was docked at Edgewater, New ambulance to pick him up and take their own good to give them a Jersey, and Eklund was rushed to him to Staten Island. fast brushoff. the Englewood Hospital for emer­ Eklund was transferred on No­ It is well known that the gency aid. vember 15, and is still on the criti­ ranks of the ambulance chasers Welfare Services was notified cal list. His wife stood by him for contain many who will charge from the hospital that Eklund was two weeks and then, satisfied that excessive fees or simply sell in critical condition and miglit not he was receiving the best possible out their clients to the com­ survive. It contacted the SIU's care, returned home to Houston. panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or The deaths of the following Sea­ rence, Massachusetts. Burial took injured and being hypnotized farers have been reported to the place at Immaculate Conception by a fast line of chatter. Wait Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachu­ until you are "recovered and $2,500 death benefits are being setts. Brother Lane joined the then if you need an attorney Union in June 1940, in New York paid to their beneficiaries: go out and shop around for and has been sailing as an AB. He the best attorney and the best John D. Lane, 50: On November is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vena deal you can get. 10, 1954, Brother Lane died of na­ Lane, 210 Arlington Street, Law­ tural causes at liis home in Law­ rence, Massachusetts. Seafarer Seriously Ailing, Wife Flown To Bedside Beware Ot Cane Chasers 1 �u SEAFARERS^ LOG Nov. 26, 1954 * OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND QULf DISTRICT > AFL 7 •1 Seafaring men have a unique sef of customs for all occasions, and the sea burial is very much a part of their tradition. Whether it is performed because of a dying wish, simple sentiment, or for health and safety reasons, the burial at sea is a singu­ larly solemn affair. The flag dips to half-mast, ship's engines come to a halt and the ship's log records the time, place and cause of the event while his shipmates gather on deck to pay their last respects. Ship's flag (above, left) stays at half-masf for as long as the deceased remains aboard the vessel. Here, Bosun H. Knaflich (left) and L. Tyburczy, DM, sew up the canvas. For his passage to the deep, the departing seaman is entombed in a weighted canvas bag or casket draped with the flag and a solemn prayer is intoned. Soon after, engines resume, and' the work of the living goes on. -«> m 11"' • • • The photos on this page record the burial of Seafarer Peter Cheklin, 56, a member of the SlU for the past ten years, who died of a heart attack on August 31, 1954, aboard the SS Mother M.L, enroute from San Francisco to Korea. pn day of funeral, engines stop and crew gathers to pay last respects. Chief Mate reads Bible as ship's delegate A. Anderson (short sleeves). Captain, others bow heads. r In mid-ocean, orew observes two minutes of silence In tribute to their departed shipmate after prayer is read at short burial service on dech. end of service, make-shift platform holding flagaped coffin is dipped towards sea and the weighted g drops into water. The ceremony performed at that time was typical of those which ships' crews are called on to perform on such occasions and which seamen have been taking part In for centuries. After the deceased is given to the sea, orew lines rail to pay last tribute as first and third assistant engineers oarefully fold the fiag. iinglnes start up again and ship circles buoy dropped to mark the place of burial three times. This is "last look and foodby," as ship's work and voyage rssumes. � 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 November 24, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GOV'T AGENCY REVIVES DRIVES AGAINST '50-50' BALTO HALL SERVICES HUM CAFETERIA MAKES DEBUT VOTE HEAVY IN ALL PORTS GA. TOWN'S 'LICENSE' BARS UNION ACTIVITY ISTHMIAN TO CALL AT HONG KONG CRIMP RIG PROMISES-BUT... FUTURE OF RESERVE FLEET TO HING ON CONVERSIONS NO HALL ADDING LAUNDRY, NEW RECREATION FACILITIES CS TO TRADE 7 T-2'S FOR 3 SUPERTANKERS SOUTH ATLANTIC MAY GET SUBSIDY COAST GUARD AMBUSH HOPE FOR THE HOSPITALS LATE STARTERS CAN APPLY 20 YEARS AGO SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, ROUGH SEAS PROVE BAD 'DAILY DOUBLE' ON MADAKET TOP SKIPPER RATES A PAT, SEAMAN SAYS SIU AIDS MORE PHS TRANSFERS LOBSTER TAIL TAINTED, CO. BLAMES VICTIM BURIAL AT SEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c7a44767f87fde85941b34f1842cedd4.PDF 828deea26e3d0781a1bf71211eea699f PDF Text Text Vol. XXiX No. 24 SEAFARERS UMS Novombor 24, 1967 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ' •%• .;;^y v-" * V', ' w" ^' '-'' i ry: -' • J .'• ' '.• •, . •:** V f.t, '.h ,- -. -. • • ,'". -,• , .'V -'f* I. ^ ' . -. . -'• "•* .•; • - (••. -r • ;::j^ - " <s\ I'.C V . K '• • -^r" .,.;* /./ - - •• 1^" •, -1 .•}•* \ "k •• 1*1 vi;.>» ^'ri. \-k>, >• TUif.r' • ^>l^/ P-'f* L.-i" 3i^ :.^'V'':». i;","V>rvtX"3v,^v, ;--•. - \XKf{ �Pmge Two Soviet Union Widening Gap Over U.S. in Fleet Capabilities,MARAD Reports WASHINGTON—The rapid rate at which the Soviet Union is outdistancing the United States in maritime capability was brought into grim new focus last week with the release of an official report by the U.S. Maritime Administration. Not only have the Soviets' ucts—among the few items it has Also, Russia's modem fishing "become a major maritime for export—to the West. The fleet, while not considered in the power in less than a decade" by growth of its tanker fleet enabled context of the study as part of doubling their merchant fleet to the Soviet to increase such ship­ 9.6 million deadweight tons in just the merchant marine, can be five years, the report said, but a switched over to a fleet of mine­ ments in its own tankers from continued annual growth of one sweepers and is now doing service 2.8 million tons in 1955 to 27 million tons is anticipated until as observation posts outside the million tons in 1965. Foreign ex­ 1970. By comparison, this coun­ territorial waters of non-Com­ change earned from this increase try added a mere 166,000 tons munist nations. is paying for scientific, industrial to its fleet last year and it is ex­ and agricultural supplies and As a state-owned enterprise, pected that this year's figure may the Soviet merchant fleet can be equipment which Russia buys be less. used as a political instrument for from the West. While many officials in the economic purposes and an eco­ The MARAD study noted two U.S. Administration have tended nomic instrument for political other considerations which have to play down Russia's seagoing purposes, the MARAD report been taken into account by the expansion and continue to regis­ declared. Thus, Russian shipping Russians. First, domestic trans­ ter relative unconcern over the authorities could lower their port is necessary to serve a grow­ poor condition of the American freight rates in any trade at any ing national economy. Secondly, fleet, the MARAD report sharply time they choose for either of political and economic considera­ emphasizes the widening gap be­ these purposes. tween the two countries. tions require sea transport service to other developing nations and Advances In Technology Carry Ifalf of Commerce to Cuba, North Vietnam and It is made clear that Soviet While chartering some of their advances have not been in ton­ merchant ships out to acquire North Korea — particularly for the carriage of crude oil and pe­ nage alone but also in foreign foreign exchange, the Russians commerce, technology and versa­ troleum products. carry about half of all their for­ tility. A few days prior to the release eign trade in Soviet-flag ships as For example, her merchant well. (Only 7.3 of this country's of the MARAD report, Edwin M. marine—more than half of which foreign trade is carried in U.S.- Hood, president of the Shipbuild­ is less than five years old, while ers Council of America, had flag ships.) 80 percent of the U.S. fleet is called the Soviet Union's expand­ In its spectacular growth from over 20 years old—is easily 1960 to 1965, the MARAD sur­ ing seapower even more of a adaptable as a naval auxiliary. vey said, Russia added a variety threat to the security of the U.S. The new passenger ships are readily convertible to troop trans­ of tankers, freighters and passen­ than Russia's ICBMs and its frac­ ports and the large number of ger ships to raise its fleet from tional orbital bomb being devel­ timber carriers can be quickly 13th to seventh among the ship­ oped. converted to missile carriers. ping nations of the world. (It is Speaking to the Progressive now said to be fifth, one ahead of Club of the Newport Shipbuilding the United States.) & Dry Dock Co., here, Hood said Along with its fleet expansion, "the margin of seapower super­ the Soviet Union has given much iority which sets us apart from attention to the elimination of other nations is only slight" and bottlenecks, and the best possible even then "there is an alarming utilization of ships, by increased imbalance between the quality and port construction and improve­ effectiveness of our naval and NAHCOTTA, Wash. —Mem­ ments for the movement of cargo maritime strength." bers of the SIUNA-affiliated Shoal- and ships at home, in satellite Russia, Hood warned, "with water Bay Oyster Workers Union nations and in lesser developed a superiority of merchant ships, here have voted 56 to 14 to ac­ countries. capable of strangulating essential cept a new contract worked out As a means of entering mar­ trade routes . . . could slowly between union negotiators and em­ kets largely dominated by West­ suffocate the commerce of the ployers and have ended their 29ern producers, the report pointed free nations and thereby attain day-old strike. out, the U.S.S.R. finds it desirable their goals in a less costly, The new three-year agreement, to increase the sale and transport more humanitarian manner," than concluding the strike which began of crude oil and petroleum prod­ bombs. October 4, calls for a ten percent SIU West Coast Fishermen OK New Contract wage increase during the first year, a three-percent raise during the second year, and a guarantee of at least a three-percent wage hike during the pact's third year. Also included in the contract is a pro­ vision for an even greater wage adjustment during the third year, should the cost of living rise sharply. Receives First SfU Pension Check Another West Coast strike, in­ volving fishermen of the SIUNAaffiliated Seine and Line Fisher­ men's Union of San Pedro is still continuing with a fleet of 40 tuna boats remaining tied-up at the San Pedro docks. According 'to Steve Hoinsky, secretary-treasurer of the fisher­ men's union, the major strike issue centers around certain deductions presently made by boatowners in arriving at a fishermen's share or wages for a trip. "Our fishermen," said Hoinsky, "are simply trying. to protect what they have already earned." November 24, 1967 'SEAF'A^ERS LOG Philemon Matthys (right) receives first SIU pension check from New York Patrolman George McCartney at USPHS hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. The 60-year-old native of Belgium has been a member of the Union since 1942 and sailed as Fireman-Watertender-Oiler. Report of International President by Paul Hall Despite the doubts which many people entertained, we have been able to make 1967 a year of significant progress for the cause of the U.S. merchant, marine. Congress has already passed, and the President has signed into law, legislation overhauling the appropriations procedure for the merchant fleet. From this point onward, the House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee and the Senate Commerce Committee will have the first oppor­ tunity on Capitol Hill to review maritime budgets and to recommend maritime appropriations. The House of Representatives—by an overwhelming 326-44 margin ^has approved legislation giving the Maritime Administration back its independence. And now. Congress has begun to move on its own—without any initiative from the White House—to develop a maritime program that at long last indicates a recognition of our maritime shortcomings, and provides a basis for moving forward to regain maritime supremacy. Hearings over the next several months will develop the case for an all-out effort to strengthen American shipping and American ship­ building. They will make it plain that this country's interests on the high seas can be.st be .served only through the development of our own maritime capabilities—not through the continued use of foreign-flag ships, built abroad and crewed by citizens of other nations. The hearings which will be conducted will make it plain to all Americans that it would be intolerable to continue the past practices of heaping subsidy after subsidy on the favored few in this country— the passenger liners—to the exclusion of the other important elements of the industry like the tramps, the tankers, the fishing fleet, and our inland waterways and Great Lakes shipping. And the hearings will demonstrate that the government's increased investment in the merchant fleet will be repaid many times—in a stronger domestic economy, in a more favorable balance-of-payments position, in greater American prestige around the globe, and in an auxiliary to our armed forces that will strengthen our military pos'ure. For the past 12 months, we in the Maritime Trades Department —and those in maritime management who stood firmly with us—have referred to 1967 as the "year of decision" in merchant marine matters. It is now quite clear that the decision has been made. It has been made by the Congress—and it has been a decision that we must go forward, not backward, on the high seas. Japanese Govt Seeks Boost In Tonnage for Nation's Ships HONOLULU—Japan is oceans apart from the U. S. geograph­ ically and from all indications it appears that the Japanese govern­ ment intends to bridge those oceans with imports and exports car­ ried for the most part on Japa-^ The Japanese estimate that by nese-flag ships. the fiscal year 1971, the inbound According to U. Alexis John­ tonnage will be 382,000,000 tons son, the United States Ambassa­ and the outbound tonnage 39,dor to Japan, the Japanese gov­ 000,000 tons. Ambassador John­ ernment would like to have 55 son said that he feels this estimate percent of their imports and 63 to be a little on the conservative percent of their expmis moving side. solely on Japanese-flag ships by One of the causes for the dis­ 1971. parity between Japanese imports In a recent talk here before the and exports is the enormous quan­ American Merchant Marine Con­ tity of raw materials, such as coal ference and the Propeller Club of and iron ore, needed for manufac­ the United States, Johnson men­ tioned that U. S. statistics are min- turing. The Japanese export iscule in comparison. The exact mostly electronic goods, cameras, percentage of trade (imports and clothing and other items which exports) carried on American- weigh relatively little and usually bring in huge freight revenues be­ owned bottoms is 7.3%. In 1965, Johnson pointed out, cause of their higher value. Japanese-flag vessels carried just The U. S. Ambassador pointed over one-third of Japan's exports out that even if the Japanese real­ and 45% of its imports. ize the percentage goah they want The total 1965 inbound ton­ by 1971, the amount of cargo nage to Japan was about 220,0(X),000 metric tons and the out­ exported from that nation aboard bound tonnage was 25,000,000 ships of other natiomdities will metric tons. American-flag ships rise from 14,500,000 tons in 1965 carried only about 700,000 tons to 18,000,000 in 1971 and iim each of the inbound and outbound ports from 112,500,000 to 140,cargo, according to Johnson.' 000,000 tons. �itiSfei ^^enlber 1^4, 1967 SEAFARERS Six More Seafarers WinUtenses AsSagiaeers; Tata!Now 192 Reyes Peden Kellogg Anderson Six more Seafarers have been added to the growing ranks of those who have passed Coast Guard examinations for an engineer's li­ cense. The men completed the course of study offered by the jointly sponsored SIU-MEBA'^ District 2 School for Marine En­ as a FOWT. Born in Pennsyl­ gineers. A total of 192 Sea­ vania, he lives in Philadelphia. E. D. Connolly earned a sec­ farers have now upgraded to an ond assistant's license. He is 43 engineer's license after attending years old and a native of the the school. British West Indies. A resident Three of the men upgraded to of Houston, he joined the SIU second assistant and three are new in that port in 1960. Connolly third assistant engineers. sailed as pumpman and FOWT. A new third assistant, James Kellogg joined the SIU in 1964 in the port of New York. Born in Springfield, Mass., he makes his home in that city. Kellogg is 44 years old and sailed as FOWT. Gordon Anderson is 40 years old. He was bom in Canada and is a resident of Seattle. Anderson Hale Connolly joined the Union in Seattle in James Hale is a new second 1957. A new second assistant, he assistant engineer. He was bom sailed as FOWT. in Oakland, Calif., and resides in Engine department Seafarers Portland, Ore. Hale sailed as are eligible to apply for the up­ FOWT and joined the Union in grading program if they are 19 1956 in the port of Wilmington. years of age or older and have He is 38 years old. 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watch Felipe Reyes is 31 years old. standing time in the engine de­ A native of Alabama, he lives in partment, plus six months' expe­ Houston. Reyes received his third rience as a wiper or equivalent. assistant's license after sailing as Those who qualify and wish to FOWT and engine utility. He enroll in the school can obtain joined the Union in Mc^ile in additional information and apply 1953. for the course at any Sit J hall or Kenneth Peden is a new third write directly to SIU headquarters laiistant. The 29-year-oId Sea­ at 675 Fourth Avenue in Brook­ farer joined the SIU in the port lyn, New York, 11232. The tele­ of Philadelphia in 1964. He sailed phone number is Hyacinth 9-6600. MTD Hits Congress Cutbacks On AnthPoverty Program WASHINGTON—The six-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trade" Department today called for the defeat of amendments which would sharply curtail the effectiveness of the anti-poverty program. In telegrams to members of Congress, MTD President Paul Hill, labeled opponents of the anti-poverty program "fat cats" who wanted to emasculate the program in order to "thwart the legitimate aspirations of the im­ poverished to share in the nation's affluence." Hall said that "the false slogan of 'economy' and the malicious charge of 'maladministration' " by opponents of the program con­ stituted a "smoke screen" behind which they sought to hide in wag­ ing war on the anti-poverty pro­ gram. The full text of Hall's telegram follows: "On behalf of the six million menibers of the 38 na­ tional and international unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, I urge you to protect the anti-poverty program from the attacks of those who would destroy one of this na­ tion's most-needed activities. "Those who would curtail the effectiveness of community action groups or who would withhold funds from this vital program are either misguided or guilty of gross and callous disregard of those who live in our urban slums or our rural pockets of poverty. "I urge you to ignore the cries of the 'fat cats' who seek to use the false slogan of 'economy' and the malicious charge of 'malad­ ministration' as a smoke screen to hide their real intent—to thwart the legitimate aspirations of the impoverished to share in the na­ tion's affluence. "The nation's disadvantaged de­ serve an opportunity to participate in our society, and the community action programs give them this opportunity. They deserve the chance to become self-respecting, dues-paying members of society, and the anti-poverty program offer them this chance. "The future, not only of those who live in poverty but of our entire society, hinges on the out­ come of this vote." LOG Page Three Garmatz and Magnuson Introduce Bills Five-Year Fleet Upgrading Program Proposed in Joint House, Senate Bills WASHINGTON—A new five-year program calling for the revitalization of the American merchant marine has been proposed jointly in both houses of Congress. Identical bills were introduced in the Senate by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) and in the House by Representative Ed­ ward A. Garmatz (D-Md.)— rect the neglect and piecemeal ap­ concerned to express their views both without the endorsement proaches of the past 20 years. and to make appropriate sugges­ The Congress must examine the tions." of the President. Highlights of the proposed new The move, on November 9, had requirements of the situation." Recalling the fruitless threemaritime program, as detailed in been anticipated during recent year wait by Congress for the the bill are: weeks following warnings by leg­ • Authorization of $300 mil­ islators that White House failure President's "new policy for the merchant marine," Garmatz de­ lion each year for five years to to act on a national maritime clared that he and other Con­ subsidize annual building of 35 to policy would no longer be toler­ gressional leaders — including 40 vessels of various types. This ated and that Congress would be forced to draft a program of its Magnuson—had had numerous is almost three times the annual discussions with the Executive appropriations in recent years. own before it was too late. • For fiscal 1969 only, $30 Provided for in the bills are the branch on the subject and the new bill "reflects the basic understand­ million to be spent on upgrading construction of 35 to 40 ships ings which we . . . had tentatively of the better quality ships in the annually with government aid; ex­ arrived at as a reasonable vehicle reserve fleet. tension of operating-differential More Subsidy Extensions subsidies to dry bulk carriers, a for the modernization of our mari­ time programs and policies." new system of subsidy determina­ • An allotment of $25 million In his remarks to the Senate on tion; the building of a fleet of annually—more than triple the nuclear-powered vessels and the the bill, Magnuson agreed that amount presently designated—for establishment of tax differential "there is no question but that in research and development. construction research funds to all the vast demands upon the budget • Eligibility for shipyards, as operators of merchant and fishing dollar there is a keen competition well as operating companies, to for funds." Noting the conflict in vessels. apply for ship construction sub­ Garmatz, chairman of the Vietnam "which has great reper­ sidies and extention of the prac­ cussions upon federal expendi­ House Merchant Marine and Fish­ tical eligibility for such funds to eries Committee, acknowledged tures," the chairman of the Sen­ non-liner companies. Also a shift that accomplishment of the objec­ ate subcommittee on Merchant of construction subsidy rates from tives contained in the bill would Marine and Fisheries said: "It individual ships to types of ships. be costly in the face of other is my firm conviction that alloca­ • Extention of operating sub­ heavy demands on national re­ tions of funds for the revitaliza­ sidies to presently unsubsidized tion of the United States mer­ sources. chant marine should be of great dry bulk carriers and liner com­ "But we sincerely believe that panies. priority." further indecision and delay in • Authorization of new experi­ Seeks Industry Support proceeding toward those objec­ mental operating subsidy pay­ tives will be vastly more costly to Magnuson pointed out that the ment systems. our national welfare," he said. ultimate location of the Maritime • Tax exempt construction re­ "We can not wait longer to cor- Administration is being consid­ serve funds, now granted only to ered under a separate bill and is subsidized liner companies, would not involved in the present bill. be extended to all operators. One ". . . The most important thing of the purposes of this section is to the merchant marine and to to help Great Lakes operators and the nation is a realistic and work­ also to aid the fishing fleet in the able program which will allow cost of new tonnage or reconstruc­ more ships to be built and oper­ tion of existing vessels. ated under the U.S. flag." • Encouragement of industry Calling for the "unified sup­ in nuclear-powered ship develop­ WASHINGTON — President port of maritime interests" in ment and authorization to "pro­ Johnson has signed into law the enactment of the Congressional vide so much of the aid" needed Congress-approved bill which in­ proposal, Magnuson said "we are that may be "in excess of the cost cludes funds for the financing of bound and determined to enact of developing the proposed ship the Maritime Administration and a program with or without that or ships" had they been of the the Federal Maritime Commis­ support. The condition of our conventional type. • Permission for limited nego­ sion for the fiscal year ending fleet leaves no alternative." June 30, 1968. "We shall try to move as rap­ tiation, as opposed to competitive The appropriations bill, H.R. idly as we can," Magnuson prom­ bidding, in new subsidized ship 10345, was cited as the Depart­ ised, "while still allowing all construction. ments of State, Justice and Com­ merce, the Judiciary, and Related no Representative Visits Headquarters Agencies Appropriation Act and has been designated Public Law 90-133. Included in the bill was a stipu­ lation that none of the funds would be used for the construc­ tion of U.S. ships in foreign ship­ yards and a provision of $1,950,000 for the continued oper­ ation of the nuclear ship Savan­ nah. An earlier Administration plan to put the vessel in moth­ balls was successfully discouraged by industry and congressional leaders who felt its operation served a worthwhile purpose. Funds allocated for maritime are generally higher than in 1967. Money for ship construction sub­ sidies is up $36,315,000 to $143 million; operating subsidies are up $25 million to 200 million; O. Steen Seiersen (center), assistant to the director general of there is $9,575,000 for research the International Labor Organization, visited SIU headquarters and development (up $2,075,000); in New York, recently. Seiersen is assigned to maritime af­ $6,395,000 for maritime training (up $202,000); and $3.6 million fairs. He has been researching containerization of ships and paid for the Federal Maritime Com­ a visit to SlU-contracted Sea-Land vessels with SIU representa­ tive Ed Mooney (left). At the right is Union rep Peter Drewes. mission (up $181,000). President OKs Measure Hiking MARAD Funds �Pagte Foitr NoTCMkcr 84. |.9<^7 SeAPdRXUS LOG House Passes AnthPoverty Bill; AFL'CIO Raps Slash In FaaJs Seven More Seafarers Join Growing SlU Pension Roster Seven more Seafarers have been added to the list of those men now collecting an SIU pension which provides financial security during their retirement years. The latest additions to the pension roster include Alexander King- ^ sepp, Juan Coliazo, Donald Gardner, Albert Smith, Alejo Cruz, Daniel Piccerelli and An­ dreas Swenson. Alexander Kingsepp sailed in the engine department Bom in Estonia, he joined the SIU in the port of New York. He lives in Queens, N. Y., with his wife, Anna. Kingsepp's last ship was Piccerelli the Steel Executive. Albert Smith sailed as bosun Juan Coliazo joined the union and his last ship was the Seattle.' in the port of New York. A native He joined the Union in the port of Puerto Rico, of Baltimore and sailed for 26 he sailed as a years with the SIU. A native of steward. He now Scotland, Smith and his wife, resides in the Margaret, live in Issaquah, Wash. Bronx with his Alejo Cruz was born in Puerto wife, Rafaela. Rico and he and his wife now Coliazo last ship­ make their home in the Bronx. A ped on the Wild member of the deck department, Ranger. Cruz was last on the Long Beach. Donald Gard- He joined the union in the port of Coliazo lives with his wife, New York. Yoshie, in Shirley, L. L, N. Y. A native of British Guiana, Gard­ ner shipped as chief steward and joined the Union in the port of New York. A 28-year SIU vet­ eran, his last ship was the Trans-' superior. WASHINGTON—The House voted 283-129 to continue the nation's war on poverty but Im­ posed a budget cut which the AFL-CIO denounced as a roadblock to an effective program. The money slash was adopted by a 221-190 rollcall ballot. On this key issue, 148 Re-^* • publicans and 73 Democrats tion programs to elected public passage of the anti-poverty bill voted to chop 22 percent from officials and would require local without crippling amendments the $2.06 billion authorization programs to put up 10 percent through a basically conservative sought by President Johnson— of the cost in cash as well as 10 House was viewed in the nation's dropping it to $1.6 billion. Voting percent in services and facilitias. capital as a major Administration to keep the full amount were 162 The Senate-passed bill continues victory. Democrats and 28 Republicans. the present 90-10 financing, with At the start of the six-day de­ Earlier, however, the House de­ the 10 percent local contribution bate, there was a serious question cisively rejected a series of Repub­ payable in services. as to whether any poverty bill lican amendments to dismember could muster a majority in a The decision of the House Edu­ the program and cut the budget cation and Labor Committee to House seemingly hopelessly split even further. give elected public officials greater over the direction the war on pov­ The next step is up to House- control over programs in their erty should take and over whether Senate conferees. The Senate had communities was credited with in fact the entire program should previously approved a strength­ helping to hold southern votes be scrapped. ened anti-poverty program, with against repeated Republican at­ The final vote, at the end of an a $2.26 billion spending ceiling— tempts to change the entire struc­ exhausting 12-hour day, brought $200 million more than the Ad­ ture of the war on poverty. the biggest bipartisan majority for ministration had sought. the program in its three-year his­ Republicans turned out in an In a telegram to the conferees, tory—a stronger vote of confi­ AFL-CIO Legislative Director unsuccessful attempt to substitute dence than had been mustered Andrew J. Biemiller declared that state rather than city and county even in the liberal 89th Congress. the House action "saved the struc­ control, but GOP leaders were While hard-core opponents were ture of the war on poverty, but noticeably absent on a vote on an mocking the program—at times in amendment by Democrat Augus­ much more is needed." language similar to the "rat de­ In the AFL-CIO's opinion, Bie­ tus F. Hawkins (Calif.) to leave bate" earlier this year—the new the community action programs miller stressed, every congress­ urban coalition was making quiet man who voted for the budget as they are now. progress in the lobbies of the slash "was voting against an ef­ Viewed As Victory Capitol and in the offices of con­ fective program to eradicate pov­ Despite the money reduction. gressmen. erty." He added; "The conferees can —and must — restore the funds and strengthen the program which are vitally necessary to help those Americans at the bottom of the The National Right-to-Work Committee, with right-to-work states, with only a single exception, economic ladder. An affluent na­ no accomplishment of any significance to its credit have slipped far below the national average in tion can do no less." in more than four years, is currently flooding per-capita income since enacting RTW laws. These Even if the conference improves the mails with anti-union propaganda and solici­ facts are obviously well known to elected state on the House bill — as it is ex­ tations of support from small businesses and large officials, as well as voters. With the exception of pected to do—the decisive money corporations alike. blocking 14(b) repeal, the National Right-to-Work show-down is still to come. ^vering letters beg for help "in the struggle" Committee and its state affiliates have suffered Separate legislation is required to against what they falsely tout as "compulsory defeat in one state after another—most recently actually appropriate the. funds unionism" in which workers are "forced, against in Oklahoma. No new state has been added to Congress authorizes, and the their will, to become members of labor organiza­ the RTW list in over four years and the concept powerful House economy bloc has tions and pay tribute for the right to earn a is on shaky ground in several states where it is served notice it will fight any sig­ living." the law. nificant increase over last year's They are careful to avoid mention of the fact Facts Disregarded appropriation of slightly more that no union representation election is held out­ Also conveniently overlooked is the fact that than $1.6 billion. side the supervision of the National Labor Rela­ the NLRB last year processed a record 13,385 tions Board and that they are held when a sub­ In addition to the money dif­ petitions for voluntary elections in unorganized stantial number of employees express a desire ference, the House bill would give shops—many of which are operated by RTW to be represented by a Union. more control over community acadvocates who help to promote the myth of "com­ The mail campaign of the right-wing supported pulsory unionism." The year ending last June 30 RTW Committee is well-designed to distort the was also a record-high one in the number of facts and is sent out in two waves. First there is a unfair labor practice charges filed with the NLRB. SEAFARERS^S^LOC letter over the signature of the president the Typical of such charges are those stemming from committee, S. D. Cadwallader, claming credit for the illegal abuse of its employees by J. P. Stevens, Nov. 24. 1967 • Vol. XXIX No. 24 the defeat of liberal and labor attempts to repeal the union-busting textile giant which dominates OffleiaJ Publication of the the anti-union section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley a sizeable portion of the RTW state of North Seafarers International Union Act and calling for efforts on the part of all Carolina. of North America. individuals to extend the principle of right-toAtlanUc, Gulf, Lakes Far from protecting the right of individuals to and Inland Waters District, work—a principle dedicated to making the union join unions voluntaqly as it claims, the Right-to AFL-CIO shop illegal and depriving employees of a united Work Committee pours millions of dollars an­ ExeetUive Board front with which to seek a fair share of manage­ nually into efforts to stifle that right Its very PAUI. HALL, Preiident ment's profits in return for their labors. name is a carefully calculated misnomer since it EARL SHBTARO GAL TANNBB Viea-Prendent Exee. Viee-Prei. exists solely for the purpose of cutting wages PiFompt Fi^w-up LINDBEY WnxiAMS AL KERB and increasing profits through the destruction of See.-Trea*. Vieo-Prestdent Within a week there is a more personal follow- labor unions and the outlawing of the Union sh(^. ROBERT MATTHEWS up letter from a corporation executive. In the With the exception of Nevada, which is sus­ Vice-President case brought to the attention of the LOG, a letter tained almost entirely by out-of-state gambling HERBERT BRAND sent to the Seafarers Sea Chest Corp., it was money, the economy has gone steadily down in Director of Organizing and signed by one A. L. Naylof, president of The every one of the Right-to-Work states. The de­ Publieatione Fairbanks Company of Binghamton, N.Y. Along cline is registered in virtually all areas—from Managing Editor MIKE POLLACK with his second letter is a "copy" of the first—in increased business and personal bankruptcies, case it "is not handy"—together with a pamphlet home foreclosures and rising imemployment, to Staff Writers reproducing newspaper accounts of RTW's efforts drops in new car ownership and new construction. PETER WEISS to sabotage the latxH* movement on state and Even peculation has decreased in many RTW HARRY WITTBCHEN FRANK MAROIOTTA federal levels as well as in the courts, and a states, as workers seek to avoid the ecemomic ' STEVE STEINBERG pledgCHif-suppOTt form to be returned "immedi­ strangulatiem brought on by RTW laws and move PiMMM Masrthr at >10 Iksds lilsMI AfssM ately" with a check. to a healthier climate for Labor. •.E.. WadUattSB, D. C. 2001S ky tlM Ssafarm latEBRtisBal OSISR, Atlaatls, Cilf, Lakes Naylor repeats the lie that "American citizens" Still the CadwaUaders and Naylors, and others sad IBM Watsfs >it(rist, AFL-CI>, >75 are "forced into unions in order to hold a job" of their right-wing ilk, continue in their campaign Fawtt Asaaas, •rsskiyi, a.r. 11232. Tsl. aVHtatk 9-MOO. tsssad aiass pattan laM and boasts that "12 states have active right to to deceive Americans. However, growing opposi­ at WMilattoa, >. C. work organizations" hard at work to obtain laws tion to the RTW principle clearly shows that the PtSTMSTErS ATTEirita: Fani 3579 to saa* to SsBfanrt latstBaUsBal similar to those already on the books in 19 states majority of citizens are becoining more fully Stof, Lakai tad IBIM Vatois —most of them in the south. <75 Fstolk Asaaas, Bnakaware that the so-called Rigbt-to-Woik Coounittee ! toa. a-T. 11232. Not mentioned is the statistical fact that all works exclusivdy on the side of the employers. I »T IT R-f-W Committee Launches Mail Campaign Gardner Andreas Swenson sailed as an AB and joined the SIU in New Orleans in 1938. A native of Louisiana, Swenson lives in New Orleans. His last ship was the Del Sud. Daniel Piccerelli sailed as cook and steward since joining the SIU in New York. A native of Penn- 'sylvania, he lives in Philadeliffiia. Brother Piccerdli's last ship wasthe Albion Victory. SIU Rsho'men Defeat urn SAN DIEGO — Crewmembers aboard the fishing vessels Frankie Boy I, Frankie Boy II and the Santa Teresa have voted fm- the SIUNA—affiliated Seine Line and Fishermen's Uqion as their bar­ gaining representative. The crewmembers aboard the three vessels rejected a rqiresen.tation bid by Harry Bridges' longshcMemen's union in two separate National Labor Relations Board elections aboard the vessels. ILWU Defeat In both elections, the union defeated Local 33 of the inde­ pendent Longshoremen's A Warohousemen's Union. The electitMi idxMu-d tte Fnunkie Boy I and tte FIraiikie Boy H was hdd on Au­ gust 18 aqd that ahos^ the Shnta Teresa on Sqptember 30. �NoTendber Zt, 1967 The Great Lakes bf Frad FariMn.Scerclary-Treasurar.GrMt Laftaa SEAFARERS LOG PMge Fhre MARAD Grants Trial Rate increase On Government 50-50 Aid Cargoes WASHINGTON—Temporary ninety-day increases in ceiling rates for Government 50-50 cargoes have been granted to U.S.-flag ship operators by the Maritime Administration. The increases came The Detroit AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Port about when many operators claimed that they were losing money in the carriage of GovernmentCouncil held a meeting at the Wolverine Hotel recently and more financed cargoes. The Soviet Union strenuously With the new guidelines which than 200 delegates attended for the purpose of informing the The new rates became effec­ Detroit Port Council about the critical shape of the United States tive upon publication in the argued that American medium- are about to go into effect, small size ships had been charging high- j ships will receive a 10 percent Merchant Marine. Federal Register. er rates as compared with ships across-the-board rate increase. tringer recently joined the SIU The ninety-day period is ex­ Guest speaker, Peter McGavin, pension roster. Leo will live in the pected to provide for an "in- of other nations. The U.S. Gov­ The medium ships will receive a Executive Secretary of the Mari­ ernment conducted a study of the rate based on 75 percent of this time Trades Department, told of Green Bay area and is an avid depth" review of the problem by problem, and found that the most small-ship rate, or, in other words, the Maritime Administration, to practical solution would be to the efforts being extended by the hunter and fisherman. determine what further measures reduce the medium-ship rates to about three percent more than Duluth MTD to inform the public of the before. As before, rates for large must he taken. problems of the maritime indus­ between 60 and 80 percent of the ships will continue to be subject Shipping in this port has been MARAD has scheduled hear­ newly-increased rates that small try. Some delegates were not fully steady for unrated men. The ings on November 28 to answer ships were to receive per ton. to individual negotiations. aware of the situation and were George Steinbrenner, Henry StelnPolicy Shift shocked when informed that U. S. hrenner, R. E. Webster, and the any questions that may arise on Thus, the new medium-size rates, the new rates. shipyards ranked 16th among Uhlman Brothers are all in port In making the new temporary based on the new small-ship rate The urgency of the measure nations in commercial shipbuild­ to get their last load of grain minus 20 percent, went into effect. ceiling rates uniform for medium is illustrated by the claim of some ing. However, the rate-reduction did ships at all ports, MARAD has before layup. operators that they have been not apply to ships in certain ports, departed from its past policy of Frankfort Arnold Perala has received his losing $30-50,000 per voyage on allowing for decisions based on The Oty of Green Bay is still AH ticket after attending IXiluth charters of grain to India. Indi­ due to high port congestion that individual problems, such as ex­ made operations unusually costly. on a five and two schedule but upgrading school. He is a watch­ cations from maritime sources tended delays. By making the may go on a twenty and eight at man on the Lackawanna. Don were that a 10 percent across-the- These ports were: all Korean medium-size ship rates uniform in ports, where operations concerned any time. Piper has shipped as coal passer board rate boost was necessary bagged grain only; all United all ports, MARAD explained, it for operations to "break even." Charlie Johnsoii, fireman on the on the Frank Taplin. Arab Republic ports, where opera­ will remove "the present inequity The rate guidelines, which vary tions concerned bagged flour only; in rates allowed in the case of Arthur K. Atkinson, is getting CIevaland according to the ship's destina­ all Brazilian ports; and, in India, some foreign ports in order to his papers together to apply for tion, cargo, and size, were ordered the ports of Bombay, Candela, take care of delays in discharging The only word on layup dates a disability pension. has come from the Steinbrenner increased for three months by Chittagong, and East Pakistan. operations, and will permit com­ Chicago fleet. They are on their last trips 10 percent acros.s-the-board for The medium ships in these situa­ pensation for port delays, if any, Although layup time is near, for storage grain to Buffalo, where smaller ships up to 15,600 dead­ tions received the same tonnage through the practical medium of job calls are frequent. the fleet is expected to spend the weight tons. rates as the small ships. more realistic demurrage rates." Vessels in the medium sizeThe Coast Guard reported that winter. group (15,600 to 29,999 dead­ Buffalo they will continue issuing appli­ weight tons) would be offered ap­ cations for seamen's papers. They Shipping is steady here, due proximately three percent over had intended to discontinue issu­ mainly to the large amount of their previous rates. ing temporary seamen's documents grain moved into this port before Rates for vessels of over 30.000 as of November 15. However, the season's end. Most of the tons will continue to be subject DETROIT—Nominations for candidates for office in the Tug & after a meeting with us, they have ships currently unloading are to negotiations, the Maritime Ad­ Dredge Region of the SIU's Inland Boatmen's Union will be open scheduled for grain storage next ministration said. stated that they will continue is­ trip, and will lay up here shortly. from December 1 through December 15, 1967. Elections will be Since Public Law 480 set rate suing temporary documents until The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades guidelines in 1957, the need for held beginning March 4, 1968, the end of the season. Department, in conjunction with revisions were frequently dis­ and will extend through March in continuou.s good standing for The Gartland Steamship Com­ the Buffalo Port Council, held a cussed but the only major rate 16, 1968. at least three (3) years, is eligible to be nominated for and elected pany has agreed to give time off legislative dinner in Buffalo on change, until now, was in 1963 In order to notify union mem­ in port for this purpose. It re­ November 2. About 1,300 people and directly resulted from the bers of nomination procedures in to the office of Regional Director. mains for the USCG to enable attended. American sale of grain to the sufficient time for them to make Any member of the Section elect­ Soviet Union. The terms of the nominations, a special newsletter ing an Assistant Regional Direc­ inspectors to give the man immedi­ Alpena tor who is in continuous good sale agreement stipulated that 50 ate examinations. The J. B. Ford has laid up in percerit of the grain to travel has already been sent to the home standing in the work classification Wc regret to announce the Buffalo and the E. M. Ford in to the U.S.S.R. on American-flag address of each member. The covered by that Section for at death of Herb Rostock. He sailed Milwaukee, so we should have ships. However, many American newsletter is entitled, "Notice of least (3) years, is eligible to be in the steward department and some men available for relief jobs. operators complained that the low Procedure for Nominations and nominated for, and elected to, the Election of Officers." office of Assistant Regional Direc­ had been living in Milwaukee with Shipping remains about the reimbursement rate for this ship­ The Notice states that members tor for that section." his wife. same with a few job calls daily. ping was costly for their smallmust have the following qualifi­ ship operations, so the U.S. Gov­ A seven-inch snow, the first heavy 2. "All nominees for, and those Great Lakes Seafarer Leo Ensnow of the season, has made the ernment raised the rates to be­ cations in order to be nominated: elected to, the foregoing offices 1. "Any member of the Region, must be citizens of the United tween $17.48 and $22.50 per ton. hunters in the area happy. States of America." Ship-fo-Sliip Communication in the Suez 3. "No one may be nominated for, or elected to, the foregoing offices who is disqualified there­ from by law." 4. "All holders of said office, whether elected or appointed, are A treaty that would provide for required not only to possess the a new system of dual operation of foregoing qualifications, but also the Panama Canal, another that to maintain them, including con­ would authorize a sea-level water­ tinuous good standing, as a condi­ way to be built there by the United tion of the retention of their States, and a third that relates to offices." United States military bases in In addition, a qualified mem­ Panama were shelved legislatively ber may also nominate himself, both in the United States and but only for one office. Panama. Agreement cm the treaties -was After December 15, the Re­ announced by negotiators for both gional Director will issue a report governments last June 26. iSnce which will be posted on the bul­ then the treaties have come under letin boards of all union halls, heavy criticism in this country naming those members who meet and Panama. Now the treaties will the qualifications to become nom­ not be considered until late 1968 inees, and those who have been or early 1969, disqualified. Prior to the January Reports from Panama indicate meeting, the Regional Director's that the treaties will not be sub­ Report will be presented at the mitted for approval to the Pan­ general membership meetings to amanian assembly which ends its Stranded in the Suez Canal since the outbreak of hostilities on June 6th, the remaining skeleton be acted upon. term in January and will not meet crews of ocean vessels such as those pictured here have taken to "commuting by sailboat to visit All unqualified nominees are again until October of 1968. The one another. Among the vessels is the crewless SlU-contracted Observer, laid up in Ismalia with entitled to correct the reasons for United States* Senate is not ex­ their disqualification within 15 a grain cargo originally bound for India, The ship's operators, Marine Carriers, report that since the pected to consider the treaties undays after the January meeting. crew has been repatriated to the states. Watchmen periodically visit the vessel to see that all is well. tfl Panama approves them. Nominations Open on December 1 For Tug and Dredge Region Election US, Panama Shelve Three Canal Treaties �I I, NoTomlMr 24v 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Six 3 More Seafarers Upgrade To Deck Officer's License Three more Seafarers have received their Deck Officer's license after attending the Deck Officer's Training School, jointly spon­ sored by the SIU and the American Maritime Officers Union. The Seafarers who recently passed Coast Guard examinations are instruction at any time. The pe­ Arthur McCall, Eugene Flowers riod of instruction will be deter­ and Gerald McCarthy. A total of mined by each member's individ­ 17 men have now upgraded them­ ual ability and knowledge, and the instructors' satisfaction of his selves to a deck officer's license. readiness to take the examii»ations. Arthur McCall is a new third mate and previously sailed as AB. He is 33 years old and joined the union in 1958 in New York City. A native of Brooklyn, he makes his home in Florida. Eugene Flowers Flowers McCarthy is a new third mate and joined Seafarers can participate in the the SIU in New McCall course of instruction at no cost to York City in themselves. They will be provided 1942. He is 44 years old and was with meals, hotel lodgings and born in Pennsylvania. A resident subsistence payments of $110 per of that state. Flowers previously sailed as AB, bosun and deck week while in training. maintenance. This in-training assistance is the Gerald McCarthy sailed as AB same as that available to engine and was born in Canada. He is 43 department Seafarers who are en­ years old and lives in Nova Scotia. rolled in the union training pro­ McCarthey joined the union in gram to prepare engine depart­ Canada in 1952. He received a ment men for their licensed engi­ third mate's license. neers examination. Reciprocal Agreement In order to qualify for the train­ The training program, operated ing course. Seafarers must be 19 under a reciprocal agreement be­ years of age or over, have 24 tween SIU and the American Mar­ months watch standing time in the itime Officers, is the first of its deck department and an AB en­ type in the maritime industry. dorsement on their seaman's pa­ Applicants can begin receiving pers. THE INQUmiKG SEAFARER QUESTION: What made you decide to go to sea for a living? George Muzzicca: I have always liked to travel and what better way is there to see the world than to sail for a living? I do a lot of sight­ seeing and that alone makes it a worthwhile ca­ reer. Of course, there are a lot of good union bene­ fits and that is a big help also. Tony Blake: I found I could make more money sailing than I could on land. And there is a lot of security. If you do your job right, you will always have one. Plus plenty of oppor­ tunity to move up to a higher rat­ ing. The SIU has lots of good benefits which offers another inducement. -f- Pedro Esteban: I figured it would be a good way to see the world. In addi­ tion, I could earn my living at the same time. By travelling, you rub elbows with all kinds of peo­ ple and widen your knowledge of life. 1 think it is the best education there is. Barney McNally: In 1941, job opportunities weren't too good in my home town, P i 11 s b u rgh. I thought I would try my luck at sea and I've never regretted the move. I tried it ashore occasion­ ally, but I always wind up back at sea. Of course, travelling around the world makes the job nicer. 4> Nunez Santiago: I sailed in the Navy and acquired a taste for the sea. When I got out, I thought I'd like to con­ tinue sailing with the Merchant Marine. There's lots of room for advancement in this profession. I just finished regis­ tering f&r upgrading school, so I can get an AB's rating. Nick Bechllvanls: I always liked the sea and thought I would like to try^ my hand at being a seaman. The money was pretty good and I have been at it 30 years, now. I've enjoyed many benefits during my 20 years with the SIU and have really seen the union grow. Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmingrton San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco .. Seattle Totals From Nov. 3 to Nov. 15, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED REGISTERED on BEACH STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groui REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 1 48 30 7 3 24 17 13 6 7 3 8 0 19 22 47 42 42 42 7 11 (Not Available) 14 13 242 190 All Groui>s Class A Class B Class C 0 1 5 41 43 17 7 2 4 14 14 5 6 4 5 4 9 4 1 4 1 13 8 4 26 32 11 34 29 3 8 9 14 (Not Available) 10 14 16 160 168 94 All Groups Class A Class B 0 1 36 44 5 3 12 8 1 6 5 3 2 7 18 16 41 36 35 46 9 8 (Not Available) 16 13 180 191 Class A Class B Class C 3 2 2 35 15 9 4 3 5 5 12 3 15 6 5 2 5 10 0 6 8 1 37 27 6 23 10 3 8 4 3 (Not Available) 5 9 16 133 97 59 Class A Class B 0 0 40 24 2 2 11 14 1 6 3 4 6 0 14 16 44 24 41 23 4 8 (Not Available) 10 10 176 131 All Groups Class A Class B 14 2 93 211 26 8 57 107 20 31 3 12 8 13 70 25 127 77 77 132 20 0 (Not Available) 47 8 810 378 All Groups Class A Oass B 6 2 122 101 11 6 41 68 14 18 4 5 6 9 37 19 93 84 74 88 17 0 (Not Available) 17 25 450 417 Class A Class B 6 1 158 43 13 5 91 36 12 25 6 3 12 1 67 22 127 96 86 49 12 2 (Ndt Available) 23 3 613 286 •" • • ,S»krei^' Guide'to ;'Etoer;Buyii^s: '•'-i Several years ago The Wall Street Journal reported a test made by DuPont of why women buy one brand instead of another. The market­ ing experts showed a group of women slides of landscaF>es interspersed with occasional non­ sense syllables such as "Bif or "Gah." Then the women were told to take a free pair of stockings from boxes labeled with these madeup names. Twice as many women chose from the box marked with the nonsense syllable they had seen most often. What the test showed was that many people can be manipulated into choosing one product instead of another simply by repetition of a name or symbol. This also is being proved every day by the fact that the most heavily advertised brands of cleaning products, house­ hold medicines such as aspirin, and toiletries such as mouthwash, sell best e*'en when they are virtually identical with lower price brands. In an era of self-service shopping, women who do not use what information is available to them for selecting best buys, even can be led to buy a particular brand just by a picture on a package or even its color. For example, merely putting the picture of a spoon on the Betty Crocker cakemix package hefped make that brand the leading seller, Louis Cheskin, one of the most successful "motivational researchers," reveals in his re:ently-published Secrets of Marketing Success. Putting Parliament cigarettes in a blue pack­ age increased their sales. In fact, the research­ ers found that when the package had a linen finish, 80 per cent of the smokers tested thought the cigarettes tasted finer, Cheskin reports. Even just putting an illustration of a crest on the package boosted sales of Marlboro ciga­ rettes. In his book Cheskin says that the choices petite make are not motivated by logic "but .* •• is- « ^^ . AU Groui Class A Class B Class C 2 2 2 32 12 42 4 2 2 10 7 7 6 5 3 3 5 7 0 4 0 16 12 2 35 37 7 33 41 4 7 9 5 (Not Available) 18 19 10 169 182 61 •4 we seek rational reasons for making them." According to him, we think we are buying use­ ful quality but actually we are attracted by the styling. Sometimes we are aware of this but we cover up; "we try to make ourselves appear rational." Thus over twice as many housewives in a test considered Gold Imperial Margarine in one package to be "higher priced" than in another package. Cheskin doesn't mention this, but a lot of mother's buying now is dominated by children who in turn are dominated by television. This kind of forced buying, sometimes accompanied by screaming in the supermarket aisles, is espe­ cially noticeable nowadays among such prod­ ucts as cereals; bubble bath preparation; soft drinks, and the new milk shake products sold with musical shakers. There is even less reason for women to be manipulated by the color and design of a pack­ age than by their children. All they need do is take the time to read the lists of ingredients and net weights to see wliat one brand actually provides compared to anoRier. The evidence is that many women do not take the time to see what they are buying. One of the signs is the balloonihg popularity of "balloon" bread. This is bread which contains more air per pound. Yet, despite the fact that in some markets balloon bread costs as much as five cents more per pound than the standard loaf, it is now the leading seller in stores that stock it, the U.S. Agriculture Department's Farm Index reports. This is a shocker, becaux there have been a number of warnings about balloon bread by consumer authorities and in this column. More­ over, all that housewives have to do is look at the weight marked on the wrapper and com­ pare the price per pound with other breads. ; «>' �November 24, 1967 SEAFARETiiS Senate Bill Outlaws Bias Against Older Workers I »• •'A Page Seve* LOG "Specialty of the House" WASHINGTON—^The Senate voted to outlaw job discrimination against older workers. It passed by unanimous voice vote a labor-backed bill covering workers and job applicants between the ages of 40 and 65. A similar bill has been approved by the House Education & Labor Committee. The legislation contains a congressional finding that the setting of arbitrary age limits by employers regardless of the job require­ ments, "has become a common practice." Congress found that older workers displaced from their jobs are "severely disadvantaged" in finding other employment and "their numbers are great and growing." To correct this, the bill bars employers, employment agencies and unions from discriminating in any phase of employment—including hiring, firing and wage rates—on the basis of age. It specifically bars help wanted ads setting an age limit. The only exception granted is where age can be proved to be "a bona fide occupational qualification." The legislation would not require an employer to hire an older applicant in preference to a younger job-seeker. But it would require that the choice be based on factors other than age. The secretary of labor is instructed in the legislation to initiate an education program to encourage employers to hire older workers and to seek through persuasion to bring about voluntary compliance. If that fails, enforcement would be through the courts in the same manner as is provided for violations of the wage-hour law. Initially the legislation would cover firms with 50 or more employees. Next July, however, coverage would extend to firms with 25 or more workers. The Senate bill does not require an employer to provide the same pension or insurance benefits to an older worker if this would increase his cqsts. But it does not permit the existence of a pension plan to be used as an excuse not to hire the older worker. The only significant departure from the legislation proposed by the Administration is that the age coverage was extended from 45 to 40 years. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) floor manager for the bill, expressed regret that it doesn't take care of "the problem of airline stewardesses, who are forced to give up that job at age 32 or 35." He said the bill provides for a six-month study by the secretary of Labor into this and any similar problems. Twenty-four states have some type of law dealing with age dis­ crimination but many are weaker than the proposed federal law. XABOR ROUND-UP The world's white collar unions must guard against the harsh im­ pact of automation, the recently held world congre.ss of the Inter­ national Federation of Commer­ cial, Clerical, and Technical Em­ ployees (FIET) declared. A major resolution urged FIET affiliates to give "top priority" to negotiat­ ing contracts protecting members from automation's "adverse ef­ fects." FIET is the second largest of the 16 international trade union secretariats. It has 120 affiliates in 64 countries, representing over 5,500.000 workers. In the U.S., its affiliates are the Retail Clerks, Office Employees, Building Serv­ ice Employees, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Insurance Workers. Four hundred delegates to the Kansas AFL-CIO Convention adopted a broad legislative pro­ gram and plans for a vigorous 1968 election campaign. Former Governor Alf M. Landon also spoke before the Convention and warned that compulsory govern­ ment-enforced arbitration is an encroachment on collective bar­ gaining and proposed that a na­ tional board of arbitration with sweeping powers be established to work on a voluntary basis instead. Among other resolutions adopted by the Convention were the call for a law prohibiting importation of strikebreakers, and the pro­ posal that striking or locked-out workers be given unemployment benefits after six weeks of work stoppage. •t# The 55th National Safety Con­ gress has elected the secretarytreasurer of the Brewery Workers, Arthur P. Gildea, the National Safety Council's vice president for labor. Gildea, who succeeds Op­ erating Engineers president Hun­ ter P. Wharton in this position, will be liaison bet\t'een the board of directors and the NSC Labor Conference, a volunteer group concerned with labor safety prob­ lems as well as labor involvement with safety in general. The Railway & Airline Clerks have negotiated a new wageboosting contract for their 450 members working on Carribean Atlantic Airlines (Caribair). The new pact provides wage increases of 36% in addition to many other benefits. The pact calls for sal­ ary raises ranging from 69e' to $1.02 per hour over the two years, as well as such fringe bene­ fits as increased life insurance and medical coverage, with the com­ pany pay-premium formerly paid by employees. Caribair services Puerto Rico, the Dominican Re­ public, and the Virgin Islands. 4, Three workers from one of Africa's new nations are training in hotel work in New York under a program jointly sponsored by their government, the AfricanAmerican Labor Center, the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and the New York Hotel Associ­ ation. The three—Anna Henry, Fatima Nasser and Samuel Songoro—came here last year from Tanzania, a country in East Africa formed in 1964 by the unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. They were selected as the staff nucleus of a new hotel to be built in Dar-e»-Salaam, Tan­ zania's capital. The AFL-CIO's legislative director, An­ drew J. Biemiller, hit the nail right on the head last week when he described to a Sen­ ate Agriculture subcommittee as "a snare, a delusion and a hoax on the American people," the meat inspection bill recently approved by the House of Representatives. The bill is so watered down that it does little more than put a 1967 stamp on a 1906 law and provide government cost aid to states which voluntarily set up inspection programs equal to federal standards. In the light of repeatedly publicized re­ ports—both federal and private—from all over the nation of the revolting conditions to be found in meat packing and processing plants, who can be gullible enough to believe that the states will curb the sale of rotten and diseased meat on a "voluntary" basis now when they have not done so for more than 60 years? It is now up to the Senate to insure that the consumer is protected from the un­ scrupulous profiteers who deliberately ped­ dle millions of tons of contaminated meat for human consumption each year. Under a compromise bill now before the Senate Agriculture Committee, states would be given two years to set up inspection sys­ tems at least equal to federal standards. If such a law was strictly enforced it might provide the best solution available in the face of meat industry pressures for the most lenient rules they can get. A better bill, originally submitted by Senator William Mondale (D-Minn.) had real merit. Supported by both the Adminis­ tration and organized labor, it would have required federal inspection of all meat re­ gardless of where it was sold. This would have been the best possible system to mini­ mize abuses by the meat packers and proces­ sors who opposed it so strongly. A Good Start! "More in sorrow than anger." Such was at least one Congressional description of the attitude with which concerned leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate felt obliged to submit, to their respective bodies, a modernization program for the American merchant marine minus the long-promised endorsement of the White House. Whatever the feeling, the twin bills sub­ mitted for Congressional consideration ear­ lier this month were long overdue. Senator Magnuson, Representative Garmatz, and their colleagues in both houses who joined them as co-sponsors of the legislation, are to be commended for taking into their own hands the responsibility repeatedly shirked by the Administration on one pretext after another. It is indeed a sorrowful situation when the U.S.-flag fleet, once the mightiest merchant marine in the world, lies today in a state of near decay while the Exqputive branch of our government continues to simply look in some other direction and do nothing what­ ever to stem the worsening tide. The proposed new maritime program is a comprehensive one and has a good deal of merit. It will provide life-giving assistance to all segments of the industry—many of which have been virtually starved out over the last 20 years. We can only agree with the proponents of the maritime bill that the time for protracted discussions and hearings, on facts already well known to all, is past. It remains only to get this worthy legislation passed quickly so the big job of rebuilding can proceed smoothly. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Meany Urges Immediate Passage Of Senate Setial Secarity Bill WASHINGTON—The social security bill up for a vote in the Senate is "a considerable improve­ ment over the extremely inadequate bill passed by the House," AFL-CIO President George Meany declared recently. With one major change, he said, it should be passed "without delay." Meany's statement of support a House-voted freeze on the num­ federal funds which would be came as the Senate opened de­ ber of children who could be available in the new school year. bate on a committee-approved helped. It also modifies somewhat the bill which would: "A glaring defect" still in the "bloc grants" the House voted for • Raise all social security bill, Meany said, is a compulsory state agencies for supplementary benefits by at least 15 percent, as work provison for many mothers. education centers—dropping fed­ contrasted with 12.5 percent in While the Senate bill, unlike the eral controls over how the money the House bill. House version, exempts mothers is spent. A threat of a southern filibuster • Lift the minimum benefit of pre-school children, it would from $44 to $70 for a single per­ force other mothers to take even to force the Senate to go along son and from $66 to $1Q5 for an low-paid, dead-end jobs or lose with the House version led Sen­ elderly couple. The House raise their welfare benefits. In many of ate leaders to hold up action on only went to $50 for a single per­ these cases, Meany noted, "they the bill until after the social secu­ would be much better occupied rity legislation is acted on. son, $75 for a couple. The pay raise provisions of the taking care of their children in • Raise the wage base on Senate bill are the same as those their homes. The Senate should which social security taxes are passed by the House—a two-step recast the work and training pro­ paid by gradual steps to pay for 11 percent raise for postal workers gram to make it voluntary and the improvements and provide and an initial 4.5 percent increase meaningful." bigger future benefits for higherfor the classified civil service, with A hard core of conservative op­ paid workers. (At LOG press time, the Senate ponents served notice they would additional raises over the next two was still considering the measure fight to substitute the less-gener­ years to achieve full comparabil­ but had voted to include in the ous House bill. However, the more ity with private industry. Deleted bill extra annual funds of $250 liberal majority appeared to have by the Senate was a provision of million annually to hospitals for the votes to preserve the higher the House bill which would have care of their medicare patients benefits of the Senate Finance denied any raises to employees of the Office of Economic Opportu­ and to require state welfare pay­ Committee bill. nity. Awaiting the floor in the Sen­ ments to families with unem­ Before taking up the social se­ ate after the social security bill is ployed fathers.) curity bill, the Senate passed a passed were two other major bills Meany said the Senate commit­ tee had made a number of im­ —an Administration-backed ex­ labor-supported bill establishing provements in the punitive public pansion of the aid to elementary federal safety standards and reg­ welfare provisions of the House- and secondary education program ulation of natural gas pipelines. passed bill. He welcomed assign­ and a bill combining postal rate The Senate approved one amend­ ment of work and training to the increases with pay raises for near­ ment to the committee bill urged Labor Department, "which has ly two million salaried federal by the AFL-CIO and rejected another. the experience and qualifications employees. for successfully operating them," A key feature of the school aid rather than to the Department of bill would permit appropriations Health, Education & Welfare. to be made a year in advance to He also praised elimination of plan ahead with knowledge of the Addresses Buffalo MTD Meeting Seaway Benefits Foreign Shipping, Not US, Proxmire Declares BUFFALO, N.Y.—The Soviet hammer-and-sickle is now seen as frequently in the St. Lawrence Seaway as is the American stars and stripes, U. S. Senator William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) charged here recently. "Russian-flag ships made as came to Buffalo to launch the first many trips through the Seaway in a series of public conferences this year as the entire U. S.-flag slated for key port cities to focus fleet did," the Senator told a meet­ public attention on the problems ing sponsored jointly by the 6- of the maritime industry. The Wisconsin Democrat, chair­ million-member national AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ man of the Great Lakes Confer­ ment and the BuflFalo Maritime ence of Senators, laid out a threepoint program which, he said, Port Council. should be part of any Adminis­ "From April 15 to September tration maritime package submit­ 30 of this year, Soviet-flag ships ted to Congress. He called for: made 19 deep-water transits of • "An earmarking of ship con­ the Seaway, calling at Canadian ports," Proxmire went on. He struction subsidies so that at least contrasted this to only 15 com­ 25% of the subsidy funds pro­ mercial voyages and four trips vided are used to build ships that with military cargo by ships flying can transit the Seaway. No new U.S.-flag vessel has been con­ the American flag. structed for Great Lakes service Joining with Proxmire in ham­ since 1961. mering away at the rise of foreign• "A requirement that at least flag shipping through the Seaway and on the Great Lakes was $8 million or so of the $200 mil­ Anthony Scotto, president of ILA lion provided yearly for operatingLocal 1814 and vice-president of differential subsidies be set aside the International Longshoreman's for for U. S.-flag trips into the Association. Scotto also serves as Lakes. If the funds are not used chairman of the national MTD's to subsidize Lake trips, they would revert to the Treasury." Legislative Committee. Scotto called for construction • "Set aside $7,500,000 of the and operating subsidies for Lakes amount provided for military car­ shipping so that it could compete go shipments overall to be used with low-wage foreign building exclusively for military cargo and the "cooKe wages" paid for­ shipments out of the Lakes, where a great deal of this cargo origi­ eign seamen. Senator Proxmire and Scotto nates." ^ ^ . .-^«35d«sSa^,_ S Suez Blockage Hikes Capetown Port Activity Since the blocking of the Suez Canal during the Arab-Israeli war, there has been a huge increase in the number of ships having to make the longer journey around Cape Horn and the port of Cape­ town is humming with the new activity. So far Capetown has handled a record number of 461 ships. The first arrivals forced to detour be­ cause of the conflict began calling in late June. In the first part of July, delays of six hours were re­ ported at Capetown and twelve hours at Durban. These delays were actually less than prior to the crisis, when Capetown was al­ ready congested with near record imports and exports of fruit and other perishable items. The increased sailing time of the route around the Cape (nine to 12 days) adds greatly to the ex­ pense of operating the ships. Even more expense is added due to voyage repairs made necessary by the longer route. South African harbor authori­ ties are not complaining, however. With the knowledge that the Suez Canal, at best, will only be able to handle 110,0(X) ton deadweight ships by 1972, they are looking forward to the Cape route being used by the 250,000 tonners al­ ready under construction, and the even larger ships of the future. Due to present' rebuilding and modernization activities, neither East London nor Port Elizabeth can offer the extra bunkering and provision facilities available at Capetown. Novemter 2^- IMT The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepaitt, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area The Maritime Administration's report on the spectacular rise in the Soviet Union's merchant marine capabilities only serves to confirm what we in the maritime industry have known for a long time. It should come as no great surprise to anyone that while the United States-flag fleet has been allowed to deteriorate over the last decade into the sad shape ^ George Swift, a 25-year SIU it is in today, the Russians have taken advantage of every avail­ veteran, is now in drydock. able opportunity to strengthen "Swifty" last sailed as oiler on the Summit their position on the high seas. 1 certainly hope that the Ad­ Maurice Olson is ready to go ministration will soon wake up to back to sea after working ashore. the seriousness of the Soviet threat He said he would grab the first to this country's future in world AB's job to hit the boards. His shipping and put its full support last ship was the Alcoa Master behind a U.S. maritime buildup. Puerto Rico The leaders in the Kremlin have proven that they realize the value Domingo Ortiz is back in town of a strong merchant marine and after making a trip to Vietnam on will take whatever steps necessary the Beauregard. Ortiz said they to see to it that the Soviet Union had a good trip with a good crew. has a fleet second to none. Lee Mendoza after a nineBaltimore Thomas De Carlo is waiting around for a good job to hit the board. A 20-year man, his last ship was the Alcoa Trader. Stanley Fauntbroy told us he thinks our welfare plan is "the greatest in industry." Stan is look­ ing for a good cook's job. Larenzo RInaldl, just off the Bethtex, would like a chief cook's job aboard a Calmar C-4. month trip on the Warrior, piled off for a few weeks rest. He'll Norfolk Bosun Andrew Boney said he'd be ready to ship out soon as a like a European run after four FWT. trips to Vietnam. His last ship was Philadelphia the Steel King. William RInehart spent some T. A. Stubbs had an oiler's job on the Missouri prior to his vaca­ time on the beach and is now tion. He'd like a short trip to looking for a steward department Europe. slot. Frank O'Malley was chief Philip Navitsky just left the pumpman on the Western Hunter. Potomac on which he sailed in the He said he is on the lookout for deck department. A 20-year SIU a long trip to the Far East. member, he's registered and raring Bof^' to go again. John Hamol is ready to go After an AB's spot on the Globe again, after caring for his mother, Traveler, Vincent Quinn said h?'d who was seriously ill. His last job was as carpenter on the Robin like a bosun or deck maintenance job. Goodfellow. Check-Up Time at New York Clinic Joseph Puglisi, Jr., gets' his check-up at the New York clinic by Doctor F. Tricarico, while his mother looks on. Joseph is threeyears-old and the son of Joseph Puglisi of the deck department. �. , PhhriBn*ir t*4, 1967 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG '•'• -.*.i^;;--\:r.:rt.::: "• -. T'-'>!' "> '• TWE GHOSTS /of* Re^isian II ' II »! • 1 ' r r h |>ESPITE nationwide advances realized by orga-i'- ' nized labor over recent decades, and a gener­ ally productive collective bargaining climate between labor and management, the conspiracy of giant textile companies in the Southeast United States continues to keep thousands of workers more than 30 years behind the times in industrial equality and more than $30 a week behind the average earnings of other American manufacturing production workers. Similar conspiracies existed in other major indus­ tries or our country in the 1930s but they were destroyed by the momentum of the trade union movement, a public spurred to outrage by unchecked exploitation of employees by big business, and the efforts of those in government who became aware that an equilibrium in collective bargaining was the only way to achieve economic growth and stability. To be sure, there are still anti-labor forces hard at work to destroy unionism in all 50 states, but the *fextile industry is the last stronghold in the nation which consistently defies and violates the official labor policy of the United States and gets away with it. For more than 30 years, the National Labor Rela­ tions AaLhas been the law of the land. It clearly states that the policy of this government is to en­ courage "the practice and procedure of collective bargaining" and guarantees workers the right to "self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing." Ironically, this same act, which once helped work­ ers seeking to organize and win an equitable share of America's tremendous economic growth, is being cynically and deliberately twisted by textile companies for use against workers. Findings by the National Labor Relations Board of flagrant violations of the NLRA are appealed by the offending companies and stalled in the courts for months and years. In the meantime, workers illegally fired for union activity are deprived of income during the long court battles and, as often as not, blacklisted from other employ­ ment through company pressures. Even when NLRB charges against employers are finally upheld, the penalties are insignificant, and the mills continue to thwart union organizing activities by a repetition of the same unlawful and undemo­ cratic means. Extensive Congressional hearings into the terror tactics used by the textile firms to prevent their em­ ployees from exercising their right to organize were held last August. A long line of witnesses testified to beatings, firings, harassment, intimidation—even of an attempt to use father against son—to stop Union organizing efforts. Shock was voiced at all levels of government but nothing concrete was done to correct the deplorable situation. Nothing can be done until the loopholes in the law that employers thumb their noses at are closed by legislative action. Easily the most notorious, but by no means the only company guilty in the conspiracy is J. P. Stevens. At the request of Stevens employees, the Textile Workers Union of America launched an all-out cam­ paign to organize the company in 1963. Within a short time 107 employees were fired without legiti­ mate cause and efforts at representation elections in Stevens plants were crushed, at least temporarily, by further threats. In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Labor last sununer, TWUA President William Pol­ lock offered his explanation of how employers get away with such methods and why the conspiracy can go on imchecked. 'To put it bluntly," he said, "it thrives because the law has abandoned workers who seek to orga­ nize. FtM- practical purposes, a worker cannot exer­ cise that ri^t without risking his job in the process." PoHock referred to a booklet entitled Tlie Hollow Promise*, prepared by the TWUA to illustrate the pU^t of the Southern textile worker under the inequities of the NLRA. "The protections and guarantees the National Labor Relations Act is sup­ posed to hold out to workers are nothing more than that," he pointed out, "once a worker finds himself face to face with the textile indusf^'s anti-imion con^iiKy-** In a series of hearings, NLRB trial examiners have ordered the reinstatement with back pay of the 107 workers fired by Stevens and the ruling has been upheld by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "Yet not one of them, to this day," Pollock told the subcommittee, "has been reinstated to his job. What else can one add to describe the utter inade­ quacy of a law which fails to produce a remedy in four long years?" To further emphasize his point, the TWUA presi­ dent cited the 1956 case in which the 550 workers of the Darlington Manufacturing Co.—a South Caro­ lina subsidiary of the Deering Milliken textile chain —exercised their right to form a union under the NLRA. "A majority of them duly voted to be represented by our union," he said. "Six days later, the board of directors of that firm voted to liquidate, and by December of that year the plant stood stripped clean of its machinery with its 550 workers out on the streets without jobs." Although the case of these workers has been favor­ ably reviewed by the NLRB and gone all the way to the Supreme Court, it has now been referred back to the NLRB with a further hearing scheduled by the Court of Appeals. "So here it is—11 years after the fact—and these 550 Darlington workers are still without redress for the grievous injury done them," Pollock declared. "If justice delayed Is justice denied, this is a case of justice strangled." Even with the awesome pressures applied by the textile firms and their conspiracy, the TWUA has won a fair share of elections approved by the NLRB. "But winning an election is only the beginning," the union head stated. "That's merely the point where the employer falls back upon his-second line of attack by refusing to bargain in good faith. "At this moment there are 11,000 southern textile workers who voted to be represented by our union, in some cases as long ago as two years. They are still without a contract. So even after you win, you can still lose." It is clear that something has gone seriously wrong with the NLRA. Before its passage in 1935 there was no labor law at all and the cards were auto­ matically stacked with the economic and political strength of the employer. The purpose of the NLRA was to balance this situation by encouraging forma­ tion and growth of trade unions as a natural, logical and democratic protection for workers who were otherwise powerless to deal on an equal basis with employers. TTie pro-management Taft-Hartley Act, passed over presidential veto during the Truman Adminis­ tration, abandoned that concept on the theory that unions should be "regulated" and the balance of power was again tilted in favor of the employer. "The effect of this changed approach to labor relations has been to hinder organizing and hog-tie collective bargaining," according to Pollock. "This is because it encourages an employer to resist the efforts of his workers to organize and to undermine their union once it has been organized. It helps him to create community-wide hostility to­ ward unions without fear of reprisal from the law. It even encourages him to violate some sections of the law in the knowledge that the Act contains devices familiar to cunning, anti-labor lawyers that will enable him to escape punishment, if used cleverly enough." Pollock pointed out that the use of these loop-hole devices has been polished by lawyers into a master blueprint for the conspiracy used against unions. The fact that this conspiracy is coordinated and centrally directed, from within the textile industry, is evidenced by the fixed formula followed by all companies in the area of Georgia and the Carolinas when prounion sentiment is found in a plant. All turn up with the same handful of law firms and management consultants who specialize in the art of union-busting. All use the same employer propaganda—often without a single change in word­ ing or punctuation—to threaten workers. All use the same schedule of terror tactics as each step in an OF 105 HAUNTS J.P, STEVEH5 UmofsnY Of LOHPON SUPPO^ wowe«s organizing campaign is reached. And whenever a union is successful in being certified as a bargaining agent, all present the same set of management de­ mands in contract negotiations which, if accepted, would kill the effectiveness and value of the union. Such measures by employers—thus far all too effective—are possible because the language of TaftHartley undermines the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. To bring the southern textile employee into the more affluent 20th century world of his fellow workers in the rest of the nation, those provisions must be restored by the Congress and the White House. With the full backing of the AFL-CIO, the Textile Workers president has made the following proposals to put teeth back into the enforcement of the NLRA: • Double or triple damages assessed against viola­ tors such as J. P. Stevens and its collaborators in the southern conspiracy so that breaking the law will no longer be profitable. (As it is, back pay ordered by the NLRB for reinstated employees is not only tax deductible as a business expense, but a mere pittance when compared to decent wages that would have been paid all employees under a union contract.) • Employers repeatedly found in violation of the NLRA should be disqualified by Executive order from receiving contracts from the federal govern­ ment. (In 1966 alone, J. P. Stevens did more than $76 million in government business.) • The NLRB should be required to seek injunc­ tions to restrain unfair labor practices by employers who are chronic violators of the law. (At present, the board has that power in particular cases but an attempt to use it against Stevens in 1964 was stalled in the courts for more than two years and eventually came to a dead end.) • Criminal penalties should be provided against any employer who discriminates against a worker who files charges or testifiies before the NLRB. • In an effort to speed up NLRB procedures and eliminate long delaying actions by employers, a victimized worker confirmed by the board as having been improperly fired should be reinstated in his job immediately so he can continue to earn a living while the employer's appeal is pending. • The right to hold pre-hearing elections should be restored to the NLRB so that decisions can be speeded up and cases resolved in weeks, instead of the months or years that are now common. • In proper cases, the NLRB should be powered to '•equire employers to recognize and gain with a union when the union has been vented from gaining a majority because of the ployer's persistent unfair labor practices. em­ bar­ pre­ em­ • A provision whereby unions claiming to rep­ resent a majority of employees can substantiate that claim through a card-check election before NLRBappointed federal labor law registrars—thus shorten­ ing present time-consuming election machinery. • Realistic remedies to insure consummation of an initial collective bargaining agreement in cases where an employer is required by law to recognize and bargain with a union. This to eliminate bad faith bargaining on the part of anti-union employers. • Revocation of the employer's immunity under Taft-Hartley from responsibility for the acts of his agents. This change in the present law would bar employers from using third parties—such as news­ papers, the local Chamber of Commerce, "citizen's committees," etc.—to do their anti-union dirty work for them without anyone being held legally account­ able for such actions. In the light of all the evidence of company abuses of the law, it is the duty of Congress to effect these changes. The conspiracy of the southern textile giants must be smashed, not rewarded with fat gov­ ernment contracts which make these brazen law­ breakers rich while their employees continue to be cheated out of decent wages and working conditions. �SEAFARERS Page Ten LOG November 24, 1967 AFL'CIO Raps House Meat Bill as Hoax on US Pablit WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO, calling for a tough Federal meat inspection law, has denounced a Housepassed meat inspection bill as "a snare, a delusion, and a hoax on the American people". Testifying before a Senate Agriculture subcommittee looking into new meat inspection bills, the labor federation instead gave strong backing to the bill presented by Senator Walter Mondale (D-Minn.) which would extend Federal meat inspection to all meat-packing plants, regardless of whether these plants deal with intrastate or interstate commerce. At present, the Federal Government can inspect only those meat-plants dealing in interstate commerce. The subcommittee is also reviewing a similar bill presented by Senator Joseph Montoya (D-N.M.). (As the LOG went to press, a compromise bill was reported to have been worked out between Mondale and Montoya which would give the states two years to in­ stitute inspection programs "at least equal" to Federal standards. Failure to comply would be grounds for the Secretary of Agriculture to act against any intrastate plant found to be a health hazard and, if necessary, close it. The substitute measure would also provide a continuous review of state systems—including access to records and the taking of meat samples.) Also testifying before the subcommittee were Betty Furness, is President Johnson's Special Assi.stant on Consumer Affairs, who pressed Administration back­ ing of the Mondale bill, and author Ralph Nader, who scored "powerful state agriculture departments and ment industry pressure.s" for hampering vital inspection legislation, and several Federal investigators who re­ ported deplorable conditions in meat-plants not subject to Federal inspection. Federal vs. State Controls The Mondale bill, which would immediately extend Federal controls to intrastate meat-packers, has re­ ceived strong endorsement from labor, consumers' groups, and in a sudden policy switch, the Administra­ tion. The House-passed bill calls for a Federal grant pro­ gram, under which the Government would pay up to 50 percent of the cost for any state which establishes an inspection program meeting Federal standards. Com­ pliance with the program is purely voluntary. The Montoya bill, previously backed by the Admin­ istration, would amend the House bill by providing a three-year limit for states to institute adequate meat inspection programs. If a state failed to act within this time, the Secretary of Agriculture would be authorized to enforce Federal inspection standards in the state. Montoya's bill received support from segments of the packing industry. Andrew J. Biemiller, AFL-CfO Legislative Director, testified that "there must be no bargain basement gimmicks when the health of fellow Americans is in­ volved". The House bill, he said, is "weak, ineffective legislation" that would prod rather than pressure states into enacting inspection programs that might meet Federal standards. Miss Furness told the subcommittee that consumers had alreadv waited 60 years for states to establish ade­ quate health standards in the meat-industry, and a wait of two or three more years, as Montoya's bill or the House bill would provide, is too much to ask. "I don't think we should be looking askance at hamburgers and sausages for the next couple of years," she remarked; "We can't fool around with this." Ralph Nader, who has campaigned for federallyenforced safety standards in different industries, declared that stronger Federal meat-inspection mea*^ures are a necessity. "The fact that Federal inspectors condemn an average of about one-million pounds of meat a day as unfit for human consumption—even under the more stringent Federal inspection—is the clue to . . . the basis for concern in the non-Federally inspected sector," Nader declared. "More ominous," he continued, "is the deep-rooted entrenchment of traffic in the '4-D's'—dead, dying, diseased, and di.sabled animals. Ironically, bad meat is, and has been for a long time, good business. . . . This traffic is drawn heavily to intrastate markets because of the nonexi-stence, laxity or complicity of Government regulations." Widespread Abuses Cited Also testifying in favor of stricter inspection measures before the Senate subcommittee were three Federal in­ spectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who appeared at the request of Senator Mondale. One inspector, Edward Chizek of Omaha, said that in July he visited a plant where he found flies "abundant­ ly present." He also reported "mold slime in coolers and debris and trash throughout the plants," and that "Em­ Hie Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative The Republican momentum, which was obvious in many elec­ tions, didn't affect Democratic Mayoralty candidate Joseph L. Alioto. The SIU and other unions gave their all-out support to Alioto. He defeated Republican Harold Dobbs by more than 16,000 votes and Democrat Jack Morrison by more than 66,000 votes. The SIU supported Alioto's candidacy '<^ by walking the precincts, handing Wilmington out literature and talking to the William "Flat-top" Koflowitch, voters. now on the beach here, last sailed Many people feel Republican on the Norberto Capay. AB "Reaganism" may be the big trou­ Koflowitch has been a member ble in California. Democrats and of tbe .SIU for 20 years. other liberals are joining ranks to Also on the beach is Bill King, turn back the reactionary drive who's looking for a slot as Fire­ against the working-class citizens man or Deck Engineer. He's been who make up much of Califor­ an SIU brother for 20 years. nia's population. Seafarer Richard McConnell, AB, is just off the San Francisco. He presently is recuperating from a back ailment before shipping out. In this period, we have had three sign-ons, eight ships in SAN DIEGO — The SIUNA- transit, and payoffs on the Rachel affiliated Transportation and Al­ v., Rebecca, and Seatrain Geor­ lied Workers of California have gia. Seattle negotiated .a new contract with the Oceanside Taxi Company, On the beach we have Seafarer calling for a guaranteed weekly Francis A. Warren, who has been wage, a hike in health and welfare a member of the SIU for 20 years. benefits and increased vacation Robert S. Cossiboin, off the time, in addition to other new Transwestem where he sailed as benefits. second electrician, has been a The new contract provides for member of the SIU for 22 years. two weeks vacation after two Shipping has been good. Since year employment, a 20% increase the last period, we paid off seven in health and welfare benefits, ships, signed on eight, and had arbitration and increased commis­ eight in-transit The shipping out­ sions, in addition to a weekly look looks fair for the coming period. guaranteed wage, S/U Cab Drivers Win New Pact ployees were not required to wear wa.shable clothing or head covering, and equipment was without adequate sanitary procedures." Another inspector, R. A. Baumgartner of Milwaukee, told of surveying a plant where plant workers wore "filthy clothes" and there was "direct contamination of products." The third inspector, Stephen Kota of Norfolk, Va., told of visiting a plant at which he found "abcessed beef and pork livers and parasitic infested livers mixed with edible products;" meat was dragged across a "primitive floor" on which there were vermin droppings. Though this particular plant is in a state with manda­ tory inspection laws, Kota said, "the law was not imple­ mented." Thus, he added, the plant was able to pro­ duce as much as 15,000 pounds of unsafe hamburger meat per week. Triendly' Fond It was recently disclosed that a meat industry trade association president attempted to raise funds for "friendly" congressmen. The fund-raising project, orga­ nized by L. Blaine Liljenquist, president of the Western States Meat Packers Association, was abandoned at the insistence of leaders of the House Agriculture Com­ mittee, who supported the industry position on meat inspection and favored the House-passed bill. When a copy of Liljenquist's fund solicitation letters (which had been sent to meat-packing firms) came to the attention of House Agriculture Committee chair­ man W. R. Poage (D-Tex.), Poage consulted with senior Democratic and Republican committee members and fired off a letter to the packer's association demand­ ing that the solicitations cease and that any funds col­ lected be returned. Until that was done, Poage warned, the bill would not be brought to the House floor. Liljenquist agreed to the terms, and the bill was brought out of committee and passed by the House. Senator Mondale noted that the setting-up of the "political slush fund" could boomerang on the entire industry. "The meat industry's sudden interest in the political careers of 'filendly' congressmen," he said, "coming at a time when Federal legislation regulating the slaughter and processing of meat sold to consumers is under consideration, can only lead to the conclusion in the public eye that this was a crass attempt to influence the Congress." Massive Shipbuilding Program Urged By Congressman at MTD Seminar WASHINGTON—Congressman Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-N.Y.), today called for enlargement of a Congressional merchant marine program introduced last week by House and Senate maritime leaders. Speaking at a day-long seminar sponsored by the six-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Rosenthal called «> ———— — for construction of more than try will be "convincing an econ­ time affairs off of "dead center." • Milton G. Nottingham, vice the 30 or 40 new ships a year omy-minded Congress that it would be toying with national president of Peralta Shipping recommended in the new program. disaster to put off an immediate Agency, Inc., who reminded the Rosenthal was one of a series revitalizing ot our merchant ma­ audience that the merchant ma­ of speakers who hammered away rine." rine "consists of both ships and at the need for a bold new mari­ • Henry Segal, Treasurer of men," and who urged that the time program to help make up the Pulp-Sulphite Workers, who nation "give at least as much the deficiencies of the past two decades, and who called for res­ called the Congressionally-spon- attention to those who will direct toration of the U.S. as a major sored maritime program "a break­ and man our merchant fleet as through" which signals the inten­ to the ships that will comprise the maritime power. tion on Capitol Hill to get mari­ fleet." Among those addressing the conference were: SIU Lakes Boatman Retires • Former IDemocratic Con­ gressman Robert E. Sweeney of Ohio, who warned that "we've already wasted too much time" in the devising of a maritime pro­ gram, and who said that the pend­ ing legislation "is our last chance" to save the U.S. merchant marine. • Rocco C. Siciliano, president of the Pacific Maritime Associa­ tion, who called for an industry­ wide consensus on a maritime pro­ gram, declaring that the merchant marine is "sick, and it is in danger of becoming a terminal case un­ less there is some agreement among all the various forces who are proposing a cure for its ills." • Andrew J. Biemiller, AFLCIO Legislative Director, ^o de­ A disability pension check is presented to Seafarer Felix Knechtel clared that the "biggest single (right) by IBU Great Lakes Welfare Representative Dick Hollingstask" facing the maritime indus­ worth, on the occasion of long-time seafarer Knechtel's retirement. �N<r««mber 24, 1967 Nigerian Unionist Visits LOG On a recent visit of SlU Brooklyn Headquarters, Nigerian labor official Okon Eshiett (center), discussed union publications with Seafcrers LOG editor Mike Pollack (left) and Frank Pecquex, of the SlU International Department. Eshiett is the General Secre­ tary of the Nigerian Union of Commercial, Technical, and Allied Employees. He is studying United States of America labor activities. The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Guff Area The SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Company began service to several Mexican ports on November 2. Among the ports serviced are Vera Cruz, Tampico and Coatzacoalcos. The Del Norte be­ came the first Delta vessel to ply the new routes. A major conversion job was performed by Todd Shipyards in Galveston. The Houston was con- ^ verted from the T-2 Tanker Mis­ New Orleans sion and added to the Sea-Land John Durcan is looking for a fleet. The conversion was accom­ South American run. He's been plished in four months, some shipping out of New Orleans for forty days ahead of schedule. the past few years as FOWT. The ship will carry 332 con­ O. Farrara would like a Viet­ tainers and have facilities to main­ nam or Far Eastern trip after sail­ tain 63 refrigerated units. ing as third cook on the Rebecca. Candidates endorsed by the He's shipped out of New Orleans Louisiana AFL-CIO Committee since 1926 and his Southern drawl on Political Education were elect­ belies his Rhode Island birth. ed overwhelmingly in the Demo­ Mobile cratic Primary. Statewide candi­ Fred Cooper just registered dates received up to 80 per cent after shipping as bosun on the of the vote. Alcoa Voyager. Fred has shipped Louis W. Cutrer has been en­ out of the Gulf for 20 years. dorsed for Mayor of Houston by Marshall Cooper spent a year the West Gulf Ports Council of aboard the Ocean Anna as a the Maritime Trades Department. member of the deck department. Cutrer is opposing the incumbent After some time with the family, two-term Mayor. he will be ready for another trip. The council represents 35,000 James Dicidnson was FWT on members in the 26 unions in the Keva Ideal cement run until Houston and Harris County. the vessel had to lay-up due to "This is the first group represent­ lack of cargo. James prefers ing organized labor to endorse short rUns and should be ready to any candidate," said SIU Houston sail shortly. port agent Paul Drozak, who also A1 MascieUo spent some time serves as executive secretary of shuttling aboard the Ema Eliza­ the council. beth. A1 sails as a baker and has Drozak said that the present sailed from Gulf ports for 20 Mayor, Louis Welch, "made a lot years. of promises that haven't been ful­ Harlan Peters had a long trip filled." In addition, Drozak aboard the Maiden Creek as a pointed out, Mayor Welch has member of the steward depart­ been endorsed by Governor John ment. Connally, another reason for the Houston sun>ort of Cutrer. The council Nick Gaylord, who last shipped feels the Governor's anti-union on the Di^y, came in to say views have been reflected in the hello to his many -friends here. Mayor's office. Nick was ship's delegate during All trade unionists are urged a 43-day trip from Rotterdam to to vote and work for the election Texas. Nick reported that ship of Louis W. Cutrer for Mayor of breakdowns were responsible for Houston. the extended trip. SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG Jobless Rate Hits Two- Tear High; Workforee increase Cited for Rise WASHINGTON—A continuing rise in the number of people seeking work and failing to find it pushed the nation's jobless rate to 4.3 percent in October, the highest level in two years, the Labor Department has reported. The key seasonally adjusted usually large labor force injobless rate was up from 4.1 per­ creases,' the Labor Department rose by 120,000 over the month, seasonally adjusted, to 66.2 mil­ cent in September and 3.8 per­ noted. lion, the report said. The rise cent in August. The rate was 3.8 The report pointed out that un­ was centered in state and local percent in October 1966. employment was up about one- government and in trade. The Teenagers ' and adult men ac­ fourth over the year for both return of striking teachers ac­ counted for the increase of nearly teenagers and women—to 15.1 counted for 60,000 of the job 200,000 in unemployment over percent and 4.8 percent, respec­ gain in government, the report the month, the Labor Department, tively. added. said. Total unemployment stood Factory employment totalled Occupationally, the Labor De­ at nearly 3 million, about 500,000 19.2 million, seasonally adjusted, partment said, jobless rates have higher than a year earlier. in October, unchanged from Sep­ moved up for jobs requiring less The employment side of the tember. This was 400,000 below picture remained strong, with job­ skills and in work in which the all-time high set in January women are concentrated. holders totaling 74.6 million, sea­ The rate for operatives (semi­ 1967, the report observed. sonally adjusted. This was about Over the year, payroll jobs are the same as in September and was skilled) rose from 4.1 to 5.3 per­ up by 1.5 million. The Labor up 1.4 million from October a cent over the year. The rate for Department tied the entire innon-farm laborers increased from year earlier. crea.se to job growth in the serv­ The upsurge in unemployment 6.8 to 9.2 percent. ice-producing industries. Govern­ For workers whose last job was ment, primarily state and local, in recent months was related by the Labor Department ^o the un­ clerical, the jobless rate moved up was up by 670,000. Miscellaneous expectedly large labor 'force in­ from 3.2 to 3.9 percent over the services were up by 500,000 and crease. The adult women flooding year. The rate for sales workers trade by 400.000. into the labor force in the early moved from 2.2 to 3.4 percent and Factory employment was down fall were still having difficulty for service workers, from 4.6 to by 260.000 from October 1966, finding jobs, a situation which in­ 5.5 percent. with much of the reduction attribcreased medium-term unemploy­ Job stability continued for cer­ ted to an increase in striking work­ ment—those jobless five to 14 tain key groups. The report said ers who were off payrolls. Strikers weeks. the jobless rates for adult men and are counted, however, in the sepa­ married men, at 2.5 and 1.9 per­ rate household surveys since they Labor Force Increases cent in October, were not signifi­ are considered as employed but The civilian labor force totalled cantly changed from a year ago not at work. 78 million in October, up by 1.9 and remained close to their aver­ Average hourly earnings for million or some 500,000 higher age levels for the past 12 months. than the 1.4 million job rise since Similarly, the rate for workers in­ workers on non-farm payrolls were $2.72 in October—up one October 1966. sured under state jobless pay pro- cent from September and 12 cents "This large year-to-year increase prams, those with a "firm labor from October a year ago. Their in unemployment—^which includes force attachment," was unchanged workweek averaged 38.1 hours, 275,000 women, 175,000 16-to 19- over the month at 2.4 percent. down six-tenths of 1 percent from year-olds and 50,000 adult men— a year ago. Non-Farm Jobs Up developed almost entirely in the For factory production workers, last few months along with unNon-farm payroll employment the workweek edged down onetenth of 1 percent over the month to 40.7 hours seasonally adjusted. JTie workweek was down more than one-half hour from a year ago. Weak Gun Control Measure OKd by House Committee WASHINGTON—A heavily watered-down version of the Ad­ ministration's proposed firearms control bill has been reported by a House Judiciary subcommittee and sent to full committee. The vote in favor of rqjorting of any gun control measure. the bill to the full committee was The bill prohibits the sale of taken on a straight 7-6 party- handguns to persons under 21 line basis. A similar bill is still years of age, and long guns to under consideration by the Senate persons below 18. It also strength­ Judiciary. Both the Senate and ens the licensing procedure for House bills are given little chance dealers and makes it unlawful for of passing. a dealer to sell guns to persons Representative Jack Brooks (D- whom he suspects are prohibited Texas), who voted to advance the by local laws from buying bill out of the subcommittee, ex­ weapons. plained that he did not support No date has been set for the the bill but wanted to get it before full Judiciary Committee to hold the full committee where it could hearings on the bill. be discussed more thoroughly. He President Johnson has been said he was sure there was "defi­ pressing Congress for a gun-con­ nitely" no chance of the bill being trol law for years. passed this session. Stand Is Softened Though the original bill bans interstate sale of handguns as well as interstate mail order sale of all guns, the White House had ap­ proved a change which would al­ The George Meany Foun­ low states to exempt themselves dation will produce "The La­ from the ban on rifle and shot­ bor Of Thy Hands" by Joseph gun sales, and would permit a Mindel on the Eternal Light buyer to purchase such a "long television program on Sunday, November 26, from 1:30 to gun" in person and have it shipped across state lines to his home. 2:00 p.m. EST. The provision allowing states to The program will also be exempt themselves was added to carried on 110 stations of the. attract a measure of support from NBC-TV network. Consult the western states which have ob­ your local newspa(>er listings jected to a strong bill. The Na­ for the time and channel in tional Rifle Association has also your area. stirred opposition to the passage Meany Foundation I Presents TV Program I Soviet Fishermen Triple Catch Off East Coast BOSTON — Russian fishermen caught 165 million pounds of fish in waters off the coast of New England in 1964, more than tripling the amount they caught the previous year (50 million pounds). Senator Edward M. Ken­ nedy said at the American Com­ mercial Fish Exposition. In comparison, he noted that in 1964 landings at the Boston Fish Pier totaled 106 million pounds and in 1966 the landings totaled only 89 million pounds. "These statistics tell the story of one nation bent hard upon expanding its fishing industry and of another letting it die," Ken­ nedy asserted. Joint Effort A joint program between Rus­ sian and U.S. scientists, surveying the fishing grounds between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras, also was described. Dr. Arkady Noskov of the So­ viet Union and Dr. Robert L. Edwards of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's program for the Bureau of Commercial Fish­ eries, described the joint scientific approach in which the Americans and Russians even swapped ships in a cooperative mood. �Pmge Twelve SEAFARERS Welfare Claims Handled Promptly Birch Society Un-American To The Editon I wish to express my thanks to the SIU welfare plan for the efficient and prompt way in which they handled my recent claim. My thanks also goes to the office staff. They were most helpful when I called them long distance. It's a good feeling and a comfort to know one has such benefits through the SIU. Again, my thanks to everyone there. Sincerely, Mrs. Ada Frank Greenville, R.I. To The Editor: ^1, SIU Did Fine Job In Raising Pensions To The Editon Once again, may I express my thanks to my Seafaring LETTERS To Tlie Editor brothers and the welfare de­ partment for making it possi­ ble to increase my pension check. My appreciation for their ef­ forts and those of the officials for bringing this about. May the very best come tp all of you who have helped in so many ways to obtain this in­ crease in the pension. Fraternally, Charles Goldstein Expresses Thanks To SIU Welfare To The Editon I am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation for the courteous and speedy manner in which my husband's disabil­ ity and death benefits were re­ ceived. It was most efficient. The lovely floral arrange­ ment, expressing sympathy, and the announcement in the Sea­ farers Log of his departure and final rites, should also be men­ tioned. These mementoes will remain always. The SIU and their officials are to be com­ mended for such a magnani­ mous program. Sincerely, Mrs. Bessie M. Prescott (Widow of Omer G. Prescott) Mobile, Ala. Thanks Union For Blood Donations To The Editor: On behalf of myself and my family, I would like to thank the SIU for your assistance in obtaining blood for my late sis­ ter, Mrs. Flofence Bushek, who passed away October 19. The assistance by your orga­ nization will always be remem­ bered deep in our hearts. Please extend our deep thanks to the members of your organization for the blood donated in behalf of our sister. Forever grateful, I remain, Gregory Gran and Family I just want to add a few notes to what has been printed in your article on the Birch Society; The Birch Society claims it believes in the U.S? Constitu­ tion, yet opposes the Federal Government's use of the Bill of Rights and later amendments to protect the rights of Ameri­ cans. The Birchers say the civil-rights movement has been, and is. Communist-inspired. They mention nothing about "poverty-inspired" or "oppres­ sion-inspired." The Birch Society claims that our Government is riddled with Communists. But the Birchers say nothing about the fact that our national and local and state representatives were elected by America's millions of voters. They also say nothing to show what an out-and-out Commu­ nist looks like or acts like, or exactly what makes any elected official in the Federal Govern­ ment a "Communist" in the first place. If by "Communist" the Birch­ ers mean those who pool their resources for the benefit of the whole, they forget that the John Birch Society itself collects dues from its members and pools the money. If by "Communist" the Birch Society means those who use deceit and trickery to impose their own ideas on unsuspecting people, the Birchers seem to forget that their organization's own "Bible," the Blue Book, advocates the use of heckling, deceit and trickery to get rid of a person they believe to be "Red" but can't prove it. The Birchers talk about the will of the people being subver­ ted. Yet they declare that the U.S.- is really a "republic," not a "democracy," and that the masses of American ctizens are generally not smart enough to know what is good for them. The Birchers say that this nation should pull out of the United Nations and stop talk­ ing. They forget that the only way to win the world over to a belief in personal freedom is to convince people of its value, not to force them into submission by taking away their chance to see that freedom. The Birchers say we must end all foreign aid. They fail to see that to do so would be to force impoverished or develop­ ing nations to turn most prob­ ably to the Communist nations for that aid. If that were to happen, it would be as though the United States had just sat down and completely given up. Perhaps, as the Birch So­ ciety says, there is a danger of Communism coming from with­ in the U.S. But I submit that the fanatic beliefs and twisted con­ spiracies of the John Birch So­ ciety are as much of a threat to a free and democratic America as the supposed "Red threat." The only thing left to distin­ guish Birchers from Reds in America is that the Birchers ap­ pear better organized. Sinccr^, Ron Harrisoti LOG NoveiiAer S4, 19«7 Alowe Version of Seafarer's Novel Touted as Possible Award Winner ". . . Exciting and unforgettable . . "a forceful portrait, . . . ruthlessly realistic." These com­ ments, by critics from the New York Post and New York Times, were just two of many that greeted the movie version of "Cool Hand Luke," based on the novel by former Seafarer Donn Pearce. Pearce joined the SIU in 1955 and shipped out in the steward department. He later became an OS, then an AB. Paul Newman, who plays Luke, an eternal rebel, headed the cast of this major pro­ duction, which is as authentic as a motion picture can get. Pearce spent two years at hard labor in a Florida chain gang, after "the world's most inept, teen­ age safecracking job. I served my time and later wrote the book just the way it was," Pearce explained. "Naturally, there was some literary license, but the details about the work, the punishments, the food and life in the barracks were all from experience." Warner Brothers, producers of the picture, effectively maintained the atmosphere of a southern chain gang on the movie set. The studio built a southern prison camp just north of Stockton, Calif. Included Ex-Seafarer turned author, Donn Pearce (left) discusses the filmamong the dozen buildings were ing of a key scene in "Cool Kand Luke," the movie version of a barracks, mess hall, warden's Pearce's novel. Stuart Rosenberg (holding cup) directed. Paul New­ quarters, guard shacks and dog man (right) played Luke, the Florida chain gang prisoner who re­ kennels. The camp, which covered fuses to conform. The film was highly praised by movie critics. several acres, was surrounded by chain-link fencing. Dozens of oak Shortly after that came the safe­ lar, where he took up painting, trees on the camp's perimeter were and sold some canvases at side­ strung with moss, a ton being cracking experience and life on walk art shows in New York's the chain gang. After he was re­ shipped in from Louisiana. leased, he went to sea. "As soon Greenwich Village. Then, he took Award Possibilities as I could, I went to sea. It's a free up writing. "The motorcycle accident turned The realism paid off with a life and it helps me to write. I've out to be the luckiest break of my movie that will undoubtedly wind been shipping out, off and on, ever life," Pearce stated." While I was up on many ten-best lists and since." recovering in a Danbury Hospital, "I prefer to write from the gut earn some Academy Award nomi­ I met my wife Christine who was nations. The Los Angeles Times about things I know from first working there as a nurse. As soon said the film is a "remarkably in­ hand. Til probably go back to sea as I was back on my feet, we were teresting and impressive Holly­ again soon to make sure of some married." wood film and one which gives of the details in my next book, For the sake of posterity, a fresh hope that the Hollywood which will be about the sea." complete still photographic record movie need not be a limiting de­ Pearce gained valuable writing of the filming of "(Y>ol Hand finition." knowledge from a scholarship to Luke" was compiled by Stockton Pearce's contribution didn't end the Bread Loaf ' '-•er's Confer­ historian Horace Spencer. The with writing the book. He co- ence at Middlebury College in photographs were added to the authored the screenplay with archives of the Hazen Memorial Frank R. Pierson and served as a Vermont. He won the scholarship Galleries, a privately-endowed technical advisor. In addition, the for "Cool Hand Luke," with the museum in San Joaquin County. Seafarer had a bit part in the film. movie sale soon following. Jo Van Fleet, who plays Paul According to Pearce, Luke is a Some seven years ago, he had Newman's mother, is considered "super convict." A larger than life his right foot crushed in a motor­ a good bet for an academy award hero, he was a decorated war hero, cycle accident. Disabled for two for her role. The part is a good an expert banjo player. Luke was years, he lived in a Brooklyn cel­ one, even though very small. a man who wouldn't conform to the system. "He displayed the greatest courage in the face of the SIU Lifeboat Class No, 189 Casts Off cruelties and the beatings by the guards, the utmost endurance and cleverness during his repeated escapes. He played a real cool hand." Luke yas the inspiration of his fellow prisoners and they remem­ ber him long after he is killed by the prison guards. Workfaig On New Novel Pearce has a stack of short stories and some ideas for novels that he hopes might be published shortly. "Cool Hand Luke" was published by Charles Scribner and Sons, with a pocket book version published by Fawcett Publications, due on the newsstands soon. Pearce's own life reads like a scenario. "I never had a home in the usual sense. I was bom in Croyden, Pa., just in time for the depression. My father was what you might call a dri^r, an itin- Jhese men have just received their lifeboat tickets after passing cmnce'ss?ona?re'''^PeMM"w forced to "quit high school al 15 and joined the Army at 16." He was discharged when the Army discovered his true cage. Coast Guard examinations. The men took the SIU lifeboat training course at Mill Basin, New York. In front row, L-R, are: Jose Soto. Seibel, Jesse Greer and Melvin Gibby. In back row, instructor f^^ul McGaharn, Andrew Kelly, John Callanan and Georges Angelikoussis. The lifeboat class was graduated on November 7, 1967. �SEAFARERS JVoTcml^er 24, 1967 Page Thirteen LOG Wetnm IVar Gose to Home \/men Seafarer's Sea is Weimded Up until recently, the only involvement Seafarer Joe Castro Harold Du Cloux, ship's reporter on the Duke Victory (Victory Carriers) told the LOG that James had with the Vietnam war was the fact that he supported the U.S. A. Joimson of the steward department took his chief cook's job on the ship in order to visit his sonwar effort and did his part by making the Vietnam run as many in-law, Major John Coppley, advisor to South Vietnamese forces. Johnson arrived in Cam Ranh times as possible. <s>Bay where he met Major Cop­ Recently the war struck closer disagrees with the arguments of "This crew goes on record in pley. The Duke Victory's cap­ •are looked out for," Dunne wrote. to home when his son Manuel some anti-war demonstrators. thanking ship's delegate Earl Moore told the crew that "every­ Castro, 19, a Lance Corporal with Manuel told his father of "atroc­ tain invited the Major to visit thing seems to be shaping up" and McCab for a job well done." Meetthe First Marine Division, was ities" performed on village chiefs the ship and the entire crew gave he hopes "the new gang will have him the "V. I. P. treatment," Ehi a pleasant trip." Dunne, who also by the Communists. wounded in action. ing Secretary Cloux reported. After his visit, served as bosun, came in for some "I get sick when I see these Alton Booth re­ Castro recently paid a visit to the Major was praise for "Supplying the ship ports from the St. Albans hospital in New York demonstrations," Jose stated. picked up by a with a new library full of the lat­ Del Santos (Del­ City to see his son and told the "They have no respect for law patrol boat and est books." This ship has left Sai­ ta). The Captain LOG that Manuel received ma­ and order. As for myself, I hope returned to shore gon and will pay off on the West to go back to Vietnam. If I can't is "well satisfied chine gun and shrapnel wounds where he rejoined Coast. with his SIU in fighting around Trang Qui. As fight, I may as well take cargo." his outfit at Quin Jose has been sailing in the ere w." Booth a result the boy has a partially Booth Hon. Meeting wrote. A vote of paralyzed right arm and neck deck department for 21 years and Chairman Henry has two other boys, Jose, Jr. and wounds, his father said. Malcolm M. Cross, meeting thanks was extended the steward Schwartz reported Pedro. Jose, Jr. is 21 years old department for doing such an ex­ "I give St. Al- and is stationed at Fort Dix, New "a good ship with chairman on the Linfield Victory, cellent job. Du Cloux ban's my compli­ Jersey. His youngest boy, Pedro (Alcoa) reported no disputed over­ ments," Castro is 18 and sails as an OS with the time reported by the delegates." that ship's dele­ said. They pro- SIU. He sailed to Vietnam aboard Brother Schwartz also serves as gate Bill Scott William Phillips resigned as V i d e wonderful the Linfield Victory at the same ship's delegate. All the Seafarers proposed that a ship's delegate on the Cosmo Mar­ treatment for all time his father was making a trip need for a perfect voyage is a new letter be sent to iner (Cosmos) to of the boys there aboard the Free America, ice maker. the company in give someone else there." Jose said but unfortunately they didn't get regard to the "ex­ a shot at the job, cellent manage­ Castro waiting a chance to see each other. John Dunne, meeting chairman meeting Secretary ment of the vessel word on a possi­ "I had made a trip to Vietnam on the Bowling Green (Pan Amer­ Jack Hart writes. by Captain Rich­ ble operation for in March when Manuel's outfit Cross ican) reports that Phillips received young Manuel on the wounded was sent over,' Jose recalled, "but ard Hicks." Scott Charles Moore praise of his ship­ part cf the neck or shoulder. also received a vote of thanks for "was elected by we didn't have a chance to meet." mates for the fine This is the second time the boy acclamation to his "exceptional" job as delegate. Jose has met a number of U.S. job he turned in, was wounded, his father said. servicemen and found their mo­ continue the good The steward department did a fine Hart reported. Mosakowski The first time • ••cli "-hen rale to be "very high." job by all mem­ job, Richard Hanek, meeting sec­ Robert Spencer, retary, reports. The payoff will he was hit in ti.,; arm by shrap­ bers present." Jose, a native of Puerto Rico, meeting chairman told the men nel. "He recovered and went joined the Union in Baltimore. Moore has done be held in San Diego. that the ship's fund contains $8. back," Jose said. a "tip-top job in His first ship was the Morning Joe Mosakowski was named as the seeing that the in­ Seafarer Castro said that he Light. ship's delegate. Dunne Some good old American knowterests of the crew — — how was required to fix the Alcoa Voyager's (Alcoa) It was election time on the television set. Overseas Dinny (Maritime Over­ Meeting secretary seas) according: to M. P. Cox report­ J. H. Loe, meet­ ed. "The televiing chairman. s i o n repairman Pete Dolan will "The alertness of an efficient couldn't fix the serve as ship's Nancy O'Neill, born October 1, Paulette Gnillory, born October crew and officers" helped save the set in Germany," delegate while R. 1967, to the Johnny O'Neills, 16, 1967, to the Paul C. Guillorys, life of a fellow crewmember Cox wrote, ".so Hunt has been during a recent voyage of the Bronx, N.Y. La. Mamou, the job will have elected to be the Globe Traveler, AB and ship's Arndt to be done in New new treasurer. delegate Ivar Anderson reported Orleans." Cox, who is also ship's Meeting Secretary to the LOG. William Beacham, born Octo­ Loe Atrise Lawrence, born July 26, treasurer, stated that the ship's M. Requiso in­ "We were on ber 11, 1967 to the Benjamin 1967, to the James L. Lawrences, fund totals $34. O. L. Arndt, formed us that the galley repairs our way to Hol­ Beachams, Beaufort, N.C. Jr., New Orleans, La. land with a load meeting chairman, reported that have been taken care of and dele­ of coal," Brother most repairs have been taken care gates reported no problems. Anderson re­ of. Those that have not should Bonefay Mullis, born October Vita Maria Marano, born ported to the be finished before the payoff in 7, 1967, to the John W. Mullis, October 20, 1967, to the Anthony LOG. About 600 New Orleans or New York. Some Mobile, Ala. J. Maranos, New Orleans, La. miles out of Phil­ disputed overtime in the engine adelphia our ra­ department, delegate Chester Anderson dio officer, Har­ Lohr reported, but no other beefs J a m e s Antfaoay Blancluurd, old Rafter, suffered a heart at­ or disputed overtime. bom October 18, -1967, to the Vera Carolyn Mann, born Oc­ James L. Blanchards, Pacolet, tober 25, 1967, to the James tack. It was about 9:45 p.m. on S.C. MUSKEGON, Mich. — CrewManns, 5602 Skidaway Rd., Sa­ November 1, when he was strick­ en." The Captain and Chief Offi­ member of SIU Great Lakes Dis­ Meeting Chairman R. Weaver vannah, Ga. ^ cer were able to provide aid while reports from the Cortland (George trict-contracted freighter Gysum sending a message for assistance. T. Bates) that M. recently rescued two men after Sonya Mae Merritt, bom Aug­ "I acted as liaison man between C. Storch of the they had drifted helplessly for al­ ust 20, 1967, to the Robert R. Larry Keith Jordan, born Oc­ the radio and bridge," Anderson deck department most three days on their power­ Merritts, Femdale, Fla. tober 27, 1967, to the Dewey B. said. "We finally heard from the had to leave the less cruiser. Coast Guard Cutter, Cape George. vessel due to hosJordans, Wilmer, Ala. The two men, Robert Morton, The cutter contacted their head­ p i t al i zat i on . 42, and Ralph Guthrie, 21, were Stephen Wade LighteD, bom —— quarters in New York, who in turn Brother Storch spotted by the Gysum after they October 2, 1967, to the Paul G. notified the USPHS Hospital in Lightens, Metaire, La. needs an opera­ had set off emergency smoke Rose Hawkins, born August 17, Staten Island. tion and his fel­ flares, a trick Morton had learned 1967, to the Sidney D. Hawkins, Anderson reported that the low Seafarers only recently in a U.S. Power NakUcki Captain ordered the Globe Trav­ wish him a speedy Squadron class. MeUnda Fletcher, bom October Pensacola, Fla. eler tumed around and the ship recovery. Frank Naklicki, meet­ The luckless pleasure boaters 11, 1967, to the Bobby E. Flet­ then headed for Halifax, Nova ing secretary, reported that B. J. had set out to winterize their craft, chers, Houston, Texas. Lisa Michele Knapp, bom Aug­ Scotia, the closest port. The ves­ Williams rejoined the ship in a 22-foot powerboat called the ust 11, 1967, to the Horst N. sel had been in radio communi­ Bombay. Etepartment delegates "Whee One." About one and onecation with the USPHS Hospital, reported no beefs or disputed half miles past the South Haven Noordin Idiia, bom October keeping them fully informed on overtime and LOGS and mail are breakwater, the engines quit and 18, 1967, to the Sedek B. Idris, Knapps, Baltimore, Md. arriving regularly. The repair list the pair drifted helplessly. Rafter's condition. San Francisco, Calif. ^ Upon arrival in Halifax, Rafter includes another fan for the mess"When we spotted the smoke Larry Ediumd, bom September was lowered into a launch and room. from the Gysum, we dropped the John NORIB, bom October 1, 13, 1967, to the John H. Edlumds, taken to the hospital. His present emergency smoke flare into the condition is listed as good, a com­ 1967, to the John Norris, Akron, Mobile, Ala. water and let it drag about 50 feet pany spokesman said. New York. behind us, "they told newsmen "Our bosun, Stan Mosakowski after being brought to Muskegon. ^ and dayman Bill Crownan should Within 15 minutes they were 3, 1967, to the Harry Watts, HaliAlphonse Slater, bom October be complimented for the fine way spotted by the Gypsum and once Carol F^cif Watts, born July 5, 1966, to the Willie Slaters, Pri- they helped the sick man into the on board they enjoyed their first launch and cared for him. fax, Va. chard, Ala. meal in 70 hours. •>- Seafarers Aid AUiag Shipmate <1, .1. .t.— 4# ,1, •<1> Lakes Seafarers Rescue Two Men Adrift on Cruiser �SEAFARERS Page Fourteen FINAL DEPARTURES Governor Brower, 55: A heart ailment claimed the life of Brother Brower, July 24, at Pennsylvania Hospital. He join­ ed the UIW in Philadelphia and was employed by the Philadelphia Laboratories, Inc. Brower was born in High Point, North Carolina, and lived in Philadelphia. He is survived by his father, George Brower of Washington, D.C. Burial was in Mount Lawn Ceme­ tery, Sharon Hill, Pa. — John Walsh, 52: Heart disease claimed the life of Brother Walsh, September 12, in Cleveland. He was a member of the SIU Great Lakes District and joined the Union in Cleve­ land. A native of that city, he made his home there. Walsh sailed as a fireman and was employed by the Great Lakes Towing Company. He served in the Navy during World War II. Surviving is a son, John, of Elyria, Ohio. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Cleveland. — Eugene Cook, 52: Brother Cook died in Stevens Memorial Hos­ pital, Edmonds, Wash. He sailed as FOWL and joined the Union in the port of =1 Seattle. Cook was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa, and resided in Granite Falls, Wash. His last ship was the Duke Victory. Cook served in he Army from 1943 to 1946. Surviving is his wife, Georgia. Brother Cook was buried in Restlawn Memorial Gar­ dens, Edmonds, Wash. Perry Pedersen, 42: Death claimed Brother Pedersen on Oct. 10, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He joined the Union in the port of New York. A member of the deck deparment. Brother Pedersen sailed as AB. His last ship was the Albion Victory. He was born in Norway and lived in Brooklyn. Before joining the SIU, he had served in the Navy. Surviving is his wife, Lillian. The burial was in Ever­ greens Cemetery, Brooklyn. <|> Andrew Blahnik, 58: Brother Blahnik died in Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 17. He was a mem­ ber of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ trict and joined the union in Frankfort, Mich. An AB, he last sailed on the McKees Son. Brother Blahnik was on an SIU pen­ sion at the time of death. Bom in Nadeaw, Mich., he made his home in Grand Rapids. He is sur­ vived by his sons Raymond and Rudolph of Frankfort. Burial was in Nadeaw Township Cemetery, Menominee County, Mich. <!> Francis Price, 20: An automo­ bile accident claimed the life of Brother Price on Sept. 6, in Charleston, W.Va. He joined the SIU in the port of New York. He was bom in West Virginia and was a resident of Charleston. An OS, he last sailed on the Alcoa Master. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Eileen Price of Charleston. WiUiain Willdridge, 52: A heart ailment claimed the life of Brother Willdridge, Oct. 27, in Hull, Mass. During his career, he sailed as a FOWT. He joined the Union in Bos­ ton during World War II. Bom in Quincy, Mass., he was a resident of Hull. Brother Willdridge last sailed on the Steel Apprentice. Surviving is his wife, Mildred, of Hull. Burial was in Hull C^etery. Paul Kovaievich, 52: Heart fail­ ure claimed the life of Broth­ er Kovaievich, on October 12, in Oyster Bay, N.Y. He was born in Brooklyn, and joined the SIU in New York. A res­ ident of Commack, N.Y., he was employed by the American Casting and Manu­ facturing Corp. He served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. Sur­ viving is his mother, Anna, of Plainview, N.Y. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens. Fred Biichert, 66: Brother Blichert died on June 16, in Ribe, Denmark, of can­ cer. At the time of death, he was on an SIU pen­ sion. He was bom in Denmark and joined the SIU in the Port of Nor­ folk. He had pre­ viously resided in New York City. A member of the engine department, he sailed as electrician. Brother Blichert's last ship was the Andrew Jackson. He is survived by a brother, William. Brother Blichert was buried in Ribe, Denmark. Charles Graham, 63: A heart ailment claimed the life of Brother Mich. He was bom in Brimley, Mich, and was a resident of Detroit. Broth­ er Graham joined the union in the port of St. Ignace. A fireman, he last shipped for Dunbar and Sons. Surving is his wife Irene of De­ troit. Burial was in Oakview Cemetery, Oakland County, Mkh. November 24, 1967 LOG Seafaring Songwriter Hits Jatkpot With Two Best'Seiling Rerords Seafarer, songwriter, nightclub proprietor, owner of record and sheet music publishing companies— these are the credentials of Seafarer H. C. Cain of Mobile, who has managed to maintain a career both at sea and shoreside. Brother Cain has had some nationwide hits among the tunes he has written. Two of his records, "Landlord" and "Jack and Jill,' have appeared at Marie's Lounge, recent dancer's at the club was recorded by a Mobile singer, Cain stated. Among them is "Sam "Judy the Body." Quite a few of Julian Glad, sold 100,000 copies. the Sham," a rock and roll singer the girls use descriptive names, The songs were recorded on the who has had a number of hits on Cain reported to the LOG. Brother Cain opened his first Mercury label, one of the major the major MGM label. club in 1955 and became associ­ Perhaps the biggest problem en­ recording companies. ated with Marie's Lounge five countered in the running of At present, he has a record fea­ Marie's Lounge is making sure all years ago. "I started out by book­ turing the Dalton. the customer's are over 21, Ala­ ing rock and roll performers," he Boys, recorded on bama's minimum drinking age. said. After booking acts into clubs in Mobile and other towns, ^ his own "Cy" la­ "We have to check our customers he decided to go into the night carefully," Brother Cain said. bel. The titles are club business. "Sometimes we get guys who look "Something you Seafarer Cain also has quite a between 25 and 30, but are only Got," and "Lover Please," which 18 or 20. A lot of seamen come background as an athlete. While was released 6n into the club and of course, some attending Murphy High .School^ largest in Alabama, he played Cain November 1. The are uniler 21." center on the football team well Dalton Boys are also from Mo­ As in many nightclubs, the girls enough to* win All-City and Allbile. dance to records since "live or­ State honors. This is not a minor Brother Cain, who is 33, has chestras are very expensive and achievement, since Alabama is sailed in the deck department many nightclubs have discon­ well-known for its High School since 1952. He is also the owner tinued them." One of the most and College football teams. and operator of Marie's Lounge and Restaurant, located at the en­ trance of Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile. While at sea, the lounge is operated by his two brothers, Arlen and John. Checks are being held at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the Seafarers listed below for money due They have nationally-known them on the ve.ssels shown. Men whose names are listed should personalties on stage nightly. get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible. Brother Cain said. Included are "some of the South's most beauti­ Claim Ship Name ful girls." Brother Cain is not certain whether he prefers operat­ Edward Jensen Hercules Victory Disputed overtime ing the club or shipping out to Hercules Victory Disputed overtime Robert Smith One day's wages foreign ports, but he emphasized Frank G. Valerie Natalie Disputed overtime that both "help to make life inter­ Earl H. Beamer Penn Carrier esting." Disputed overtime Transwestern Calvin Smith Disputed overtime Transwestern Daniel McLaren A number of well-known acts Disputed overtime Transwestern Clyde Greeson Transportation Thomas E. Hanson Valient Hope Transportation Valient Hope Dhnald Kershaw Lodging Niagara Warren Weiss Seatrain New York Disputed lodging James Gleason Seatrain New York Disputed lodging Fred Patterson Lodging Joseph L. Chapeau Kent Lowell Thomas Bailey Lodging Cyril Gauthier Kent Kindly contact Dewey Elrod, Standby wages J. Walsh Mldlake 16 N. Wolfe, Baltimore, Md. Standby wages Midlake D. Shattuck Wages Bonanza Carlo Rniz —— Wages William L. Robinson Bonanza Transportation Edgar Lee Faison Alcoa Master Rowland Harper, Jr. Transportation Alcoa Master Bobby V. Carter Bernard D. Lipton, 1401 K. Transportation Alcoa Master David J. Flynn Street, N.W., Suite 1021, Wash­ Retroactive wages Rambam J. Rose ington, D. C. 20005, would like Retroactive wages C. Cummings Rambam you to contact him as soon as Retroactive wages A. Sama^ Rambam possible. Retroactive wages J. Smith Rambam Retroactive wages Rambam J. Saunders <|> Retroactive wages Rambam E. M. McCay Frank Myatt Unclaimed wages Western Hunter Ian O. Robertson Get in touch with J. W. AllUnclaimed wages Seatrain San Juan Roy L. Frank man, at 525 Franklin St., South Unclaimed wages Seatrain San Juan Neil Napolitano Hill, Va., in regard to an impor­ Wages Coe Victory Robert Wilson tant matter. One Day's Wages Albion Victory Emil H. Kjono Refund John B. Gardner, Jr. Norberto Capay Norberto Capay Refund Onofre F. Rando Repatriation Minot Victory Edward Giordano Donald J. French Please contact your brother Jay, aboard the Transontario, c/o Hud­ pamaBBaBBBHBanaaBaBBBiiuMBraaaaBBaBaMMaraBi son Waterways Corp., 1 Chase S Editor, Manhattan Plaza, New York, 2 kAFARERS LOG, N.Y. 10005. S 675 hHirlh AWw Money Due Clinton L. Conn Rojeane D. Conn would like you to contact her as soon as possible at R.D. No. 1, Box 101, Confluence, Penn. 15424. Bin WUHMUS Please contact youf brother in Kissimmee, Fla., at the earliest possible time. Or contact J. B. Garrison in Kissimmee. �SEAFARERS LOG OVERaEtAS JOYCE (Maritime Over­ seas), October 29—Chairman, F. E. Otto: Secretary. J. Morrison. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Motion made that men who sailed with the Union for 20 years he eligible for retirement, regardless of age. DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various cdmpanies 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.) ROSWELL VICTORY (States Ma­ rine). September 16—Chairman. Handrey Rucki: Secretary. Steve Bryant. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly thus far. Small beefs were settled. Little disputed OT in deck department to he settled when ship ar­ rives in port. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa). October 22 — Chairman. O. L. Arndt: Secretary. M. P. Cox. Most of the repairs have been completed. $34.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT was re­ ported. 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) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Startlite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) "HIS" hraud men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Cloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Chvalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Peavy Paper MID Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Unionof United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) <|> Magic Chef Pan Padflc DfrUoa (Stove, Ftirnace and Allied Ai^Ilance Worken lataiutional Unkm) CENTERVILLE (Chatham). October 26—Chairman, E. L. Odem: Secretary, E. J. Rivierra. Brother EL R. Harrison was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MADAKET (Waterman), October 2!)— Chairman, Steve Homke: Secretary Jack Ixing. $30.00 in ship's fund. Some dis­ pute OT in engine department. Motion was made for retirement after 20 years in the Union. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), No­ vember 5—Chairman, Peter Hammel: Secretary, C. Demeres. Some disputed OT was reported by engine' delegate. Insufficient supply of food was put aboard. Motion made to have company install an ice machine. Sdtzel-Weiler Distilleries "Did Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Stiii," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) LINFIELD VICTORY (Alcoa). Octo­ ber 29 — Chairman. Malcolm M. Cross; Secretary, Richard J. Haney. No beefs and no disputed OT. Ship's delegate pro­ posed that a letter be writjen about the excellent management of vessel by Cap­ tain Richard Hicks. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Bill Scott for doing delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Crew thanked by the steward department for their cooperation. LOMA VICTORY (Delta). October 22— Chairman. Cecil Futch; Secretary. How­ ard F. Menz. Brother Howard Menz was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. COSMOS MARINER (Cosmos). Octo­ ber 10—Chairman. Robert Spencer ; Sec­ retary. Jack Hart. Brother William Phillips resigned as ship's delegate and was given a vote of thanks. Brother Joe Mosakowski was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $8.00 in ship's fund. Ship's 'TV needs to be repaired. Matter of putting a new ice machine on board will be taken up with port steward. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers, Inc.), October 25 — Chairman. Oscar Cooper: Secretary. George A. O'Berry. No beefs were reported. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Brother O. Cooper was elected to serve as ship's delegate. It was dis­ cussed that the company should be re­ quired to hire qualified American union seamen to fill all Shipboard vacancies. Ship has operated since March 17. 1967 without proper complement in steward department so as to avoid violation of Article V, Section 22. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers). Oc­ tober 29—Chairman. L. A. Webber; Sec­ retary. None. $6.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was extended to the cooks and messman. Tom Brown. BOWLING GRIEEN (Pan American Tankers). October 14—Chairman. John Dunne: Secretary. F. J. "Whitey" Johnspn. Ship's delegate reported that moat of the repairs from last voyage have been completed. He stated that every­ thing seems to be shaping up well and hopes that the new men will have a good trip. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Brother Charles Moore was re-elected to serve as ship's delegate and was given a vote of thanks for doing a tip-top job. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea-Transport). October 21—Chairman. Ernest W. Pierce: Secretary. Dominick Orsini. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported by department delegates. Captain will re­ plenish slop chest. Motion was made that all men paying off in Yokohama be able to file and receive vacation checks in the Yokohama hall. It was suggested that the pension be increased to $300.00 a month, after 20 years with the Union and enough sea time. DEL SUD Chairman, J. Crew extended chief cook and done. (Delta), November 5— Glass: Secretary, None. a vote of thanks to the 2nd baker for a job well YAKA (Waterman), October 27 — Chairman, W. Vehazquez: Secretary. W. El Hart. Brother Tom Booth was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No disputed OT and no beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. SS PLATTE (Platte Transport), Octo­ ber 22 - - Chairman, O. W. Rosenly; Secretary. G. Trosclair. Brother L. S. Blanchard was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. It was suggested that the Yokohama representative meet ship re­ garding the repairs which were not com­ pleted when the ship was in the ship­ yard. DEL SANTOS (Delta). October 23 — Chairman. Earl McCab : Secretary, Alton R. Booth. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate for a job well done. Everything is running smoothly in all departments. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment. Vote of thanks to Brother Foster for keeping longshoremen out of crew quarters. Captain is well satisfied with his SIU crew. DEL SANTOS (Delta). September 24— Chairman. B. Foster: Secretary A. K. Booth. Brother Elarl McCab was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Page Fifteen Schedule of Membership Meetings SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans . Dec. 12—2:30 p.m. Mobile Dec. 13—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Dec. 18—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Dec. 20—2:00 p.m. Seattle Dec. 22—2:00 p.im. New York . . .Dec. 4—2:30 p.]m. Philadelphia .Dec. 5—2:30 p.]m. Baltimore . . .Dec. 6—2:30 p.im. Detroit Dec. 8—2:30 p.im. Houston .... Dec. 11—2:30 p.]m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Dec. 4—2:00 p.m. Alpena Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Chicago . . . .Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Cleveland . . .Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Duluth Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Dec. 4—7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago . . . .Dec. 12—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Dec. 14—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Duluth Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. Cleveland . . .Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. Toledo Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. Detroit Dec. 11—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . .Dec. 11—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans .Dec. 12—5:00 p.m. Mobile Dec. 13—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia . Dec. 5—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Dec. 6—5:00 p.m. Norfolk . . . .Dec. 7—5:00 p.m. Houston . . . .Dec. 11—5:00 p.m. OVERSEAS DINNY (Maritime Over­ seas). October 8—Chairman, J. H. Loe: Secretary, M. Requiso. Brother Pete Dolan was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Jerry Brown for assisting in making badly needed repairs. It was suggested that the ship be fumigated. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Dec. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Dec. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Dec. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Dec. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans . Dec. 12—7:00 p.m. Mobile Dec. 13—7:00 p.m. New York . . .Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia . Dec. 5—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Dec. 6—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . .Dec. 11—7:00 p.m. CORTLAND (George T. Bates). No­ vember 12—Chairman, R. El Weaver: Secretary, Frank Naklicki. No beefs were reported by department delegates. t Meeting held at Labor Temple. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple. Newp6rt News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. MAIDEN CREEK (Sea-Land). October 29—Chairman, W. J. Barnes: Secretary. C. J. Nail. Brother Roy A. Watford, resigned as ship's delegate and was given a vote of thanks for a job well done. Brother W. J. Barnes was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Water­ ways). October 10—Chairman. Ronald Lawrence: Secretary. Richard Runkle. $14.97 in ship's fund. Deck department men thanked the Captain and the Mate for time off allowed in Sasebo. No beefs were reported by department delegates. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklsm. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the'siU Atlantic, Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. Ail these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters ol, 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 riights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union hails. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as conUined in the contracts between the Unkm 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 Battenr Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. ,. . Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracta arc avaOable 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, sucb as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Unkm oAcial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract righu prop­ erly, contamt ti^ nearest SIU port agent. BDITORIAL POLICY—SBAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from pnblishing any article serving Oie political purposes of any individual In the Union, offlcer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed barmfnl to the Union or its collective membersbip. This established policy hss been feaflrmad by membeeship action at the September, I860, meetings in ril «^Ututhmal porta. The maponslhiUty for LOO policy is vated in an editorial boaid which aonahia o< the B-""""— Board of the Union. The Bmeutive Board may delegate, te earry oat this reapaaalbllitr. J DIIUiCTDRY UNION HAULS SIU A-l-iantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard VICE PRESIDENTS LIndtey Williamt Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ALPENA, Mich BALTIMORE, Md 475 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-4400 127 River St. EL 4-3414 1214 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mais 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. SIU TL 3-9259 IBU TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. SIU SA 1-0733 IBU ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, Tex JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va VI 3-4741 P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 2408 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 430 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7544 115 3rd St. Tel. 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4th St. DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. .. 505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA, Japan. Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204971 Ext. 281 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. A!! Seafarers are guaranteed eq: .i rights in employment and as members of the SIU. Tiicie 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 or^in. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity 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 mnmbership and the Union. If at any time a Scafarsr feds that any of ths abuvr rights hava besa vMated, or that M has been denied his eonstitntional right of uc--«es to UCI.->A records or iafonaatiaiW IM ahoald iasmsdlately natlfr SIU President Pool HaU at hcadqaarters by e«tilad nMil, rstnm receipt �'Ti Vol. XXiX No. 24 '-«"01 SEAFARERS LOG «*«A Novombor 24/ 1967 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO N EVER INCREASING NUMBERS, Seafarers are availing themselves of the opportunity to gain engi­ neer ratings by enrolling in the Engineer training program jointly sponsored by the SIU and MEBA District 2. Any Seafarer who is interested in taking advantage of the chance to upgrade himself to the rating of engineer should file his application by mail or with an SIU representative, or at his nearest union hall. In order to qualify you must be a citizen of the United States, 19 years old—or older—and have 18 months verified watch-standing time in the engine department. m ::j _ . "if -: ••• •.tf" •* : , • > • /* -v • This valuable training will cost you nothing. Not only will you be able to ship as an engineer immediately upon obtaining your license, but you will be provided with meals, hotel lodgings and subsistance payments of $110 weekly while learning. Under a reciprocal agreement between the SIU and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa­ tion, District 2, full credit will be extended to Seafarers for all pension benefits built up under the SIU pension plan. Also, your welfare benefits are completely covered and your SIU pension plan will be supplemented by the MEBA District 2, plan in approximately the same amount while you are serving as an engineer. After obtaining their licenses, any Seafarers who sail aboard MEBA District 2-contracted vessels will not be required to drop their SIU membership unless they wish to, and will be exempt from payment of the $1,000 MEBA initiation fee. Instruction periods range from 30 to 90 days. They are determined by the ability and knowledge of the student. The latest list of applicants approved and accepted for the upgrading school is as follows: E. F. Armstrong Joseph Bereczky Joseph Bruce John Buck Elwyn Bnsseil William Cachola Clyde Cahin L. J. Canfield Bernard Cassada Jochim Qcirello Malvin Chandler James Cline Alfred DeArgo Armond Dunne Harvey Falrhum John Francis E. A. Fotch Luis Gonzalez Julio Gordlan Ross Hardy Leonard HIgglns Billle Jenkins Roman Linkowsky Paul Magner Clifton Mainers L. G. Malta George McAlplne Juan Medina Anthony Melanson Harold Mlddleton Peter Murphy Robert O'Brien Doniminck Orsini Gustavo Osuna J. Pagan Rudolph Polletti John Preston Thomas Raines Raymond Riemer G. E. Rival Rayford Schram L. R. Soper Vladlk Suska Alberto Yelez Walker Ward Harry Watts David Wilson Allen Wolfe Those men listed above, as well as others being accepted on a daily basis for the training program for licensing of new engineers, will be given class schedules at their convenience. Those Seafarers whose names appear on the list, are urged to write immediately to: The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, or telephone the school at Area Code (212) 499-6565. The sooner yov in touch, the quicker your upgrading training will begin. Upgrading is the merchant seaman's "tomorrow." Those Seafarers who can qualify and arc interested in becoming licensed engineers should apply without delay. An application form appears on this page. Clip it' and send it in. If you have any questions, write or call as indicated above. OF lEAMANSHIP AmiCATION KM TRMNIiW M* INOINI MPAMMMT Namw Book No .ZNumboffa Addrasat. DMoJolMdSIU: Watch Standing TimoRalingft—— .No. Yoara Soatlmot. .Yoan In Engino Dept. -Timo at Day Wtorkar/Exoapt Wlpar- • � 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 November 24, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SOVIET UNION WIDENING GAP OVER U.S. IN FLEET CAPABILITIES, MARAD REPORTS FIVE-YEAR FLEET UPGRADING PROGRAM PROPOSED IN JOINT HOUSE, SENATE BILLS HOUSE PASSES ANTI-POVERTY BILL MARAD GRANTS TRIAL RATE INCREASE ON GOVERNMENT 50-50 AID CARGOES MEANY URGES IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF SENATE SOCIAL SECURITY BILL THE NLRA – TIME FOR REVISION AFL-CIO RAPS HOUSE MEAT BILL AS HOAX ON U.S. PUBLIC MASSIVE SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM URGED BY CONGRESSMAN AT MTD SEMINAR JOBLESS RATE HITS TWO-YEAR HIGH MOVIE VERSION OF SEAFARER’S NOVEL TOUTED AS POSSIBLE AWARD WINNER 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 11/24/1967 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. 24 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f5d6b3cb5a494736f749d7cc4db82ef5.PDF fc356f2718eba8ebea9a7e09783c4f90 PDF Text Text ­V  ^J^ARERSJOQ /  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF THE  ATLANTIC AND  GULF DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  NEW YORK,  N. Y., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER  25, 1941  No. 23  NEGOTIATING  COMMinEE  WINS ''10 & 10  COASTWISE  DIFFERENTIAL  //  >  ­ 1942Nominations Closed} Five Major  Atlantic Operators Grant SjU  $10 Wage Boost and 90 cents Overtime;  Sixty­Four Candidates  (COMPLETE LIST  OF CANDIDATES ON RASE FOUR)  After  painstaking  examination  off  because  they  failed  to  submit     <ot  all .ciedentialfl  submitted  by  discharges  proving  sufficient  sea  'hi * •   • i •   caudidates  for  1942  ofllce  in  the  service;  others  mailed  in  their  Seafarers'  International  Union,  papers  after  the  legal  deadline,  the  Committee­  on  Candidates  and  in  some  cases  the  men  made  its  report  to  the  branches  failed  to  prove  citizenship.  and  revealed  that  sixty­four  men  There  ­are  several  offices  to  had  aualified  to  run  for  office.  This  brings  to  an  ­ end  the  which  no  one  has  been  nomi­ period  of  notninations;  the actual  nated. These  will  be filled  by  the  election  will  start  immediately  man  receiving  the  highest  write­ and  proceed  for  the  next  two  in  vote,  provided  he  receives  months.  The  new  Union  offlcens  one­third  of  the  total  votes  cast  will  take  office'  on  the  , flret  for  that  particular  office.  The  Committee  on  Candidates  Monday  in  February.  '  The  Committee  on  Candidates  was  composed  of  J.  H.  Yolgian,  revealed  that  a  number  of  bro­ J.  Arras,  ­J.  Cruz,  Theodore  thers  had  been  disqualified  to  Thomson,  Vincent  Kadian  and  run for office.  Some  were marked  Richasd  R.  Tyler.  Ships to Sail  AH  Seas;  ^  President  Roosevelt  has  signed  the  neutrality  revision  resolution which  passed Congress last  week and which allows  AUierican  merchant  ships  to sail  all  belligerent  waters.  The  U.S.  Navy  is  now  proceeding  with  its  program  of  arm­ ing  these  ships  so  that  they  may  defend  themselves  from  Axis  attackers.  ships  are  already  overcrowded.  And  of  primary  importance is  the  question  of  whether  or  not  the  more  reactionary  shipowners  will  try  anti  use  the  presence of  Navy  men  aboard  these  ships  as  an  excuse  to  break  down  union  working  conditions  and  wages.  •   These  are  vitally  important  questions  upon  which  the  Gov­ erament  has  taken  no  official  stand. The  seamen  will  vigilantly  (Continued  on  Page  2)  This  revision  raises  many  questions  for  the  union  men  that  sail  these  ships.  What  sort  of  compensation  are  they  going  to  receive" for  risking  their  lives  in  sub­invested  waters?  Will  they  receive  bonuses,  adequate  insur­ ance  to  protect  their  families  in  case  they  are  killed?  Who  will  man  the  newly  in­ stalled  guns?  If  Navy  men  are  to  man  them,  where  will  they  be  quartered?  The  focs'ls  of  most  Bull  and Insular  Eliminate  Differential  9  The  Aflantic  District  negotiating  committee  headed  by  Secretary­Treasurer  John  Hawk,  won  from five  major  operators this  week  a  $10 boost  in  wages and  a  10 cents  per  hour  increase  in  overtime.  Thus  the  SIU  again  takes  the  lead  in  improving  wages  and  working  conditions  for  the  seamen  of  America.  With Coastwise  Ship  Operators  The agreements  are between the  Union and the  A. H.  The  deadlock  in  negotiations  between  coastwise  operators  and  Bulj,  Baltimore­Insular,  Alcoa,  and  Raritan  Steamship  the  International  Longshore­ Companies,  and  Seatrain  Lines,  Inc.  These  agreements  men's  Association,  was  punctuat­ not  only  give  ail  SIU  men  90 cents  per  hour  in  overtime  ed  this  week  by  a  new  threat  from  Joseph  Ryan,  ILA  presi­ rate — the  highest in the industry  — but in  the  case  of  dent,  to  strike  the  operators  if  the Bull and Baltimore­Insular lines the  differential between  they  didn't  come  to  terms.  offshore  and coastwise  runs  is  eliminated.  Henceforth all  The  old  contract  expired  on  Get.  31  and  the  union  has  been  runs  will  pay  the  same  scale.  This  amounts  to  a  $12.50  attempting  to  get  a  new  agree­ raise in  scale  for The coastwise  men.  ment  ever  since.  The  ILA  seeks  Negotiations  between  the "Union  and  many  of  the  an  increase  of  15  cents  an  hour  companies  are  continuing  on  working  rules  — but a  spe­ above  their  present  pay  of  $1.10  an  hour  for  regular  time  and  an  cial addendurh providing  for the new  scale  and overtime  increase  in  overtime  from  $1.42  has  been  signed  and  in  most  cases  is  retroactive  to  to  $1.65  an  hour..  ;  November  1st.  Joe  Ryan  warned  that  15,000  These  benefits put  in  the  shade  the loudly  trumpeted  longshoremen  in  all  North  Atlan­ tic  ports  would  walk  out  before  contract  between the NMU and the  American Merchant  December 1,  if  no  agreement  was  Marine  Institute.  The  NMU  receives  only  85  cents  per  reached.  hour  overtime  and  continues  to  accept*a  coastwise  dif­ In  the  meantime  the  II.A  struck  three  sugar  refineries  in  ferential.  Brooklyn  and  Yonkers.  The  com­ panies  affected  were Sucrest  Cor­ poration,  American  Sugar  Refin­ ing  Company  and  the  Syrups  Sales  Corporation.  According  to  Ryan,  the  freighter  Agwimonte,  carrying  ­a  cargo  of  sugar  de­ Dear  Editor:  ment stooges  who  want  to  put  us  stined  for  the  American  Sugar  By  the  time  you  get  this  leUer  under  a  dictatofsbip.  Refining  Company  in  Brooklyn,  I  repeat, if  you  don't  put  damn  has  put  about  and  is  reported  all  the  nominations  will  be  in,  good  men  in  office  this  year,  our  heading  for  Baltimore  to  dis­ and  it  would  be  a  good  idea  to  (Continued  on  Page  2)  charge  her  cargo  there.  If  the  have  a  little  discussion,  I  think,  ship  arrives  at  that  port,  Balti­ about  the  elections  themselves.  more  members  of  the  Refinery  I  have  a­ few  ideas  that  I'll  Workers  Union,  Local  1476  of  pass  out  for  what  they  are  the  IL.^  will  be  instructed  not  worth.  I  think  they  deserve  care­ to  handle  the  sugar.  ful  attention  by  the  SIU  mem­ bership.  Brothers,  the  coming  year  is  As  an  aftermath  of  the  Nation­ going  to  be  about  the  toughest  al  Defense  Mediayon  Board's  re­ year  our  organization  will  ever  fusal  to  grant  the  United  Mine  have  to  face—what  with  the  Workers  a  closed  shop  contract  NMU's  sell­out  for  government  in  the captive  coal fields,  the Ma­ regimentation  and  the  pressure  All Brothers at sea or on  being  put  on  Congness  by  the re­ rine  and  Shipbuilding  Workers  (CIQ)  have  withdrawn  their  dis­ the  beach  are  urged  to  actionary  elements  to  have  laws  pute  with  the  Robins  Drydock  Company  from  the  Board's  con­ wnte for the SEAFAR^S  passed  to  shackle  labor.  This  year's  elections  may  be  sideration.  LOG.  Beefs,  e^rienoe,  the  last  time  you  will  have  a  The  Shipbuilding  Workers  had  ideas­T­send  them all along  chance  to  exercise  your  right  of  previously struck  the Robins  out­ Control  over  your  or­ fit  in  an  attempt  to  gqt  a  pay  to the Editor.  If  yon have  democratic  gahization  if  you  don't  put  men  boost  and  better  working  condi­ anytldilg  on  j^hr  ohest­r­ in  office  who are  able  to  win  our  tions.  The  workers went  hack  to  fight  against  the  reactionary  work  when  the  NDMB  promised  :pnt­it in the LOG.  ^powners  and  their  govern­ to  m'ediate  a settlement'  Free  Advice Concerning  Selection  of  Officers­ Seaman  Reveals  Hellish  Conditions on NM. U.Ship  • • fe.  The  NMU  is  always  sounding  off  about  how  militant  it  is  and  what  wonderful  conditions  it  has  won  for  the  rank  and file seamen.  These beautiful  pictures are painted in­each  issue of  the PILOT,  but arefseldUm  translated into real  hard  facts  aboard  the  NMU  sh^s.  The  super  super  conditions  that Ourran keeps yelling  about are a lot  of  malarky. If  you  doii't  believe  it,  ask  Jim  Flynn,  Jr., SIU  No. 2023;  he  just  got  off  a  NMU  ship.  ^  ——  I  ­ II; . Bi.'" Jim  hit the  beach  in  New  York  oh  November  17,  after  a  run  on  the  Elxecutlve  of  the .American  Elxport  Lines,  dnd  he  had'a story  that  would  make  your  hair  curl.  But  let  him  tell  it  in  his  own  words.  ."Edy,  I  wouldn't  have  belie­ed  It;" Jlni said.  "No  air,  I  wouldn't  lM>Ueved  It  if  I  hadnt  seen  It  ;my  own; eyea. ,  The  bri^­ ity  of  the  officer^ and  the  meek­ ness  of  that  crew  was  enough  to  make  a  good  union  man  burn up.  For  a  while  I  thought  that  the  men were  just  no  good, but  when  we  hit  New  York  I  saw  that  it  wasn't  the  men  that  we're  no  good;  It  was  the  NMU  qffi!oials.  The  crew  could, have  been  mili­ tant as hJIl, hut  they­would  have  (poniinued  on  Page­3)  .  :4'l  •  i  4:  ;*•  m  i'.."­i':­.'­ Sit Down and. Write To the LOG •   • •  •   K  i  ,  .  ­ J.2:  Shipbuilding Men Withdraw peef From the NDMB •   II  11^% ..L.­  "­'­M "i  ii.  �Tf  '"• r  .r »«>  ­:i­  t.  mr  Tuesday,  November  25,  1941  T  H  F  S  FA FAR  E R S '  LOG  bonuses,  increased  insurance,  and  the  extension  of  bonus  More  About:  payments  to  the  West  Indies  runs.  All  these  demands were  entirely  justified  and  well  within  the  ability  of  the  operar  AHiANTIC & GULF DISTRICT tors  to  meet.  Yet,  the  Aluminum  mpuopoly  and  the­other  of  the  profit swollen shipowners J%hdiandedlytrefused'itb even  con­ sider  the • d  emands.  Then  came  the  Board.  Give  your  dispute  to  us,  it  said,  and  Weill  see  that  justice  is. dqne.  Affiliated  teith  the  American  Federation  of 'Labor­ (Continued  from  Page 1)  Justice  was  done  all right: ­Shipowner­brand  of­ justice.  Union  may  crumble  under  the  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  International  President  The  seamen  didn't get a boost in insurance  and  they didn't  110: Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  ebmbined  attacks  ot  tfie  NMU  receive  any  bonus  for  the  West: Indies.  All  they, receiyed  and  the  government  And  ' 'the  was a few minor  bonus increases on the  runs wl|ere  they had  AVBRE8S  ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING  THIS  shipowners.  If  we  dp  fa)l,  it Svill  PUBLICATION  TO:  already  won  them.  be  many  years  before  seamen  "THE SEAFARERS'  LOG"  .  Nor  did the Board act  as a "mediator."  Its decision  was  can  get  back  their  present  con­ P. *0/ Box  2^,  StAtioa  P,  New  York,  N.  Y.  handed to the seamen in the form of  an ultimatum.  The  jSRU  ditions.  Phone: BOvtling  Green  9*8346  was  warned  that  it; had  better  acqept  the  Boajrd's  findings  ­u...­  V­ You  fellow  workers  kpow,  by  . . . "or else."  experience  who  the  olliclals  arei  No,  the seamen  won't  shed  any tears  at  this  funeral.  that  have  been  doing  a  good  job.  But now a new threat  arises.  With the  resignation of  the  Select  them  and,  throw,  out  the  010  representatives  from  the  Board,­and  the  calling  of * a  deadheads!  George  E.  Browne  and  Willie  Bioff  were finks  at  heart.  strike  in  the . captive  coal'mines,  reactionary, employers  and  You  also  have,  run  into  som#  Although  one  was  president  and the other  a  West  Coast  of­ Congressmen  are  screaming  for  anti­strike, legislation.  of  the  new  candidates  while  you.  cial of  the. International Association of  Theatrical Stage Em­ Onthis score  there, can­be no  division  in  labor. All  Union  were  on  the  job.  If  you  think  ployees, they  had  not the slightest interest  in the  welfare of  men  must  oppose any legislation that will restrict­their  free­ tliey  would  do  better  than  tjio  men  now. in  office,  vote for  them  the  workers  in  their  union.  Bioff  and  Browne  didn't  think  dom  as  union  men  and  their  hard  won  economic  rights.  instead  of  the  present  holdera,  or  act  or  even  look  like  union  men.  They  blackmailed  the  To deny  labor the  right  to strike  is  to deny  it  ALL  bar,  .Hollywood  movie  producers  with  the  threat  of  calling  a  gaining  rights.  No  employer  would  bargain* with  his  em­ I  always  guide  my  vote  hy  the  '  strike  of  the  projection  room  operators.  To  them  a  picket  ployees  on an  equal  basis if  he  knew that  the men  were for­ following, rules:  1.'  Don't  vote  for  a  map  just  line  was nothing more  or  less  than  a  weapon  to  be  used  for  bidden  by  the government  to leave  their  jobs.  because' he  has  been  in  office' he­ their  own  personal gain—to  line their  pockets.  If  Congress  says  to  the  workers,  "You  cannot  strike for  fore.  If  he  isn't  doing  a good  job,  better  conditions  and  wages,"  it  will  amount;  to  sajdng,  put  a  new  man  in.  With cold  and calculated  contempt for  the working  man,  these  two  leeches  subverted  their  union  and  betrayed  their  "You  can  no  long'er  bargain  collectively  with  your  em­ 2.  Don't  vote  for  a  man  who  is.  ployer."  always  blasting  .somebody.  He.  trust.  With  typical  gangster  reasoning,  Bioff  and  Browne  may  be. sincere,  but  the  chances  This must  not happen.  Complete labor  unity on  this issue  thought the world  was divided into two classes—the suckers  are  he  is  trying  to  work  off;, a  will  defeat  it.  personal  beef.  If  he  really  had  and the  wise guys.  They were  the wise guys  (they thought),  something,  he.  would  prefer  and  they, no  doubt, considered  both the movie  magnates and  charges  instead  of  trying.to  dis­ the  rank­and­file  members  of  theor  own  union  as  suckers.  credit  the­man. Also,  if  he  brings  up  personal  matters  at  a  Union  But  like  so  many  wise  guys,  they  out­smarted  themselves  meeting,  the  chances  are  that  he  For  the  next  ten years  they will  be  sitting  behind  bars.  will  carry his  personal  beefs  into  office  if  elected.  Personal  mat­ There are those  in the  labor  movement  who  are  rejoicing  ters  don't  mix  with;  Union  busi­ that  the  courts finally  caught  up  with  these  two  rats.  Dear  Editor:  you,  and  !yoii  shoflld  be  bh  every  ness.  Rather  it  should  be  an  occasion  for  deep  concern;  concern  Since  it  ia  around  election, time  jab  and  also  in  the  office  all  the  3.  DonT  put  a  man  in,  office,  that the rank and file of  the lATSEmre unable  to take care  I  tliougiit  yon  might  like to  print  tirn«, find  at  home  yon  are a  night  whcj  has  a  poor  strike  record  the  foUowing,  little  item  I  ran  owl,  never  homo  with  the  Missus,  of  their  double­crossing  leaders in  their  own  manner  with­,  across.  It  is  titled—LIFE  QP  A  you  have  lost  your  love  for  lipme  We  can't  afford  to  take  chances  now.  *  out  governmental interference. It is always, better that labor  BUSINESS  AGENT  and  was  end  her,  you  need  a  lantern  and  was  printed  in  "Kenosha  Labor."  not  a  bed.  4.  Don't  vote  for  a  man  jusj,  clean  its own  house.  "First  be  gets  elected  le  servo  ''Among  the  boys  yoii  used  to  because  he  i.s  at  the  top  of  the;  The  Bioff­Browne  case  has  brought  home  to  labor  once  the  members.  That's  what  he  work  with  you  are  a  swell  head  ballot.  Check  the  rnftn's  record  again  the necessity  of  union  democracy.  In this  respect  the^  lliiiiks,  but  soon  he ffnds  that  and  a  liigli  hat,  the  job  hag  gone  hefpi;e  voting  for  him.  serving  the  membership  is  a.  to  your  bean,,  you  are  getting  too  SIU sets an example others would do well to follow.  No fink  • miall item.  5,  La st,  but  not least, vote  for,­ much  dough  for  what  you  do, even  or  racketeer  could  seize  and  hold  control  of  the SIU.  The  "His  job  is  to  get  the  member­ make  more  than  some  of  the  the  man  who  will fight  to  protect  youK  inteersts. because  it  is  your  going  in»the  right,  direction,  members.  rank  and file  wou^d  speak  up—and  when  the  rank  and file  sliip  livelihood  that  is  in  danger.  to  straigliten  out  the  chiseling  "When  you  buy  fi  new. car,  it  of  the  SIU  speaks,  people  jump—and  damn  fast.  employer,  then  hear  all  the  beefs  belongs  to.  them;  you  got..'H  out  Before  signing  off,  I' want  to  Now  that  Bioff  and  Browne  have  been  picked  off,  the  from  tlm  disgruntled  boys,  always  of,  their  dues .they_  pay  into  tho  say  a  word  about  super­militants.  hundreds  of  good  trade  unionists  in  the lATSE  will  have  a  be  ready  to  have  an  excuse,,  for.  union.  So. all  in  all  you  are  The  Commies  are  out  to  wreck  the  wife  of  the  good  brother  who  so­and­so  if  you  do  and  :i  dirty  chance to clean out  the entire  Browne machine and establish  goes  to  a  union  meeting  at  least  name  if  you  don^t.  And  just  wait  the  SIU  because  we  are  mgking;  an honest  and militant  union. It is  up to them to. reestablish  twice  a  week,  see  that  the  boys  the  "Saviors  of  the  working.^^  democracy  within  their  union.  It is  vital that  they do this,  pay  tlieir  dues.  You  are  a so­and­ till  next  elee.tion  and  on  and  on  .class"  look  like  a  hunch  of  saps  "Wlio  in  hell  invented  tliis  job,  for  until  the rights  of  rank­and­file  members  are  protected  so  if  they  don't  keep  paid  up,  and  anyway?"  with  our  better  wages  and  '^rotk­ within the trade imlons,  working men  can  expect  no  democ­ you  are  a  dictator  if  you  ask  Even  so—I  don't  suppose  it  ing  conditions.  them  for  their  dues.  racy jn society  itself.  "Ypu  should  be  at  work  at'  7  will  discourage  tiie  boys  from  So,  beware  of  the  man.  who  Published  by the  Free  Advice  Oil  Eiection  Sea/ittrers'  Intemationcd­ Union  of, Nojth 'America  Bioff  and  Browne  ­ rJP:  fif  I  • ' h 'f •  •  '  Ai.;.  ;  Editor 's  Mail  Bag  :­iXr •   r?"­ V  p  i­v,.,..;, ­ i  I  '  •  a.m.  and  be  tlmrc  at  10:30  p.m  running  for  office.  if  .some  dummy  wants  to  call  Ih­aternally,  about,  something  he  forgot  to  tell  .• K­•   1­.R.  •  wants  to  tie  up  the ships  or  take­ some  other  action  that  w,ill  'dis­ credit  the  Union.  He  may  be  sincere,  and  then  agpin  he. maV;  he  trying  to  make a  stlnlcso that  the  government  will  have  an  ex­ cuse  to  step  in  and  take  oyer  ^  the  ships.  If  thgt  ever, fiappenfi,,  we  would  Ipse  everythipg  ,wp.  have  fought  for.  •   ,  The" new fiverinch  "dual­pur­ The  National'Dtefense  Mediation  Board  is  (lead.  It  con­ More About  pose"  guns  will  be  placed  aboard  III.'#­ only  the  newer  ships  built  espe­ tinues  to  go  through  the  motions  of  "mediation,"  but  its  cially  to  absorb  the  recoil  of  voice  has a  death's rattle."  With the  resignation  of  the  010  these  heavy  weapons.  All  ships  representatives  it  iS' nothing  but  a  hollow  shell,  possessing  wiH' also  be  eciuipped  with  50  ca:  fittle  authority and  demanding no  respect  from  the working  (Continued  from  Piiije  1)  Ilbei­  anti­aircraft  machine  guns.  i;/  •  •  men  of  the  United  States.  watch  for  the first­  attempt  to  :  The iargfe  guns  require  a  crew  And  <18  R fina},  word—don't  put,  p :f  Who  will Tnourn  its  death?  Certainly  not  the  seamen.  scuttle  theii­ Conditions  and  will  of  from  eleven  to­  sixteen  men.  too  much, faith  in  the  man  or  of­ it  relentlessly.  Two  of  these guns  will  be  mount­ Certainly  not  the  coal  miners.  Certainly  not  the  thousands  fight  While  Ignoring  the'  labor  as­ ed: on  each  ship—;one  on  the  fore­ ficial  whp  talks  big;  'Talk' is,  of  workers who turned to  the Board  for aid  in settling  their  pects  of  the  situation  created  by  .deck  and  one  on  the  poop,  These  cheap.  Make  sure  he is a  piodulc^  just  demands,  only  to  be  double­crossed  ancl driven  back  to  neutrality  revision,  the  Govern­ jflve­lnch  weapoi^  h.ave  a,  thin  er  before  he  gets  your  vote.  '  Pmternally,  work  with  little or  no improvement  in their  wages and  con­ ment. has  re:vealed  a  few  details  metal  turret  capable  of  deflect  J,  F.  VANOEGRIFT,  G­14  of  its  armament  plans.  ing  shell  splinters  and  machine  ditions.  P.S.  I  am, pot  running  for  ofe  *  Present'  plans­do  hot  call  for  gun  bullets,  except  those fired  at  ' ­d" •  • •   There  are  occasions  when  the  Board  handed  down  deci­ arming:  coastwise . ships,  accordr  'close  range. These  guns,  plus  the  flee.  • •    r  f  " •  •  f  sions  entirely  favorable  to  the  workers,  but  this  happened  ing  Lo  the.  Navy  Department,  at  imounts  and  handling  mechan­ PERSOM^feS  wken  the  union  involved  in'the  dispute  was , strong  enough  leftst  not  until  giins  have  heen  ism,  will  cost. $32,000  each.  Installed  on  ships  Tunhiug  to  At  the  same  time  President  to enforce its demands.  On very few occasions did the  work'  England  and  Russia  and  other  Roosevelt  signed  the ­neutrality  GEORGE  SAUCIER:  New  Orr  eps get a  break when their  union was  weak and  the employer  war  ports.  As  to  the  guns  them­ revision  act,  he  sigiied  another  Ifeans  has  been  holding  a.check  selves,  they  will  be,  thj^ee,  four  law  ­which  gaye  the  Coast  Guard  fot  you  for  a  long  time,­  It  is  for  iPlPry:''  was'strong.  and five  Inch  weapons,  depend­ full ­  authority  over  the  '  move­ 1148.10  from  the­^S,  gchoh'arle.  Take the Siu beefas an  example,  ing  upon  the  structure  of  the  ments  and  anchorage  of  ships  in  Pick , it  up  at  once  or  notify  the  iiiiP­v­,:  SIU  men  hit  the  bricks  over  the  question  of  increased  ship  they  are  to  protect.  port,  'i  agent.  t­fr'  ­  f  I •   .4  1  • • y,­  ••  fiLk­i  v:­:..,.,,  S.,.:  ..I  �' ;  '  v:  • JL  ­•   1'  •  Tuesday,  November  25, 1941  THE  S E A  P A^n  E R  S •   L O G  *  •   •   ­  ir hat* 8  .t  .  /•   •   '  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic  & Gulf  District  D oin g—r  Secretary­Treasurer's Office  t  Room  213  2  Stone Street. New  York  City  P.  O.  Box  25,; Station  P  Phone:  BOwling  Green  9­8346  mw oRtEAm  conditions  for  men  that  man  the  SAVAISNAH  ships.  If  and  when  the  rank  and file  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  DIRECTORY  OP  BRANCHES  of  the  NMU  take  the  power  Editor, I Seafarers  Log  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  away  from  the  Commies  that  BRANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE,  Dear  S^r  and  Brother;  Shipping  around  Savannah  is  now  have  it,  than  they  nvgy  be  NEW  YORK  .2 Stone  St.  . BOwling  Green  9­8346  The  ijohin  item  of  the  week  Is  able  to  keep  up  with  the  SIU  in  still  good.  Ships  are  still  leaving  Dispatcber'a. .Office  . .BOwling  Green  9­<3430;.  BOSTON  330  Atlantic  Ave.  .. .LIBerty  4057  that  t^e  major  Gulf  companies  the matter  of  pay  and  conditions.  here  short­handed.  The  S.S.  City  of  Savannah  came  in  the  other  PROVIDHNCB  465  South  Main  St.  . .Manning  3572  have  all, agreed  to  the  raising  of  At  this  year's  negotiationB,  the  day  with  the  sailors  demanding  BALTIMORE,  ... 14  North  Gay  St  .. .Calvert  4539  the  wa^es  and  overtime  rate  of  NMU  was  the  skeleton  in  the  that  they  be  moved  out  of  their  PHILADELPHIA  6  North,6th  St.,  .Lombard  7651,  25  Commercial  PI.  . . Norfolk  41083  NORFOLK  pay..The  new  rate is  ten  and  ten  closet  that  plagued  the  commit­ old  quarters.  This  beef  has  been  tee  down  here,  and  I'm  sure  the  NEW ORLEANS 309  Chartres  St.  ... .MAguolia  3962  hanging  for  a  long­time.  Due  tn  over  th<j!  old.  Same  goes  for  tthe  West  Coast.  the  cooperation  of  the  Quarter­ SAVANNAH .... 218  East  Bay  St.  ... .Savannah  3­1728  JACKSONVILLE .136  East  Bay  St.  ... .Jacksonville  5­1791  This,  is  not  included  in  the  If  instead  of  having  to fight  this  masters,  Oilers  and  Watertend­ TAMPA  206  So.  Franklin  St.  . Tampa  M­1323  base  pay  rate  at  this  time,  but  «.sort  of  thing,  a  committee  cpuld  65  So.  Conception  St. .  Dexter  1449  MOBILH  the  forner  emergency  increase  go  in  knowing  that  all  hands  ers  aboard  this  ship,  we  were  very  successful  in  placing  the  TEXAS  CITY  ... 105  ­  4th  St.,  N  .Texas  City  722  is  now'  included­  as  base  pay.  were fighting  together,  then  we  1348  N.E.  First  Ave. • M MIAMI  A.B.'s  two  men  to  a  room.    iami  2­2950  Thei'efo|­e,  if  you  want  to  be  would  have  the world  by  the  tail.  SAN  JUA^I  8  Covadonga  St,  ... .San  Juan 1886  Also  had  the  S.S.­  Alcoa  Puri­ technica|l,. the. present  score  is  a  So,  any  day  now  we  can  ex­ tan  in  here. This  ship  came  from  seven­fifty  increase  in  the  base  pect  to  see  a  blast  against  the  the  Pacific  Coast  via  Chile.  This  pay  and| the'ten  to  be  carried  as  SIU  for  again  "disrupting  the  being  a  new  ship  and  an  addi­ MORE  ABOUT  the  whr  rate  raise  for  the  industry"  by  raisingi  the  wages  tion  to  the  Alcoa  Steamship  Co.  of  the  work­ox,  while  Mirtton  present,;  ­ fleet,'there  was  a  lot  of  disputed  Any ^ay  you  look  at  the  ques­ head  was  talking  to  the  English  overtime  aboard  this  ship.  After  tion,  still  the  fact  comes  up  that  workers ­­instead  of  talking  for  taking  it  up  with  the  three  de­ the  SIIJ  takes  the  lead  again.  the  American  seamen  that  pay  partment  deeigates,  the  Chief  (Continued  from  Page  1)  delegate  a n d  demanded  that  Even  thpugh  the  Pile­it  devotes  his  freight..  Mate  and  the  . Chief  Engineer,  been  sold  out  by  the  pie­cards  if  union  charges  be  brought  against  I:  cousiderttble  chatter  to  Jipw  and  When  will  the  men  that  are  thi.s  was  cleared  up,  so  there  they  had  raised  a  beef.  ?  the  fireman  for  carrying  con­ 2  why  thCj NMU  is  willing  to, take  sailing  the  only  big  company  in  won't  he  any  delay  in  paying  off  "But  I'm  getting  ahead  of  my­ cealed  weaopns  and  for  attack­ flve  uiidj five.  At  the  time  of  the  Gulf  get  tired  of  taking  a  in  Norfolk,  Va.,  as"  they  all  have  self.  because  the  story  starts  in  ing  a  union  brother.  AgaLi  tlie  writing  ihis, I  would  like  to  point  horsing  around  and  come  over  transportation  back  to  th'e  Paci­ Singapore  last  June.  I  was  taken  delegate  sniveled  around  and  re­ out  thai  the  NMU's  ' overtime  to  the  .SlU?  If  Lykes  here  in  the  fic  Coast.  off  my  own­ ship, the  S.S.  City  of  fused  to  do  anything  about  it.  I  clarifications  are  tho  same  as  Gulf  were  SIU,  then,  my  chil­ Also  had  the  S.S.  Helen  of  the  Alma,  with  typhoid  fever.  When  said  that  the  least  the  union  the  SlUihas  been  collecting  for  dren,  tile  indii­stry  woul.d  he solid,  Bull  Steamship  Co.  in  here.  All­ I  recovered  from  the  fever,  I  could  do  was  to  demand  that  the  the  past  yeai'.  For  instance,  for  this  would  eliminate  the  beefs  on  this  ship  were  settled,  couldn't find  any  SIU  ships.  Fi­ skipper  send  ashore  for  a  doctor  when  the  fireman  on  watch  after  coastwise  differential  and  the  and  she  sailed  for  Jacksonville,  nally,  after  waiting  a  couple  of  to  patch  up  the  knife  cuts.  But  five  and ibel'ore  eight,  has  to  sup­ present  differential  being  paid  twQ .  AB's  and  one  Oiler  short.  weeks,  I  shipped  on  the  Execu­ the  crew  took  absolutely  no  ac­ ply  steaiin  for  the  winch,  etc.,  by  the  companies.  The  ten  and  Right  now  I'ni  hunting  for  an  tive,  an  American  Export  rust­ tion,  and  the  oiler  continued  to  they  col ect  and  have  been  col­ ten  would  look  just  as  big  to  the  AB  and  an  Oiler  for  the  S.S.  bucket  manned  by  a  NMU  crew.  worlc  without  even  receiving  any  lecting  for  some  time.  Now,  li­ Lykes  sajlors  as  it  does  to  all  City  of  Birmingham.  After  an  ab­ I  signed  on  as fireman.  shots  for  lock­jaw.  ; iu.  hally,  this  if;  to  include  the, Com­ the  rest.  sence  of  two  years  we  are  hav­ "Well,  the. scow  took  on  oil  at  "Weil,  this  hell  ship  pulled  Pr.'iteinally,  mie  boysl.  This,  my  children,  is  ing  the  S.S.  Shiekshinny  in  hei'e  Calcutta  and  then  set  for  Hono­ anchor and  headed  for  the  Canal.  ARM.Y  the  NMlf's  1941  style, of  making  tomhrrow  from  the  Far  East.  lulu.  About  a  day  out  of  Calcut­ But  before  we  lost sight  of  Hono­ Brother  Biggs  dropped  in  here  ta,  when  I'm  on  watch,  tthe  Sec­ lulu Another  fight  broke  ouL  the  other  day  for  the  purpose  of  ond  Engineer  comes  down  to  me  MONEY DUE  A.F.L. Urges  Union­ signing  "This  time  a  cooky  little  an  addendum  to  the  new  and  says,  'Get  up  there, and  clean  S.O.B.,  who  wa.s  Deck  Cadet,  agreement,  and  we  were  success­ >«.u.  the  forepeak  where  the  oil  • started  to  beat  up  the  pantry­ The  fotlowing Goamen  each  has  Label  Christmas  full  in  getting  the  same  adden­ slopped  over.'  a  check  for  $41.66  in  the  New  man.  The  thing  boomeraii.gtMl,  dum  as  the  Waterman  Steam­ "I explained  to  him  that  I  was  and  the  pantryman  gave  him  a  Orleans  Hall.  This  money  is  from  ship  Co,  on  watch,  but  that  didn't  make  Wiishiuglon.  D.  C.  —  T.  M.  the  P.  &  O.  strike  settlement.  That's  all  for  now.  Steady  as  any  difference.  'You  heard  me,  real  shellacking.  It  so  happened  Oruhuru,  Secretary­Treasurer  I'JA'­­:­ that  the Deck  Cadet  was  the first,  J. BARBER  get  up  there,'  he  yelled. I  warned  cousin  of  the  Chief  Mate.  The  of  the  Union  Label  Trades  she  goes,  J.  JOY  CHARLES  WAID,  Agent  him  that  it  was  oveitime. work.  Mate ' couldn't  stand  seeing  liis  Department,  announced  the  Et  SHAW  Savannah  Branch  annual  drive  urging  Christ­ 'We'll  see  about  that,'  he  said.  relative  getting  beaten  up,  even  R;  S.  ABREU  mas  shoppor.s  to  buy  only  "When  I finished  my  watch,  I  if  he  did  start  the fight,  so  he  i:  N.  R.  RUDNiCK  took  my  overtime  to  the  engine  plied  in  on  the  pantryman  from  union  label  gifts.  The  following  brothers  have  delegate  and  asked  him  to  behind,  knocked  him  to  the  deck,  Because  of  the  increased  money  coining  from  the  Alcyone  straighten  things  out.  'Well,  you  grabbed  him  by  the  feet  and  for  standing  by.  Collect  from  sales  of  merchandise  dhring  are  not  a  union  man,'  he  said  to  damn  near  threw  him  over  the  Rolnick  «1  Asofsky,  11  Broadway,  the  holiday  season,  the  A.  F.,  me,  'and  so  I  don't  think  there is­ port  rail.  He  really  beat  that  of  Ix  asks  members  of  labqr  New  Yorit  City.  much  we  can  do  about  it.'  lyiipns,  their  families  and  poor  pantryman  until  he  couldn't  JOSEPH  MILLER  " 'What  do  you  mean,  I'm  not  stand.  friends  to  demonstrate  the  a  union  man,'  I  said,  'I  belong  to  »  C.  SERRANO  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  value  of  the  union  label  mar­ "This  time  I  thought  I'd  wait  J,  VELASAQUEZ  the SIU.'  Weil,  the  minute  I  men­ I  sure  am  glad  about  the  raise  ket  by  purchasing  Christmas  and  see  how  the  crew  acted.  I  G.  WINFIELD  >  presents  only  from firms  that  of  pay  the  boys  got on  the  hrmus.  tioned  the  SIU,  this  bozo  threw  waited—but  no  action.  Finally  I  G.  M.  LAURIE  up  his hands  in  horror  and  would  display  the  union  label,  shop  I head  about  it  in  a  copy  of  the  spoke  up  and  asked  why  the  W»  PARREL  Log  you  sent  me  here  at  the  have  nothing  more  to  do  with  crew  didn't  take  some  action—  card  and  service  button.  P.  POWERS  .k>....  Army  post:  Say,  does  the  union  me.  Later  I  ^ras  to  see  thqt  me  why  they  didn't  prefer  charges  L.  BOYER  hear  much  from  the  other  broth­ beiijg  a  member  of  the  SlU  was  against  the  Mate  for.  corporal  only  an  excuse  with  him  for  GARCIA  ers  in  the  army?  Seafarers'  Log  punishment.  GEORGE  BROWN  It  seems  to  me that it  is about,  dodging  the  beef.  He  never  want­ "The Mate  heard  me  make  that  A  SANCUSKY  ed  to  speak  up  to  the  skipper,  time  the  shipowners and. the  gov­ ernment  started  to  put  some  ar­ even  on  legitimate  NMU  beefs—  demand, and  came  running  up  to  tillery  on  the  ships  for  the  pro­ and  there  were  plenty  that  me  and  said,  'I'll  push  your  face  in  if  you  don't  pnll  your  nose  LOST  should  have  been  brought  up.  tection  of  the  boys.  Me—I'm  running  land  ships  '  "So  T  can't  get  any  satisfac­ out  of  this.'I  asked  him  who  he  CREW  OF  8.  S.  GREYLOCK  A  dark  brown  suit  case  dis­ now,  and  not  so  good  either.  I  tion  from  the  delegate.  So  I  fig­ thought  he  was  talking  to.  . .  Some  NMU  stumble  bum?  H[e  appfared  from  the  Boston  $.200  turned  my  truck  over  three  ured  that  I'd  wait  until  I.got,to  Niels  Kastrup  calmed  down  when  he,saw  I  hall. It  had  the  Initials  on  the  New  York  and  saw  the  agent.  times  the  other  night •   during  2,00  G.  E'hmsen  ..,  • wouldn't fold.  side,  J.T.W.  The, owner  of  the  "We  tied  up  at  Honolulu  be­ 2.00  maneuvers  when  I  was  driving  Hodges  bag  is  ndt  so  much  concern­ 3.00  40  miles  an  hour  without  lights.  fore  heading for  the  Canal,  While  "For  the  rest  of  the  trip  that  M.  Ludwick;  ..  ing  aboiiti the  loss  of  the  bag  1.00  We  were  being  attacked  from  in  port  theie,  a fight  broke  out  Mate  terrorized  that  crew,  and  J.  Spaulding  . .  itself,  but  rathsr  about  the  1.00  the  aii;,  while  riding, along  on  a  between  a fireman  and  an  oiler.  acted  if  he  lifd  never  heard  of  a  Phillips  personal  lapers  that  Were  In  2.00  convoy  of  about 15  trucks. It  was  The fireman,  who  had  been  get­ trade  union.  C.,  Barthlum  .  it.  These  papers  are  the  prop­ "When  we  hit  New  York,  the  2,00  so  dark  I  couldn't  see  a  foot  in  ting  the  worst  of  the fight,  sud­ I.  Welnstein  .  erty  of  John  T.  Welsh,  SUP  NMU  patrolman  showed  up.  I  denly  pulled  a  six­inch  knife  and  front  of  my  fenders  and  when  a  5;0Q  J.  Ochab  ...  No.  2258,  Anyone  'coining  4.00­ turn  came,  in  the  road,  I  went  lunged  for  the  oiler's  throat.  His  began  to  tell  him  the  beefs,  but  L,  Gallo  across  these  papers,  please  ' 1.00­.  straight  ahead  into  a  ditch  and  reach  was  a  little  short  and  in­ he  turned  on  me  and  said  that  J.  Cataldo  forward them  to  the  owner  in  stead  of  stabbing  the  oiler  in  the  he  couldn't  do  anything  about  2.Q0  turned  over.  ^H.  De  Bpor  .,  care  of  tl(e  Seafarers  Log.  Well,  nothing  more  to  write  throat,  the  knife  split  his  chin,  them.  He  ,spent  practically  his  1.Q0  L.  Basner  2.0P  about  except  ta say, keep  up  the  I  was  standing  midships  when  entire  time  on  board  bawling  oijt  O.  Leary  2.00,  swell  work,  guys.  I  sure  wish  1  this  happened.,  When  I  saw  the  some  guy  that  was  back  on  his  Toy  2,00  was  back Ah  the  hall  ready  to  knife  work,  I  jumped  on  tthe  dues.  Ai Macmupn  .  "It  makes  me  laugh  when  I­ fireman  who  was  below  mO  on  1.00  sail  out  again  to  sea.  L. Donovan  •  •   •   hear  the  NMU  pie­cards  sound­ the  well  deck.  The  force  of  my  I  still  say  that  the  chow  here  1.00  0.  Cooper  ..  Contact Glenn  F. Waugh,  at­ 2.00­ is  lousy.  Never  could  bo  like  the  jump  knocked  him  to  tlie  deck  ing  off  about  how  wonderful  J.. CroniiT  • '   •  • •   •     torney­at­law,  First  Natl,onal  and  the­^icnife  out  of  his  hands.  their  union  is.  What  crap!  If  I,  1.00  chow  we  get  out  at  sea.  T. Shea  Bank  Bldg.,  Fairsburg,  .Ne,  Once  he  dropped  the  knife,  the  had  to  ship  through  the  NMU, '  So.  keep,  hpr  steady  as  she  1.PQ,  Bolger  foraska.  Tfhe  attorney  states  1.00  goes  for  a  hell  of  a  long  time  to  rest  of  the  deck,  gang  piled  in  I'd  probably  leave  the  sea;  J." Mucphyj,,';  ho  has  information  that­will  '"Thank  God  "for  the  SIU  .  ,  .  and  tied  bin"  up.,  come.  .  prove  to  your  advantage.  ­ "Again  I  went  to  the  K'MU  that's  all  I  got  to  say."  SEA­GOING  ROOKIE  Total  $41.00  m  llw • •   A­'­ ..  s'  Conditions on NMD Shh»  '<•  i .Jfi­  r. •   If  ti  SEAMAN FINDS ARMY TRUCKS LIST TO PORT • r  Honor  Roll  Cliff(^rd Jackson 'm  �' fues^  THE  SE Al^ ARERS*  LOG  oveniber  ­ Candidates  for 1942  Ofifrce  US. Freighter  Government  to  Requisition  $0  BALTIMORE  STEWARD'S  PATROLMAN  SECRETARY­TREASURER  i  (Vote  for  1)  (Votfe  for  1)  i  PAUL  GONSORCHICK  ..  ...............  ^741­ !  SIDNEY  GRBTCHER  ....  #6700  j  JOHN  HAWK  #2212  CARLTON  DOUGLAS  WM.  HAMILTON  JOHN  F.  RYDER  JOHN  VECHIO  #4911  #3400  Rear  Admiral' fiSnory'  S.  Land,  Moving  swiftly  after'  the  pas­ #1114  sage  of  Neutrality  Act"  amend­ chairman  of  the  Maritime  Com­ #1616  mission,  released figures  this  ments,  the  Maritime  Cdinmiss'ioa  week  on  the  progress  of  the  U.S.  is  preparing  to  virtually' requisi­ tion  the  80­odd  merchant  vessels  ship  building  program,  which  is  operating  in  the  Red  Sea  and  Pa­ #3135  aimed  at  the  creation  of  a  mer­ cific  defense  runs  in  order  to  ac­ chant fleet  "second  to  none  other  celerate  the  delivery  of  lend­ lease  cargoes  and  the  receipt  of  in  the  world."  strategic  and  critical  materials  #647  "The  original  plan  for  the  con­ from  abroad,  it  was leai­hed  from  struction  of  500  ships,"  said  Ad­ reliable  information.  "  '  miral  Land,  "has  now  pyramided  The  new  measure  of  control,  because  of  the  national  emei'­ .superimposed  on  the  control  the  gency  into  a  composite'  program* commission  ah­eady exerts.through  #190  involving  the  construction  of  ap­ the  Ship  Warmnts  Act,  will  re­ #G­13  proximately  1,606  ships  from  the  sult  from  a  revision  of  pre.sent  #1002  inception  of  the  program  In  1937  charter  arrangements  between  the ,  #G­153^  until  approximately  the  end  of  commission  and  the  owners  of  these  vessels.  1943."  The  effect  of  the  revision  would  The  Admiral  further  revealed  be  the  equivalent"  of  Government  that  in  the  naval  program  there  requisitioning of  the ships  In  that  have  been  2,831  ships  ordered  complete  direction  of  operations  #2198  will  be  In  the commission's  hands  since­1940.  They ­will  cost  a  total  without  further  ado.  #G­16  of  17,234,262,178.­ According  to  Washingtofn  au­ #0­54  thorities, • t  he  revised  agreement  provides  for  a  time  charter  of  vessels for the length  of  the ernier­  '  gency,  t^t  a  rate acceptable  to  the  commission  and  the  owners.  ATLANTIC  REPRESENTATIVE  NORFOLK  JOINT  AGENT  (Vote  for  1)  :  HARRY  COLLINS  i  CARL  M.  ROGERS  #496  #G­2  BERGER  HANSEN  NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMAN BUD ­RAY  GULF  DISTRICT  REPRESENTATIVE  PUERTO  RICO  JOINT  AGENT  Vote  for 1)  BOSTON  AGENT  JOHN  MOGAN  #216  BOSTON  DECK  PATROLMAN  VINCENT  YAKOVONIS  I.  DANIEL  BUTTS  A.  E.  QUINONES  cHico  SOLAS  JOSEPH  WAGNER  :  #1774  SAVANNAH  JOINT  AGENT  BOSTON  ENGINE  PATROLMAN  I #• '• '  (Vote  for  1)  (Vote for 1)  f  i  CLYDE  R.  COBURN  ...  J. E,  SWEENEY  #106  #1530  • ^t. t  BOSTON  STEWARDS  PATROLMAN  .  ALTON  V.  DAWSON  CHARLES  B.  MARTIN  CHARLES  WAID  ...T.  Joe Curran Has Labor Troubles JACKSONVILLE  JOINT  AGENT  (Vote  for  1)  ^  S. E.  BAYNE  ;  HAROLD  BURKE  ..,  #13  #1077  ;  !  (Vote  for  1)  ;  JOSEPH  E.  LAPHAM  .........  J. L.  MCHENRY  #427  #425  NEW  YORK  JOINT  AGENT  fi  ^  L.  O.  BAKER  W.  A.  (BILL)  O'BERRY  JOHN  LOPEZ  J.  K.  SHAUGHNESSY  MARTIN  TRAINOR  .?.....  .#G­190  #G­14  #G­127  #G­118  .#50060  TAMPA  JOINT  AGENT  (Vote for 1)  iS­ MIAMI  JOINT  AGENT  (Vote  fori)  PROVIDENCE  JOINT AGENT  DON  RONAN  PRANK  WILLIAMS  ............  #1374  #6161  <NEW  YORK  JOINT  PATROLMAN  (Vote  for  i)  E.  L.  GREENWELL  D.  L.  (JACK)  PARKER  RAY  W­SWEENEY  #§85  #G­160  '..  #G­20  (Vote  for  2)  L­ GEORGE  (GUS)  JOHNSON  ..  CLARENCE  E.  NORMAN  #2025  #987  (Vote  for 1)  MOBILE  JOINT  AGENT  OLDEN  BANKS  I • •  •    • *•    #G­1  MOBILE  DECK  PATROLMAN  NEW  YORK  DECK  PATROLMAN  '  LOUIS  GOPFIN  DOUGLAS  MUNCASTER  #4526  #297  MOBILE  ENGINE  PATROLMAN  ROBERT  A.  MATTHEWS  ....#G­154  NEW  YORK  ENGINE  PATROLMAN  MOBILE  STEWARD'S  PATROLMAN  »• • • • ««• vjt* » • «  •   t •   » •     (Vote  for  2)  A.  J. COBB  ' CLAUDE  FISHER  FERDINAND  HART  #371  #362  NEW  ORLEANS  JOINT  AGENT  #488  (Vote­  for  1)  ­ JOSEPH  FLANAGAN  f  , .#G­1S6  ,  .#G­308  #542  0  NEW ORLEANS DECK PATROLMAN PHILADELPHIA  JOINT  PATROLMAN  (Vote  for 1)  Vote  for  1)  I  ROBERT  HILLMIN  EDWARD  M.  LYNCH  #3188  #3693  BALTIMORE  JOINT  AGENT  .  .  T  LEROY  P.  DEUTSCH  DURWOOD  STOREY  ..."  •  • • • BALTIMORE  DECK  PATROLMAN  REXPORD  B.  DICKEY  C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS #G­f6  v....  #2860  #3012  NEW  ORLEANS  STEWARD!8  PATROLMAN  TEDD  R.  TERRTNGTON  >..... #G­68  .  N  • t «  • «  • •   • • • aX* « • *• • t     #652  TEXAS CITY  JOINT  AGENT  (Vote  for 1)  BALTIMORE ENGINE PATROLMAN • *  n» «  PETER  P. JASON  #G­11  M.  C.­(JAKE­A­LOtJ)  STAMPLEY  ..... .#G­347  E.  (JACK)  VOREL  #G­10  NEW ORLEANS ENGINE PATROLMAN XVote  fori)  .  30BN  ...i.»#G­15  #G­21  #G­6  A.  W.  ARMSTRONG  H. J.  (SMOKEY)  SCHREINER  PHILADELPHIA  JOINT  AGENT  I  (Vote  for 1)  CHARLES  E.  TURNER  EDISON  WALKER  NATHAN  W.  WELBORN  NEW  YORK  STEWARD'S  PATROLMAN  0.0 0  • •   f  0  $ » t  » •  •» »    #4^  J. iL (JOHNNY;) DABM08 .1; B. it WALLACB •  • • •     •  0 0    4  • • 'i  «#>.'(#Gb2ST  Recently  the  NMU  opened  a  nevy  headquarters  and  accom­ panied  the  occasion  with  typ­ ical  Curran.  bombast.  The  building  was  called  the  "best"  and  the  'biggest"  and  the  "most  modern,"  etc.,  etc.  The  PILOT  damn  near  broke  the  typewriters  In  an  ecstasy  of  self­praise.  W h a t  WASN'T  revealed  during  all  this  horn  blowing  was  the  fact  tbat  when  the  NMU  went  tq  renovate  its  "super­collossal"  headquarters  it  ran  into, labor  trouble.  This  fact  only  leaked  out  this  week'.  Curran  hired,  AFL  electri­ cians  and .. plasters  and  car­ penters  and  painters  to  fix  up  h^s  headquarters  before  he  moved  in.'  The ^CIO,.which has  been  trying, to  muscle  In  on  the' building  "trades  in'  New  York,  heard  this  and  raised  Kell.;.  7  Curran  Is  vice­president  of  thfecip,  dhd  he  ip |be7ng  ac­#  cused  of  sabotaging " his  own  organization.  : Hm,  bm,  hm.  What have  we  heard  .  thaat  accusation  be­ fore?  DO NOT SHIP November 14,  1941  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log:  Dear  Sir  and  Brother: ­ L am  in  receipt  of  a letter  from  the .ship's  Dejegata  of  tbe  S.S,  Edith  of  the  Bull  Lines. In  which  he  states  that  there  is  a  man  named  C.  Gorddhi  perhiit  944,  on  that  vessel,  who has  not  paid  any  dues  since  April  of  this  year.  Prom  the  letter  I  get  the  impres­ sion  that  Gordan "  hangs  around  the  docks  in  small  ports  where  there  is  no  Union 'Hail  and  ships  off  of  the dock.  He  always  quits  before  the" ship  reaches  a  port  where there is a Union  Hqll, This  way  he  Is  a  hard  man  to­  catch.  In  the  regular  meeting  held  iri  Mobile'  on  April  28,  1941  the  membership ­voted  tor­ revoke  this  man's  permit  and  to  refuse  him  membership  In  the  Seafarers'  In­ ternational­Utilon; of  N.  A.  "This  action  has  bee^concurred  In  up  and  down  the  coast.  IVill  yoa^.please; pidot­ Udd.:jnfpnnation  Ca'the  Log.'; •   • •  : ­  '  OLDEN  BANKS  In  Sea  'V­ • IS  1­.  f w v;  Ickes'  Gas  Scare  ProWs Fake  Alann  •  '. •   .J '• /  • •  ......  ­  .  .  •  p­ Well,  one  scare  Is  over—  the  scare  of  a  gasoline  shorL,.^^'  age.  Not  that  many  seamen  .  have  automobiles  tp  whiz.',,  around  in  when  they  are  on  the  beach,  but  Secretary  of  .  the  Interior  lakes  let  out  such  belly­yells  about  the'  ghs  shortaage  that  It  could  be  heard  by  a  blackgang  ten'\ '  miles  at  sea.  • '  iNo­w  Mr.  Ickes  reluctant­ ly  admitted  that  it  was  ail:  ^  a  mistake.  There's  plenty'As  of  gasoline  after  all.  •  In  the  meantime,  of  course,  the  bif)'  oil  companies  cleaned  up.  They  threw  about  100,000  em­  "^^7i­1  ployees  out  of  work  and,  f  many.  Instances  bposted.  price  of .fuel,  •  v  V"V'  Somehow  the  employers  air  j  waysiseem to  come , out on .top  '  )  ­ ^  In: tbpw  "nathmtal­emerfpnoj^f*^ i  j  '• Itoatloos,­  ,.• •   ­"' • • X  .­u,  ­  •  Three  Finnish  tankers'  which­/  were  familiar  tO  American  ports  before  the  war,  #erc  sunk  last  week  somewhere  In.  the  Baltic.  Sea.  ­  •   .  ­d  The  ships  were  iTie  4,360­tott  Hogland,  formerly  in  service  be­ tween  Petsamo,"  Baltihiore  and  Norfolk;  the  2,517­^i  Taurl,­ which  formerly  traded  between  Havana  and  Newport  Nejypi  and  the  1,848­ton  Cisil.  ­  ^iv5eiity*nea­ meii  lost  their  lives  on  the  three  ships.  When  the ships were  stink'," they  were  reportedly  aiding  the  Nazis  in. their  war  on  the  SOvleit  Uhlbh.  It  has  also  been  reported  thai;;  .  three  other  Finnish  ships  that  used  to  run  between  Gulf'  and  Southeastern  American  ports,  have  been  captured  by  the  Bflfr V  ish.  These  ships  were'  '  desta,  Rolfsberg  and  Solbritt'  "  •  .• • 7­" "  •  ,  :t­ ­J  LSaml _ •  ..  it  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 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: NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE WINS 10&10 ELIMINATES COASTWISE DIFFERENTIAL 1942 NOMINATIONS CLOSED; SIXTY-FOUR CANDIDATES ILA DEADLOCKED WITH COASTWISE SHIP OPERATORS SHIPS TO SAIL ALL SEAS; GUNS NOW BEING INSTALLED FREE ADVICE CONCERNING SELECTION OF OFFICERS SEAMAN REVEALS HELLISH CONDITIONS ON NMU SHIP BIOFF AND BROWNE NO TEARS AFL URGES UNION-LABEL CHRISTMAS SEAMAN FINDS ARMY TRUCKS LIST TO PORT CANDIDATES FOR 1942 OFFICE U.S. FREIGHTER CONSTRUCTION SPEEDED UP GOVERNMENT TO REQUISITION 80 MERCHANT SHIPS JOE CURRAN HAS LABOR TROUBLES FINNISH SHIPS SUNK IN THE BALTIC SEA DO NOT SHIP ICKES' GAS SCARE PROVES FALSE ALARM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/25/1941 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. III, No. 23 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/9a628f88cf0177b4ca722d53aea0d735.PDF 274a9e204d22cde5db2b3ece72be3fc7 PDF Text Text Story On Page 2 SEAFARERS -aM LOG je -.••m 41 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S I N TE R N AT I (^N A L UNION • ATLANTIC A^ND GULF DISTRICT • AFL !>• ' •. - • • M" M lii:'' \Hi* |i • It.'! 1^' , I ..i'l I *•• >5 .'• '• S-- story On Page 3 •if; i9l i .!vr. 1 NY Docks Here is documentary proof of a Bridges "team" in action on the New York water­ front. These, three men at right have been 1 positively identified as Bridges lieutenants• or operatives for the Communist Party at work together on the New York .water~ front. This exclusive, previously unpub- lished photo was taken when the group tried unsuccessfully to swing Negro leaders , from the AFL over to the ILA camp. The : Negro leader meeting here is doing so only - at the request of the AFL. For identity of Whe men see caption at right. The Bridges agents shown here are the vanguard of a new flood of Bridges' "re; searchers" slated to descend on the New f York waterfront as part of the "coopera• tion and infiltration" plan of the West Coast longshore head. Bridges in the past has given the ILA money and has met secretly with, ILA leaders; he is now step­ ping up his drive. For the full story of the Bridges move, his past cooperation with the ILA and the phony anti-communist stand by the ILA ; officials, sefe story on page two and full • repprt in centerspread. - , - SI Three man "team" representing Harry Bridges ancT Communist Party is shown in unsuc­ cessful attempt to swing Negro longshore leader into the camp of the racket-ridden Internationol Longshoremen's Association. Men are: Irving Velson, (2nd from right), veteran ' CP functionary, director of Young Communist League program. Bridges Int'l Rep. and recently on the ILA payroll; Jeff Kibre (right), Communist Partyliner, veteran head of various Communist-dominated labor groups. East Coast regional rep for Bridges' Union; Abraham Barshad, labelled CP member before Govt Committee, contact man for Velson and Kibre. �/I SEAFARERS p«e« Tw# LOG MTD Opens Convention; Merger, Docks On Agenda One of the most significant meetings of the AFL Maritime Trades Department since the organization was founded ten years ago will open in New York on Tuesday, November 29. Representatives of 100,000 sea-going and waterfront AFL workers will take up the question of AFL-CIO merger and discuss the projected organizing campaign by the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen in New York harbor. The MTD convention wilH take place in the week pre­ men in New York harbor, now un­ are confident of commanding a ma­ ceeding the merger conven- der the heel of the racket-con- jority in the next election. tlon of the AFL and CIO. Conse­ trolled ILA, are sure to get plenty In discussing the New York wa­ quently the program of maritime of attention. The IBL-AFL has al­ terfront situation, the convention ready announced its intention to will also deal with the lajest move file for another election in New by Harry Bridges to obtain a foot­ York harbor in 1956. Member hold on the New York waterfront unions of MTD have approved the through an alliance with the ILA. earmarking of sufficient funds for The MTD has spearheaded opposi­ this campaign and all other as-- tion to Bridges in the past and has sistance IBL may need in reaching been successful in keeping him Its objective. from establishing himself any­ Convention delegates will devote where on the East Coast much time toward discussing a The SIU A&G District will par­ timetable and plans of action for ticipate in the convention, as wiU the waterfront campaign. IBL Pres­ SIU affiliates and other seagoing ident Larry Long is expected to an­ and shoreside unions in the AFL. nounce the official opening date of the drive in the near future. Close Election In May of last year, IBL narrow­ ly missed taking control of the har­ bor by a few hundred votes. Since Harry Lundeberg then the ILA has done nothing to Will preside over convention of remedy conditions which led to its 100,000-member MTD. ouster from the AFL and pro-ILA unions under merger will be a ma­ sentiment In the port has dwindled jor subject of discussion. . accoidingly. IBL representatives Last summer MTD president Harry Lundeberg, who is also pres­ ident of the SIU of North America, Not since Joe Curron, Horry Bridges end the raised the question of MTD's sta­ tus under merger with AFL presi­ Communist Party's apparatus attempted to storm dent George Meany. The AFL New York harbor ten years ago has Bridges open­ head, who is slated to be number one man in the merged AFL-CIO, ly set foot on the New York docks. He's back again assured Lundeberg that MTD, as with a revived Communist apparatus behind him and the largest and most representative group of maritinje unions, will con­ the cooperation of ILA officials. The full story— tinue as the number one spokesman with all the facts—is in the centerfold of this issue. for maritime labor in the merged federation. That assurance to the MTD was also reported in the AFL News-Reporter of August 19, 1955. Organizing plans for longshore- tiw.ia, 19SS JEmergency Slsn-Offs Some Seafarers have raised questions about the procedure to be followed in signing off the articles because 6t illness or Injury. They also asked about the wages and transportation provisions In such cases. This problem is fully covered by Article II. Section 14 of the standard SIU agreement, entitled "Repatriation, Upkeep and Transportation." It provides for the following; • Repatriation from overseas at company expense for crewmembers compelled to leave a vessel because of illness or injury. Family allotments to continue during repatriation as long as the Seafarer has wages coming. ' • First class rail transportation to original port of engagement where Ulness or injury takes place within continental United States. • Repatriation upkeep at $8 a day until seaman gets transporta­ tion back home. • $6 daily for food during transportation back home, if food Is not provided as part of the ticket. • The seaman to receive a full statement of wages due him from the master before leaving the ship. Where" this is not pos­ sible, the master is to advise the company agent and home office of the man's wage account. • Prompt payment of wages due on deipand to company agent or home officei When leaving the ship because of illness or Injury, the seaman simply signs off for that reason, noting in the record the reason, •uqh as, "signing off because of injury." He remains on the payn roll of the vessel untU such time as he is fit for duty, or until the vessel returns, whichever comes first. Full details of the procedure involved in repatriation and trans­ portation are in the sfandard agreement which can be obtained from headquarters or any outport. Bridges Bids For Foothold In ILA A new "cooperation and infiltration" strategy by Harry Bridges on East Coast docks is developing in his bid for a foothold on the East Coast following a recent visit to New York. The head of the In--^ ternational Longshoremen's erations" on the East Coast. and Warehousemen's Union Bridges last move eastwardspent several days in the city dur^ while partners with Joe Curran— Ing which he showed himself prom­ was nearly ten years ago when a inently on two major piers, and bold frontal assault fell short of mark. Evidence is strong that then announced he was sending a the Bridges beUeves the time is oppor­ "research" team to "study pier op- tune to infiltrate the racket-ridden Steel Worker Hauls Train For King Ibn Saud Magnuson Seeks US Ore Carriers Senator Warren Magnuson (DWash.), during the past few days, has moved to see to it that iron, aluminum and other strategic ores are transported on American-flag vessels so as to preveiit-a break­ down of these shipments in case of any national emergency. The Senator has pushed the De­ partment of Commerce to learn whether amendment of existing law is necessary in order to grant construction and operating sub­ sidies in the case of specially de­ signed ore ships. SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 25, 1955 Vol. XVII^ No. 24 PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HEnBEBT BBAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, Managing Editor; BEHNAED SEAMAN, Art Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK Staff Writers; BIIL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative. ||:' If . h:7-• I ' M' p^"'.'' \&l' 'fcv , »•: ;•- Final Dispatch Page 10 Hospitalized Men Page l2 Labor Roundup Page 11 Letters . .Pages 12,14 Meet The Seafarers Page 11 Recent Arrivals Page 15 Seafarer In Action .......Page 11 Shipping Figures Page 4 SIU Hall Directory ......Page 15 Your Dollar's Worth ....Page 6 PublUhed biweeKly vf tho haadquarter* o* tha Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic A Gulf District, AFL, «7S Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel. HYacinth ^ 9-t600. Entered as second class matter at the Pest Office In Brooklyn. NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1»H. IM ; h ::.- • I .J t'.s *«'.-• Air-conditioned, self-propelled private railroad car consigned to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Ara­ bia comes aboard the SlU-manned.Steel Worker in Philadelphia, prior to the vessel's recent departure for the Persian Gulf. The RR car was secured on lengths of track welded right to the deck, and was scheduled for delivery in Damman. Seafarer Merwyn "Doc" Watson, elec­ trician, took the photo as the. scene held the attention of SIU erewmembers and longshoremen on the ship and at dockside. . International Longshpremen|s As­ sociation through provision- of mon­ ey, technicians and advice. He is openly optimistic about the ILA's willingness to cooperate which will give him an opportunity to seize authority within the shaky ILA structure. This optimism is based on a hospitable reception received previously by ILWU representa­ tives from ,ILA leaders, and the ILA's willingness to grab any money Bridges offers. The major weapons In Bridges' armory besides money include the services of experienced members of the Communist Party's waterfront section, both in the ILWU and out­ side of his organization. They in­ clude key operatives .in the nowdisbanded apparatus of the Na­ tional Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards as well as other unem­ ployed party-liners and some of his own underlings. Some of these men have been working in the harbor for months previous to Bridges' recent" visit. They include Irving Velson, has been particularly close to ILA officials under a number of aliases, Jeff Kibre, an ILWU registered lobbyist in Washington, and Abe Bershad, an alleged Communist party agent. These men.^, have ' worked with the ILA in the past and'" are reportedly cooperating with Sam Mandal, head of the Communist Party's waterfront sec­ tion in New York harbor. The Bridges advance guard will undoubtedly be reinforced by the "research experts" Bridges is now dispatching to the East Coast. Since the ILA is desperately short on funds and talent its leaders are welcoming this reinforcement in the hope tt\at it will enable them to maintain their grip on the^'port's longshoremen. �Not;^5, i§55 SEk FA HERS LOG -:• Pare Threo AFL Set To Merge, Holds Last Meeting The last convention of the American Federation of Labor prior to AFL-CIO merger will take place at New York's Hotel Commodore beginning December 1.^ On December 5, accord­ ing to present schedules, the> AFL will meet jointly with the CIO, putting labor merger SEAFARERS LOG into effect. Virtually the only business to be conducted at the AFL meeting is ratification of the merger agree­ ment. This is a foregone coricluaion. The joint AFL-CIO meeting will follow and the merged labor organization representing 15 mil­ lion members will come int<^ being. AFL President George Meany will be the first president of the merged federation under the terms of the merger agreement. The post of national organizing director for the merged federation will go to John Livingston of the CIO United Auto Workers. It had been agreed that a CIO man would receive this assignment. SIU Will Be Same While the two federations will be combined into one, known as MAW Wins Election On Blue Stack TAMPA—The SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers are prepared to negotiate a con­ tract with the Blue Stack Towing Company, following victory in a National Labor Relations Board Election last week. Blue Stack •workers voted 23 to 19 in favor of the aiAW. The Bliie'Stack win followed on the heel's of an MAW election vic­ tory among unlicensed crewmembers of Chester Ferries, Chester, Pa. Before that, MAW won repre­ sentation on excui-sion boats of the Wilson Line which operates both on the East Coast and in Gulf ports. The Blue Stack company oper-' ates six tugs in Gulf waters, most­ ly out of the ports of Tampa and Mobile. Crewmembers were for­ merly represented by District 50 of the United Mine Workers, which was hot on the NLRB ballot. To Be Honored The SEAFARERS LOG has been notified that it is one of the wihnersMf the 1955 awards in* the International Labor Press of America contest. The LOG has won a number of such awards in past years, covering editorial excellence and other features. Announcement of the nature of the award will be ihade at the ILPA meeting December 4. the night preceding the joint AFL-CIO convention.' AFp and CIO, individual unions in each federation will retain their autonomy. For instance, in the maritime field the SIU will con­ tinue as it is now, with its own membership and its own contracts. If there are to be any further consolidations within the ranks of the merged organization, it will be done by the memberships of the individual unions involved. What the merger does is to provide a single framework for existing unions to operate under. The first effects of the merger are more likely to be felt in the political field, where the AFL and CIO will now speak with one voice on political action, and in organiz­ ing, where the newly-established organizing department will make a determined effort to break into non-union strongholds such as tex­ tiles and the white collar field. Advocates of the merger are hopeful that the new organization will be able to attract the inde­ pendent railroad brotherhoods and other major independent unions. The five-millionth dollar paid out by the SIU Vacation Plan was contained in this check pre­ sented by New Orleans Port Agent Lindsey V/illiams to Seafarer W. C. "Red" Cobb (right). Check for $40.44 represented a pro-rated share of Cobb's annual vacation pay. Looking on are IT to r) Seafarers E. P. Jonosko, E. Glenn, W. Smith, J. Noonan, J. Buckley and E. J. Riviere. SIU Vacation Pay To Seafarers Tops $5,000,000 Mark Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meetfiigs 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: Nov. 30, Dec. 14, Dec. 28. The Inquiring Seafarer On the heels of the recent boost in vacation pay for Seafarers to $244 a year, the Seafarers Vacation Plan last week passed the $5 million milestone. Seafarer W. C. "Red" Cobb of New Orleans received the check which pushed outlays over the $5 million figure three years and nine months after the Union Plan first started making payments. Virtually every penny of ers stayed in the employ of a sin­ farers out of this fund on the basis the $5 millioii has been gle company long enough to quali­ of $140 for a full year's work, pro­ "found money" for Sea­ fy for vacation money. rated for each days' employment. farers. Prior to the adoption of the SlU's precedent-setting plan, the seaman who collect­ ed vacation pay from a steam­ ship company was a rare bird indeed. Because of the nature of the industry, very few Seafar­ .Consequently, the SIU, in May, 1951, negotiated a new method of handling vacation money, which in­ volved per-diem payments by the operators into a central Union-administered fund. In February, 1952, the Seafarers Vacation Plan started making payments to Sea­ For the first time then, Seafarers could get vacation pay out of a central kitty no matter how many operators they worked for in the course of the year. Since that time the annu.tl va­ cation payment has been increased (Continued on page 15) Question: How have you fared with vacation pay during the 3^4 years since the SIU won the first industry-wide vacation plan? (Question asked of Seafarers at the vocation pay counter in New York). iisiiiiffis ! liiiiii: Vladko Roll, AB: This is the first Sung Ming Hsu, MM: I have got­ time I've collected vacation money ten vacation pay several times in because I was in the Army before. tiie SIU but in 25 years of sailing But I like the idea pf getting a only got it once befor^ when I lump sum since, a guy can reaiiy worked two years for the same take a vacation now if he wants to company. It's nice to get a pile of or he can just let the dough pile money this way wlien you need it. up and take it when he needs it, The hew increase. tlie Union won for an; emergency; ' ! > . ' makes it better than ever. Rocus Vellinga, engine utility: I'm for more and more vacation money because the sailor is en­ titled to a vacation the same as anyone else. I'd rather get it this way. in a nice lump sum than under a system that would only give me a few bucks a week only if I'm out of work. • Leonard Rhino, MM: I never col­ lected vacation pay until the SIU plan came along and believe me I like this system of getting a fat check whenever I want it. The- new inci'ease.we got now is better than any few buck handouts we'd get if we were unemployed. It wouldn't do any good then. Raymond Hassan, wiper: I have gotten vacation pay a couple of times since -the SIU plan started and like the way it works out for me. I know I always have the money coming and can collect it anytime. vThis is the best way for the seaman wiio works and earna tb|^ money. ^ �•> Paes Four SEAFARERS IOC WOT. ZS, 1955 , NOVEMBER 2 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15 I Registered Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck A J......, Total Deck B . 11 . 97 . 21 . 54 . 14 . 5 . ^ 9 . 9 . 42 . 9 . 25 . 8 . 15 . 26 5 28 10 20 10 2 1 4 12 8 6 2 6 19 Deck A . 345 Deck B 133 Eng. A Enc. B stew. A Stew. B Total A .4 29 8 25 4 2 2 8• 12 15 20 5 5 20 6 59 18 30 3 , 6 . 4 9 27 7 9 3 22 A 20 2 17 4 19 3 3 3 5 11 5 6 0 7 4 20 227 57 117 22 13 18 35 97 20 49 17 49 71 3 "71 ' 18 33 5 2 5 •17 28 4 15 6 12 25 Eng. En^X. 244 159 ' Stew. A 223 Stew. B 89 Total A 812 Total' B 11 74 22 64 17 7 6 17 35 28 32 7 18 43 Total B TotU Rex. 31 301 79 181 39 20 24 52 132 48 81 24 67 114 Total 381 Shipped Billy Ryan, two, looks sound as a dollar as he poses with mother in their Brooklyn home following his recovery from pneumonia. Billy, who was an SlU "maternity baby," re­ ceived SlU hospital-surgical benefit of $191 from Welfare Plan. His father. Seafarer William Ryan, is 2nd cook on the Iberville. Benefits Big Assist For B'Iclyn Seafarer When two-year-old Billy Ryan went to Long Island College hospital for treatment of bronchial pneumonia, it marked the third time in two years that his father, Seafarer William Ryan became eligible to collect SIU family benefits. For from the Union. And just seven Ryan it meant close to a total weeks ago, Billy's sister, Laura, Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck A 2 64 18 44 18 6 3 5 ? 39 12 14 7 13 15 I>eck Total 260 Deck B 0 11 4 22 4 1 3 1 17 7 13 5 5 18 Deck 111 Dick C 0 0 0 3. 0 0 2 0 2 1 .2 1 4 11 Deck C 26 Eng. A* 1 61 13 27 11 1 4 10 42 6 11 6 5 14 Eng. A 212 stew. Stew. stew. Total Total B A C B A 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 20 3 45 14 170 1 45 5 0 " 17 5 0 14 48 24 6 5 27 13 59 98 4 1 5 2 2 10 34 0 0 3* 0 0 1 10 2 2 0 . 6 2 7 13 2 0 3 2 0 18 5 10 0 66 3 0 147 30 -18 7 1 4 2 22 32 6 0 3 10 1 29 28 4 1 4 3 0 12 17 5 3 6 6 4 16 24 21 10 11 10 4 49 40 Eng. Eng. stew. Stew. Stew. Total, Tofal B C A C A B 123 25 200 78 22 672 .312 Eng. Eng. B C ITF Far East Office Opened fe•2-;"/' • 1 4 0 14 3 0 4 0 2 4 3 2 11 25 7 219 62 171 47 11 24 23 179 58 60 31 51 114 Total Total C Ship. 73i 1057 Reflecting the lay-ups and foreign-flag ship transfers of re­ cent weeks, shipping in general slumped markedly during the past two-week period. Class A men, of course, continued to enjoy excellent shipping op--*" Seafarers filing vacation 1057 jobs dispatched, com­ portunities. came into this world, making her ®f $600 from the SIU Plan as cov­ money claims should make pared to the registration of erage for two maternity benefits father eligible for another $200 in The upcoming year-end 1193. sure that they use their correct The lowest shipping re­ benefits and another bond. and his son's recent illness. Social Security number. Use holidays are expected to re­ corded prior to this was early of the wrong number means a Ryan, who sails at second cook, Little Billy, who celebrated his verse the downward trend in May, when less than 1,000 clerical headache for the Vaca­ second birthday on October 12, is currently aboai'd the Iberville, very soon, with the prospect jobs were handled. tion Plan office and slows up' 1^ went into the (Pan Atlantic) on the coastwise of considerable job turnover A breakdown of the senior­ the handling of payments. hospital for 12 run. in sight when Seafarers now ity groups showed .class A Also, a Seafarer who uses The Rjan payment was one of days. While he on ships pile off to spend the handling a healthy 63.5 per­ the incorrect Social Security 60 made by the Welfare i'lan for was there, doc­ holidays ashore with their cent of the total, and class B number is crediting his tax de­ tors also removed dependents' benefits in the month families and friends. ductions to some other US an abscess. The of October in the total amount of up to 29.5. Only class C worker. $9,525.60. Figures for the period were showed a decline, dropping to Seafarers Wel­ -• fare Plan paid 7 percent, the lowest point $191 in hospital it has reached in months. and surgical ben­ This demonstrates the pro­ efits toward a tection for the professional Ryan total hospital and in the seniority sys­ surgical bill of $326. Seafarer Francis Pastrano, chief cook on the Seatrain New York, had reason to be proud seaman tem, under class A or B Earlier Benefits last week. His boy Willie made a successful Madison Square Garden debut on Friday eve­ men can which exercise a wide Two years before on the occa­ ning, November 19, when he easily defeated heavyweight Joe Rowan in a ten rounder. choice in ships and runs when sion of Billy's birth his parents Willie, who is just 19 years'^ shipping is good, but can al­ collected the SIU's $200 maternity of age, had to get special per­ main event. Although normally a Pastrano's father has been an ways fall back and take what benefit plus a $25 US defense bond mission to go ten rounds under" light-heav5^ he weighed in at 181 SIU member since 1948, and sails comes when fewer opportuni­ At 19, though, he regularly in the steward depart­ regulations of New York State. He for that fight. showed to advantage before a na­ can be expected to add poundage ment. Willie has a loyal following ties are available, due to their tionwide television audience, dis­ in the next couple of years and at the New Orleans SIU hall and seniority preference. The following is the fore­ playing tremendous speed of hand pick up the weight and strength his successful career to date has and foot for a heavyweight. Going needed by a full-fledged heavy­ aroused avid interest among Sea­ cast port by port; farers sailing out of that port. ten rounds did not bother him weight. BOSTON: Slow; remains because he fin­ unpredictable. . . NEW ished fresh and YORK . . . Has highest regisTOKYO—The International strong. stration in years; jobs tight Transportworkers Federation Up until now, now . . . PHILADELPHIA: has opened an office in this Pastrano has cam­ Slowing up but still good . .. city to serve as the Asian center of paigned success­ BALTIMORE: Holding its its world-wide drive on runaway fully as a lightflag shipping. The office is under own; jobs' available for those heavy-weight at­ the direction of J. F. Soares, vete­ not too,choosy and willing to taining ranking at ran of the Indian seamen's move­ the top of the ship . . . NORFOLK: Outlook ment in Bombay. fair . . . SAVANNAH: Re­ Pastrano Sr. division along with such recog­ The opening of the Asia office mains very quiet with little in follows on the establishment of an nized standouts as Floyd Patterson sight . . . TAMPA: Future organizing office for runaway flag and Harold Johnson. He has com­ looks fair . . . MOBILE: seamen at 33 Whitehall Street, piled a professional record of 34 Slumped again; hopes for New York City and another in wins, four losses and four draws, change soon . . . NEW OR­ including his Friday night bout. Mexico City, in addition to exist­ LEANS: StiH quite good . . . His most recent victims in the ing ITT offices in Europe. LAKE CHARLES: Continues For the past several months light-heavyweight division were Chuck Speiser and the veteran doing well. ITF has been stepping up activities HOUSTON: Good; short on on runaway flag ships in an ef­ New York campaigner, Paddy Young. group 2 ratings in deck and fort to bring these ships up to the New Orleans Boy engine departments . . . WIL­ standards of legitimate maritime nations. MINGTON: Slow . . . SAN Willie started boxing in his home Willie Pastrano (right) crosses right hand to jaw of Joe The new ITF office is located at town. New Orleans, and did most FRANCISCO: Picked up Rowan in 9th round of Madison Square Garden main event. Kokutetsu Rodo Kaikan; 1,2- of his campaigning in the New again; outlook good ... SEAT­ Chome, Marunouchi; Chiyoda-Ku, Orleans area until he was tapped Pastrano, son of Seafarer Francis Pastrano, won easily in his TLE: Booming; should con­ Tokyo. for the Madison Square Garden first Garden showing. tinue very good. Get That SS Number Right Seafarer's Son Makes Ring Grade |v Total Total 0 Ship. �MOT. 25. USS SEAFARERS Fire Rakes Navy Radar Ship Off East Coast Three men were injured and two died when a Navy radar ship, the Searcher, caught fire 125 miles east of New York City. The Searcher—a converted liberty—is one of a number of Navy ships which is part of the radar defense line, designed to spot the approach of enemy planes. SEAFARERS LOG AWARD There are still two issues of the SEAFARERS LOG left for the year 1955 in which Seafarers can qualify for one of the annual LOG awards for distinguished mem­ bership • contributions to the- Union newspaper. The award program announced early this year will cover four categories — letters, photo­ graphs, poetry and drawings— submitted by any Seafarer to the newspaper and appearing in the calendar year 1955. The awards will consist of medallions, suitably inscribed. No particular entry form is needed. As long as the Sea­ farer's material appears in the LOG it automatically qualifies for the prices. Standards that will govern se­ lection of winners in the four categories are: for letters—one offering a constructive proposal or best expressing a Seafarer's feeling on any given issue; photography—for the best phoit and subject matter in the tograph, or photographs of Seatradition of the sea; drawings— farers at work or play or other quality and originality plus submaterial of strong interest to^ ject matter based on maritimeSeafarers; poetry—literary meror related experience. StU Halls Entertain Thanksgiving Diners The traditional Turkey Day feasting at SlU halls and aboard SlU-contracted ghips took place yesterday in accord with a Union practice of many years standing. SlU cafete­ rias in New York and Balti-"^ more, the snack bar in Mobile served a lavish meal which in­ cluded shrimp cocktail, cream of and SlU halls in all other turkey soup, roast turkey and ports were host to Seafarers and their families at full-course Thanksgiving Dinners. The headquarters cafeteria PHoros ^To/z/es. fber/zy mI'flnfeflte chestnut dressing or roast fresh ham, candied yams and other vegetables, mince and pumpkin pie, holiday pudding, fresh fruit, salad and beverages. Dinner was served in headquarters beginning at 11 AM and continuing until 4 PM closing time. SIU Tradition It has been standing procedure in the Union for many years to provide both Thanksgiving and Christmas Day dinners for Sea­ farers on the beach who are not eating at home with their families. A great number of Seafarers bring their wives and children with them to the Union halls on the holidays. Thanksgiving Day on SIU ships has always been an occasion for SIU steward departments to go all out in the preparation of lavish holiday meals, leaving Seafarers with fond memories of their float­ ing holiday feast, i •• v r\ > w a V^ro rif* LOG Congress To Probe Revival Of Transfers To 'Runaway' Flags WASHINGTON—The sudden revival of runaway flag traflsfers with approval of the Maritime Administration is coming under fire in Congress. Representative Herbert Bonner (Dem. NC), chairman of the^ House Merchant Marine Com- ^ura and Ampac California, and ... . . , , . ,. . the Liberty ship Mohican lost their mittee intends to investigate as a result of a switch to runthe action when Congress recon­ away flags in October. venes in January. New Gimmick After allowing the transfer of Since the original excuse for more than 100 US ships, most of transfers, inability to get cargoes, them Libertys; during 1954, the Maritime Administration had been can no longer hold water, the Gov­ relatively inactive on that score ernment has come up with a new for several months. Suddenly, the gimnjick. The latest transfers are lid is off again with the transfer described as paving the way for of several passenger ships, includ­ construction of new tankers or ing the Florida and Cuba of P&O other merchant-type vessels or lines, and most recently, a number modification of such vessels for use under the American flag. of T-2 tankers. Bonner has written Maritime Seafarers on the tankers VenAdministrator Clarence Morse as follows: "The reasons for the transfers advanced in your letter leave some doubt in my own mind that the course you propose is the best alternative available ... it is my intention to explore this mat­ ter in more detail." :i t • ''M Co's Anti'SIU Fraud Up To Canada Court MONTREAL—Shipowner agents who used fraudulent documents, intimidation and forgery in an attempt to decer­ tify the SIU Canadian District have been hailed into court. Charges have been filed by the SIU against three officers tures obtained by fraud and in­ of the Miron Freres organiza­ timidation. tion, operators of tugs and barges under Oka Sand Inc., a subsidiary. The SIU in Canada had been cer­ tified by the Canadian Depart­ ment of Labor as the legal bar­ gaining agent for the company's shipboard employees. The com­ pany struck back with attempts to decertify the union through signa- See Atomic Tanker By 1959,Maybe An American-flag atompowered tanker may be on the seas by 1959, if Maritime administrator Clarence G. Morse goes through with a bid put forth this week. The MA head has asked manufacturers to submit proposals on prices and design for an atompowered plant to be built within the next four years and installed on a tanker. A second, more ad­ vanced design study is being sought for a nuclear plant to be installed by June, 1961. The comparatively early target dates ^et by Morse indicate that he believes the industry is pre­ pared to furnish designs in the very near future. Congress has not authorized any funds for atomic-powered ships as yet, be­ cause of a wrangle over the type of vessel to be built. Under the circumstances, the Maritime Ad­ ministration is evidently prepar­ ing to come to Congress with a fully-developed design before any funds are appropriated. US Monopoly On Progress Morse told the Society of Naval Architects and Engineers that technical progress in US ship­ building wais imperative because of the fine quality of advanced work turned out by European yards. He warned that the US had no monopoly on modernity and progressiveness in shipbuild­ ing-ands design. In one instance, a company rep­ resentative boarded a tug and told all SIU crewmembers that they had to sign their names to come under the agreement being nego­ tiated between tile Union and the company. All crewmembers signed on a blank sheet of paper, after which the company representative returned to the .office and typed a statement over the names to make it appear that the crew had peti­ tioned to revoke the SIU's bai-galuing rights. The union struck back when the fraudulent document was sent to the Canadian Lahor Ministry by registered mail. After investigat­ ing the manner in which signa­ tures were obtained and getting affidavits accordingly, warrants were swom out against the employ­ er agents responsible for the ac­ tion. Steel Admiral Crew Cited WASHINGTON—The Sea­ farer-crew of the Steel Ad­ miral which rescued 186 pas­ sengers from a stricken Filipino ship has been officially com­ mended by the Coast Guard. As reported in the SEAFARERS LOG of July 8, the Filipino pas­ senger ship Neptuno ran aground on a reef in a storm. The Admii-al came on the scene the morning of June 24. Despite bad weather it took off all passengers, including 132 women and children plus their baggage, without mishap. Seafarers cited by name for the rescue operation were: John P. Ryan, chief electrician; Charles W. Hall and Lazaro B. Ellorin DMs; Jack Dalton, Carlton A. Roberts, Mallory J. Coffey and Joe C. Selby, ABs; Mariano Gonzalez, OS. Thailand Unionists Visit SIU Thailand visitors Thian Achalcul (left) and Dr. Malai Huvanandana listen as New Orleans patrolman C. J. Stephens explains features of SIU Welfare Plan. Men are officials of Thailand Public Welfare Department and toured SIU facilities on visit sponsored by US Labor Department. They were obviously impressed by SIU rotary shioDina and Welfare Plan. -.'ii - �.face Sis . SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 25, 1955, ... YOUR DOUAR'S WORTH Seafarers Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Values in Christmas Gifts > Headed for Europe aboard the Bienville, group of Seafarers out of Seattle hall get ready to enter bus which took them to Portland, Oregon. Included in photo are Seafarers D. Taylor, J. Boudoin, E. Smith, S. Hardy, N. Peterson, L. Meyers, Du Bois and Lawsin. Job Deluge needs Hall In Seattle Where You Can Find The In... Latin America 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. American Hotel & Grill Georgetown, British Guiana Madrid Bar 13-A Water St. Georgetown, British Guiana United Nations Mariners Club Georgetown, British Guiana i" J" Seatrain Bar Ilacendados 1 Luyano, Havana, Cuba Sloppy Moe's Cafe Matanzas, Cuba Cosmopolita Bar 260 San Pedro St. Havana, Cuba 4« 4- t Futica Polanco Navy Bar Port Au Prince, Haiti U S Embassy Port Au Prince, Haiti 4" 4" 4" Charlie's Bar San Nicholas Aruba, N W I Intl. Seamen's Club San Nicholas, Aruba, NWI Rotterdam Bar San Nicholas, Aruba, NWI tlnited Merchant .Seamen's Club 20 Waterkant Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana Shamrock Manor Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana 4. 4i t Cantino Palacios Tampico, Mexico 4" 4" 4" Donald Duck Bar Colon, Panama Quarantine & Immigration Sta. Balboa, Canal Zone 4i 44" Anglo-American Bar Callao, Peru t 4> 4i Eagle Club 9 Broad St., Bridgetown, Barbados, B WI Mr. Sydney Godda'rd Bay Street, Bridgetown, ' Barbados, B WI s; .- y . ' > ' SEATTLE — Shipping of over 200 SIU men to deep-sea jobs and standby assignments has created a boom here that gives every indication of hanging on in coming weeks. The spurt in jobs stemmed from four payoffs and sign-ons plus the Royal Windsor House reactivation of. four T-2 tankers Fairchild St. laid up for long periods. NinetyBarbados, B W I two standby and shift ship jobs Big Apple Cafe were created by the breakouts, 20 East St. which will last two to three weeks Kingston, Jamaica, BWI and enable the men on these jobs to remain home during the com­ The Mission To Seaman ing Christmas-New Year holidays. Port of Spain "They certainly could not have Trinidad, BWI . come at a better time," Jeff Gil­ lette, SIU port agent, commented. Jamaica Seamen's Union The four ships involved are the 2 John's Lane McKittrick Hills (Western Tank­ Kingston, Jamaica, BWI ers), plus the Stony Point, Camp British Merchant Navy Club Namanu and Arickaree (US Pe­ Port of Spain troleum Carrlors). Trinidad, BWI With the Battle Hock already in operation, this leaves only two Hotel De Paris more ships operated by US Petro­ Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI leum on the inactive list. These The Savoy Restaurant are the Fort Bridger and Lake 16 Park St. George, both laid up overseas. Port of Spain, Only One Idle Trinidad, BWI In turn, of the four ships man­ t 4i 4i aged by Western Tankers, only one Bar New Orleans more, the Montebello Hills, re­ Calle Colon 1519 mains idle. Both the Olympic Montevideo, Uiniguay Games, a supertanker, and the William A. Burden, T-2, are cur­ California Bar , rently in operation. Yaecare 1583 The busy activity for Seattle, Montevideo, Uruguay reflected In 114 offshore jobs dis­ Juan C. Surraco patched during the last two weeks, Rio Bar will likely continue, according to Montevideo, Uruguay all forecasts. A steady stream of in-transits plus incidental payoffs London Bar and sign-ons are expected to keep 274 Piedra Calle the job totals high for some time. Montevideo, Uruguay 4 4^ 4i Plaza Saloon ' Puerto Cabello Venezuela New Y'ork Bar Bay Street Barbados, BWI » Christmas gifts cost a little morq this year, especially children's playthings. Apparel and clothing accessories are still comparatively low-priced and will be valuable gifts this Christmas since many cloth­ ing prices will be higher in 1956. Some furniture pieces cost more than last year. But a number of household appliances are as low or even lower in price than last year, with the major exception of tele­ vision sets. But even though manufacturers' list prices are higher on many gift items, a smai-t shopper will find plenty of price-cutting at retail levels. It will pay to comparison-shop more widely for gifts this Christmas as price-fixing on many items has cracked under competitive pressures. More stores this-year are cutting prices on such goods as electric trains and the better-grade educational toys which have generally been firmly price-fixed by manufacturers. . Some 'Discounts' Are Phony . But don't confuse genuine discounts or price cuts with exaggerated "discounts" on fictitiously-preticketed holiday merchandise.: For Christ­ mas especially, some manufacturers pre-ticket jewelry, watches, per­ fumes, cutlery sets and other gift-type merchandise with exaggerated printed prices. This is done so retailers can offer what seem to be sensational discounts, but which are no bargain at all, because such merchandise often is low-grade and can be bought for less- at any reputable store. There is nothing to prevent a manufacturer or jobber from pre-ticketing his merchandise with any price he wants. But be­ cause this situation does exist, you have to be on your guard especially against merchandise cari-ying a printed price tag on which the re­ tailer claims to offer unusual reduction. As one merchandise expert points out, the packaging of fictitiously-preticketed goods is often hand­ some, but the goods themselves are shoddy. Tips On Shopping For Popular Gift Items Bikes and wagons are still generally as low in price as last year, and some reductions ai-e being offered on lightweight bikes. These are popular with children because of their light weight, artd with parents because of their comparatively reasonable prices, but arc not neces­ sarily good choices for younger children. They are more delicate than the heavy bike known as "trucks," and more easily damaged if treated roughly. Those with three speed mechanism must be used with care for they-are costly to repair. Dolls are a little costlier this year. Prices rise sharply as costumes become more elaborate, or if the manufacturer has a big advertising tie-up with television. One doll widely promoted on TV-costs $17 with a kit of clothes and accessories, while many lesser-known makes of dolls are available for about $6 for the same size doll with only one costume. You yourself can add more clothing and other accessories such as the inexpensive mitten, bootees, etc., included in the expensive combina­ tion package. Orloii swenters are much in demand this year, especially for children, and can be found at reasonable prices in some stores at least. Big asset of Orion sweaters of course is their easy washability with no Allocking required, wear resistance and mothproof nature. But they are not as resilient as wool sweaters if you want a snug fit which is also warmer. Some stores get as much as $10 for a man's Orion pullover, while others offer them for as little as $4. Sometimes the price differential results simply J^rom the fact that some stores charge more than others, but there may be quality variations too. The Orion yarn is the same, but the construction, knit and finishing varies. - Knit And Durability Vary The most expensive Orion sweaters are made with a fine interlock knit, which is a tight, long-wearing stitch, and looks and feels like cash­ mere but without cashmere's fragile nature. But if you're not necessai-ily interested in luxurious feel and appearance, _ especially Ifor children's wear, Orion sweatees are also available in the durable jersey ' stitch and heavier cable knit, at lower prices. This year you can buy an Orion jersey-knit s'veater for a boy for as little as $2. In buying Orion sweaters, look for reinforced seams for additional , strength and shape retention, and closely-knit ribbed cuffs for warmth. Nylon stretch socks have become one of the most widely-bought types for men and children, and now stretch nylons are becoming popular for women's hosiery. Nylon stretch hose is made of a specially-processed and knitted nylon that stretches to the size of your foot or leg to give a snugger fit than conventional nylons and other yarns. The advantage of stretch socks and stockings for gift giving is that you don't have to know the recipient's size. Prices of stretch hose have come down sharply from the original premium prices demanded by manufacturers. Men's and boy's nylon stretch socks are now available for as little as 59 cents a pair, compared to $1.50 a pair two years ago. Women's stretch nylons also have come down in price from last year when they sold, for as much as $3. This Christmas you can buy them for as little as $1 a pair. ' Relief Jobs Keep Mobile Afloat Un Seamens Serv., c/o Creole Petroleum Corp., Judibana Off Las Piedras, Edo Falcon, * Venezuela United Seamens Service Caripito, Venezuela MOBILE-—Relief jobs in the harbor helped tide Seafarers here over a slow two-week period of shipping, as offshore job activity dwindled to a new low. Over 100 men were dispatched to various.relief assignments in and around the harbor, which somewhat picked up-*^' the slack left when only 23 Beefs are at a minimum and the better, however, Tianner pointed deep-sea jobs had to be filled ships themselves are being kept out. Ships due to hit the port during the past two weeks. The slow activity was reflected in the United Seamens Service c/o Shell Carib'n Petroleum Co. fact that there were only six pay­ offs, two sign-ons .and five ships Punta Cardon, Las Piedras in transit during the period. Edo Falcon, Venezuela The one big bright note in all Iron Mines Co. the proceedings, Cal "Tanner, San Felix Edo Bolivar branch port agent, noted, is the ' Venezuela • - « • way the ships are coming in clean. 'r^mm -m m-m * » in A-1 shape on maintenance and repairs by their SIU crews. "All hands are to be commended on the way they bring their ships in," Tanner added. "The crews are doing their jobs in typical SIU style." ' Shipping prospects for the com-f ing two weeks do look, a little «* «4 »a * • « • »« tt either for payoff or in transit in­ clude the Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Hastings, Antinous, all for Waterman and Pan Atlantic; Corsair, Cavaliier, .Polaris, Pioneer, Pilgrim, Patriot, for Alcoa, and Steel King,. SteeJ., Chemist and Steel Flyer,-bf tile Isthmian Steam­ ship Coi«pany.-4; • •-fli'tk « a « V a * • V a'S w M-4 �HH i-y-^.-:3. •v-e'-it-rf.'ir.-IS'f-. .^. / Nmr. 25. 196S * ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Octobor »—Chairman, 'R. Schwarzi Sacratarj, J. Hannan. A apeclal meeting waa held on feeding and working rolea. Motion made and carried to accept and coffcur with communicatlona from headquarters. ""Vote of thanks given radio operator. CANTIONY (Cities Service), Octo­ ber 22—Chairman, R. Cos; Secretary, H. Romero. Ship's fund—$9.12. No beefs, some disputed overtime. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept anH concur with communications from headquarters. All beefs to be brought up at meetings Instead of waiting lutil last minute of payoff. CHOCTAW (Waterman), October It —Chairman, D. Bynes; Seerstary, G. Fateusky. Repair list posted. Checked SEAFARERS Vote of thank* to steward depart­ ment. MICHAEL (Carras), October It — Chairman, J. Schilling; Secretary, O. Allen. Mattresses were ordered. To see Captain about three days without wash water. Ship's treasurer elected. Check hot water in messman's room. ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), Octo.ber 9—Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, J. Dolan. If ice box in crew pantry toes on the blink, it is''to be re­ placed with the one in the passbnger'* pantry. Motion made and carried to accept recent communications unani­ mously. The saloon messman.claims radio officer has been giving him a hard time. Captain told him to' lay Off. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Serv­ ice), August 17—Chairman, K. Hellman; Secretary, P. Hammel. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department. Ship's delegate wilf see the chief engineer about repairing fans, screens and range. August 25—Chairman, K. Hellman) Secretary, D. Williams. Ship's dele­ gate reported that the wringer on tno washing machine is broken and the chief engineer doesn't want to fix same. He requested that headquar­ ters take this matter up with the com­ pany and get this biid straightened out. The latest headquarters report was read to the crew and accepted by all. » HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Car­ riers), September 24—Chairman, G. Hlldreth; Secretary, W. Thompson. with- patrolman about draw In Ameri­ can money in Korea. Slopchest short­ age to be checked. Blackgang double bunks to be made Into single bunks. DEL SOL (Mississippi), October It —Chalrmu, J. Celsslar; Secretary, W. Cameron. One major beef concerning second engineer performing wipers and engine utility work, to be taken UP with patrolman. Special commit­ tee meeting held to have talk with two members who were having mis­ understanding. Motion made and car­ ried to read, post, and accept all communications unanimously. Motion made and carried to have Engine De­ partment patrolman make payoff. Coast Guard to be told to check all life rings since some of these ropes are worn out and dry rot and canvas are coming from these life rings. MADAKET (Waterman), October 1< •—Chairman, J. Rose) Secretary, W. Busch. Stores requisition was cut down and this was reported to San Francisco patrolman. Blackgang Is a happy family again with return of Chief,. 1st Asst., and 3d Engineers, from their vacations. Motion made -and carried to accept recent commu­ nications from headquarters. PORTMAR (Calmer), October 1«— Chairman, J. Oberia; Secretary, B. Agol. Vote of thanks from Skipper for crew's cooperation. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. ROBIN eOODFELLOW (Robin Lines), October 24—Chairman, V. Genco; Secretary, A. Romero. Discus­ sion held on welfare benefits. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. YORKMAR (Calmer), October U — Chairman, J. Papa) Secretary, J. Marshall. Vote of thanks to steward department. Steward department was requested to do their laundry during the day. General discussion waa held on SUP agreement. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain Lines), October 22—Chairman, E. Wal­ lace; Secretary, P. Patrick. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Ship's delegate, steward dele­ gate, and steward discussed with chief cook about improving his cooking. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), October 14—Chairman, W. Kummke) Secretary, H. Taylor. Motion made 'and carried to hold special meeting jin port about food situation. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 9—Chairman, R. Geddlngs; Secre­ tary, E. Conner. Motion made and carried to accept comiuunications from headquarters luianimously. Im­ provement in the chow In port. Sched­ ule prepared for three days to clean laundry. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 24—Chairman, R. Walters) Secre­ tary, M. Watson. Discussion held on precise duties of ship's committee and clarification on duties specifically given by secretary reporter. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Crew requested that secrep. be advised of disposition of changes agaliist Salvatore DiBelia. SUZANNE (Bull Lines), October 22 —Chairman, F. Cornier; Secretary, H. Orlando. Repairs not taken care of; to see patrolman about this. Com­ munications from headquarters were accepted. Discussion was held on SUP contract. Vote of thanks to steward and his department. Motion made and carried, to have negotiating committee check Into the possibility of having master distribute statement of earnings not later than 24 hours before arrival in port of j>ayoff. SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), October 9—Chairman, J. Henry; Sec­ retary, M. Cox. Motion made and carried to accept and concur com­ munications from headquarters. Mo­ tion made and carried that company furnish transportation in Lake Charles like Seatrain Line does. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), September 30—Chairman, J. O'Nell; Secretary, J. Mayer. New ship's dele­ gate elected. Motion made and car­ ried to accept as read communication from headquarters. Motion made and carried to buy TV set and raffle off old one. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Octo­ ber 11—Chairman, W. Lane; Secre­ tary, D. Beard. Mate ordered pad­ locks for every foc'sle. Cigarettes to be ordered for crew from Baltimore Sea Chest. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communi­ cations from headquarters. Vote of confidence to ship's delegate. TROJAN TRADER (Tro|an), Septem>er 18—Chairman, S. Sokol; Secre­ tary, R. Perry. It was reported that Captain had American money In Italy but wouldn't issue It. That captain would not agree to sougee or paint crews quarters or make repairs that were on repair list. Matter to be turned over to boarding patrolman. Motion made and carried that crew does not sign on unless crew receives American money or travelers checks in Korea. IDEAL X (Pan-Atlantic), Septembar 25—Chairman, C. Scott; Secretary, J. Collins. Captain pleased with crew's conduct. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tions from headquarters. MADAKET (Waterman), October 9 —Chairman, J. Rose; Secretary, W. Busch. Wash water rationing hours In Inchon to be brought to the atten­ tion of-patrolman. To buy a few folding chairs in San Francisco from ship's fund. Crew requests clarifica­ tion of cigarettes declared and lit bonded locker, sealed between Hono­ lulu and San Francisco. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), October 9—Chairman, Munutt; Secretary, T. Waslluk. Everything okay. Men to declare all cigarettes when entering United States. Motion made and carried that all comunications from headquarters be read and accepted. NATIONAL LIBERTY (Nat'l.), Octo­ ber 2—Chairmen, F. Gaspar; Secre­ tary, J. Mannuslynn. Photostats of marriage and birth certificates to be sent to headquarters, discussion held on this. Hand rails to be repaired on masts. BETHCOASTER (Calmar), October 11—Chairman, T. Stinnette; Secretary, R. Tyree, Motion made and carried to leave galley unlocked so crew may wash cups and plates. Discussion held on new .Repair Hst and keeping laundry room clean. OCEAN ROSE (Maritime Overseas), September 25—Chairman, D. Gay; Sec­ retary, J. Barnes. Everyone satisfied regarding lowering of second and third cooks ratings.* Motion made and carried by pantryman to have mixer Installed in galley. New refrigerators needed. ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), IBERVILLE (Pen-Atlantic), Octeber September 11—Chairman, 1. Myers; I—Chairman, J. Kovel; Secretary, W. • Secretary, W. Messenger. Ship's dele­ Ryan. Motion made and carried to gate reported that he was informed accept and concur with communica­ that captain caUed for launch In Port tion from headquarters. Motion made Elizabeth but none was available. and carried that company be penal­ Letter from consul claimed ship ized for not posting sailing time wasn't cleared. Motion made that all when time has been changed. To be beef* be turned over to patrolman put into new contract. I-etter from by delegntes only. . headquarters read concerning sick men in foreign ports. FAIRISLI (Waterman), September KYSKA (Watermen), Octeber 14— 'Chairman,- W. Walker; Secretary, J. Lengfellew. . Unsafe working condi­ tions below referred to patrolman. 25—Chairman, P. Shale;-Secretary, C. Wood. Motion made end carried to accept as read communication from headquarter*. Eight rolls of film was rented. WOl hold errlval pool. LOG fMt« Beteu TrGtk Croups Boost '50-50' Two important tirade groups have come out strongly in support of the "50-50" shipping law which is under fire from the farm bloc. The Natiohal Foreign Trade Council and the National Industrial Traffic League have both backed the law as essential to US defense and commerce and have criti-* cized the discriminatory prac­ tices of other maritime nations. . The farm bloc and foreign ship­ ping lobbyists have been attacking "50-50" without let-up, claiming it was restricting the disposal of US farm surplus abroad. The Trade League resolution, adopted in Chicago on November 17, pointed to the substantial de­ cline in cargoes carried by US ships, now less than 25 percent of all cargoes. Both this and the on­ coming obsolescence of the US fleet justify "50-50," the group said. Trade Council Support Similar sentiments were voiced by the National Foreign Trade Council, meeting in New York. The Council emphasized that while "50-50" allowed for fair and rea­ sonable participation by both US and foreign ships in Government cargoes, other nations did not give US shipping reciprocal treatment. 'The convention," the Council resolution declared, "urges more aggressive action by the appropri­ ate agencies of our Government to assure for American shipping fair treatment and equal competi­ tive opportunity in securing com­ mercial cargoes." ''i': - • ''-i .3 J Happy to be alive, two downed Flying Tiger airmen (in tee shirts) pose with rescuers aboard the Steel Advocate. Men had been in water 44 hours. Seafarers are (rear, I to r)i Charles Ray, ch. electrician; Charles Hester, DM; Fred Umholti, AB; Albert Clause, 2n<j electrician. In front with pilots Tony Machado (left) and Robert Hightower Is bosun Doug Claussen. Seafarers Save Fliers, Foil Sharks NEW ORLEANS—Expert seamanship practiced in traditional SIU style was credited by Seafarer Douglas Claussen with the rescue of two downed fliers from mid - Pacific by the crews of the SlU-manned Steel Advocate (Isthmian). The fliers were picked up-*^ by the crew of the Steel Ad­ plane's crew was found nearby. He who escaped from the plane died vocate after they had endured had bled to death from a shark earlier during the hours the men a 44-hour ordeal during which they fdught off repeated attacks by sharjis and watched two fellow members of the five-man crew die in the water. The fifth member of the crew was unable to escape from the sinking Flying Tiger cargo plane, , The part played by Seafarers in the rescue was described by bosun Claussen on his return to his home in New'Orleans where he is va­ cationing before shipping out again. It was Claussen who first sighted one of the downed fliers, pilot Tony Machado, from his lookout post atop the radar mast. "We lowered a boat, but the en­ gine blew a sparkplug and wouldn't start," Claussen related. "So, we rowed. There were nine of us in the boat besides the chief mate. The ocean kept hiding the fliers. They would vanish, then we'd see them again." It took the Seafarers about 15 minutes to reach Machado. Claus­ sen was standing in the bow, hold­ ing the boat hook. Grabbed Hook "Machado reached out and grabbed the hook and I hauled him in," he recalled. "Then I grabbed him under the arms and pulled him into the boat," Co-pilot Robert Hightower was floating about 25 yards away from Machado. About four/ or five big sharks were milling around him, Claussen said, and he was yelling: "The sharks are getting me." As Claussen reached down to pick up Hightower a shark made a final pass at him. The chief mate shot this marauder with the ship's gun. Hightower already had suffered more than a dozen lacerations from shark bites and told the SIU crew later that he had killed one with a six-inch knife he was car­ rying, Ohiy one other inember of the bite that sheared off his thumb. were afloat and the body became Claussen said. The other man lost from the group. AFL Leaders Tobin, Durkin Die In Week Two prominent figures in AFL ranks passed away tliis past week. One was Martin P. Durkin, 61, president of tlie plumbers and steamfitters union and former Secretary of La­ bor. The other was Daniel J.-> Tobin, 83, retired president of Durkin had been president of the United Association of Journeymen the teamsters union. Durkin died at Georgetown Hospital in "Washington, DC, after a long illness. He had been ap­ pointed Secretary of Labor by President Eisenhower in January, 1953, but resigned in September after his proposed amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act were rebuffed by the administration. In his resignation, Durkin charged that the amendments h^ had drafted had the approval of Preridential assistants and Eisen­ hower himself, but had been vetoed by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Before coming to Washington, and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry since 1941. He returned to his union post after leaving the cabinet. Funeral ceremonies took place in his home city. Chicago, on November 18. Tobin, a member of the AFL Executive Council for many years, died in Indianapolis from a heart ailment. He became president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters back in 1907 when its membership was 28.000 and took part in the early growth of the AFL. When he stepped down in 1952, the Teamsters membership had grown to 1^ million. Camera Swindle In Germany A Seafarer recently back from Germany—who chooses to remain nameless—warns of a swindle being operated in Bremen-and Bremerhaven. The Seafarer reports he.was ap­ proached by a pretty girl while shopping for a camera and was told she had outside connections whereby he could get a big discount. Operating through a "salesman" who came to her apartment the Seafarer bought two cameras for $200, leaving them in her apartment while they went out for the evening. During their rounds the girl disappeared. Not having her address and not knowing her neigworhood, his attempts to locate his cameras were fruitless. He warns other Seafarers to be­ ware pretty German girls offering big business deals. * .J •u-i • -f. 1 •.'S I JI �f&iffif'" Pare EirM &- • SEAFARERS ' Nov. «5. ms. LOG Bridges-ILA TiB-Up York and begin hearings, but has temporarily postponed its probe. In addition to the Bridges agents already on the scene and the staff of "researcher?" fte is sending to the East , Coast, -the TLA will now serve as a.base of operations for the entire Communist apparatus in New York, including the dozens Bridges, boss of the West of experienced operatives who Coast dockers union, is ready­ were displaced from other unions ing a full-scale push on the such as the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards and East Coast, led by a team of the independent Fur and Leather Communists - trained "re­ Workers, both now defunct. search" experts. Bridges i-ecent Bridges recent trip east—to study visit to New York during which he "longshore costs and operations"— appeared on two ILA piers and was actually to meet with ILA conferred with ILA leaders at the representatives and arrange for ex­ Hotel Paramount brought into the pansion of his operations on the open a new Communist-supported* front here. The arrival of the "re­ drive on the New York waterfront. searchers" can be expected shortly Groundwork for the new operation along with funds for ILA and will has been cultivated for months by undoubtedly be followed by a flood a team of Bridges-Communist of literature and heightened antiParty agents who have been work­ AFL activity on the ,waterfront. ing for the ILA ever since the At the time of his visit. Bridges AFL challenged its control in 1953. in a press conferfnce reported he had assigned Velson here to study First Since 1946 For the first time since 1946, the Waterfront Commission and to when he was an ally of NMU Presi­ keep an eye on Paul Hall, the SIU dent Joseph Curran in the Com­ and the AFL Longshore Union. munist-controlled Committee for 2-Year" Infiltration Maritime Unity, Bridges is in a The latest Bridges move climaxes position to make a bid for East two years' infiltration on the New Coast dockers. His 1946 drive was York waterfront since the AFL ex­ thrown back largely by the SIU pelled the ILA in September, 1953. and SUP. This time he hopes for Official ILWU representatives have greater success because he has been constantly on the scene dur­ reached an "understanding" with ing that period and have coordinat­ the ILA's official family. For ed ILA activities with Communist months ILA officials have accepted Party representatives In New York. his Communist-line agents and Chief among them is Irving Vel­ worked with them. son, who also uses the names Jack­ This tie-up between the racket- son and Wilson.-He's a veteran op­ dominated ILA and tift Communist erative whose waterfront activities Party's favorite unionist, according date back to the 1930's and he car­ to nationally-syndicated columnist ries the official title of ILWU in­ Victor Riesel, has caused consider­ ternational representative. Others able alarm in Washington. Ricsel are Jeff Kibre, Washington lobby­ reports that a Senate eommittee ist for Bridges, Abe Burshad, who was prepared to move into New has been labeled a CP agent and Sam Madell, head of the Commu­ nist Party's waterfront section. Backing up this group are men like Nick Karambis, Communist Party liner who is in charge of dis­ tribution of the Communist sheet, the "New Jersey Docker.", Karam­ bis has been a leader, a chauffeur and has held other waterfront jobs. He is a seasoned professional in the field. • ' Eager Communist Support In fact, the entire Communist Party headquarters machine in New York which has so avidly sup­ ported the ILA from the time it was expelled from AFL, can be counted on as an eager participant in Bridges' campaign. When the AFL expelled the ILA back in September, 1953, Bridges saw a chance to move in on a chaotio situation and lock up long­ shoremen throughout the country. The opportunity was there and so was the talent in the form of doz­ ens of unemployed party-line pros who had lost their union spots. Bridges didn't wait long to act. "Dockers News," long the spokes­ man for the CP section in long­ shore", tipped off his approach. For a few days in' September, 1953, "Dockers News" extolled the AFL's move. Suddenly the line changed to a critical one. From that day to the present "Dockers News," the "Daily Worker" and the "Dis­ patcher," Bridges newspaper, have gone down the line with every act of the mob-controlled ILA. What­ ever the ILA did, from making the men vote a second time on a re­ jected contract to forcing them out on political strikes met with en­ thusiastic approval of the Commu­ nist claque. Bridges did more than propagan­ dize for, ILA. Considerable sums of cash openly changed hands, up to $30,000 worth contributed by ILWU locals. It is believed this represent­ After months of clandes­ tine co/itact with top lead­ ers of the racket-controlled International Longshore­ men's Association, Harry ed only the visible portion of funds the ILA received from Bridges. CP waterfront operatives lent a hand with publicity, literature, leaflet distribution, campaign tactics^ Re­ prints of Communist literature from the "March of Labor" and other party-line publications were distributed under the ILA' ^abel. Bridges agents attempted to infil­ trate the new AFL longshore un­ ion and wean away supporters par­ ticularly among minority groups— a standard Communist tactic. ' The activities of Just one agent, Irving Velson, give an idea of the extent of the Communists penetra­ tion. For example in March, 1954, Velson. Kibre and Bershad met with pro-AFL Negro longshore leaders in an unsuccessful effort to woo them Jnto the ILA. In May, 1954, Tony Anastasia, overlord of the Brooklyn piers, sent underlings to the West Coast who collected $21,000 from Bridges' locals there. Velson was the logical man to ar­ range such a tour. ^ Renewed Action When the ILA squeaked through to victory in the NLRB election there was a slow-down in Velson's activities. But when AFL long­ shoremen renewed their campaign, he once again became prominent. In March, 1955, Velson con­ ferred with ILA officials in Wash­ ington during an ILA executive board meeting. Then he went, to Albany on behalf of ILA support­ ing legislation to clip the wings of the Waterfront Commission. He was working openly out of Anastasia's office in Brooklyn at the time. In May Bridges came to New York and had a significant meet­ ing on the 10th with his agent Vel­ son, an ILA intermediary and a highly close and personal associate of Eddie McGrath. McGrath is considered the head man in the West Side ILA mob. Following this meeting Velson appeared on the ILA payroll. Ho was hired as Vpubiic. relations as­ sistant" by Packy" Connolly, head of the Pistol Local and ILA vicie^ president. Velson took the Job un­ der the name "Charles Jackson" but couldn't conceal his identity for long. When the cat got out of bag ILA President William Brad­ ley "fired" him claiming Velson had posed as an anti-Communist. Of course Bradley and top ILA officials knew very well who he was. As Frederick Woltman of the "World Telegram and Sun" put it, Velson had bee.n "buzzing in and out" of ILA headquarters and A.aastasia's office for months. Gleason Knew Him The "firing" <if Velson was Just a screen for further m'aneuvers. On September 2, Bridges' news­ paper the, "Dispatcher" reported on a closed meeting of ILA's New York District Council of August 7. In answer to a question about Vel­ son, General Organizer Gleason said "he knew Bridges and met with him every time Bridges came to New York and Hi ways got "good advice from him. Gleason said he also met with Velson and said Vel­ son was a good trade unionist and that he would continue to meet with Velson.'" Admit Meetings At first, Gleason and Bradley denied this account. But just last week, Bradley about-faced and con­ ceded Gleason had several meet­ ing with Velson. He excused them by claiming he and Gleason "didn't know" who Velson really was. One wonders if they will claim they really "didn't know" who Bridges was after meeting with him at the Hotel Paramount last' week. The climax was Bridges' visit of last week during which ne sym- The Twists And Turns Of The ILA-Harry Bridges Friendship Over The Past Two Years A ' i OfFiClAlStimBiFY f ACTIVITY WITH llA, I ff I • Wf rt' AFL LOHS^iDfiA AFLEY^ILAR coMMVfiisrs cofm^L . OHIOHVFFEAIS ONLY ILWU AhlDMCSOfi % ComiES'AYTBA\?T TAB WATERFROttr. • — FIRST NLRB LORSSNORS BLBCTIOR, AFL LflVhlCHES VaWe FOR Ve/WXU!ATIC EAST CC3AST UNIOR' BRWSBSlRNEVl YomCFDRsecRsr MERflNSeWnRlLA* 6BCOND 7 LCMSSRORBK BLBCrtOR BHIC^SASEA/JS KHIAD CAHPAmiV^fVR/LA. ILA OFFICIALS RSTVRN Wn» ^IO.COOBIFTFRCM BRiDSSSfAND PROMISES OF lAORB. ILA OFFICIALS PLY YO WBST COASTFOR. MBBTiNS WITRBRIVSES A/VP ASEALTB ... ip-:" ps^---' • VEl£oR 15 ASSHSREP TD WATCH-eiU AND AFl^lBlt ifftV: te; TeAM OF ILWU '"^RESBAgCNERS" -to SET UP ON NEW TtRkf umefiRORT* 'V ye. AFL MARtriME-IRAD^ vePARJmfT pLEosss FULL emoftrvAFL-igL ^ FIRST AFL'/SL V COmiFDil PLBDSSS COMURPEDFl&fTFOR vecENT L0nsm»a UNION* , ms l;:3ifj. ;v AFL STEWARDS'VierVfiY OR WEST COAST TORCSS LiaumripNcFBRipseS^ c.p.-'^MmreDAics, SRloeeSARP HiS ASeNIS MBFT wm ILA OFFICIALS .,. { VBLSORLOBBIES FORILAiR erATB^CAPlTAL. gRiPSss W5ns NEWYDRF-OR YWROFPiERS ILA'S eLEASOR yM APMiTS-pB wny ^ BRiVSBSS^YejSO/i; PROMISES CONlJfJUS> CouABoamoN* �r-'-'V -• .'" •' •'•''"^'•^^^2 ..... N«T. tS. 1<8S Pare Nine SEAFARERS LOG In On fir ;• 't ; 'J ' Abraham Be^shad (3rd from right) ii shown -at an AFL (ongshora meeting during the 1954 waterfront drive. Bershad a(so attempted to infiltrate AFL educational meetings for shop stewarlds and others. bolized his aim by boldly going out on key ILA piers. It was the first time Bridges had ever openly ap­ peared on a New York pier. Inci­ dentally, the longshore leaders who had no protest over Bridges' action were the same ones who had the men boycott Russian furs and Polish hams in the past. Obvious- Moves From here on Bridges' moves are pretty obvious. He will show in­ creasing attention to details of ILA operations. His "research" team and other Communist oper­ atives" will pick -up every piece of authority they can grab. The fundstarved ILA will get another trans­ fusion and the Bridges-Communist team will determine how the money will be spent. Heavy fire will be leveled at the AFL longshoremen and imions sup­ porting them will be attacked. Since the SIU and Teamsters Lo­ cal 807, the waterfront teamsters, are two keys in any AFL campaign, they will take the brunt of Bridges' fire. . I Hatred Of SIU Bridges has ample reason to seek vengeance on SIU because in 1945 and again'in 1946 it was the SIU which rebuffed him when he at­ tempted to take control of New York docks through CMU. Early this year Bridges suffered a major defeat when he was deprived of his seagoing cadre among West Coastcooks and stewards by an SIU of NA election victory. In his attempts to weaken SIU,Bridges will most certainly direct Here Bershad, Irving Velson and JefF Kibre (I to r) are shown in conversation with a Negro longshoremen's leader while they were attempting to swing him into the ILA camp. The Background Of A Bridges-CP 'Team' tfvS^I ftCharles Velson, alias Charles If rifflCf Jackson, Charles Wilson and "Shavey" has had a lengthy career as a Communist Party water­ front operative. Here are some of the known facts about his past; Velson's first known activity for the waterfront section dates back to pre-World War II days when he was working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and helped distribute Communist publications on the waterfi'onti Subsequently he was discharged from the Navy Yard Job and identified by his Communist Party alias of Charles Wilson. In 1941, as Charles Jackson, he became part of the political club in BrooUyn run by Pete Cacchione, who was a Communist candidate for public office and a member of the New York City Council for a time. The following year he tied in with the CIO Marine and Shipyard Workers, becoming president of Local 13 of that union In 1943. Subsequently, according to his own tes­ timony, he spent two years in the Navy. After coming out of the Navy he resumed his post with the Shipyard Workers but was expelled for life from the union for Cortimunist activities. Velson first attracted national prominence of sorts when he was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Commit­ tee in 1953. He was accused by witnesses of being a Director of the Young Communist League program to Infiltrate the armed forces. When Velson took the stand, he found it necessary to refuse to a propaganda barrage at rank and file Seafarers under a variety of false fronts. Seafarers can expect heavy mailings to the ships and even to their homes of assorted literature, ground out by the "re­ search" experts. Bridges move then, is of direct concern to every Seafarer. The SIU's answer is a positive reaffir­ mation of the membership's policy of giving all possible assistance to AFL longshoremen. Such action is in the self-interest of every Sea­ farer and every working long­ shoreman in the harbor. SHIP CLERKS* ASSOCIATION LbCAL 34, i.L.W.U. PitR 3. EMBARCADERO ^AN Pft^NCISCO pA-TOTMr lV58 ^ mar ir, " ORDERo^Bank,and £lla IIA DafuUM GQBOHlttee, £orfc.«f .Zl»..buiMfeed..and no/lOO; 1I-17S HARBOR BRANCH 100 BHBARCADBRO^ • I9_ a; ^.00 .DOLLAR^ 11-175 l&^nk of NATIONAL n.VlVoSAS80CIATION FRANCISCO. CAUFORNLA One of many checks which Bridges' union gave to ILA in course of AFL campaign is this one which ILA Vice-President Tony Anastasfa's representative Anthony Impliazzo received. Bridges claii to have given ILA up to $30,000 last year. answer on the grounds of possible self-incrimination to several questions. These included: Whether he permitted the mysterious "J. Peters" (named by Whittaker Chambers as the head of a So­ viet spy apparatus) to use his address as a letter drop; Whether he could affirm or deny that Peters was in charge of Soviet espionage; Whether he knew of any of Peters' activities; Whether he knew Alger Hiss; Whether he himself had supervised espionage in the Panama Canal Zone. To all these Velson pleaded the constitutional bar to self-in­ crimination. This testimony came on May 6, 1953. Within a year, Velson was actively assisting the ILA as ILWU International Representative and has been spending full time on this assignment ever since. His most recent employment has been on the ILA payroll as public relations assistant. • £-0 Currently East Coast regional representaJctt f%IOrC ""tive for Bridges' International Longshore­ men's and Warehouse Union and is registered in Washington, DC, as"a lobbyist for the union. He is a veteran Communist Party functionary who has had wide experience in a number of labor areas. He 4ias been identified as a Party member under the name of "Barry . Wood" in testimony before the House Un-Ameri­ can Affaii-s Committee given in March, 1947, and subsequently. Kibre at one time was head of the ILWU's fish­ erman's division which was notoriously Commu­ nist-dominated throughout. For a time he had considerable authority in the International As­ sociation of Theatrical Stage Employees in Hollywood, so much so that it has been reported that motion pic­ ture producers dealt directly with him over the heads of lATSE local officials. He took an active part in the 1954 waterfront campaign on be­ half of ILA and met with Negro longshore leaders in an unsuc­ cessful attempt to swing them away from the AFL and into the ILA camp. aeronautical engineer SKufOnatn DerSllOCf—by profession, having re­ ceived his degree at the University of Michigan in 1949. Although not a longshoreman, he showed up on the waterfront at the time the AFL drive began and under circumstances not explained by the ILA got a regular long­ shore job at the 33rd Street pier, Brooklyn. This pier was under ILA control throughout the campaign. Bershad attempted unsuccessfully on a num­ ber of occasions to work himself into AFL longshore ranks, attending meetings and educa­ tional classes conducted by the AFL, all aimed, at disruption. He was the go-between who made contacts with AFL longshoremen for Kibre and Velson. B 'rshad was named as a Communist Party member in testi­ mony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He is still participating in meetings with ILA people and is still around the waterfront, although he is not working as a long­ shoreman at present. �I • ,1 L \ raw Ten Nwr. tS. 19iS SEAFjittiettS^lOG SlU-Manned Tug Rescues Radar Island Standees The Kid Brother Is Qoin' Alright, too!' BOSTON—Strong winds have been playing havoc with the man-made radar "island" stationed 100 miles off Cape Cod, hampering activities of the SlU-manned tug El Sol which services the unusual craft and stranding at least one inspec­ ing offshore oil, was battered over tion party. The group was the weekend by winds that on Sun­ day ripped off an 80-ton fender protecting one of the three "legs" imbedded in the ocean floor on which the installation rests. The tower is the first of a series planned for location all along the Atlantic coast as advance warning stations. Earlier, the weather prevented the scheduled departure of an Air Force inspection party for the mainland aboard the El Sol. The SlU-manned tug services the per­ manent military and civilian main­ tenance force aboard the tower with supplies and mail, plus ferry The deaths of the following Sea­ service with the mainland. Per­ farers have been reported to the sonnel aboard the tower rate a Seafarers Welfare Plan and the short leave every 30 days. Heavy Grain Exports SIU death benefit is being paid In other action, the port of Bos­ to their beneficiaries: ton is regaining a top position Ignacio Brose. 56: Brother Brose among the nation's grain export died of natural centers and should again handle causes on Octo­ over one million bushels for No­ ber 16, 1955, in vember. Since Boston now has the Queens Gen­ parity on rail rates with other eral Hospital in North Atlantic ports, the record Queens, NY. Bur­ grain movements are considered a ial took place in positive indication of the potential the Long Island that is in store for the port when National Ceme­ it is given an even opportunity with tery in Farmingother areas. dale. Brother Shipping, meanwhile, continues Brose joined the Union in New on the slow bell despite two signYork in the early part of this year ons and three payoffs. The out­ . and had been sailing in the steward look is fair, however, based on a department. He is survived by his cold winter and consequent heavy wife, Lorraine, of Queens, NY. oil needs. taken off after six days on the wind-lashed platform. The experimental radar plat­ form, which is patterned after the "Texas Tower" rigs used for drill- Final Dispatch it t t Max Byers, 56: A heart attack was the cause of Max Byers* death on October 26, 1955, at the Seasi d e Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, Califor­ »• nia. He was bur­ ied in HiUside Memorial Parkin Los Angeles. Brother Byers had been a member of the engine department since 1944, joining the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. He is survived by his brother, Herbert H. Byers, of Tucson, Arizona. ISt ICt Joseph Phillips, 63: On October 6, 1955 Brother Phillips died in his home in Cam­ den, New Jersey. Burial took place in the Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Brother Phillips was one of the first members of the Union joining in' November, 1938. He had been sailing in engine department. He is survived by his wife, Olive, of Camden, NJ. Make Checks To 'SlU-A&G' Seafarers mailing in checks or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to foe sure to make all of them payable to tbe.SIU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in checks and money orders in the names of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping which csm be avoided if checks are nvide out to the Union directly. 5F Stirs From Its Doldrums SAN FRANCISCO—Job ac­ tivity has picked up in this port, bolstered in part by the unexpected arrival of the Jean Lafitte for payoff and sign-on. The Waterman ship was the first pay­ off recorded here in two months. The coming weeks are also due to show some improvement over the recent slow-up In shipping here. One payoff is already sched­ uled, in addition to a number of In-transits. Together it is likely^they will liven things up a bit by shaking loose some of the men oh the beach. Seafarers at the last branch membership meeting here also took occasion to hail the new in­ crease in wages for chief stewards and chief cooks as well as the boost in vacation pay which amounts to an increase for all ratings. SIU vacation pay, starting January 1, 1956, will be $244 annually, up from the previous industry high of $176. The wage boosts in the steward department now give chief stew­ ards parity on base pay with bosuns, via a $10.43 monthly in­ crease, and establish a $5 differen­ tial for the chief cook over the night cook and baker, in recogni­ tion of the former's primary re­ sponsibility for the preparation of main meals. All the items won by the SIU in the latest negotiations earned high praise from Seafarers ashore here. In addition to the Jean Lafitte, one other sign-on here was the Young America. In transit callers at the port were the Alamar, Tops Topa and Steel Designer. It'$-always good news for Seafarers when an SIU affiliate makes headway such as the Marine AlHed Workers has been doing in recent months. MAW has registered an imiressive number of gains, the latest being its succ^Ss in an NLRB election on tugs of he Blue Stack Towing Company, a Gulif operation. It followed on the heels of similar successes on the Wilson Line, the Chester erries and other East and Gulf Coast operaions. MAW has been organizing for several >rears among crews of tugs, ferries, barges and other river and harbor craft as well as in shoreside marinb operations. The units t organizes are usually small and far-flung, which makes for a lot of hard work. Never­ theless it has built up a sizable nucleus of membership in these operations in a num­ ber of ports. That speaks well for its energy and ability in organizing an area of maritiine which has been relatively neglected by the union movement. As an SIU affiliate, MAW enjoys the full support of the SIU in all ports. Its recent growth reflects the value of that support, which in turn strengthens the SIU's position in the maritime industry. There is still much work ahead for the organization before it can lay claim to repre­ senting the major por.tion of its field of op­ erations. But it is getting thert at a good rate and increasing its stature in the industry accordiftgly. Big EAbor Week New York will serve as headquarters for he US labor movement for the next couple of weeks as the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment, the AFL and CIO all schedule im­ portant conventions in the city, climaxed by the AFL-CIO merger convention. Hotel reservations are hard to come by as dele­ gates gather for what should be most siglificant sessions for the future of organized "abor. The MTD convention, with which Sea­ farers are first concerned, comes face to face with two extremely important issues. One is the projected campaign of one of its mem­ ber unions, the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, AFL, among longshore­ men in New York harbor. IBL lost out by a bare handful of votes in the last election n May, 1954, and developments on the docks tiave been favorable to its comeback. -The second ihajor issue is the status of MTD within the merged AFL-CIO organi­ zation. Assurances have been received from George Meany, who will head the merged body, that MTD will continue as the spokes­ man for maritime labor. The convention is expected to reiterate very strongly that MTD's official status should be recognized when the AFL and CIO join hands the fol­ lowing week. As far as AFL-CIO merger is concerneoK the coming meeting of the two organizations will put the stamp of approval on an agree­ ment which has already been cast in final form. All member unions have been, assured that the merger will in no way disturb their autonomy, jurisdiction and contracts. Any fur^er consolidations in maritime or any other area will be up to the memberships of the respective unions involved. More Union Busting The US isn't the only place where unionjusters have been active recently. Up iiiorth in Canada, the SIU Canadian District has been the target of an employer move which was an open attempt to destroy a Canadian District bargaining unit. In this instance, the employer resorted to fraudulent decertification petitions, threats of mass firings, foi^ery and intimidation to ceep the Canadian District from getting a contract on its vessels, The emplpyer activi­ ties were so raw that the company and its officials face a variety of court charges for their actions. The Canadian incident bears no direct re­ lation to the more publicized union-busting at the Perfect Circle plant in Indiana and in a number of southern plants. But it does point up the increasing boldness with which employers ar« attacking unipns. .: �Ndf. 25, 1955 MEET THE SEilEARERS FREDERICK KOPF, baker FIDEL G. LVKBAN, ch. stewwd "We're the ^only people in the Most stowaways never make the grade, but Seafarer Fidel G. Luk- world who see everything and get paid for it." ban upset the odds. His successful That in a nut­ escapade on the Fairfield City shell was the way (Isthmian) back in 1922 was the Seafarer . Fred Kopf summed up start of a long seafaring career! his personal reaIt was in Manila on his 25th sctiis for going to birthday that Lukban successfully sea. After a numhid aboard the Isthmian ship. He . ber of years as a was permitted to stay on and theii mess sergeant in spent another trip on Iwr as a the US Army, workaway. Subsequently, he be­ Kopf caught his came a wiper, fireman and oiler on the same ship. "I was on that one first ship out of Boston and became an immediate convert to seafaring ship five years and three days." In 1929, Lukban switched over life. In 1947 he joined the SIU in to the steward department on the that city. Since then he shifted to Satartia of the Baltimore as his home port. His first vessel was a tanker as now defunct American-Repub­ were a number of ships that fol­ lic Line. Those lowed, Finally, Kopf caught one were the dark that was going to the Persian Gulf. ages for seamen. The trip took 11 months all told Lukban recalls and "that cured me of tankers." He working on Mun- will still grab a coastwise tankship son Line ships occasionally, but he won't ride it for company scrip for very long. For offshore runs and getting as he sticks to the dry cargo jobs. Lulcban Italy A Favorite little as $28 a As a bachelor, Kopf has no limi­ month in subsequent years. He became a member of the tations on where he goes or how NMU in 1940 but didn't stay with long he is away. By and large, he It very long. In December, 1943, prefers Italy and the Mediterreanhe received his SIU book which he ean, but he isn't that fussy. Any says "I'd rather have tha'ta any European or Far Eastern run suits him fine. Italy qualifies as'a sec­ other possession on earth." ond home because he has relatives Torpedoed Four Times there. Although he holds all steward Kopf usually sails as baker or as department ratings, Lukban pre­ chief cook. From personal experi­ fers to sail in Group 3 these days ence he's found that cooking at and leave the headaches to others. sea offers a few hazards not found He figures that by now he has elsewhere. Twice he has suffered sailed with every major SIU com­ 2nd degree burns'during storms pany and most of the smaller ones -off Cape Hatteras when the ships as well. In the course of his career he was on took a violent roll and his ships were torpedoed no less spattered him with hot liquids thsn four times and struck mines from the galley stove. Now he twice, oddly enough the worst keeps a wary eye peeled when, his experience was in 1949 on the ships are off the Cape. Maiden Creek when it hit a mine Nonetheless, he wouldn't trade outside of Bremei-haven. his seafaring life for any other. The father of four sons, Lukban When you are on a ship you can has .his home in Closter, New Jer­ appreciate your kind of life in con­ sey, M'here he also houses a huge trast with the way people live In stamp collection. "I've been col­ other parts of the, world. During lecting stamps since 1910," he says, the Korean fighting life was awful­ "and being a seaman I've gotten ly cheap there. I was glad to get stamps of 56 different , nations. back on ship and head home, thank­ When I retire, I'll be able to spend ing my lucky stars for what I have." a lot more time with my hobby." No agreement has yet been reached in the month-old strike of the International Union of Electri­ cal Workers, CIO, at several plants of the Westinghouse Electric Cor­ poration. The firm is maintaining production - at plants which are under contract to other unions while strike settlement talks are in progi-ess. t t The non-Communist oath provi­ sion of the Taft-Hartley law has been watered-down by a US Court of Appeals ruling. The court said that the National Labor Relations Board could not deny its machinery to a union even if a union official perjured on a non-Communist oath. The official is subject to penalty, the court said, but the union can­ not be penalized by the NLRB. l" 4" 4. City officials are attempting to head off. a possible strike on New York's privately owned bus lines scheduled for December 1. The Transport Workers Union has is­ sued the strike call. Bus lines are asking a fare Increase from 13 to 15 cents before they will commit themselves to a wage increase, but the city is opposing the rise. 'City-owned buses already charg­ ing the 15-cent fare. 4" 4 Pafe Bbrcttt SEAWARERS tOG . v 3) Radio and television performers have been assured pensions at the age of 55 or later under • a plan set up by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Pension benefits for high-priced performers could run as high as $7,500 a year and are financed by the networks and producers of radio and TV shows. t 4 4i Production of rope for both shipboard and shoreside use was resumed at the Columbian Rope Company, Auburn, NY, as the CIO Textile Workers ended a twomonth strike. The two-year agree­ ment provided a straight wage boost of five to eight cents hourly. Columbian is one of the major suppliers of manila rope for the steamship industry. An AFL Machinists Union offi­ cial has been re-elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, after top­ ping a field of 18. Joseph V. Cronin, business manager of Dis­ trict 126, was the successful can­ didate. The may'oraity in Hartford goes to the man who gets the high vote for dity council. «• All Smiles After Overtime Beef After arguing an overtime beef involving 6IV2 hours for the deck maintenance man, on Seanan, Union reaches harmonious agreement on paying the claim. Seated (I to r) are: R. L. Glenn, US shipping commissioner; Charles Kimball, SIU patrolman, Charles Tannehill, SIU .Houston port agent; Captain S. Glyn Hensson. Standing is ship's delegate S. Laid. Beef con­ cerned breaking up of concrete armor shield around wheel house. 4 Quitting Ship? Nbtify Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall In ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your shipmates. Lake Chas. Gets New Cement Co. ^—1 New York Expects Holiday Job Boost NEW YORK—^Looking forward to the imminent arrival of a number of ships for payoff from- long foreign runs, Seafai> ers on this port's largest registration list in years are giving recreational facilities at SIU"^" headquarters lots of play in of the ships Involved originally crewed up here in New York, the the meantime. crews apparently returned here to The payoffs in prospect are ex­ pected to boost shipping since the upcoming Christmas and New Year's holidays should find many crews getting off in order to en­ joy the festivities with their families. The large number of men reg­ istered stems partly from recent lay-ups and also from foreign-flag transfers earlier this month. In the case of the lay-ups since most register. Experience in previous years shows there has always been a good turnover in shipping be­ tween mid-November and January 1, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Ciaude Simmons pointed out, and the present season should be no exception. He listed the statistics of tha past period as 18 payoff.s, 7 signons and 12 ships in transit. On the Robin Mowuray they have a ship's delegate who handles his job with dispatch and then shows movies to the crew in the evening. He la Peter Gvozdich, who rates an accolade on both counts, because he performed both assignments with skill. 4 4 4> The whole deck gang on tlm Elizabeth came in for words of praise from the chief mate on the last trip out. It seems they had a rough run all the way and the deck department real­ ly had to be on its toes. Robert Prideaux was bo­ sun aboard.. her Prideaux and the rest of the gang were: Antonio Ferrara, carp.;, Louis Figueroa and Sylves­ ter Barnes, DMs; Elmer Witzke, Carlo Ibrain, Lo^s Gooch, Carol Rent, Robert Rivera and Julio Fiores, ABs; Arthur Camara, Adolfo Avitate and Joaquin Passapera, ordinaries. - > While the plaudits are being handed out on the Elizabeth, ship's delegate Allen Friend also comes in for his share for doing a fine job in that capacity. Sounds like a good crew all around. Talking about delegates, there's a pretty good one aboard the Na­ tional .Liberty who is temporarily unoccupied. He's Seafarer Frank Caspar' who resigned from the job after three successive trips as dele­ gate, saying that somebody else should take a crack at it. Caspar's decision was accepted reluctantly by the crew who said he had done a solid job while he was in there. 4 4' 4 Counting the Union's money, literally and figuratively the past couple of weeks has been the quarterly finance committee elect­ ed at the Novem­ ber 2 headquart­ ers membership meeting. Commit. tee members were E. C. Bell and E. A. Han­ Czeslowski sen, deck depart­ ment; C. J. Dougherty and S. B. Czeslowski for the black gang; F. G. Lukban and N. M. Nomicos, steward. Among other xank and file mem­ bers who had responsibilities at the November 2 meeting were the following who served as meeting chairmen: R. Jones in Wilmington; R. Cohen in Houston; B. F. Lowe at Lake Charles, J. B. Bragg in Savannah and W. A. Harrell In Norfolk. LAKE CHARLES —News that the expected contract to build a new cement plant here has been signed is buoying hopes for increasing freightship move­ ments into this port before long. Actual construction of the river­ front plant is due to begin very soon and it is scheduled to be ready late next year. It is expected that the new facility will spin* more regular freight movements through the port, which is strictly a tanker port right now. The good shipping of the past few months, meanwhile, is con­ tinuing at the same spirited pace that has had Seafarers moving in and out with little difficulty. However, Leroy Clarke, SIU port agent, cautioned that there are still enough men on the registration list to handle the present flow of jobs in all ratings. Ten Cities Service tankers ac­ counted for the bulk of the ship­ ping activity during the past two weeks, which was supplemented by the presence of the Ded Monte (Mississippi) here, the Val Chem (Valentine) in Orange, Texas, and Colonial's Sea Tiger in Port Arthur. All these ships were in fine shape, with the exception of the Sea Tiger, which needs quite a few repairs. These are scheduled to be handled at the northern end of the run after the ship leaves here. . ' A welcome note ds the fact that the branch has no men on the sick list, either in the local hospitals or on outpatient status. 'm �MrciTO f'--' t <• '• SEAFARERS LOG SlU 'Beauty' Is Served At Lake Charles Relaxed in a beauty parlor chair as the attendant gets him ready for a permanent wave no less, this Seafarer in Lake Charles must remain nameless because the lensman who snooped and took the photo was more inter­ ested in the idea than the "ID.' Our man here is known to some tanker regulars as "Moose" or "Ski." Pix In LOG Costs Him! It figures that although the LOG has been printing the photographs of at least 2,000 Opens YokohamaY/Hanhattan Seafarers every 12 months for many years — there were 81 SIU Bar' But Still Pines For NY men pictured in the last issue, for One of many Seafarers in the growing American colony example — somebody will always over in Yokohama, who stayed to homestead after a brief be left but. But actually there are more SIU stopover, Seafarer Max Lipkin reports that after a five-year men who think they've never had "holiday" he's back in the-*' their picture in saloon business, "Maybe item of note for many SIU men the LOG than the need my head examined," he when he reported that the wellrecord will show. adds, "but I've decided to give it a whirl again and hope to make my place, the "Manhattan Bar," a meeting place for all A&G men here. "This is a cold, crisp, lovely day here, and though it feels good to be in Japan there comes a time — too damn often, as a matter of fact — when I wonder what things are like in old New York and other never-tobe-forgott e n places like New Orleans, San Francisco and our other shipping ports. Meanwhile, however, I'm hoping to renew old acquaintances when SIU ships come into port here." Lipkin's letter provided a news known "Marseilles Bar" owned and operated by Seafarer Freddy Reid has closed down. "Freddy shipped bosun on the William F, Burden, an SIU tanker that came out of lay-up here, and the "Marseilles Bai-" is now the "Copenhagen Bar," which all the Scandanavian sea­ men are making a port o' call." Steel Age View • • A 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 ruling. I r-S' y-. K"; U.SPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY. A. Androh L. Malsonet Arthur Beck Thomas E. Maynei George Carlson Robert J.'Menser John Castro Paige A. Mitchell Donald R. Catlin William Neef James Clarke H. C. Parker O. Coleman S. Peliksze James J. DeVito Santos Pizarro Ramon Galarza George Rees Estell Godfrey A. Reibus Hemsley Gulnicr .Tuan Reyes Halvor Holt William R. Rhone Eugene C. Hood G. H. Robinson D. Halm Jose Rodriguez F. R. Kaziukewicz Santiago Rosario M. A. Lucas Vernon Sheats W. F. Luhrsen K. Shoss Itlartin L.vnch John Thompson ^ N. ^ckeaven Yu Song Yee USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. . Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY. Edmund Abualy Walter W. Dcniey Manuel Antonana John J. Driscoll Eladlo Arls Robert E. GUbert John Auslitz Bart E. Guranick Fortunato Bacomo Taib Hnssen Frank W. Bemrick Joseph Ifsits Robert L. Booker Thomas Isaksen Walter L. Davis • John W. Keenan Emillo Delgado John R. Kiemovdcf _ Passenger Sqfh Reed gets a bird's-eye view from the deck of the Steel Age at Bill Gallagher, ship's dele­ gate, shows him around. The youngster was en route to Beirut with his parents. Ludwig Kristiansen Eugens T. Nelson Frederick Landry Joseph Neubauer James J. Lawlor James 0*Hare Kaarel Leetmaa Ralph J. Palmer Leonard Lcidig George G. Phifer Joseph D. McGraw D. F. Ruggiano Archibald McGuigan G. E. Shumaker David Mcllreath Henry E. Smith H. F. MacDonald Karl Treimann Michael Machusky Harry S. Tuttle Vic Milazzo VirgU E. WUmoth Melvin O. Moore Ghee K. Zai USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler Roseudo Serrano Joseph J. Fusella VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE, TEXAS Billy R. HiU USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS George S. Cutrer Ben.iamin C. Seal Edsel O. Malcom E. A. Spaulding John E. Markopulo W. R. Thompson Aubry L. Sargent John E. TiUman Charles T. Scott USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Claiborne Massey Everett J. Callis Carl W. Mitchell E. Cononizado H. G. Shartzer Fred Harrell Norman D. WUson Terral McHanev USPHS HOSPITAL S.\N FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo B.. Belen Salvatore Guiffre Leon C. Brown Rafael Hioa Michael F. Dellano John H. Huff Charles Dvrsev John S. Sweeney f^rn^rjlQ .-.v a-.- A Seafarer since April 11, 1946, when he joined in the port of Mobile, Thom­ as O. Owen on many occasions has stoutly in­ Owen sisted to shipmate Terry Glen that he "never had a picture in the LOG." He even backed up his claim with currency, but apparently somewhere along the line missed seeing one recent issue. Glen came into the SEAFARERS LOG office at SIU headquarters to check back in the files because—^in spite of what Owen said — he knew otherwise. He was right. The truth of the matter is that Owen, who be­ lieved he had es­ caped the LOG'S Glen extensive photo files, was pictured in the LOG as recently as April 15. 1955, just a few days after his ninth anniver­ sary of SIU membership. Glen adds that "you've got to read the LOG all the time or you are bound te miss something im­ portant to your paycheck." Owen now knows what he means. USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. OA. Jose Alonze Jr. Jimmie Littleton Elmer Brewer Gerald Perdomo Otha BrightweU Janne F. Pierson Louis Farkas Leonard H. Shaw Rufus L. Field* H. C. Shedd John E. Floyd . Ernest H. Webb John Hartman USPHS HOSPITAL ' NEW ORLEANS. LA. Donald Alt Tinerman J. Lee Kenneth Mcintosh Merton Baxter Wm. P. Malcewlcz Claude F. Blanks Harold T. Brown C. J. Mitchell Victor BruneU Steve Modzelewskl J. L. Buckelew Mather Mullis John L. Caldwell C. R. Nicholson Lloyd T. Caliaway Alfonso Olaguibel B. A. Ratcliff Albert '1. Cooper Henry J. Robin Jr. Robert W. ElUott B. D. Foster Walter Smith David Franklin Henry S. Sosa Hubert R. Gaubert Andrew Stauder J. T. Gehringer Lonnie R. Tickle Gregory Troche ^ John C; George Gregory Villarreal Aurilio Gomez Leon J. Gordon Dirk Visser Eail L. Hodger James E. Ward Herman Kemp Edward Wilish E. G. Knapp David A. Wright Leo II. Lang Willie A. Young Pierre LcBIanc USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley Sverre Johannessen A. H.awrence Craig A, Stevenson ^j^^i)idfr Ppir44 »,.«.»...» NOT^ 85, 195S Coiiecto Third SIU Baby Cash ubout tlw sea - or have followed It as I havo for most of a quar­ ter century will realize that this condition in the seafaring indus­ To the Editor: The Welfare Plan it a won­ try has only been eased within derful thing for the seaman, ax the last 20 years or less. As late as 1941 and right into I have been finding out over and over again. I have just col­ the second war the wages of lected my third SIU maternity the average seaman were less benefit for the birth of my than $100 a month for as many daughter, Sonia Ivone, last hours as the master saw fit to work a man. Overtime was month. That means $600 in mater­ practically non-existent and, if nity benefits, plus three $25 a man asked about it, he was in­ bonds for the children, from timidated and generally fired on the Union Welfare Plan for some poor excuse before the trip had ended. ^ Nowadays, however, a man can look upon the seafaring pro­ fession with pride and with equality to the landlubber. In most instances, our profession pays more than a job ashore for the amount of hours worked, plus room and hoard. Offers Opportunity All letters to the editor for To the young man starling publication in the SEAFAR­ out in life today there is no ERS LOG must be signed by other profession that offers op­ the writer. Names tuill be portunities, education and ad­ withheld upon request. vancement in life so quickly that seafaring does. If he is which I have not paid one the studious type and desires penny. This is wonderful and advancement, he can become the is the best security for a' mar­ tops in his line within a short ried man with a growing family. ten years or less, according to Besides, our conditions are his liking. the best, and the wages are the All in all, I think I would highest in the industry. All of still pick the seafaring industry these things mean real security as a career if I had it to do over for all of us in the SIU, and again, as I for one love to travel the Welfare Plan is the best yet. and believe this holds true for Believe me, all Seafarers ap­ most people. preciate the help that the Wel­ Last hut not least is this: A fare Plan provides for us, be­ man does not have to be a col­ cause we kn'bvv that our bene­ lege graduate or even smart fits are like money in the bank. upon entering the merchant ma­ We know that when we need rine. Once "in." he can educate them, they are right there—easy himself and advance as far as to collect. he desires. Many thanks to our Union Shouldn't Run Off and to the brothers who have . Of course, I don't think it made all this possible. Wbuld be a good idea for all Miguel E. Diss young whippersnappers to pack SS Frances their bags and run away to join it 4- t the merchant marine. But if they desire adventure, self-edu­ cation that cannot be come by in schools, good pay and numer­ To the Editor: ous other opportunities, this is My brief booklet of a few the life for them. pages on the Immediate use of Today they will find the best certain colors for increasing working conditions, food and accident prevention aboard ship lodging in the American mer­ is no longer available. chant marine. I cannot bring I am grateful and indebted to to mind another profession members of the clergy, and to that offers so much for so little. the oificers and crews of our "SakI Jack" (John V. Dolan) United States-flag ocean-going, coastwise and inland waters ves­ 4 4 4 sels who follow the sea as their profession and who directly and indirectly suggested that the use of color in accident preven­ To the Editor: tion he made the business of all We the crew of the Seatiger hands. would like to inform all SIU My experience as a chief brothers of the" outstanding steward with certified sea serv­ seamen's club at Naha, Oki­ ice in all zones during World nawa. The food and drinks are War II and afterwards proved of the best, and the prices are invaluable in putting this idea very reasonable. The old Seatiger broke down across to my fellow seamen. Eugene A. De Rosier for two days while we were there, without lights or water, 4 4 4 so all the crewmemhers had their meals and drinks there. The place is strictly air-condi­ tioned and, with the hot weath­ To the Editor: For many years seafaring was er, it was a real break to have frowned upon as an unworthy our meals there. Miss Jane Gallagher and profession for an up and com­ ing young man. This deplorable Charles Stewart, who are situation was mainly brought known by almost all seamen about by the underhanded prac­ the world over, are in charge. They would like very much tices of the steamship compa­ nies, which used prison labor to to receive about 25 copies of each issue of the LOG, as there man their ships. The companies would have are quite a few SIU ships going convicts paroled to them for to Okinawa. It is a real pleas­ many years at a time and since ure to recommend this sea­ most of the men were treated men's club to them as it is one hardly as good as slaves until of the best anywhere. Truman Patriquin their paroles were up, most of Carey Carpenter them never lived to receive Loyd McGee their freedom. But this situa­ (Ed. note: A check is being tion lasted for centuries and kept many good and worthy made on your request as a bun­ men from taking to the sea for dle of LOGs is sent to this club a livelihood. —and to all USS clubs—regu­ Those who know ^ything larly.) letters To The Editor Safety Booklet Out Of Print Seatiger Hails Okinawa Club Sees Seafaring As Best Career �N*T. 25. 1955 Warrior Visit Spurs Reunion After 23 Yrs. Travel is broadening—ac­ cording to the tourist comeons—but for most Seafarers who do a lot of it this is certainly not the sole inducement. Some pass up ship after ship in the hope of catching one bound for the ancestral homeland, where the hope of see­ ing their family and friends o f years gone by draws them back like a magnet. Such was the case recently for two Seafarers on Lygnos the Warrior who, though shipping for many year^, never did catch that ship going back to their native land of Greece. For Nick Maduras and Nick Lygnos, both sailing in the galley gang on the Warrior, the last trip had extra special meaning. In Ma­ duras' case, it gave him the chance to get "home" and see his mother for the first time in 23 years. The youth who left Greece a long time ago returned as a man on a big iron ship "and was happier than he's been in years." Lygnos, in turn, went ashore in Piraeus and had a long-postponed reunion with his relatives there which he, too, had set his hopes on for a long time. M. B. Elliott, ship's reporter, in­ dicated that both men, proud mem­ bers of the SIU, were almost light­ headed, when they got back to the ship. But sailors are being senti­ mental guys ^nyway, so this came as no surprise to their shipmates. SEAFARERS Scorched Scalps Shine On Orion Star Shewn ashore before. starting Persian Gulf trip po the Orion Star are (I to r) Seafarers S t u p i n, DM; Kierna (rear), wiper; Bartlett, bosun, R o b e rsonr DM, and Binon, wiper. This was before the "shearing s~e a s o n" pic­ tured below set in. Both photos by Bill Stark. Shining brightly in the midday sun, some of the bald domes aboard the Orion Star gather on deck. Pictured (front, I. to r.) are Rollins, AB; Roberson, DM; Homen, AB; Bartlett, bosun; rear; Binoh, wiper; Lambert, DM; Westfall, OS; Fletcher, AB; Eubanks, oiler; Cassimis, MM. Roberson, Bart­ lett and Binon are also in photo above. Looking like a couple of critical passengers catering to an ulcer. Seafarers O. Moreland (left) and John Fabis give the menu on the Del Sol the onceover while J. Geissler awaits their pleasure. Burly "Good ship, good trip, good crew" is that happy combina­ tion in which 40-odd men, ten thousand tons of ship, several thousand miles of ocean, the calendar, the atmosphere and other factors all blend har-> moniously. the bosun and entire deck depart­ The blending is not always ment on board the above-named ideal, but when it is, is. as was the case on the McAlester Victory (Seas Shipping) recently, even the chief mate was moved to tell about it. His praise for the crew and the ship they brought home to port, echoed as well by Seafarers on the vessel, according to Anthony Barbaro, ship's dele­ gate, was set down in a signed commendation by James W. Jenkins, Barbaro chief officer. Its very existence is occasion enough for reprinting it in fuli, as any crewmember or delegate who has had to scrap with a mate for an hour's overtime will agree. The testimonial follows: "I wish to express my sincere thanks and utmost appreciation to Madakef ^Bounces^ Off Reef, Defies Science Among other things—many unmentionable—it can be said of ships that they steam, sail, slide, slip, plow, push, rock, run, rush and tear along. Only rubber balls and some types of females "bounce." But the SlU-manned Mada- Canal Zone, the following after­ ket has thrown aside caution noon. McAlester Mate Cheers SIU Crew Dei Soi Trio P9V«Tfc]rtecB lOG vessel. "I have never sailed with a bet­ ter crew since June 6, 1926. These men and their kind are an out­ standing credit to the organization with which they are affiliated, the SIU. "I have had the fullest coopera­ tion from the engine department, especially from the two elec­ tricians, when working ship's winches. "The steward and his entire de­ partment are tops, . The food, in my estimation, is the best that I have eaten on any ship. "Th» ship is clean and in A-1 condition in every respect, due to the interest and pride each de­ partment has taken in its respec­ tive responsibilities. "Congratulations and thanks again. I hope that some, if not all, will be with me on my next trip out." and scientific knowledge to the contrary. It recorded a "bounce" on the evening of October 22, 1955, during its misadventure in hitting the reefs or shoals off Montuoso Island, about a day's run north of Panama. Later, in drydock at San Juan, Puerto Rico, it was discovered that the ship had rips in 13 bottom plates and quite a few ribs, all on the port side of the hull almost on the keel. "There it also became appar­ ent," Seafarer Walter L. Buscb, ship's reporter, disclosed, "that Busch the Madaket must have 'bounced' when first hit amidship, as the rips did not ex­ tend the full length of the after part of the vessel and ended about 35-40 feet from the rudder." Sharp Blows At the time of the actual mishap, Busch related, a sharp blow was first felt on the port side amidship, followed by subsequent blows aft. They did not lessen the speed of the ship to any degree, while soundings determined that there were holes in several tanks, al­ though no water was being taken in the cargo holds. "Most of the crew was standing by ready to lend a hand where needed, but everything was under control," he said. Eventually, with the ship maintaining her regular speed, she arrived at Balboa, Photo Mix-Up Put To Rights A mix-up In tne last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG caused the picture of Seafarer James E. Collins, OS, to appear in the Ayala There a diver went over the side to determine the extent of the damage to the hull while the crew enjoyed an unexpected overnight stay in Balboa and Panama City. The ship then proceeded through the^Canal and on to San Juan, where repairs were made. No Panic "Ali in ali," Busch added, "the incident did not seem to disturb the peace of mind of the crew. There was no panic, mostly curios­ ity as to what we hit and what they could do to assist at the time. It was a good crew in typicai SIU style." Ship's delegate on the Madaket is A. Wheaton, who also reprer sents the deck department. R. Davis is engine delegate; E. Ter­ rell represents the galley gang. Tittle Things' Brighten Life Oh Jeff City Sitting tight in the frozen wastes of the North, where the "Eskimo Pie" is for real, the gang on the Jefferson City Vic­ tory discovered that everything thaws out after a while. "Out here at Sanderstorm Lake in the barren part of Northern Greenland, n o one is aliowed ashore by the Army and there isn't anything to go ashore for," Seafarer Jim Egan points out. "But our skip­ per, Captain James McGinn, Egan has shown him­ self to be a regular guy by twice contributing a couple of cases of beer to the boys below." Equal to the occasion, the chief cook and George Rubish cast a lipe over the side and "averaged a bite every three minutes for some kind of a record and for some of the finest fried cod anyone could eat. With the beer, it broke up the monotony of the run," he added. Collins place of that of Confesor Ayala, cook. Ayala was one of those questioned for the "Inquiring Seafai'er" column oh page 10 and somehow wound up with Collins' photo instead of his own. To set the record right, here are both of them in their true identities. They're A Little Short By Bernard Seaman �raf• rfviseem 't;>- •• .rf 11' SEAFARIEKS Nimet Expects Spears But Finds Ore Instead Seafarers who went in with the Ocean Nimet to the port of Kassa, French West Africa, had to look twice to make sure there weren't any spear-carrying natives to greet them—un­ til t]iey learned the lure off the place was that old familiar ship's reporter, relates, they "were living a life of mystery bauxite, the "daddy of alumi­ really After leaving Rotterdam the Nimet num.'" got orders to go to a West African Up until then, Robert N. Walton, Traveler's Dish port that ho one ^ had ever heard of before ... We expected spears in the stack this trip." Actually, Kassa, although not on many maps, is going to be a familiar name to Walton a lot of Seafarers before long, because there Is al­ ready a steady run of ships in there to take the unrefined ore to mills in Canada. Kassa is an island off the coast at Conakry—which is on the niap—about midway between Dakar to the north and Monrovia, Liberia, further south. Art Show The crew, incidentally, picked up some "culture" that trip be­ cause the radio operator, an art fancier, bought about two dozen oil paintings while in Holland and passed the time showing off his discoveries. None of the "critics" aboard were willing to be quoted, however. illiliiiiilii V Admiring his latest catch with rod and reel, Seafarer "Blaclcie" King on the Steel Traveler seems to be think­ ing what it will look like stretched out on a garnish­ ed fish platter. : LOG-A-RHYTHM: The 'Live One' Submitted By C. E. Wallick The birds of prey come swooping down When his ship comes steaming by. The reception committee's tremendous Never saw such a popular guy. 1^- A bunch of beachcombers are lying in wait As he leaves midships with his pay, A couple of the girls are at the dock To make sure he doesn't get away. Payday night as he leans against the bar And boasts of the feats he's done— How he socked the skipper on the chin And put the chief mate on the run. The bartender listens with tender eyes And "yesses" him frequently The barroom bums all nod their heads 'Cause the drinks are coming free. You may think this poem a lot of bunk And the moral much too strong, But this is the slogan on the beach— "The live one is never wrong." Editor, SEAFARERS LQG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would tike to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ......ZONE STATE ...... Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATIONJ If you are an aid lubtcribar and have e ehenga ef addrait, plaata give your former addrasi balowt ADDRESS . jpinr To the Editor: On the question of receiving the SEAFARERS LOG in for­ eign ports, I must say that the service we have been getting has been satisfactory. On the Robin Line runs going to African ports, the agent gen­ erally brings the mail aboard, and each department delegate gets his copieis. There is a bar in Laurenco Marques which caters to SIU letters To The Editor AH letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. men and if a dozen or so copies could be sent there, they would certainly be appreciated. It is a regular meeting place for Ro­ bin Line men. Copies can be sent to Palace Hotel, Laurenco Marques, Portuguese East Af­ rica. Another place up the coast is Dar-es-Salaam, which has the Hotel Splendid; Mombasa has the Anchor Bar, at Malindi Road. Both these ports are in British East Africa. I know these spots very well, having been to them many, many times in the past ten years and, in fact, know alLthe regular hangouts up and down the coast. J know these people would be only too pleased to be able to have the LOG for dis­ tribution to seamen who happen to be in port. The African run often means you are four months away from the States, and we are always glad to be able to get the latest news of what's happening back home. James F. Byrne t. Next day he's broke and wanders about Just a big down hearted guy. For dll his friends of the night before Now give him the glassy eye. (SK Finds Service On LOGS Okay (Ed. note: The Palace Hotel already receives LOGs, and the others will receive future mail­ ings.) The floozies all give him a great big hand He's surrounded by blushing brides. He doesn't know what attracts them so That it's merely the dough in his strides. .STATI . MSSSMSSfSMtJi Passenger Hails Iberville Trip To the Editor: It was our good fortune re­ cently to take a short cruise on the SS Iberville, a Waterman Steamship Company freighter. This was a most pleasant ex­ perience because we were treat­ ed so royally. We found the food < and the food service of particular high quality. I speak of this partic­ ularly because, in the first place, I consumed large quan­ tities of the food and, secondly, I saw it prepared, the way it was stored and was very much pleased as a result. F. L. Jennings, MD t" t> S5, 1955 LOG $• Member Hails Welfare Assist To the Editor: I hope you will print these few lines in order for me to thank all the many wonderful friends who offered to do any­ thing they could to help during my wife's recent Illness. My gratitude also goes to everyone at the SIU hall in Mo­ bile, to the men who volun­ teered to provide my wife with three pints of blood and to SIU p a t r ol m a n Harold Fischer, whose quick response when 1 called for help was so fast that it was amazing. I'm glad I belong to such wonderful Union. I wish to thank the SIU Welfare Plan for paying my benefits so promptly, and for the great saving and services it means to all of us. My wife is back at home now, and she's also very happy that .1 belong to the' SIU because she's seen the wonderful serv­ ice that it gives its members. Now she appreciates the Union even more than before-r-if , that's possible. John R. Roberts 4 4 4 SIU Man Finds Pals In Korea To the Editor: I have just about completed a 16-month tour of duty here and expect to be on the next drop leaving Korea. It's been a long grind, but I finally made it. If some of my old shipmates have been wondering why they haven't seen me around Inchon lately, it's because the Army fig­ ured I was having too easy a life in a harborcraft outfit. They shanghaied me to a line outfit in the 24th Infantry Division about three months ago. I sure hated to trade in my LCU for an Ml rifle, and really miss those beer parties at the Inchon Seaman's Club with the boys. I would like to take time here to thank the SIU members involved for their generosity, because there would have been many a beerless night for me without them, with these Army wages. Met Many SIU Men I also believe that by being stationed on the waterfront in Pusan and Inchon I got to meet and know a lot more SIU men than I would have if I had been shipping for this length of time. It seems that those magic words "I'm an SIU bookman", are a passport to friendship, no matter where you are or what uniform you're wearing. Other unlucky members who get drafted and will be coming over here would do well to drop down to the waterfront and look " around from time to time. They'll find a lot of their old buddies and, if they happen to spot a red-headed seaman with a head like a beer-can, come on over and I'll buy you a beer. After a little rest at home, I Intend to head back to New York and dust off my old SIU book. See you then. PFC Herman F. IVebber 4 4 4 Lauds Service In New Orleans To the Editor: My family and I want to thank the SIU port agent in New Orleans, for his help and sym­ pathy on the occasion of my husband's sickness and death. It was indeed good of him to come himself to bring the muchappreciated SIU death benefit check and to offer his and the Union's help and service in any of our future needs. Mrs. John Eric Kane 4 4 4 us. You can never know what courage they gave us each time we heard from them. We were thrilled to hear our son's voice when he reached New York. It is amazing to find him recovering so speedily only five weeks since his accident. It proves the good care he re­ ceived from everyone concerned. We are praying that he will con­ tinue to gain and be his old self again. We also hope to have the op­ portunity of meeting you all some day and thanking you per­ sonally. You can rest assured that you are welcome in our home anytime. May God bless and keep you and yours in good he^alth always. Mr. and Mrs. McKenven Walpole, NH 4 4 4 He Appreciates Royal Oak Aid To the Editor: I wish to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to my brother crewmembers of the Royal Oak on behalf of my family and myself. Their re-. membrance at the time of my father's death on November 7 was very kind. At the time that I received the bad news the ship was pre­ paring to sail and what was remarkable was the prompt action undertaken by my fellow brothers in expressing their sympathy. M. "Ollle" Olson Asks SIU wives' Beauty Contest To the Editor: I was wondering if w'e wives of the seamen couldn't have a V beauty contest for seamen's wives. , The girls could send their pictures into the LOG, where they could be printed from time .rfo time, and then we could have a contest for a "Mrs. Seamen's Wife" or something similar. ^ Something like this would be most interesting and I am sure the men as well as the women would like it very much. Mrs. Forrest 4 4 4 Both Legs Gonog He Doesn't Worry To the Editor: I would like the officers and the brother members of the SIU to know how much I ap­ preciate all the wonderful things that have come to me because I was lucky enough to join the SIU. I have lost both my legs but I have not a worry in the world. The SIU Welfare Serv­ ices Department sees to that. I only wish I were more able to say what is actually in my heart. But since I'm just a dumb sailor, I will say "Thank you, everyone in the SIU." Jimmy Hamilton 4 4 4 Thanks SIU For Holp In Hospital I wish to express my sincerest thanks to the SIU and to the SIU Welfare Plan for their help and cooperation dunng my re­ To the Editor: cent hospitalization. Their We the McKenven family wish financial aid in time of need to extend our thanks to the SIU will always be very much ap­ Welfare Services Department, preciated. for their great interest and kind­ I wish to thank you once ness to us and to .our son again and wish, the best of luck Narcisse. for the continuation of the wel­ We felt so helpless and in­ fare Plan and the progress of capable of doing anything for the SIU. him at the time when he needed' -' - • I 'Mrs. Eladio Torres SIU Welfare Aid Applauded �SEAPARERiS toe NOT. 2S,.|955 ILIZABiTH (Bull LInat), Octebar B—Chairman, J.' Murphy; Bacratary. .a. Valllnaa. To ace patrolman about setting rid of .lockera and getting new onea. Motion made and cajried to accept and concur with communicatlona from headquarters. Daymen to Inform ail foc'sies before dumping garbage or washing decks, ao that porta can be closed. and concur with communications from headquarters. Ship's deiagata alacted. AMPAC CALIFORNIA (TransOceanic), October 7—Chairmen, V, Wertleld; Secretary, O. Ergle. Radio­ gram sent to headquarters to have patrolman present at payoff. New ship's delegate elected. No beefs. Chief cook missed ship in Port Arthur. Texas. Vote of thanks to steward de­ HEYWOOD BROUN (Victory Car. partment. Crew voted to donate to riars), October •—Chairman, C. Hllship's fund at payoff. To get ship's drath; Secretary, W. Thompson. There library. will be no shdre leave in San Pedro, October 14—Chairman, R. Yeutxy; ahlp taking bunkers only. Captain in­ Secretary, A. Kaval. Washing machine formed steward about getting fresh needs repairs badly. Ship's fund. milk and other stores. To have clap­ $17.15. No beefs. Motion made and per valves repaired. Men are to sign, carried to accept and concur with for cots issued to them. All watches oommunications from headquarters. have agreed to keep messroom and Motion made and carried that dele­ gates send letter to headquarters dishes clean. about shipboard conditions. Beef about MARIE HAMILL (Bloomflald), Sep­ food. tember 2*—Chairman. D. Ikart; SacATLANTIC WATER (Metro). Octo­ ber 23—Chairman. E. Smith; Secre­ tary, D. Stone. Repair list turned in. No beefs. Another brand of soap pow­ der required aboard, ship. Larger .sheets and bath towels needed. Vote of thanks to steward department. It was suggested that company furnish captain with enough American money or travelers checks. ratary, C. Berg. To request draw from captain in San Pedro when refueling. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. Dis­ cussion held on water pressure in showers. Vote of thanks to new stew­ ard for improvements in menus since last voyage. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 18—Chairman, D. Glass; Secretary, O. Guerrero. Radio officer promised cooperation. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with com­ munications from headquarters. Sbip'e delegate elected. Trash not to be emptied on port or starboard side aft of midship house. Steward agrees that all meats possible wiU be served. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 7—Chairman, L. Bruce; Secretary, E. OeBautte. Delayed sailing in San Juan. Two men missed ship in New York! Recent communications from headquarters accepted and concurred. Discussion held on welfare benefits. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 2S—Chairman, R. Schwan; Sec­ retary, J. Hannon. Snake was found in engine room and it struck oiler as he walked by. (^mmunlcations from headquarters read and accepted. Mo­ tion made and carried to And out why aide can be chipped and not finish Job after it is started. List of crewmembers to be kept at all times. KYSKA (Waterman), September 14 —Chairman. W. Walker; Secretary, W.' Simpson. Motion made and car­ ried to have arrival pool. Captain sends his appreciation for coopera­ tion of delegates in small beefs. It :was moved and seconded that depart^ment delegates hold conference with patrolman before any business is con­ ducted. SHINNECOCK BAY aankship). Sep­ tember 22—Chairman, M. MIkkelsen; ; Secretary, J. Paisley. It was reported ;that someone is carrying tales top­ side. Chief engineer badly injured and \vas removed from ship by plane. One man unable to work because of broken arm caused when he slipped on deck. Motion made and carried that ship's committee draw up full report on unsafe conditions. Two weeks with 20 degree U6t. ' SrfeEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), September It—Chairman, P. Blalack; Secretary, S. Brent. Report included on accident in Madras. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Department delegates to submit re­ pair lists. Suggest that steward ob­ tain new type of water pitchers and sugar bowls. Crew to take care of newly-painted chairs in messhall. STONY CREEK (American Tramp Shipg. Dev.), October 5—Chairman, K. Goldman; Secretary, E. Rilauser. Crew requests that patrcdman from head­ quarters be available upon arrival regardless of time because of limited time in port for discharge of cargo. Ship's delegate to «ee captain about refinishing benches for spare table in messhall. - DUKE VICTORY (Bull Lines), Octo­ ber 2—Chairman, T. Horan; Secre­ tary, none. Second electrician missed ahip in Leghorn, Italy, most of his clothes were put ashore. Motion made and carried that when ship is to be taken out of boneyard have a few men aboard at least once a week in order that sotes and other essen­ tials may be put aboard befar.-: i-eyage begins. Beef between AB. 2d Mate, and Jr. 3rd settled by ship's delegate. CHESTER HARDING (Construction Aggregates), October 23—Chairman, W. Horns; Secretary, A. Shrlmpton. Small amount of diluted overtime will be settled at payoff. Membership concurred unanimously on action taken by ITF. Motion made and car­ ried that delegates be transferred every three months. Vote of thanks given outgoing delegates. Report given by steward regarding cigarettes, and it was suggested that remaining cig­ arettes be shared Letter to be writ­ ten concerning inability of company to provide badly-needed fans CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Octo­ ber •—Chairman, L. Pepper; Secre­ tary, G. Bales. No beefs. Repairs to be taken care of in ne.xt port. Vote of tbanks to steward department for good feeding. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 12—Chairman, E. Anderson; Secretary, D. Sacher. One man missed ship in New York. No beefs. DEL ALBA (Delta Line), October « —Chairman, G. Hancock; Secretary, W. Gelt. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund, $30.43. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. DEL RIO (Mississippi), October 23— Chairman, D. Kamsey; Secretary, M, Casscnum. No beefs, everything run­ ning smoothly. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with com­ munications from headquarters. It was suggested that patrolman be con­ tacted regarding having galley stove plates repaired. ELIZABETH (Bull), October SO— Chairman, J. Murphy; Secretary, R. Velllnga. Everything okay. Library put aboard. Request a twenty-five cent donation from erewmembers for American Seaman's Friend Society who put library atmard. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters com­ munications. More fresh fruit needed aboard. FLOMAR (Calmar), September 19— Chairman, R. Barren; Secretary, H. Reynolds. Communications from head­ quarters read and posted. Crewmembers to keep washing machine and laundry clean. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), October 24—Chairman, J. Portway; Secretary, C. Lanier, Nq beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Rooms to be painted out. Chief Engineer to take care of rusty wash water. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Octo­ ber 17—Chairman, A. WIddle; Secre­ tary, L. Wing. One man missed ship. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Discussion held on wage scale of SUP. Steering gear fouled up.. Vote of thanks to steward department. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomflald) October 9—Chalrmsn, .V.. Sanchet; Secretary, M. Anderson. Ship's dele­ gate elected. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), October 23—Chairman, A. Dumas; Secretary, H. RIngo. No beefs.'" some disputed overtime. Motion made and carried to accept and concur •with communications from headquarters. Delegates to prepare a repair list for all departments. Personal beefs to be taken up with delegate; delegate will refer them to patrolman. OCEAN JOYCE (Ocean Transporta­ tion), October 9—^^Chalrman, R. Stough; Secretary, R. Hernandez. Pantry and some foc'sies to Ite painted. Discus­ sion to be held on new SUP agree­ ment after it is posted. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communication from headquarters. Some question about delayed sailing. OCEANSTAR (Triton), October 22— Chairman, C. Diaz; Secretary, C. Diaz. Repair list will be taken care of. Mo­ tion made and carried to read, accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Motion made and car­ ried to have galley range repaired before ship sails. Vote of thanks to steward department. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), October 23—Chairman, L. Nicholas; Secretary, F.. Btoppirt. No beefs, everything in order. Balance of ship's fund is $75.00. Motion made and carried .to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Union brother thanks membership for flowers that were • OREMAR (Ore), October 9—Chair­ sent to his mother. man, H. Lurn; Secretary, V. Yates. New ship's delegate elected. Ship's ALCOA PEGA6US (Alcoa), October treasury contains $9. Recent com­ 9—Chairman, G. Flnkles; Secretary, L. munication from headquarters ac­ Phillips. Ship's fund, $42.33. No beefs. cepted unanimously as read. Everyone Motion made, and - carried to accept aboard this vessel Is happy. ' Money Due The following Seafarers have ret­ roactive wages due them from At­ lantic Carriers, Inc. They should call at or write to the company office at 29 Broadway, New York 4. NY. John C Edgar Anderson, Vasco M. Barros, WUliam Bellgraph, Donald, BUlings, Juan BUly. Daniel Bissett, Carl N. Bolton, Ar­ thur Brown. .Charles Brown, Hunter Brown. Gaetano Busciglio, Francisco Carabbacan. Warren W. Currier, Simon Czeslowski, Roscoe Dearmon, Oswaldo Delgado. Fredi erick DeMuth, Lawrence Devenny. WUJard Erwin, Clifford D. Eubanks. Roy H. Fithen, Henry Fossett, Dan Frazier, Jr., Clarence Fritz. Barney Good­ man, E3adio Grajales, Vincent Gregorio, James Guston, Jr., Britton HaU, Joseph Harmanson. Vernon G. Harris, Alfred Isaacson, Charles Kempczynski, Ah Lee King, Weldon Kitchens, Walter Kucbta, Joseph Landry, Arne Larson, Harry Lewis, Sam­ uel Martin. Michel Meguissoglou, WiUlam C. MUler, Archie Milne, Donald Moore, Ralph T. Moore, Earl McCaskey, James McLinden, Daniel Palmatory, Paul W. Persson, George Porter. James Porter, Richard Price, Paul Richards, Bernard Romanoff, Robert O. Smith, John Steiner, William D. Stewart, Stccial Sullivan, James Thomas, Joseph Trawick. Pete Triantafillos, Charles W. White, Joseph R. Wing, Charles WitseU, William O. York, John E. Ziegler. Liberty Flag Edwin A. Ainsworth, Morlo Alto, James E. Ashley, James C. Battle, Arvel M. Binion. Alphus E. Blocker, Frank A. Bol­ ton, Robert G. Bruce, Herman Carson, Raymond Davis. loannis Demitreadisq, John V. Dolan, Charles, Doroba, Robert M. Draper, Ber­ nard Favlla, George C. Glennon, John Kackur, Neal T. Keougb, Donald M. King, King Sea Koo. Lee F. Kurtz, Joseph A. Long, Robert J. Lyons, John McDonough, Daniel T. McGovern, Eric Malmstrom, George P. Marcotte, Leonard J. Martin, Americo Medeiros, Ralph Moisant. Calvin Moose, John H. Morris, Mihai Nicodin, Dennis Pierce, Stylianos Pissias, N. Burton Potts, Austin D. Pretlow, Ron­ ald J. Ramsperger, Joseph H. Roberts. Mager Robinson. Casimir Sanuitl. Leroy E. Schmidt, Wil­ liam V. Shaffer, Charles J. Sincere, Ray­ mond C. Sinor, Leland B. Sipe, Harold T. Splcer, George J. Vesages, Guy Whitehurst, George Williams. Glenn N. Williams, John Zeniths, Liberty BeU Rex Abshire, Lon R. Acton, James R. Andolsek, Elmer J. Andre, Jr., Eugene Beverley, Leo Brussard, SHephen Burskey, DarreU Chafin, George M. Craggs, Yulee H. Crews. Warren W. Currier, Charles Devales, William A. Deiappe, Michael F. Dellano. Phillip Da Minico, Marcos Drossos, Elmer L. EdwaKls, Yue Kung Fah, Charlie A. Gedra, Perry Greenwood. Lester J. Haag, Harlan K. HaU, Robert J. Heilig, Leonard E. Hodges, Francisk Jennings, Okal Jones, Frahcis W. Keeley, Raiph Kilbourne, Donald M. King, Her­ bert W. Lamm. Rufino Lara, Pao C^ing Lee, Audrey M. Lester, Richard J. Lichtehauer, An­ tonio Lipari, Francis A. Lord, Jr., Wil­ liam L. McBride, John W. Mackall, JuUan Z. Markham, Edmund H. Marsh. Edward H. Murar. Richard V. Palmer, Owen Podkosoff, Heath Pressley, Salvador Resquites, Thomas C. RUey. Gerald R. Schartel, Ernest SemmerS, Frank P. Shaw, Frederick Smith. Harry J. .States, Boyd E. Thompson, Richard L. Welch, Charles H. WUliams, John T. Woodman. Paul ZanberUn. Lam­ bert Zecgers. Recent Arrivals All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Ruth Babb, boi»i February 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Babb, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 44 4 Karen Ilene Mignano, born Oc­ tober 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mignano, Brook­ lyn, NY. Maritza Ortiz, born October 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Humberto Ortiz, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4-4 Sonia Ivone Diaz, born October 17, 1955. Parents, Mr! and Mrs. Miguel E. Diaz, Puerto Real, PR. 4 4 4> ' Fiftcoa $5 Million Paid Out In VaiKition $ (Continued from page 3) twice. It went to $176 in October, 1954. The second increase to $244 came as the result of the Union's negotiation of a 25 cents per day boost in shipowner contributions to the fund. The five-millionth dollar was in­ cluded in Cobb's cheek for $40.44 which represented a pro-rated pay­ ment, less tax deductions, under the old $176 annual benefit. The Seafarers Plan allows a man to col­ lect every time he has 90 days' em­ ployment on an SIU ship, so that a Seafarer does not have to wait a full year between vacation pay­ ments. Quick Cash Source The 90-day feature has been one of the most popular aspects of the Plan with Seafarers as well as the speed with which payments are made. For Seafarers the Plan serves as a (juick source of ready cash when they need it the most. To Cobb, receipt of the check was routine, but naturally he was pleased that the payment to him should be a symbol of the Union's progress. It covered his employ­ ment aboard the Del Mar (Missis­ sippi) as chief pantryman and came, fittingly enough, as he was planning a brief stay on the beach before shipping out again. Prefers Vacation Plan "I've been a member of the SIU for 14 years," he said, "and I'm like the rest of the old-timers. Nobody has to tell us that we have a won­ derful Union. The new raise in vacation pay we just negotiated is another example of how the SIU is always fighting to protect and advance the welfare of the mem­ bership. "As far as I'm concerned an in­ crease in vacation money means a lot more to the regular seaman than the supplementary unemploy­ ment insurance the NMU is strug­ gling with. Under our plan, every­ body benefits, while the NMU sys­ tem will benefit only a few guys." SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-49()U BOSTON James Sheehan, Agent 276 Stale St. Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St C. TannehiU, Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 14X9 Ryan St Leroy Clarke, Agent HEralock 6-5744 MOBILE I South Lawrence St Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock ^-1754 NEW ORLEANS .. 523 Bienville St Llndsey Williams Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK .. 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127 129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdlson 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Ma/ket St. S. Cardullo Agent .Market 7-1635 PUERTA de TIERRA PR Pelayo 51—La ? Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-599(f .SAN FRAN(;iSCO 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marly Breithoff, West Coast Representative SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St E. B. McAuley, Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette, Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA . 1809 18II N Franklin St. Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TlUey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave. Bklyn SECRErAR V -TREASU RER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna, Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volplan, Eng. W. Hall, Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU William Rivera, born October 24, PORTLAND 1955. • Parents, Mr. and Airs. Alpbonso Rivera, Brooklyn, NY. , IU(;UMOND, sl6 Merchant St. Phone 5-6777 211 SW Clay St. CApltal 3-433^ CAUr,...'. 297 5tb St Phone 2599 Ben G. Ladd Contact your wife. t t 4 Cleveland Famham The SEAFARERS LOG office is holding a letter for you. Edwin Donimer Dennis Har.cock Contact William E. Burke, for­ merly of US Army, at 24l4 Dwight Way, Berkeley 4, Calif. 4» 4" t t 4. 4. 4" 4» 4> 4> 4' 4> 4" 4 4" 4 4. 4 ' 4 4 4 Nicola Richie Very urgent you call TA 3-4630 in New York City at the earliest possible opportunity. • Loncyzski, AB Joe Caruso. AB Photographs left aboard the City of Alma are being held for you at the SEAFARERS LOG office. Bobby Byrd Get in touch with Rolf Pcttersen aboard the SS Bienville, c/o Water­ man Steamship Company, Mobile, Ala. W. p. Jackson The SEAFARERS LOG has • letter for you from Marius Hansome. SI Beringo Gor.zales Contact Bernard Sacks, 820 Lewis Tower Building, Philadel­ phia 2, Pa. Willis W. Wright Urgent that you contact your family in Bremerton, Washington. Call if possible. X 4 4 4 Clifford Anderson Please contact the office «f Da­ vid M. Hass in Philadelphia. William Higgins - Get in touch with Ferdinand D'Esopo, 33 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Notices Jim Lippincott Please contact Secretary-Treas­ urer Paul Hall immediately. Ur­ gent. e» SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE .• WILMINGTON NEW YORK 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 . 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 675 4th Ave, Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 Canadian District HALIFAX N.S 128>.5 Hollls St. Phone 3-8911 634 St James St. West PLateaU 8161 FORI WILLIAM I1BV5 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE ... 103 Durliam St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMoirc 4-5719 VICTORIA BC 6I7V4 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER BC.. 293 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY NS .. 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVILI.E Quebec 20 Elgin 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 MONTREAL Great Lakes District ALPEJIA 133 W Fletcher Phone: 12:58W BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. • Phone; Main 1-0147 CLEVELAND '. .. 7.34 Lakeside Ave.. NE • ^ Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodwai-d 1-6837 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone- Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 93nd St Phone; Essex 5-241P 1 •*—r«! - �ci' Ur- SEAFARERS LOG yOFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS i NTE R N ATI O N At U N I O N • AT IA N TI C A N D G U IF D I S TR I C T > AFi • Bienville Crewmen Honored Bj Holiday In Japanese lity ^ By Seafarer William Calefato Who said going to sea was not sometimes adventurous? Well, when the SS Bienville, Waterman freighter on the Far East run, anchored off the tiny Japanese island of Shikoku to deliver several tons of phosphate, the experiences of the crew and officers proved that sailing can provide a whale of a time. — For one thing, the Bienville not bo invited. But the seamen was the first American ship to disappointed. They l;i ' 11-^ stop at Sakaide, the town on the eastern shore of the island, 300 miles SW of Yokohama, in more than five years, so the mayor with a retinue of girls and bouquets of flowers, boarded the ship to greet The gentle giggle is inter­ national language, Cale­ fato reports, as these shy "girlsans" react to camera. the captain. The formal welcome was climaxed by his honor's invita­ tion to the skipper to go ashore with him as a guest of great dis­ tinction. The local newspaper wrote up the rare occasion and also included pictures. It was an unofficial holiday for the citizens of the city and we were the guests of honor. It was nice of the mayor, the people's representative, to honor the captain, the crew's old man, and sad that the whole crew could simply went ashore ^d made invitations of their own. Despite the fact that the island Since automobiles are no problem, the main street of Sakaide dispenses with sidewalks. is mostly agricultural, imbued with Bicycles and pedestrians share the road and get along well—^no traffic accident toll rare pastoral conservativeness, men here. who have been at sea for a long time have uncanny ways of amus­ ing themselves, and in this case amuse the natives too. Crew Attraction The great attraction for the people of Sakaide was not so much the ship, even for its rare pres­ ence, but for the strange conglom­ eration of individuals with all sorts of fine dress and western manners who held the townsfolk so agape with wonder that even men like DMs McMullen and Sam Lamb were surprised. Mac claims that a small girl "stopped dead in her tracks," looked at him and Sapi openmouthed and backed away. It was not because Mac is that ugly but he has unusually large blue eyes with a penetrating expression. Sam There were no port facilities in the tiny town so the SS Bienville discharged its phos­ has blond hair so the girl probably phate into barges while anchored offshore. Photo was taken from launch which crew mistook them to be disciples of the utilized for shore leave. devil because the Japanese think the devil has blue eyes and red hair. The combination of the men's bar" and said "he forgot where the ocean, and everybody bowed. Even gesture of bowing has faded by features, so suddenly noticed, must ship was." So the son of the bar Willie. Soon after, the Papsan was the influx of western atmosphere have created an optical illusion for owner rode John on the handlebars walking beside Willie, pushing his in bigger cities, but it is done pro­ of his bike all the way to the dock bicycle (how extremely polite that fusely in Sakaide where all the old her. She seemed relieved after seeing which the liberty launqh used. And really was) and many blocks later, Japanese customs are still preva­ Sam's hair was not red. If it was almost the same happened to the boysan followed on his bicycle. lent. With gesture,' he asked Willie if Quaint, beautiful little Sakaide and she felt convinced tlie seamen Willie the wiper. Willie wandered so far^to the he could ride a bike. Willie assured must have been like some of the were devils, ' reliable Japanese sources say a commotion would darkness of some streets until he him that he could not. Not even places ,that adventurers of yore reached roads that led to rice skates or a tricycle. Only tankers like Magellan or Marco Polo saw have been stirred. paddies and a few houses. Tired and freighters. for the first time and surely our Volunteer' Guides Japanese priests would have and worried, he hailed an aged So everybody walked, the natives modem seafarers. who go places come out ringing bells and per­ bicyclist who spoke only Japanese pushing their vehicles as if to they have never seen before, have forming all kinds of religious and understood no English, not avoid offending Willie. After a few a similar reaction. It may be only hours, he recognized a light and latent in some seamen, but it is rituals to scare away the spirit. even Brooklynese. Dinner Invitation explained he was not lost any still- there. Luckily, nobody iu the crew has Many SIU ships have stopped at red hair and, by the way_£roups Promptly, Willie drew pictures more, then he offered a thousand of children followed the seamen of a ship and just as promptly the yen for their trouble. No. So strange places due to damage or all over town to watch everything old man invited him to his house. Willie tried two thousand. No. on special runs, biA for the Bien­ ville men it Was different. They they did, the short pause of the Being a very poor artist, the picture Three thousand. Still No. They did not"'want money. All were not always sure wherth they Bienville gave the town a festive must have looked like a bowl of atmosphere. The people even sac­ rice instead of a ship, so the mam- that was necessary was a hearty were going. After leaving Inchon, Pusan, rificed much of their time to help san provided victuals. But Willie handshake. Kobe and Yokohama, they were Old Customs Live lost crewmembers who forgot made signs he was not hungry. It was things like that that the uncertain as to what shore leave where the ship was, as John the Just lost. When a boysan came on the Bienville crew experienced. Every would be like in the next port, just wiper related. He got a "little tanked up at a scene to offer help, the jnamtan place they went, school children a small Japanese* island, but it was and papsan understood Willie's peered at them, watched them the most interesting part of the pantomime of a ship sailing on a through windows of stores. The Tranquil oriental scene (above) unmarred by tourist traps was typical Sakaide vista. At left, Seafarer Sani Lamb, DM, tries with moderate success tq get shy local youngsters to pose with him. � 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 November 25, 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. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MTD OPENS CONVENTION; MERGER, DOCKS ON AGENDA BRIDGES BID FOR FOOTHOLD IN ILA MAGNUSON SEEKS US ORE CARRIERS AFL SET TO MERGE, HOLDS LAST MEETING MAW WINS ELECTION ON BLUE STACK SIU VACATION PAY TO SEAFARERS TOPS $5,000,000 MARK BENEFITS BIG ASSIST FOR B'KLYN SEAFARER SEAFARER'S SON MAKES RING GRADE ITF FAR EAST OFFICE OPENED CONGRESS TO PROBE REVIVAL OF TRANSFERS TO 'RUNAWAY' FLAGS CO'S ANTI-SIU FRAUD UP TO CANADA COURT STEEL ADMIRAL CREW CITED SEE ATOMIC TANKER BY 1959, MAYBE SIU HALLS ENTERTAIN THANKSGIVING DINERS JOB DELUGE FLOODS HALL IN SEATTLE RELIEF JOBS KEEP MOBILE AFLOAT TRADE GROUPS BOOST '50-50' SEAFARERS SAVE FLIERS, FOIL SHARKS AFL LEADERS TOBIN, DURKIN DIE IN WEEK BRIDGES-ILA TIE-UP REVEALED AS 'EXPERTS' MOVE IN ON NY THE BACKGROUND OF A BRIDGES-CP 'TEAM' SIU-MANNED TUG RESCUES RADAR ISLAND STANDEES SF STIRS FROM ITS DOLDRUMS NEW YORK EXPECTS HOLIDAY JOB BOOST LAKE CHAS. GETS NEW CEMENT CO. PIX IN LOG COSTS HIM! OPENS YOKOHAMA'S 'MANHATTAN BAR' BUT STILL PINES FOR NY WARRIOR VISIT SPURS REUNION AFTER 23 YRS. MADAKET 'BOUNCES' OFF REEF, DEFIES SCIENCE 'LITTLE THINGS' BRIGHTEN LIFE ON JEFF CITY MCALESTER MATE CHEERS SIU CREW NIMET EXPECTS SPEARS BUT FINDS ORE INSTEAD BIENVILLE CREWMEN HONORED BY HOLIDAY IN JAPANESE CITY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/25/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/30566e8219887c1f5e825d3ffecd6f93.PDF 157931616ebe5067ecb6abd454f0d0ef PDF Text Text f. SEAFARERSA^LOG Vol. XXViii No. 24 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO R-I'v ;• '.«• >.t ' AFL-CIO Foreign PoHdes CaAtrseJ By Cxet. Coumil Page 3 iiilillPil'I ISssf^ J- SIU States Oppmitieu Te Appreutke Engineers Bating ""•P: *•"> Page 3 ~ , J. -i lOSth Seafarer Passes CC Exam tor Engineers License ?~ jSsfSs^S ti'-'I'i'- <- 1' , ^ I ' It,-. ' '.• t >1•"( L ' '/^y ^ Page 3 ] ' • - I pX-i • 3,^ SlU-MnnnedSteei Navigator AiM Tanker Resaie EHert ' •Lib:?/ Page 2 ^ f H®; F ',., V, ' ^ . .' r> w ' ;/ --'• I r \ •- » , ,1^* ^ 'Layoff Notice'Dispute Stalls End of SIU Tngmen's Strike Page 3 12 Seatrain Slips Chartered By MSTS Fer Three Years Page 3 High Drag Prices Subject Of US. Gov't Investigation Page 4 Chicago Packers '04 Strike^ Sgarred Novel The Jangle' Page 6 �Page Two November 25, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG SlUNA Stafl Officers Uunch New Pjiarmaclst Mate Training Facility NEW YORK—The SIUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Association formally dedicated i^ new Pharmacist Mate Training School recently, at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island. The first class of 30 pursers has opment of the training program. The ceremony marked the Graduates of the school will be already been enrolled. They will start of an intensive nine-month certified by the Coast Guard. In­ not reside at the hospital but will medical training program de­ structors will be members of the receive a per diem allowance con­ signed to give pursers the skills of staff of the Stapleton Hospital, tributed by the SOA and the De­ physicians assistants. The first class both doctors and nurses. In addi­ partment of Labor. The funds of 30 pursers is already enrolled.. tion to the nine-month training for the school's operation will All of those who successfully course, purser-pharmacist mate come from the Federal Govern­ complete the course will be certi­ graduates will have special train­ ment, though the New York State fied by the U.S. Coast Guard as ing for shipboard conditions and Board of Education and the Pub­ pharmacist mates at their gradua­ will be qualified to handle radio lic Health Service will provide the classroom facilities. tion. The school is being con­ pratique. • ducted jointly by the Staff Officers' Association. and the government in an experimential project that may provide a prototype for a vast medical training program for ci­ vilians.in other industries and pos­ sibly government employees. Speaking at the dedication cere­ monies, SOA Secretary-Treasurer Burt Lanpher described the new program as one that would bene­ fit not only SOA members by up­ grading their skills but would benefit "the entire fleet and the men that go to sea . . ." The Union put up more than $100,000 of its own funds to help get the new training facility under way. Dedication day of the reinstituted purser-pharmacist mate pro­ gram, which became extinct fol­ lowing World War II, culminates more than two years of a vigorous campaign by SOA officers. The school, which offers new Purser Jean Van Geuns (seated), enrolled in first class of the new opportunity for job advancement, Staff Officers Association Purser Pharmacist Mate Training School, represents a victory for the union which has labored arduously receives instruction in proper use of a microscope. Looking on are through a maze of red tape and (standing, left to right): SOA School Director James R. Oliver, a labyrinth of inter-connecting purser-student Harold Putnam, SOA Secretary-Treasurer Burt Lanpher, Federal, state and local agencies. and USPHS director of pharmacist mate school Carnick Markarian. The program will be conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Public Health Service under the immediate supervision of Dr. Thomas Shinnick and the New York State Board of Education under the direction of Dr. John NEW ORLEANS—SIU crewmembers manning the Steel Nav­ Leslie. It is a joint project with the Union, the New York State igator (Isthmian) participated in a dangerous rescue' effort last Board of Education and the Fed­ month as they attempted to rescue victims trapped by a fire aboard eral Government sharing in devel- the Gulfstag, a tanker owned by "They took the boats right the Gulf Oil Company. alongside the ship where the fire The Gulfstag had burst into was confined at the time, to the flames in the early morning hours stern section, and they searched SEAFARERSmLOG of Oct. 24 while 60 miles off Mor­ each of the lifeboats adrift from gan City, La., in the Gulf of the Gulfstag for men." Nov. 25. 1966 • Vol. XXVIII, No. 24 Mexico. The heat of the fire was severe Official Publication of the The Steel Navigator was six and the smoke from the blaze in­ Seafarers International Union miles away from the stricken ves­ of North America, hibited rescue efforts. The flames sel when it received a request from Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes might have touched off the cargo the Coast Guard to respond to the and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO SOS cry from the Gulfstag. The of oil at any time, blowing every­ Executive Board Steel Navigator proceeded full thing in the vicinity to bits. The oil tanker itself was just about PAXIL HAIL, President speed ahead in search of the EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNBR destroyed, seven men are believed Exec. Viee-Pree. Vice-President tanker. LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR As the Navigator approached dead, and three others suffered Sec.-Treas. Vtce-Presufent serious burns. The SIU men who the oil tanker, Capt. James RediROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President can ordered lifeboats over the participated in the rescue attempt were unharmed. HERBERT BRAND side and 12 members of the crew Director of Organizina and The incident brought to mind Publications volunteered to man them and another rescue attempt by crewManaging Editor Art Editor search for survivors of the Gulf­ MIKE POLLACK BERNARD SEAMAN members aboard the SlU-contractstag. Assistant Editor ed Steel Maker last January. NATHAN SKYER Stag Writers The lifeboat crews from the In an angry sea with waves run­ Steel Navigator included SIUPETER WEILL PBTEB WEISS members T. Tomczak, AB; U. S. ning from forty to fifty feet and ED RUBBNSTEIN Veach, AB; B. Kitchens, Bosun; winds blowing near hurricane C. M. Gigantille, deck; E. Car- force, the Steel Maker pulled from Pskllshsd kIwMkly it 810 Rkods lilind AVSRH reras, FWT; Jose Sanchez, Wiper; the ocean four Spanish seamen N.E., WathlDitss, D. C. 20018 ky ths Seafir•rt intsrnitlonil Union, Atlintie, Golf, Lakeo L. J. Kubecka and his brother, who had foundered on the stormand Inland Witon Dlitrlct, AFL-CIO, 675 Foirtb Annao, 8rooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tol. T. W. Kubecka, both Wipers; and swept waters in a tiny raft for HVaslntk 9-6600. Ssoond clais ysotaio paid more than seven hours. Steven O'Brien, Messman. at WaiklnitM. 0. C. The men who were rescued had The Navigator's chief engineer, NSTaAtTEB't ATTENTION: Forai 3579 lardi obofld ko ooat U Ssafarsn Intornatlonal Ernest C. Goldsmith, described escaped the stricken vessel Monte VslM, Atlaatio, Golf, Latos asi Inland Waton DMriat AFL-CIO, 675 Fonrtk Annao, Orsskhow the volunteers "weren't con­ Palomares caught in a North At­ lys, N.Y. 11292. cerned with their own safety; they lantic storm about 900 miles east were just out there to save lives. northeast of Bermuda. JLifeboat Crew From SlU Ship Aids In Burning Tanker Reseue Attempt Report of International President by Paul Hall Maritime labor has fought many battles in recent years in its attempt to halt the headlong decline of the maritime industry and revitalize the American merchant fleet. Seldom has the importance of a campaign been as evident as the successful struggle waged by the SIU and other maritime unions that resulted in the removal of the Maritime Administration from the new Department of Transportation. Had maritime labor not fought against MARAD's inclusion, the recent appointment of Alan S. Boyd to head the new Transportation Department might have represented a major setback for the future of the American Maritime industry. The recommendations of the Interagency Maritime Task Force Re­ port, sometimes called the Boyd Report, show that Boyd, who headed the committee that formulated the Report, does not fully understand and is not in sympathy with the desperate plight of the American maritime industry. Put into effect, the recommendations of the Boyd, report would result in the death of the industry. It can be assumed that if the Maritime Administration had been included under his jurisdiction as part of the Transportation Department, those recom­ mendations would bear heavily on his attitude toward the U.S. mer­ chant fleet. Maritime labor's campaign, aided by legislators interested in preserving the maritime industry, prevented this from happening. However important maritime labor's successful campaign to exclude MARAD from the new agency has proved, it represents merely a hold­ ing action to prevent further serious injury to the industry, which is already sick and desperately in need of aid. Maritime remains confronted with many serious problems that must be faced squarely and solved. Proposed solutions have been submitted by the SIU and other maritime unions, many of which are reflected in the report prepared by the President's Maritime Advisory Committee. These are creative, practical solutions geared to the needs of maritime and would go a long way towards halting the continuing decline of the industry and would make a substantial contribution in creating a strong, healthy American-flag merchant fleet adequate for the nation's commercial and defense needs. It is. in this area where maritime labor must continue to struggle— to bring about the adoption of a new policy toward maritime, a policy geared toward the growth and expansion of an industry which is vital to any nation's economic well being and defense capabilities. • • • The new Purser Pharmacist Mate Training School recently inaugu­ rated by the SIUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Association is a big first step toward insuring better health and medical treatment for every American seaman, and further, for everyone who goes to sea aboard an American-flag vessel—seamen, officers and passengers as well. As SOA Secretary-Treasurer Burt Lanpher pointed out at the dedi­ cation ceremonies for the new school, too many life and death races at sea have been lost, too many American seamen have had to be left in foreign hospitals, too many seamen have been disabled because of the lack of medical care aboard American-flag vessels. As a result of the new SOA Purser Pharmacist Mate training facil­ ity, American seamen can look forward to a day when no Americanflag ship puts to sea without a trained pharmacist mate on board. But even the shorter-run gains in health and safety for every American seaman will be immense. Through the training in medicine and radio pratique provided through the new training course, purser-pharmacist mates will be able to provide invaluable aid to sick or injured crewmembers of vessels which do not yet have such trained men aboard. It is also important to note that this long-standing void, in shipboard medical training is finally being filled through the efforts of an Ameri­ can labor union, which had to fight a long, uphill struggle and put up its own funds to bring this worthy and long-needed program to reality. In this case, as in so many others through the years, it has fallen to the American labor movement to initiate important health and safety programs which "have otherwise been ignored. Also of great importance is the fact that the new Purser Pharmacist Mate Training School is being conducted jointly by the SOA and the government in an experimental project that may provide the prototype for a vast medical training program for civilians in other industries and for government employees. This union-initiated program might then someday benefit the health and welfare of millions upon millions of Americans whose medical needs, in this richest of all nations, are often shockingly neglected. Smoke billows from stern of oil- tanker Gulfstag, which burned in the Gulf of Mexico. Rescue attempts by SIU crewmembers of Steel Navigator, who rode right next to the flaming ship and hunted the sea for survivors from Gulfstag, were fruitless. �November 25, >1966 AZ 12 Seatram Ships Chartered By MSTS For Three Years WASHINGTON—The Military Sea Transportation Service has chartered 12 vessels from SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines for the worldwide transportation of military cargoes. The recently concluded con­ tract has been described as the be maintained and expanded with three vessels—two newly con­ largest charter of commercial verted ships with double the ca­ tonnage in a bloc in the history of pacity of older tonnage and one MSTS. The 12 vessels will be older vessel. under charter for three years at Service between Edgewater, a cost to MSTS of $106 million. N.J. and Texas City, Texas, will The deal includes three vessels be temporarily discontinued how­ already chartered by MSTS last ever, he said. This coastwise serv­ May, five additional existing Sea- ice has been maintained in the train vessels and seven Mission past with two vessels. type tankers allocated to Seatrain Three of the Mission type tank­ by the Government earlier this ers involved in the charter are year and now undergoing con­ presently undergoing conversion version. at the Maryland Shipbuilding and By means of the charter, MSTS Drydock Company in Baltimore. is reportedly seeking a "multi­ Four others are being converted purpose" cargo system with the at the Newport News Shipbuilding ability to transport anything from and Dry E)ock Company at New­ conventional general cargo to car­ port News, Virginia. go in containers and wheeled and Three or four of the chartered tracked vehicles, including rail ships are scheduled to start work­ cars. ing for MSTS before the end of A Seatrain spokesman said the the year, with all 12 ships expected line's Puerto Rico service will not to be ready for military duty by be affected by the charter and will next June. SlU Boatmen Stand Firm layoff Notke' Dispute Still Stalls Coding of Baltimore Tag Strike BALTIMORE—The SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union strike against three Baltimore tugboat companies is headed toward its seventh wee^. Both sides met for just an hour with a f^eral mediator on November 16th, their first con-^ frontation since October 18th when the companies walked out on a Union committee. The recent meeting was ended by the mediator, who called a re­ cess until further notice. The Union's major demand is for the companies to give each man at least a 24-hour notice be­ fore a layoff. This provision is al­ ready standard for SIU tugmen in Philadelphia. During the past year Seafarer Ellis Cottrell recently tugboat men in Baltimore were became the 105th SIU man to laid off from 20 to 30 working be issued an engineer's license by days apiece. The Union contends the Coast Guard after attending that the company knows the port the training school jointly spon­ conditions and manpower require­ sored by the SIU and District 2, ments as much as a week in ad­ the Marine En­ vance and consequently there's no gineers Beneficial reason, they believe, for a man to Association. have to report to work daily, not Brother Cot­ knowing if he will be hired and/or trell is 39 years compensated for being there. old. He joined SIU Vice President Robert A. SIU in 1961 and Matthews, who is coordinating shipped out as an strike action with SIU Vice Presi­ oiler and FWT. dent Earl (Bull) Shepard, said that Cottrell Seafarers who "the companies flatly refuse to dis­ enroll in the pro­ cuss this and there exists the dead­ gram are able to take any of the lock in our talks. The company upgrading courses offered at the wants a unilateral right to tell a Engineers School if they are at man when to go on and off the least 19 years of age and have 18 payroll. Wages are not a basic months of Q.M.E.D. watch stand­ issue. Conditions of employment ing time in the engine department are." plus six months experience as The Baltimore strike began Oc­ wiper or equivalent. The school tober 12th, following a strike vote offers qualified instruction in pre­ by the membership. The three paring for Third Assistant Engi­ struck tugboat companies are the neer, Temporary Third Assistant Engineer, or Original Second En­ Balcer-Whiteley Towing Co., the gineer's licenses. Baltimore Towage and Lighterage SIU engine department men Co., and the Curtis Bay Towing who have the necessary require­ Co. ments and who want to enroll in The strikers are determined to the. school can obtain additional remain out as long as necessary, information and apply for the though they v.'ilj continue to dock, course at any SIU hall, or write and undock, without pay, any ship directly to SIU headquarters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, certified by the Maritime Admin­ N. Y., 11232. The telephone num­ istration as a military cargo vessel bound for Viet Nam. ber is HYacinth 9-6600. 105th Seafarer Passes Engineers License Exam I ' SEAFARERS LOG Page Three AFL-CIO Foreign Policies Reaffirmed After Review By Executive Council WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO Executive Council has unanimously re-endorsed the federatkm's positions on foreign policy developed since the merger as "sound" and "justified by events." The coiuicil's review of position statements and convention actions on international affairS'opened its fall meeting here. The day- ^ long discussions on 19 (fifferent Economic Asisstance and Devel­ Trade Secretariats. opment; Support Development of The review of international af­ items making up the AFL-CIO's Democracy and Effective Free fairs was placed on the meeting comprehensive views on foreign Trade Unions in Africa, Latin docket at the request of Vice policy brought the conclusion by America, etc.; Support the United President Walter P. Reuther, but the council that labor's positions Nations; For National Defense, Reuther did not attend the session, "have stood the test of time." NATO, Disarmament and World wiring that he had to attend in­ The three-day meeting also took Peace; For German National Re­ stead a meeting of the Auto a detailed look at the results of unification in Freedom and a Free Workers executive board. Meany the 1966 election and the makeup and Secure Berlin. noted in reply to a query that of the 90th Congress. Despite the Changes Behind the Iron Cur­ Reuther had participated in the difficulties posed by liberal losses, tain; "Peaceful Co-Existence," work of the council and all AFLthe council said, the accomplish­ East-West Trade; Free Trade Un­ CIO conventions that had adopted ments of the 89th Congress must ion Exchanges with State Com­ the policy positions and had been be both "protected and broad­ pany Unions; Recognition of Com­ • recorded as in support of all of ened." (See Story P. 4.) munist China and Admission to them. He noted that Reuther had dif­ The council also voted support UN; Sino-Soviet Differences; Viet of strike and bargaining objectives Nam; Santo Domingo; For Peace fered with the majority of the of a number of affiliates and dealt and Social Progress in the Middle council on the protest walkout by with internal matters of charter East; Support Expanded Interna­ worker delegates to the ILO con­ application and requests for finan­ tional Trade and Reciprocal Trade vention earlier this year, but that Agreements; ILO; Build and was the only difference he was cial aid. Strengthen ICFTU, ORIT and aware of. On international affairs, the council noted that tho AFL-CIO has continually re-evaluated its At Washington Hearing positions for the past 11 years and "will continue to do so." It de­ clared that "our judgment in all cases will continue to rest upon our unalterable devotion to free­ dom for all men in all places at all times." WASHINGTON, D.C.—Spokesmen for the SIUNA told a public Meany added that the review produced the conclusion that there hearing conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine has not been a single thing that Council in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22, that they were opposed the AFL-CIO has said in the past to the establishment of a new ^ within weeks, rather than the 11 years ''that we wouldn't say apprentice engineer rating for years proposed in the programs of again." He reaffirmed that the seamen. the licensed unions which have policies have stood "the test of The SIUNA presentation was requested these changes. . . . time." given by SIUNA President Paul "Certainly, it would be far more The positions and actions re­ Hall, SIUNA Vice President Wil­ in the national interest, and in the viewed by the council included; liam W. Jordan, who is also presi­ interest of effective participation Basic Intimate of International dent of the SIUNA Marine Fire­ of the merchant marine in the war Crisis; Struggle Against Colonial­ men's Union on the West Coast, effort, if the Coast Guard were to ism; Support for Programs of and Fred Farnen, secretary-treas­ support present programs for the urer of the SIU-Great Lakes Dis­ upgrading of unlicensed engine trict. room personnel to licensed engin­ The SIUNA position stated, eers' ratings rather than approve "we of the SIUNA would consider programs which would threaten any attempt to place any of these the effectiveness of, and create apprentice engineers aboard any conflicts with, existing programs. "Coast Guard recognition of vessel having a collective bargain­ ing agreement with any of our affi­ time spent as an apprentice engin­ liated unions as an attempt to in­ eer could therefore lead only to a BALTIMORE — Rusting and fringe upon our jurisdiction and downgrading of the enviable rec­ ord of skill, efficiency and safety listing badly, the former Cuban to violate our contracts." The SIUNA stated, "That ap­ established by the present corps freighter Ciudad de la Habana (the ex-Canadian Challenger), proval by the Coast Guard of this of marine engineers and cause which was struck by the SIU in new classification of apprentice deterioration in the productive 1957 and has remained at Balti­ engineer would serve only to quality of the American-flag fleet more since 1958 without moving, foment jurisdictional disputes be­ while at the same time increasing will be sold at public auction by tween the licensed and unlicensed its cost of operation," the union's the U.S. Marshal on November unions and to precipitate possible statement concluded. Following the hearing, SIU tie-ups or delays of American-flag 29. The Habana and seven other merchant ships at a time when President Paul Hall said, "the freighters once owned by the SIU they are critically needed for the fundamental issue here is the pro­ tection of the jobs and livelihoods of Canada-'contracted Canadian Vietnam war emergency." of the unlicensed members of the The union said that "it must be National Steamship Company and engine department on all Ameri­ recognized that the largest single manned by Canadian Seafarers, were struck in 1957 in a straight­ source of skilled, reliable and effic­ can-flag vessels. "Any tampering with the pres­ forward dispute over wages. Ca­ ient licensed engineers for the Am­ nadian National then sold the erican-flag merchant fleet has trad­ ent ship personnel structure as vessels to Flota Maritima Brown­ itionally been the pool of un­ suggested with the apprentice en­ ing de Cuba which attempted to licensed engine room personnel gineer proposal, obviously threat­ operate the ships on a Great Lakes coming up through the ranks from ens the security of unlicensed sea­ to Cuba run with foreign scab wiper through various Q.M.E.D. men in general and unlicensed en­ gine-room men in particular," ratings." crews. "Moreover," the union's state­ Hall said. Seven of the vessels remained Hall added that "aside from the tied up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ment continued, "it is estimated However, in spite of the SIU that there are at least 2,000 skilled threat to unlicensed seamen's jobs picketlines, a Cuban crew was unlicensed engine room men avail­ inherent in the proposal, it is ren­ flown in which took the Habana able today, with years of experi­ dered even less judicious by the to Baltimore where she was pick­ ence in Q.M.E.D. ratings, who fact that there are workable alter­ eted by the SIU at the Maryland possess all of the necessary Coast natives that are of greater bene­ Shipbuilding and Drydock Com­ Guard qualifications for an en­ fit to all concerned—the seamen pany. Shipyard workers honored gineer's license; and the unions involved, management and gov­ the SIU picketlines, refused to representing these men have pro­ ernment. It is hoped that this issue touch the vessel, and she has re­ grams for upgrading such qualified can be resolved by the interested met! to licensed engineers' ratings unions in the proper atmosphere." : mained in Baltimore'ev?r since; 'J ! ' SlUNA Declares Its Opposition To Apprentico Cnglneer Rath^ * t f •f- Ship Straek By SIU la 1957 Up Fw Auction 1 IS: I �Pace Four SEAFARERS LOG J Legislative Gains Must Be Protected, AFL-CiO Urges At Council Meeting J November 25, 1966 The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area WASHINGTON—The accomplishments of the 89th Congress "must be both protected and broadThe strike by the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union against three tugboat end," the AFL-CIO Executive Council declared, d ;spite the difficulties posed by the results of the companies in the Baltimore area is one of the best examples of union elections. solved," the council declared. by adoption of federal standards. solidarity that you will see. SIU Baltimore tugmen are determined to Terming the 89th Congress Commenting on the elections Meany acknowledged that the out­ stick this strike out until they win the same rights enjoyed by their " the "most progressive" in his­ and the outlook for the 90th Con­ look for repeal of Section 14(b) fellow SIU tugmen in other cities. In addition, many other unions in tory, the council said the laws gress at a press conference, AFL- of the Taft-Hartley Act was the Baltimore area have given their support to the strike and are helping out in any way possible. enacted must be safeguarded CIO President George Meany "pretty dim." ><S>especially "against the strangula­ made these points; • The AFL-CIO is never satis­ New York as steward aboard the St. Christo­ tion of inadequate appropria­ • Organized labor may not fied with the status quo in terms Twenty-eight year SlU-man, pher, a ship that spent a good tions." "move as fast" in legislation terms of legislative and political pro­ Dewey Daughfrey was by the hall while shuttling about the Persian Acknowledging that the elec­ as a result of the elections, "but grams. recently and ran into some old Gulf. Also happy to be stateside . tion has made this job more dif­ we will keep moving." • COPE did a good job in the friends. Dewey, whose last ship again is Joseph Robertson. Joe ficult, the council pledged that or­ • It will be more difficult to elections, but despite its efforts was the Texas sails as FOWT. was away from the home port for ganized labor will not "shirk" its get good legislation from the 90th "some of our members" did not John Flannery enjoyed his last five months going to and from ^ job in this regard. It noted that Congress. vote for labor-endorsed candi­ ship, the Louisiana, on which he Rotterdam on the Globe Carrier." there is also unfinished business • The AFL-CIO has lived with dates. A detailed analysis is now sailed A. B. John's been a mem­ He's taking a little rest now but.. from the 89th Congress that adverse congresses before and de­ under way of the election results, ber of the SIU for 26 years. will be ready soon to ship again. should be completed by the 90th ° spite the loss of liberal strength in especially in areas where large Roland Grigg has been check­ Tom Stubb's new motorcycle is "• Congress. the new Congress there is "some­ numbers of union members live, ing the boards seeking a follow-up getting some exercise. Tommy The election results, it said, thing to build on." to determine why labor-backed to his fine trip on the Bradford hopes that this one will last longer " have not changed the problems • Organized labor is neither candidates did not get as high Island. than his previous motorcycle, ^ that face the nation—poverty, pessimistic nor optimistic about a percentage of the votes as in Arthur Ballu was with Dewey which enjoyed a life of just two . racial discrimination, improved the new sessions starting in 1967, previous years. Daughfrey on the S/T Texas. education, inequities in labor laws and it will fight to implement ap­ • Labor is concerned about Arthur is looking for a run to a months. He's a 12-year SlU-man who most recently sailed as oiler and the challenges posed by an propriations for programs adopted proposals to enact compulsory ar­ nice warm climate in order to es­ on the Duval. urban America. While some of by the 89th Congress, revive the bitration legislation. Meany re­ cape those northeast winters. these problems have been amelio­ campaign for overhauling the un­ affirmed labor's historic opposi­ Philadelphia rated "none of them has been employment compensation system tion. The City of Brotherly Love has enjoyed some fair shipping of late. To Keep Medicare Drug Costs Down Raymond Kroupa registered at the hall recently and chatted with some Seafarer buddies. He's a i 4-year SlU-er who last sailed in the deck department of the Ames Victory. George Barnes intends to stay Robertson Klllegrew on terra firma until after the holi­ Baltimore days, at which time he'll pack his Activity has been lively for the r 11 he high cost of prescription drugs and the that the drug industry "has sought ways to ease gear and get ready to ship out past two weeks with 8 ships paid X move by the Johnson Administration to do the Government criticism of high drug prices paid again. George's last ship was the off, 7 signed on, and 7 in-transit. ^ something about it have thrown the drug by Federal programs while urging Congress to Globe Carrier. The outlook for the coming two-.,' Dimas Rivera, a 23-year SIU industry into an uproar. keep hands off the industry." week period looks very good. veteran who last sailed in the deck The $3.4 billion-a-year prescription drug mar­ One drug company was reported offering to James M. Rogers who has beenket is heavily dominated by a few big manufac­ provide a 25 percent discount to the nation's department of the Alcoa Trader, sailing engine departmtent for 25 spent the summer months at home. turers. hospitals on all the company's prescription drugs I^mas is all ready to ship out years, paid off the Ames Victory Some years ago the late Senator Estes Kefauver used by Medicare patients during their hospitaliza­ again. about four months ago, and is (D. Tenn.) exposed the fantastic "profits in pain tion. Part of the discount would be passed on to back at the hall studying the board Boston now. but legislation to take action a^nst die industry the -Federal Government. Shipping activity out of BeanH. Arlinghaus, who has been , was watered down to become almost meaningless. The company announced its discount in 300,- town port has been somewhat slow sailing deck for 22 years, recently, Now the issue is rising again. 000 letters to doctors so the medical men would this past period, though we expect paid off the Alcoa Mariner fol­ One reason is that under Medicare the pro­ prescribe the firm's drugs. it to pick up in the coming one. lowing two Vietnam runs. He grams will finance purchase of some $200 million We've had the pleasure of seeing took some time off before ship- ' To forestall Federal action, the drug manufac­ in drugs next year. If, as many Congressmen pro­ several veteran Seafarers around ping out as A.B. on the Sacra­ turers are placing ads in Washington, New York the hall lately. Twenty-three year pose, the financed drugs are extended from just and Chicago newspapers and other publications. SlU-man Benjamin Bmidreau who mento bound for India. in-hospital use to outcare use as well, it could Jim McDonald, a 20-year SIU They claim that while the cost of living has gone last shipped out on the Baltimore mean that the Federal government would have man in the engine department, , up, prescription prices have actually dropped 9 as OS, enjoyed a vacation tour of about a $400 million annual investment in the has been around the hall waiting .. percent from what is described as the "1957-59 Canada and Nova Scotia and is for a deck engineer's slot on a cost of pharmaceuticals. back in Boston now ready to ship. Calmar ship. His last ship was base" price period. Orders Inquiry One Seafarer raring to beat it the Marymar. Jim commented • The Senior Citizens decided to make its own Recently, President Johnson ordered an imme­ study. It "found that the cost of average new out of Beantown in advance of a on how pleased he is with SIU diate inquiry into the high cost of medical care. prescriptions had actually risen some 15 percent frigid New England winter is vacation and welfare benefits. The study, now being conducted by the Depart­ during the period the Pharmaceutical Manufac­ Edward Killigrew. Ed's last ship Puerto Rico was the Transeastem on which he ment of Health, Education and Welfare, will turers Association claims prescription prices sailed as A.B. Tropical weather is Minimum wage rates in P.R. cover drugs as well as hospital costs, doctors' fees dropped 9 percent." more to Ed's liking than anything have lagged behind stateside and other aspects of medical care. else and he's ready to grab the scales, and the prospect for equity Price Conspiracy A number of bills are being prepared for the first foreign run that will bring has been dimmed by the forecast Speaking on the Senate floor a few months ago. him some sunshine. 90th Congress to open, once again, to full public of a U.S. Department of Labor, Long charged an international price conspiracy in Family man John Kirias, passed official who stated that it might exposure what is happening in the drug field. Many of these proposals would require the use tetracycline, currently the most important anti­ some time at home wth his fam­ well be more than two years be-of the generic—or real—name rather than the biotic in this country and throughout the world. ily following a stint as oiler on fore they reach the level of the brand name. Since the big drug manufacturers He said it costs about one cent to produce a the Overseas Joyce. He's ready states. The first shipment of oil ever have spent millions of dollars on the brand name, tetracycline capsule and for years it has been to go again with the first job put on the board. refined in the Virgin Islands sailed they are fighting the proposal. marketed to druggists for 30 cents a capsule and from here for Perth Amboy, New It is behind the brand name, however, that the consumers have had to pay 50 cents. Norfolk Jersey. The 175,000 barrels of manufacturer is able to command such a fantastic Long said that as a result of a Federd Trade Norfolk has been enjoying some bunker fuel were refined at the, price for his product. It would not be so easy Commission decision in 1963, which found three brisk shipping activity recently new $30 million Hess Oil Refinery with the use of the generic name. major drug manufacturers—American Cyanamidj with two sign-ons, two payoffs, from cnide oil brought from Senator Russell Long (D. La.), chairman of the Pfizer and Bristol—^guilty of violating the anti­ and two ships in transit. The fu­ Venezuela. So, Rafael Ramos put in an ex- ^ Senate Finance Committee and Majority Whip, trust laws, a number of smaller companies began ture also looks good. We're all has spoken out strongly on the drug issue and is marketing tetracycline at much lower prices. They glad to learn that ChaiBe Jones is tended stay on the beach before expected to lead a fight as soon as the 90th Con­ charged only five cents for the pill that cost a no longer hospitalized and has grabbing an oiler's job on the' been feeling virgorous enough to Seatrain Louisiaiia. Ottver Flynn gress opens. penny to pr^uce. catch up on some hunting, his also took some time off on tbe\ Long contends that under Medicare and wel­ This is an example of what could be brought avorite pastime. beach between runs on the San. fare programs, alone, if the generic name were to public exposure if the Presidential study and "It's great to be back," accord- Juan and then the Wanrior. The used it would save the Federal government at Congress moves in this field as expected. ng to Johnnie Hodges, a 16-year Bosun of the Maiden Creek, Alleast $100 million annually. It would be the most decisive assault on the SlU-man who recently got back fonso Rivera, dropped by the hall The National Council of Senior Citizens reports rising cost of medical care posslUe. stateside after an 8-mQnth voyage recently to say hello, Mew Investigation Set to Probe Prise Gouging by Drug Compunies �Normiber 25, 1966 Page five SEAFARERS LOG •<$>- The Gulf Coast by Undsey Williams, Vice-President, Guif Area Consideration of a new connecting waterway to be constructed between the Mississippi River and the Mississippi River Gulf Out­ let continues. No recommendation will be announced, however, until a study is completed by the Louisiana Department of High­ ways and the U.S. Corps of Engineers, according to Dock Board President Harry X. Kelly. Mobile Under secretary of the Navy Shipping is presently a bit slow Robert H. B. Baldwin addressed a Navy Day luncheon in New here and the prospects for the Orleans recently and candidly coming month are slow also. One commented on ship unloading tie- ship is laid up, the SS Alcoa Roamer. up in Saigon harbor. Back after a six month trip to Baldwin denied that cargo op­ erations there were inept. In fact, Viet Nam on the Roswell Victory, he asserted they were a "shipping Tommy Jenkins is currently on miracle." He noted that earlier the beach relaxing. Tommy has in the Viet Nam conflict it took sailed all steward dept. ratings Award for outstanding service to safety was presented to the Seafarers International Union at the 12,000 man hours to unload a from messman to chief ^steward. He lives alone in Mobile since the recent meeting of the National Safety Council Congress in Chicago. In addition, SIU Safety Director ship. Now, it takes just 750. passing of his wife earlier this Joe Algina was awarded an individual citation for his efforts to promote safety at sea. At presenta­ New Orleans year. Ofha Biyars is at home in tion ceremonies above are (l-r): Harrison Tyler, ILA Local 19 President: Joe Leonard, ILA Safety Direc­ Chief Steward Vic Romulo is Perdido, Ala., and intends to do tor; Jacob Gold, U.S. Dept. of Labor: Hurley Porter, ILA Local 19 Sec.: and SIU Safety Dir. Joe Algina. taking a rest after making many a little deer and turkey shooting before shipping again. Bryars spent the last seven months as oiler on the Alcoa Ranger down in bauxite country. James Ham­ mond recently piled off the Mt. Washington Victory after thirteen very warm months in the Persian Gulf trade winds. He'll be taking a trip to the New Orleans USPHS CHICAGO—Recommendations made by the SIU Safety Department to insure the welfare of Sea­ to get a thorough check-up before farers aboard vessels transporting toxic and combustible liquids in portable tanks have won the sup­ registering again. Roim^ Garza Morris J. Danzey, one of four port of the U.S. Coast Guard Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection, New York. Seafaring brothers (all SIU), re­ In a paper presented at the of one of the tank containers at sea. Contact with this liquid, a voyage down south on the Del cently paid off on the intercoastal 54th National Safety Congress aboard. The containers were filled of its fumes, can cause severe lung Mar. He plans a relaxing vaca­ trailership, Panama. M.J. is mar­ and Exposition of the marine with tolylene diisocyanate. The damage, serious skin bums and tion around the tables in Las ried, makes his home with his wife section of the National Safety leak was discovered after one day harmful eye irritations. Vegas and will be ready to go in Mobile. Council, C.G. Capt. William F. again when he returns. FOWT Chief electrician Ethmi M. Rea called for new regulations to Anthony GaiTa got off the Del Mercer, whose last ship, the Maid­ Rio recently and has been loung­ en Creek plies the Puerto Rico assure that personnel on board vessels are provided with complete ing around the hall taking it easy, run, is taking it easy for awhile at information as to characteristics eating red beans and rice, and his home in Mobile. Seafarer of the cargoes they are transport­ wearing out the newspaper. Now, James Bamett finished a couple ing and how to deal with them in he says' he's ready for either a of trips to Japan as nite cook and trip on one of the new Delta Line baker aboard the Ocean Anna. the event of fire, leakage or other by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative ships or a ship on the pineapple Jimmie is currently registered and emergency. run. Tony lives in Gretna, La. The Port of Los Angeles set a new record for handling general cargo Fire Fighting Gear watching the shipping board for Harry Durecher last sailed as during the fiscal year ended June 30. For the first time, general cargo some steward dept. action. In addition he called for a tight­ shipments totalled more than 5 million tons. General cargo includes assistant pantryman on the Del ening of the present regulations all commodities except lumber, bulk oil or pipeline commodities. This Homton Sud. He is now scanning the shipping board for another job. Seafarer Roscoe Hampton said to assure that the vessel is carry­ category accounted for 5,394,031 tons of traffic out of the year's total After making many a trip as Day that he will shortly be looking for ing the additional fire fighting of 26,182,113 tons. man on the Walter Rke, George a ship going to Viet Nam. He ships equipment that is necessary when The total tonnage represents a 4 geles. Ships in transit are the Geneva, Hernandez has tired of the Ha­ in the engine dept. A. Plnchook, the combustible liquid is on board, per cent increase over the previ­ waiian sugar run and is looking a deck dept. Seafarer, is taking a plus further clarification of regu­ ous year's. During the fiscal year Cities Service Norfolk, Perunar, forward to a trip to South Amer­ shot at obtaining an AB's .tickets. lations pertaining to portable tanks just ended, 3,818 ships stopped by Ema Elizabeth, Oakland, Marymar, and the Steel Se^arar. ica, preferably on the Dei Rio. Another deck dept. man again try­ and various types of toxic and the port. Seafarers M. H. Beadey and combustible liquid cargoes. John "Monk" Kelty was in the ing for his AB ticket is J. A. A number of new facilities in Byrd Gold are both headed for Union Hall Cafeteria recently re­ Chestnut. This will be J. A.'s sec­ Also present at the four-day Los Angeles have increased ship­ galing his fellow Seafarers with ond time around and he's con­ meeting in Chicago.was SIU Safe­ ping capabilities. The $7.2 million Seattle, bound to pick up the Lyim stories about the old days when fident he'll come through a win­ ty Director Joseph Algina. The Indies terminal can berth six ships Victory for a trip to the Far East. Electrician Beasley of New Or­ the union hall was on Bienville St. ner. SIU had previously recommended y leans has been an SIU man for the posting of placards in the ^ 7" 22 years. Brother Gold, also an messrooms informing crewmemelectrician, hails from Tampa, bers of the type of cargo aboard, Florida, and is a 13-year SIU its special properties, instructions member. for dealing with them in case of emergency and instructions for Seattle dealing with medical emergencies Shipping out of Seattle is active SAN FRANGISCOs—Voting has commenced as the SIUNA- arising from crewmembers con­ for any and all ratings with no affiliated Marine Cooks and Stewards Union—Pacific District tact with such chemicals. letup in sight. Carl Johnson is shooting for began its two-monthi-long election of officers. Protective Garments Johnson Hunt Bosun's spot on the Wayne Vic­ The election is spread out The constitutional positions to In addition to new regulations simultaneously. The $1.3 million tory, while George Hayes is aim­ over the 60-day period to assure be filled by the election's winners to assure the availability of prop­ ing for a Calmar ship or one go­ the possibility for every mem­ are as follows: Secretary-Treas­ er fire fighting equipment aboard Catalina terminal facilitates oper­ ing to Vietnam. ber, whether active or retired, to urer, Assistant Secretaiy-Treas- any vessel transporting such car­ ations, as does newly-installed equipment at Matson Line's ter­ Wilmington cast a ballot. urer. Headquarters Dispatcher, goes, the SIU also called for the minal which permits consolidation Shipping has been on the upVoting may be done by several three Headquarters Patrolmen, inclusion of protection garments of containerized shipments. and-up in this port with a good such as special fire and chemical means. In San Francisco, mem­ Los Angeles Port Agent, New outlook for the future. Any AB, San Francisco bers may vote manually. The mail York Port Agent, Honolulu Port resistant clothing and special Shipping has been quite active FOWT, or electrician can easily ballot is legitimate from all other Agent, Portland Port Agent, Seat­ breathing apparatus in case of and will likely remain so in this ship out without any problem. All ports. MCS men on vacation else­ tle Port Agent, as well as six accident. ratings in all departments can ship where in the country, as well as SIUNA convention delegates. Injuries caused by toxic or com­ area. out of here without waiting too Seafarers paid off this past pe­ retired members anywhere, may There are no ballot propositions bustible fumes escaping from long. apply for a mail ballot without to be voted on at this election. The leaky containers has become a riod on the Ocean Evelyn, SraAfter several week's vacation in going to a port where the Union result is that this year's ballot is problem of growing importance traln New Jersey, Steel Vendor, Europe, Boh Hunt is back in town. maintains an office. AH ballots the smallest in size in the Union's recently. In July of this year Couer D'Alene Victory, PMI Bob is eager to get back on the sent by mail niust be postmarked history. However, the importance crewmembers of the SlU-con- Oceanic Faith, Rio Grande, Our job as soon as a chief steward's Lady of Peace, Steel Traveler, not later than midnight, December of this election is as great as any tracted Fairland (sea-land) were spot hits the ^ard. Maiden Victory, and the Los An­ 30, in order to be valid. held in the past. hospitalized, victims of a leakage 7; SlU's Toxic Cargo Recommendations Supported by C.G. Safety Officer J .? The Pacific Coast i; A' A: • if t; ::P I- I I \ 4) ^ NimnB Cooks and Stowwds Union is Undorway ¥i: •i ;:j/ n • i- . �'V Page Six November 25, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG November 4 to November 17, 1966 QUESTION: What is your favorite hangout or place of re­ laxation in a foreign country. P. Esteban: I enjoy going to the Seamen's Club in Yokohama, Japan very much. A fellow can do a lot, have a drink, play billiards, rent a room for the night, get a hair­ cut, or meet old friends. They have excellent food and the prices are very fair. A seaman can always find something to do there. — — Lawrence O'Connell: Give me Lisbon, either the Pennsylvania Bar or the Esteril Casino. The I Pennsylvania has great food and service, it's right in the heart of town and the I prices are fair. For $7.50youcan get a ticket to the Casino, good for two weeks. If you don't gamble, relax and en­ joy the floor shows. Manuel Landron, Jr.: I like Yokohama very much. The Scandia Restaurant is I a very good place for steak and in addition, they have an excellent menu. You have ; to walk up a flight of stairs to get there. It's a small place, but the service is great and the prices are reasonable. Robert McLaughlin: I have al­ ways enjoyed going to Manila. j There are sev­ eral nice spots, but in particular, a place called Kicapo's. The drinks are good and the service is exceptional. A guy can have a I friendly drink, sit back, relax and enjoy looking at ships in the harbor. Deiotte Retires Retired Seafarer Walter Deiotte picked up his first regular month­ ly $150 pension check recently from SlU rep. Marvin Hauf at the SlU hall in Norfolk. Deiotte was employed for many years at Gurtis Bay Shipyard in that city. Richard De Fazi: I've always enjoyed the Raffles Club in SingI apore. They have excellent food, drinks and service and the prices are reasonable. The place is run by the British Government and seamen are al* ways treated very well there. The club also has a dance floor and a movie theatre. 4^ Louis Mouton: Well, Singapore has several places that I always enjoyed visiting. In particular I would recom­ mend the Texas and the Washing­ ton Bars. They have fine food, drinks and lots of local atmosphere. There are a num­ ber of other places in Singapore in addition to those two, that I have enjoyed visiting. Cruise Ship Safety Bill Becomes Law WASHINGTON — President Johnson has signed a ship safety bill providing safety and financial responsibility standards for pas­ senger vessels operating from United States ports. Specifically, passenger ships will have to be fireproof if they are to sail from the United States. The law applies directly at Americanflag and foreign-flag vessels having accommodations for fifty or more passengers. In addition, the. law. requires that prospective passengers be no­ tified of the safety standards on a passenger ship and that this infor­ mation also be included in the company's advertising. Stiff fines will slap companies for any in­ fraction. A company must establish fi­ nancial security, by posting some kind of bond or by having. insur­ ance, proving it can cover any judgment against it for death or injuries. The financial commit­ ment is set at $20,000 for each passenger up to a total of 500; $15,000 for the next 500; $10,000 for the next 500; and $500 above that. "> Also, the company must refund the passengers his ticket money if a ship fails to sail on its scheduled voyage date. Shipping companies have until November, 1968, to meet the new standards. Ships not up to stand­ ard by then, and this includes older ones heretofore exempt, will be denied port clearance. The bill represents a compro­ mise measure created out of a joint committee of the House and Senate that had met to resolve the differences between two separate bills proposed by the two legisla­ tive bodies. Congressional concern for mar­ itime safety, was prompted by the burning and sinking of the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle in Novem­ ber, 1965, with the loss of 50 lives, and the fire at sea aboard the Viking Princess a few months later. DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville"' Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle Totals TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B Class C 3 2 1 61 37 22 1 4 4 21 19 8 3 4 0 3 7 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 29 22 7 33 10 11 7 5 5 33 17 42 22 23 13 228 143 121 Class A Class B 0 1 92 35 9 4 20 10 6 7 7 4 7 1 22 5 32 47 17 40 8 5 60 24 16 29 352 159 Class A Class B 25 5 278 76 26 11 92 25 22 14 11 14 12 4 92 16 167 77 131 104 210 0 82 0 43 5 1.001 351 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 2 2 73 46 7 2 16 • 19 3 6 8 6 0 2 16 8 37 . 25 11 31 2 7 27 19 14 7 252 151 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ...' Wilmington San Francisco Seattle To/als TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 4 0 65 13 6 2 13 13 6 1 3 2 0 5 10 1 34 24 17 6 7 7 42 13 12 8 97 224 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 3 1 • 39 38 23 6 5 3 13 18 7 2 4 1 6 4 4 1 3 2 3 10 7 9 26 21 20 9 23 6 1 13 30 20 41 1 16 30 147 135 189 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 10 2 166 146 > 13 5 79 35 '> 14 11 7 7 > 4 0 42 52 86 78 131 87 13 0 46 0 10 2 611 465 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B ^Class C 0 0 0 39 16 40 3 1 5 12 20 6 0 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 2 7 2 1 17 5 13 10 6 15 6 3 8 9 46 21 6 7 13 87 131 136 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 13 2 61 24 18 7 70 31 17 20 7 4 10 4 13 7 122 77 58 85 14 60 0 17 • 1 507 235 rStriking Workers Related Filthy Inhuman Conditions Chiiago Packers'Strike Spurred Famed American Novel 7he Jangle' ne of the most influential books of the early were being brutally treated by the police. In the Twentieth Century, "The Jungle," was course of gathering his story, Sinclair compiled a largely the product of a bitter strike in huge amount of material on how the stockyards and packinghouses of those days operated. Most Chicago's stockyards sixty years ago. Written by Upton Sinclair who covered the of the workers were immigrants who could not strike in 1904 as a young Socialist newspaper speak English, but there was a nucleus of Ameri­ writer and "muckraker," the novel grew out of can workers who had formed a union and it was the story of life in the Chicago stockyards as told from them that Sinclair got most of<1 his informato Sinclair by workers in meat packing plants. tion. "I would sit night after night, after their work, Basically designed as a novel of protest against in their homes. Several would have gathered to the exploitation of workers in the stockyards, its most powerful impact was the discovering by the talk to me and I would ply them with questions. American public of the way in which its steaks, Once they got started, they would talk very freely. I got information, for instance, about the doping its sausages and its canned meats were prepared a story of shocking filth, dirt and unhygienic con­ of meat and the horrors that were perpetrated. ditions that literally sickened millions of Ameri­ Oddly enough, when the book came out, the things that concerned the public meat supply made the cans. Out of that novel, published in 1906, came an book successful because people who had money investigation into the nation's stockyards during enough to buy meat were concerned with the the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and out of kind of meat they were eating." Although "The Jungle" eventually was pub­ that investigation came the Pure Food and Drug lished by Doubleday-Page, Sinclair had great diffi­ Act of 1906. The role of the stockyard strike of 1904 and culty in persuading publishers that his book was the role of union men in giving Upton Sinclair the not a libelous concoction. In addition he found material with which to write his powerful expose his book misrepresented in the newspapers which was dramatically retold in a radio interview with went out of their way to excuse or deny what he Sinclair—now a hearty 88—and Harry W. Flan- had written. nery, AFL-CIO radio coordinator. Sinclair, who recently left his California home Flannery interviewed Sinclair in Rockville, to live in the East not far from the nation's capital, Md., not too far from the Writer's birth place in lives a life fully as dramatic as the events described Baltimore, Maryland. in his books. Pulitzer Prize winner in 1942, . Sinclair told him of how he had gone to Chi­ Sinclair r?m for Governor on the Democratic ticket cago, representing a little four-page Socialist news­ not, too many yeans ago on his "EPIC Program— paper, to cover a strike of stockyard workers who End Poverty in California," _ O �Page Seven SEAFARERS LOG Georgia Governors' Standoff To Be Ruled On By Court . r' Georgia remained without a governor-elect as a three-judge federal court wrestled with the legal problems raised by the failure of either Democrat Lester G. Maddox or Republican Howard H. Callaway to win a majority of the vote. Maddox received slightly more than 47 percent of the vote in the Nov. 8 election, Callaway slightly under. Former Gov. Ellis G. Arnall received about 6 percent of the vote, write-ins from Georgians who could not stomach either the extreme segregationism of Maddox or the Gpldwater Republicanism of Callaway. In most states, Maddox would have been the winner with a plurality. But Georgia's constitution requires a majority vote to elect a governor and throws the election into the legislature if no candidate has a majority. The American Civil Liberties Union blocked that procedure with a motion for a court injunction against action by a malapportioned legislature. The federal court agreed that action by the legislature would be unconstitutional and issued an order barring it. But the order did not specify how the impasse should be solved. The civil liberties organization has asked the court to permit a wideopen election in which any candidate might run. Callaway's support­ ers have urged a runoff election limited to the two top candidates, with write-ins barred. A group supporting write-in privileges in any runoff argued that a Negro voter would be deprived of his rights if he were forced to vote for a segregationist candidate. And Maddox has ex­ pressed the hope that the choice of governor would be made by the legislature. Meanwhile Governor Carl E. Sanders said he will stay in office after Jan. 10, the normal inauguration date for a new governor, if the issue has not been settled by then. * « * Major efforts for state collective bargaining statutes covering union fire fighters are a necessity if they are to win improved pay, hours and working conditions. President William D. Buck of the International Association of Fire Fighters said in a network radio interview. In addition. Buck reported the union's constitutional prohibition against strikes, in effect since 1918, is scheduled for intensive review. He said the formation of a high-level fact-finding and review commis­ sion authorized by the union's recent convention is now under way. The review group will include "representatives of organizations that should know something about the fire fighting services in their com­ munities" as well as union members. Buck said. His statements came as he was interviewed on Labor News Conference, aired weekly over the Mutual radio network. "Arbitrary public officials" in some areas "must think we are still back in the volunteer fire fighting days," Buck declared, and in some cases "have dared us to strike, knowing that we would not." Collec­ tive bargaining statutes, with built-in arbitration proceedings, have given the fire fighters "some relief," he said. The North Carolina AFL-CIO has passed a strongly worded res­ olution blasting the operators of this year's State Fair for leasing a booth to the Ku Klux Klan for a "propaganda exhibit" that will be guarded night and day by 12 po­ lice officers. The convention said it believed in free speech, but add­ ed that public interest did not jus­ tify a state exhibit by the Klan or the large body of protective police. I ] •i - H —j>— A record number of delegates attending the New York State AFL-CIO convention — 1,700 — voted a $10,000 appropriation to help promote organization of New York farm workers. The resolu­ tion, approving the drive, cited "inhuman living conditions" and "exploitation of the migrants by the state's agricultural industry." <I> For the second time in three years, newspaper unions here have struck the Toledo Blade and the Toledo Times as a result of long stalemates in contract negotia­ tions. After months of futile talks the Typographical Union struck after a negotiating committee re­ port that recounted unsuccessful negotiations that began last May. Shortly after, the Toledo News­ paper Guild also voted to join the strike with the Stereotypers join­ ing the strike as it went into its second week. Both newspapers, shut down when all of the nine newspaper unions employed by them refused to cross picket lines. A joint strike headquarters has been set up and arrangements have been made for picket trailers and use of the portable picket headquarters of the Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council. In all, about 1,000 unionists are involved. Key differences between the unions and the Blade management are con­ cerned with wages, duration of contract, pensions, health and wel­ fare, and working conditions in general. —4,— Corporation profits continued to rise sharply the third quarter of 1966 and records were again smashed. The only major com­ pany not joining the profit parade in the third quarter was General Motors. Big gainers were Alcoa, B. R. Mallory, Magnavox, Penn­ sylvania Railroad and Republic Steel. Musicians with the famed Phil­ adelphia Orchestra who have been on strike for seven weeks are seek­ ing to settle the dispute by accept­ ing management's salary offer and a three-year contract if it includes a lightened work schedule. Local 77 of the American Federation of Musicians said acceptance of its proposal could bring an immedi­ ate halt to the strike. "Foul Weather and Fair" \OUf2 COUMT/^l — MY COUHTIZY- oia^aotMTRYl WB WEEP SOU-MOWII SBT W THBRB AMP CARPM TUE STUFP!- AMP — AMP SCRACTCn f &0! 00/^0! , f A'i ^We Want You "We Want You." This was the inscription on World War Two posters asking for enlistees in this country's fight against tyranny. In World War Two, in the Korean conflict, in Vietnam, Seafarers have never hesitated, either as members of the military, or as members of the merchant fleet, to serve their country during time of conflict. However, despite the important role that the U.S. merchant fleet plays in hauling cargos vitally needed by our fighting troops during times of need, it is often treated as a long-forgotten relative after it is no longer needed to haul military cargos. In effect, the U.S. merchant marine is re­ garded by the government as a foul weather necessity and a fair weather expendable. After the smoke has cleared. Uncle Sam returns to his customary practice of scouting the earth in search of foreign-flag vessels to carry cargos ordinarily reserved for U.S. flag ships. In many cases, government agencies have attempted to circumvent U.S. laws designed to protect the U.S. merchant fleet. In partic­ ular, government agencies have attempted to circumvent the Caro Preference act, which reserves 50 percent of Government aid cargos for American flag ships. Now, once again, during a time of con­ flict, the U.S. merchant fleet is regarded by the government as a sorely needed commod­ ity to haul supplies to our troops fighting in Viet Nam. During peacetime, U.S. maritime labor has acted as a prophet of doom. It has warned the government that the condition of our fleet was dropping below the danger pKjint in meeting our economic and military demands. The response has in most cases been a totally deaf ear to U.S. maritime, and a come-and-get it attitude toward foreign flag shipping in quest of U.S. cargos. In Vietnam, the dye is once again cast. The U.S. merchant marine is being asked to give its all for Uncle Sam. To the best of its ability it is doing so. But it should be clear to all the govern­ ment agencies involved with insuring that the U.S. maintains a strong merchant fleet, that pulling dilapidated World War Two ships out of our reserve fleets is no answer in meeting the economic and military ship­ ping needs of this country. The 90th Congress—A Tortoise Or A Hare The American labor movement spear­ headed much of the social and legislative reform for which the 89th Congress won its reputation as one of the "most progres­ sive" in history. The 89th Congress will be remembered for the passage of much longoverdue social legislation. The 90th Congress, more conservative and less liberal in outlook, is expected to move more slowly and possibly even attempt to back-track in some areas through its con­ trol over the allocation of funds. Although much important work has been begun by the 89th Congress, much still re­ mains to be done. Poverty, urban problems, improved education, better health care, are all areas in which vast improvement are needed. New programs must be begun in these and other areas. Programs already begun must be improved. As it always has in the past, the American labor movement will be on the job as the "peoples lobby", representing the needs and aspirations of all the American people. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG •" November 25, 1966 -A- Wi:-: '-'-Vif These Seafarers are cranking in their lifeboat during training period at Mill Basin. Some 1,600 Seafarers have received a lifeboat ticket from the CG ^ IF®® S HIP safety has always been a matter of concern to the SIU. Through, its Ship Safety Program, it has stressed the position that the "only good ship is a safe ship." In addition, the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship conducts courses in Lifeboat Training which prepares Seafarers for the eventuality that they may someday have to abandon their own ship, or go to the aid of seamen on another stricken vessel. The Lifeboat Training program also enables Sea­ farers to obtain their AB's ticket, as a lifeboat en­ dorsement is a necessity in order to achieve this rating. Many times each year,. the training received by Seafarers at the SIU Lifeboat Training School is put to the test during incidents of disaster and real emergency, and has never yet failed to meet any challenge presented by weather, fire at sea, accident, or any combination of these. The pictures on these pages show an SIU lifeboat training class being tested by the Coast Guard for their lifeboat knowledge and technique. By passing this Coast Guard examination they received their lifeboat tickets which every AB is required to have. No one can tell however, when these and other graduates of the SIU Lifeboat Training School will meet the real test of their knowledge and skill. For Seafarers aboard the Steel Navigator the test came just recently, when they were called upon to man the lifeboats and pull right up to the flaming tanker Gulfstag to search for survivors of her crew who might be in the water near the blazing vessel. The SIU Lifeboat School was created to meet the need for qualified lifeboatmen. Begun in Janu­ ary, 1959, the school has graduated 166 classes amounting to 1,685 men. Ninety-five percent of the graduates passed the Coast Guard test, thereby geting official endorsement as holders of lifeboat-tickets. The lifeboat school also helps men prepare for their Coast Guard examinations qualifying them as ablebodied seamen. The Coast Guard requires that all candidates for an AB rating must be qualified lifeboatmen. Open to men sailing in all three shipboard depart­ ments, the SIU Lifeboat School is located at Mill Basin in Brooklyn. The course lasts a week and a half. In that time the students are taught basic knots, the basics of fire fighting and prevention, emergency signals and safety procedures. The focus of the course is the lifeboat. The men learn about lifeboat equipment, procedures for launching and recovering, how to row and how to.take charge of and direct a lifeboat crew. The school has several lifeboats which are manned by the students. Other teaching aids include reading material, schematics of boats and training films. € V I'j V-, ij I , y These men. are coiling down the boat fall line. While D. Lasso receives instruction for cdxswain position, fellow crewmembers are laying on oars. �November 25, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine r Seafarer removes a plug in lifeboat. Seafarers get expert instruction in class from Ami Bjornsson. Test conductor R. Harrison at helm. Seafarers are shown raising lifeboat during drill at Mill Basin. 5 -• I fe .r 'i- John Montaperto is graded by the Coast Guard examiner, Richard Harrison. Equipment demonstration. J. Aguilar hooks boat fall onto the release hook. I V ^ y I» i .•{ K , i J Coast Guard Examiner Harrison leaves boat following test at Mill "Basin. J. Aguilar gives coxswain commands. Bow painter fastened to secure boat. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG November 25, 1966 ''r" .jf;f »\ .: 1, t' •^., ' •r , V.i ••'o'•:.'i•••' JP: •• i" - - 4-!-; ' •'i Charles Furedi (left) of deck dept., studies his next move during chess game with fellow deck hand Rufino Saray while they wait for ship to pay off in Port Elizabeth. Dave LeMarier of Steward dept., enjoys some music on a new transitor radio. John Funk will take a crane maintenance job on the ship's next sea voyage. Roy .McCance of engine department gets a haircut before leaving the vessel, Deck hand James Galloway takes time out for smoke while waiting for payoff. Among the Seafarers was Joe Aragona who shipped as an ordinary seaman. Payoff time has arrived for Seafarers on Raphael Semmes. John Campbell of deck dept., Carlos Gomez of engine dept., and Jim Stickney of engine dept., (l-r) gather in the crew mess room of the Raphael Semmes. SlU Representative Bill Hall goes over details of the voyage with Bob Prideaux of the deck dept. Looking on are, M. L. Carroll, of steward dept., and J. Stickney who ships in engine dept. Felix Irving, who sailed in the engine department, di$cusses trip with patrolman at payoff, as fellow crewmembers congregate in the background. The Raphael Semmes, owned by the SeaLand company, completed a trip to Europe. The payoff was held in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. Members of the ship's steward department are ready to leave ship, after o successful voyage. From left, Carlos Sy, Martin Iturrino, and Carlos Mojica, who kept Seafarers wall fad, �November 25, 1966 SE/AFARERS LOG Page Eleven 1/ Democrats Still Maintain Majority The Great Lakes by Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes Conservative GOP Eiertion Gam Cioud Congress'Legislative Oatlook We are now approaching the end of the 1966 sailing season and WASHINGTON—Although the Senate remains solidly Democratic and generally liberal despite some of our ships are already laid up. The E. M. Fwd laid-up in Mil­ waukee and the J. B. Ford in Buffalo. We also have several tentative Republican gains in the recent election, the balance of power in the 90th Congress will rest in the dates for the Kinsman and Buckeye vessels, where the majority will House of Representatives where conservative Republicans scored substantial gains. lay up in lower lake ports. Some of the larger fleets, like Boland, Reiss The new Senate will be com­ 47 newly-elected Republican rep­ ress, if at a slower pace than dur­ and Gartland, hope to run their posed of 64 Democrats and 36 resentatives are more conservative ing the last two years. vessels as late as possible before the beach in Detroit are: Hmry Republicans, giving the Demo­ than the congressmen they re­ On the state level. Republicans the big freeze. The Ben W. Cal­ Bucciill, Joe Arnold, Bill Cowan, crats a clear majority. Further­ placed. A combination of con­ now sit in more Governor's man­ Leo TIemey and Bill Doyle, all of vin will be the winter boat this year, operating the coal run be­ whom sail in the steward's depart­ more, the 18 newly-elected Re­ servative Democrats and conserv­ sions than do Democrats. When publicans are considered middle- ative Republicans voting together the victors in the recent election tween Toledo and Detroit, and we ment. of-the-roaders, more liberal in out­ would outnumber the consistent take office the Republicans will Buccilli and Arnold made a tow have received many letters from than the mainstream of Re­ liberals of both parties who won hold at least 25 gubernatorial look on the tug Goode. Cowan is off seniority men requesting trans­ publican congressmen. The legis­ election. his boat on a medical, Tierney posts and the Democrats 24. The fers to that vessel. just got back from Vietnam and lative outlook of the Senate there­ The key to effective control of Governorship of Georgia is still in The tanker Transbay, an A & G Doyle is sitting around waiting fore is not significantly changed the new House seems now to rest doubt, because neither the Re­ contracted ship, is still in the ship­ for the Transbay. by the election. on whether winning Republicans publican or the Democratic can­ yard at Lorain, Ohio, and there is Joe Salisbury hung up his golf In the House however, although who campaigned as middle-of-the- didate polled a majority of the a chance she might sail before the clubs for the year and took a job the party breakdown seems sim­ roaders choose to align themselves votes and the issue will probably Seaway closes. According to com­ aboard the barge Malda. Joe says ilar, with the Democrats enjoying with the conservative coalition or have to be decided by the courts. pany spokesmen, they will call a he is going to get an early start a 248 to 187 majority over the whether they intend to live up to Of 33 Governors' chairs up for crew sometime around November next spring so he can get into the Republicans, the legislative out­ their vows as moderates—advo­ grabs. Republican captured 10 29th and sail direct to Montreal. low 80's. look is more clouded because the cating continued legislative prog- previously held by Democrats and The Seaway is expected to stay hung on to another dozen which open on a day-to-day basis from they previously held. The Demo­ December 3rd on, depending on crats on the other hand were able weather. to unseat only two Republican Speaking about the St. Law­ Governors, and held on to nine rence Seaway, the Canadian ship­ other state houses which they pre­ ping industry and the Dominion viously held. Marine Association, an organiza­ The legislative breakdown for By Sidney Margolius tion representing more than twenty the next two years therefore Sometimes repair jobs performed by high-pressure Car repair frauds, and especially "bait" ads for companies operating vessels on stands at: the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence transmission repairs, are on the increase, a survey shops may not be satisfactory even at the final high SENATE: 64 Democrats—36 price. An Akron car owner answered an ad for a and Inland Waterways, submitted of current consumer problems by this department Republicans. transmission exchange at a flat price. The final bill a proposal to the Canadian Gov­ finds. HOUSE: 248 Democrats—187 was $129—more than double the advertised price. In the survey, made among Better Business Bu­ ernment urging the elimination of Republicans. reaus, Legal Aid Societies and state legal authorities, But the transmission was worse than ever, and the GOVERNORSHIPS: 25 Re­ car buying and repair problems lead the hit parade repair company would not honor its six-month "guar­ publicans and 24 Democrats, with of consumer complaints. (Among the other leaders antee." the state of Georgia still unde­ Another frequent "bargain" offer which often re­ are installment-buying problems in general; easy cided. loans promoted by small-loan companies with result­ sults in excessive charges is bait ads for rebuilt motors. ant garnishees and even bankruptcies, and a resurg­ One New York firm was found by the State Attorney General to offer to install rebuilt motors for $109. ence of food-freezer plans.) For example. Franklin Thayer, General Counse But when customers came to pick up their cars they of Denver Legal Aid, reports that auto and equipment were charged several hundred dollars more for work they had not authorized. In some cases the bills came sales head consumer problems in that area. There are, also, continuing reports of excessive to more than the value of the cars. But when cus­ charges for transmission repairs and engine overhaul, tomers refused to pay, the firms would not release Cowan BucciUl with low-income and moderate-income families espe­ the cars and threatened to sell them at public auction. There are no bargain car prices if you expect cially hit hard. Seaway tolls. The Association WASHINGTON — Because of competent work. The only way to keep down the "Tiere are lots of troubles with used car 'guaran­ says that abolition of the Seaway tolls is essential to the survival of tees' for old models sold 'as is' with assurance that cost is to take the best preventive possible care, and design changes, the Defense De­ that nation's industry and agricul­ they are fine cars in good running condition," reports practice careful driving habits. When repairs are partment has withdrawn an offer ture due to intensified competi­ Jasper Rowland, President of the Akron Better Busi­ required, you also need to know how to select a com­ to allow British bids on construc­ tion of four minesweepers to cost tion. The brief was filed in pro­ ness Bureau: "These people then have trouble with petent shop. about $20,000,000. American With proper care, an automatic transmission should test over the proposed 10 per cent bait transmission repairs, alley garages and finance maritime labor went on record as last 50,000 to 75,000 miles if you habitually drive in boost in Seaway tolls currently companies being strongly against British bids, heavy city traffic, and 100,000 or more if most of You can't depend on exceptionally low prices ad­ being debated. contending that the ships should your driving is done in light traffic. vertised for overhauling an automatic transmission, The Association went on to say rightly be built in American ship­ But you can damage a transmission in just a few the New York Better Business Bureau warns. Such that stepped up drives for export yards, by American workers. thousand miles, experts warn, by fast idling, staying offers as $59 or $75 are merely bait to get you into sales by the United States and The Department of Defense, in "drive" when you make frequent stops in heavy the shop. You then find yourself charged for all other economic heavyweights however, has not changed their traffic, and jack-rabbit starts. makes it more urgent than ever to kinds of extras. policy. A Pentagon spokesman Defective or worn-out shock absorbers (after 25,In a case cited by G. K. Grimm, Vice President return to Canada's historic policy of toll-free waterways. (We would of Milwaukee Better Business Bureau, who puts auto 000 miles) also can cause transmission failures, said British shipbuilders instead like to know who is carrying all repairs at the top of his complaint list, one repair as well as other problems, the Petroleum Division are being given the chance "to of these exports. Certainly not firm advertised $40 for transmission repairs, but a of Greenbelt (Md.) Consumer Services advises. But compete for construction of $29,here, too, you need to beware of advertised cheap 400,000 worth of vessels in the customer wound up paying $125. American-flag ships!) prices. High-quality shocks of the preferred multi- Navy's small ship procurement In California, complaints about auto repairs have To this date, the only SIU ship value type usually cost $8.50 to $12 each, and should program. that entered the Seaway this year led to the introduction of a bill in the state legislature be installed in pairs, these experts say. The original minesweeper proj­ to require auto shops to register with the State Bureau was the tanker Tran^y. She ect has been changed drastically, In choosing a repair shop, look for these clues to of Repair Services, just as TV and radio repair dealers came in empty and will probably and "the Navy wants to more competence: now must do. The bill was drafted with the aid of leave empty. closely watch and supervise the • Does the shop look well organized and clean? experienced journeymen mechanics associated with Many of our members have the Machinists' Automotive Legislative Committee. • Does the shop use modem test equipment such building," the Pentagon said. been inquiring about the new va­ "The new design, together with Shops also would be required to give customers as engine operation and vacuum guages, volt meters, cation plan. Negotiations, I'm a written estimate of the work to be done, and an oscilloscope and a dynamometer which simulates road new equipment such as more ad­ glad to say, have been going along itemized invoice for all parts and labor. The bill conditions (or at least band instruments)? vanced low magnetic and acoustic smoothly and we expect to have provides penalties for misleading advertising, charg­ • Is the shop experienced in your make, or at minesweeping systems and the all the mechanics worked out next ing for labor not performed and unnecessarily re­ least in the type of repair you require? need for low noise . . . demand a month. I cannot go into detail at placing good parts. • Is there any tendency towards high-pressure much closer contact between the t(iis time( However, just as soon selling? (A good shop may recommend certain types technical departments of the as the the trustees are named and Unscrupulous Competition of preventive maintenance such as lubrication and United States Navy and the ship­ all necessary documents signed, The bill also would protect scrupulous repairmen spark-plug regapping, but won't grasp the chance to builder than was envisaged" a De­ we will have a full report ready from the competition of sharp operators and low- sell you something just because you ask whether you fense Department statement said. for the membership. The potential minesweeper con­ quality work, Helen Nelson, California Consumer need it, such as new spark plugs.) Does the service man diagnose carefully before tracts were part of a foreign ex­ Herb Jacobs, SIU old-timer and Counsel points out. change offset agreement accom­ In addition to guarding against "bait" transmission le will say what the trouble is? steward aboard the SS Lacka­ • A union shop is a definite added safeguard be­ panying the British purchase of wanna, stopped in the hall last ads, you need to be careful of any ads quoting bargain week to say hello. Herb was off flat prices for brake linings and other jobs, the Akron cause the mechanics must go through a formal ap­ American-made Fill A aircraft. The United Kingdom plans to buy his ship on a leave of absence and BBB warns. The purported bargain may prove to prenticeship program plus additional training. • And finally, what do other car owners think 50 of the new planes by 1970 at is now going back to finish up' the be more costly than the charges made by responsible of the shop? a cost pf nearly $300,000,000, season. Other SIU members on service companies. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH leafarer's Guide to Better Buying US Camels Contract With British Yard •I. < rv ( i I I r< V I .V -( .< -< A V �P*Ce Twelve SEAFARERS LOG 51(1 Lifeboat Class No. 164 Novemhae aS» 1966^ Pachyderms Go 1st Class on Claiborne Two Containerized Female Elephants Take Trip Across the Gulf of Mexico NEW ORLEANS—SIU crew members of the Claiborne (Gulf-Puerto Rico Lines) where startled one morning recently by the arrival of two pachyderms. The elephants were perhaps the strangest passengers ever to be carried by the Qaibome, what's more, it probably marked the first time that elephants had been shipped as ^ containerized cargo. The two elephants, named Ruth and Eva, were being shipped from New Orleans to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they will be displayed for promotional pur­ poses at a shopping center. Eva is a teen-ager, only 16 years old. She tips the scale at between 4,000 to 5,000 pounds. Ruth is a senior citizen, being 85 years old, and a resident of the U.S. since 1890, when she was brought here for the St. Louis World's Fair. Ruth weighs between 6,000 and 7,000 The latest additions to the ranks of SlU lifeboat ticket holders pounds. (The totarweight of the are shown after they successfully had' completed course at Harry lift was about 36,000 pounds). Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York City. In left to Ruth is a Burma elephant. right order, front, are: Donaciano Santiago, George McKenna, and Burma elephants have only four William Schneider. Back row: Jose Torres, Winford Powell, Gor­ toes, while Indian elephants have don Johnson and the instructor of the class. Ami Bjornsson. five. These animals came by truck from the Sarasota, Fla., Animal Land, and were accom­ panied by trainer Frank Dailey. The trailer containing the ele­ Two strangers were seen recently walking along the New Orleans phants was ventilated from the waterfront. They were Ruth and Eva, two elephants on their way top. When the animals were lifted to Puerto Rico. The pair were containerized for easy handling. onto the ship, they were chained to the floor in order to prevent STEEL ABCHItECT^ (ftthmtan), ()c. them from slipping from one side along with the ship's cargo. ; tober 30—Chairman, WUtiiim MacArthiu-; When the ship docked at Port i Secretary, John A. Maalow. $104.25 in to the other. I ship's fund. Captain requests ship's deleEdward Henrera, bom October Scott Walsh, born July 30, Elizabeth, ropes were fastened to The beasts were lifted aboard I srate to contact Union about grettint; an 3, 1966, to the Edward Herreras, 1966, to the James Walshs, Jr., with a derrick operated by mem­ the stalls they were kept in and I ice cube machine since ice maker cannot I produce enough ice for three meals.: UoGalveston, Texas. Superior, Wisconsin. bers of the SlU-Iqland Boatmen's the horses were carried off the I tiop pitide that, company put (irayia: American' currettCy^ inatead '6f ttivafeis ^ Union employed by the Whitman ship and placed on vans parked !i checks. Crew request ice-cube makeri as j old ice machine cannot produce enough on the dock. Destiny Denise Owens, bom Towing Co. Montie V<MI Miller, born June l ice for : three meaia. Deck cargo chains A wide variety of animal life ! are a hazard and unsafe to all men going 28, 1966, to the John J. Millers, August 5, 1966, to the Charles B. Recently a pair of $17,000 Vote of thanks to the ateward Owens, Texas City, Texas. Houston, Texas. horses were among the cargo car­ has been carried in the past by i1 forward. department for the fine meals, and a job SlU-manned ships. Seafarers who ItyeJl done. , ried by the SlU-manned Detroit —— —— sailed on the Delta Lines ship, Del Daniel E. McNeBage, bom Sep­ (Sea-Land) on a trip from Puerto Lora Lee Snyder, bom Septem­ ber 20, 1966, to the Edward Lee tember 30, 1966, to the John W. .Rico. The horses were en route Monte, a few years ago, have fond to New York to perform in the memories of "Slipper," the seal. Snyders, College Park, W. Vir­ McNellages, Mobile, Ala. National Horse Show in Madison The seal was found in Angola, ginia. Square Garden. A total of 24 West Africa, by fishermen and John Trent, Jr., bom October horses were unloaded at Port brought back to America on the Denward ^wn, born Febru­ 23, 1966, to the John E. Trents, Elizabeth. They were cared for Del Monte. The seal was tumed ary 9, 1966, to the Frederick Mobile, Ala. by a handler who accompanied over to the New Orleans Zoo as Browns, Camden, New Jersey. a gift from the crew. them on the voyage. Lisa Ann Quinn, bom October. The crew of the Robin Locksley The animals were show horses Kim Nichols, born September 23, 1966, to the Owen Quinns, who perform a variety of tricks. had the company of an ostrich a " 20, 1966, to the Buster Nichols, Astona, New York. The two $17,000 horses are jump­ few years ago. The bird departed New Port Richey, Florida,. ers, including one called . Black from the. ship in Brooklyn, for Roxanne Annis, born October Mist, a 17-year-old veteran of a transportation to a game farm in , Denise Moore, bom March 25, 30, 1966, to the George E. Annis, number of horse shows. They the Catskill Mountains., Crew- tary, B. Eerebee. No beefs and hb dw1966, to the Euless E. Moores, Metairie, La. were kept on the Detroit's deck members aboard the Robin Trent putcd OT reptnfed; by, depaftaieat dele^' Orange, Texas. had a zebra aboard back in 1952. to •serve' as •Bbip's'''weaah»en^ timers on board and an unusually good A Penn ship once had a mascot steward department: l^erying •'amoothly.... M ''''''' called "Jocko," a small monkey •fMiffcella MosBihow^ bom Oc­ . who like to drink from a cup tober 26, 1966, to the Joseph MoTRANSiBLOBE (Nu^n Waterb^^ November s-^Chalrtean.. E W. Pierc while perched on a Seafarer's Secretary, sakowskis, Philadelphia, Pa. P. A. Stephen. ByeryUilj shoulder. Another ship had a is running smooihly with no' .htefs C ^ The Seafarers listed below have money due them from the com­ disputed OT. Motion made that c^Or,;i monkey with a penchant for wear­ ' on record protesting the MSTS and Aim Antonio Palmes III, bom Au­ panies shown. Men whose names are listed should get in touch ing an SIU T-shirt and cap. Most policy, of stationing military personpelic gust 8, 1966, to the Antonio thie ehip without adequate provisionsif with the SIU at 10225 W. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich., as soon of the crew thought he looked their maintenance, and quartere,.^ btb Palmes, Baltimore, Md. as possible. than ship'# bbspitaii Motion made-r pretty good. Another vessel re­ the ship's--deles»t#.eee'U,E::tkw ^— cently completed a trip to Puerto ;..pX;,(MWdS'::for.enUiw:#ew<.:.pjfiib.UMlO^ Name Ames Sclh Rommo, bom Sep­ Company Amount Rico with a load of cattle. tember 6, 1966, to the Elias Ro­ Edward Jensen Reiss Steamship Co. $17.28 meros, Lake Arthur, La. Ronald Lawson Reiss Steamship Co. $17.28 Mohamed Mnsld Reiss Steamship Co. $22.34 Maris PCTiy, bom October 5, D. Pooley Reiss Steamship Co. $11.64 1966, to the Amold Perrys, New Ronald Smith Bedford, Massachusetts. Reiss Steamship Co. $17.28 Carmen Thompson Reiss Steamship Co. $10.31 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleaise *puf my William Mazany Dana Johnson, born August 10, Huron Portland Cement Co. $40.00 f 'name on your mailing list, ' fPniii 1966, to the Archie Johnsons, DuJoseph Sweeney Huron Portland Cement Co, $20.34 luth, Minnesota. Edward Taylor Huron Portland Cement Co. $71.51 H. DIetz Wyandotte Transportation Co. $ 2.34 Adrimme Spawsaren, bom Oc­ Ronald Shell Wyandotte Transportation'Co. $972.91, tober 3, 1966, to the George F. Mohamed Ahdulla American Steamship Co. $ 9.15 riSpaargarens, Metairie, La. Jack Such American Steamship Co. $11.22 James Lynch Great Lakes Towing Co. $ 1.50 Laura Lee Latour, bora August Bruce Harrell Great Lakes Towing Co. $ 5.99 ' 25, 1966, to the Charles B. La- m iI ti'.i -Ylf f| * I'L A 4 y \ / ) .> J J '•i • 4 ^1 /I 4/^ —4/— J Of SIU —4/— MEETINGS <1> 4/ — MONEY DUE I \1> tours, New.Orleans, La. 4^ ' �v;^n:i!ian ^H''r November 25, 1966 " §;• r' SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Coffee Time At New Orleans Hall .. - Sixteen countries were visited by the crew of the SIU Pacific district contracted President Garfield, "recently returned from an around-the-world cruise. The voyage, which ended Nov. 7, lasted almost four months. Seven different countries were visited during one period of two weeks. - :l "Chewing the fat' at a leisurely coffee break in the cafeteria of SlU's New Orleans hall are (from left to right) J. Galliano, L. Suillot and J. Sauldman. Many SlU halls provide cafeteria facilities. r FINAL DEPARTURES I :i. r< i ' Antonio Dominquez, 57: Pneu­ Surviving is his mother, Mrs. monia claimed the life of Brother Grazia DeMarco and a sister, Dominquez, Sept. Mrs. Honey Parisi of Linden12, in Jackson hurst, N.Y. Burial was in St. Memorial Hospi­ Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, tal, Miami, Fla. New York. He was a member of the Steward Herbert O'Nell, 51: A hemor­ department and rhage proved fatal to Brother joined the SIU in O'Neil on Oct. 20, the port of Tampa in the USPHS where he resided. Hospital in Balti­ Seafarer Dominquez was bom in more. Born in Cuba. He is survived by his wife, Lowell, Massa­ Eugenia Dominquez, of Tampa. chusetts, he join­ 'Burial was in Q)lon Cemetery, ed the SIU in the Tampa. port of Norfolk. —— He had made his Ernest Bell, 63: A pulmonary home in Balti­ ailment claimed the life of Sea­ more. A member of the Steward farer Bell, Sept. department, O'Neil sailed as a 25, at the USPHS cook. He was employed by the I ' *. * Hospital in Nor­ Gallenthin Barge Lines. Surviving folk, Va. A mem­ ber of the Deck is his wife, Helen, of Baltimore. dep'hrtment, he Burial was in Oak Lawn Ceme­ had sailed as a tery, Baltimore. bosun. Bell was born in Georgia Joseph Sweeney, 68: Brother and joined the un­ Sweeney died on Sept. 26, after a ion in Norfolk, where he made fall at his home in his home. Wilmington, Del­ aware. A mem­ Nicholas DeMarco, 45: Seafar­ ber of the SIU United Industrial er DeMarco died August 20, in Workers, he join­ Brooklyn, N. Y. ed the union in A lifetime resiPhiladelphia. dent of Brooklyn, Born in Wilming­ he joined the Un­ ton, he was a life­ ion in New York and was a mem­ long resident of that city. Sweeney ber of the Deck was employed as a ship fitter department. Sea­ by the Wilson Marine Repair farer DeMarco Terminal. He is survived by his served with the wife, Charlotte, of Wilmington. U.S. Navy for 26 months. His Burial was in the Cathedral Ceme­ last ship was the Duke Victory. tery, Wilmington. According to A.B. Isadore Klinetsky, the ship's delegate, the best ports of call were in the Far East. Brother Klinetsky has practically made an art of foreign shopping, visiting depart­ ment stores and supermarkets in every city he vis­ its. He is particu­ larly happy about the world-wide boom in super­ markets. The very best shopping of the Klinetsky entire voyage, he said, was in the Motomachi shopoins center of Tokyo, Hong Kong, where he purchased a new watch. Singapore is also a good shopping port, he said. In Hong Kong he also pur­ chased plates with family portraits painted on them. One of the plates incorporated a picture of a baby. "Is that your son?" bachelor Klinetsky has been asked many times. "No, that's me," he replies, explaining that the portrait on the plate is of himself as a baby. He bought liqueurs and perfume in France, and linen table cloths in India. Asked which was the crew's favorite port, Klinetsky replied Barcelona, Spain. It is a great city, he said, both for good times and shopping. And the prices are good also. Klinetsky said that the Gar­ field's major cargo was rubber, liquor and military equipment. <1> J. H. Maxey, meeting chairman on the Hudson (Oriental Export­ ers) reports the Chief Mate and Chief Engineer are finishing the repairs aboard the ship. Maxey re­ minded crewmembers to sign for cots and re­ turn them at the ® completion of the voyage. The ship left Calcutta and will be paid off in Portland, Ore., Dec. 20, Maxey writes. A vote of thanks was extended to Maxey for a fine job as ship's delegate. T. K. Lane will be the new ship's dele­ gate. D. E. Edwards, meeting sec­ retary, writes that Seafarers were asked to pitch in a few coins to build up the ship's treasury in case of emergency. A balance of $1 from the last trip was reported. A discussion was held aboard the Transhatteras (Hudson) con­ cerning the possi­ bility of showing movies, J. R. Prestwood, meet­ ing chairman, re­ ports. Seafarers also elected Phil­ lip F. Payne as ship's delegate, re­ ports Meeting Sheldrake Secretary P. D. Sheldrake. Logs and mail are ar­ riving regularly and there are no beefs or disputed overtime. Shel­ drake informed the LOG. The ship is heading for Bombay. <I> Calm seas and a smooth voyage for the Steel Apprentice (Isth­ mian) as the ship sails for a payoff in New York, Richard Cummings, meeting chairman reports. John Welkeski, meeting secretary, writes that the „ . ship's fund conCumnsmgs ^20. Wel­ keski said that the crew was warned to be on the alert for pick­ pockets and con men when ashore. Margaiito Boija Your income tax refund check is waiting for you. It is being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105. ^ Henry L. Baker Please call home at once. Any­ one knowing Henry L. Baker's whereabouts, please call Mrs. Mary Baker, collect, at 305-6834993. William Cofone Please contact your wife, Dor­ othy Cofone, at 8805 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., as soon as pos­ sible. Charles E. Switzer Your income tax refund check is waiting for you. It is being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105. Seafarers on the Steel Voyager had some free time in India, re­ cently while wait­ ing out a mon­ soon. Meeting Chairman James Lennon reports a good trip with a co-operative bunch of Seafar­ ers. It takes a good crew fo Lennon make a good ship and Seafarers at the vessel's recent New York payoff agreed there were a fine bunch of men on the last run. The Steel Voyager re­ turned to New York via a coast­ wise trip. ^ We had the honor of a visit from U.S. Congressman Raymond Clevenger and Democratic Can­ didate for U.S. Senate G. Mennen Williams on October 11th. We have Loren Sny­ der back in this Port after a stay ,. in the Milwaukee Lapczynski Hospital. Frank Lapczynskl just returned from St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth after having a bout with an ulcer. Ernest Hnrd Please contact Mrs. S. Smith, 1222 St. Roch St., New Orleans. Phone: 947-8126. Wayne is there ^d is going into the service. ^ Andre W. Deriger Your income tax refund check is waiting for you. It is being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105. , ^ All! Nasroen Your two income tax refund checks are waiting for you. They are being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94105. Eusebio Flores Please contact your son, David Flores, 25-11 34th St., Astoria, Long Island, N. Y. 11103, as soon as possible. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen Is Hazard to U.S. SIU-AGLIWD Meelings New Orleans.Dec. 13—2:30 p.in. Mobile Dec. 14—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .Dec. 19—2 p.m. San Francisco Dec. 21—2 p.m. Seattle Dec. 23—2 p.m. New Yoric .. Dec. 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia .Dec. 6—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. . Dec. 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit Dec. 9—^2:30 p.m. Houston .... Dec. 12—^2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Alpena Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Duluth Frankfort Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec; Dec. Dec. Dec. 5—2 p.m. 5—7 p.m. 5—1 p.m. 5-^7 p.m. 5—7 p.m. 5—7 p.m. 5—7 p.m. • United Industrial Workers New Orleans . . . Dec. 13—7 p.m. Mobile Dec. 14—7 p.m. New Voile Dec. 5—7 p.m. Philadelphia .. . Dec. 6—7 p.m. Baltimore Dec. 7—1 p.m. ^Houston Dec. 12—7 p.m. tMcetinc hcM at Labor Temple, Saalt Stc. Marie. Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Mectinr held at Galreaton wharvea. biRBCTORYof UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers LETTERS To The Editor!-i.i PRESIDENT Paul Hall Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago .. . .Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie i Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo ... ..Dec. 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth ... . .Dec. 16—7:30 p.m. Cleveland . . .Dec. 16—7:30 p.m. Toledo ... . .Dec. 16—^7:30 p.m. Detroit ... . .Dec. 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . .Dec. 12—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Oileans .. Dec. 12—5 p.m. Mobile Dec. 14—5 p.m. Philadelphia ... Dec. 6—5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) .. Dec. 7—5 p.m. Norfolk Dec. 8-^5 p.m. Houston Dec. 12—5 p.m. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shapard Lindsay Williams Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 127 River St. ALPENA. Mich. ... EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE. MD. . ... 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 177 State St. BOSTON. Mass. ... Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO. N.Y. ... ... 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 9383 Ewing Ave. CHICAGO. III. ... SA 1-0733 1420 W. 25th St. CLEVELAND. Ohio MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 312 W. 2nd St. DULUTH. Minn RA 2-^^, . P.O. BOT'IS? FRANKFORT. Mich. 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 5B04 Canal St. HOUSTON. Tex WA 8-3207 .2608 Pearl St. JACKSONVILLE. Fla. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE. Ala I South Lawrence Sr. •> HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va Railway Marine Regitm Philadelphia Dec. 13—10a.m.&8p.m. Baltimore Dec. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Norfolk Dec. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Dec. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. To Thie Editor: ^ I would like to comment on Edward P. Morgan's radio broadcast which dealt with the serious shortage of health man­ power. Morgan wrote about the selfish policies' of the American Medical Association hierarchy being damaging to the.health of the American population. He went on to say that if the AM A were as concerned about hospitw wages as doctors' fees, hos­ pitals wouldn't be so short­ hand^. I wonder how many LOG readers are aware that the AMA has deliberately created a doc­ tor shortage in this country, to insure fat fees from a desperate public. There are too few med­ ical schools and too few medical students—-and that's the way the AMA wants it. .jenry" Klein 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Ter. 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 St. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. ...505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 T flNANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Watere District makes specific provision for safeguardinK 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 memberahip. 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 charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and mandgement 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 availijjle 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 conUined in the contacts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These X contracts specify the wages and conditions under which -you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rlahta, 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 patrolnian or other Union official, in yonr opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contaid; the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS ifA}G. 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 membenhip action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional porta. The responaibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Elxeeutive Board of tile Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among ita ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PraismPri^e fiy M T« EdinNr; As a native Californian and a wprkingraan, I ami grateful that the farm workers finally seem tb be successfully union­ izing. Helieve me, this is long overdue, Cesar Chavez, di,rector of the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, is doing a great job. The recent defeat of Pat Brown by Republican Ronald Reagan wUl, I think/ prove to be a great setback for organized , bor in California and labor naUst work hard in the next election to bring more liberals into. Office, Jack LaMonica November 25, 1966 ;;-;Iocal^ hewspafif- 'that gives"^^^^^ the fact of this situation. The| article points out that the poor| pay bi^er prices for food be- ^ cause few supermarkets are found in poor areas. In 1960, the article said» housing that ' was dilapidated or lacked plumbing was the lot of 25 per cent of urban families with in­ comes under $3,000 a year. I think that city, state and the federal government should do all they can to set housing standards, and perhaps even taking a Step such as controlling prices, MifceBocsche SacksWomen's Supermarket Strikes To The Editor: I think all workingmen and their families should be aware of the role that their local su­ permarkets have played in jack­ ing up the price of food. People are finally getting wise to the fact that trading stamps^ ; lottery gamesy the fantasricj prices of some processed foods,;/ and Concealed price increases/ effected by reductions in com tents of packages all take money from their pockets, I believe that if housewives continue to picket supermarkets;-; and if workingmen's families keep writing letters to the su­ permarket chains, we will see a healthy reduction in food prices, G. Coidin ... > - •t Mitpes Boycott of Antiunion Products . UNFAIR rtP-p mmmi 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) \\ r\ i 1 ?\ J J\ A I i > (; / <1> Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chlldcraft" (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 . . . Jannan, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) l\ M Si \ i /il <I> Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) To The Editon My wife and I have started our Christmas shopping, and ooth of us carry the Log's Don't Buy list with us. We both try to make sure that none of the Baltimore Luggage Co. items we., buy are made by a ^1 Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Stariite luggage company that dehii^ its empjo^ Starflite luggage ees the right to fair wages and 0oyeraihenf Shputdl (International Leather Goods, working cpndition^hrough un­ Help Cut Prices Plastics and Novelty Workers ionization. TTiis is my duty as Union) a trade unionist. I hope my To The EAtor: fellow Seafarers, and all other It is a well-known fact that "HIS" brand men's clothes trade unionists, boycott prod­ the pbbf pay more for Kavnee Boyswcar, Judy Bond uct manufactured by anti-union housing than their moid w^ blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa employers. -• off fellow citizens. I have just Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman finished reading an article in my A. £. Jackson Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) ——R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official Camels, Winston, Tempo, capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumetances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given Brandon, Cavalier and Salem such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment made cigarettes without supplying a receipt, or if a member ia required to make;, a payment and is given fin official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make (Tobacco Workers International such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. Union) CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six vt' months in the SEIAFAIUStS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at ihembership 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 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 or^n. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, ^he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIYITY 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 ohjectives,' 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 memberahip and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of, the above righto have been vldatcd, or thst he hss been denied his constitntianal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he ehonld immediately notUr SIU President Pan! Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt rseeipt rsqusstad. Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) —s— Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Antonio PereDl Miinettl & Sons Ambassador, Eleven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Guasti, Calwa, F. I., Tribuno Vennouth, Aristocrat, Yictor Hugo, A. R. Morrow Wines and Brandies. (National Farm Workers Association^ - S] �.n November 25, 1966 Page Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG I' PORTS o^the World CHITTAGONG , • •. -v.. --v.:-.' • C HITTAGONG, a port that by its name alone evokes an image of a city of beauty. This incredibly beautiful port, on the right bank of East Pakistan's Kamaphuli River, was named by a victorious Buddhist King of Arakan in the 10th Centuty, A.D. To commemorate the de­ feat of a Muslim sultan, the Buddhist erected a huge pillar with "Tsit—^Tse—Gong" inscribed upon it, standing for the peaceful plea, "war shall not be waged." And peaceful Chittagong is, despite its growing reputation as East Pakistan's busiest port, han­ dling two million-plus tons of cargo annually, and its growing population of more than 365,000. Lush green meadows and forests abound in a climate ideal for vacation land. The blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, sunshine, forests and lakes and rivers, ancient mosques, all convert this area into a spectacle of tranquility and beauty. The 7th Century Chinese traveller-poet, Hiuan Tsang, called Chittagong "a sleeping beauty emerging from mists and water." Just 94 miles from Chittagong stretches Cox's Bazar, the longest unbroken beach in the world that is ideal for swimming. The golden-silvery strip spreads for 70 solid miles, unhampered by sharks or jelly fish. ^ The region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts com­ prises ten ranges of high hills separated by valleys swathed with thick jungle vegetation and watered by the many rivers which lace the area. Perhaps more than any other area, this, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, offers the most superlative natural vistas of them all. The independent nation of Pakistan itself was carved in 1947 out of the territories that formed the British Indian Empire. Two nations were born, Pakistan and India. The division took place on the basis of Hindu majority areas and Muslim majority areas. r Throughout Pakistan, traditional costumes show a defrnite Far Eastern influence in the delicate fabrics and lavish embroidery. Transportation in East Pakistan is often very basic in nature. Here an ox-cart rumbles through the streets carrying a huge load of jute to be milled into fiber for burlap and rope. •- I• • t '< f;' I Rice, grown in muddy, half submerged paddies is the principal food crop and makes up the chief staple of the East Pakistan diet. Highly dependent on a proper balance of heavy rainfall and sunshine for proper growth, the area's rice crop has been plagued in recent years by drought and much grain has been imported. 4' ^1- ,16 /I The principal cities of East Pakistan are Chittagong, Dacca, Syihet and Khulna. Street scene above is typical of the older sections of East Pakistan cities. SlU-manned Steel Navigator and other Isthmian Line ships are among the SlU-contracted vessels making regular stops at Chittagong, East Pakistan. The main seaport of Pakistan's eastern province, Chittagong handles over two million tons of cargo annually. The city has a population of over three million people. 'J �Vol. XXVIIi No. 24 SEAFARERSiiUMS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO qhristmas ;Buuina; Caution! \ T 11HE holiday season is traditionally a time for X gathering together with our loved ones to share the fruits of a year's labor. Big family dinners and the exchanging of gifts has long been an integral part of the holiday season in the United States. For Seafarers and their families, possibly more than for most Americans, the giving of gifts to family and friends is a chief way of showing affec' tion, because time and distance all too often make it impossible for them to be together to share a well-set table and the joyousness of the season. During the holiday season, more than any other time of year, it becomes obvious that the United States is truly a land of plenty. Shop windows are fairly bursting with goods for sale. Advertising in the newspapers, television and radio reaches its peak in giving advice, enticements and entreaties to buy particular products. Package designers out-dd themselves yeaf after year to produce boxes more apt to sell the goods inside. Wherever we go we are pressured to "buy": There are many well-made, attractive, useful, worthwhile and fairly priced goods on the market. Unfortunately however, there are also many shoddy, useless, high priced products being pushed by American manufacturers who attempt to make up for the poor quality and design, low utility value and high price of these products through the use of high-powered advertising, soft-sell, hard-sell, and other devices. Besides enabling cer­ tain manufacturers to sell shoddy merchandise to people who do not really want or need it, these advertising devices serve to boost already inflated prices still higher. Manufacturers spend billions yearly on adver­ tising and packaging. In the end those billions come out of the consumers' pockets and represent hard-earned money which might be better spent with the exercise of a bit of caution. Be sceptical of advertising claims—they may be true but they may not be. Be suspicious of gaudily packaged products and inspect the contents of such pack­ ages carefully. The box that gets thrown away with the Christmas Avrappings, may be worth more than the product inside. The difference of course comes put of your pocket. Before buying a gift, consider whether it is really wanted and will be used and enjoyed by the recipient. Moderately priced gifts that will give great pleasure can also be attractive, and represent money well-spent. Too many expensive but basically useless gifts are forgotten the next day and never thought of again. Be wary of offers of loans for Christmas spend­ ing. These short-term loans often come at high interest rates which are seldom even mentioned by the lender and almost never clearly explained and outlined so that the actual interest rate can be computed in advance. In the long run, such loans can only reduce your buying power because money paid in interest, which often almost equals the amount of the loan itself, is lost forever. It is much better to give less expensive gifts at Christmastime than to become involved in pay­ ments that will drain away income needed for more important uses, such as clothing or educa­ tion. Another area in which caution should be ob­ served is in charitable donations. Americans are among the most generous people in the world and traditionally give vast amounts of money to charity to help share their good fortune with others who are less fortunate. There are many excellent, established, well-run charities which carefully and scrupulously account for all dona­ tions and see to it that they are used where they are most needed. Unfortunately, the holiday sea­ son also brings forth many slick operators seeking a fast buck under the guise of charity. To be sure your donation is not wasted, give only to charities which you are certain are reputable. When in doubt investigate before you part with your cash. Last but not least, look for the union label on everything you buy this Christmas or at any other time. The union label is your assurance that, you are giving a quality product produced by union craftsmen, enjoying decent wages and working conditions. In addition, at Christmastime as at all other times during the year, boycott all goods manufactured or offered by those employers who remain unfair to labor. Each issue of the log carries a complete 'don't buy' list of products pro­ duced by employers who have been found to be unfair to their employees in denying them the right of unionization and collective bargaining. In this issue it can be found on page 14. Clip it out for easy reference and refer to it when shop­ ping. You can take action in the marketplace this Christmas that will help make next Christmas a better one for thousands of American workers and their families, » >, ''I s, � 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 November 25, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIUNA STAFF OFFICERS LAUNCH NEW PHARMACIST MATE TRAINING FACILITY 12 SEATRAIN SHIPS CHARTERED BY MSTS FOR THREE YEARS AFL-CIO FOREIGN POLICIES REAFFIRMED AFTER REVIEW BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE GAINS MUST BE PROTECTED, AFL-CIO URGES AT COUNCIL MEETING NEW INVESTIGATION SET TO PROBE PRICE GOUGING BY DRUG COMPANIES SIU’S TOXIC CARGO RECOMMENDATIONS SUPPORTED BY C.G. SAFETY OFFICER CHICAGO PACKERS’ STRIKE SPURRED FAMED AMERICAN NOVEL ‘THE JUNGLE’ FOR SAFETY AT SEA RAPHAEL SEMMES PAYOFF CONSERVATIVE GOP ELECTION GAINS CLOUD CONGRESS’ LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK TWO CONTAINERIZED FEMALE ELEPHANTS TAKE TRIP ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO PORTS OF THE WORLD – CHITTAGONG 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 11/25/1966 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. 24 1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/40d81b8439a8bf03ba8134559b3d23f5.PDF e977f81366bc39bae5e2239e4c17a57e PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. y. Censors Ease Restriction On News NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1943 ARMY MAN LAUDS OUR FIGHT FOR CONDITIONS Nov. 2. 1943 Editor: Dear Brother: Copies of the LOG are com­ ing really on time and each succeeding issue seems better than the last. I was more than impressed upon reading the last issue and seeing that our Union is still in there fighting despite bureaucratic pressure. I was disheartened upon hear­ ing of the Sabotage of the se­ curity watch program but now I see that the shipowners are paying through the nose for that. I had occasion to speak to the crew of a ship that pulled in here recently. Half were NMU and the others were RMO. The NMU boys were pretty well disgusted with the whole set-up and I showed them a copy of the LOG and pointed out the many bonuses our crews are still collecting even after being paid off. They said they were going over to the SIU when they returned and in doing so, they would know how they stood on unionism. I'm enclosing a $5 donation and wish I could make it more. Although I'm taking War Bonds, I feel that our Union stands for the same principles and security. Steady a^ she goes. Fraternally yours, Sgt. Dimitri J. Keigis Co. A. 562nd Maintenance APO 503—c/o P. M. San Francisco, Calif. WASHINGTON — A twelvepoint program designed to relax many of the restrictions now placed upon steamship operators, the War Shipping Administra­ tion and the unions with respect to release of information con­ cerning the activities of the war­ time merchant marine, has been completed and will become effec­ tive immediately, it was learned this week. The program is the result of negotiations between the War Shipping Administration, the Navy and the Office of Censor­ ship and represents the first time since the outbreak of the war that there has been any relaxa­ tion of the restrictions which have heretofore been imposed upon merchant ship operations. ;AS an exeriment, the War Shipping Administration releas­ ed four press releases, which were checked by the Office of War Information and with the Navy. These stories, the WSA points out, "unfreeze" the fol­ lowing twelve features, formerly untold under interpretations of the code or sometimes told in part by the Navy about a "cargo ship"; 1. Release by WSA. 2. Name and type of ship. 3. Enemy action or special event. 4. General location. 5. Approximate date. 6. Names of personneL 7. Addresses of personnel. .8- Comment by captain or strictions, it is understood that as others. Allied progress is made in both 9. Name of operator or agent. Europe and in the Pacific other 10. Name of yard where built. provisions which now affect se­ 11. When launched. curity:-will be lifted. It is under­ 12. Structural reliability. stood that work is continuing be­ Although the twelve-point pro­ gram as it now stands is not a tween the three departments complete relaxation of code re- along these lines. No. 34 Atlantic Fishermen Call Strike For Living Wage Faced with the breakdown of union-governmcnt-industry negotiations for an in­ creased price for their catch, the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SIU, pulled the pins on the New York, Boston and New Bedford fleets this week. This strike followed months of fruitless negotiations with the fish wholesalers and the OPA, and followed the taking of an official strike vote following a "cooling off" period as demanded by the Smith^Connally Bill. and the fishermen wpuld be pro­ During the past week Patrick tected. The idea of less profits McHugh, Secretary-Treasurer of was, of course, like waving a red the union, had spent several days flag at a bull. The wholesalers in Washington confering with went beserk. industry representatives and of­ Most of the fleets in the three ficials of the OPA, He presented ports were at sea when the strike figures proving that the fisher­ call was issued and the full ef­ NEW YORK, (ITF) — Twenty men were not able to maintain fect of the tie-up won't be felt for Greek seamen have been releas­ an American standard of living several days. The mackerel fleet ed from federal detention at Ellis under present OPA price ceil­ is not effected as the union ne­ gotiated a satisfactory price for Island in response to representa­ ings. Many OPA officials resisted this fish some time ago. Neither tions by the Greek Maritime Welfare Committee and the the granting of an increase in will the Gloucester fleet be ef­ Greek Maritime Union, it was catch price on the excuse that it fected, as this port's local also announced this week at the Com­ would increase the cost of living reached a satisfactory agreement mittee's offices, 18 East 41st St. for the consumer. This would on prices. Those fleets effected Eleven men will soon ship out only be true if the wholesalers are the Boston fleet with 50 large aboard Green and other Allied were allowed to pass along to the boats and 800 men; the New with 75 smaller merchant vessels while the rest consumer the small increase Bedford fleet are expected to join the Greek asked by the union. Were the boats and 800 men; and the New wholesalers forced to cut their York fleet with about 30 boats Navy. profits a bit, both the consumer and 300 men. The decision of the federal authorities, according to a com­ mittee spokesman, followed an investigation of the men's com­ plaints by a-delegation composed of Mr. Christopher S. Stephano, chairman of the G.M.W.C., Petros Spiridacos, secretary of the Greek Maritime Union, and a representative of the U. S. Im­ migration Department. The immigration officials, sat­ isfied with the assurance given, have paroled the men into the custody of the Recruitment and Manning Organization of the War Shipping Administration. It was suggested in maritime circles that as a matter of future pro­ cedure, all Greek seamen re­ leased from federal custody be turned over to the Greek Mar{Continued on Page 4) Release 20 Greek Seamen; Open New Maritime Club 11 SIU Men Prisoners Of War RUFUS E. STOUGH, Cook 1419% Terpsichore St. New Orleans, La. GEORGE A. RIGGINS, Wiper 210 Drumont Place Norfolk, Virginia HENRY B. WILSON, AB 422 Grand Ave. Cumberland, Maine MANUEL M. LEDESMA, Messman Honolulu, T. H. ALFRED S. KATZ, Utility 2971 Ford St. Brooklyn, New York FRED G. STILLWELL, Pumpman Gresham, Oregon WILLIAM E.'LEAVER, FOW Natasulga, Alabama CARL G. RYDBERG. OS Hilo, T. H. PAUL PETRO, OS 447 Mathews Street Gary, Indiana EARL SPEAR, Chief Steward 920 Galier Street New Orleans, La. WILLIAM R. SMITH, Oiler 5700 Palisades Ave. West New York, N. J. The above brothers have been listed as prisoners of war by the Navy Department. Most of these men were torpedoed while delivering war goods to Europe, and were sub­ sequently captured and interned by the Nazis. The SIU is now taking steps to send them packages of food and tobacco, and will do all in its power to see that they receive such aid as is possible under the circumstances. However much these brothers will appreciate the smokes we send them, we are cer­ tain that their greatest desire will be that we maintain union conditions so that when the war ends they will not trade Nazi slavery for American shipowner slavery. a.' -1,1 -, 'S v. J, —Justice �wsEiwc-^raesi THE ' Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Kovember 26. 1943 1 SEAFARERS Puhlished by the S-'i iv- SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ApUated xvUh tlx Amsricsfi Vsdsrstion -cf Labor . HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ "Presidenf 110 Mariket Street, Saa Francisco. Calif. JOHN HAWK - - - - - - - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSKANfi - Washhtgton Kep. 424 5 til Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. •www Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE . . BOwling Green 9-3437 • 2 Slone St. ..Liberty 405 7 ..330 Atlantic Ave BOSTON (10) ...Calvert 4539 ,.14 North Cay St BALTIMORE (2) ...Lombard 7651 . .6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA .".Norfolk 4-1083 ..25 Commercial PI NORFOLK... ..Canal 3336 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St ..Savannah 3-1728" ..218 East Bay St SAVANNAH ..Tampa MM-1323 TAMPA........a..•*. ..423 East Piatt St ...Dial 2-1392 ..55 So. Conception. St... MOBILE ..Puerto cle Tierra ..45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO ..Galveston 2-8043 ..219 20th Street GALVESTON FT. LAUDERDALE.... . .2021 S. Federal Highway. ..Ft. Lauderdale 1601 NEW YORK (4) PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STMET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 267 I ft" French Seamen's Union Is Reorganized; Growing At Phenominal Rate Of Speed V-762 NEW YORK, (ITF)--The .story gether and decided to organize of. .the reconstruction of the once more, the union they had " STench ' Sieainen's Union, is the all once been members of. At story of a fight against fascism the first meeting of the union and evidence of the desire of held in New Yoik, nearly 350 French merchant seamen all over French seamen attended. This the world to reconstruct democ­ represented an almost 100% at­ racy in their native land. tendance with the exception of ONE FOR THE BOOK THOSE "STABS IN ! No sooner had CJeneral Charles those who had to remain on deGaulle escaped from France duty aboard their ships. Enthu-. ballots received THE BACK'* President Roosevelt has ap­ to England than the French mer­ siasm ran high and- once more L^om train, engine and yard ser- pointed a committee of five to chant ships followed his lead. these men could look to the fu- vice" workers by the Transporta- find oiit about the cost of living. Dispatches received in only Soon after their arrival in Eng­ ture with hope. Other, ships fol-Brotherhoods are running He doesn't need'a conimittee. He one (lay this month told of the land, the crews of these ships lowed and their crews too, joined ..ai^^st 100 per cent" in favor of can jget the dope the way the return of 24,000 striking' aircr^ makers in Britain and the settle­ •got together to form on foreign the union. ^ walkout, President D. B. Rob- Labor Herald gets it—namely, ment of two coaL strikes involv-, soil, the trade union they had But the story in England and ertson of the Locomotive Fire- from the housewives. ing 6,000 men, with a strike (jf seen made illegal at home. From America, is not the only one. men and Enginemen revealed on He, himself, could go to the Scotch shipbuilders looming. We June, 1940 until the liberation of Two hundred seamen in Algiers Wednesday. OPA. There; he will learn that North Africa by allied armies, organized in April the Algerian The early returns are mainly subsidies were given to reduce don't hear so much nowadays about how British workers stanii these were the only French sea­ Seamen's Union. By May their from roads near the headquarters the cost of butter by two and for any old thing "to win thb men "delivering the goods." Many number had risen to over five of several of the Brotherhoods one-half cents per pound. Im­ war," with the war right in their, others, unable to escape, worked hundred. In June their example and are being tabulated as they mediately there was little or no front yard. at home in the underground was followed by the seamen in come in. If the present rate of butter. Announcement was made movement and many were forced Oran with another two hundred That old gag has died out, anfl "yes" votes continues, a , record that there would be plenty of to work for the Vichy Govern­ members. News has now reached our people are beginning to sus­ majority for a strike \yill he roll­ butter for fall and .winter be­ ment. pect that maybe the Briffsib; the office of the French Seamen's ed up, Robertson predicted. cause the tubs of the armed At the time North Africa was Union in New York that the va­ workers know a few things forces were full to the overflow­ freed and the larger part of the rious local unions of seamen in "The response from these em­ ing. Butler got scarcer and about war from close acquaint­ ployes demonstrates beyond a French merchant fleet joined the North Africa have joined to­ doubt how bitterly the men feel scarcer. Now the OPA announces ance, That the winning of' this, fleets of all the United Nations, gether and that they are in close the price of butter is to be ad­ or any other war, can be helped the men in these ships had no touch with the union in England, over the way they have been vanced six cents per pound. or speeded by submission to in­ legal union and almost no or­ which is affiliated to the Inter­ treated," Robertson declared. The President has appointed a dustrial tyranny has never been ganization. Trade unions had national Transport Workers' Fed- The Firemen and Enginemen's committee to inquire into all proved. It's just assumed' by been prohibited by Vichy, both jeration. Thus, the French sea- chief also made it clear the these details and thousands loud-talking Babbits who are in France and in North Africa; "men have once more been unions are "definitely not inter­ ested" an an offer of Economic more. Safe bet! The committee sitting this war out, as they sat Early in the Spring of 1943, sev­ will bring in a report that every­ the last one out^—and grabbing eral of these ships came in to brought together in the same Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson to and dandy and big profits for sitting. New York harbor for repairs, re­ union, regardless of the type of "raise the ante" slightly on the thing is fine » » » fitting and arming. In almost no .ship' they sail, or the department miserly 4-cent increase awarded working people are a worthless Over here "Wb are still told by an Emergency Board to the lot for wanting butter on- their time these seamen had gotten to- in which they work. workers represented by the five bread. That has been the sys­ that this or that strike maj' cause tem so far. We expect no imme- the death of an American soldier. Brotherhoods. But there is not and never was, 'diaite change. As reported in another story on ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR one proved casualty in the Amer­ this page, Vinson, in announcing —Lal»r Herald ican Army caused by any lack WEEK OF NOVEMBER 8th TO 13th a sliding, scale of increases rec: of arms or ammunition becauM ommended by the board for the DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL "We're interested in fairness, of an industrial stoppage. "non-operating" workers, said he was willing to apply the same not in handouts," Robertson" as­ —United Mine Workers Journal SHIPPED 357 170 281 808 formula to the "operating" group. serted. "Our men want decent That would mean 5 to 6 ceiits an itreatment, not stuff such as that. REGISTERED 265 217 240 722 Kdep In Touch With ' hour, instead of 4 cents for some They're more angry and resent­ ful than they have been in years." of the operating employes. Draft Board ]. Americah workers have built the greatest navy in the world. Rail Workers Are J-hom, JhsL o&Aoi PMAJL — Voting Wdkotrt f ll: �;;fW-: Friday, November 26, 1943 THE SEAFARERS - i- LOG Page Three i r,wNEW SOCtAU SECUR1TY'TAX*6IVES YOU: seA/ff/rs; lot/eex PAYpmoos. WHAT'S DOnifG INCREASED INCOME OR SALES TAX 6IVES YOU: PO /MPP0y£Af£P7S:8£/Y££/7SP£AfA/M. SMALL: PAY P£P/00 Sf/opn • Around the Porte MOBILE 1 Weil brothers, I-have just had the pleasure of giving a gander to the greatest piece of exagger­ ation that was ever placed on 'paper with printer's ink. And be­ lieve me brothers, I have seen sojme • awful misconstruance of the facts by this element. The title of this mastcl'picce is, "The NMU, What. It. Is And What It Does." This book is suppose to be put up by the educational committee of the National Mari­ time Union and published by one Leo Huberman. .Now the average youngster that just recently came into the n;aritime industry knows little or nothing about this set-up. He •w'puld read this book and natur­ ally assume that the NMU was really responsible for the wages and working conditions that the seamen are enjoying on the ships today. -Now for the average layman that don't know the score, I will try to define this suppose-to-be labor organization known as the NMU. We will take it in the or­ der of the title. First, this NMU is only one chapter of a large drama which consumed a - very long time for a number of play­ wrights to turn out. They com­ pleted it in 1917 and titled it Bolshevism and later on they titled it Communism. The heads of the playwrights were changed from time to time, the head of them now is one, Joe Stalin. • Then it became the problem of •their salesmen to sell-this drania to the poor working stiffs of the world. The program was to sell this - play to three industries, mainly, the transportation indus­ try, the communication industry and the publication industry. Their conception was if they could accomplish this feat they would have the world by the tail on a down hill drag. They tried to sell their slush for years under the guise of the Maritime Work­ ers Industrial Union, but could not get in the groove with this moniker. So, at the Moscow convention in 1935 the commis­ sars decided to take anothep tack, so they came out with a new program. This was subse­ quent to the collective bargain­ ing election on the Pacific Coast in 1934 to determine who would be the collective agency to bar­ gain for workers. Then the In­ ternational Longshoreman's As­ sociation and The International Seamen's Union was declared the bargaining agents by the work­ ers. The program was to instruct all fellow-travelers and commie stooge's to join these two organi­ zations and disrupt the organiza­ tions and discredit the officials until they could take control of these organizations. Around about this time was a bird by the name of Joe Curran who was working in the Grace Line shore gang in New YoTk for $.50 an hour when the scale of pay for painters in New York at that time was $1.00 an hour. ]^e joined the Eastern & Gulf Sailors Association of the Inter­ national Seamen Union. Reason per. It seems to me that quite a number of our members are not taking their union to heart as they once did, maybe it is due to the war or the swift pace that we are now travelling. The USS and the Conunies opened up the new place here on the 31st of October and from what I can read in the papers they had quite a blowout. Bro. Swanson of the NMU was one of the main speakers, and Senator Pepper, who is well known for his anti-labor activities in this state. Oh, by the way, Swanson has taken to the Cement Block (One of the new cement ships that are being built here) as Boatswain. It seems that the man with the long whiskers gave him a notice to go to sea or be drafted. A West Coast ship was in the other day from a six month trip and they paid off without many beefs and continued their way back to the coast with first class transportation. The ship was turned over to the Navy and be­ lieve me they, got a nice looking ship. Quite a few of the Tampa boys are back from a long trip and TAMPA they seem to be very happy to From the looks of the other get back to the Palmettos and branche.s' minutes the voting has orange groves where they can not begun so very strong. I sup­ spread the bull without any inpose that in the near future teruption from the Yanks. Shipping here is very slow but when the convoys come in things will pick up some. We have we do a little dues business, now quite a few members in this and then. Wonder how 'Bro. branch and I have to raise hell to Army is making out with the get a balloting committee to Flagship of the Waterman Fleet, serve. After the voting is over Part Orleans. I want him to take you will hear all kinds of hell care of that ship as she is the raised because some so-and-so pride and, joy of the Tampa Branch (Sometimes). got in office. Well, if they would take as From all the information, the much interest in their voting as Bull Line is going to take one of they do in condemning the offi­ the floating brick bats that is cials that are now in office and coming out of the yard in the the new ones that will be install­ near future. That's all for this ed, probably we would have a week. union that would be a super-duD. L. PARKER, Agent was that The International Sea­ men Union had a contract with Grace Line. He joined the Union in May 1935 and never paid any more dues until September. He got himself in bad standing im­ mediately, which is bad and very rotten unionism in anyone's uniori. Now this was the man that they singled out to lead this herd. You can draw your own conclusion. They continued on their pro­ gram until some time in 1937 when this element was cited for using the name of the Interna­ tional Seamen Union to collect the union's funds on the union books. Then overnight the Na­ tional Maritime Union was born. Joe Curran placed head of it and that's what the NMU is. Now any old timer is well acquainted with these facts but the new comers to the industry are not and this is for their benefit. Later on we will see if we can define what the NMU does, and until that time brothers, try to keep her in the channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Th^ 99 Yeair Club Oh, come with me to the NMU And see. Club 99, It's there you'll meet the oidtimers With strike cards sublime. The men who built the NMtX Shall rrieet you at the door,^ Yes, you shall meet the real men And you shall learn the score. Yes, a famous Club of the NMU Is that called 99, No Communist faker in the lot So do not waste your time. No agents of Joseph Stalin there No bums froni Browder's knee. No draft dodging Commie windbags But men who sail the sea. How do you join Club 99? Well, here is what you do. While on an NMU madhouse Just praise the SIU, Or call Joe Curran a liar Or the Communist line a fake Then you're a candidate for the Club A brother on the make. Just say "to hell with Stalin" And the door is opened wide For the Commie rats ride every ship And o'er your thoughts preside. Or wonder where, your cash has gone The millions of the past Of Murray Stein and the Party bums And you are there at last. —Top an' Lift. ••'SI PAYMPAfr eyppyiY££f( rap g$ tv££ASs Sk IF PVAiOi ALLOW.. " PAVPPPiODS e/yrrp /u osoAuye TO /e w££ps., ^| This chart shows unemployment benefits for a married man who earns $40 a week in a factory and supports a family of four. Left: Benefits under Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill. Right: If sales or income tax is imposed instead. The worker will receive only those benefits now in effect under state laws. (AFL Labor's Monthly Survey chart via Federated Pictures) ILGWU Would Scrap NEW AGREEMENTS Little Steel Policy CONCLUDED Scrapping of the "arbitrary and rigid Little Steel formula to make room for a more flexible wage policy" to meet the needs of workers and consumers was demanded by the general execu­ tive board of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in a resolution made public yes­ terday by David Dubinsky, pre.sident of the union. "The only real effect of the Little Steel formula to date has been the practical freezing of wages," the resolution declared. "Stabilization of living costs, as every consumer knows, is largely wishful thinking, while the true inflationary forces, the industrial combines which control living necessities, are having a field day. "We demand that the arbitrary and rigid Little Steel formula be scrapped to make room for a more flexible wage policy The New York office of the In­ ternational Transport Workers Federation reports the conclus­ ion, in London, of new and more favorable agreements for the members of the National Union of British Seamen. The new pact provides a standard overtime rate for all foreign-going ships Df two shillings, three pence fo? carpenters, bosuns and donkeymen, two shillings for other se­ nior ratings and one shilling for seamen with junior ratings. The overtime is to apply to all ves­ sels and crew members in all de­ partments. The steward department per­ sonnel also have won an improv­ ed working schedule w h i c H shortens their hours and provid­ es them with more consecutive time off. Compensation for loss of effects has been almost doubl­ ed for British seamen by the new agreement which now sets the allowance at twenty-five pounds. SIU And Tanker Members On West Coast Central Registeringr and Dispatching Office Open in SUP Headquarters at San Francisco For SIU Members and T,C/s in Deck, Engine and Steward Departments Increased shipping on West Coast by SIU members has made it necessary to open a separate and complete business ofRce to be devoted solely to registering and car­ ing for the needs of SIU members in all departments. .^1 SIU members in San Francisco are required to im­ mediately register in SIU office at 59 Clay St. SIU members in SUP Branches on the West Coast are to register in the respective SUP Office and receive an SIU shipping card. SIU shipping cards will have preference on SIU ships and will be recognized by all SUP Dispatchers. SIU Deck mem­ bers will have second preference when SUP members are available. For Further Information: Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the addresses listed below. You will always finds somebody at these numbers exceptmg at night. SEATTLE, WASH.—86 Seneca St.—Phone Elliott 6752. —^E. Coester or Johnson. PORTLAND, OREGON—111 West Burnside St.—Phone Beacon 4336—John Massey or C. Atkins. RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA—257 Fifth St.—Phone Rich­ mond 4021—^Louie Glebe or Banks. VANCOUVER, B. C.—340 B. Gamble St.—Phone Pacific 7824—^Hugh Murphy. WILMINGTON, California — 440 Avalon Blvd. —Phone 4449. NEW YORK CITY — 105 Broad St. — Phone BOwling Green 9-9530—Morris Weisberger. SAN FRANCISCO—59 Clay St.—Phone Exbrook 8229— Phil Conley. •".Ss| ••ti �®f®SSraBS!6«aq Page Four CP THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 26, 1943 AFL WINS VITAL TEST CASES Relea^ 20 Greek Seamen; Open New Maritime Club BASAAR {Continued from Page 1) iners Club in New. York, •a joint enterprise of the U. S. and Greek governments. The club home, it was explained, offers ample housing facilities and cai-e for the men imtil their departure from the United States. Knocks Out Closed Shop Anti-Labor Is Upheld Act In Fla. By WLB WASHINGTON — The WLB Foes of -labor who have been ti-ying to destroy unions through has unanimously ordered that a court action and legislation, state union shop clause be retained id by state, suffered one of their a contract between the Webe? most important reversals this Showcase and Fixture Co. of Los week at the hands of the Florida Angeles and four AFL building trades unions. Supreme Court. That tribunal threw out a suit The company had claimed that Official opening of the Greek started by Attorney General Tom the union shop clause and the Mariners Club, located at West Watson to outlaw, closed shop contract were terminated when 59th St., took place on Monday, union agreements with the Tam­ the union asked for a reopening November 15, 6:30 P.M. The pa Shipbuilding Company and of the contract under a provision Greek Ambassador Simeon Diaother plants in the Everglade giving either party the right to mantopoulos, Archibishop Athenserve notice of a desire to "mo­ State. agoras. Mayor La Guardia, Mr. With the support of reaction­ dify, amend or terminate it." Marshall E. Dimock, assistant ary newspapers, Watson has been The WLB found that, on the deputy administrator of the crusading against unions for the contrary, the record showed that WSA, attended the dedication past few years and climaxed his the union's intent was not to ter­ ceremonies. campaign by litigating to break minate the contract, but to mo­ The club has housing, rest and the A. F. of L. contract with dify and amend it. The Board restaurant facilities for about 80 Tampa Shipbuilding. He won therefore ordered employees who seamen and is managed by a out in a lower state court, but were hired during the period in board of directors composed of met his "Waterloo" in the high which the company claimed that American and Greek shipping t was not bound by the union court. officials, representatives of the shop clauses, to become members Greek-American community, the DEFENDS AGREEMENT of the union in good standing shipowners and the Greek Mari­ "Stop it, Helen, the OPA just froze you at 97 cents." All of Watson's arguments within two weeks or seek jobs time Union. "The new club en­ against closed shop agreements elsewhere. joys the wholehearted support of y-/S9-'/a Drmpn for OtPce of War Information were demolished in the opinion. Wayne L. Morse, public mem­ the American and Greek author­ Such agreements, the tribunal ber, in an opinion outlining the SHIP NAMED ities and all other interested held, are neither contrary to pub­ reasons for the WLB's action, FOR HUDDELL groups," Mr. Taylor said. "We lic policy nor in violation of the said that the Board was aware look forward to an era of fruitful state constitution. They are sus­ that the company had hired d The logging of the Steward's WASHINGTON — Upon the activities. These activities, I am tained by such Federal laws as arge number of employees re­ sure, will not only be of benefit Department of the S.S. Daniel suggestion of William Green, the Norris-La Guardia Act, Sher­ cently who did not become union President of AFL, the name of to our seamen but also strength­ Willard has been reversed by the man Anti-Trust Act and the members, but this did not justify Arthur M. Huddell, one-time en the bonds between the Ameri­ Commissioner after a lengthy the Board's setting aside a union Wagner Act, the court pointed president of the International trial. The men involved can col­ can and Greek peoples." shop clause which it found had out. Union of Operating Engineers, is lect their extra meal money and never expired. log refund from Calmar Line to be given to a Liberty ship "Furlhermore, we find no "It is unfortunate that the com­ now under construction. Blddle Would Tighten Office. proof that compliance with pany has hired such a largie • Recognized as a leader of the Law Against Stowaways Extra meal money on S.S. Mel­ labor movement in the early part the contract has resulted in number of non-union employees a retardation of the war efn direct violation of its contrac­ Attorney General Francis Bid- ville is now payable at the Pier of the century, Huddell, who was ford," the court said in punc­ tual obligations to the union," born at Danvers, Mass., in 1869, 25 office of the Eastern S.S. Co. die has requested Congress to turing another claim of Wat­ Morse said. "The fact that the served as president of the Boston The men involved are: strengthen existing laws against son. company may lose their services Central Labor Union and organ­ G. Lynch, Cook ship stowaways by rewording is unfortunate but not nearly as izer for the International Union "The parties may negotiate W. Williams, Cook the Act of June 11, 1940, to make unfortunate as the situation of Operating Engineers, Commis­ any contracts not contrary to law G. Ellis, Utility it clear that anyone who stows would be if the company were sioner of Old Age Pensions of or good morals. Management is Barnes, Messman away on certain merchant ves­ allowed to defeat the legitimate Massachusetts, Civil Service free to hire only union men if it Yancey, Messman sels has committed a criminal » St rights of the union in the man­ Commissioner from 1918 to 1922, chooses. Likewise, labor is free offense, whether or not he is ap­ ner it has attempted to in this president of the Boston Building to work only with union men if Following brothers have over­ prehended before disembarking. case ..." and Construction Trades Council, it chooses." time coming from Bull Line: The Attorney General's recom­ Roland Stradling 138 hrs. 1910, and business agent for the The Board urged union officials BLOW FOR LABOR-HATERS mendation, which was contained James Smalls to grant every reasonable con-* 100 hrs. Building and Construction Trades in a letter sent to the Speaker of Robert Stackhouse 100 hrs. Council of Boston from 1911 to Joseph A. Padway, A. F. of L. cession to provide those em­ the Kouse of Representatives, a Pete Sudol 85 hrs. 1918. He became General Presi­ general counsel, who argued the ployees who join the union with­ few days ago, pointed out that John Pritchard 35 hrs. dent of the Operating Engineers case for the unions in the court, in the two-week period ample existing law assumes that a Albert Myers 20 hrs. in 1921 and served in that cap­ declared the decision strikes a time to pay the union's initiation stowaway will be apprehended St * St acity until his death in 1931. powerful blow against anti-labor fee. Dean Morse said. Dues for' before leaving the ship, but The following crew members such employees will start from forces throughout the nation. leaves some doubts as to the of the S.S. William Pepper have Marine Insurance Cut It will help, he said, in defeat­ the time of the Board's order. status of anyone who stows overtime coming from Calmar ing an amendment to the Florida The unions in the case are lo­ away successfully and is not dis­ Line, 39 Broadway, New York WASHINGTON—• Reduced for state constitution barring closed cals of the Sheet Metal Workers' covered until after he has left City: the second time in little more shops, which will be voted upon International Association, Re­ the ship. Harry Justice than 3 months, the rate for Gov­ in a referendum next fall. The frigeration Fitters, Welders and Herbert Watson ernment war risk insurance on amendment was submitted by Apprentices, Brotherhood of Mr. Biddle proposed that Con­ Painters, Decorators and PaperJoseph Sleczkowski officers and seamen in the Mer­ the last state legislature. gress clear up the matter by hangers of America, and the George Cuddy Padway added that "this rul­ chant Marine is now $2, the War striking out a clause that anyone United Brotherhood of Carpen­ William Harden ing gives us new ammunition in who has illegally secreted him­ Shipping A d m i nistration an­ ters and Joiners of America. P. Yurick our battle to knock out laws in self aboard a United States ship nounces. Until July 15 the pre­ * « • other states which have been The Weber Company, which shall be considered guilty of an mium rate per $1000 of insurance designed to wreck unions by re­ formerly produced fixtures, now The following crew members offense if he is "found * * at or before the time of arrival of of the S.S. Steelore have over­ in addition to the $5,000 insur­ stricting or prohibiting closed manufactures airplane wings and employes more than 1,200 peo­ such ves-sel." With this deletion time and extra meal money due: ance furnished by the Govern­ shop agreements." Wilton Shaw ple, .twice as many as before the it would be possible for the At­ ment, was $7.50 per month. On Gerald Usher war. torney General's office to pro­ that date it was cut to $4. The ^ Jordan Smith ceed against any stowaway on second reduction is in line with Wilbert Williams an American ship discovered Injurin Devonish making life insurance against within the jurisdiction of the * • • war risks and certain specified United States. CREW S. S. Extra meals money is payable marine perils more easily avail­ Brother Frank Donnally is laid RICHARD RUSH $15.00 The communication from Mr. to entire Steward Department of up in Ellis Island Hospital in N. WERNERSON 5.00 able to merchant ship crews and Biddle has been turned over to S.S. Kenmar. Collect Calmar New York. He would like to re­ 4.00 V the House Committee on Mer­ Line. 39 Broadway, New York reflects diminished peril of Axis ceive a visit from any of his old C. GORING chant Marine and Fisheries. City. shipmates. He is in Ward 25. E. MAULE 2.00 attacks at sea. MONEY DUE r 'iA-Sonals Honor Roll • • y .tsii ^. 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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 26, 1943 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 34 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: CENSORS EASE RESTRICTION ON NEWS ARMY MAN LAUDS OUR FIGHT FOR CONDITIONS ATLANTIC FISHERMEN CALL STRIKE FOR LIVING WAGE RELEASE 20 GREEK SEAMEN; OPEN MARITIME CLUB 11 SIU MEN PRISONERS OF WAR FRENCH SEAMEN'S UNION IS REORGANIZED; GROWING AND PHENOMINAL RATE OF SPEED RAIL WORKERS ARE VOTING WALKOUT ONE FOR THE BOOK THOSE "STARS IN THE BACK" ILGWU WOULD SCRAP LITTLE STEEL POLICY NEW AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED THE 99 YEAR CLUB SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS ON WEST COAST KNOCKS OUT ANTI-LABOR ACT IN FLA. CLOSED SHOP IS UPHELD BY WLB SHIP NAMED FOR HUDDELL BIDDLE WOULD TIGHTEN LAW AGAINST STOWAWAYS MARINE INSURANCE CUT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/26/1943 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/21cbecf851c408e15bcda26b27064303.PDF e871b6d084b4ae81fdf67a2fe9f2fbb9 PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. X NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1948 No. 48 ILA Turns Down Offer As 'Vague' Seafarers Wins By Landsilde In Virginia Ferries Demonstrating an overwhelming desire to be represented by the Seafafes International Union, crewmembers of the Virginia Ferry Corporation racked up a thumping 243 to 4 vote in favor of the SIU in a National Labor Relations Board election held November 16-18. In the announcement of thei SIU victory by the NLRB, the final tally showed that out of 277 crewmembers eligible to vote, 243 They went back to work to cents for night and weekend The ships still lay idle in every port from M^iine to Virginia this keep the Queen shipshape, after work. On August 21, just before the week, as the Negotiating Com­ the company agreed to their old contract expired, the employ­ mittee for the International terms for all Cunard ships. , voted for the SIU, 4 for no union The only ships being worked ers obtained an 80-day anti- t Longshoremen's Association and ion and 2 votes were void. Certhe. representatives of the New are those at Army piers along strike injunction under the Tafttification of the SIU as sole bar­ Hartley Act, since the union was York Shipping Association, who the coast which the ILA was gaining agent is expected in spoke for the stevedoring com­ loading, coal ships at Hampton talking of striking. Seafarers in the vicinity of about two weeks. When the injunction ran out, panies, remained deadlocked. Roads which were being loaded, the Houston waterfront are The victory for the SIU and The 45,000 striking ILA members as is normal, by railroad • em­ the ILA had to strike anyway, strongly urged to keep a since the employers would not stood fast by their demands for ployees, and tankers. weather eye peeled for those the men of the Virginia Ferries While the ILA was not on make a reasonable wage offer. a 25-cent an hour pay boost for louses who have been rolling winds up an intensive organizing drive which began only a fewstraight time, a 37%-cent rise strike on the South Atlantic and They still haven't. seamen in the dock area. months ago. The planning and In the strike's early days, the for weekends and nights, a wel­ Gulf coasts, ports in those areas Several instances of this ex^ution of the drive was hand­ commies in New York tried to were feeling .the effects. Coast­ fare fund and other benefits. kind of activity have been led almost exclusively through The employers continued , to wise ships could'not move with take advantage of the situation. reported to the LOG re­ the Norfolk branch. offer the 10 and 15 cents which the northern ports tied up, and They called independent meet­ cently. Although Seafarers ings to stir up disension, and The men of the ferries, which po^ authorities, in the Gulf precipitated the strike. They also can care of themselves, sevoperate between Little Creek they made an attempt to picket feared that the ILA would take offered to, discuss a welfare fund esed precautions are advis­ and Cape Charles, Virginia, reg­ the Army pier in Brooklyn, action if they tried to bring in on a basis which President able: istered their landslide vote for which would have created un­ diverted vessels. Joseph P. -Ryan of the ILA des­ When going ashore, travel the SIU during the three-day favorable publicity, since the SINCE JULY cribed as "too vague" to deserve in pairs. Don't try to re­ period at polling places located employers immediately would The ILA commenced negotia­ turn to your ship alone at serious notice. at both ends of the ferry run. tions with the employers on have wrapped themselves in the night after you have been ''When the employers have July 5. In the beginning, the flag. But the SIU and the ILA, SET ELECTION drinking. Whenever possible, something more to offer we will union demanded a 50-cent in­ working together, were able to take a taxie to the docks. • consider it," Ryan added. How crease for straight time, and 75 end that threat. Notice for the election orig­ long the strike would last' was inally came from the NLRB trial as much a matter of speculation examiner in the Norfolk dis­ as it was a week earlier. It was trict when recognition was giv­ up . to the employers. en the SIU's petition for a bar­ gaining election. BUSY CONCILIATOR Prior to the war the SIU at­ The Federal Counciliation Ser­ tempted to organize the ferry vice, in the person of conciliator fleet, but was thwarted when William Margolis, was handling and an Oiler on watch. The Wip- |the State of Virginia took over Beware of Cities Service's negotiations between the 125Pro-SIU- men sailing Cit­ ersr were classed as Utility Fire- the operation of the ships. man ILA committee and the rep­ "captive" tmion CITCO, warned ies Service ships axe remind­ men. They did Wiper's work and a Brother who paid off of a J. Now, once again operated by resentatives of the companies. ed that if they are asked to also took care of a single B&W the company, contracts have al­ M. Carras tanker last week. Sessions were being held in the join the new Cities Service boiler for butterworthing, heat ready been signed with the Mas­ Signing his name L.S.M.,' Book Hotel Edison in New York. company union they should in port, winches, etc., and when ters, Mates and Pilots and the 100411, he stated that previous In all ports, Seafarers continu­ to joining the SIU in 1946 he do so for the time being. maneuvering. Marine Engineers Beneficial As­ ed to give the longshoremen had sailed for the Sun Oil Com­ Before this no-overtime plan sociation. By signing up for the com­ their all-out support. ILA mem­ pany out of Marcus Hook, when pany union, they can stay came into effect, these Utility bers were offered all the facil­ their "independent" union aboard and bring Cities Ser­ Firemen were never broken out , ities SIU halls had to offer. This SOTMA offered the plan of one after 5:00 PM or before 8:00 AM, MV MjIfitiniP f^lllinpil vice under SIU contract. because it would entail overtime. I"3lllllll6 UOUIICil policy was in line with the tra­ month paid vacation for every ditional relations between the six months continuous seatime— when the company had to pay The poor Oiler, of course, ran two unions which have support­ and no overtime. for it—changed over night. The himself crazy watching the boil­ ed each other in many past beefs. ' Seeing Ernest Bossert's article men found themselves being call­ er; checking bearings, regulating NEW YORK — Because em­ on "Esso Stooge iJnion," in the ed out for all kinds of extra diesel fuel oil heat, and logging ployer stubbornness in the ILA BRITISH HELP bells. Everything was hand-con­ beef was keeping thousands of The strikers received unex­ November 19 LOG, he was mov­ work in excess of §ight hours. trolled. For instance, in tying up and ed to write of his own experi­ workers in the maritime and re­ pected support early this week Then with the no-overtime lated industries jobless, the Newletting go, the company had not when the seamen of the Queen ence with Sun Oil. To begin with he is sure that made a practice of calling out rule, these Utility Firemen were York Port Council of the power­ Elizabeth, the big British Cuncalled out at any time. ful Maritime Trades Department, arder, walked off the ship in the majority of the men were all hands in the deck department He cites one instance in Mi- AFL, sponsored a tiu-key dinner for fear of paying a little over­ against this plan even at that Southampton. icaux. La., above New Orleans, They refused to take the giant time, but you know who counts time. Thereafter, all hands were when one Wiper was called out with all the trinrutjings on deemed necessary. Thanksgiving Day afternoon at vessel to Halifax as the Cunard the ballots in a company union, But the payoff was in the en­ at 10:30 PM, after having knock­ the Seafarers Hall. people had planned, and they re­ so the plan passed. Immediately the company gine room. A diesel job, the ship ed off a full days work at 5:00 fused to take her to New York Joining the waterfront unions practice of allowing no overtime he was on carried an Engineer PM. for the duration of the strike, •He was required to stand by in putting on the highly suc­ the boiler till 4:30 in the morning cessful affair was Local 202 of and then turn to at 8:00 AM as the Brotherhood of Teamsters, usual for another day's work— whose members drive produce and don't forget this was all from the docks to market. ergy now consumed in civil war chinery for handling a nation­ Signing the invitation to the without getting a cent of extra CINCINNATI (LPA) — Repeal dinner were: Joseph H. Papa, of the Taft-Hartley act took posi­ wide or industry-wide strikes af­ would then be turned toward money. All of that was covered in his President of Local 202 of the tion No. 1 in a program ham­ fecting the public safety and advancing the economic and so­ cial welfare of labor, our nation welfare. one-month vacation at the end Teamsters; Joseph P. Ryan, mered out at the AFL convention and the world." The goal will be to get the T-H President of the International of six months (or was it?). here by a record total of 700 .The resolution also instructed act obliterated by March 1 or Longshoremen's Association; Cap­ He states that he lasted about delegates. the AFL Executive Council to tain William Ash, Secretaryearlier if possible. three months on the ship before In a determined and confident Labor unity highlighted an­ "pursue" wifh new vigor its ef­ he was fired by the First Assist­ Business Manager Local 88, Mas­ mood, the convention set its "sights at securing repeal in the other declaration adopted by the forts to bring about unity be­ ant over a petty personal beef. ters, Mates and Pilots; Captain The SOTMA gave him no help. Bill Bradley, President of the early days of the 81st Congress. convention. The resolution urged tween all bona fide labor unions He was put on the undesirable ILA's Marine Di-vision; Thomas Under the strategy;framed at that the AFL "reach out" to the in our nation." Delegates also formulated a ist, lost all claims to that one- Hill, New York Agent, American the convention, the AFL will CIO, "grasp them by the hand broad legislative program. The month paid vacation and, of Merchant Marine Staff Officers and urge them to come back into seek legislation so phrased as to objectives of that prpgram in­ course, got no compensation Association; Fred Howe, Nevir the AFL." wipe the. Taft-Hartley shackles clude: 75c to $l-an-hour mini­ whatsoever for the many extra York Agent, Radio Officers "The recent political victory off the books, and reinstate the, mum wage; housing legislation loUrs overtime he had worked Union; Morris Weisberger, New was won by the cooperative ef­ Wagner act. along the lines of the Taft-El- during the three months. forts of all labor," the declaration York Agent, SUP; Joe Algina, Once that has-been accom­ lender-Wagner bill, but broader; read. .^'The greatest possible im­ New York Agent, SIU; and Paul He ended his letter by stating, plished, the AFL will stand ready" to consider amendments petus toward the organization of improved and extended social se­ first, that he considered the Hall, Secretary-Treasurer, SIU to the Wagner act calculated to workers w:ould .come from ex­ curity; health. insurance;: a company had done him a favor A&G District and Chairman of strengthened Labor. Dept., and by putting him on their black­ the New York Port Council of overcome purported weaknesMS tending such unity many other measures. . . "All of the resources and en-r list, for now he is sailing SIU. the Maritime Trades Department. in that law and-to provide ma­ Houston Goons Sun Oil Company Union's 'Victory' Gave Unlimited Overtime—And Ail Of it Unpaid Gives Turkey Dinner Repeal Of T-H Act First On AFL Program �1 Page Two THE SEAFARERS SEAFARERS LOG LOG Friday. November 26. 1948 •7 Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affilialed wilh 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 The Marine Hospitals The SIU pulls no punches. Whether it is striking ou at a chiseling shipowner, a professional labor-hater, or inadequate chow in a marine hospital it lets go with both fists flying. The deciding factor for the SIU has always been: Does Union action serve the best interests of Seafarers If it does, then watch the fur fly. And the fur was flying particularly thick and fast back during the war and in the first postwar year of 1946 on the marine hospital issue. At that time conditions in many marine hospitals were far from what the SIU considered to be satisfactory for its hospitalized members. Poor chow, inadequate facilities and the brush-off were among the seamen's hospital beefs the SIU vigorously sought to eliminate. The pages of the SEAFARERS LOG rang with blasts condemning these and other unsatisfactory condi­ tions. At the same time, however, where a word of praise was in order for marine hospital efficiency, the SIU did not hesitate to use it. In consistently pressing for im­ proved conditions apd facilities for seamen in the Public Health Service institutions, the Union recognized that the shortcomings were in no way the fault of the hospi­ tal personnel. Responsibility for the conditions was not placed on the individuals who were striving to maintain a semblance of efficiency, in spite of many obstacles. In fact, the SIU also called attention to the plight of the hospital em­ ployees, who were having a difficult time of it themselves. But the SIU had a job to do in behalf of its mem­ bership and the chips had to fall. There has been marked im.provement in the marine hospitals throughout the nation in the past couple of years. Many of the SIU's disclosures and charges have led to changes that are of vast benefit to seamen hospitalized in those institutions. The first to acknowledge these corrections has been These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, the SIU. And the Union's role in behalf of its member­ ship and the American seamen has been recognized in as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging the Marine Hospitals themselves. heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by As a matter of fact, the spirit of cooperation ex­ writing to them. tended to the hospitals by the Union has on more than BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL P. PEREZ one occasion been praised publicly by administrative JOSEPH E. GALLANT G. MALONEY officers and staff employees alike. JULIUS HENSLEY A. THIBODAUX VIC MILAZZO J. HARRIS In the Baltimore Marine Hospital, where the work­ J. WATLER ing relationship between the hospital staff and the Union JOHN J. GEAGAN N. ROMANO ' S. t. t. is of great mutual benefit, the Clinical Director^ Dr. John MOBILE MARINE HOSP.' J. B. MARTIN ' H. Wilson made this statement: C. OLIVER A. BAUM The Seafarers International Union has been extreme­ A. SMITH S. LeBLANC E. LOOPER ly cooperative with this Hospital, and during the past C. HAFNER J. W. CARTER L. MIXON three years has contributed a large portion of the blood S. P. MORRISS J. BRANDON for the Hospital's blood bank. t til "The Administration of this Hospital wishes to take NEW ORLEANS MARINE HOSP. STATEN ISLAND MARINE this t)ublic opportunity to again thank this Union for its J. N. HULL F. CARDOZA cooperation." S. C. FOREMAN A. CASTILLO C. B. SHIPMAN The SIU will continue to cooperate with the marine A. N. LIPARI J. N. RAYMOND R. MALDONADO hospitals to affect whatever improvements may be nee^d J. ASHURST J. N. McNEELY for restoring ailing seamen to health under the most J. DENNIS LARS LARSEN favorable conditions. A. NORMAN P. L. SAHUQUE WILLIAM HUNT And while we're at it, we think this is a particularly C. VINCENT \ THOMAS VELEZ appropriate time to renund Seafarers that no matter how N. S. LARSSON J. N. WOOD G. R. ROTZ good conditions are in the marine hospitals, no matter G. M. J. LUCAS O'ROURKE how extensive are the recreational facilities, there is no O. HOWELL E. C. EATON substitute for the lift a hospitalized Brother gets from V. P. SALLINGS N. H. LUNDQUIST H. C. MURPHY a personal viat from an old shipmate. tit BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. A. WARD Although, this, thought should be foremost in pur R. FREY J. L. GREENE minds as the holiday season approaches, it should not be J. MAHONEY R. N. KELLY forgotten that a cheering visit to the hospital is in order W.L.RICE G. GASE any day of the year. J. FITZSIMMONS C. GASKINS Men Now h The Marino HtapHak 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. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospitzd 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 pjn. (on Ist and 2nd floors.) M. R. KENAN R. MOACK F. BECKER R, PURCELL C. SIMMONS J. CHIORRA J. D. CARROLL E. C. BLOSSER J. L. MILLER E. C. LAWSON R. WATERS tit BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL JOSEPH E. GALLANT JULIUS HENSLEY • tit GALVESTON HOSPITAL NICK NIKANDER J. GIVENS R. HUTCHINS L. McKRANE w".'•••.'• C. ATHERIVE I S. ZEIRLER t t t MEMPHIS HOSPITAL v> JOHN B. HEGARTY i • .f-'* ' �Friday^ Naretnber 2*4 194t< V HE 8'EAF A RERS LO G Paga-Thn* 'What's Bad AboutT-H Act?'Asks SUP Man; Haymond Gives Him Union Facts Of Life Although some of the Democrats To the. Editor or (Ed. Note: The following letter xeceiTed from SUP pemdtman George Lunsford, expresses have pro-Taft-Hartley records, Charles Haymond: j 54-to-42 is a commanding major­ I am only a permitman (SUP) j disagreement with Seafarer Charles Haymond's analyw la the November 17 LOG of President ity, and many of the old dieTruman's election victory. The Editor asked Haymond to reply, and his point-by-point rebuttal but I would like a clarification ; hards will have little choice but accompanies Lunsford's letter. on your article, either addressed to follow Tnunan's own policy. The SIU is not a political organization. Its constitution bars political and religious activity to me or printed in the LOG. The same is true of the House inside the Union. But because the Taft-Hartley Law was an issue in the national Ifou stated in your full-page let­ where there will be 263 Demo­ ter article, which I believe told elections, and because pork chops were riding on $he results, the LOG printed Haipaiond's orig­ crats, 171 Republicans and I inal article. The Brother who has disagreed with him is typical of the type who, as Haymond us nothing: American Laborite. As a matter First, I would like to know points out, listened to those labor leaders" who jumped on the Dewey "bandwagon" and read of fact 16 Senators and 112 Con­ how the Taft-Hartley bill hurt the Hearst papers.) gressmen who voted for the the SIU and organized labor. Taft-Hartley Act are not return­ Second, how will we get low ing to Washington. Moreover, la­ cost housing?. Will all the union and the ILWU with the 80-day,can yell "fink," if Uiey get the for American workers the same bor threw a scare into a lot of way we hoped to get it last year, bricklayers, carpenters and injimction plus the anti-commie chance. If he doesn't think so, let when a Republican House of people who are still there. biiilding w'orkers work for less pledge. Further, the shipowners None of us can say that Tru­ nloney than their actual rate of attempted , to use T-H to elimi­ Lunsford tallc to some oldtimers Representatives voted it down. man is organized labor's dream who were in the 1921 seamen's (Even Senator Taft favored some pay to build new homes for fam­ nate the Hiring Hall from all man. He is not. He did use T-H strike 14 years before the Wag­ kind of housing legislation.) ilies? Or do we expect the gov­ seamen's contracts. Only a res­ on the miners and threatened the ner Act was passed. Or let him Certainly housing will mean ernment to subsidize all home olute stand and a series of job Railroad Brotherhoods. But he talk to some of workers involved taxes, because there will have to building? And where will the actions by the SIU's A&G Dis­ was elected with the votes of money come from—^higher taxes? trict kept the Hiring Hall in in the current oil workers' strike be considerable subsidization. organized labor supplying the Three, and if you only took the contracts—^in "violation" of in California a year after the But has Brother Lunsford any big punch. Moreover, he knows Taft-Hartley Act beccame law. objection to contributing a little time out to check the election re­ the law, some say. On both occasions, scabs were to the public welfare? What's it. Even the National Association turns you would have found out And if Lunsford wants more of Manufacturers admits it. that places like Detroit went for evidence, let him look for a mo­ hired by the bosses to work the more, we may be able to restore With labor strongly in the po­ ships or the plsmts as the case the income tax reduction which Dewey. And all of our industrial ment at the SIU's organizing litical picture and constantly might be. a Republican Congress passed centers. I claim it was the farm campaign, notably in the Cities Or let him check up on the over Truman's veto, and which j prodding him and Congress, the areas of our country that beat Service fleet. Under the Wagner Wall Street Strike of last spring. favors the rich at everybody Democrats will have a hard time Mr. Dewey. Act, the SIU would have become He will learn that under the else's expense. not coming through with the Four, I don't know how many bargaining agent for all OS ships bulk of what labor wants. Last year American industry of the Senate were noLre-elect­ after the first election, and OS Taft-Hartley Act the UFE voted NO TRUMJ^ MAN ed, but I do know that the ma- would now be imder contract. by 9 to 1 for a union shop. The made profits totaling 21 billion Don't get me wrong. Don't call ority of Congressmen and Sen­ Instead, we must first vote the boss refused to accept the ex­ dollars! Not bad eh? If just me a "Truman man." I'm not. I ators who voted for the Taft- extra nine ships, then quite pos­ press will of the workers, and three billion or so of that could belong to no political party. I Hartley bill were re-elected. So sibly have a union shop election there was nothing in the T-H be taxed off for housing we could don't think that Truman is the law to make him. The union build a lot of houses without you see the avers 3e person who —unless the law is changed be­ complete answer, not by as long asking bricklayers or any other struck, and the Wall Street big­ studies the Taft-Hartley bill will fore the latter step becomes a shot as anybody cares to mea­ building workers to take pay wigs brought in half the cops in realize it is not really the slave necessary. / New York to keep the workers cuts. And the bosses would stUl sure. But I do believe labor labor bill it is supposed to be. Brother Lunsford seems con­ from blocking off the New York have 18 billion bucks to struggle will get a better shake from Tru­ Because Mr. Truman, who fused. He reminds one of those Stock Exchange. Mass picketing by on. For Brother Lunsford's man than workers would have Charles Haymond claims is one "labor leaders" who, thinking was illegal imder the Taft-Hart­ information, incidentally, labor from the Dewey-Warren ticket hundred percent for the working that Dewey would be elected, ley Act, the boss said, and now costs don't amount to a very which called the Taft-Hartley sti^s, forgets that he used it fotu: decided that the Taft-Hartley the authorities say the boss was large percentage of the price of Act a "wise law." times to stop John Lewis, presi­ There's no question about it. Act was not so bad and jumped a house. legally correct. dent of UMW (United Mine Dewey, Warren and the people aboard the Dewey band-wagon, Brother Lunsford's third and ,Workers). BALANCE SHEETS. fourth points seem to be rooted behind them were out to break So you see, Mr. Hasrmond, I certain they were boarding what the commies used to call the "lo­ The T-H Act requires unions to in misunderstanding, if not mis­ labor. They were going to use believe you wasted a full page in comotive of history." Possibly publish financial statements. The information. He writes " . . the Taft-Hartley Act for all it the LOG to tell us seamen he's been listening to some of SIU has no objection to this pro­ places like Detroit went for Dew­ was worth. And, if that failed nothing.. those guys, or perhaps he's been vision, and would and does pub­ ey. And all of our industrial to do the trick, they were going Yours truly, reading old man Hearst's papers. lish its balance sheets anyway. centers. I claim it was the farm to write worse laws. George Lunsfotd If these few notes don't con­ But why shouldn't the bosses areas of our country that beat BOSS NO ANGEL vince Brother Lunsford that the open their books to the unions? Mr. Dewey." To the Editor: Of course several of the big Taft-Hartley Act is a unionHe should remember that the The guys who wrote the law did­ If the Brother Lunsford wants n't think of the time in 1945 v/hen farm states voted for Truman, smasher, perhaps he'd better do bosses know what the Taftto know how the T-H Act hurt the SIU and other maritime Hartley means. They wrote it. General Motors refused to open and thos^ votes were a tremend­ a little real research of his own. Charles Haymond unions, let him look around him. They invented it as a union- its books for the United Auto ous factor in the election. But Workers. Or if they did, it didn't Mr. Truman himself is on record The Atlantic and Pacific water­ smashing. tool. Brother Luns­ fronts are idle today because the ford also ought to know that the seem important to them for they as saying that the labor vote put employers tried to smash the bosses aren't angels. They'll scab were thinking in terms of union- him in. ILA with the 80-day injimction a struck plant faster than you busting. OUTRIGHT ERROR As an organization of antiFurthermore, Lunsford is in commie sailors, the SIU has no serious objection to its officials' outright error if he thinks the By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER signing anti-commie affidavits in city of Detroit went for Dewey. PHILADELPHIA — With this order to make use of the Na­ It did not. It went for Truman By KEITH ALSOP tional Labor Relations Board. But by 3 to, 2. However, the rural port tied up as solidly as every vote in Michigan did put that GALVESTON—The one word many Seafarers have picked up the SIU does raise the question: state in the Dewey column be­ other one on the coast by the tliat sums up shipping in this their trusty fouUng pieces and Why shouldn't the bosses sign cause the Wallace vote cut Tru­ ILA beef, there's no news of shipping here — except on the anti-commie pledges? And antiport is "terrible." The week have gone ahuntin'. man's strength. By no stretch of tankers, of course. nazi, anti-fascist pledges? Reports have it that the ducks produced no ships in for payoffs the imagination could a Wallace When you consider the situa­ From what I read, most of the vote be intepreted as a "lost" or crew replacements. Our only are plentiful—a broadside in any tion, the boys haven't done too waterfront activity, as far as the direction is supposed to bring big bosses here, played footsie Dewey vote. badly. Quite a number have SIU was concerned, was the down a flock. Anyway, shipping with the big wheels in nazi Ger- Lunsford's claim that all the picked up shore jobs. The Wait­ handling of five ships in transit. may not be so good, but there's'many and fascist Italy for years big industrial centers went for ers and Restaurant Workers before the war. Did Brother Dewey is not correct. Massachu­ Thr^ of the ships in port plenty of food for the table. Union and the Machini.sts Union Lunsford ever read about some setts, largely industrial, voted were Watermans, one Carras BOOZE BACKFIRE . are due a big vote of thanks of the international monopoly ar­ tanker and one Moran tug. The Here at the Hall during the rangements, called cartels, in for Truman, as did Ohio, Illinois from the Philly branch for plac­ Watermans: Andrew Jackson, ing Seafarers on temporoy past week we had an incident steel, oil, chemicals and a few and California. Governor Kilby and Governor The last three states contain work. They have been a big help. which should serve as a warning other things? Miller; The Carras vessel: Mi­ great industrial centers such as The longshoremen in Philly to the gashounds. chael; the Moran: Watch Hill. Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnatti, BILLIONS FOR HOUSES are being backed 100 percent by A couple of boozers were AU of the beefs, of which there standing out in front of the Hall Plenty more evidence could be Akron, Los Angeles and San the maritime unions here as in was the usual number, were han­ taking up a collection for some piled up to answer Limsford's Francisco, as well as extensive all other ports. These ILA men dled in SIU style. have shown a solid front and first question, but we must l^ve agricultural areas. rotgut. It woiild be difficult to identify When an SIU main refused to space for his remaining points. New York would have gone will, I am sure, continue to do so this as a port unaffected by the give to the "fund", the charac­ However, he might read about overwhelmingly for Truman had imtil they have brought their East Coast and West Coast ters challenged his book .and pre- the experience of the Intema- it not been for those misguided beef to a successful finish. As things stand now, we have pared charges against the man. tional Typographical Union which souls who voted for Wallace, Strikes, five ships hung up due to the The lull in shipping has caused The screwball move backfired,! was reviewed in last week's As a result of the elections, strike, and aU the boys are anxi­ there will be 54 Democrats, in­ a' number of men to head inland however, when the booze hounds LOG. ous to see this beef end and ship­ cluding the Dixiecrats, and only He asks abollt housing. We :to > visit' their families, and now found themselyes up on charges ping resumes hope to ge^ low cost housing' 42 Republicans in the Senate. < that duck hunting season iri^en. instead. Slow Shipping Hits Gaiveston Shore Jobs Help Men in Phiiiy �' -• • •/ - Page Four THE S E AF ARE R S LQ G Friday. November 26, 1948 wiMr •M 'ii • •:&5 i'ii QUESTION: It has been said that seamen's generosity makes them easy to approach for a handout. What is the slickest line you've ever heard? EMILIO SANTOS. 2nd Cook: CHAS. J. OPPENHEIMER, FWT: DAVID JOHNSON. UlilUy: WALTER HENLEY, MM: M. G. RIVERA. Oiler: Most of the hardluck stories In Bombay a young kid came I've been hit several times by I was really touched once. I Slickest little racket I ever given to me have been the usual to the gangway of a ship I was men with new twists io old met a girl in a nightclub on the ran into was down in Valparaiso, kind that most guys have heard on and asked to see the Skipper tales, but the one time that ! West Coast. We were having a Chile, while I was aboard the about money to get back to his themselves. But I heard one for mother in Calcutta. She had know the story was a phony good time when she put the SS George W. Arthur, a Missis­ the first time a few days before sent him to get some funds from happened awhile back here iit touch on me for $200 giving me sippi ship. Five shipmates and New York. One day I was ap­ the longshore beef started. A his father, who he said, was a proached by a man outside the a ring to hold. Just on a hunch I met a guy who was wander­ guy came up to me and asked if Fireman aboard an English ship. post office. He told me he need­ I had it appraised—^it was worth ing around carrying a tiny coffin, I could lend him a couple of He couldn't find his father, he ed $2 to make a long distance $1,000. I saw her later and she followed by a small group of bucks. He said he'd be sure and said, and the tears streaming phone call to his father, who was asked for $500 more, saying she people. He was moaning and pay me back the next day be­ from his eyes nearly broke our ill in the Middle West. In sym­ was closing a deal. I couldn't wailing that he had no money cause—and this is the new line hearts. . None of us had any pathy with him, because my fa­ see how I could lose, so I gave with which to bury his daughter. —^he expected a rebate on his dough, but I gave him a couple ther was ill at the time. I ^ave her the money. She asked to We felt sorry for him. of course, and asked him how much. We income tax. The next, day came of sandwiches. Later, as I him a $2 bilL A little while look at the ring a moment and gave him the 20 bucks he said all right, but not my friend. A watched from the aft end of the later, after completing my busi­ then returned it to me. A couple couple of days later he told me ship. I saw him give them away ness in the post office. I hap­ of days later I learned she had it cost. Thai night we saw that he was sorry but he didn't have on the docks. He was no beg­ pened to look into a nearby bar. checked out of town. The ring, same guy drinking beer and having a high time in a local the dough. That income tax gar, he was an actor. He be­ There sat the supposedly griev­ when I paWhed it. brought $5. night club. We questioned him business won't work again. longs in Hollywood. ing son. drinking up my $2. She had switched rings on me. but the cops ran us out pronto. G. PORTILLO, Cook: MANUEL PERRY. AB: DONALD RUNPBLAD, OS: CARL PETERSON, AB: JACK SCOTT, WIPER: A short time ago, as I was Panhandling is raised to the One day not too long ago a I had a costly experience I . "How about a dime, mate?" standing around on the street status of a profession in the Far guy stopped me outside the Un­ think should .be a warning to seems to be the size of it. "I after one of our regular Union East. In India "backsheesh" is ion Hall. He gave me an ela­ our Uniop Brothers. Back in .need one more to get straight­ meetings, I was approached by the password. Truculence and borate song and dance of how 1945 I had just paid off after a ened out." The other night by a fellow who looked like he persistance take the place of he was fresh out of the hospi­ tal and in need of money for a long trip. I had 2,000 dollars. I the Mills Hotel, a long skinny was having a toiigh time. He c' 'sance there. Criples are in told me someone had entered his c ^ndance. In fact men will bunk and some food. Although ran into a friend whom I had guy. who looked like he hadn't room and had stolen everything cripple themselves and let loath­ he didn't come right out and known a long time as a sober, been , to bed for a week, grabbed he owned. All of his clothing, some sores go untended in order say so. he led me to believe that clean-cut. serious-minded guy. iny arm and demanded a penny. except what he was wearing, and to make themselves objectionable he was a member of the Union. He told me that he was putting I .askedvhim what good a peimy He didn't show me any-proof, a few grand into a little machine every nickel he had was lost, so that people will pay them off however. I gave him the dough. shop and he was short a thous­ would do. He said when he got he said. All he wanted was a few to keep them from following dollars to keep him going. I along. Often little kids are Later I came to the conclusion and to buy a lathe. In a few nine more he'd have a dime! In that his method was to stand be­ months he was getting 8,000 Zanzibar there is a little crippeld came across with some dough. trained to say in English. "No fore the Hall and soft soap the bucks for some leg injuries he kid who won't give up. Once Eater, however, I found out that mama, no papa, no chow-chowSIU members, leading them to had sustained, and he asked me he starts after someone he will he had stopped several of my poor little devil me!" I prefer think he was a fellow member. hriends, had given them the the South Street approach Of course, if he was a mem­ for a .thousand so he could get crawl on his hands and knees going. I gave it to him and that's after him into bars and stores' same story and made some nice though: "Hey buddy! Gimme a ber, he'd make touch inside the last I ever saw of him. It'll with his cap out till you piece change. dime for a glass of beer." the Hall. never happen agalh. him off. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Frida^' November 29, 1949 NORFOLK—Chairman, James A. Bullock. 4747; Recording Sec­ retary, Vicor D'India, 20875; Reading Clerk, Claude Fulcher 30580. New Business of Branch min­ utes read and accepted. The communications from the Secre­ tary-Treasurer on the transpor­ tation rule, and on the new reg­ istration rules read and accepted. No New Business. The Agent re­ ported some activity in shipping, and that Smith and Johnson would crew two ships in the next week. Voting for a bargain­ ing agent for the Virginia Fer­ ries is going on and to date 200 crewmembers have voted. Final results will be known Novem­ ber 18th. It looks good for the SIU. The Dispatcher reported 172 registered, and 75 shipped. One minute of silence for departed Brothers. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M. PHILADEL^mA^— Chairman, Don Hall, 43372; Recording Sec­ retary, Ray Gates, 25128; Head­ ing Clerk, W. W. Hall, 39256. Motion to non-concur with Baltimore and Galveston New Business. New- Business of other Branches accepted. The Agent's report was accepted. Motion made under New Business that a man be allowed to accept transportation and stay on the vessel. Motion lost overwhelnringly. Motion carried to put the transportation rules on a Unionwide referendum. Carried. The Secretary - Treasurer's financial report and report to the mem­ bership accepted." The Patrol­ man's report was accepted. The Dispatcher reported 103 register­ ed and 68 shipped. G. Pagano, W. H. Millison and A. M. Forbes were Obligated. One minute of silence for departed Brothers. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M. with 165 members present. 4. 4NEW ORLEANS — Chairman, Earl Sheppard, 203; Recording Secretary, Bill Fredericks, 94; Reading Clerk, Herman Troxclair, 6743. New Orleans minutes and tiriancial reports read and accepted Headquarters financial * reports accepted. Motion carried to non­ concur with that part of the Baltimore New Business dealing with the registration rules and to re-allkiii New Orleans' prev­ ious stand of accepting these rules. Motion to non-concur with that part of Galvestion New Bus­ iness regarding transportation, until such time as something is definitely established to change the Negotiating Committee's rec­ ommendation, and to accept the balance of the New Business. New Business of other Branches accepted. The Agent reported that business has picked up con­ siderably with nine payoffs and twelve sign-ons in the past two weeks. Indications are that ship­ ping will hold up, with four passenger ships and twelve freighters paying off in the next two weeks. Alcoa is putting two more ships in the boneyard, sRid is reported to be laying up all Liberties on arrival. Water­ man is replacing all coastwise Liberties with C-2s. Carras Tan­ ker Company took a crew for the SS George Ogden (running coastwise between Norco and the East Coast) and is expected to add another ship to this run. The SS John Hansen of White Range Lines and the SS Chrysanthy Star of Triton Steamship Company crewed up here this Page Five the Union to let them "get on their feet. It will be necessary to go to Miami next week to vote the men on the SS Florida. A Balloting ENG. STWDS. SHIPPED Report accepted. lOTAL Committee was elected and bal­ SHIPPED SHIPPED lots 2654 through 2660 were cast 4 4 13 and found in order. One min129 90 366 ute's silence for departed Broth­ 24 19 68 ers. Under Good and Welfare 51 28 130 the transportation ruling was 23 21 Tb discussed with most members 5 4 16 favoring it. Meeting adjourned 7 7 23 with 67 members present. From lioY. 2 To Nov. 16 PORT Boston New Yorkr. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston San Juan San Francisco GRAND TOTAL.. DECK REG. 9 174 39 82 76 14 18 72 96 71 14 665 ong with Carras Tanker Com­ pany, are only three of the many companies obtained by the SIU through our organizational pledge to organize all seamen along with Isthmian. These com­ panies supplied most of the jobs for this port the past two weeks, since they nearly all took entire crews. It goes to prove that through organizing the unorgan­ ized, we have provided job se­ curity for .our membership. We should continue our organizing prograin as we have pledged ourselves to do. Voting has been heavy, and an all-time record is expected for the Port. The Mar­ itime Trades Council meeting Monday agreed to back up the official strike policy of the ILA, and warned that communist and other organized groups of this type would not be tolerated if they attempted to interfere in this beef. Agent's report accept­ ed. Patrolmen's reports accept­ ed. The Dispatcher reported 328 registered, and 346 shipped. The BoCfCtary-Treasurer's communi­ cation on the new Registration Rules and report per New York minutes read and accepted. Committee recommended that R. Lanford be aUowed to become re-active. The Balloting Com­ mittee reported 608 ballots used. Fourteen men were Obligated. One minute of silence for de­ parted Brothers. Motion under New Business that our Washing­ ton representative do all in his power to bring the Seaman's Bill of Rights out,of the pigeon hole, and to have him endeavor to have the income tax ruling fur seamen reverted back to pre-war days, when a seaman who was out of the country over six months would be tax ex­ empted. General discussion un­ der Good and Welfare. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 P.M. with 260 bookmen present. SAN FRANCISCO—Chaixmaa. A. Michelet, 21184; Recording Secretary, W. J. Milburn, 41009; Reading Clerk, F, Pelilpas, 32560. Motion to non-concur with that part of Philadelphia New Busi­ ness dealing with transportation ruling, and to non-concur with Galveston New Business and re­ affirm the San Franciscn stand on the transportation clause. Minutes of other Branches ac­ cepted. The Agent reported the strike still on but that'the ship­ owners have resumed" negotia­ tions with the Longshoremen and things may be humming' in a few days. There are" ten SIU ships tied up with" very few rated men to take the' jobs. The SIU has acquired a new Hall at 227^ Avalon Blvd., Wil­ mington, which was the ' old week. These two companies, al- MM&P Hall. The y Secretary- ENG. REG. STWDS. REG. REG. TOTAL DECK SHIPPED 25 51 5 137 • 455 • . 147 103 25 27 38 196 51 34 31 172 10 36 7 9 9 37 48 46 181 54' 58 133 328 138 107 101 44 188 23 22 18 11 40 9 5 10 (No Shipping Figures Because of Strike) 606 510 1,787 499 432 351 17 144 37 76 62 12 10 61 99 73 15 Treasurer's financial report and the Headquarteres' report to the membership were accepted. Mo­ tion carried under New Business that the Agent be directed to buy a heater. One minute of silence for departed Brothers. There was general discussion under Good and Welfare. Meet­ ing adjourned at 7:35 P.M. with 49 members present. 4. 4. SAN JUAN — Chairman. V. Swanson, 21637; Recording Sec­ retary, H. Spurlock, 11101; Read­ ing Clerk, J. Brady, 38401. Minutes of all Branches having New Business accepted, save for Galveston where, motion carried to non-concur with the part deal­ ing with the transportation rul­ ing, and accept the balance. The Agent reported shipping had sloped down since the ILA strike commenced. It was uncer­ tain whether Waterman and Bull would keep their ships in Puerto Rico or send them back to the States to face possible tie-ups. Patrolman's report accepted. The Dispatcher reported 40 registered and 24 shipped. Motion under New Business to give Brother H. Spurlock a special vote of thanks for his efforts in com­ piling the new San Juan Branch Shoregang Rules. Motion to ac­ cept the new Registration Rules and to put them into effect im­ mediately in the Port. Carried Unanimously. One minute of si­ lence for Brothers lost at sea. The Balloting Committee report­ ed 126 ballots cast in the Port of San Juan. The SecretaryTreasurer's financial report ac­ cepted. Under Good and Wel­ fare the water-cooler, fans, and coffee pot were discussed. Meet­ ing adjourned at 7:56 P.M. with 94 members present. 4. 4 BOSTON—Chairman, J. Greenbaum, 281; Recording Secretary, E. Dakin, 180; Reading Clerk, J. Kearneg, 26753. Boston New Business was read and accepted. Motion carried to non-concur with that part of Baltimore New Business per­ taining to transportation, and to accept the rest.- The Norfolk New Business was accepted and re­ ferred to the Negotiating Com­ mittee. New Business of all other Branches was accepted. The Ag­ ent's verbal report, and the Pa­ trolman's report were accepted. The Dispatcher reported 51 men registered and 13" shipped. The Headquarters' report to the mem­ bership, and the Secretary-Trea­ surer's weekly financial reports were accepted.' The communica­ tion from the Secretary-Treasur­ er on the Registration Rules was 158 346 63 24 1,282 accepted. William Willridge, R. J. Murphy, A. Kudarauski, T. McCarthy, and D. E. Hodge were elected as a Balloting Compiittee. One minute of silence was observed for departed Bro­ thers. No New Business. Under Good and Welfare there was dis­ cussion on the ILA strike. Meet­ ing adjourned at 7:45 with 86 bookmen present. 4 4 4 GALVESTON—Chairman, Jeff Morrison, 34213; Recording Secrelary, John Monast, 22585; Reading Clerk, Keith Alsop, 7211. Galveston Branch minutes, fi­ nancial report, educational min­ utes, and Balloting Committee report were read and accepted. The Headquarters report of Noember 3, and Headquarters finan­ cial report were accepted. The minutes of all •Branches were read and accepted. The Agent reported shipping in the Texas' area to be dead slow, with the only jobs being on transit ships. Next week two ships are due in for payoffs which .should help. A beef on short stores was taken care of aboard the SS Andrew Jackson in Houston. Report ac­ cepted. A trial committee was elected. The Patrolman's report was .accepted. The Dispatcher reported 188 registered and 63 shipped. Motion under New Business to have a committee and the Agent look for a better building to i-ent for a Hall. Mo­ tion to extend the shipping cards of those Brothers who could not get out in the 90 days allowed them. Motions carried. One min­ ute of silence for departed Rmthers. Under Good and Welfare, it was asked that Headquarters contact the companies about the shortage of fresh water on grain ships. Meeting adjourned at 7:45. 4 Sr 4 TAMPA — Chairman, C. Sim­ mons, 386;* Recording Secretary, M. Ellsworth, 23207; Reading Clerk, A. Driver, 147. "Agent's report, and financial report of last special meeting were accepted. San Francisco New Business was non-concurred with, and Philadelphia minutes were non-concurred with and sent back for clarification. Min­ utes of all other Branches having New Business were accepted. A Resolution from five bookmen in Stewards Department was ac­ cepted. The Agent reported that shipping was slow. The Canton Victory—Waterman—is in port but will not take cargo until the ILA strike is over. The Agent and Bob Matthews contacted the P&O SS Company officials in Jacksonville. They agreed to the two year contract and a raise to become effective in January. This company is facing stiff competi­ tion and it is to the interest of 4 4 4 NEW YORK—Chairman, Ray Gonzales, 174; Recording Secre­ tary, Eddie Parr, 96; Reading Clerk, Ray White, 57. New York minutes and finan­ cial report accepted. Motion carried to concur with the Phila­ delphia motion to give the Agent in each Port power to change Stewards Department whenever necessary, but to refer the amendment back to Philadelphia for clarification. The balance of the minutes concurred with. Mo­ tion to non-concur with that part of Baltimore minutes dealing with the new Registration Rules, and to accept the balance. Mo­ tion to non-concur with Galves­ ton minutes pertaining to revert­ ing back to old transportation rules, because we are now dis­ cussing this matter throughout the entire membership before taking definite action. The rest of Galveston minutes were ac­ cepted. Motion to concur with San Juan Minutes and that the shoregang rules be covered in brief in the LOG with an ex­ planation. All other Branch minutes were accepted. The Secretary-Treasurer's report to the membership and his financial report were accepted. The Agent's verbal report was accopteti. The Dispatcher reported 455 registei-ed and 366 shipped. Motion under New Business to raise qualification for Bosun from three to five years seatime on deck. Motion lost overwhelm­ ingly. Motion carried that daily bulletins be issued during the current longshore strike for the purpose of informing the mem­ bership in this harbor of all de­ velopments. Carried. One min­ ute of silence for depai'ted Broth­ ers. Limited discussion under Good and Welfare. Meeting ad­ journed at 8:40 with 1,700 men present. 4 4 4 MOBILE—Chairman, Kimball. 52; Recording Secretary, Reyes. 45423; Reading Clerk. Fischer, 59. Motions carried to accept the New Business acted upon in other ports at the last meetings. Resolution from New York on the March of Dimes concurred in by membership. Agent read com­ munication from New York ILA agent regarding the diversion of ships from struck East Coast • ports to the Gulf. Suggestion made that bottom of the list permitmen secure temporary jobs ashore so as to ease the hardship in case the longshoremen strike. Balloting committee's report ac­ cepted. Seventeen men obligated at meeting. Question period fol­ lowed wherein members were in­ formed as to the procedure to follow in the event of a longshoremeBs strike in Mobile. Status of ships and their catagories during the strike was clarified. Trial committee re­ ported on two brothers. One man was returned his shipping card; the other was fined the sum fifty dollars for missing hiS ' . j ship. ^ �THE SEA.FA.RER.S Page Six LOG Friday, November 26. 1948 SBIPS; MINUTES AND NEWS Del Norte Crew Aroused To Action Brother Appeals For Blood To By Conduct Of Performers On Ship An �;� fo��;��:�:ove���:!���-:id boy suffering from a rare kidney disease was made to the this week by Seafarer Harvey Guenther. LOG young-·�---·-·---··-· ster, has been hospitalized in blood to the youngster will aid Barnes St. Louis Children's Hos- far more in his recovery. Although the boy has been pital for two-and-one half years Devins, Thomas the --- · and requires at least one blood hospitalized the better part of weekly to stave off his life, doctors are not discour­ the infection which attacks his aged. They have told Guenther transfusion than another blood stream. year of treatment feet Knowing that many Seafarers should see the boy on his in and around St. Louis read the and out of the hospital. Guenther, who just returned to pealed to these Brothers to give New York from a visit with the "Doctor youngster, says that his friends that so their blood Buzzy," as Tho.mas Devins is around St. Louis have aided him LOG, Brother Guenther has ap- known, dis- greatly in the demand for blood, but because the youngster needs the shake off may ease. so many transfusions, a greater number of persons giving blood Brother Guenther, who sails as Chief re- assumed Pumpman, is needed. sponsibility for the care of the The hospital is located in the child after the boy's father died heart of St. Louis and is easy to Sea­ The boy's reach from all quarters. chum of Guenther's. mother has attempted to pay the farers who want to aid the boy hospital expenses but her income is his fight for recovery need last year. The father was an old is A portion of the Del ?forte's. st ewards department, meeting held recently' aboard the Mississippi which constituted Co mpany Shipping vessel part for of the the crew, purpose of curbi,ng shipboard performers. The only right, board Cecilia Seafarers identified are the Stewardesses. Left. Mrs. Edna Johannsen. and at Cervantes. �i;a�h:ui::: ::0t)!t9t��mN���;::; ·r�c:::1;, ·;�;:: f�;:;:rYf��:!=���":!� scoring meeting the "genus gashoundus" was taken to task in _whip-like comments from the crew for behavior harm...� the only call at the hospital and state that they are giving blood for cover to sufficient not staggering expenses. "Any aid my fellow Seafarers give will be deeply appre­ can him- burden that he that says Guenther shoulder can aid, Thomas Devins. financial no for Asking Brother self, but Brothers who give their ciated," stated Guenther. 1�: 'flhe ' Voice ' ' · ·. (}f · Phe Sea ' . ·· . JIY SALTY DICK . agreed upon at a prey10us meet- job, let him have his bottle and Earl Long is not the Governcl' looked like-no, I'd better not : ing when he said, "In our meet- give his job to somebody else." of Louisiana. He's a Wiper O\. ".mention his name! ing heading south, we agreed to ,I w�nl to the Phil adelphia Sister Cervantes: "Some book- a ship heading south ... Ralph :Crew. give our brothers one chance. men are worse than tripcarders." Dominice, Jr., is not like his Hall and looked it over. I Brought up under Good and How many performances con­ think it's no:t the way it should Welfare at the meeting held on With a fast rap of the gavel old man when it comes to work. stitute a chance?" But I'll bet that within a be. The . . . constantly tired s ' He November 14 while at sea. the Chairman Tomlinson restored orshort time the Hall will look Chairman Tomlinson, speaking der and askeg . for concrete rec­ more I read the Pilot, the gladfireworks were set off by Crew­ - ful to the welfare of the • 1 as Ship 's Delegate, took the floor ommendations from the floor der I am that I am SIU. on floor the question of what to to urge each department to hold rather than the general hubbub Lonnie Akridge (cotton pk:K­ do with men who are gassed up a meeting before arriving in New of members all agreeing that the er) misses his farm in North Orleans, the purpose of which situation requires some action Car olina. He wants to get behind and unable to do thefr work. The subject, dynamite-laden to would be to figure out means of but merely dealing in general­ the plow and Beulah (his mule) much heifer Since a certain Cook left the galley of ihe rnern ber Jack Vorel, who tossed performers. At the ities. preserve har­ handling monious relations, brought forth same time Brother Tomlinson re­ The Chair then honored ·a spontaneous demonstration minded the members that the Brother Smoky Mauldin's request from the crew, all men anxious egucational pamphlet "Charges " for the floor. Brother Mauldin to sink their teeth into the sub­ outlines four methods of dealing asked that the meeting revert to ject. Hands waved in the air with gashounds: New Business and a committee and the chairman, Whitey Tom­ 1. Fine them. be formed to handle the prob- cr ews anxious to linson, was temporarily hard put to quell the bursting desire of everyone to speak at once. Chairman the outburnt Tomlinson and quelled scanning the .. 2. Suspend them. lem. 3. Put them on probation� 4. Expel them from the Union. Red Henderson, next man to Business by arother Findley was quickly adopi,e d calling for each department to hold a meeting meeting waved the floor to be given the floor, expressed the and work out a concrete program Blackie Bankston who ventured. opinion that departmental meet­ for putting an end to the prob­ the comment: "Brothers who ings have not meant as much as l�m. In particular, he cannot hold their liquor should they should. The motion. also put an end to not drink while on the ship, but pointed out, "The engine depart­ stern crackdown on ers. favor perform­ "Our Union, he said, "is in of each department dling its own beefs. han­ These beefs Membership Dick Martinez: "It is wrong for on drunks should be handled de­ men to drink on the job and it partmentally. Fine them or bring is up to us to act. Do not let it them· up on charges. We must get out of hand until Topside has to handle it." crack down." In agreement, i·eminded Scotty the . crew of Findley a Sister point likes his Johannsen: "If bottle better ATTENTION! then comments followed in staccato order: a man than his If when you you don't go find aboard . if has About tw.o years ago I lost an envelope is full of pictures E. Reyes c art oonist is about sailing the the a by mail. I'd like to thank New York ... Francis Fletschinger, BR Lei's have more of his sketches . • One Cajun (this from way back in the Lo"llis­ iana woods) asked doesn't care if he's called Curley. came one what He was and explained golfa .tell was it.' paw a shower Sez ab<>u t he: "I these .went neat dresser after a No girl who recently with luck. lots He'll of try worked ashore Wiih Suggestion: Let's have the new a a a toupee ... fellow I whom in Ohio for 13 m onths making good money. Yet he quit. Sez he, "I neeed salt air in my lungs." new inveniions!" is buy to haven't seen for a long time. He that pipe with holes for. Some one told him it refuses to ·Talked and taxes way they are, you prices might as well stay pu t During phi a I went places is . and one on I a io ihink time . . • Philadel­ few nice " Big Bill" of ihe best for . . Some :the just a ship stay 'in my I ago a man wrote that the bes.t fried oysters are in Philadelphi a. Well, I had I was be­ so many this coming oyster-crazy. iime Here's the address if you are ever in Philly: I Green Rudy's ... As long adelphia, Oyster Randolp h and CJ"5 House, Streets we are in Phil ­ linen mazuma. your again ... Dick Myrick was hook­ few ihe weekend. All bars close at tips: let ' give me Don't go ship, notify the Hall at once. ed in BA. His wife will soon fty to the States to be near him ... midnigh t Saturd ay 'Singapore won't do you any I spent a couple of days in Phil­ dead. you good. on someone and they sent it to me best seas. A telegram from Le Havre or It's your bed and you have :to lie in it. v ery been quiet. Union books reserve the last should uphold their part of the ment has a Wiper who has over­ the d iscussion of the gashound page for addresses of dl the problem. With ears burning in Union agreement. Drunks on indulged and has not performed Union Halls along the coast ... ship disobey the principles of the his duties in SIU style. The man all departments the meeting then I believe that the Delegate for SIU. We must uphold our con­ has already been logged $29 and went back into Good and Wel­ each Department should be The bottle brigade, how­ will probably be logged again to­ fare. stitution and conditions." changed after each trip. Give morrow. What good has it ever, was spared any further THE CHAIR SAYS: others a chance to do their duty. chastisement. Following a sug­ done?." The retired Delegate can act Before calling on any other gestion that the ship's library be Why pick on one man, others as adviser if the need arises. " e voice s nti their brothers to exchanged when the ship hits done as bad," chimed in ments, Chairman Tomlinson in - have Suggesti@n: We should have a port, the meeting was adjourned. Brother Barfield. traduced his sentiment to the special Christmas edition of the general discussion, by suggesting EASY. BOYS SEAFARERS LOG ... Tad Wrona a N or:te Del • the most famous coffee maker ship. A week ago I went home on the high seas., He knows his and there it was. New York Headquarters had gotten it from coffee. • So moved, a motion under New bartender, Murphy, ... Bill • If . a:re you there Sunday the a for is educa­ adelphia, and while there I saw tional-type then· go a burlesque at the Troe. I saw see the historic places, such as one fellow in the front row who Independence Hall. there and · �Fri^a^# November 29, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings BEATRICE. Sept. 28 —Chair­ man J. Barnard; Recording Sec­ retary A. Melendez. Previous minutes were accepted. The Delegates' reports were accepted. Under New Business motion car­ ried to turn over the beef about the 2nd Cook to the Patrolman. There was general discussion un­ der Good and Welfare. One min­ ute of silence was observed for Brothers lost at sea. LAKE GEOI^E!^ Oct. 10— Chairman Donald Wilson; Re­ cording Secretary Alfred W. Forbes. Minutes of previous meeting, and the repair list were accepted under Old Business. The Delegates imported- all in order and no disputed overtime. Mo­ tion tmder New Business that either the crew's washing ma­ chine be repaired or replaced up­ on arrival in the US. Motion carried that any crewmember, whether a book member or a tripcard, be allowed to make motions in the ship's meetings, Under Good and Welfare it was asked that mattresses, cots, and coats and aprcms be ordered up on arrival. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. c : cording Secretary L. Santa Ana Delegates reports were accepted WUliam SarUtle was elected Ship's Delegate. Under Good and Welfare there was discussion about the ice box, checking the fans in the crew's quarters and messroom, and the cleaning of the recreation room after games. One minute of silence for Broth­ ers lost at sea. XXX ROBIN MOWBRAY. Oct. 24— Chairman Barney Cuthrull; Re­ cording Secretary Fred E. Weich ert. Under Old Business the previous minutds were read and it was reported that the Chief Engineer would have scuppers installed in each comer of the recreation room deck. The water tanks would be checked and cleaned before next trip. The Deck Delegate Jannson reported 48 hours disputed overtime, and the Engine Delegate Baker re­ ported 65 hours .disputed. Mo­ tion under New Business that scuppers be installed in galley, thaw-box,' passageway, and in the laundry. Motions to have ventilating system installed in the Bosun's and Carpenter's rooms, and to put heavier hinges on the doors. - One minute of silence for departed Brothers. be ispected before payoff to de­ termine which n^ded painting. The crew wished to thank the Negotiating Committee for the new contracts and wage in­ here's alcxJOLfS "tiVne. —ibdcuj creases. One minute of silence or ar\u[ dotj — -fo remembei'- uour for departed Brothers. brothers In the mdnne hospr-f&ls. XXX Visi'-H them I-f- uou can — i-P- uou CALEB STRONG. Oct. 11— Chairman Dowd; Recording Sec­ can't", cun'te them. retary L. F. Toland. Delegates ne handshake trom a sh/pma"fe I's reports and previous minutes , as^ood as a dozen pi1Is were accepted. Motion by Sorensen. seconded by Barone. under New Business that it be optional whether a man accept transpor­ tation and get off a ship. Repair lists were discussed under Good and Welfare. One minute of sil­ ence for departed Brothers. X X X By HANK BEATRICE. Oct. 20—Chairman A. Melendez: Recording Secre­ The East Coast longshoremen's strike and the West Coast tary Juan Ramon Olive. The maritime strike 'have been powerful lessons to the SIU member­ Stewards Delegate reported dis­ ship. Fortimately, for two years we shall be sailing safely with puted overtime for taking care of our contracts, gathering strength through education and the X % X passengers which would be never-ending organizing program. We shall also be fighting, as we AZALEA CITY. Od. 17— tuined over to the Patrolman. X X X have successfully in the past, every phony move by the ship­ Chairman R. Fisher; Recording Motion carried under New Busi­ ALAWAl. Oct. 22 — Chairman Secretary G. Dunn. Deck Dele­ ness to have Yale locks installed Van Parker; Recording Secretary owners, the Coast Guard and the communists. During this twogate Bob Fisher reported some on doors leading to well deck B. Kinter. The Delegates re­ year period of contract secmrity the SIU shall continue to gain disputed overtime. Engine Dele­ and to keep the doors closed in ported on the standing of crew- many more friends among other labor unions. Our future depends gate Goodrich reported an hour Puerto Rican ports. One minute members. The Stewards Dele­ on our strength and our true trade union friends. disputed, and Stewards Delegate of silence for lost Brothers. Un­ gate reported one man left the Scotty McMenemy reported all in der Good and Welfare Brother ship in Antwerp. The meeting Talking about his last trip on a South Atlantic ship. order. Ship's Delegate Charlie Arthur Collett asked for the co­ went into New Business where a Brother Joe Barringer says that photographs must be taken Scofield reported ^that there was operation of the crew in keeping motion carried to tirni the repair for shore-leave passes in Turkey, which is the biggest spy 12 days bonus for the trip the messroom clean. It was asked list over to the Patrolman upon center in the world... The following brothers shall be receiving amounting to 30 dollars extra, that the n.essroom and pantry arrival. There was general dis­ the weekly LOG free of cost—Sam Munici of Ohio, Ronald He read the transportation clause be painted out. cussion under Good and Welfare. Babbitt of Kansas, Frank Van Dusen of Michigem, Fred Suttles of the Agreement to the mem­ One minute of silence for de­ of South Carolina, Ben Cavender of Georgia, Joseph Hall of bership to avoid confusion on parted Brothers. Alabama, Charles Brinton of Indiana, Clyde Wright of Louis­ this important matter. Under XXX New Business a motion carried EDWARD G. JANEWAY. Oct. iana, J. Dan Daniel of Louisiiana, Clyde Schmidt of Michigan, George Moon of'Texas, C. "Chuck" Welch of Pennsylvania. to instruct all Delegates to bring 20—Chairman A. Burke: Recordin a repair list and to check the ing Secretary Walter Mrozinski. X X X slopchest with the Patrolman. Previous minutes accepted. No One minute of silence for Broth­ Oldtimer Raffaele Garofalo has been anchored on the New beefs reported by the Delegates. York beach for some time. He's been working, however, which ers lost at sea. A. H. Anderson was elected makes a big difference... Here are some of the oldtimers who may XXX Ship's Delegate. Nick Bengney DEL AIRES. Get. 10—Chair­ be still in town: M. Jendrys, A. Karlomas, E. Torres, C. Torres, was elected Engine Department man E. Metros; Recording Secre­ A. Burgos, J. Pescador, C. Hunnicutt, C. Andrew, J. Auslitz, G. K. Delegate. Motion carried under tary D. Price. The minutes of Day, E. Crowell, J. Flynn, D. A. Crockett, W. J. Wolfe, P. Perrotti, New Business that a committee the previous meeting and the of three bookmembers be elected F. Spear, R. A. Marsh, T. R. Correll, G. W. Ehmsen. /Delegate's reports were accepted. to write the Hall about the new Motion under New Business by transportation, rule. The three Kelley. seconded by J. S. McRay. F. MARIONXXX Last week we read an editorial in the New York JournalDelegates were elected to serve CRAWFORD. Oct. to bring charges against a crew- 12—Chairman D. L. Yielding: Re­ on this committee. Under Good American. In our opinion it'Could have only been written by member for assaulting Oliver cording Secretary D. B. Tser- and Welfare the members were an Mot. Weaving himself a happy dream that maritime unions McCaU for no reason, and at­ mengas. __ All Departments re­ asked not to soak- their clothes in could be wiped out, he conjures up a simple solution, sure to tacking G. J. Simmons with fire ported disputed overtime. The the laundry tubs. The Steward be loved by big business and the politicians. Read these para­ ax. Carried. Motion , by Samuel, Engine Delegate reported that reported that he had insecticide graphs and wonder how such garbage journalism can be seconded by D. Price, that the the Captain had stated that all bombs and would issue, them up­ written and believed. The editorial reads—^"The most ob-vious -ship be fumigated before sign liands in the Engine Department on request. Ope minute of sil­ and surely the best solution of the grave problems besetting ing on again. A vote of thankj^ would be fired. the American maritime industries is unquestionedjly to be Motion imder ence for Brothers lost at sea. was given the Stewards Depart­ ''lew Business by Dasha. sec­ found in making the American Merchant Marine an integral ment. One minute of silence for onded by D. B. Tsermengas. and inseparable part of the country's naval establishment. The departed Brothers. Hearst Newspapers have urged for many yealrs that both the that no one pay off until all peace and the prosperity of the country demand that the beefs are settled. Motion by W. Merchant Marine be under the authority and jurisdiction of L. Trout to see Patrolman about the Navy... And the only way to accomplish this essential having the Chief Engineer order purpose is to incorporate it into the Navy, permanently and the workbench moved, from its completely." position outside the 4-8 foc'sle to XXX XXX PAUL REVERE. Cel. 8— some place back aft where men ALCOA RUNNER, OcL 24— Chairman John Flanagan; Re­ using it would not hfeep the Chairman Cremmins: Recording Our answer is that the American labor movement should im­ cording Secretary Leo Searkow- watch awake. Motion by Bow­ Sterelary Stone. The Delegates mediately work towards establishing, no matter how long it takes, ski. The Delegates reported all man to contact the Hall upon ar­ reported on the standing of the a national daily labor union newspaper... We read recently of in order. Under Old Business it rival to see about the Captain's crew and stated that there were something that could be called "butterfly fever" affecting the crew threat to fire all thiMe in the no outstanding beefs. . Motion was stated that the Patrolman of an American tanker sailing in the Caribbean. Butterflies flew Engine Department. The Stew­ carried vmder New Business not would be asked to attend a spe­ cial meeting in port conceiving ards Department was given a to sign on till all repairs are about the ship and the men complained of blisters, sores and the Steward. Under Good and vote of thanks for a job well made. , Motions to fix scuppers in high fever after a week at sea. Is it possible. Brothers? Welfare there was' discussion on done. One minute of silence for crew parage way and to paint all unlicensed quarters. There the Captain's attitude toward the departed Brothers. The Membership Speaks section begfins on was general discussion under Delegates; It was agreed that XXX BERTRAM GOODHUE. Oct. 17 Good and Welfare. One minute ho one pay off till the Patrolman Page 12. cleared the ship. The foc'sles to —Chairman G. L. Kersey: Re- of silence for departed Brothers. CUT and RUN , A'h'tixttitiii'.i.r 1'.. -ufVYl'. /A �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 26, 1948 Aided by Nurse. Metzler, Dr. Henry T. Leigh adminislers blood transfusion to Seafarer Rex Coote. Nurse Jayne Norton joins in as a igroup of Seafarers in Baltimore Marine Hospital while away some time. Around the table (left to right): Edward Janaszak, Jack Anderson, Francis Miller and Charles Simmons. Miss Davette Martin, a social service worker, looks on. Services Offered Point Up fmprovements fflade By Public Health Hospitals In US Always a matter of deep concern to the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union is the treatment accorded its members confined in the U.S. Marine Hospitals throughout the nation. During the war, and the first year of peace, the A&G District constantly called attention to the shortcomings of the Public Health institutions as part of its con­ tinuing campaign to see that sea men were brought back to health mder the most tavorable cond.. And the Union spared no punches, although its criticisms were entirely of a; constructive nature. The SIU gave, and is still giving its full cooperation to the Marine Hopitals in the interests of seamen's welfare. The SIU's firm, but fair, criticisms, have been responsible in no small degree for the change which has been noted in the inBtitutions over the past couple of years. Noteworthy improvements and advances have been- made in al- 24 Marine Hos^ Certainly vast Improvement in the treatment of seasen, a fact deadly established by the reports come in from the member^ these hospitals. They markedly different picfrom those made in the y^^gj-time years. Virtually all' Seafarers comments today contain high praise for the Marine Hospital treatment, and are especially laudatory of the doctors, nurses and other staff members, Because of the SIU's desire to better acquaint its- membership with the facilities and composi- Dr. Leigh inserts needle into arm of Seafarer G. Palsson for intravenous injection. Average cost of daily treatm^t per patient in Baltimore Marine Hospital is $5.75. tion of the Marine Hospitals eif their dlapoaal, Union representatives in aU ports are visiting institutions in their areas. They are talking with the administrative officers, the staffs and the Seafarer patients and they are taking photographs, Among the first to report were Baltimore and Mobile, whose resuits appear on this and the following three pages. Reports on Marine Hospitals in other ^lU (Continued on "Page 9) SIU memBer Ralph Frey doesn't look so unhappy having his temperature taken by Nurse Norton. As a matter of faet. who would? Some of the nursing staff of the Baltimore Hbspital. In front row (left to right): Mrs. Gladys Guydes, Head Nurse Jennie Martell, and Miss Ruth Buzolski. Second row: Miss Caro­ lyn Cullen, Mrs, Rose Martin, Mrs. Lorraine Grush and Mrs. Martha Gamel. �THt S E A F A Rt R S L O G Fxldaj' Neramber 26, 1948 Page Nine Seafarers Assured Of First-Rate Care :VJ| L . C. Moll, another Seafarer requiring a transfusion, is minis­ tered to by Dr. Nunzio J. Carrozzo, of the ho^ital staff. Chow at the Baltimore institution is ample and well-prepared. Hosiiitalized Seafarers about to enjoy a noon meal are (seated around table. left to right): S. S. Wilson, Tom Laney, Rex Coote.'^G. Palsson, C. Moll and W. Wilcher. Second Largest Institution Of Its Kind Treats More Than 33,000 Patients Yearly Transfusion is giVen to W. Wilcher by Mrs. Echelberger, a technician at the Baltimore Marine Hospital. (Continued from Page 8) ports will appear in subsequent issues. When it comes to cooperation with the local institution, the Baltimore Branch's activity has been outstanding. Of the Baltimore SIU's cooperation. Dr. John L. Wilson, Chmcal Director of the Marine Hospital in that port, says: "The ScBfarers Inlemalional Union has been extremely cooperative with this Hospital, and during the past three years has contributed a large portion of the blood for the hospital's blood bank. The Administration of this hospital wishes to take this public opportunity to again thank this Union for its cooperation." Largely responsible for the suecess of the Baltimore Hospital m treating its patients is the emphasis it lays on good medical care and courtesy to the patients, "That is the spirit with which the entire staff operates," Dr. wiigon says. "There is a definite attempt made to treat each patient as an individual and give the best treatment that medical science has to offer." .pj^g Baltimore Hospital is well g^jted to achieve the objective stressed by the institution's clinical director. The second largest Marine Hospital in the nation (Staten Island in New York is the largest), Baltimore has 500 beds, which are occupied by an average of 404 patients a day. its staff treats all general medical conditions, except tuberculosis and mental disease, large out-patient departments are maintained, one in the Hospital and one in the Customs House in downtown Baltimore. Baltimore's Marine Hospital, a seven-story building completed in 1934 at the cost of one million dollars, has -six Poors of wards and one floor for private rooms, Ur, j_ F. Van Ackeren, medical officer in charge, heads a total gtaff of 445. The medical staff jg composed of 40 doctors and joS nurses, who treat patients in each of the following services: surgical, medical, tumor, urological, pathological, dental and eye, ear, nose, and throat, Adjunct facilities to these treatment services are an out­ standing X-ray department for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, a well-stocked pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy .and . a ~competent • , record ° service A new and modem laboratory, staffed by specialists in their respective fields, rounds out^ the hospital's medical facilities. Handling the human side of things at the Baltimore Hospital is a capable, conscientious and sympathetic social service de­ partment, directed by Miss Car­ oline Diggs. According to figures supplied by Dr. Wilson, the average length of stay for each patient is 16 days. The Baltimore institution ministers to more than 25,000 out-patients and between 8,000 and 9.000 in-patients during a year. Hospital functionaries say they would like to increase entertain­ ment and diversional activities for the patients, and Dr. Wilson points out that in future plan­ ning it is hoped that more space will be provided for recreational facilities. Although expanded entertain­ ment opportunities would be un­ doubtedly more than welcome to inost seamen in the Baltimore hospital,, it appears that any man who can figure on being restored to health in the average 16 days cited by Dr. Wilson will probably not fret on that score. I The physicians who make up the medical staff of the Baltimore Marine Hospital. Fourth from the left in front row is Dr. J. F. Van Ackeren. medical officer in charge of the hospital. Of 445 total personnel. 40 are doctors. * i .• '•."•V-'-.f- •i'V!,'"-' •,b'. ;• �Page Ten THE SEAF A RBRS v LOG Friday. November 26, 1848 Mobile Hospitars Treatment Of Seamen Among Seafarers being treated at Mobile Marine Hospital is Clarence Haffner, who sustained' a broken leg on a ship during a storm at sea. He has good words for the Hospital staff. ^ Seafarer H. R. Lowman has be^n in the. Mobile Hospital because ox a broken ankle since Aug. 17. He says doctors and nurses are excellent and especially praises Drs. Dagovich and Herihey; who are attending him. Cheerful Service By Capable Persoaael Coatribates Greatly To Rapid Recoveries ji Mobile's Marine Hospital is a beautiful, three-story, white structure, who^ en­ trance is at the. corner of St. Anthony and Bayou Street's. Its appearance is befitting art institution that provides first-class medical treatment, administered with patience , and understanding by the entire staff. Ask any Seafarer who has been a patient in the Mobile Marine Hospital and the cl^ces are ninety-mne^ to one ^ recent visit, to the Hostell you- that theres representative was no: better treatment io be had . v , anywhere. accompanied by two Seafarers, M f +V, 1, W. Alexander, Rjesponsible for the praise- who took photos of hospitali^d TT '"T?" T., ? obtaimng interst^^headed by Dr. Porter, the views and date that would be of Ti membership-as is psisted by a_ staff of phys^ a whole. Cross, which makes weekly visits to the Hospital, Band concerts and stage shows gjygn periodically in the rec^gation hall. Outstanding support in the entertainment field has ^^e Mobile local of the AFL American Federation of Musicians, who: have given sevfor the patients. Seafarer John Week, OS, is all smiles as he accompanies Mrs. J. A. Thetford, Red Cross representative, on her rounds of the hospitaL ^te N G nfffneV COSTS UP •n^i 1 1.+^ TT T TT- 1 ' /I T' down, offered the visiting _ • /" ' Seafarers their full cooperation. The Mobile Marine Hospital, E. 'Hamill, and two dentists, Drs. -D .u i j .u . n Allen Perkins and Earl Davis. ^ . Brothers learned that all Bkg the others throughout the hands m the Hospital were un- „ation, is conducted by the U. S. ' >HAS EVERYTHING animous m their praise of the pubijg Health Service. With the The Hosoital's medical nerson accorded them by the broadening of the'scope of the ine Hospital s meaicai person doctors, nurses, aids and social Hosnitel's work in recent vears nel is rounded out by a dorps of cgrvigp Hospital s woric m recent years, 20 registered nurses, a varying ' the cost of treatment has shot but large number of nurses' aids Proofs that the cpurtray up. and approximately twenty order- shown to patients is no fieeting T^g approximate cost per palies; These figures vary with in. the Mobile Hospital was tient for each dav'6 treatment is the needs nf the moment. shown by the fact that those close to six dollars. The govemEverything necessary to give ^1^° l^ave been m the h^pital mgnt bears this cost and no seamen the finest medical service charge is made to men of the . available is on hand at the in- ! giving praise to the American merchant marine., stitution,. including X-ray and However, foreign shipowners' vocational therapy. The HospiPUBLIC SUPPORT must pay that amount for their tal has its own laundry system, seamen. canteen and recreation rooms, .^evisitm^ The cost of treatment, howThere is a spacious, ^eU-kept J^at the Ho^i^^^ ^ ^ indication of the lawn surrounding the building facilities are ample and are de- QUOJ:^ treatment. Bv confor ore of convaLrcing pai" aSSST sfmil "r pleaaanUy for the patients. treatment in private hospitaie The major portion of the treat- Besides the recreation room, would' nm close to $10 per day. ment given seamen in Mobile is there is a fairly well-stocked After making their rounds last done through the facilities of the library, books for which are fur- ^gg^^ the visiting Seafarers obHospital's out-patient and dental nished by various civic and wel- served that "all in alL the Modepartments. At times there are fare organization. hile Marine Hospital is not a bad as many as a hundred seamen. Several Mobile groups are ex-* place for seamen needing drymany of them Seafarers, using tremely active in making the docking for a spell." tl^ facilities. patients stay in the hospital more ti,- i,«n Like those in other SIU ports, than jusj a dreary wait until sLson eomina on it would the Mobile Marine Hoapltal ia 'heir health ia restored. Visited weekly by a Umon Hos- Some of the groups cboperat- hands would make it a point to pital Patrolman, who brings the ing with the Hospital in attain^ pay to their Union Brothers in Brothers Eriine Smith (left) and V. NL Henries, i^th Union members " their weekly ing this objective are the Cath- a visit to the itearest hospital. It general medical p^epts, are coming around fine. They say benefits; man, copies of the LOG die Maritime Club, the Seamen's would certainly cheer thbm up. and other, material of interest. Bethel, and the American Red they saii J^d they're right! they have no hoe| wUh the treatment they are getting. t.. • �'FMday< November 26. 1948 THESE A F A RE R S LOG Page Eleven Wins High, Praise From SIU Patients • I Doing their part to . help restore seamen to health in Mo­ bil* Marine Hospital are the three members of the nursing staff in photo at upper left. From left to right: Miss Barnett. RN; Miss Hodges, nurses' aide, and Mrs. Rodgers, RN. Talking to SIU representative in photo upper right is William Richardson, who is receiving treatment for suspected polio condition which developed in Antwerp while he wds serving as volunteer orgMdse* aboard the SS Radketch. Dr. Ryan and Nune Taylor rate his all-out approval. The Mobile Hospital lists have shown Bro­ ther A. C. McAlpin's name since April of this year. Above is SIU member Jerry Pettaway. who entered the Mobile Hospital a couple of weeks ago with a fractured foot. v-'Ji .v;- .-i ' k- • "'.Si 1 I'M • 'A ^ A''k Seafarer C. E. Glover, who has been in the Mame Hospi­ tal for four months, gets a visit from, a Union representative.. -Treatment given seamen "there compares favoi^ably with the best, he says. All the patients in Mobilei Hospital have high praise for Mrs. Mills, nurse's aide, for her kiiidness and considera­ tion. She's the wife of an SHI member. •Ar^\ Brother Lew Smith, SIU oldtimer, has been in the Hospital only about a week, but he's frank, nevertheless. He says chow could be improved a bit as to quality and quantity. He finds everything okay, otherwise. �mmj Page' Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 26, 1946 MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS ' Master's Outdated Contract Sore Spot To Ranger Crew INJUNS IN THE MODERN AGE Feels New Crop Of Bosuns Will Make For Beefs To ihe Editor: the States it is another matter. Speaking of arguments, I'd I've heard that my article of To the Editor: like to say that personal argu­ last September appeared in the Why stick out your neck? I LOG. At least one friend thought ments, mixed with drink at the payoff are bad business. Such just came up from New Orleans, it interesting. I've been wonder­ and it seems that since the last ing about other opinions on this "drinking exercises" blacken the good name of the Union. raise everyone with three years review of our bauxite trip. -SHORT-CHANGED sea time is sot on shipping Bo­ We are on our way from Mo­ Our new two year agreement sun. bile to New Orleans now. Our last run was an average trip is the strongest contract yet. But If we aren't careful this is go­ with the exception of the relief Alcoa clips our wings for about ing to get us a beef from our Captain. We will sure welcome forty bucks per month. Port companies, as many of these boys back Captain Perry, our regular stores are handled by shore are shipping Bosun for the first Skipper. He is a good person gangs, with next to nothing paid time and can't do their job as it and usually lets the boys have the crew on this. All work on should be done. Most of them a sizable draw, which makes a the boxes is within routine are waiting for Liberty ships. hours. And shore gangs sougee big difference on a trip. The fellows who have been sail­ On this last run Captain Orb- and paint the quarters. ing Bosun since the wages were rin, who reads from an out-dated These clarifications of the new almost the same as AB, are forc­ While Brother I. H.^ Pepper visited the roundup in agreement book, couldn't read agreement pack a lot of power, ed to take bigger ships and thus black on white. I'd pointed out but with prices where they are, Pendleton, Oregon, recently, he snapped this picture of four make less money and have more to him that a hot lunch was we're stuck unless we temper squaws with their mounts. Ten to one the motorcycles are headaches than they would called for at the 9 P.M. lunch down the companies wa_y of otherwise have. Indians. period. Five minutes later he thinking and acting. Here's the way I see it: You decreed that coffee and cold All rearranging of dry stores can be the best damned., sailor sandwiches were all our agree­ or meats for inventory is over­ that ever stepped aboard a scow, time, as well as de-frosting and ment called for. His, maybe! but that doesn't mean that you cleaning of boxes. We must have "You'd better see the Patrol­ are a good Bosun. Sometimes a first call, ahead of the shoreman," was my reply. Arguments man may not be too good a sail­ gangs, on the handling of stores avail a Delegate nothing at sea, or, but knows how to handle for the voyage that are deliver­ To the Editor: but when the ship gets back to •When it comes to alcholics, men and get work out of them. ed to the ship. Not to store our these doctors have patience that He's a pretty good Bosun. own ships is asking for the gun. Although I am not a member would tax a saint. Often they SIU Sportsman This ship has passed annual of your Union, I would like to are discharged after being ' This may bring an argument, inspection. All repairs have been commend you for the article straightened out and given their but it is time something was completed, new; ' mattresses and about the Ellis Island Hospital. bearings, only to be back in the said. A man may sail on Deck pillows have been received, the It made me remember the aid I hospital again in a matter of for twenty years and never be hull sand-blasted, and welding received while there. ^ any good as a Bosun. Yet an­ days. and painting done. With a clean other man may spend two or. I, for one, will never be able The nurses are swell, too. I three years on Deck, and make ship and a fifty percent new to pay the debt I owe to those will never forget Mrs. Logan crew, we are anticipating a good fine doctors for restoring me to and her contageous smile. Mrs. a swell Bosun. A good deal more trip. comes with a Bosun's job than In closing I would like to re­ health. Like all humans, who Ed. Sullivan also gave us the the latest $25 raise, so think it forget fast as soon as they, get mind you that spot-sougeeing is best of treatment. I could go on over before you throw in your routine work — and some men well, I never returned to thank forever thanking such wonderful card. You may still be better off should remember that "cleanli­ these doctors for being so kind people. sailing as AB by letting the, boys to me. ness is next to Godliness!" If you can find space in your that have had the headaches for The one who will live in my paper, I would sure appreciate it so long keep them a while long­ James B. Elliolt memory for a long time to come if you would publish this letter. er. is Doctor Theodore Branfman. Crew Praises Clifton Coates Russell E. Bamett His skill and kind words sure Norfolk Branch came in handy when things were AFOUNDRIA'S CLEAN-UP SQUAD For Support the darkest for me. I witnessed a miracle while I To the Editor: was over there. A young Coast As members of the SIU and Sam Vandal, long-time mem­ as crewmembers of the SS Ro- Guardsman came in whose only ber of the SIU, demonstrates sario. Bull Line, we would like means of getting around was in the manner in which he peisses to express our thanks to the a wheel chair. Ten months later, his time while ashore. Here Agent and Patrolmen of the Nor­ when I met this young fellow he draws a bead with his folk Branch for their fine at­ again, he was back on his feet high-powered .22 rifle. tempt to secure us transporta­ and in school. tion in our recent beef. Although we didn't get the REPORTS HEAVY dough, it certainly is good to CALL ON LOGS know that our representatives BA BAR W:" :" ' constantly fight for what we IN syi,' f know are the best conditions in To ihs Ediisr: maritime history. Thanks again to our Norfolk I am very pleased to acknowl­ edge receipt of several issues of Branch. The crew of the the LOG. There has been a great demand for them by sea­ SS Rosario men visiting this dock, and I will be very much obliged if you will continue sending them to me here in Buenos Aires.' Send in the minutes of It might help members coming your ship's meeting to the down this way if you would put New York Hall. Only in that a notice in the paper letting way can the membership act them know that I will have them Satn sits in his boat stillon your recommendations, available—as long as they last— fishing for bass in' Greenwood and then the minutes can be at this bar. Lake, New Jersey. Sam's quite printed in the LOG for the a sportsman. He belongs to With weapons in hand and togged appropriately for the Jose Sansin, Proprietor benefit of all other SIU the Rod and Gun Club and oceasioni cr^wnrnnhers of the Afoundria prepare to attack American Bar crews. heads for the great outdoors the l^lidiMdik atid decks with soap and water. In front, left Hold those shipboard meet­ (Ed. Note: We are increasing whenever he is in from a to right—George Burk, Deck Maintenance; CapUto, OS; and ings regularly, and send your bundle to 25 copies per Tim Holt, AB. Middle row—O. Bodden, AB; William Morreale, trip. His latest ship was the those minutes in as soon as week. Should' this not be Alcoa Ranger, where he served Deck Maintenance; John Bergeria, OS. Back row—^"Senator possible. That's the SIU wayl enough to fill the' deifiand, let Claghom" Scvads6n, Deck Maintenance. as Night Cook-Baker. us know.) CoNiNiends Log For Articfe On Ellis Island Hospital -• Send Those Minutes �THE SEAFARERS Friday. Novamber 26, 1946 LOG Takin' A Breather On Human Understanding road and be a friend to man." We all can do with a little un­ Under the heading of "Human derstanding when the going is Understanding" one could cover tough. And the prevailing times a million pages and subjects if are tough for sure. So we all can gone into with an open and in­ do our share in letting a bit of tellectual mind. sunshine enter into the lives of But begging your pardon, dear others less able to resist the de­ friends and readers, I am far pression forced upon them by from being intellectual. Nor does circumstances beyond their con­ my mind have more than an trol. average understanding of my Before condemning our neigh­ fellow man. I am the man next bors, we would do well to try to to you on a bus or a street car, understand the reasons for their or banging your shoulders while actions, and to analyze their Shot taken in late summer rooting for the hometeam. I am point of view. We would then, shows Worth Pittman, crewfhe fellow who told you how to perhaps, be able to forgive and member of the Nathaniel Pal­ find the shuttle to Grand Cen­ at the same -time unearth faults mer, taking it easy between tral or the beach train, or sat of our own. work stints. Pittman and fel­ next to you in the movies. So come on fellows! A smile low workers put the Palmer I cry when you cry, laugh here and a greeting there brings in SlU-shape after it had rested in a boneyard for sev­ when you laugh. Sometimes I .out the sunshine everywhere. John Wunderlich eral months. am happy and content, at other times sad and depressed; but at all times I am the perfect image of you—the average American in the street. To the Editor: these people are bound with us to fight for better conditions for That is the reason I consider Although Union mindedness is the common good of laboring myself competent and able to talk to you. These few printed strong aboard ship, there are men. times when it seems to be for­ words are my medium. In any just beef, we Seafarers gotten by some of our fellow give our support to any bonaThe world is quite bitter and hard at times—especially if you members when they go ashore. fide organization in its attempt are lonesome and believe your­ Here is an incident that was to exterminate the chiselers and self forgotten by alL^A cheerful noticed recently on a dock in the sweatshops -that operate under the guise of business. Yet when smile from a stranger is an en­ port of Tampa, where several ormous psychological boost. It, the occasion arises when we need makes the day appear brighter taxi cabs were waiting for sea­ support, how can we expect men. One of these taxis had a at once. such support from fellow union­ sign on it which could not easily INEXPENSIVE FEELING ists whom we have not encour­ be mistaken which read, "LucilA little courtesy when crowd­ les Taxi—Union Cab, Local 79. aged by patronizing their busi­ nesses? ing into an already fully packed Yet this taxi was by-passed by subway car relieves the tension. It is necessary, therefore, that So will a remark at the right some of our brothers who en­ moment. A "good morning" here, gaged another, whose operator we be union-minded at all times. a "hello" there—why not? It neither belonged to a union nor Strong, clean unionism is the foundation upon which rests the does not cost you a nickel, and operated on a union basis. it brings a lot of goodness into cornerstone of solidarity, which It certainly is a good ^nd your own soul when you are an­ is absolutely essential to the swered with appropriate greet­ healthy sign to see a union label maintenance of a strong and ings. or sign displayed by any union united front throughout the One of the greatest poems that operator or any business. Be it a I ever read goes: "Let me live ginmill, barber shop or any whole labor movement. Arthur J. Browne in a house by the side of the other union shop. We know that j To the Editor: Says Don't Leave Unionism On Ship Maffie's Pen Depicts Imaginary Shipboard Scene Page Thirteen Woody Chronicles Tidbits From San Juan Social Life To the Editor: on an article that I am sure will be welcome. In the very near There is plenty of activity future it should be in the LOG around the San Juan Hall. Ship­ office. ping and voting is heavy. Some of the Brothers are jumping off ANOTHER STARTER of one ship and on to another Brother L. "Pope" Colon, who right away. It reminds me of lost his race horse about a year the old circus cry: "Here today ago, is back in San Juan. He is and gone tomorrow!" Anybody not looking for a ship right else want one? I mean a job. If away. He is trying to buy an­ so, come on down! other race horse. Better luck I feel sorry for that Latin this time. Pope! from Manhattan, Johnny Sulli­ Was outside of Maltilde's Bar van, who by now is up in the as usual with the gang the other cold country oiling winches on day. No one can get in the place the Liberty ship Rosario. Good except Maltilde and "Red" Mor­ luck, Johnny. We expect you gan. The bar is very small and back soon. Maltilde is very large, so the All hands here are expecting boys and girls sit outside. When three other characters back on it rains all hands scramble onto the beach any day now. The trio a neighboring porch where, if of Vince ''Blackie" Kane, Bob the wind is right, they can stay Tompkins^ and "Boy Smokum almost dry. Pipe" Lincoln. Brother Dario Rios, the chief Brother Johnny Benedict just cook, is in San Juan after spend­ shipped out on the Wild Ranger, ing a couple of weeks with his after three weeks of beach­ family in Mayaguez. He states combing. He claims he enjoyed there are six SIU members on his stay here. Brother Benedict the beach there. Brother Rios got off the Rosario, and just hails from New Orleans. dropped in to vote. All hands have been yelling Those of us on the Election for the LOG lately. The last is­ Committee were moved I'ight sue we've received is that of the smack in the doorway of the 15th of October. They have been Agent's office on meeting night, reading and re-reading the for the Hall is so small there was bound copies and back issues in no other place. Now, between the Hall. Some like the pictures the Agent and the Dispatcher best, others like the little trying to get around, we are be­ sketches that accompany the ar­ ing moved around like Mexican ticles, and—oh well!—the whole jumping beans—with no room to LOG from first to last page is j ump! enjoyed. But as I've said before, "Keep We finally put the whip to Red her steady as she goes." Spurlock. H« is now working "Woody" Lockwood jj.. A Seaman's Requiem By AUSSIE SHRIMPTON He lay dead on the cold iron deck and stared at the lead grey skies, With never a friend to mourn him or a hand to close his eyes. "Yeah, he's dead," was all they said, "sure dead *n' there he lies." The Mate came aft at seven bells to give him the last overhauling, "Just lash him up an' stow him neat in six foot o'tarpauling. An', Chips, look hvely there—the barometer's a faUing." rs J! 1 So they carried him up and laid him down with many a heave and jerk. And dumped him deep in the grey green sea where the tiger shark do lurk; "Sure it's tough about 'im," the guys did say, "but who's to do 'is work?" My Last Desire By BENNO ZIELINSKI Lacking actual inspiratibn for a highly dramatic shipboard scene. Seafarer-artist Norman Maffio ze&orted to his imagination for the above view of two crewmembers as they might appear trimming vents aft aboard the Santa Clara Victory if she were struck by a sudden squall in the Atlantic. When my heart once stops to beat Carry my remains, to the open sea— There lower me down into eternity. There let me dream while the silent waves roll On the treasure-strewn dimes in submarineland Where mermaids dance to Neptime's band Neath the crossroads to foreign countries. There—deep—the sun never pierces the gloomThere I'll sway gently to the tide of the moon. a �•"' "'•:: ^">1 Page Fourteen T KESEAF A RE RS Makes Ore Line Criiise, Reports Favorably On Crew LOG TEE CBATEAU IN RAS TANtjRA Tti^i IVoTMibw aSi 1941 ^ V 'l Claims Bar . tj In San Juan ' Destroys Logs Mike (Slumber King) Boris, the Mad Russian, is a swell guy and To the Editor: Well, here we are again, on our he is working for the crown of return trip to Baltimore from Rip Van Winkle. He has just Please discontinue sending Cruz Grande, Chile. about enough time in now to rate that bundle of LOGS each "vyeek Things were kind of tough on as champ. Really this is one of to the Pennsylvania Bar at 52 the beach, so, having heard that the most orderly Stewards DeCavadanga Street, Parada 2/1/2, these Ore runs were a seaman's partjnents I have been with. San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the nightmare, I though this would following reasons: Dominic Di Maio is Bosun and be a good time to try one of a damned good one at that, but First, the owner has been them and see what a seaman's- he went and took unto himself a seen by several SIU men, who nightmare looked like. wife. Well, Nick, may all of your live in that neighborhood, dump­ This is my second trip, and I troubles be those little ones! Nat ing the LOGS in the garbage think the run is not too bad. Of Muse, the Electrician, with his can as soon as they arrive. ' course they wouFd never do for guitar gives us a little hillbilly Second, others, including my­ the overtime boys—there is very music, accompanied by the voice self, have tried to get a LCKJ The subject of many letters and articles in the LOG of little of that. Then, there is no of J. Sheets, AB. It's very inter­ from the Pennsylvania Bar af­ late, picture shows the seamen's club in Ras Tanura. Picture liberty on them either, with one esting. Jose Hernandez and Wip­ ter having actually seen them was taken by Sidney Lipschitx, crewmember of the LMce night (and once in a great while er F. A. Gonzales give us sam­ delivered, but were refused. George. Men seen on the porch are Seafarers from the two nights) in Baltimore. ples of Spanish voice—the guitar I would further advise—and I Lake George. On the Chile end you pull speaks Spanish, also. It is very think that the others who live right into the dock and start cheering. here will bear me out—that all loading. As a rule not over six Our old friend, Thomas Mack, SIU men stay away from the hours later you are out and on Oiler, is trying to ape Clark Pennsylvania Bar in the future your way back to Baltimore. for reasons too numerous to What the hell.' It is a lot better Gable, I think. He must leave mention. than being on the beach—here I many broken hearts on the beach —but he is a swell fellow to Name Withheld eat! CO-2. It is called "Ansul" and is The Stewards Department is know. The Quartermasters are a To the Editor: (Ed. Note: How about it, • harmless in all ways to humans headed by B. L. Bobbins, that old fine bunch of boys. Deck En­ I have been on the beach for and cargo. A little investigation Pennsylvania Bar? The LOG gineer Ramon Rozpedowski is a son of the two Carolinas. He runs a year now and have retired my is open for your statement. the Department, tool He goes out busy bee who is always on the book. My wife and I have a baby by the SIU might disclose this If any of the rest of the mem­ to be worth promoting in the in­ bership have comments on of his way to try and please, and ball. So with a crew like this you girl. I'm just making out by is on the ball and a jolly good working as an electrician at Pan terest of shipboard safety. this, write a letter to the fellow. The Chief Cook, Louie have something to be proud of. American Airways here in Paul Fernandez LOG.) Rowe, is tops in my book — a FEW GRUMBLES Miami. swell fellow to work with and a We have the Transport Work­ The food is good, well prepar­ RIGHT AT HOME ON THE CAPE NOME good cook. ers Union (CIO) representing us. The Second Cook and Baker, ed, and well balanced. But, hell's It is in about as bad shape as the Joe (Paddy) Padelsky, is a won­ bells, if we didn't have a few NMli. The majority of the offi­ derful Baker. The results of his grumbles and growls we would cials are accused of being com­ work just melt in your mouth not feel right. There are no per­ mies, and there is a good deal of when you eat it! He is also a formers, for word was passed fighting among themselves. On along that gashounds would not nice fellow to get along with. The top of this, another CIO Union Galley . Utility (or Chief Pot be tolerated. So far, I haven't is attempting a raid. Wrestler) is W. G. (Pop) Rennie, seen any brass wearing horns. With contract negotiations your old friend—^no comments! They look like humtins to me. coming on, things don't look so I believe that with my years MESSMEN MASTERS good. I try to convince the men of experience I can speak with Steve Burskey, Dave Barrett, that it would be best to throw and Joseph Clevenger are mess- authority when I say a crew is all the commies out, along with men, and they are the best that on the ball as this one is. There the raiders, and get started all you can find anywhere. Jose Her­ has been very little trouble, and over again. However, with the nandez the BR, is trying his to my way of thinking the only number'of company stiffs and hand at poetry — but it is in way to build a good Union is to phonies in the outfit, it is sur­ Spanish. The Steward Utility, fulfill your obligations — then prising that they have a union at you will see how easy it is to get a new contract. That is what all. Thanks LOG I have seen a dry-powder makes the SIU the outstanding type fire extinguisher demon­ For Helping Union of the Sea. A ehain is no strated by Pan American Air­ stronger than it's weakest link. To Contact Son ways that is far superior to Let us try to help our weak To the Editor: sisters along. Do not condemn, This is just a line to thank you but let us try to educate. Always ELECTRICAL UNION Taken while the 'Cape Nome was loading tobacco for for publishing my request of Oc­ remember that the permits of to­ REQUESTS USE Scotiud, Ireland and England in Wilmington. North Carolina, tober 22 in your "personals" col­ day are the bookmen of tomor­ Seafarers J. Davis, Baker; Broodway. Chief Cook; and Louis OF 'SEAFARE' umn asking my son William row. Just because you are for­ Aiken, Pantryman, look pretty for Uncle Otto Pruessler's tunate enough to have a book To the Editor; Gooden to contact me. c4tm©ra= He read the notice and got in does not give you the right to I would like to secure per­ touch with me. Everything is all violate the rules and regulations. mission from your cartoonist, right again. I am very grateful Always remember that the per­ Eddy Smith, to reproduce one of mits have their eyes on you. It for the aid you have given me. North and South Pacific, Indian, is up to every one to be a credit his recent cartoons. The car­ To the flditor: Mrs. Mary Gooden toon which I saw appeared in Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans. to the SIU, not a liability. Your article listing the "Seven Perhaps the American College Yours for a better and strong­ the SEAFARERS LOG of Oc­ Seas" interested me so much tober 29. Riding The Trail Dictionary (mentioned "in your er SIU! that I did a little investigating It was the cartoon, "Seafare;" on my own. As I read it, I recall­ article) listed them under Eng­ W. G. (Pop) Rennie where the fellow talks so much ed naming the seven seas back lish Phrases in the back of the in the barroom but when he in my school days; but like those book as I found was done in the Drydocked Member should talk on the union meeting queried on the subject, I, too, Winston Dictionary— Encyclope­ hall floor, he has nothing to had forgotten. dic Edition. Asks Shipmates say. I think it is excellent and Before beginning my investi-' So, Brothers Viken and MackTo Pay Visit believe that an enlarged copy lin were absolutely correct. I posted in the union office may >gation, hewever, I met unexpect­ hope this will clear up the ques­ To the Editor: be of value to some members. . edly (and I thought luckily) a tion of who has "sailed the Seven You can just bet your last I hope you will be kind former professor of English who Seas," and who has not. buck that I am still anchored enough to grant me permission said that "sailing the Seven Mary Vanderburg Seas" referred to those seas down. In fact, I am drydocked to have it reproduced. along the .China Coast. Pai E. Damiaai over here at the Staten Island He told me to look at a map, Local Umon 363, Hospital for a new stem bear­ when I tried to name the seas in International Brotherhood of ing, but should be ready for that area, but he didn't volunteer Electrical Workers sea in a couple of weeks. to name them! He seemed to Check lha slop chest boOrangMturg, N.. Y. Ray White was" in today with have more important things on fore yoiur boat sails. Make . (Ed. Note: "Seafare" the LOGS. He's a popular man his mind at the time. Though At right, Pete, the Steward with the boys here. If any of winging your way.) sure that the slop chest con- . possessing the rare talent of re­ of the Shawnee Trail, Navy the boys who know me have partee, it looks like he was tains an adequate supply of tanker welcomes aboard a new time between calls I wish they caught with his wits down. all the things you o^e liaMO^ crewmember. Ship made a trip would take a run over here. It I referred to B\ink and Wagto need. If it doesn't, call the to Hamburg and back to New gets lonesome. I am on the nail's Dictionary and found un­ Union Hall immediately. York. Pic by John Clamp, sixth floor, Ward 6F. der "seas-rthe seveir seas," list­ Wiper. N. J. Moore ed: North and South Atlantic, : . ..'"."'i *'•To ihe Editor: Ex-Member Tells Of Battle Within CIO Airport Union Reader Rows'Across 'Seven Seas' fii'} I lir; W': Check It—But Good ... �y i/iri r H E S E A F A R E R S- LO G Friiay. Novenibei; 26,11948 Page Fifledn Iflobile Shipping Hits Low Point PERSONALS Say Vacation Pay Not Lost, By CAL TANNER Rule Provides Job Security ROBERT L. MILLER Write to Mrs. Shirley Wessel, MOBILE—Shipping slid to a crack down on this modern Cap­ Seamen's Church Institute, New new low for this port during the tain Bligh. This, no doubt, to them, would York. (Continued from Page 16) Sign-ons for the week were past week. Although six vessels endanger what they fondly re­ % % % . were paid off, there were only the Clipper, Monarch of the Seas, want that type of trip, because fer to as "greater security." GEORGE BOWEN both on continuous articles and ' three sign-ons, including the two of the transportation rule, he We close this letter with the R. HICKS the Maiden Creek, which is • ships on continuous articles. simply does not throw in for it. earnest request that all Seafar­ Contact Anna Burchick, 517 There are, of course, isolated The Alcoa Clipper came in scheduled for a tilp that will in­ ers, when the time comes, vote from her 17-day passenger run clude calls at six coast ports and Cathedral St., Baltimore 1, Md., cases where it is impossible to in favor of the transportation regarding her brother. secure such information, but to the Islands, while the John W. four Meditterfanean ports. rule as it now stands. Several Seafarers are in drythese are so very rare that they 3; 4, Cullen, also of Alcoa, completed cannot be considered in making As active sailing men of the^ DANIEL A. HUTTO . a bauxite run and then headed dock at the Mobile Marine Hos­ SIU and Seafarers of long stand­ pital at this moment. Among for the layup. Communicate with Mrs. W. L. over-all policy. ing, we ask that this letter be them are J. B. Tucker, William ,. The remainder of the payoffs Hutto, R No. 1, Box 63, Brooks- One thing to us, too, which published in its entirety. is particularly significant is the were Waterman jobs: the Mon­ Ross, W. H. McKinney, C. E. ville, Fla. Important. (Signed by 30 Bookmembers) fact that nearly 100 percent of arch of the Seas, in from Puerto Deloach, A. Smith, R. C. David­ 4< 4son, C. Glover, R. Moillanen, W. the men ashore are in favor of (Ed. Note: The above let­ Rico; the Antinous, back from a VICTOR A. COVER the present rule. Most objection ter has been printed in its en­ European run; the Warrior, re­ Richardson, and K. Tarker, Ann Lee, 722 E. Lonneta Ave., comes from men aboard ships. tirety because there may be Quite a few oldtimerrs are turning from a trip to Mediter­ Glendale 5, Calif., is anxious If the matter could be checked some basis, however uninten­ ranean ports, and the Maiden around the beach, and if you to hear from you. were in Mobile the past week thoroughly, we venture to say tional, to the brothers' claim Creek, back after a round of you probably would have run in­ ft » » that a large percentage of those that too much space has been ports in Europe. WHITEY or DOTTY GANN men aboard ships who are either given letters opposed to the All payoffs for the week were to a few of these Brothers: W. Tracy, B. Clay, E. Vitou, D. Get in touch with William C. writing their "objections to their rule. However, it will be im­ smooth, with the exception of Walker, W. L. Dunlop, M. Cut­ (Reds) Hall, in care of the SIU, security being taken away," or possible in the future to de­ the Maiden Creek, skippered by ler, C. Stringfellow, W. H. Ham14 N. Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. agitating other members of the vote so much space to one Capt. Morgan Hiles. This scow by, N. Larson, J. T. Tighe, W. H. crew to write them, have been letter. In addition, it is neces­ ft ft ft was fouled up a little by dis­ BILL WORMACK aboard for a long period of time sary that all future letters on puted overtime, but everything Graddick, and R. Schwarz. JOE FERNANDEZ and in the large part are afraid was straightened out with the WATCHING STRIKE Please get in touch with O. that the rule as it now is may the subject be restricted en­ Patrolman securing payment of The local labor scene is quiet Sikes, care of New York Hall, break up their "friendly rela­ tirely to issues and be free the money for the crew. but all hands in the SIU are 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, tions" with the mates, engineers of name-calling and back-bit­ BLIGH. AGAIN closely watching the East Coast N.Y. and even the company itself. ing.) strike of the ILA. In the event As usual, the entir^ crew had a beef against Skipper Hiles— that the Longshoremen should this time for his refusal to give extend the tie-up to the Gulf medical attention to an injured I coast the Mobile Branch of the SIU has made plans to provide crewmember. good a chance as the next guy because of the deplorable con­ By JOE ALGINA Unfortunately, there was noth­ essentials for the membership of being elected delegate when ditions, the workers have turned here. ing definite enough to put our NEW YORK —We've all but the time comes, but until then to communism. Their reasoning, Everything has been put in closed up shop in this port un­ fingers on, but the crew is wait­ readiness to set up a soup kitch­ til the end of the Longshore­ he is just Joe Seaman, like the being that conditions can't be ing for another opportunity to any worse, and may be a little en at a moment's notice. A dor­ men's strike. A few tankers mov­ rest of the crew. Before closing the book for better, under Stalin. mitory will be made available to ed out and several ships came men requiring a place to flop, if in for payoffs, but that slight the week, there's a fable that ki this country the operators it becomes necessary because of activity didn't create a ripple needs exploding, -especially bellow about high wages. What extension of the ILA beef. compared to the usual heavy right now when shipowners are they seem to ignore is that fact SIU, A&G District BinThe cutting their periodic profit mel­ that the high wages and good Waterman Steamship Cor­ wash of shipping here. on. Cities Service, for example, conditions are the reasons there BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. poration has four C ships out in The few men sent to ships recently declared $48 million is not a strong communist move­ William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4540 the repair yards and at least two during the past week have gone profit for a nine-month period. ment in this country. BOSTON 276 State St. .E. B, Tilley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 of them are ready to go on the aboard tankers, and for those The claim by the American Of course, this is not to their Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 coastwise run, as soon as the jobs we'owe a vote of thanks to operators that the high wages credit. The SIU has forced the GALVESTON 308 >/4—23rd St. company learns that the strike is the Organizing Department. paid American seamen is lead­ operator to make every conces­ Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 settled. The other two are slated Two of the ships to go out ing to their ruination and the sion ever gained by the men on MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. to follow them at weekly inter­ are the Michael, Carras; the ruination of the country, is a the ships. The Union has made Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW'ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. vals. Chrysanthy Star, Intercontinen­ real puzzler. It's true that Am­ life aboard American ships the E. Sbeppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 tal Steamship Company. Both erican seamen enjoy the best best in the world. Every better­ ALCOA SLOW NflW YORK ...51 Beaver St. had come in for payoffs and did Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Alcoa, the other large operator quick turn-arounds. The Mich­ wages and the best working con­ ment of conditions won by Am­ NORFOLK .127-129 Bauh St. ditions of seamen anywhere in erican seamen makes it that Een Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 in this port, has had a real slow ael, howevar, didn't get far. She the world, but for that the ope­ much harder for any communist PHILADELPHIA. . .614.16 No. 13th St. month and prospects for the com­ broke down just outside the har­ rators should rejoice. organizers to make headway Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 ing month indicate nothing in bor. with seamen. COMMIE HOTBED SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. the way of improvement in the Other ships in for payoffs, all The logic is simple. Operators The operators' claim that high Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Only a few of the of whom will be with us for SAN JUAN, P.R. 252 Ponce de Leon situation. company's vessels are slated for the duration, are the Hilton, in other countries pay low wages wages lead to the ruination of Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5096 and force the men to live under the country seems a little bit SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. payoffs and sign-ons. Kathryn, Helen, Bull; and the deplorable conditions. cockeyed when compared to the Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 Since Alcoa has laid up 20 or Alcoa Patriot. They bring to TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Those countries are, in the fact that low wages and . p6or R. H. Ilall, Agent Phono M-1323 more Libertys, the only bauxite twenty the number of SIU ships majority, hotbeds of commimist conditions go hand in hand with ships hitting this port are the C now tied up here as a result of WILMINGTON, Calif., activity. In fact, in recent years. communism. 2Z7Vt Avalon Boulevard vessels, and half of these are in the strike. HEADQUARTERS. . 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. transit from other ports. Fortunately for some of the HAnover 2-2784 That's about all for the pres- men, several ships are still mainSECRETARY-TREASURER ent. However, we want to'ad- taining full crews aboard; others Paul Hall vise everyone wanting to ship are maintaining skeleton crews. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION out right away that Mobile is The men aboard these ships are farers International Union is available to all members who wish Lindsey Williams a port to bypass for the time in good shape and will weather to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS being. We will let you know via the strike with ease. Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have this column when shipping picks Joseph Volpian the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every PHONY CAPER up SIU branch for this purpose. SUP Although not many men are However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU going out to ships at the mo­ .HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Phone 5-8777 ment, I'd like to comment on a which you caff fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 61 -PORTLAND ..111 W. Burnsido St. practice currently being pulled Beacon 4336 Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. To speed up as much as aboard a few ships. RICHMOND, Calif. 257 5th St. A character goes aboard the possible the appearance in Phone 2599 PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION i SAN FRANCISCO .59 Clay St. ship, tosses his seabag on the the LOG a digest of their Douglaa 2-8363 shipboard proceedings all deck and proclaims to the. crew SEATTLE 86 Seneca St, crews are advised to send that he is the ship's delegate. To the Editor: Main 0290 copies of their minutes direct His authority, he claims, comes tWILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. I would like the SEAFARERS LCXJ mailed to the Terminal 4-3131 to the Editor, Seafarers Log, from the Hall where he is a 51 Beaver St., New York personal friend of the officials. address below: Canadian District Such a claim is sheer wind4, N. Y. Name Port Agents should also bagging, something he dreamed .•MONTREAL 1227 Philip*. Square up in a ginmill on the way to Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 forward their copies of ship's PORT ARTHUR 63 Cumberland St. Street Address minutes to the LOG as soon the ship. This character was sent Phone North 1220 aboard the ship to fill a berth, as possible after receiving 1 -PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. the s^e as the rest of the crew. City State them^ Phone; -5591 Any other material relat­ He probably feels, that a little TORONTO Ill A Jarvi* Street Elsin 5719 ing 'to the voyage, such as spiel right off the bat will set Signed VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. 'stories, pictures, letters, etc.. the crew right and make for Empire 4631 . can <be sent, in with the .easy sailing. VANCOUVER .565 Hamilton St. Book No.. « The best thing to do with this Pacinc 7824 minutes. guy is to tell him he stands as Shipping In Port New York At Standstill SlU HflLLS Ity'i Notice To All SIU Members Time For Minutes 0 �Friday, November 26# 1948 Say Vaiation Pay Not Lost, Role Provides Job Sorority Following are letters from the membership giv­ ing their views on the Union transportation rule. Th^ rule calls for men to take transportation money and pile off when a ship pays off at a port other than the one in which the crew signed on in cases where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. All possible steps have, been taken to give ^ equal space in the LOG to both sides of the contro­ versy. Stony Creek Crew Backs Present Rule bership is not by any means overloaded with bookmen. This is to let you know the To the Editor: undersigned members' opinions Next, the point has been raised that this rule is supposed to pre­ The following resolution con­ on the debate now going on in vent a guy from collecting vaca­ cerning the transportation rule regards to the question of trans­ tion pay due him, or worse still, was adopted by the crew of portation. prevent him from getting in the misinformed on many of the we are today. We're too wise the Stony Creek, November 19. Lef us state unequivocally, to necessary time for same. NOTH­ odds at issue, such as some of for that sort of thing . today to Whereas: The present nde start this letter off, that we most ING- COULD BE MORE the absolutely wrong informa­ ever go for it again. We say to would create a much bigger certainly are in favor of the WRONG. Vacation pay is cumu­ tion being passed around as ap­ all crewmembers of all SIU • rule now in effect, to wit: that lative in our contracts and the plies to the business of vaca­ ships, if you hear men using this turnover in shipping at present when a crew has transportation continuity of a man's service tions, as explained in this lettet*. sort of argument, look at them when shipping is rather slow, and due, they must accept same and in the company is not broken closely — they deserve close Whereas: A change in the pres­ SHIPOWNER CONCERNED get off the vessel. if he stops his employment with watching. ent rule would provide the ship­ Now, let's analyze one or two one particular company through Remember, fellows, when Another point that has come owners with an excellent argu­ of the points raised by those no fault of his own. This means times look a little tough, the up is that of the forty-five day ment which could be used as who are in opposition to this that if you get off the ship be­ shipowner always want seamen trip and the hardship it is sup- weapon against us in the next ruling and clarify certain issues cause of this ruling (which in­ to be concerned over their "wel­ posed to work on a crew if negotiations conference. which have been misunderstood cidentally is covered in the Un­ fare." Namely, because it will transportation is involved and a Therefore: We the undersignabout this entire matter. ion's transportation agreements) cause them to stop demanding crew has to payoff as in the ed are opposed to any changed Rrst, some of the fellows YOU DO NOT LOSE THAT good conditions, such as our present rule. This too has been in the present rule pertaining seem to be of the opinion that ACCUMULATED TIME TOW­ present transportation rider and greatly misund^stood as well as to the transportation clause and regardless of under what cir­ ARDS YOUR VACATION; biit, rules; as a natural result, they misrepresented. In almost every would vote to that effect if the cumstances the crew pays off, on your next trip, if you want will also stop "demanding" the case a man can easily find out question of a change is ever the crew must take transporta­ to go back into the same com­ other good contract features our before shipping the length of brought yp for a referendum vote tion and pile off the ship. This pany, that cumulative vacation contract provides for: white lin­ the trip and the destination; If up and down the coast, 'definitely isn't true. As a mat­ time is picked back up once en, decent food, and the many the man in question does -not| Signed by 15 BookmembOH ter of fact, there are very few again, regardless of the ship you other things no seaman had in (Continued on Pagr / 5) ' and 14 Permltmen ships paying off now which come go back aboafd belonging to the "good old days" when com­ under the heading of "due trans­ that particular company. pany stiffs began to worry about portation." Therefore, the num­ their "security." VACATION MIX-UP ber of men affected by this rule It is our earnest opinion that is in the minority, as compared Then, too, let us be perfectly if a man finds he cannot afford to the number of jobs contracted frank about this. The question of to go on the beach occasionally, to the SIU. vacations not only has been mis­ as is the custom of most all sea­ Second, the question of so- represented, but has been great­ men, that man has no business called "job security." A few ly over-emphasized as well. It going to sea for a living. He To the'Editor: trip. It is true that we have en­ persons have stated that they may be surprising to most people should get a job ashore in some joyed better shipping in the past^ feel this rule is "against their so- to find out that only approxi­ box factory so he can work for This letter is being written to and feel certain that things will the LOG and the Secretarycalled , "job security." This is not mately percent of ./ t. J. iiiaiciy five live peieeiib ux the iiie shipdiiiy the boss 365 days a year. That is Treasurer in accordance with a improve; but wouldn't it bd much better to incorporate 8 correct. As a matter of fact, the unlicensed personnel have one of the handicaps of going rule as it is now being used is ever collected, vacation money, to sea and it will always be request made by several mem­ time element into this ruling? bers of the crew. Incidentally, by far a greater means of job regardless of the transportation that way. ^ We feel that this ruling defin­ we have all full bookmen on security than would come should rule in effect. This is true not -That may sound hard, brother itely shows favoritism to those board and expect a clean payoff we change this ruling. only of the SIU, |)ut of all sea­ members, but as seamen, we similar to the one we had in members sailing on coastwise Here is an example. Riding men's unions, and is occountable must accept it as true. We simp­ passenger and regular scheduled the ships of steamship compan­ to the fact that the large per­ ly cannot allow a few individual Boston on the previous voyage cargo ships as they are allowed ies the SIU organized during the centage of all seamen change home guards and their concern when there were 24 out of 28 to remain on board as long as past three years are a lot of jobs and companies frequently. over their "security" to allow us full books. This letter has been they like. It may be added that .read to the membership at a seamen who are really company to make rules and follow poli­ shipboard meeting and is en­ we fail to see how this ruling In conclusion, we would also men. They are company men cies supposedly aimed at "great­ could possibly induce or encour­ because many have never been like to say that it is our belief er security," but \^ich in real­ dorsed by those in accord with it. age the shipping companies to We, the undersigned fullbook operate more vessels and pro­ insfde a Union Hall since se­ that the Editor Of the LOG ity would lead to a beginning curing their book through SIU hasn't exactly given this rule of the destruction of all sea­ members of the SIU, do hereby vide more jobs as stated in the declare the newly formed trans­ LOG of October 8. organizational work. Now, now in effect a fair break. For men's conditions. through the transportation rule, instance, he states in the in­ Remember this. Any time we portation ruling that has been As for providing a greater! these company men have to troduction to transportation let­ want to excuse the shipowners adopted up and down the coast turnover of men on the beach, a ters pro and con in the Novem­ change ships, and in some cases, from paying transportation, or as being unjust and contradictory man would be less likely to get entire company cliques are brok­ ber 19th issue "the rule calls for any other of our economic con­ to the main objectives of Union­ off a vessel that is on a regular! en up. Thus, these men, who men to take transportation ditions, in exchange for "great­ ism. run, or that pays off in the same have never shipped out of a money and pile off." The Editor er security," you can bet your The main objective is job se­ area it signed on in, since he may Hiring Hall, will come through doesn't even bother to explain life that the shipowner will be curity. The right to hold one's get a ship that will make a short our SIU Halls for the very first the exact transportation terms glad to make the "exchange." job. Where can one possibly find trip and pay off in another area, wherein all vessels with their time. Herein lies a chance for Remember, brothers, we are job secui'ity when he is compell­ much education on this matter crews have ten days from their of, by and for seamen—all the ed to give up his job merely be­ and would then have to hit the of Unionism—]^e Seafarers way. arrival at the first American port seamen, not part. The reason we cause his vessel failed to return beach again for an uncertain period. j . to start for the original sign-on area before being required to ac-! this is that recently one to the area of engagement re­ JOBS EQUAL BOOKS HURTS BALANCE cept transportation and get off. or two individuals on ships have gardless of the length of employ­ Third, is the opinion of some Also, when a ship pays off We do not think the Editor has written in the LOG that "the ment he has had? of the men in opposition to the been completely fair on this is­ rule was made by the guys on How many seamen can afford under these conditions in a port rule that bookmen of the SIU sue and has been biased on the the beach." This is foolish. It's to maintain a standard of living where shipping • is considered are tough up for jobs. This is an attempt, intentional or uhin- if they have to get off and wait good, a man may pack tip and absolutely not so. Anybody who matter in favor of those who are tention^, to create dissension in for another job to come around? return to his home port and in opposition to this rule. cares can see this by paying a the Union between "on the ship This ruling mainly effects sea­ leave the job to be filled by a visit to Headquarters in New In conclusion, we would like guys" and "on the beach guys." men who have responsibilities new emergency permit who will York, as we did, and taking a once again to state this to those The persons making this type and obligations to meet. This later be brought into the Union look at the membership charts, brothers who seem to be of the of remarks forget that the guy vessel, for example, averages as a tripcard. The .SIU today has approximate­ opinion that the rule now in on the beach today is the guy something like forty days to a Last, but surely not least, we ly one contracted job for eVery effect doesn't provide for the on the ship tomorrow, and vice round trip. We picked up eleven want to point out that this new fuU book. An SIU full bookman greatest amount of security for versa. The talk of "those guys as replacements in Boston, af­ ruling is absolutely in contradic­ at this moment has the greatest our membership: Let us remem­ on the beach" se^ms to have all ter having shipped from Balti­ tion to the Preamble to "our Con­ job security and turnover of jobs ber at all times that we arc not the earmarks of - coming froiii a more forty-two days previously. stitution and By-laws, which of any Union man' in the world. an organization banded together professional company stiff of the states: "Whenever rights belong CALLED UNFAIR Some guys seem to. be of the for the protection of some pre-war days. The same type of to one member, it belongs to all opinion, according to some of would-be company men who person in the "good old days" Suppose we were to return to members alike as long as they "the letters to the Editor, that the would prefer everybody to be­ who used to holler "Mobile for another area and collect trans­ remain in good standing in the beach in every port is loaded lieve they are beefing about this the Mobilians," "Baltimore ships portation. We do not feel,. as Union." down with SIU bookmen, there­ rule simply because they want for Baltimore men," and "We though it would be fair to the In closing, please let us add fore making necessary the rul­ "more job security." We do not Bostonians must stick together," eleven replacements to have that in our meeting tonight, a ing now in effect. This "is not imply, of course, that all men and so on up and down the line. them give up the ship and look motion was made and carried by • true, expept fin -extreme cases, in favor of changing this rule All oiatimers in the SIU re­ around for another ship. After acclamation to ask for a refersuch as the present Longshore­ are "company-minded." ., member -this phony kind of guff. paying the debts that have piled endiun vote extending for a men's strike, . No—^lots of the brothers are It's the sort of stuff we had to up during the waiting period in period of 90 days. As stated ,,before, the record either ignorant of the real is­ destroy completely before •«re Boston, they wouldn't have gain­ 28 members of clearly shows that the SIU mem- sues involved or else have been could become the strong Union ed anything for having made this 8S Governor Graves To the Editor: Opposed To Payoff Ruling, Crew Asks Referendum Vote � 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 November 26, 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. 48 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SEAFARERS WNS BY LANDSLIDE IN VIRGINIA FERRIES ILA TURNS DOWN OFFER AS 'VAGUE' SUN OIL COMPANY UNION'S 'VICTORY GAVE UNLIMITED OVERTIME-AND ALL OF IT UNPAID REPEAL OF T-H ACT FIRST ON AFL PROGRAM "WHAT'S BAD ABOUT T-H ACT? ASKS SUP MAN;HAYMOUND GIVES HIM UNION FACTS OF LIFE SLOW SHIPPING HITS GALVESTON SHORE JOBS HELP MEN IN PHILLY DEL NORTE CREW AROUSED TO ACTION BY CONDUCT OF PERFORMERS ON SHIP BROTHER APPEALS FOR BLOOD TO AID STRICKEN YOUNGSTER BALTIMORE HOSPITAL FACILITIES ARE TOPS SERVICES OFFERED POINT UP IMPROVEENTS MADE BY PUBLIC HEALTH HOSPITALS IN U.S SEAFARERS ASSURED OF FIRST-RATE CARE SECOUND LARGEST INSTITIONOF ITS KIND TREATS MORE THAN 33,000 PATIENTS YEARLY MOBILE HOSPITAL'S TREATMENT OF SEAMEN CHEERFUL SERVICE BY CAPABLE PERSONNEL CONTRIBUTS GREATY TO RAPID RECOVERIES WINS HIGH PRAISE FROM SIU PATIENTS MOBILE SHIPPING HITS LOW POINT SAY VACATION PAY NOTLOST'RULE PROVIDES JOB SECURITY SHIPPING IN PORT NEW YORK AT STANDSTILL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/26/1948 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/f03314f4fc1dfced499f565960e8a8aa.PDF c2561425470d0fba9cc8b3cf8e4301e1 PDF Text Text Vel. XXVII No. 2S Sl^ARERS^LOG (OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE Nov. M 19«S SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SlU Calls For NLRB Control Over Runaway Crews In U.S. Trades Page 3 SlU Of Canada Ship Sinks—None Injured Page 2 GAnMAU URGBS SHIP BRGAKOUT PAGE 2 sill Great Lakes District Signs New 3-Year Contract Page 8 �SEAFARERS Pag* Tww November 2t, INI LOG House MM Commiffec Head Blasts 'Stalling Garmatz Seeks Reactivation Of 300 More Reserve Ships WASHINGTON—Acting Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee, Edward Garmatz (D.-Md.), has again urged the Maritime Administration and MSTS to reactivate another 300 ships from the reserve fleet to help meet the shipping emergency in Vietnam. In separate telegrams to ^ Maritime Administrator Nich­ are nowhere near as adequate for Department and the Maritime Ad­ olas Johnson and to MSTS military emergency duties as the ministration to provide a detailed HE FORT By Paul Hall Representative Edward Garmatz (D.-Md.), the acting chairman of the House Conunlttce oa Merchant Marine and Fisheries, made a recommendation recently which would go a long way towards allevlat^g the urgent need for U.S. bottonu to haul milita^ supplies to Viebiam. The Congressmen suggested that 300 reserve fleet ships be reacti­ vated as soon as possible from the layup fleet to meet the nation's defense needs. Such s move is both essential and long overdue. In telegrams to Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson and to MSTS Commander Vice-Admiral Glynn R. Donaho, Garmatz pinpointed the heart of the matter when he noted that the reserve fleet is main­ tained for emergency use and pointed out that the present shortage of shipping to supply our fighting forces in Vietnam is certainly an emergency. Although the urgency of the situation grows each day, with vital military cargoes piling up on piers, the Government continues to drag its heels on the matter of breaking additional vessels out of the mothball fleet. MSTS admits that there is insufficient tonnage available to keep vital military cargoes moving to Vietnam and is even claiming that it is necessary to charter foreign-flag shipping to carry these cargoes. It baa been proved however that chartering foreign-flag tonnage is no solution. Of approximately 12 instances in which foreign-flag ships have been chartered to carry cargoes to Vietnam only half of the cargoes sailed as planned. In half a dozen cases action by foreign governments or refusal of crews to sail military cargoes into the war zone delayed shipment of the supplies. The sad thing is that the present situation is not new or unex­ pected. ' In every major defense crisis faced by the United States since the First World War, the U.S. has been faced with a heavy demand for additional shipping to meet the emergency and in every ease the active U.S. merchant fleet has been insufficient for the task. In spite of warnings from maritime labor, the maritime industry, members of Congress and other Interested parties everywhere, the American-flag merchant marine has been allowed to dwindle more and more—till today the U.S. faces what can only be termed a shipping crisis." At the end of World War II the reserve fleet was established to create a large pool of government-owned tonnage which could be kept in a high state of preservation and called upon in time of emer­ gency to provide needed tonnage quickly. Although the maritime industry has pointed out on numerous occasions that this reserve fleet concept was far from an adequate substitute for a strong active merchant fleet capable of meeting U.S. defense needs, great effort and expense was invested in mothballing these vessels. Adequate shipping must be broken out of mothballs now. The pace of battle in Vietnam increases daily and vast amounts of supplies will be needed In the future. If shipping is in short supply now it will be even shorter In coming months. Action must be taken im­ mediately to assure that sufficient ships are available to supply our fighting men and maintain vital worldwide trade routes. Foreign flag ships won't do the Job. description of every vessel in the reserve fleet. This Information will provide the committee with knowledge of the condition of each ship and whether the Defense De­ partment is considering its use for emergency purposes. Garmatz's letter emphasized the vital importance of the U.S. merchant marine in providing sealift capacity to supply overseas military efforts. He declared that he was "astounded" that no concise shipping plan had been created to supply American troops engaged in fighting communism in Vietnam. The Maryland Democrat was also sharply critical of the role played by the Defense Depart­ ment's Military Sea Transporta­ tion Service. He said that while the MSTS had the responsibility of providing such a detailed plan, it seemed more interested in pubiicizing present and future mari­ Foes Plan ^Last-Ditch* Fight time shortages than working on plans to resolve them. Most citizens, he pointed out, thought that such plans were already in existence many months ago. Another point which drew heavy criticism from Garmatz was the practice of the Defense Depart­ ment trying to charter U.S.-flag The fight for one man, one vote representation is being won ve.ssels at less than the market rate. He accused McNamara's de­ in the states. partment of trying to fight the Nearly half the 50 legislatures have already been reappor­ war in Vietnam "with pennies to tioned to meet court standards buy shipping services." —many as a result of lawsuits Senate Republican leader failed The SIU has also criticized the hroupht by unions. A state- to receive the needed two-thirds lack of action by Government by-state survey shows nearly every majority In the Senate this year, agencies in reactivating the neces­ legislature will be based on popu­ but it has been put on the calen­ sary number of vessels from the dar for the second session. It reserve fleet to satisfy military lation by next election day. would allow states to apportion supply requirements in the present But the battle isn't over. one house of a legislature on fac­ emergency. Money and influence are being tors other than population. massed in a final desperate effort The urgency of the shipping Most observers are convinced shortage is reflected by attempts to reverse the one man, one vote tide through a constitutional that if the Dirksen drive is again of the MSTS to charter foreignamendment, and congressional ob­ halted, it will be impossible there­ flag vessels to carry military MONTREAL—The SIU of Canada-contracted Lawrenceservers see the next few months after to turn the clock back. cargoes to Vietnam on the grounds as critical. that there are insufficient U.S.cliffe Hall, a giant $8 million Canadian laker christened only Wisconsin's Senator William The goal of what Senator Paul Proxmire (D) considers that mal­ flag ships available. However, in last May, sank in 36 feet of water off He d'Orleans on the St. II. Douglas (D.-Ill.) termed a apportionment "has been seriously the 12 Instances in which foreignLawrence River 15 miles be--* "well - financed, last - ditch cam­ wounded." But he cautioned in a flag vessels have been chartered low Quebec City in Montreal. vessel Simek on November 16. to carry supplies to Vietnam, the paign" is to switch enough votes recent speech against underrating There were no casualties. in the Senate and House to revive "the forces which profit from min­ crews or the government involved The 23,000 ton lake freighter went down folio-wing a collision The crew of the Lawrencecliffe the Dirksen amendment. The con­ ority control of the state legisla­ have refused to sail to the war with the 6,000-ton Saguenay Line Hall escaped unharmed into zone at least six times. stitutional change proposed by the tures." their lifeboats and were cared for Proxmire warned that the "next in a farmhouse on the island, until few months . . . will see a campaign their transfer back to the main­ land. Nov. 26, '65 Vol. XXVII, No. 25 of very large proportion directed against individual senators and Official Publication of the SIUNA After the Lawrencecliffe Hall was Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waten representatives in an effort to struck, her captain headed her di­ change their votes." District. AFL-CIO rectly for shore, in order to ground Executive Board the ship, rather than risk the Running the campaign, he said, PAUL HALL, President possibility of sinking in the chan­ "will he the well-known California CAL TANNEH EARL SHEPAI» nel. Although the captain was able public relations firm of Whittaker Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President WASHINGTON—Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D.-Md.) will to beach the vessel, she slid back, AL KEBR LINDSEY WILLIAMS & Baxter, which for years led the be the new chairman of the House Mercfliant Marine Committee when rolled on her side and sank, mo­ Sec.-Treaa. Vice-President fight against the medicare bill." ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Congress convenes again In January, 1966. He will be replacing the late ments after the crew got off in Vice-President Vice-President Large-scale fund-raising is al­ Herbert C. Bonner (D.-N.C.) who died recently at the age of 74 after their lifeboats. HERBERT BRAND ready under way, he said, and serving as Merchant Marine Committee chairman for many years. Director of Organizing and The Federal government ice­ "conservative interest groups win Garmatz, who represents Maryland's third congressional district, Publications breaker Montcalm was dispatched be able to muster a massive cam­ was first elected to the House in 1947, and has won re-election ever Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: paign compared to the resources since. He will be assuming the chairmanship at a time which is to the area soon after the collision ROBERT ARONSON, MELVIN PURVIS; Art of those who would defend the particularly critical to the future of the maritime industry. Aware and stood by to offer assistance, Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. cause of representative govern­ of the significant decisions which must be made In ihe comdng year, but the crew was able to abandon ment." He added: he told reporters recently that the committee faces one of its "most ship without help. Later, the Mont­ calm returned to Quebec to bring "It is easily understood what important" years. wreck buoys to mark the site of the One of the most important tasks ahead of the Merchant Marine sinking. a representative state government may mean to the very powerful Committee in the coming session will be consideration of the recom­ The Lawrencecliffe Hall was Published biweekly at the headquarter interests which now have an al­ mendations of the Interagency Task Force Report on Merchant Marine of the Seafarers Infernatlonal Union, At bound for Conneault, Ohio, with a Policy. Garmatz has already declared that one of his first Jobs will be lantie. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wafert liance with the minority control­ load of iron ore when she was District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, ling state legislatures, and who to thoroughly familiarize himself with the controversial study. Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Port would regret to see state legisla­ The task force recommendations have already been unanimously struck on the starboard side by the Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act tures represent the needs and rejected by the President's Maritime Advisory Committee on the freighter Sunek. The bow of the of Aug. 24. 191i views of the great majority of tax­ grounds that they would seriously injure the U.S.-flag merchant marine Sunek ripped a hole in the Law(Contiilued on page 111; payers «nd consumers." ' and drastically reduce employment opportunities for American seamen. Commander Vice-Admiral Glynn R. Donaho, Garmatz renewed a rec­ ommendation he had made some time ago to President Johnson. Garmatz emphasized that the re­ serve fleet is maintained for emer­ gency use, and he observes that "certainly the present shortage (of ships) is an emergency." In another letter, to Defense Sec­ retary Robert McNamara, Garmatz scored what he called Defense De­ partment "stalling" in breaking out vessels from the Reserve Fleet. "Never before to my knowledge has there been such a stalling tech­ nique involved in the breaking out of vessels from the reserve fleet," Garmatz said. He noted that the Defense De­ partment has been issuing state­ ments that it is too expensive to re-activate ships from the reserve fleet, "If these vessels In general public was led to believe," Garmatz said, "then steps should be taken to selectively break out those ships that are most worthwhile. "1 cannot condone our laid-up fleet being considered part of our 'national defense reserve' only to find that we have been oversold in the nomenclature." The House Merchant Marine Committee Chairman also hit the failure of the Defense Department to develop a "concise maritime logistics plan" to keep American GIs supplied in Vietnam, and promised a full-scale investigation by his committee of how U.S. shipping is meeting military re­ quirements in Vietnam. He asked McNamara for a full accounting of his department's need for shipping and plans to meet them. In his letter to McNamara, Garmatz called upon the Defense One Man, One Vote Drive Nearing Victory In States Canadian SIU Ship Sinks—None Injured SEAFARERS LOG V' ^ ^ \ Y \ Garmatz To Head MM Unit During 'Most Important'Year) �NirtiBber t«, MM SEAFARERS Far* Thre* LOG Death Toll Stands At 89 In Runaway Cruise Ship Yarmouth Castle Sinking MIAMI—A Coast Guard investigation of the sinking of the Yarmouth Castle got un­ derway here this week. The runaway-flag cruise ship burned and sank about 120 miles east of here in the early morning of November 13 with a loss of 89 lives. A fire raged out of control aboard the 38-year-^ old Panamanian - registered hind the Yarmouth Castle at about gathered on the starboard deck. vessel for almost five hours 2 a.m. Saturday morning when The Bahama Star lowered her own SlU President Paul Hall addresses representatives of maritime labor, management and government at recent Shipbuilders Conference in Washington. The three-day conference was aimed at developing a legislative and ad­ ministrative program to aid the declining American ship­ building industry. Action To Save U.S. Maritime Urged At Shipbuilders Parley WASHINGTON—A strong American-flag merchant marine and shipbuilding industry was called for here by top leaders of maritime labor, the maritime industry, shipbuilding and the Government, gathered at-t— a three-day National Ship­ minding the delegates of the Im­ building Conference called portant role maritime has always by the Brotherhood of Boilermak­ ers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers. The conference was aimed at de­ veloping a legislative and adminis­ trative program to help the declin­ ing American shipbuilding indus­ try. Addressing the assembled dele­ gates, Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey called upon the mari­ time industry to unite to help the Administration and Congress form­ ulate a policy that will result in a "strong, modern, up-to-date mer­ chant marine." "For our international security, for our international peace, this na­ tion needs and must have available for eveiy minute of its life a strong, modern, well-equipped and wellmanned" Navy and merchant ma­ rine, Humphrey declared. He assured the delegates that the White House has not determined any policy regarding the maritime industry yet and that their views would be taken into consideration when such policy is developed. This was a reference to the Interagency Maritime Task Force Report, which called for buildiig U.S. vessels abroad and allowing foreign-flag ships in the U.S. trade. Russell K. Berg, Boilerm'ikers President, called for united action to defeat determined efforts of the task force to get its proposals leg­ islated by pongress. "Unless we maintain our mer­ chant marine and keep our ship­ building skills, we will be at the mercy of foreign tonnage and be subject to maritime blackmail," he warned. In his keynote speech. Berg noted that the task force re­ port had been unanimously reject­ ed by labor, management and public members of the President's Mari­ time Advisory Committee. He summoned the three-day con­ ference, Berg said, to unite all seg­ ments of the shipping industry behind programs to revive "a sick and distressed and apparently doomed industry." Also participating in the con­ ference was H. Page Groton, ex­ ecutive director of the Boiler­ makers. \FL - CIO President George Meany reaffirmed American labor's strong support, for a strong U.S. maritime industry in a speech re­ played In the security of our nation both in peacetime and wartime. The labor movement, he said, stands with those "who believe op­ eration under the U.S. flag repre­ sents a value and a degree of se­ curity that cannot be assured by foreign owners or crews, or by run­ away-flag ships under the control of American tax-evaders who place profits ahead of their moral re­ sponsibilities as employers and citi­ zens." "Experience shows," Meany re­ minded his listeners, "that in every maritime emergency since the turn of the century, the shipyards of the U.S. have been called upon to main­ tain and revive, not only our own, but the merchant marines of our allies as well. I will continue to be­ lieve, until convinced otherwise, that the capacity to produce, main­ tain and replace a strong efficient merchant fleet is fully as important as the fleet itself." "The United States flag belongs on the high seas," he said, "and American ships, built in American yards and manned by American seamen are worth whatever the price may be." SIU President Paul Hall, who Is also President of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, noted that the maritime industry is the big exception to the nation's pros­ perity, with American-flag ships handling only 9 percent of the na­ tion's export-import commerce. The task force report, he charged, would bring this figure down to a mere 4 percent. Again referring to the task force report. Hall said, "We're going to fight them down the line. The in­ dustry's enemies will have to go to the halls of Congress to get this done and that's where we're going to beat them." One of the most stinging attacks on present maritime policy tvas made by former Senator John Marshall Butler, who charged Fed­ eral maritime authorities with "penny - pinching theorizing and double-talk" and with proposals that "herald the eventual doom'; of the country's merchant marine. Butler warned that anyone who "gives away" any part of our mer­ chant or' naval shipbuilding to yards • in other countries would (Continued on page 6) before she keeled over and sank about 80 miles northeast of Nas­ sau, Bahamas. Over 460 passengers and crewmembers /Were rescued by the cruise ship Bahama Star and the Finnish freighter Finnpulp. Both vessels sighted flames and smoke aboard the stricken vessel and sped to the scene. The Yarmouth Castle did not send out an SOS. The Bahama Star departed from Miami on Friday afternoon, No­ vember 12, shortly after the Yar­ mouth Castle, also bound for Nas­ sau. She was about six miles be­ billows of smoke were seen rising from the vessel. Steaming alongside the burning ship at full speed, the Bahama Star passed three lifeboats full of Yarmouth Castle survivors and ad­ vised them that she would pick them up after taking the remain­ ing passengers off the burning ship. Burning Fiercely The Yarmouth Castle was burn­ ing fiercely in the upper deck for­ ward, with flames spreading rapid­ ly throughout the length of the ship. Most of the passengers were To Insure Union Safety Standards SIU Urges NLRB (^nkol Of Runaway - Flag Crews Engaged In U.S. Trade lifeboats and called to the trapped passengers to jump. As.they did they were taken aboard the Baha­ ma Star's lifeboats. During this time the Finnpulp also came alongside the burning ship and began to take survivors directly off the Yarmouth Castle's deck. The Finnpulp stayed along­ side until her paint began to smoke and bum from the intense heat, then pulled away and began to take survivors from the water. Intense Heat The fire burned fiercely out of control and flames were visible 20 miles away. Coast Guard pilots re­ ported from the scene that the heat was so intense it could be felt through their cockpit windows as they flew 200 feet high, 500 feet from the vessel. Black smoke rose to more /than 4,000 feet. "It was a terrible sight," said one helicopter pilot. "The ship was a mass of flame from bow to st^ You could see flames through n* anchor chain hole all the way beck to the aftermost portholes." At 6:03 a.m. the vessel rolled over and sank quickly with a great NEW YORK—SIU President Paul Hall has called on Con­ roar of steam from her burst/ng gress to amend the U.S. labor laws in order to give the NLRB boilers. jurisdiction over crews of foreign-flag vessels substantially The most severely injured survi­ engaged in American com-+ vors were airlifted from the rescue merce. The SIU president de­ and other U.S. maritime unions have vessels at sea and taken to hospi­ clared that this action would over the years organized the crews tals in Nassau. The remainder ar­ prevent disasters such as the sink­ of many runaway-flag vessels. This rived later aboard the rescue ships. ing of the Yarmouth Castle, the right has been upheld by the NLRB. Poor Safety Standards American-owned, Panamaniainflag However, in February, 1963 the Supreme Court ruled the NLRB Survivors told grim tales of panic cruise ship which sank in the Caribbean with a ioss of 89 lives, did not have jurisdiction over these and poor safety standards aboaid after being destroyed by a fatal vessels. He explained that this de­ the Yarmouth Castle. They charged cision was handed down after a that fire alarms did not ring, the fire. number of Federal agencies, such automatic sprinkler system did not Hall said that the SIU will urge as the State, Defense and Justice work, lifeboats stuck in their davits the next session of Congress to departments, had intervened on the and could not be lowered, and that amend the labor laws to make it side of the runaway ship operators fire hoses lay useless on the deck clear that the NLRB has jurisdic­ who were evading U.S. wages, safe­ for lack of water pressure. tion over the crews of foreign-flag ty standards and taxes. Others charged that there were vesseis, the bulk of whose sailings Hall pointed out that in its deci­ no life-jackets in the cabins, there are in U.S. commerce. He explained that this kind of amendment would sion, the Supreme Court said that were no life rings on deck and that allow U.S. maritime unions to Congress had the authority to give there had been no fire drills. Some serve as bargaining representative jurisdiction over these vessels to crewmembers were praised for heroism in giving up their lifefor these crews. It would also en­ the NLRB, if it wished to do so. able unions to insist upon the main­ "Since that time," he declared, jackets to passengers. tenance of the safety standards pre­ "the SIU has continuously insisted "The crew members who knew vailing on U.S.-flag ships, he added. upon action to give such jurisdic­ what to do were very helpful," said one survivor, "but some of them tion to the NLRB." SIU Demands Safety didn't seem to know what to do." Continuing Campaign "In our own union," the SIU Another passenger told of how president said, "adequate safety As an example of this continued standards are required as a part of campaign, the SIU president re­ his fully loaded lifeboat had to be the contract, and no vessel can op­ called that as recently as October paddled away from the sinking ship erate without complying with these 7, at the last meetii^g of President like a canoe because the oarlocks contractual requirements for ship­ Johnson's Maritime Advisory Com­ were missing. board safety. In the training of our mittee in Washington, the SIU recFormer SIU Ship seamen, also, great stress is placed commended that appropriate steps The Yarmouth Castle is the for­ upon safety, including an effective should be taken to provide the mer American-flag ship Evangeline, lifeboat training program." NLRB with definitive jurisdiction launched in Philadelphia in 1927. over runaway-flag vessels in Amer­ She was manned by the SIU for President Hall stated that the ican commerce. If this jurisdiction crews, as well as the public which were granted, he said, crews of many years while operating under uses these ships would have addi­ these vessels would be represented the house flag of the Eastern Steam­ tional insurance against such disas­ in collective bargaining by the un­ ship Corp., before transferring to foreign-flag registry. Thirty-odd ters if crewmembers aboard run­ ion of their choice. years ago the 365-foot, 5.002-ton away-flag vessels, such as the Yar­ Hall declared, "The Yarmouth vessel was one of the "class" cruise mouth Castle had the protection of American maritime union repre­ Castle disaster tragically drama­ vessels making regular voyages be­ sentation. He pointed out that tizes the whole issue of the I'un- tween New York and Nassau. many of these crews have indicated away-flag ships which seek to evade During World War II she was a desire for this representation in U.S. regulations and laws. used at, a troopship in the Pacific the past. "This incident also underscores and was later used as a hospital the urgent need for appropriate ship. Refitted after the war she Agencies Backed Runaways legislation, such as we have recom­ made some cruises to Nassau and Reviewing past efforts to deal mended, in the interests of the gen­ stood idle for long periods, until with the runaway-flag vessel prob­ eral public as well as the crewmem­ the aging ship vyas sold and re­ lem, Hall reported that the SIU bers on these ships," he concluded. registered under foreign flag. �Pag* Poor November 28. 1965 SEAfAktkS' to& "Sfory^OfA^rijljant^w Seafarer Thanks USPHS Hospital For Gift Of Life By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Afiantfa The SIU has received telegrams of thanks from the United Brewery Workers for aid and support given by Philadelphia Seafarers in NEW YORK—The vital role played by the U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals in the defeatingUnion a Teamster raid on Distillery Workers Local 263 at the health not only of U.S. seamen but of the entire community was pointed out recently Puhlicker Distillery. The SIU made its facilities available in the llgbt in a letter from Seafarer Art Lomas—who owes his life today to a difficult and dangerous to defeat the raid by the IBT. -f-= operation performed by sur-'*George Dietzman, international for the next two weeks. We expect geons at the USPHS hospital day . . . This is medical and sur- staff who hi.Hiiped him through a representative of the Brewery to crew the C. S. Baltimore during trying and dangerous period. gidal care at its finest." on Staten Island. Workers said, "through the sup­ the coming period and have "One does not meet this kind port, cooperation and overall as­ several ships due in transit. Dur­ Lomas' condition was first diag­ Lomas credits the Staten Island nosed as aortic aneurysm by Doc­ of people every day," Lomas sistance of the SIU, this victory ing the past two weeks we paid USPHS hospital, its staff of sur­ tor Lynn Fulkerson of the Staten afvows. was made possible." A second wire off three vessels, signed on three geons and teohnioians, their thor­ Lomas is at home now, still re­ of thanks came from Martin and had six in transit. Presently, Island hospital's chest clinic, who ough knowledge of the latest in­ consulted one of the hospital's cuperating fixHn his ordeal, and Gross, Jr., regional director of the we have the Alamar.. the Losmar novations in surand the C. S. Baltimore laid up. instead of looking forward to a Brewery Workers. chief vascular surgeons. Dr. Robert c a 1 techniques, maximum of only two years of life Philadelpfaia and the modern Minor. Dr. Minor had recently at best, the future now looks Employees at Puhlicker gave equipment avail­ studied the techniques for correc­ Shipping has been very good bright for him, his wife, daughter the Brewery Workers 460 votes able there, for the tion of aortic aneurysm developed and grandchildren. here and is expected to hold and the IBT 355 in a recent NLRB successful opera­ by Dr. Michael DeBakey, and de­ steady during the coming weeks. representation election. The list of people to whom tion to correct an cided he should operate. . He Steve Mosokowski, who has been At the November meeting of the "aneurysm" — a pulled no j>unches however, and Lomas wishes to express gratitude sailing with the SIU for the past Informed Lomas that because of New York Central Labor Council is a lengthy one. In addition to the weakening of a major artery from other complicating factors, he hospital's doctors and staff, Lomas the SIU introduced a motion 25 years, has taken a good rest which passed unanimously urging and put in a little work on repair­ the heart—^which could guarantee only a 50-50 writes: Lomas threatened to chance of success. "I thank the Union and my fel­ that the Council go on record to ing his home. He is now at the cost Lomas his life. low Seafarers for the donation of advise the State, Justice and Com­ Philadelphia Hall ready to tackle Delicate Operation blood necessary for my surgery. I merce Departments of its vigorous the firbD bos'n's job to come up. Dr. Minor, assisted by Dr. James thank the visiting welfare repre­ opposition to the use of runawayIn his letter to the LOG, Lomas Boston expresses nothing but praise for F. Densler, performed the delicate sentatives for their courtesy and flag ships in American commerce, Shipping has the aurgeons and staff at the operation In which the damaged assistance, which helped to cheer because they constitute a threat to been on the slow Staten Island USPHS hospital and section of the aorta was removed things along. The SIU has always thfe safety and welfare of Ameri­ bell during the he points out the importance of the Mid replaced by nylon tubing. The been tops in its consideration for can seamen and a danger to the last period, hut SlU'a continuing to fight to pre­ aorta Is the largest artery in the its hospitalized members — I American public — as evidenced is expected to vent the proposed dosing of these body" and oarrles blood fo-om the know." most recently by the Yarmouth pick up over the USPHS hospitals all around the heart to the rest of the body. The Noting recent proposals to close Castle disaster. Our motion further coming weeks. country. delicate surgery was a complete stated that operators resort to the USPHS hospitals, Lomas John Knias, a "This is my story of a brilliant success. writes to fellow Seafarers: "I not runaway-flag vessels to evade U.S. 20-year SIU vet­ safety standards, taxes and union Lomas also has high praise for only urge, I plead wth the mem­ surgeon operation," Lomas writes, eran whose last "performed at the USPHS hospi­ surgeooMi Fredidck Rodesto and bership to take this thing seriously, wages and conditions and that the ship was the KHIOS federal agencies cited have con­ tal, Staten Island. Without fan­ Amos Lewis, who took care of him to contact their local congressmen Steel Navigator, fare or publidty, similar success­ dining the recovery period, along and state senators, to get their sistently used their influence to is waiting for an oiler's slot. perpetuate the practices of run­ ful operations happen here every with everyone else on the hospital friends to do so as well. In order Norfolk away shipping against Hie interests to protest any such closings. of the American public and the Shipping has been on the slow "Remember, it may he your American seamen. The SIU has hell here, hut the future looks turn next for a spell of illness, and always and will continue to fight without these marine hospitals all the practice of short-changing brighter with a number of coal seamen will have a tougher time. American shipping under the ships due in for pay off. Take the advice of an oldtmer who cover of foreign flags. Puerto Rico has had many spells of hospital­ Puerto Rican shipping has been Baltimore ization in the past." very good, and the port is in need By Lindsey Williams. Vice-President, Gulf Area The aortic aneurism corrective Shipping has been on the slow of oilers, firemen, watertenders New Orleans Mayor Victor H. Schiro will once again be the Demo­ technique is only one' of the bell for tile past two weeks, hut and electricians. The port shipped cratic candidate for Mayor in the April, 1966 New Orleans general prospecte look extremely bright out 47 men during the last period. (Continued on page 11) elections. Mayor Schiro's victory in the Democratic Party Primary Elections virtually assured him of the mayorallty, since he wlE face no Republican opposition in the-f election. The SIU took an active trict of' the International Long­ role in support of Mayor Schiro's shoreman's Association. The affair primary campaign, and is now urg­ was sponsored by the West Coast ing Seafarers and their families to Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime back all labor-endorsed candidates Trades Department, SIU represen­ in coming primaries. tatives and friends of Brother Mas­ Mobile sey from the entire Gulf area at­ The SIU Hall in Mobile was host tended. to the United Labor Council here Doing a little deer hunting while recently. The Council, which in­ on the beach, F. L. (Frog) Bartlett cludes just about all labor locals in is also getting in some time with the area, held its monthly meeting his wife and kids. Frog last sailed at the hall. aboard the Alcoa Reamer as chief Shipping in Mobile has been pro­ cook. Bosun Robert D. Schwarz is ceeding on the slow hell, hut is ex­ watching the Mobile hoard for a pected to pick up slightly in the good sharang job and enjoying the time with his wife and kids in their next few weeks. R. F. (Fete) Ray is on the beach Mobile home. Boh last shipped here after getting off the Inger. aboard the Inger as bosun. Nursing Pete, who has sailed in various a case of athritis. Earl Minton has deck department rating for the past been on the beach here for the past twenty years, makes his home in few months. A twenty year veteran Pascagoula. Also of the engine department, Earl off the Inger is hails from Escaptawpa, Mississippi New Orleans pumpman and deck engineer Jobs continue to move at a brisk Arthur Wither- pace in New Orleans. Ington. Arty is Tony Rodriguez is saying hello spending some to his friends around the New Or­ time with his leans Hall after a trip on the Del wife at their Sud. Tony will possibly take an­ home a few miles other Delta Line passenger ship out of Mobile. he likes the sort runs and the Witheringten He's set to take since South American trip. the right job when it comes along. Off the Del Mar and hack on the Robert McNay is a familiar and beach, Louie G'Leary is '.vailing for welcome sight around the Houston Hall. A longtime veteran of the en­ his ffd. Louie had an accident oh gine department. Boh is off the the ship and broke a couple of ribs. Smiling members of SIU Lifeboat Class No. 139 pose proudly for class photo after success­ Steel Scientist and waiting for a For the time being, he will take it fully completing lifeboat training course at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Grad­ pretty easy. trip to Japan. uates are (l-r, front row It Aroii McDonald and Angel Aguildr. Middle row: Evanigelos Houston Over 400 people attended a testi­ Leonfdis, Demlnick Brancocclo, Merrill Jehnt, Louis PlcUiait, Tommy McNeills, Frank J. Shipping in Houston is holding monial dinner-dance in Houston for PresH. Beck rowt Momiel Soboter, Georgo Cordero, Andrew Rovetrinf, Ckorles Inobnet, steady and the outlook is bright for Ralph A. Massey, president of the Steven Pelskman, end. Instructor Ami Bjorsson. the coming period. South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Dis­ Lifeboat Class No. 139 Casts Off �KmiW tt, im SEAFARtRS LOG Far* Fir* I :-.w-;v>:-:4c«mH Cook Henry Moitin slices up a "mess-o-pork chops" for the Steel Rover crew's lunch. The SlU-manned Steel Rover (Isthmian) docked at New York's Erie Basin on her recent return from the Persian Gulf, carrying general cargo. A LOG photographer accompanied SlU patrolmen to record the payoff. Ship s delegate D. A. "Rod" Ciork (right) and SlU patrolman Ed Mooney (standing) check out some overtime-pay rates according to new SlU contract with Isthmian paymaster Wally Hollwedel aboard the Steel Rover. Seafarer Simon Gutierez, baker, signs on the dotted line for payment in full as isthmian paymaster Pat Conlon looks on. • f- • :• Seafarer Jon Doro (right), bosun aboard the Steel Rover, joked with the paymaster as he signed f-ir his pay at fh'e end of thr voyage. IM a n u e i Horn, messman, saw to table service. Cook George Gibbon saw to it that the crew had plenty of good, hot soup. Baker Simon Gurierez adjusts galley scale to assure the proper proportions of ingredients. OilerCarios Torres takes care of one of many engine room chores aboard the Rover. Seafarers Al Brown (left), who sails in the engine department and George KeiiSi dsclc department, made use of time waiting for payoff to give the new S' ' agreement with contracted companies a thorough reading. D. Provefezionos, deck, wears big smile at payoff. Ship's delegate "Rod" Clark (left) discussed provisions of the hew SlU contract with patrol• man William Half before the-payoff.'»' Seafarers (l-r) G. Bonefonte, deckt Jock Wheeios and Frankio Rodriguez, both of the galley gang; and Son Tulso of the black gang. Raymond Friei (left), engine department, and John Charles, deck, took time out from pack­ ing their seabags to have this >phote<t itake^v �Pai« Sis SEAFARJ^RS LOG Nprember t9, 196i DISPATCHERS REPDRT'^Mantla, Oulf, Lake* ft Inlaml Watars Dlstrl«t November 6 to November 19 DECK DEPARTMENT QUESTION: Of fhe many ports that you hava visited, where did you find the weather most pleasant, and why? TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston 1 4 New York 66 32 Philadelphia 11 5 Baltimore 20 8 Norfolk 8 5 Jacksonville 0 4 Tampa 4 3 Mobile 29 17 New Orleans 49 33 Houston 44 32 Wilmington 12 4 San Francisco .... 21 6 Seattle 7 20 Totals 288 157 TOTAL SHIPPED AU Groups Class A dassB dassd 4 0 0 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups 19 . 1 29 86 10 £05 70 Bernard rimovlcz: My personal Richard Hufford: I'm happiest 17 10 1 17 80 in New Orleans. It gets cold for a favorite is the Hawaiian Isles, 7 17 1 73 38 few weeks, but with its cool 1 1 0 24 20 never seally that nights and warm 2 0 3 9 8 cold. In fact, a daya. For my 0 1 1 7 0 little brisk weath­ money, it has 12 2 0 74 SO er is a good both California 61 31 2 136 71 change now and 34 24 2 and Florida beat. 167 77 10 2 1 11 3 then. The rest of In the Isles, you 25 11 20 48 23 the year is real can really relax 18 9 10 • 49 18 pleasant. At the and take it easy. 287 129 49 851 377 moment, I'm liv­ True, on the lee ing in Brooklyn, side of the New York. In fact I'm trying to islands, there is rain. But all ENGINE DEPARTMENT ship out now to beat the winter. other areas are almost always TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED NOW ON THE BEACH sunny. All Groups All Groups All Groups t ir Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B ii. ^ Lester C. Long: I'll take Yoka1 1 1 1 . 9 0 3 hama. Good weather, like most Steve Bergeria: South Africa Boston New York 67 7 38 21 35 117 43 things, is a mat­ has the best weather as far as I'm Philadelphia 7 7 1 6 29 26 1 ter of taste. I concerned. The Baltimore 14 15 15 57 52 4 1 prefer a tem­ climate there is Norfolk 1 1 0 6 5 26 23 Jacksonville 2 perate climate 1 3 2 9 2 9 moderate and you Tampa 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 with the usual can use the Mobile 15 4 2 13 1 18 38 four seasonal beaches all 42 New Orleans 40 31 28 0 95 , 61 changes. Yokayear round. The 27 22 Houston 30 21 3 96 90 hama has this, beachfront is Wilmington 4 2 4 5 3 8 6 and boasts a similar to Miami, 22 19 San Francisco ..... 15 4 5 39 18 truly beautiful but the South 16 5 7 Seattle 11 10 6 30 spring and au­ African beaches 201 112 47 Totals 182 136 359 556 tumn. Of all the ports, I feel most are far better. comfortable there. The only trouble is that that once STEWARD DEPARTMENT In a while it gets a little windy, 4 Si * TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED NOW ON THE BEACH but no't too bad. All Groups All Groups All Groups Harry Rodriguext Puerto Rico, of course. There are wonderful Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Port Class A Class B beaches there, a Boston 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 •un that shines 24 New York 38 8 60 14 12 118 Philadelphia 9 10 2 27 14 3 3 every day, and 7 7 69 Baltimore 11 n 1 38 the prettiest girls (Continued from page 3) 17 4 2 0 13 3 1 in the world. Best "live to regret It.* "By that time Norfolk 1 2 5 Jacksonville 3 1 0 2 of all, for a it may be too late to repair the Tampa 7 2 4 3 3 3 6 fisherman like damage caused by their dangerous Mobile 47 7 4 1 3 20 13 myself, the fish­ and unworkable theories," he em­ New Orleans 43 1 119 61 41 31 25 ing is great all phasized. 29 99 43 11 10 Houston 34 15 year round. 2 1 13 3 Wilmington 2 3 8 He noted that every other mari­ 19 4 46 13 4 8 San Francisco 14 Panama is my 17 11 8 25 19 12 6 second favorite, but they have too time nation in the world reserves Seattle itl 591 262 94 203 84 188 much rain there, much more than substantial cargoes for its own Totals lines and every other maritime Puerto Rico. nation subsidizes its merchant fleet and its shipyards, and added: "Compared to the subsidy bur­ den of agriculture and direct ex­ penditures of the Government for aircraft and space Industries, the latter being subsidized 100 per­ cent, the total government contri­ bution in all ways to the merchant marine is and always has been One of the most common hazards aboard ship results from the collection of harmful WASHINGTON — A televised pitifully omall." gases in tanks, holds, coal bunkers, etc. Spaces containing such gases sometimes also tribute to the late Herbert H. In the area of national security. contain less than the normal amount of oxygen. Lehman, U.S. Senator and Gover­ Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., A man entering such a tank ^ nor of New York, will be presented commander of ttie Atlantic Fleet, unprotected and without first that formation of carbon monoxide such tanks without proper precau­ as the fourth annual tv drama pointed out that more than 90 properly checking for possi­ is associated with linseed oil and tions often causes further casual­ produced by the George Meany percent of the means for fighting pigments, such as red lead, used to ties, as gas masks, respirators etc., Foundation. The documentary pro­ in Vietnam, just as it was in Ko­ ble hazards can quickly suffer prevent rust. serve no purpose at all. A breath­ asphyxiation or suffocation both gram, which will focus on high­ rea, moved on ships. ing apparatus that functions Investigators have found carbon from lack of air and from poison­ lights of Lehman's career as "We will not survive, I warn ous effects of the harmful gases he monoxide concentrations as high through its own independent sup­ statesman and public servant, will you, if the freighters do not get may breathe in without realizing as 0.4% in small compartments ply of oxygen is the only suitable be broadcast over the NBC-TV in with our raw materials," he it. coated with linseed oil paints. A device to use. network at 1:30 PM (EST) Sunday, emphasized, noting that modern Since free air normally contains concentration of 0.2% may bring Many Substances besides iron and December 5. technology had in no way lessened about 21% of oxygen by volume, about death in 2 to 4 hours. A few steel can cause an unsuspected Vice President Hubert H. the need for ships. even a small reduction of the seconds of breathing air containing oxygen deficiency in an enclosed Humphrey will be featured on the Other speakers Included Mari­ oxygen content in the air due to 2% of this gas will bring uncon­ space. The most common hazards tribute as he traces his former time Administrator Nicholas John­ the presence of other gases is sciousness, fdllowed by death in result from decomposition of cer­ Senate colleague's contributions to son; Edwin M. Hood, President of enough to cause unconsciousness 3 to 4 minutes. tain organic substances. Combined human welfare and social advance­ the Shipbuilders Council of Amer­ or death almost immediately. The This is the same deadly gas with moisture, cargoes such as ment in an interview with NBC's ica; B. A. Gritta, President of the danger is multiplied because some escaping from a car exhaust. Its tobacco, resin, coal, linseed cake, Pauline Frederick. AFL-CIO Metal Trades Depart­ gases give no clue to their pres­ effect is immediate because the potatoes, oranges and certain ani­ mal oils generate C02 gas as well The George Meany Foundation ment; and Labor Secretary W. ence; they can neither be seen nor blood absorbs carbon monoxide 300 as carbon monoxide. The circum­ smelled. times faster than it takes in oxygen. Willard Wirtz. is a part of the Herbert H. Leh­ In addition, ship's tanks which The oxygen is simply choked out stances are different in each case, man Institute. The foundation's which explains why proper-testing have remained sealed for relatively and cannot get into the blood annual tv program is incorporated must be conducted first. There may long periods may be unsafe to stream. into the Eternal Light series, pre­ be no hint at all that the air is enter even though they contain no sented weekly by NBC television lacking in oxygen or otherwise Oxygen Deficiency oil or other cargo residues. Acci­ and the Jewish Theological harmful. dents have occurred in tanks which Seminary of America. SIU Presi­ Oxygen deficiency Itself is a Seafarers are reminded that Use of a flame safety lamp is a are at times filed with water for major cause of accidents in empty dent Paul Hall is a member of the when they leave a ship after recommended to test the ballast or other purposes. Meany Foundation Board of tanks since moist steel tanks use oxygen contentmeans articles expire in a foreign of the atmosphere up oxygen by rusting. The oxygen Directors, Carbon Monoxide port, the obligation to leave a in spaces where there is even a volume in an enclosed space can remote chance of oxygen deficien­ c.'ean ship for the next crew Deaths have resulted from men The program's script, entitled is the same as in any Stateside entering unused, sealed tanks be reduced to less than 4% as a cy. This includes holds or compart­ "The Moral Dimension," was port. Attention to details of painted with red lead to protect result of "routine" oxidation. ments where a fire has been written by Charlotte Marshall, housekeeping and efforts to against corrosion. In one instance, There is nothing in the appear­ smouldering. The lamp will stop and will be narrated by Robert leave quarters, messrooms and the paint had come off in a num­ ance or odor of the air in these burning if the oxygen content of Burr and Lester Rawlins. Bther working spaces clean ber of places, caused the contained tanks to indicate the lack of normal the air is below normal levels and, will be appreciated by the new Time of the broadcast on local air to react with the metal and oxygen, which makes this condi­ due to its construction, the lamp crfw. wh,en it comes aboard. NBC stations may be found by produced a probable concentration tion particularly dap^erous. Rescue will no^ cause^ infl^mpnable gases consulting local • pfo§ram ^ listin.^. of.cm'bon njonoxide., It i;. believed attempts on ^eri vvlio have entered Shipbuilding Lack Of Air, Poisoned Air Are Hazards In Ship Spaces TV Tribute To Herbert Lehman Set For Dec. 5 Foreign Payoff? Leave Clean Ship �a, lite Progressive Legislation Aided By Liberal Votes Face liEAFAk^kg tOG "I Always Ride This Line r The difference between victory and defeat for mucti of the pro­ gressive social legislation that was passed in the BBth Congress was to a great extent attributable to the votes of labor union members who helped elect 61 liberal Congressmen to the House of Representa­ tives during 1964. In many cases, the margin of difference between a bill gaining acceptance in the House was represented by these 51 votes. A good example of the importance of liberal support on many crucial issues that came before the House are the tally vote listed below: ISSUE VOTE Appalachia aid (passage) '. 257-165 Medicare (motion to kill rejected) 236-191 Urban Development Dept. (passage) 217-184 Housing (effort to kill rejected) 208-202 Anti-Poverty (effort to kill rejected) 227-178 14-b Repeal (effort to kill rejected) 223-200 14-Repeal (passage) 221-203 Public Woi'ks (approval to increase funds) ...., 196-194 Farm Bill (passage) 221-172 Immigration (effort to limit Western Hemisphere immigration to 115,000 a year r'ejected) ... 218-189 It was passage of issues like those listed above, plus other important legislation, that earned the first session of the B9th Congress praise of the AFL-CIO Executive Council as "the most productive Con­ gressional session ever held." Following are descriptions of some of the landmark legislation enacted: • Medicare—Enacted after a 20-year struggle. Brings hospital care for-the elderly under the social security program. Provides option plan to help pay for doctors' and related fees. • Social Security—Benefits increased seven percent retroactive to January 1, 1965. Increased earnings of recipients permitted without loss of benefits. Liberalized provisions for widows, disabled and dependents. • Public Education—First major program of federal aid to public elementary and secondary schools. Primary aim: to help children of the poor break out of poverty cycle through education. More than 90 percent of counties in U.S. will benefit. • Higher Education—New program of scholarships and low-interest loans to help young persons from low and middle income families attain college education. Doubles funds for college construction to accommodate booming college-age population. Provides money to build up college libraries and to improve level of teaching at smaller colleges. Establishes a national teacher corps to train teams of experienced and novice teachers to teach in slum schools (appropri­ The tragic sinking of the cruise ship Yar­ ations were knocked out in last days of Congress). mouth Castle has driven the point home • Civil Rights—A strong follow-up to the sweeping Civil Rights to all those concerned with maritime that Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Guarantees all Americans the right to vote. Provides for federal registrars in areas where danger is the sailing companion of every patterns of discrimination exist in registering and voting. Eliminates seaman, officer or passenger who sails aboard literacy tests as conditions of voting. a runaway-flag vessel. • Taxes—Excise taxes slashed on long list of consumer goods. The American-owned, Panamanian-flag Average family will benefit by savings of $57 annually, according to Yarmouth Castle burned and sank in the U.S. Treasury Department. • War on Poverty—Series of programs including special aid to Caribbean recently with a loss of 89 lives. 11-state Appalachia area; broad planning for regional development This disaster represents a graphic example through public works; Operation Head Start to give children of the poor preschool training; Neighborhood Youth Corps to help Jobless of the potential tragedy which hovers oyer every vessel flying the flag of a nation youngsters; VISTA, a domestic peace corps. • Housing—Stepped-up construction of low-rent public housing, serving as a haven for runaway-flag ships. grants for home improvements for home-owners earning less than Ever-present danger and potential tragedy $3,000 a year, housing for the elderly. Break-through rent subsidy are the inevitable results of the kind of plan to help poor meet rent payments for decent housing, though enacted as part of bill, was squeezed out by Congress' refusal to operation run by the typical runaway-flag appropriate funds. President Johnson has vowed to fight to restore shipowner. These are the greedy operators it next year. who register their ships abroad for one pur­ • Pollution Control—Legislation providing for both air and water pose—to save money. In their pell-mell at­ pollution. Requires 1968 modef autos be equipped to control exhaust. tempt to make as big profits as possible, they Takes steps to control pollution filling air from industrial fumes, smoke of municipal dumps. Moves toward cleaning up nation's rivers ignore the flag of their own country to evade and streams by controlling sewage, industrial waste, other disposal. American safety standards as well as taxes • Aid to Cities—Enactment of law creating new Department of and working conditions. Housing and Urban Development. Gives urban-dwellers voice at It should be obvious that any shipowner Cabinet level for first time. Will coordinate all programs of federal aid to cities, helping them deal with problems of transportation, who takes shortcuts on safety to save on education, housing, development of community facilities. his vessel's operating costs is courting dis­ • Manpower Training—Improved 1962 act by extending period aster. Far from learning from the countless during which persons could receive training from one to two years, providing additional benefits and allowances for trainees. Also now maritime tragedies that have afflicted run­ permits 100 percent federal financing rather than requiring states to away vessels, these operators still work pay one-third of program's costs. under the assumption that a dollar saved • Health—In addition to medicare, a sweeping series of measures is a splendid substitute for safety. to improve the health of Americans, the quality of their care. Among Safety standards aboard runaway-flag the bills: regional medical centers to attack cancer, heart disease, stroke and other killer diseases; grants for staffing community mental ships' are governed by the International health centers; increased funds for construction of health research Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, which facilities; grants to improve medical libraries and their services; ex­ pansion of grant programs for training of health personnel and for has been in effect since 1960 when the Yar­ loans to students in specified health fields. mouth Castle's country of registry, Panama, • Incmigration—Revised immigration laws to toss out discredited and 39 other nations agreed to its provisions. national origins quota system discriminating against immigrants from However, the Convention failed to include cei'tain countries. Gives priority to close relatives of U.S. citizens. Organized labor will be watching Congress closely when it convenes inspection or enforcement apparatus and .'.gain as it takes up several items of vitally Important legislation that exempted ships built before the 1960 agreev.ere left untouched in the last session. Among the most important was signed. These, two loopholes renof these will be repeal "ermits Individual states js ' eilact' so-fcilied -"righi-tb-Work"" la'v^l.'' ' f d%T" thfe Cortvention a^eeniSBt ^Virtually- use- ^ less in providing adequate safety standards aboard rimaway-flag ships, in addition to the fact that the standards adopted by the Con­ vention fall far below those required for U.S. shipping. The runaway operator's haste to make an extra dollar also leads him to operate his vessels with less than the adequate number of crewmembers, thus further endangeriri ship safety. Owners who indulge in this practice are in reality laying a welcome mat to danger at the top of the gangway. Another manner in which runaway owners scrimp for profits is to hire unskilled or poorly trained crewmembers. They are aideH in this practice by the failure of the runaway nations to set appropriate skill requirements for ship personnel. When trouble strikes such a poorly trained crew, tragedy is bound to occur. The SIU has issued a call to Congress to give the National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over foreign-flag vessels sub­ stantially engaged in American commerce. If the NLRB were granted this jurisdic­ tion, crews on runaway-flag vessels would have the opportunity of choosing the bar­ gaining representatives of their own choice and U.S. maritime unions could insist that the same high safety standards required on American-flag ships be applied to the run­ aways that, do most of their sailing in U.S. commerce. Human lives of both crewmembers and passengers are at stake on foreign-flag ships sailing from American ports. The owners of these ships have proven themselves to be more interested in dollars than safety. If U.S. maritime unions are permitted to cor­ rect these conditions, crewmembers on these ships can sail without the constant threat of inevitable'flaifger'and:disaster: '' ' ' " �SEAFARERS Fac«HKh« NOTOBbW U, im LOG Five More Oidtimers Link Old OK'd For Pensions Shipwreck To Explorer Burns Barrett Mutin Donovan Five more pensioners have been added to the growing list of SIU veterans whose retirement years are secured by life­ time $150-monthly pension checks. The five additional pen-"*" land. He last sailed aboard the sioners are George Burns, Alcoa Trader. 70, Stephen Vincent Barrett, Brother Turso last sailed for the 65, Nick Mutin, 50, Dominick Railway Marine Turso, 65, and Richard M. Dono­ Region in the port van, Jr., 57. of New York, where he sailed Burns signed on with the SIU as a ferry porter. in the port of Detroit, where he Born in Hoboken, sailed as an AB. Born in Buffalo, New Jersey, he New York, he presently makes his and his wife Mary home In Kenmore, New York. He continue to make last shipped out aboard the their home there. Niagara Mohawk. Brother Turso Barrett sailed as a tug fireman, Turso last sailed for the joining the Union in the port cf Buffalo, New York. Born in Delaware Lackawanna Railroad, Buffalo, he and his wife Alice the company for which he worked continue to make their home since 1917. Donovan sailed as a member of there. Brother Barrett last sailed for the Great Lakes Towing Com­ the deck department after joining the SIU's Railway Marine Region pany. Mutin joined the SIU in the in the port of New York. Born in port of Baltimore, where he sailed New York, he and his wife Ethel as a chief cook. Born In Ohio, he now live in Union City, New and his wife Lillian now make Jersey. He last sailed for the Erie their home in Baltimore, Mary­ Lackawana Railroad. By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative Shipping continues to be very good in the port of San Francisco, and the shortage of men In all ratings, except bosun, continues to persist. During the last two weeks the Steel Designer, Steel Flyer, Express Buffalo and the Alice Brown paid off. Crewing up in the Bay area were the Iberville, Fanwood, Longvlew Victory, Ocean Dinny, Transyork, Fairwind, Deleware, Falrport,-f Steel Flyer, Steel Designer and ber of men shipped when the Anchorage signed on. Alice Brown. R. A. DeVirgelio, a DM veteran, Oldtimer Demetrios Calogeros dropped into the San Francisco came by to tell us how pleased he haU recently. He said he was stuck was with the new contract. Calo­ in Anchorage, Alaska for some time geros said his last ship, the Mt. when the Express Washington, was the best he's ever Buffalo laid up sailed on. He had to get off be­ because of winch cause of illness. trouble, R. Spen­ Dennis Manning is also a man cer, a veteran well satisfied with his last ship, Gulf Seafarer told us he came the Seattle. Manning put 14 in on her as DM, and is West after hear­ months now waiting to catch her again ing reports that when she comes out of the ship­ shipping was so yard. good. He barely DeVirgileo Wilmington had time to talk with the boys here before he took Among some of the old faces that off to Wilmington to sign on as have visited the hall recently AB on the Bayhorn Victory which was Frank Lamis headed for the far east. Good berti who recent­ shipping also convinced T. J. ly piled off Kismial that he had enough time the San Francisco on the beach, and the time had where h e made come to regain his sea legs. two trips as Brother Kismial also grabbed a bosun. He told us far east run on the Alice Brown he was planning where he'll hold down the bosun's on enjoying job. T ha n k s g i v i ng Seattle with his family Lambert! this year. SIU members who want to ship Shipping has been setting a in a hurry are cordially invited to cor.e out to Seattle and register. booming pace in Wilmington dur­ The outlook for the coming weeks ing the last two week period, and looks very promising, based on there is a shortage of class A and the rapid pace of job calls in the B men in all ratings. The outlook last period. Paying off in recent for the coming weeks continues to weeks were the Loma Victory, be very good. The Oceanic Spray Summit, Yellowstone, Belgium Vic- paid off and eight ships visited the lor^. Producer, Seattle. A nuip: , and Fred Farncn, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes It's the same story all over the Great Lakes in regard to shippingall has been excellent. It certainly appears that it will remain this way until the closing of the shipping in the area. We have had unusually SYDNEY, Australia—^The wreck good weather on the Lakes until Just the last week or so, when there of the ship Porpoise, aboard which have been a few snow flurries with the temperature dropping well explorer Matthew Flinders was before freezing at night. -f sailing in 1803 when she and here last week. Les Lapage ship­ Alpena another vessel, the Cato, struck a ped as AB, and Bill Doyle went as We have the E. M. Ford fitting pearl diver. The Kyska will call reef and went ^own off the coast of Australia, has been found and out now and shipping is expected on the East Coast and Gulf ports, identified by a skin diver-under­ to remain good for the next two then proceed to the West Coast weeks. Since deer season opens the and Far East. water photographer. 20th of this month, plenty of relief Flinders was one of the most jobs are expected to be called in. Duluth noted explorers of his time who Shipping still has not let up in Buffalo is today best known in Australia, this port and remains good, eswhere nary a town is without a The Kinsman Marine Transit Co. specially in the street named after him and where will be the first to begin laying up deck and engine a mountain range bears his name. vessels in this port, starting some­ departments, al­ He was also the first to discover time during the first week of Dec­ though the stew­ and correct for the compass error ember. At least 25 vessels are ex­ ard's department caused by iron in ships. The vert­ pected in the winter fleet this has been falling ical bars of soft iron placed near season. off slightly. Most the compass to make this correc­ vessels have at Cleveland tion were named Flinders bars least one more Even though the season has only after him. trip up. The Mea few more weeks to go, calls for sabi Ore Dock Identified on the basis of his­ replacements have not slowed Furst will close Novem­ torical records, the Porpoise lies down. Some of the book men are alongside a coral bed off Queens­ starting to come in already with ber 21, but the G. N. A. Docks will remain open a little longer. land. Most of the hull has rotted room for quite a few more^ Grain shipments have been main­ away, but the ship's cannon, an Chicago taining a steady pace. anchor and some ballast are still Shipping is remaining steady, intact. Frankfort and no major changes are foreseen Not His Ship We have received word from the in the next few weeks. Joe Yukes Although the Porpoise has, since is still farming his eight acres and Ann Arbor Railroad Co. that they its sinking, been associated with has kept the guys on the beach will call for a crew for the Grand Flinders it was not actually his well supplied with fresh vege­ Rapids on December 1. The jobs will be posted semi-permanent for sihip, and he was sailing as a tables. at least ten days preceding the passenger when she went down Detroit reporting date. The vessel is because his own vessel, the In­ A couple of A & G members scheduled to begin operating Dec­ vestigator, was leaking badly due hit it lucky when the Kyska called ember 6. to a rotted hull. When the Porpoise and the Cato struck the uncharted reef and went down. Flinders took charge, and leaving most of the crewmen on a sandbar rowed with six crewmen the 800 miles back to Port Jackson—which is what Sidney was then called. He then brought back the relief ship that picked up the survivors. Flinders' 800-mile voyage over open water in a small boat propelled solely by oars is one of the most amazing feats in maritime history. Flinders' reputation in Aus­ tralia stems from the fact that he helped explore the Australian coasts. He was attempting a cir­ cumnavigation of Australia when the Investigator began to leak and he barely made it back after a difficult voyage. Ratified By Membership Major Gains Won In New SIU Great Lakes Pact DETROIT—Members of the SIU Great Lakes District have won major gains in a new three-year contract which provides for an 18-cent wage rise, a 74-cent per man, per day increase in welfare contribu--*: tions made by the companies members an 18-cent rise in wages and an industry wide vaca­ over the life of the contract. The tion plan. Terms of the new contract were ratified unanimously at member­ ship meetings held at Great Lakes District ports on October 18. The new pact will give SlU-GLD Fred Farnen, secretary-treasurer of the SIU Great Lakes District (center), signs the new 1965 contract with member shipping companies of the Great Lakes Association of Marine carriers. Seated with Farnen are (l-r) William Crippen, Boland and Cornelius S.S. Company (left), and James Lucier, Wyandotte Transportation Company (right). Looking on from the rear are Jack Bluitt, GLD Detroit Port agent (left), and Henry Rake, Reis,s S.S. Company (right). increased 74-cent per day, per man contributions to the Welfare Plan made by the companies will become effective in March, 1966. New Vacation Plan The new contract witih the Great Lakes Association of Marine Carriers, also calls for the estab­ lishment of an industry-wide va­ cation plan. The new plan will go into effect on January 1, 1967. The new pact also provides pro­ tection for members who miss their ship. Under the new terms, a mem­ ber who misses his vessel, even through his own fault, cannot be fired, provided that he notifies the captain or company and the Union of his intention to rejoin his ship. Provisions have been inserted in the new agreement to protect jobs that the shipowners have been try­ ing to eliminate in the past. The new wording states "Not less than three seamen shall constitute a complete watch at all times." Sev­ eral months ago several Great Lakes operators tried to convince the Coast Guard to eliminate the deckwatch classification aboard their ships. The deckwatch is the third watchstander on each watch. Another change in the new con­ tract will speed up maintenance and cure payments to members on the beach. According to the new provisions, shipowners must now pay all claims in amounts of not more than two weeks period pay­ ments- . �November U, 1995 SEAFARERS LOG ru* NIM AMERICAN LABOR AND BRITISH LABOR T is my great honor and privilege to bring Ifrom s you fraternal greetings and good wishes the officers and members of the Amer­ ican Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Since your last congress, we of the AFLCIO welcomed an event of vital importance for your country and the whole world—the Labor Party victory and the establishment of a Labor government. We of the AFL-CIO have always been keenly interested in what happens in your country. We have been especially interested in TUC reactions to the problems it faces. After all, our two coun­ tries are divided only by a common lan­ guage, as it has been said, if I recall correct­ ly. by one of your most esteemed leaders. I refer to the late Herbert Morrison, whom the American trade unionists have always respected very much. Problems Much Alike We confidently look lo your decisions be­ ing meaningful and fruitful for the interna­ tional labor movement as well as for your own membership and nation. In certain de­ tails, the specific problems before you may be different from those we face. But in es­ sence and substance these problems are quite alike. We both live and work in a democratic society. Neither the British TUC or the AFL-CIO can escape the impact of a world which is far from peaceful. It is a world with hurdreds of millions of its peo­ ple ill-fed. ill-clad, and ill-housed. It is a world where more than a billion people live under one or another type of dictator­ ship. As you well know, British and American labor have had close associations for a num­ ber of decades. These associations have been strengthened by adversity no less than by advance. The bond that has held us and will hold us together is our common dedication to democracy and social justice. Of course, we have not always been in full agreement on everything. But, having been brought up in democratic societies, with traditions of freedom, we have hoth learned how to dis­ agree without heing disagreeable. In our democratic societies, disagreement is no road to liquidation. It will interest you to know that the labor John H. Lyons, Jr. is president of the Inter­ national Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union, which is a member of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and on which Bn-other Lyons serves as an executive board member. The text of the remarks on this page was delivered by Lyons before the British Trades Union Congress last month where he rep­ resented the AFL-CIO as a fraternal delegate. The LOG is reprinting Lyons* remarks since they illus­ trate the common ties, ideals and interests which serve to link the American and British labor move­ ments. Brother Lyons' re­ marks clearly explain why the AFL-CIO is John H. Lyons Jr. working to strengthen democracy around the world. .i. movement of the United States is the most internationally-minded segment of Ameri­ can society. Two world wars and the subse­ quent rise of a variety of dictatorships have taught lis some valuable lessons. Regardless of their differences, these dictatorships are all mortal enemies of free labor, human dig­ nity, social justice, democracy and world peace. We of American labor do not meas­ ure our world-mindedness by the amount we spend on our international activities. Though I am sure you will be interested to know that the AFL-CIO Executive Council spends nearly 25 percent of its income on these activities. I am equally sure that you will be glad to learn that the largest propor­ tion of this sum has been spent through con­ tributions to the International Confedera­ tion of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Ameri­ can labor, together with the British TUC, worked hard to establish the ICFTU. We have been working with equal energy to build the ICFTU. And we will spare no ef­ forts to make the ICFTU an ever more effec­ tive and truly international body. Here, let me assure you that AFL-CIO President George Meany spoke for our en­ tire membership when he told the ICFTU Eighth World Congress at Amsterdam on July 7: "We may come from different coun­ tries, we may have different religions, we may differ in our political affiliations or have other differences—but we must never forget that what unites us and brings us to­ gether in this historic congress is far strong­ er than that which may, at one time or an­ other, divide us." I need not assure you that these remarks were very well received by the delegates. International Interest The international interest and activities of the AFL-CIO go beyond the international free trade union movement. We do our ut­ most to help our country develop and pursue a democratic foreign policy. We want our country to be strong enough militarily, po­ litically and economically to assure its own national security. We have don® niu' best to have our nation help other liberty-loving peoples defend their own peace and freedom. In this spirit, American labor set the pace in supporting the Marshall Plan. We were the first to call for prompt adequate aid to the post-war British Labor government. American labor has consistently championed the right of self-determination for all peoples. We have resolutely opposed the new as well as the old form of colonial domination. No one has fought harder than American labor for adequate assistance to the new nations in their efforts to be free from foreign control and develop modern economies and fi'ee so­ cieties in which responsible trade unions can grow. We hold that the unity and strength of the Atlantic community are the best guar­ antee for world peace. We believe in building the United Nations into an effective force for world peace and human rights. Through all our iiileriiational policies and actions there runs like a steel rod the con­ viction that the struggle between democracy and dictatorship is the over-riding problem of our age. We strongly prefer democracy —despite all its imperfections—to every form of dictatorship with all its pretenses to per­ fection. What is more, we are convinced that the workers of every country in the world have the greatest stake in making democracy triumphant in this struggle. Why? Because without democracy there can he no free trade ' ; , ,, unioiis. As we of American labor see it, any policy which serves human freedom and peace de­ serves our support. On the other hand, we oppose any policy or business deal which helps or strengthens any dictatorship, any aggressor, or any fellow-travelers of dictators and aggressors. In this light, we of American labor are against the sale of American-made radio transmitters to the Indonesian dictator Sukarno. We oppose this sale because he would use them for aggression against the people of Malaysia today and perhaps against the people of Australia tomorrow. By the same token, we would like to see that no British buses or French planes should be sold to Castro, the dictator who has destroyed the Cuban free trade unions and robbed the people of Cuba of all democratic rights. We do not have a narrow job-protection attitude towards such international business trans­ actions. We would rather lose some of our jobs on occasion, for some of the time, than do anything which might help those who want to destroy our liberty for all of the time. This was the inspiring attitude of your Manchester textile workers when they supported the cause of Lincoln and freedom and opposed British commercial transactions helpful to the Southern slave-holding oligarchy. This is the position of the American trade union movement. This is our attitude, regai-dless of the position that our government might take on this or similar questions. For in­ stance, we have consistently differed from our government's policy towards the Falangist dictatorship of Franco Spain. The AFI.-CIO has always been against our government or any other democracy, fostering any commer­ cial or economic transactions helpful to anv type of dictatorship. We do not prefer one type of dictatorship as against another be­ cause of the color of its flag or its revolu­ tionary pretensions. ^ In this connection, let me say that our Presi­ dent, George Meany, spoke for the entire American labor movement when he told the recent Congress of the ICFTU that, "Greater unity and superior strength of the freedomloving peoples provide the surest road to a world free from war. Those who prize democ­ racy must have the determination and strength not only to prevent war but also to deter the aggressor from taking any action which might aggravate the danger of war. This holds true for the struggle against in­ direct as well as direct aggression. It is just as necessary to beat aggression by ambush or subversion as it is to defeat aggression by assault and invasion." In these remarks he is reflecting the views of the overwhelming majority o^ the American neonle as well. Ambush by Aggression Let me be very cicdr. When I speak of "aggression by ambush." I have in mind I he tragic Vietnam situation. American labor welcomes the position taken by the Briti<^h Labor Party and Labor Government in sup­ porting "the American position in helping the South Vietnam government to resist the . . . drive from the North." We also appreciate •the sympathetic understanding of our posi­ tion shown hy your distinguished Foreign Secretary, Michael Stewart, at the Oxford "Speech-Ill" a few months ago. I thank you most heartily for this oppor­ tunity to tell you how we of American labor view the critical international situation. Let me leave you with one-thought above all else: Our knowledge that British labor never has been and never will be silent or idle in the struggle between freedom and tyranny brings us great encouragement as a member of the Jajnily of free world labor.' ; ' ^ �^g^FAMMJiS to a Tngt Tea Moves Underway To Make Marad Independent Agency NaimAw SA IMI Tighten ThoM Bnite WASHINGTON, D.C.—The year 1966 may wall sea tha most intensiva reexamination of American maritime policies since passage of tha Merchant Marina Act of 1936, it is widely believed here. since 1936, and transferred most of ported from this country—in other Among the proposals which its functions to the Department of words, to promote the sale of U.S. commodities abroad. have already come in for Commerce. considerable discussion is a Under this Reorganization Plan, Yet there are many businessmen in this country who believe that the use of American-flag ships re­ stricts the volume of our exports, and who would reject any sugges­ tion or requirement that American ships be more widely used, and this could be an incentive for the Department, under certain condi­ tions, to take actions which would favor the use of foreign-flag ves­ sels over American ones. Such an action was taken by the Secretary of Commerce only recently, when he indicated to a Congressional committee that he favored lifting the 50 percent American - flag requirement on sales of American wheat to Soviet countries. In view of considerations such as those cited above, the SIU and other maritime unions, as well as International Longshoremens Association safety director a number of maritime industry Joseph Leonard (left) and SIU safety director Joe Algina spokesmen, have long felt that the best interests of the American-flag check automobile seat belts on display at the recent Labor merchant fleet would be served if Conference of the National Safety Council held in Chicago. its destinies were in the hands of AFL-CIO President George Meany has called on all union the one Federal agency charged members to join in an all-out safety campaign to reduce the by law with the responsibility for tragic rise in fatalities on the nation's highways by installing preserving and promoting it, and which, in reaching its decisions, and using seat belts. had no conflicting interests to con­ sider. These union and Industry groUps have therefore been urging that the Maritime Administration be By SroNEY MARGOLIUS reestablished as an independent agency and that the Maritime Ad­ ministrator's decisions be removed Kellogg's Corn Flakes spent an estimated $300,000-$400,000 one night from review or overruling by the recently on a big variety show featuring Jimmy Durante. The show, Secretary of Commerce. reaching a nationwide audience on prime evening time, had one Opponents and critics of a strong American-flag ^nerchant Furthermore, it must be remem­ message: to tell the public that "food is a bargain." Durante, a bered that some of our most im­ marine are always quick to condemn the amount of money great comedian in more ways than one, gave a commercial, announcing portant Governmental programs, that he had learned from Government "data" that food takes only designed to assist the American- being spent by the Government on maritime subsidies. Yet 19 per cent of your income, which is less than in other countries. flag merchant fleet, are adminis­ only a small amount of the * (You can be sure Durante knows more about "dis-a" than "data." tered neither by the Maritime Ad­ Government money used in billion for ship-operating subThen the announcer came on, and with a medley of patriotic music ministration nor the Department subsidies and similar aids is sidi^, and $259 million for cargo playing in the backgroimd, said fhis low proportion of income for of Commerce. spent on the merchant marine, a preference. Thus the merchant food was the result of American free enterprise. The announcer then The Public Law 430 program, recwit Government publication marine gets only about .4 percent —four cents out of every ten .dol­ - said, "Is someone trying to tell you food is not a bargain?" which calls for Governmental dis­ reports. lars—of the subsidy money spent "Subsidy and subsidy-effect pro­ This costly, star-studded attempt to make it sound unpatriotic to posal of our surplus agricultural criticize high food prices—part of a general food-industry campaign— products, for example, is admin­ grams of the U.S. Government," a by Uncle Sam. Who gets the other percentage is not only in bad taste but based on some misleading figures from istered by the Department of Ag­ report issued by the Joint Eco­ of Government subsidies? nomic Committee of the U.S. Con­ the U.S. Agriculture Department. Even in the face of this year's jump riculture, and Agriculture's inter­ As you might expect, the man in food prices, food manufacturers have embarked on a new campaign ests invariably conflict with those gress, describes 130 kinds of Fed­ eral subsidies which are given to receiving by far the largest pack­ "designed to cor.v nice Americans that food is cheap," Elmer Roessner, of the maritime industry. large numbers of individuals, indus­ age of subsidies is the farmer. syndicated business columnist reports. Other Governmental programs Roessner points out that the real reason why we spend a lower are administered by such agencies tries, and interest groups. Of these, The Joint Committee estimates merely three, the shipbuilding sub­ share of income for food than consumers in other countries, is because as the Defense Department and sidy, the ship-operating subsidy, that from the years 1955 to 1666 total American income is much greater than other nations. The fact Agency for International Develop­ and cargo preference, go to the aid farmers will have received a tolal of more than $46 billion. Sub­ is, most foods are really cheaper in foreign countries, he observes. ment, which is an arm of the of the maritime industry. sidies to farmers include more The other misleading interpretation used by the Agriculture Depart­ State Department, and these agen­ In the words of the Joint Com­ than the conspicuous price sup­ ment is the "19 per cent" figure. This is a figure taken from the cies in the past have displayed mittee: "It is interesting to note port program. The Government Department of Commerce, and includes expenditures of nonprofit little concern for the welfare of that the only Federal statutes conducts nearly all scientific re­ institutions, and single individuals as well as families. In contrast. the American-flag fleet. using the word 'subsidy' are those search on farming, works out Bureau of Labor Statistics "data," which Jimmy Durante overlooked In fact, the House Merchant Ma­ dealing with ship construction and management techniques to help in his research, indicate that an urban wage-earning family with two rine Committee, in reviewing the ship operations." The Committee farmers increase profits, and op­ or more children usually spend 24 to 30 per cent of their income, administration of the Cargo Pref­ explains that the other 127 kinds erates a vast extension program and more for large families. erence Act in 1955, noted that a of Government subsidies are for farmer education. Despite the food industry's and Agriculture Department's incessant lack of coordination and a great masked with such terms as "serv­ Other major Governmeiit sub­ campaign, the public apparently refuses to believe that "food is a deal of confusion existed in im­ ices," "loans (at cheap interest)," sidies include an estimated $16.1 bargain." One USDA official told a meeting of Illinois home econo­ plementation of the Act, and rec­ "tax incentives," and "expendi­ billion to business (1955-66); $765 mists recently that she was "disturbed" because of a recent survey. ommended that administration of tures necessary to the national in­ million to civil air carriers (1955It asked homemakers across the country if they had noticed any the Act be centralized under the terest." Yet, no mattef what these 65); $1,008 million to businesses price increases, and if so, in what items. The survey showed that general surveillance of the Mari­ programs are called, they are sub­ in the form of postal rates lovyer the "great majority of women had spotted the price increases in time Administration. This recom­ sidies—they provide cash benefits than Government costs (1956mendation, however, has never to people and organizations at 1963); $23.2 billion in special tax food and clothing." Government expense. been carried out. benefits to owners of defense In a year in which food prices have gone up more than any other Figures released by the Com­ facilities (1951-59); and $779 bil­ It is the feeling of the SIU and Item except medical care, you need to be selective in your buying, and especially avoid expensive convenience foods. The back of the other maritime unions, as well as mittee indicate that Government lion for financing airport construc­ tion (1947-63). The Government Kellogg's Corn Flakes boxes now show a big picture of Jimmy Durante various industry, groups, that once subsidy programs have cost an also has a long record of support average of nearly $7 billion a year MarAd is established as an inde­ at the piano singing "Food is a Bargain," and quoting various statistics. pendent agency, it should be the since 1955. This amounts to an to land transportation interes s But the front of the box tells a different story. That's where the price one to a rninister the various car­ estimated total of almost $83 bil­ such as grants of land and special is shown. go preference laws enacted by lion through 1966. Maritime's benefits to railroads, and spec 'l . You .cjan piaHe .it a rule; tl\aj;, the -instanier the • food, the- more it this country to assist its merchant •share of this total is estimated at features incorporated in highway.^ • $800 million for shipbuilding, $2 to aid truckik^. " » marine, t i costs. 1 proposal to remove the Maritime Administration from the Depart­ ment of Commerce and make it an independent agency. At least three bills to this effect have already been introduced in the Congress—by Representatives Mailliard of California, Pelly of Washington and Downing of Vir­ ginia — and indications are that hearings may be held early next year hj' both the House Merchant Marine Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee. Should any of the proposed bills eventually become law, and the Maritime Administration made an independent Executive agency re­ sponsible directly to the President, it will mean the culmination of a battle which maritime unions and maritime industry interests have been waging since Reorganization Plan No. 7—^which was submitted by President Kennedy to Congress on June 12,1961, and which became effective 60 days later—abolished the relatively autonomous Federal Maritime Board, which had existed the Maritime Administration is maintained as an agency of the Department of Commerce, but the Maritime Administrator is subor­ dinate to the Secretary of Com­ merce and the decisions of the Maritime Administrator—includ­ ing those on subsidies—are re­ viewable by the Secretary of Com­ merce. Unfortunately, and to the detri­ ment of the American-flag mer­ chant marine, the goals and pur­ poses of the Maritime Administra­ tion and the Department of Com­ merce do not always coincide—in fact, they sometimes conflict. The primary function of the Maritime Administration, for ex­ ample, is to promote and improve the American-flag merchant fleet. One of the primary functions of the Department of Commerce, on the other hand, is to promote the interests of American business in general, and the Department ap­ parently feels that one of the best ways of doing this is to increase the volume bf commodities ex- is Food Really A Bargain? Maritime Gets Tiny Share Of U. S. Subsidy Dollars �N«TMiib«r M, Utt Pflf* SlercB Helping Hand All Previous Records Fall As Business Profits Soar WASHINGTON—American business and industry smashed all existing profit records in the third quarter of 1965, surpassing the already tremendous increases of the first and second quarters over comparable periods in the previous record year of 1964. The unofficial and incom­ small one at most and would be measured as a percentage of sales. plete earnings reports, as from lofty heights Indeed," the Any pressure excerted on record listed by leading business survey said. Seafarer Perry Konis (left) gave shipmate Nick Comines a hand in filling out an S&A benefit form at the New York hall recently. Both Seafarers were just off the NotieiMil Defend­ er, on which Konis sailed as bosun while Cominos held down the pumpman slot. industrial Growth High On Inland Waterways In 1965 WASHINGTON—The expansion of industrial waterside plants through the third quarter of 1965 may prove to be a source of a large amount of additional cargo for inland waters 4 vessels. The increase of 404 rep­ available with the use of tugs and barges or larger vessels—as op­ resented the greatest increase posed to the high railroad rates magazines and newspapers, were supported by a Commerce Dept. report of a sharp •ummer-time rise of approximately fll billion in Grose National Product — the total output of goods and services —^after seasonal adjustments. "The traditional midsummer let­ down skipped the U.S. business community this year," reported Business Week In Its survey of third-quarter profits. The Wall St. Journal In Its quarterly report of profits said: "The first 525 reports Issued by publicly held corporations for the third quarter show an aggregate net income" of just under $4,213 billion, "or 16.8 percent more than the same companies earned in the like 1964 period." Corporation profits in die third quarter "maintained the record $44 billion annual rate" scored in the first six months of the year, "far above the $37 billion pace registered in the first half of 1964, the Journal reported. "Significantly," the survey ob­ served, the basic steel industry contributed little to this good showing" despite high third-quar­ ter steel sales that may have re­ flected apprehension of a possible strike. Third-quarter earnings in some other categories—aircraft makers, rubber companies, mining and metal firms — ranged from 42.6 percent above earnings in the same quarter last year to 153.7 percent. First-quarter corporate earnings showed an increase over 1964 of 16.3 percent and second-quarter gains ran at a 15.9 percent level — both of them lower than the third-quarter rise. profits by a cutback In steel sales in the fourth quarter may be "partially—if not fully—offset by some sizable gains expected for the auto industry," the Journal's survey noted. "The fou^^-quarter earnings In addition, the Journal survey increase expected for the auto in­ noted, profit margins continued to dustry could . turn out to be show a higher increase when immense." Right To Strike Rarely Used But Essential, Study Shows WASHINGTON—Strikes are such a rare occurrence in American industry that twice as much work is lost each year because of on-the-job injuries, according to an AFL-CIO study. While strikes are infre­ fact that there Is a "public inter­ quent, the analysis stresses est" in many strikes. There is a that the right to strike is the heart of the collective bargaining proc­ ess which establishes wages and working conditions for millions of Americans. The analysis, in the November issue of the AFL-CIO American Federationist, explores some of the common misconceptions about strikes, including the fiction that the public is always the loser when labor and management clash. Freedom from the occasional in­ convenience of a strike, the article suggests rests lightly on the scales when weighed against the alterna­ tives: dictation of working condi­ tions by either the employer or the government. Perspective Needed "public Interest" also, she stresses, in the democratic concept of col­ lective bargaining and the right of workers to utilize the "final weapon" of the picket line. Checks And Balances Most unions have a system of checks and balance to prevent hasty, unnecessary strikes—most commonly a procedure requiring both a vote of the union members directly involved and approval by the parent union. Each strike, the article points out, has its own peculiar causes and background which may be un­ known to the casual newspaper reader. Very often, the Federation­ ist analysis notes, strikes which appeared "unreasonable" to the outsider at the time turned out to be landmarks in improving indus­ trial relations. A Brookings Institution study by three prominent Harvard Universi­ ty professors made the point in these words: "The authors were considerably impressed by the number of instances in which se­ rious strikes had been constructive turning points in particular his­ tories of union-management rela­ tions." in waterside facilities since a simi­ which must be paid for shipments lar period in 1956. by similar manufacturers located Since 1952, 5,774 waterside plant inland. site developments have been During the third quarter of 1965 added. One of the major induce­ the chemical Industry continued to ments leading manufacturers to lead In waterside expansion by locate at waterside sites is the low adding or expanding 43 sites, rep­ cost movement of bulk shipments resenting 29 percent of all new waterside piant facilities. Metal producing plants accounted for 37 new facilities; 31 were docks, wharves and terminals; 13 were (Continued from page 4) general manufacturing plants; innovations in medicine in which the USPHS hospitals are in fore­ seven were paper and paper prod­ Net earnings of corporations and front. Among the important re­ ucts plants, five were petroleum The article, by Elizabeth Jager search programs carried out at the and petroleum products plants; business after taxes in 1964, the of the AFL-CIO Department of previous record year, reached the Staten Island USPHS hospital in four were grain facilities; two each Research, seeks to set in perspec­ the past have been improvements were fertilizer producing plants, $37 billion level. The projected tive the impact of strikes on the figure of $44 billion for 1964 would in child-birth techniques and bet­ power plants, textile plants and mean a spectacular Increase piled nation's economy and explain in ter treatment of venereal disease. cement works. on top of an Increase, although simple terms why and how workers The hospital staff is presently Major Waterways some economists believe that busi­ decide to strike. engaged in research in methods of ness will have a "tough time" The major waterways Involved It relates lost time because of controlling hypertension and maintaining record profits at that strikes to lost time for other causes were the Mississippi River with diseases of the kidney, cancer of the mouth, heart disease, diseases 23 sites, the Ohio River with 20, level In the fourth quarter, the through these government statis­ tics: for every man-day of produc­ of the eyes, the breast and the Tennessee River with nine, Hous­ Journal said. lungs. ton ship channel with eight. Lake This is because of anticipation tion lost through strikes in 1964, Erie and Lake Michigan with seven that there will be Inventory- two days were lost through work An SlU-backed bill to prevent injuries and more than 40 days the closing of the U.S. Public each, Missouri River with six, At­ cutting In the aftermath of the through unemployment. lantic intracoastal waterway with summer-time steel labor dispute. Health Service Hospitals was in­ 'Any slowdown promises to be a The author does not question the troduced into the House of Rep­ five, and Tampa Bay with four. resentatives several months ago (Continued from Page 2) by Representative Jacob H. Gil­ rencecliffe Hall from bow to amid­ bert (D.-N.Y.). The bill (H.R. 7268) ships. camie in the wake of testimony by The Lawrencecliffe Hall was re­ the SIU before the House Appro­ ported resting on her side, with priations subcommittee on budgets parts of her superstructure clearly for the Department of Health visible at low tide. She is well out Educaton and Welfare and Labor of the main shipping channel. Department, and testimony by the The Lawrencecliife Hall was SIU before the House Merchant about the same size as the Leecliffe Marine and Fisheries Committee. Hall, owned by the same company, Following the SIU denunciations which sunk last year a little farther of the proposed closing. Repre­ down the river with a loss of three sentative Gilbert introduced his lives. bill (H.R. 7268) to amend the 1936 SIU of Canada President Leonard Merchant Marine Act, so that 'Red" McLaughlin has asked the PHS hospitals could not be closed Canadian Government for a mini­ without the consent of both mum safe navigation watch on ves­ Houses of Congress. sels of 6,000 gross tons or over, such as the Lawrencecliife Hall, of At the present time, the bill is 1 licensed deck officer and 3 unli­ still pending before the House of I Pacific District-contracted President Polk (American President) began her maid­ censed men on deck and I licensed Representatives. en voyage on November 17, with calls scheduled at Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya, Japan; man and 2 unlicensed in the engine Another bill that would block room to help prevent such mishaps. Naha, Okinawa; Pusan, Korea; and Keelung, Taiwan. Construction of the Polk began in the closing of U.S.P.H.S. Hos­ On vessels under 6,000 gross tons March, 1964 and the vessel was launched in January, 1965. Like her sisterships, the Presi­ pitals was proposed by the late he called for i licensed and 2 un­ dent Monroe and President Harrison which will be delivered to APL during the next six Congressman Herbert C. Bonner licensed, on deck and 1 licensed ,(9,R. 8160). Thi^ bill, is flis.o pendr .months, the 23,ppP-ton,Polk is 564 feet, long,, 7^, feet,in the, b,eam, with, a cruising .sp.e.ed .of .. and 2' unlicensed dn the- engine ing before the Hyvu^e^.... , . . • • 11 ... i.i., 20.5 knots. : room. -. - Gift Of Life' Ship Collision President Polk's Maiden Voyage �Paf* Twtirm SEAFARERS Hmmbtr t9, INf LOG Union CioMs Temporary Ports Of Jacksonviiio and Miami While East Coast landlubbers from New York to Canada were blacked out as a con­ sequence of a major power failure recently, Seafarers aboard the Oceanic Cloud (Transworld Marine Corp.) were facing some power difficulties of their own. The Oceanic Cloud's emergency generator went> bad, causing some crewmem- Aboard the Ames Victory (Vic­ Western Comet (Western Tankers), bers on board to wonder tory Carriers Inc.) the members of Morning Light (Waterman Steam­ each department ship), Beauregard (Sea-Land, Au' have unanimously drew Jackson (Waterman Steam­ decided to award ship), Los Angeles (Sea-Land) their department Globe Carrier (Maritime Overseas) delegates with a 4" 4" 4 resounding vote According to ship's delegate of thanks. The de­ William Goff, the decks are buzzing serving delegates with excitement • i?: were William B. aboard the Sum' Dodd, ship's dele­ mlt (S e a 1 a n d gate, Eugene Service.) It all Dodd Dote, deck dele­ started When an gate, J. Rogers, engine delegate, all-hands motion and Leroy GuUey, stewards dele­ was made to raf­ gate. "It Is a tremendous thing fle off the crew's to see such accord and cooperation tv set. "Every­ between the crew and the dele­ body on board gates," says meeting secretary D. has taken at least Goff M. Woods. "This trip was solidly one chance on t 4" 4" It is not unusual aboard an SIU- within the SIU tradition." the set," says Brother Goff. "The manned vessel for the crew to drawing itself is scheduled to take 4" 4' award its dele­ Safety is always a major topic place sometime in the near future. gates with an all of discussion when Seafarers hold In fact, there is talk of a second raffle, in which crewmembers will hands vote of their shipboard take additional chances on guess­ thanks in appre­ meetings. The ing the winning number. Of ciation for a job Halcyon Panther course, as is the case on all SIU well done. But (Halcyon Steam­ ships, all raffle proceeds will go delegates sailing ship) crew is no into the ship's fund. the Los Angeles exception. "W e (Sea - Land) be­ 4 4 4 always make sure According to J. H. Shearer, lieve that ap­ to go over SIU preciation is a ship's delegate aboard the Calmar safety measures Bonefonf two - way street. (Calmar Steam­ and regulations Meeting secretary S. M. Simos re­ at every oppor­ ship Corp.), the Mitchell ports that deck delegate E. Bona- tunity," reports department dele­ fonte extended a hearty vote of ship's delegate William Mitchell. gates on board thanks to the entire deck depart­ Such procedures are often liter­ are tops. "This ment for their excellent work and ally a matter of life and death for has been a very Seafarers." The latest word in •smooth voyage cooperation during the voyage. safety precautions from the Hal­ and no one has i Seafarers sailing aboard the cyon Panther is a tip to new men come to me Robin Kirk (Robin Lines) were sad to keep all water-tight doors se­ with any beefs," to see their old curely closed during rough seas. Brother Shearer Shearer 4> 4> 4> pal and shipmate reports. "The de­ Tiny Lamourieux Seafarers sailing the Del Sud partment delegates have fully co­ pile off. "Tiny is (Delta Lines) take their shipboard operated and I want to thank them a good sailor, a political respon­ for a bang-up job." Meeting good Union mem­ sibilities serious­ secretary H. Carmichal agrees with ber, and an all ly. A motion has Brother Shearer, and further re­ around great been made and ports that the crew awarded a guy," says ship's accepted that tongue-in-cheek vote of thanks to everyone on the air conditioner which worked delegate A1 Her­ board who is not perfectly aill vojnage long. Hernandez nandez. "We are on duty shall at­ all going to miss 4 4 4 tend the Union him," Brother Hernandez declares. Del Norte (Delta Lines) crewmeetings. It was members gave Seafarer Salvador J. 4" 4" 4" further decided Aboard the Hurricane (Water­ Rallo a "great big Tucker that If the ship's man Steamship), Seafarers would round of ap­ delegate is scheduled for duty at rather fight than plause" for his the time of the meeting, someone switch. And if unselfish gener­ should make a full report of the mentholated cig­ osity and his proceedings to him. Delegates arettes are not kind considera­ serving aboard the Del Sud are: soon made avail­ tion of deprived Edward Avard, ship's delegate, able in the slop children, reports James Tucker, deck delegate, R. chest, the Himriship's meeting Coleman, engine delegate, James cane may have a Secretary Bill Gonzalez, topside stewards dele­ full scale mutiny Kaiser. Sal won Rallo gate, Vincent P. Pizzitolo, waiters on her hands. the old movie and messmens delegate, and Domi- projector, coming in first in the "We have a large Fltzpatrick nick DlGiovanni, galley delegate. arrival pool in New Orleans. Al­ contingency o f t 4 4" •peppermint stick' smokers on though he was offered top dollar board," announces ship's meeting Steward departments aboard the for the projector, he turned down chairmanD. B. Fltzpatrick. "And following vessels have been award­ all bids preferring to donate the they want their 'air-conditioned' ed the Seafarers Golden Galley machine to a New Orleans Chil­ cigarettes." According to rumor, Medal of Honor for chow and dren's Home that is without movie the menthol mutiny is being led service above and beyond the call equipment. The projector will be by bosun M. C. (WUUe the Pen­ of Duty: presented as a gift from the entire guin) Wells. Potomac (Empire Transport), Del Norte crew. whether the now famous grid sys­ tem that services the Northeastern Seaboard with electrical power did not somehow ex­ tend to the ships at sea. "Who knows?" says ship's delegate Andrew Lesnan­ sky. "These days anything is possi­ ble. Nothing, but nothing, would me." Lesnansky surprise The crew and captain are making plans to repair the faulty generator, which should be back in operation soon. The SIU's temporary port facilities in Jacksonville and Miami have been closed following membership approval of a reoommendation to suspend operations in the two Florida ports in the Interests of efficiency, ecmiomy and service. The mendierBhip voted to accept headquarters recommendation to close the Union halls in the two ports and transfer the vital parts of their opera­ tions to tho port of Tampa. Tho actlcm was taken at October membership meetings. . The report cited the fact that there no longer waa a necessity to keep the Union's facilities In Jacksonville and Miami open. It noted these were not classified as constitutional ports, and had been originally opened to aervo the specific needs of the member­ ship. The report stated' that these needs had changed to the point where one port averaged about one pay-off every seven weeks. Authority to close the two ports is contained in Article X, section 1(e) of the SIU-AGLIWD Constitution. This section pro­ vides the Union president with authority to designate the number and location of ports, and to open or close ports, ^uhject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. The section states that the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed, except by constitutional amendment. COMMANDER (Marin* Carriers), October IT—Chairman, Ivan Ander­ son; Secretary, Donald McMillan. Some disputed OT In each depart­ ment to be brought to attention of patrolman. clarification. $10 in ship's fund. Lengthy discussion about new chief cook's cooking. Hand vote of crew showed unanimous disapproval and complaints. SACRAMENTO (Oriental Exporters), October 3—Chairman, W. P. Link; Secretary, H. Westphall. No beefs reported by department delegates. To write letter to headquarters about getting machine to make ice cubes. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 3—Chairman, R. F. Holder; Seeretaiy, H. A. Orlando. $4 in TV repair fund. Some disputed OT in deck de. partment Othenvise, no beefs, re­ ported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. WESTERN HUNTER (Wastsm Tank­ er), October 10—Chairman, Hughiin Warren; Secretary, M. Haukland. $30.57 in ship's fund. Brother Camp­ PORTMAR (Calmar), October 17— Chairman, E. W. Nicholson; Secretary, C. R. Myrick. Ship'' delegate reported that all is O.K. No , beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to ship's delegate. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), October 21—Chairman, Albert Mascello; Secretary, John Silva. Some disputed OT okayed by Captain to be put on next trip's sheets. bell's mother passed away and dona­ tions were taken up for flowers. Ship Is short of books and maga­ zines. Discussion on poor grade of meat. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), October I— Chairman, Richard Heffly; Secretary, Dutch Worth. Two men missed ship. No disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service Tankers), October 10—Chairman C. W. Gabriel; Secretary, W. Toliver. All repairs have t>een taken care of. Disputed OT in engine department ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), October 17—Chairman, C. W. Hall; »cretary, S. Golden. Disputed OT for restric­ tion to ship in Pakistan and India. One man hospitalized in Djibouti. $6 in TV fund and $2.62 in ship's fund. Motion made to get port agent Buck Stephens, to pay ship off, if possible. Motion made to have ship fumigated for roaches. Motion made to have ice machine put on ship. WILD RANGER (Waterman), October 15—Cheirman, Luks A. Ciamboli; Sec­ retary, John Rassow. $28 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Ship's delegate re­ ported this was a good trip with good cooperation from entire crew. Dis­ puted OT for restriction to ship In Saigon. STEEL KINR (Isthmian), October 18—Chairman, Lan; Secretary, A. 0. Allain, Jr. One man hospitalized in Honolulu. Brother P. Wolff was elect­ ed to serve es ship's delegate. No boofs reportod by department dele­ gates. WESTERN CLIPPER (Western Ageney), October 1*—Chairman, R. Sohl; Secratafy, J. J. Guard. Ship'* slop cheat Is ebout empty. Disputed oT questions re delayed sailing have been mailed to headquarters for DEL SOL (Delta), October 6—Chair­ man, J. Tujague; Secretary, R. E. Steugh, Jr. All repairs were made except for a couple of minor ones. $34.25 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. Brother Tujague was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to im­ pose a fine or something to men quitting ship at last minute without notice (24 hours), causing ship to sail shorthanded. Patrolman to clar­ ify new contract for Firemen and Oilers. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain Lines), October 17—Chairman, R. Donnelly; Secretary, L. Blizzard. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is running fine. $43 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks extended to the electrician and fire­ man for installing TV antenna. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), October 22—Chairman, W. Thompson; Secretary, Juan Medina. Brother J. Gordian resigned as ship's delegate. Brother Fred B. Kritizler was delegate, to serve as new ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment to be turned over to patrolman. Ice mach'me is out of order and crew request triat patrolman contact tho company regarding a new ice ma­ chine. Fans in engine room not working. MERIDIAN VICTORV (Waterman), October 15—Chairman, L. Proffitt; Secretary, T. E. Yablonsky. Beefs in engine and steward departments, to be taken up with patrolman. One crewmember was removed from ship by American Consul in Saigon and hospitalized. Letter being sent to headquarters regarding same. RIOGEFIELO VICTORY (Columbia), October 10—Chairman, Michael Ooherty; Secretary, Al Schwartz. Wiro was sent to headquarters regarding no communications or LOGS received over three months. $12.50 collected to start ship's fund. One man hos­ pitalized in Manila and was re­ patriated to the States. Brother Al Schwartz was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Discussion on re­ pairs, roaches and shore leave which was denied by the Army. �KoTembtt i$, 1985 rue nfrfcai ''' SEAFARERM LOG Crewmembers aboard the Cuba Victory wave a cheerful farewell as their ship leaves for Viet Nam laden with supplies for the American war effort. Included in the contingent (from left to right) are Chief Mate Blackstone, and Seafarers Rockey Cassano. Henry Lawrence and Frank Teti. T Cuba Victory tied up in Baltimore awaiting trip to Viet Nam. SEAFARERS SPEED VIET RAM CARGO SlU for USA Juan Torres and Juan K. Connelly stand ready for shipping supplies. Seafarers Rocky Cassano, Tony Petrillo and Frank Teti en{oy a few moments of comraderie on deck. Three members of the SlU steward departmenMakei^rtiithe^^dec. before rolling up their sleeves for the 13,000 mile voyage to Viet Nam. All ratings pitched in to get the vessel ship shape for the vital trip. From left to right are Lawrence S. Robinson, Mario J. Long. Jr. and J. Rene. HE contributions tJiat Sea­ farers made to the U.S. defense effort during World War II and the Korean War is a matter of a record. They have always risen to the call of duty when their country was engaged in conflict. Sea­ lers are ready now, just as they were in years past, to sail the ships wherever vital de­ fense cargoes are needed. However, not much is heard about the effort that goes into preparing a vessel fresh out of the reserve fleet for the 13,000 mile trip to Vietnam. At the end of last summer, the Cuba Victory was simply another vessel that had been retired from the fleet of the United States. But that was before the SIU got the wheels rolling again. When the ship was pulled out of mothbsills, everything possi­ ble seemed to be wrong. En­ gine parts were missing or riisty or just plain not working, generators and motors were out of whack. The deck, winohers, booms, wheeHiouse, sleeping quarters, heads, lockers, hatches and portholes were covered with a preservative solution that had to be removed. The steward department walked into "the biggest mess" they had ever seen. Those few articles that weren't gone altogether were damaged and filthy. Sleeves Roll Up Then sleeves rolled up and everyl>ody got to work. The Bosun, A.B. and O.S. were ham­ mering and lifting and painting together—all looking the same due to their thick coat of grease that covered their faces. Crew members were working side by side with shipyard workers in all capacities. "You couldn't tell anybody apart," Deckman Anthony Petrillo said. "Engi­ neers, firemen, oilers and wipers joined the shdreside engineers. Plumbers, machin­ ists, carpenters and all depart­ ments tackled the job togetlier." Though each man had a dif­ ferent skill, they all were work­ ing for one purpose: to get the ship, moving wiith supplies for American soldiea-s in Viet Nam. Seafarers know when a ship comes out of mothballs, every­ one has their problems and headaches. Shipyard workers slave day and night. Engine parts were fixed, overhauled and replaced. Gen­ erators and motors were tuned; gauges and gadgets were re­ placed and fitted properly. Paints, oil and greases were put in the right places. Brand new fire fighting equipment was dis­ tributed and numbered through­ out the entire ship. The preservative solution proved to be quits a headache. it bad to come off one way or the other. After the solution had been cleared by loosening and prying, it had to be painted over. Then came the replacing of runners, lines, blocks and a new lookout bell. Big Day Arrvies At last the big day arrived. The Cuba Victory was taken out for a trial run with the Coast Guard inspectors watching care­ fully, perhaps a little doubtful. There had to have been quite a marked improvement on the ship for her to pass as sea­ worthy. The word came from topside that if the vessel passed the sea trial, she would go to anchor. Otherwise, she would be sent back to the shipyard. The Cuba Victory went to anchor with the congratulations of the Coast Guard. As they walked down the overhauled gangway, there was a new look in their eyes and a smile for the first time. They boarded a launch and shouted a familiar cry, "Bon Voyage, boys." The next morning the ship left for Bayonne, New Jersey, to begin picking up her cargo. Everything seemed to be working in order. Engines were rolling and booms were swing­ ing with longshoremen working day and night. Crate after orate was hoisted from the dock, swung onto the ship and loaded for the trip to Viet Nam. Inevitable Question And naturaly, someone asked the inevitable question: "Why do they call our ship the Cuba Victory" "That was the name they had on it during the second World War." Deckman Petrillo said. "Why didn't they change the name" the longshoreman asked. "Even though the communists have taken over in Cuba," Petrillo said, "we want to show them that our ship is still working for America, carrying supplies to our soldiers. We want to back up our president's words when he said. 'We will meet communist aggression all over the world. Despite the fact that we have named our ship after a country that condemns us, we are going to do our best to carry tlxis vital cargo 13 thousand miles." 'That makes good sense," the longshoreman replied. "Not a bad ship at all." The vessel's cargo was topped off in Baltimore, Maryland, with an SIU patrolman assist­ ing the crew to get off to a good start. With the engine repaired fresh stores, Frankie waving and our sailing-board marked "destination Viet Nam," the Cuba Victory slipped out of the Los Angeles harbor for the last point (rf the journey. �•. ** r- • p- •' Fsi^ Fourteen .. n \ .f R$ toe SEA FA Norember t9, 19M SlU Crew Take* Time Out For Chow Sister's Tribute To SIU Brother Tho LOG office recently received a letter and -Bpem from the sister of a young Seafarer who died and was buried at sea. A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Samuel A. Vincius, Jr., while he was serving aboard the Ohoctaw Victory (ColumWs Steamipsbip), enruote from Aden to Madrae. Vincius had been sailing with tho SIU for 19 years, touching nearly every port where American ships dock throughout the world. "Samuel always looked forward to visiting a foreign port," said his sister Joan Wedin, "but there were two favorites that made a lasting im­ pression on him, the ports of India and Aruba in the Netherland's Antilles. My brother and I were very close to each other," she said. "Often when we were young we talked and dreamed of going to sea together. 1 think this poem is a fitting epitaph for any man who dies at sea. The name of this tribute to my brother Is 'Destiny'." My brother went down to the sea one day. Signed on a ship that was bound for Bombay. All seven seas my brother had sailed, But his love for India had never failed. This vessel's name was "Destiny." About midday aboard tho Robin Locksley (Robin Line) tlio SlU crew begins filing into the mess hall for a sample of tho steward department's cooking. For today's menu it looks like roast pork, soup, fresh milk, vegetables. From left to right are Robert Leggo. Chang Ling and Frank Neston. - :—""-t Appreciates Help During Illness To the Editor: Both my wife and myself wish to thank you for the considera­ tion extended to us during my recent hospitalization. It was wonderful and words cannot ex­ press our gratitude. Gratefully yours, Leslie M. Morris friends very easilyv Once, I found that a Seafarer buddy of mine was in the hospital in Seattle with a busted kneecap. I was in New York then, but I sent a get-well card to cheer him up. A man needs all the help he can get when he's laid up in a strange port. Keep up the good work. Fraternally yours, M. H. Riley t. JUJCi ^ ^ Tliift f To ~ fLi w o,-r AH letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Log Locates Sick Friend To the Editor: I enjoy reading the Log and look forward to its arrival twice every month. The articles are good, and it's nice to learn what old friends are doing and where they are. A man shipping out regularly can lose track of t. Wants 14(b) Repealed To the Editor: I would like to record my protest against the scuttling of the repeal of 14 (b) of the TaftHartley Act. Repeal of See. 14(b) is essential to the welfare of the labor movement in the United States. Yet a handful of Senators using the outmoded filibuster succeeded in blocking the wish of the majority. The repeal bill would have easily passed had it been allowed to come to a vote. Let's all hope that the repeal of 14(b) will be the first order of business when Congress meets again next year. Fraternally yours, Michael McLeod Old Buddies Get Together The cargo was loaded, the crew all signed on— The anchor pulled up and the gang plank brought on. The weather toas clear, the ship slowly moved out. Out of the channel, into the Bay . . . Out went "The Destiny" into the sea's spray. But Death had signed on as a member of the crew. Benares, Calcutta and Madras too. He would sail thru storm and Hell-fire too. When the ship was bound up the Arabian Sea, To that Port in India, the Port of Bombay. But Death was a passenger aboard "The Destiny." 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 iu volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork-, Linoleum St Plastic Workers) 3; ^ $ Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) $ t H. I. Slegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers 4» 4i Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) The ship left Aden on the Arabian Sea, Bound for Madras, via Bombay. Death came, too soon, too soon, and took my brother away. Before the ship ever dropped anchor at The Port of Bombay. My brother had sailed on many ships O'er many seas, sailed he. But of all the ports of all this world. My brother loved India on the Arabian Sea. Now he had sailed with Death, aboard "The Destiny." The Captain bid my brother farewell. The crew stood silent as they committed their mate t» Heaven or Hell. Down into the sea, the Arabian Sea— My brother now sleeps there, waiting for me. Death had been a passenger aboard "The Destiny." Dear Lord of the seas and the winds and the tides. Be merciful, please, to this sailor who has died. Carry him please to the Port of Bombay, And there leave him he while waiting for me. 'Till Death and I can book passage aboard "The Destiny." A Big Smile At Pay-Off Time Stltzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4" $• J. R. Slmplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) i t Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Jamestown Sterling Corp. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) $1 $• Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) 4" When the Transorleans and the Hanover pulled into port at Bombay, fwo old buddies got together for a couple of cold ones. On the left Brother Richard "Windy" Tolar, and on the right Brother John W. Mdcolm^ 4« 4" Pepsi Cola Company (Soft Drink Workers, Local 812) 4^ 4^ White Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers of America Pay-off time is a tim# for smiles on the Andrew Jackson, as bills pass hands and the crew prepares to go ashore. Pic­ tured from left to right are Captain F. McNaught. Bosun Thomot J. Hflburn and "Frdncfiy" De Boissibre. �Face Flitcoi loe N*Tenber M, INS of Final Departures Hanr G. Reynidda, S9: Brother Reynolds succumbed to cancer at the Baltimore USPHS Hospital. A member of the deck department^ he joined tho Union in 1947. He is survived by his Mother, Mrs. Jessie F. Rey­ nolds. Brother Reynolds was buried at the Gravel Springs Cemetery in Frederick County, Virginia. 4 4 4. James C. Brown, 50: Brother Brown died of accidental causes while sailing aboard the Mon­ arch of the Seas. A member of the steward depart­ ment, he Joined the Union in 1940. He is sur­ vived by his brother, Burnett A. Brown. Place of burial was Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. Edward Levy Wells, 45: Brother Wells, succumbed to heart disease at the New Or­ leans USPHS Hospital. Joining the Union in 1959, he sailed in the steward de­ partment. Broth­ er Wells is sur­ vived by his wife, Dollie. He was buried in the Providence Memorial Park Ceme­ tery in New Orleans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Leoncio S. Maisonet, 65: Brother Maisonet died of natural causes at the Lincoln Hos­ pital in Bronx, New York. A member of the engine depart­ ment, he joined the Union in 1943. Brother Maisonet is sur­ vived by his wife, Jovita R. Maiso­ net. Burial took place in the St. Raymonds Cemetery in the Bronx, New York. SIU Arrivals Erik in Honolulu Thomas James Malone M-702 You are asked to contact Wil­ You are requested to contact liam Scott. He has your money, but Robert Carte at 740 San Felipe not your address. If you cannot Avenue, San Bruno, California. reach him, you may place your 4 4 4 address with the LOG. Wilson Torres 4 4 4 You are requested to contact George Pickels Angel. R. Santana at 30 Garnet You are requested to contact Street, Brooklyn 31, New York, your attorney Paul M. Goldstein Telephone: 522-1481. at 1201 Chestnut Street, Phila­ 4 4 4 delphia, Pennsylvania, or call Donald L. Jones PB-30728 LOcuSt 3-0560. You are requested to contact 4 4 4 your mother Mrs. L. B. Jones at Andreau Migliore You are asked to contact your 2284 Washington Street, Eugene, cousin A. Migliore at 1315 44th Oregon. Street, Brooklyn, New York, Tele­ 4 i 4 phone, TR 1-4107. Tim McCarthy 4 4 4 You are asked to get in touch Yrjo R. Tallberg T-223 with your daughter Ann at 283 You are asked to contact your East 8th Street, South Boston, wife. Mass., care of Nagle, apt. "#133. Cleo L. Dwrec, Mi Brother Dupree died of aoeldental causes while sailing aboard the Ban­ gor (Bermuda Shipping). A member of the Union since 1968, he served in the steward depart­ ment. Brother Dupree was bur­ ied at sea. No beneficiary was designated. 4 4 4 Robert Luther Wiseman, 56: Brother Wiseman succumed to a heart attack at the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Joining the Union in 1946, he served in the steward depart­ ment. Brother Wiseman is sur­ vived by his wife, Lila Wiseman. Burial took place in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust fundi of the SIU AtlanUc. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions Of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shaU consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquartera of the varloui trust funds. SHIPPINO 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 avaU­ able In all Union haUs. 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 Boarii by certified maU. return receipt requested. The proper address for thla la: 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. •Ither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeala Board. eoNTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are avaUabla In aU SIU baUa. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and Uve aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obligations, •ucb as filing for OT on the proper sheets and In tha proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAPARBRE LOO. Tha LOG has tradiUonaUy refrained from puhUshlng any article serving the poUtical purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It lias also refrained from pubUshlng articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its coUectlve memtiershlp. This estabUahed poUcy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings in aU constitutional ports. The responslbUlty for LOG poUcy Is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Fixecutlve Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, ona Individual to carry out this responslbUlty. Heosten ......Dee. 11—2:36 New Orleans . Dee. 14—2:36 Mobile Dee. 15—2:36 Wilmington Dee. 20—2 Ban Franeisee .. Dee. 22—2 Seattle Dee. 24—2 4 4 P.M. P.M. FJW. FM. P.M. P.M. 4 GrMt Lakes SlU Meetings Detroit Dec. Alpena .Dec. Buffalo Dec. Chicago Dee. Cleveland Dee. Duluth Dec. Frankfort ....... .Dee. 4 4 6—2 6—7 6—1 6—7 6—7 6—7 6—7 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 OREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION Detroit Dec. 13—7:30 P.M. MUwaukeo .. .Deo. 13—7:30 P.M. Chicago Deo. 14—7:30 P.M. Rafael P. Amat, born September 9, Gina Rodriguez, born September 30, 1965, to the Carlos Rodrlguezs, New 1965, to the Ralph C. Amats, New Orleans, Louisiana. Orleans, Louisiana. Baffaio Dee. tSR'tSte.Marie Dee. DolBtli Dee. CSeTcUiBd ...Dee. Toledo Dee. 4 4 15—7:36 16—7:36 17—7:36 17—7:36 17—7:36 P.M. P.BL PJL P.M. P.BL 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union PUUdelphlt Dee. 7—5 P.M. Baltimore Oieensed and noUeensed) Dec. 8—^5 Houston Dec. 13—5 Norfolk Dec. 9—5 New Orleena ... .Dec. 14—S MobUe Dec. 15—5 4 4 F.M. PJII. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Jersey City Dec. 13—16 PhiUdelpbia Dec. 14—10 Baltimore Dee. 15—10 •Norfolk Dec. 16—10 4 4 A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. ft 8 P.M. A.M. ft 8 PJ». 4 United Industrial Workers New York Baltimore .. Philadelphia 4:Hoaston ... MobUe New Orleans Dec. 6—7 . • .Dec. 8—7 ....Dec. 7—7 .. Dec. 13—7 .. .Dee. 14—7 .. .Dec. 15—7 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Michael Petrantes, born October 29, Jacqueline Sovich, born October 15, 1965, to the Michael Sovichs, Bayville, 1965, to the Stavros Q. Petrantes, Mobile Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Alabama. New Jersey. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Dee Anna Roach, born October 14, 1965, Frank Selby, born August 18, 1965, to the Edward J. Roachs, Orange, Texas. to the Joe 0. Selbys, Gilmer, Texas. Roxanne Gebbia, born August 28, 1965, Laura Curry, born July 29, 1965, to the Ralph H. Currys, Plaquemine, Louisiana. to the Peter Gebblas, Folsom, Louisiana. " Curtis Ray, born August 2, 1965, to the Angela Kirk, born September 8, 1965, to the Wesley A. Kirks, Belhaven, North Carl H. Rays, Port Neches, Texas. Carolina. 4 4 4 Reina Sandoval, born October 15, 1965, 4 4 4 Jeanette Perez, born September 25, to the Juan M. Sandovals, Baltimore, 1965, to the Jose D. Perezs, Manhattan, Maryland. New York. 4 4 4 Thomas Edward, born October 12, 1965, 4 4 4 Angela Bridges, born August 31, 1965, to the Harry Whitleys, Galveston, Texas. to the Billy J. Bridges, Clifton, Tennessee. 4 4 4 Patrick Sloan, born September 18, 1965, 4 4 4 Anthony Benites, bom October 2, 1965, to the Joseph Sloqns, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania. to the John Benitezs, Tampa, Florida. Directory Of UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT 4 4 4 4 4 4 Paul Hall Rosalind Wright, bom August 13, 1965, Stoney Marvin Henry, Ixirn September 14, 1965, to the Jimmy H. Henrys, Chan- to the Bertrand Wrights, Mobile, Alabama. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT nelvlew, Texas. Cal Tanner 4 4 4 4 4 4 William Sachs, bom October 28, 1965, VICE PRESIDENTS Benjamin Lozano, born August 21, 1965, to the Bernard Sachs, Baltimore, Mary­ Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams land. to the Ben Loza'ios, Orange, Texas. Al Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ...1216 E. Baltimore St. PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any EA 7-4900 official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for BOSTON, Mass 177 State St. same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money tor any Ri 2-0140 reason unless he Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to BUFFALO, N.y. 735 Washington St. require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a TL 3-9259 member Is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this SA 1-0733 should immediately be reported to headquarters. CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes MA 1-5450 every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Us constitu­ DETROIT, Mich. ..10225 W. Jefferson Ave. tion. In addition, copies are available in aU Union haUs. AU membera VI 3-47''1 should obtain copies of this constitution to at to famUlarlze themselves DULUTH, Minn ... 312 W. 2nd SL with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer la attempting RA 2-4110 to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as aU other details, then the 415 Main St. member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. EL 7-2-"'l HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing dlsabUlty-penslon . WA 8-3207 benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. f .eluding attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ EL 3-0-7 bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in JERSEY CITY, N.J. ...99 Montgomery SL ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. HE 3-0104 Because these oldtlmera cannot take shipboard employment, the membership MIAMI, Fla 744 W. Flagler .<5L has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of aUowing them to retain FR 7-35S4 their good standing through the waiving of their dues. MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawrence St. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment HE 2-1754 and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly aet forth In the SIU NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave. constitution and in the contracts which the Union hat negotiated with the Tel. 529-7546 employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. of race, creed, color, national or geographlo origin. If any member feels Tel. 622-1892 that he Is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify PHILADELPHIA, Penna. . 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 headquarters. PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .1348 Seventh St. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the baslo rtghta SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and poUtlcal objectives which DO 2-4401 will serve the best Interests of themselves, their famlUes and their Union. SANTURCE, P.R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers PoUtical Activity Donation was Stop 20 established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the Tel. 724-2848 fund.<i through which legislative and political activities are conducted for SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue the benefit of tha membership and the Union. MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. 805 Del Mar If at any tima a Seafarer feels that any of the abeva rights have been CE 11434 violated, or that ha has been denied hit constitutional right of access to TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Union records or Information, he should Immediataly notify SIU Presldanf Tel. 229-2788 Paul Hall at hoadquartors by cerllflad mall,, raturn rocolpt roquostod. WILMINGTON, Calif. . 505 N. Marine Ave. ' ' • TE 4-2528 Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. Tho constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gidf. Lakea and Inland Watera District makes specific provision for safeguarding tha membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and flip auditing committee elected by the memberaKlp. All Union records are available at SIU headquartera In Brooklyn. ilU'AOLIWDMMHngs New Teck Dee. f—t:U PJW. Phllaielphie .. .Dee. 7—2:tf P.M. Balttaiere Dee. 9—2:36 P.M. Detrell Dee. 16-2:16 Pif. �SEAFARERS LOG Nov. M 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN or THE SEAFARERt INTii^NAriCNAL UNION • AKAN.TIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • Gefting the necessary training in case of an emergency aboard ship, SlU Lifeboat Class No. 141 lift their oars in anticipation of orders from Instructor Ami Bjornsson. The instruction, which takes place at Mill Basin in Brooklyn, New York, ranges from classroom sessions to the actual launching, rowing and securing of lifeboats. AFL-GIO Members of the graduating class listen Intently as Instructor Bjornsson explains the proper use of the oil cone and sea anchor. The device is used in a heavy sea to keep bow of boat pointed into wind. SEAFARERS LIFEBOAT SCHOOL Seafarers Lifeboat School Facilities Students at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship study the proper use of the sea painter. L.. Pablo Rivera gains useful experience in the handling of line when tying lifeboat to the dock during instruction session. ' : SlU Lifeboat class pays close attention as Instructor Bjornsson points out effects of life­ boat commands. ,, . Robert Feliciano stands on bow of lifeboat as Bjornsson shouts command to crew manning the . oars., . ,. THE RECENT sinking of the cruise ship Yar' mouth Castle points out the importance of every Seafarer knowing proper rescue tech­ niques and procedures for lifeboat handling. One of the obvious lessons that has emerged from the Yarmouth Castle disaster is that the ability to handle a lifeboat can spell the differ­ ence between lives saved or tragedy in an emergency at sea. A major part of the SlU's continuing cam­ paign for increased shipboard safety has em­ phasized that every SlU member should obtain the necessary training to earn a lifeboat endorsement. Not only does an SiU member owe it to himself to learn the skills which can mean the difference between his own life and death in an emergency at sea, but his knowledge of proper lifeboat procedures often enables him to save the lives of others. Every Seafarer can recall countless instances when lifeboat skills meant that certain tragedy was averted. A little over a year ago the crew of the Globe Explorer escaped without a casu­ alty when their vessel was destroyed in a sud­ den fire off the northeast coast of the United States. SIU lifeboat training was credited with the successful rescue of over 80 survivors from the burning Greek passenger liner Lakonia by Union crewmembers aboard the Rio Grande. These are just a few of the instances in which know-how and skill achieved through SIU life­ boat training paid off in lives saved from cer­ tain death. SIU members who sail in the deck department have an added, important reason for securing a lifeboat ticket, since Coast Guard regulations make passing the-lifeboat test a requirement for obtaining an able bodied seaman's rating. The SIU has tailored its lifeboat program to make obtaining a lifeboat endorsement as easy as possible. The Lifeboat School of the Harry Lundeberg 'School of Seamanship conducts a course at New York headquarters leading to a lifeboat ticket. ' interested Seafarers are urged to contact their port agent for information about , enrolling in the school.. � 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 November 26, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CALLS FOR NLRB CONTROL OVER RUNWAY CREWS IN U.S. TRADES SIU OF CANADA SHIP SINKS – NONE INJURED SIU GREAT LAKES SISTRICT SIGNS NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT THE YARMOUTH CASTLE DISASTER GARMATZ URGES SHIP BREAKOUT SHIPBUILDER CONFERENCE SIU URGES NLRB CONTROL OF RUNAWAY-FLAG CREWS ENGAGED IN U.S. TRADE SEAFARER THANKS US USPHS HOSPITAL FOR GIFT OF LIFE PAY-OFF – STEEL ROVER MAJOR GAINS WON IN NEW SIU GREAT LAKES PACT AMERICAN LABOR AND BRITISH LABOR – OUR COMMON PURPOSE MOVES UNDERWAY TO MAKE MARAD INDEPENDENT AGENCY ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS FALL AS BUSINESS PROFITS SOAR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH HIGH ON INLAND WATERWAYS IN 1965 SEAFARERS SPEED VIETNAM CARGO – SIU FOR USA SEAFARERS LIFEBOAT SCHOOL 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 11/26/1965 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. 25 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6f749731a32bc95a3295e672add15906.PDF ca023a253954e20a2094b4bcc3f979b0 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 November 27, 1940 Description An account of the resource Debunks "Pilot's" Wail on "Unity" SIU Man Illfed in Georgetown Hospital New Draft Regulation for Seamen Aluminum Line to Expand Shipping CIO Longshoremen Demand Bridges' Resignation Curran, the Bonus and Unity Crew of "Pipestone County" Kicks in Good Sum for 'Log' Vultee Aircraft Strike Settled as Lines Hold Tight Danger to Seamen in New Draft Rule "Tell Me Who Your Friends Are and I'll Tell you..." On "Party" Orders, Curran Turns Republican The Two Conventions Resolution on Strike Assessment PDF Text Text ""^WPWS^  m\  —T­ r­" '; Vf.  J^OIBRSJOQ  OP7IOIAL ORGAN  OP THE ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  VOL.  II  tu  NEW YORK,  N. Y., WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  27, 1940  No. 20  Debunks  '^Pilot's" Wail  on "Unity"  • <g>  >  SlU Man lllfed  In Georgetown  Hospital  New Draft Regulation  For Seamen  Aluminum  Line  Record of Sell­Outs Shows  To  Expand  Fakery Behind Curran Cry  For **Unityon War Bonus"  Shipping  According  to  netv  regu­ lations  issued  by  C.  A.  Dykstra,  national  director  of  'Selective  Service  (draft),  the  previous  rul­ By John  Hawk  T  The Union  has  received  the  fol­ ing  allowing  seamen  sub­.  The  Alcoa  Steamship  Com­ In the  NMU "Pilot" of  November 15, 1940,  there appears  lowing  communication  from  mem­ ject  to  conscription  to  sail  pany  (Aluminum  Line)  an­ a  statement  by  the  "National  Officers"  entitled:  "Need  hers  of  the  crew  of  the  8.8.  unhampered  is  no  longer  nounced  this  week  that  the  Unity to Get War Bonus."  As usual,  this new outburst of  the  Brush, dealing  with conditions  on  which  action  has  been  initiated  in  effect.  line's services  are going  to be  "top fraction"  is  full  of  crummy  lies  and  distortions  and  Henceforth,  all  seamen  by  Headquarters  at  Washington,  fakery. There can  be no  better answer to  this bunk  than a re­ D.  C.  The  letter  tells  the  facts  of  draft  age  sailing  for  expanded  to  meet  increasing  view  of  the actual record.  The  facts speak  for  themselves.  icith  sufficient  eloquence,  so  that  foreign  ports  must first  demands  for  freight  space.  additional  comments are  made  un­ Facts,  Not  Lies  obtain  permits  from  the  The  line,  formerly  known  ficials  lied  to  the  membership  in  necessary;  The  following  is  a  resume  order  to  cover  up  their  sell­put  local  draft  boards  before  The  following  is  a  report  on  as  the  Ocean  Dominion  the  conditions  and  treatment  ex­ they  are  allowed  to  leave  Steamship  Company,  is  now  of  the  N M U  ' s  so­called  tactic  by  telling  the  NMU  mem°  "unity"  tactics  from  the  be­ bership  that  they  were  making  perienced  by  a  brother  member,  the  country.  building  seven  (7)  new  ginning  of  the  war  bonuses  inroads  to  take  over  all  ships  of  James  Kelley,  Gulf  No.  17,  in  the  the  Eastern  Steamship  Com­ Public  Hospital  at  Georgetown,  freighter.s in  West  Coast  ship­ on the Atlantic  Coast  to date:  pany  from  the  SIU.  The  scabby  British  Guiana.  yards  and  on  the  completion  At  a  meeting  of  the shipowners  tactics  of  the  NMU  ofliciala  and  different  maritime  unions  of  A  Message  to  the "Brush"  of  the  building  program  will  the Atlantic Coast  at  Washington,  served  the  shipowners'  purpose,  but—when  the  S.S.  St.  £ohn  and  On  October  27,  1940,  while  at  D.  C.,  in  the  fall  of  1939,  the  of­ S.S.  Acadia  returned  from  the  have  twenty­one  (21)  ships in  Georgetown,  a  message  was  de­ ficials of  the steamship  companies  war  zones  and  vvent  off  charter,  use.  livered  to  the  engine  room  of  the  expressed  willingness  to  pay  the  they  were  restored  to  their  r.egu­ Beginning  with  the  departure  seamen"33Vb  per  cent  bonus  on  "Brush"  in  which  Kelley  request­ of  the  S.S.  Brush  on  November  ships  running  into  the  war  zone^  iar  coastwise  runs  under  the  ed  a  visit.  At  7:30  P.M.  a  delega­ management  of  the  Eastern  S. S.  tion  of  Ave  members  of  the  crew  Joining  the  Seattle  long­ 29,  it  was  announced  in  the  Al­ Both  the  NMU  and  the  SIU  rep­ Co.  and  again  under  the  jurisdic­ coa  offices,  the  line  will  have  a  of  the  S.S.  Brush  visited  Kelley  shoremen  (Local  1­19  ILWU­ resentatives  declined  to  accept  tion  of  the Seafarers'  Internation­ and  from  his  statements  it  ap­ CIO),  two  other  locals  of  the  weekly  sailing  to  Bermuda,  St.  the offer  of  33%  per cent  and  held  al  Union  of  North  America!  Thomas,  St.  Croix,  Antigua,  Gu­ out  for  a  much  larger  war  bonus.  pears  that  about  17  days  previ­ Fink  Policy  Repeated  ously,  while  aboard  . the  "Sar­ West  Coast  dock­wallopers  adeloupe,  Martinique,  St.  Lucia,  The  meeting  recessed  for  lunch­ Trinidad  and  Georgetown,  British  have  gone  on  record  demand­ Again  in  the  fall  of  1939,  an  coxle" at Mackenzie,  he suffered  a  eon  and  on  reconvening,  the ship­ burn  on  one  instep  while  help­ ing  the  resignation  of  Harry  Guiana.  The  ships  on  this  route  owners  immediately  withdrew  SIU  crew  of  the  Robin  Adair  re­ ing  to  extinguish  a fire  in  the  Bridges  gs  President  of  their  will  call  every  fortnight  at  St.  their  offer  of  33%  per  cent  and  fused  to­ accept  the  25  per  cent  Kitts,  Dominica,  Barbados,  St.  reduced  it  to  25  per  cent  of  the  war  bonus  and  went  on  strike for  stewards'  room.  Through  neglect  and  lack  of  proper  treatment  fol­ organization.  They  are  Looal  Vincent,  Grenada  and  Parama­ monthly scale  of  wages. This offer  a  larger  bonus.  A  picket  line  was  lowing  the injury  the  foot  became  1­73  and  the  Reconditioners'  ribo.  of  25  per  cent  was  emphatically  i m m e d i  a t e ly  established  and  infected  and  three  or  four  days  Local.  The  new  freight  schedule  is  rejected  by  the  representatives  of  again  the  scab­herding  tactics  ol  later,  when  the  ship  reached  Meanwhile,  it  has  been  an­ the  result  of  increased  traffic  ex­ the  SIU  of  NA  and  was  accepted  the  NMU"  officials  were  shown  when  they  accompanied  a flnfe  Georgetown,  blood  poisoning  had  nounced  that  Northwe.gt  ILWU  pected  from  the  leasing  of  bases  by  the  NMU  representatives.  developed  and  Kelley  was  re­ locals  and  the  Tacoma  Interna­ to  the  United  States  by  Great  RESULT:  NMU  ships  started  crew  through  the  picket  line  and  tional  Longshoremen's  Associa­ Britain  in  Bermuda  and  the  other  sailing  into  the  war  zones  for  25  sailed  the  ship  to  South  Africa  moved  to  the  Public  Hospital.,  tion  (A.F.  of  L.)  have  scheduled  ports  of  call  in  British  posses­ per  cent  bonus!  This action of the  for  a  25  per  cent  war  bonus.  ^  They  Called it a  "Diet"!  joint  conferences  to  discuss  com­ sions  mentioned  above.  The  "top  fraction's"  wall  Is  NMU  established  the  25  per  cent  "Unity."  Unity  for  what?  Fink­ His  diet  for  breakfast  and  sup­ mon  action  on  the  question  oi  Ill  addition  to  the  New  York  war  bonus.  ing!!!?  '  i  ,per  consists  of  two slices  of  bread  hours,  wages  and  working  condi­ service announced, Alcoa  will  also  SIU  Resorts  to  Action!  with  butter  and  a  mug,  of  tea,  tions.  have  a  fortnightly  service  from  On  Mediterranean  Run  'while  dinner  is  of  rice,  potatoes,  Among  West  Coast  longshore­ Baltimore  and  Norfolk  to  several  The  United  States  Lines  con­ In  May.  1940,  the  SIU  secured  ­ and fleh  fried  in  tallow.  The  "va>  men  at  least,  it  looks  like  the  of  the same  ports,  beginning  with  templated  time­chartering  the  war  bonuses  amounting  to  $50  riation."  here  is  that  sometimes  unity  which  the  Communist  Par­ the  departure  of  the  S.S.  Point  S.S.  St.  John  and  S.S.  Acadia  of  per  month  on  all  SIU  ships  run­ ty  and  its  array  of  Bridges  Chico  from  Baltimore  on  Novem­ the  Eastern  Steamship  Company  ning  into the  Mediterranean  from  the fish  is  omitted.  He  is  rebuked  for  his  mild  stooges ' have  been  shouting  for,  ber  28  and  from  Norfolk  on  No­ to  evacuate  Americans  from  Eu­ (Continued  on  Page  2)  rope.  On  hearing  that  the  crews  growls  at  all  this  by  the  Lord's  but  obstructing  at  every  step,  is  vember  30.  [  local  representative  and  Is  told  actually  beginning  to  be  put  into  Two  additional fortnightly serv­ of  the  S.S.  St.  John  and  Acadia  '  (Continued  on  Page  2)  practice.  ices  from  Gulf  ports  are  also  to  held  meetings  aboard  their  re­ be  established,  one  operating  spective  vessels  and  voted  to  from  Mobile  and  New  Orleans  to  strike  for  a  higher  war  bonus,  LaGuyara,  Venezuela,  Guracao,  the  U.  S. Lines  immediately  char­ Aruba,  Trinidad,  Barbados  and  tei'ed  the  S.S.  St.  John  and  Aca­ dia  on  a  bare­boat  charter  in  or­ ^  (An Editorial)  =========  Paramaribo  and  the  other  from  der  to  bring the  vessels  under  the  the  same  ports  to  Kingston,  Port  jurisdiction  of  the  NMU,  thereby  It  took  the  sinking  of  the  City  of  Rayville—manned  by  au  Prince,  the  Dominican  Repub­ using  the  "unity"  wallers  to  de­ The  week­old  strike  of  the Vul­ lic,  Guadeloupe,  Martinique,  a  N.ational  Maritime  Union  crew—and  the  pressnve  of  the  tee  Aircraft  Co.  employees  at  feat  the  demands  of  the  militant  Georgetown  and  Paramaribo. This  steadily  mounting  gains  in  this  respect  made  by  the  Sea­ service  is  to  start  operating  on  SIU crews  for  a larger  war  bonus.  Downey,  California,  seemed  well  The  reason  for  the  United  on  its  way  to  a  settlement  last  farers'  International  Union,  to  wake  up  Curran  and  Com­ the  new  schedule  next  month.  States  Lines  not  following  Friday, when  new  obstacles arose.  pany  to  the  gross  inadequacy  of  the  Bonuses' paid  to  Ameri­ The  strikers,  engaged  ;u  a  bat­ through  their  original  intention  can  seamen  on  war  zone  runs.  ­ of  chartering  the  S.S.  St.  John  tie  with  a  company  which  tried  Crew of  "Pipestone  and  S.S.  Acadia  on  a  TIME char­ to  prevent  wage  increases  on  the  Kept Silent  Up to  Now  County''  Kicks  In  ter  was  obvious.  For,  had  they  ground  that  it  was  producing air­ In  a  long  "Statement  by  the  National  Officers"—it  is  as  done  so,  the  SIU  would  have  had  planes  essential  to  "national  de­ Good  Sum  for ^Log'  long  as  it  is full  of  lies—the  gang  of  misleaders  at  the  head  the  jurisdiction  over  the  manning  fense,"  had  already  obtained  a  the  ships  and  would  have  tied  hike  in  pay,  when  the  employers  of  the  NMU finally  take  notice  of  this  question,  after  main­ The  crew  of  the  S.  S.  of  them­  up  to  the  dock  to  obtain  demanded  that  a  two­year  "no  taining  an  absolute  .silence  on  it  iii  the  pages  of  the  Pilot  Pipestone County  blew into  their  demands  for  a  greater  war  strike"  clause  he  put  in  the  for months.  port this week  and donated  bonus  than  the  measly  25  per  agreement.  The  union  said  no  soap  to  the  In issue  after issue  of  the  Log, we  have  reported  one  the grand sum of  $21.25 for  cent.  "no­strike"  After  a hul­ r  gain  after  another  made  hy  the  S.I.U.  on  the  war  zone  NMU  Serves  Purpose  of  laballoo  in  proposal.  the  Seafarers'  Log.  That's  the  press,  and  even,  run bonuses: first,  the  rise  from 25  per  cent  to 33V3  per  Shipowners  the  spirit  for  militant  SIU  intervention  hy  the  brass­hats,  cent;  then, the  dollar  per  day  increase.  And  only  now  men  and  an  example  for,,  Though  the  rank  and file  of  the  the  strike  was finally  settled  this  do  we  hear  the first  intimations  from  Curran  and  his  NMU  were aware that all  was  not  Tuesday  with  union  lines  holding;  other crews to follow.  ;  (Continued  on  Page  "kosher,"  their  silver­tongued  of­  tight.  «>•  r'.Wl  !  • ;3: r  CIO Longshoremen  Demand Bridges'  Resignation  >  m  3­.  -fr-r-K:-, r'" ''  Curran, the Bonus and Unity  (1  Vultee  Aircraft  Strike Settled As  Lines Hold Tight  vj  f:  �tetiiSfiaiesiasss  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  Published  by  the  te.  ­:  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  .o­ Wednesday, November 27,  1940  Debunks Pilot's  Danger to Seamen in New Draft Rule  Wall on 'Unity'  (From  West  Coast  Sailors)  A  serious  threat  faces  the  seamen  in  the  new  ruling  issued  by  C.  A.  Dykstra,  national  director  of  Selective  Service,  whlcli  makes  necessary  that  all seamen  before  sailing  out  of  the country  (Continued  from  Page 1)  to any  foreign  port  must  first  receive  pcrinis.sion  from  thejr  local  the  date  of  signing on  to  the  date  Selective  Service  boards.  of  paying  off,  while  the  NMU  of­ Unlike  other  workei­s,  once  a  seaman  sails,  constant  tab  on  Affiliated  • with the  American  Federation  of  Labor  ficials  who  are  now  wailing  for  his  whereabouts  can  be  kept  withPttt  any  trouble.  Should  he  at  unity,  were  sailing  all  their  ves­ any  time  be  called  for  sei­vice,  his availability  can  always  ho  con­ HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  International  President  sels  on  the  same  run  for  ?30  per  trolled  even  if  he  is  somewhere  out  at  sea.  The  verj­  worst  tlrnt  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  month  bonuses.  could  happen  would  he  several  weeks delay  in  his  reporting  in.  ADDRESS  ALL CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNING  THIS  But  such  a snperticial  inconvenience—even  assuming  it  would  On  Liuideberg:  Facts  PUBLICATION  TO:  be  such  to  the  local  Selective  Service  boards—is  incomparable  to  Another  example  of  the  noble  "THE SEAFARERS'  LOG"  the'injury  tlmt  will  be  caused  the  seamen  by  this  latest  Dykstra  NMU  officialdom's  "unity"  Inten­ decision.  As  an  example  of  what  ma.v  and  nndonbtedly  will  hap­ P.  O.  Box  522,  Church  St.  Annex,  New  York,  N. Y.  tions:  While  Lundeberg  of  the  Phone.  BOvvIing Green 9­3437  pen  is  the  following  case  in  point.  .And  it  is  not  a  hypothetical  SUP  was  successful  in  backing  Okie  either.  up  his  membership  to obtain  wdr  A  ship  is  due  to  .sail  witliin  a  few  hours  and  several of  the  bonuses  amounting  to  100  per  cent  Increase  in  Wages  6r  $165  men  have  thrown  in  their  books  for  tlie  job.  Before  they  can  be  a  month  and  100  per  cent  in­ cleared  they  will  have to get in  touch  w ith  their  draft  boards  and  crease  in  overtime  amounting  get  the  necessary  permission.  It  is  highly  qnestioiiahle  if  tlie  red  to  $1.60  per  hour  for  his  or­ tape  procedare  that  is  part  of  the  routine  of  such  hoardsi could  (Continued  (rom  Page*l)  ganization's  ships  running  to  be  expedited  snfflciently  to  allow  the  applying  seamen  to  got  clique  about  the  inadequiacy  6f  the  bonus  provisions'on  Scandinavian  ports,  the  NMU  cleared  in  time  to  make  the  boat.  It  Is  clearly  coiicelvahlc  how  this  ruling  will  interfere with  the  employment  of  a  great  numher  NMU  boats—on  which  seamen  get  the  old  25  per  cent  "top  fraction"  advised  their  of  seamen  who  may  be  urgently  in  need  of  work.  crews  to  be  satisfied  with  the  long  surpassed  by  the S.I.U.  Another  phase  of  the Selective  Service  law  which  threatens  to  magnificent  sum  6f  $40  per  TKeir  Phoney  "Excuse"  month  and  their  usual,  under  the  be  vlcionslj'  harmful  to  the  maritime  unions  is  the  matter  of  a  When  they  are finally  blasted  out  of  their  bureaucratic  scale,  rate  of  overtime  pay  at  70  seaman's  deferment.  If  the  new.spaper  reports  are  correct^  the  •   captain  of  a ship  will  have final  say­so  as  to  the  indispensihility  •   torpor  by  the  grumblings  of  their  own  rank  and file  watch­ cents  per  hour!  of  the  members  of  the  crew.  ing  the  S.I.U.  gains  and  shocked  into  expressing  themselves  Another  Example  Such an  arrangement  is obviously  too  vulnerable  to  the  legiti­ by  the  fate  of  the  City  of  Rajwille,  what  do  these  profes­ _ still  another  example  of  the  mate charge  of  boin^ a potential  black­list  menace  and susceptible  .sional  betrayers  of  the  seamen  say?  They  say: If  WE  have  NMU  (No  More  Unity)  leaders''  to anti­union  action  for  oven  the goveFniiient  officials  to­deny.  failed  to  get  you  rank  and file  NMU  men  increases  in  the  tactics:  The  SlU crew  of  the  S.S.  The members  of  the nraritime  unions  must  take action at once  bonus  similar  to  those  obtained  by  the  S.I.U.—BLAME  IT  Algic  of  the  Robin  Line  went  on  to see  that  these serious dangers  arc immediately correrted  by  the  strike  last  July  for  a  higher  war  gDvei­nment.  ON  LUNDEBERG!  bonus  than  25  per  cent  on  ships  Tn  other  words,  blame  it  on  the  S.I.U.!  Lundeberg  and  running  to  South  Africa.  This ac­ the  S.I.LT.  DID  get  bonus  increases  for  the  seamen  in  the  tion  forced  the  shipowners  to  in­ meal  with  Kelley,  is living  on  the  S.I.U.—even  these  adept  liars  and  falsifiers cannot  deny  this  crease  the  bonus  from  25  per  fat  of  the  land  at  a  cost  of  $1.25  per  day.  FACT.  So  what  charge  remains  to  be  hurled  at  honest  offi­ cent  to  33%  per  cent,  while  NMU  ships  chartered  by  the  Robin  Now,  since  any  one  of  us  may  cials  who  get  action  for  THEIR  rank  and file?  They  didn't  Line,  and  sailing  from  the  same  'find  himself  in  the  same  predica­ get  the  same  increases  for  the  rank  and 'file  of  the  NMU!  piers,  signed  on  for  25  per  cent  ment  with  no  one  to  whom  to  ap­ But  that  is  precisely  what  you. Currah  and  Co.,  were  elected'  and  are  still  signing  on  to  this  peal  for  aid,  it  .seems  that  some­ presertt  day  for  25  per  C6nt,  al­ to  do!  That's YOUR  job!  one  with  authority,  by  any  means  though  all  SIU  ships  on  the  at  his  command,  should  establish  Conclusions for  the  Rank  and  File  South  African  run  are signing  on  the  status  of  the  American  sea­ The  eonclu.sion  that  the  NMU  membership  oUght  to  draw  for  $1  a  day  war  bonus .from  the  man  at  Georgetown,  and  wifh  froiti this  kind of  argument  is that  their  officialdom  can't  cut  day  of  signing  on  articles  to  the  (Continued  from  Page 1)  Consul  Boswell  In  particular,  and  he  should  return  thanss  that  he  find  out  whether  he  is  to  be  ac­ mustard.  If  Liuideberg and  the SlU  can  and  do  produce  day  of  paying  off,  is  not  'ome  in  London  "where  corded  his  rights  as  an  American  the  goods—and  if  the  NMU  rank  and file  want  to  derive the  The  Pay­Off  he  should  be, fighting  for  'is  same  benefits—then  the  logical  thing  for  them  to  do  is  to  And  your  NMU  "National  Of­ counti­y."  (But  since  he  is  an  citizen  and  seaman,  or  whether  he  is  to  be  treated  as  a  pauper  clean  out  Curran  and  Co.  and  proceed  towards  joint  efforts  ficers"  have  the  brass  to come  out  American,  this  fallacious  reason­ and  not  as  a  deserving  pauper  at  with  a  pack  of  bare­faced  lies  and  ing  does  not  apply.)  which  will  improve  conditions  for  ALL  seamen.  that.  ,  "The  NMU  will fight  to  get  the  best  it  can  for  its  pleas  for  "unity"  to  other  mari­ Fraternally  yours,  time  unions  in  the  "Pilot."  while  The  U.  S.  OonsRl—"Out"  to  F.  R.  Berry,  No.  504  membership,"  says  the  Curran  statement  on  the  war  their  record  shows  they  are  knif­ America;n  Seamen !  Clarence  E.  Norman,  No.  987.  bonus  problem  in  the  Pilot  of  November  15,  1940,  page  ­ ing  the  efforts  of  the  rank  and  »  *  »  Tiie  U.  S.  Consul,  one  Mr.  Bos­ 12,  "BUT  . .  . The  shipowners  will  wind  Up  with  the  file  of  all  maritime  unions  to  ob­ well,  is  as  elusive  as  a  puff  of  The  union's  representatives  at  tain  better  bonuses  and  condi­ smoke,  according  to  Kelley.  This  Headquarters  are  now  looking  best  of  the  bargain  again,  on  both  coasts."  tions  In  general.  delegation,  calling  at  the  Boswell  into  this  matter  and  taking  It  up  An Adjuissldn  of  Iricornpetence  residence  in  Kelley's  behalf,  was  with  the  proper  authorities.  This  What  an  admission  of  incompetence  and  helplessness!  What's  in  the  Wind?  told  by  tlie  neighbors  that  "His  is  not  a  matter  of  just  one  indi­ Even  Avhen  they  are  shocked  into  getting  off  their  cans  by  By  the  way,  Messrs.­  Curran,  Exceliency"  was  out  dining  and  vidual  brother.  It  Is  a  matter  of  the  pres.sure  of  S.I.U.  action  and  by  such  incidents  as  that  Smith;  Stone;  Myers,  McKenzie  dancing  and  that  the  hour  of  his  whether  American  seamen  are "  LawrenSon:­  Are  the  ship­ of  the  City  of  Rayville,  these  "leaders"' tell  their  rank  and  and  owners  going  to  throtv  you  an­ return  was  problematical  indeed.  entitled  to  the  services  of  Amer­ file  that  their  "action"  on fis  behalf  can  achieve  nothing,  other  bone  with  which  to  "ap­ All  this  in  spite  of  the  fact,  thai  ican  diplomatic  representatives,  but  that  "the shipoM'ners  wilj  wind  up. with  the  best  of  the  pease"  y o n r  membership  by  all  the  house  lights  were  on  and  in  foreign  ports.  It  is  a  matter  of  providing for  ACTION  in  the case .  bargain!"  In  other  Words,  they  ADMIT  that  they  can't  cut  granting you  a "raise"  in  the  war  his  car  was'  in  the  garage.  of  seamen  in  distress  when  they  A  committee  from  the  "Coelle­ bonus  to  equal  those  already  ob­ the mustard 1  are  away  from  home.  da,"  which  docked  the  next  day,  And  then  these  bankrupt  incompetents  have  the nerve  to  tained  by  the  SIU  and  SUP  as  had  a  similar  experience.  they  did  in  the  past,  when  they  holler  about  Lundeberg  and  the  S.I.U.  obstructing  unity  granted  the  .?tO  increases­'  in  No  Clean  Bandages  among the seamen  and  playing  the  game  of  the  shipowners!  wages,  but  denied  the  ten  cents  Comimred  with  sanitary  condi­ Those  who  do  nothing  to  get  increases  for  the  seamen,  but  per  hour'  Increase  in  overtime?  tions  in  the USpHS  hospitals,  the  A  very  nice  concession  to  boast  R.  T.  O'Connell  fold  their diartds—they  are  the  ones  obviously  that  play  the  ward  Kelley  was  in  was filthy,  U.S.  Marine  Hospital  game  of  the  shipowners.  That's  what  the  shipowners  want.  about  on  the  part  of  such  mili­ and  the  appearance  of  the  bandi  Died  in  at  Baltimore,  Md.  tant  rank  and file  leaders  of  suth  The  men  who  sail  the  ships  want  action.  When  tho.se  a  great,  big  union  hollering  for  age  on  his  foot  bore out  his state­ November  15,  ^940  merit that'it'lfi  used  over  and  over  among them  who are  in the  NlVltl set  about  to  get that  action  unity.  .  —despite  the  mi.sleadership  of  the 'Communist  Party  stooges  Nice  going!  And  no  explana­ again.  R. Christiansen  .  . at  their  head—they  will find  the  S.l!U.  only  too  ready  for  tion  asked  by  the  rank  and  file?  The • f  ood riiight  b6  tolei'ated  If  Died  in  U.S.  Marine  Hospital  that  were all  that was  obtainable,  unity,  for  one  common  front  of  the seamen  against  the ship­ at  Baltimore,  Md.  but  some  local  hanger­on  or  em­ iNovember  17,  1940  >  owners.  Aluminum  Company  ployee  of  tlie  city  often  shares  his  (if  the  Seafarers^ International  Union  ,  of  North  America  Curran, the Bonos and Unity  >t:  4"  !&•'  • ,7f­ h1  SfUManlllfed  In Gdorptnwn  In Memoriam  II  f­fii­.  rsK^­,  The  Real Road te  Unify  Plant Struck In  That 's  the  le.sson  to  be learned  in  comparing  the records  of  the  S.IlU.'and  the NMU  on  the  bonus  question.  You'fight  Pennsylvania  SeafarWfl'Log  •  'tlurvihipowners  by  PIGrHTING  them  for  improvements,  not  About  three  .hundred  and  fifty  by  lying down  on  the  job.  employees  of  the  Aluminum  Com­ S.S.  DEL  ORLEANS  (Steward  Dept.) • ....$' ».65  Lundeberg and the S.I.U. liave been  DOING THE  FIGHT­ pany  of  America' walked  out'Of  S.S. SEATRATN'HAVANA  6.85  •   ING.  CuiTan  and  Co.  have  been  doing  the  lying  down  on  that firm's  New  Kensington,  Pa.,'  plant  last  Thursday.  The  plant,  a  the  job.  '  S.S.  CAMOR  .....  .  5.50  Is there  any que.stion  that  the NMU  rank  and'file  and  the  sheet  mill,  was  said  to  be  work­ S.S.  CARRABULLE  .  6.45  ing  On  "lots"  of  aviation  and  SIU  have  a  common  eau.se  to  unite  them—again,st­the  ship­ othei's  "defense"  orders.  S.S.  CATAHULA  .  .  3.50  owners  as,well  as  against  the  C.P.  stooges  in  Curran's  office?  Over  TOO  ' employees­  were  af­ S.S.  MANUEL A  ..  .  2.40  Nothing that  "No­Coffee Time" Joe and  his .string­pullers  fected  by  the  International  Union  Vincent  Magee ­  ...  .  LOO  do'can"prevent  that  common  cause  from  making  itself  felt.  of  Aluminum  Workei­s'  walk­out.  7,500  more stand  to  be  thrown  out  S. Davi'd  ......  • • N  ThaUs  Where  the'road  towards  unity  of  all  seamen  lies.  .  .50  of  work  if  the  strike  continues  9'liat's  what  will  bring^ about  the  one  big  militant  union  of  widJiout  a­settlertient.  The  union's  tlie  seafarers.  •  demand  Is  recognition.  Total  .!fi34.85  nor  •  •   • ­y.  ­  r.«IWi  ,  I  i  A  41  t  �.JU^  • '• '  ki\  Wednesday,  November  27, 1940  THE  SEAFARERS'  I. O G  h a t's  Doing —  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  T  Atlantic  & Gulf  District  • 411  HEADQUARTERS  Room  918,  Washington  Loan  &  Trust  Co.  Building,  9th  and  F Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  P.  O.  Box  6180  Phone:  District  5963  bag  with  a  room  or  meal  ticket  JACKSONVILLE  to  pay  for,  it  makes  you  leary  of  Nov.  23,  1940.  November 12,  1940.  the  next  one.  The  reason  for  this  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  DIRECTORY  OF  BRANCHES  tirade  must  be  apparent.  I  got  a  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  At  this  time  of  writing,  several  Union  brother  a  meal  ticket  here  BRANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE  Things have  been  running along  about  two  months  when  he  was  of  us,  including  Bro.  W.  K.  At­ NEW  YORK  2  Stone St  BOwling  Green,  9­3437  about  the  same  as  usual  here  in  broke,  with  the  promise  that  he  wood,  who  is  sojourning  at  pres­ BOSTON  330  Atlantic  Ave.  ...  LIBerty  4057  Mobile  the  past  couple  of  weeks.  PROVIDENCE  .. 465  South  Main  St.  ..Manning  3572  would  pay  just  as  soon  as'  he  ent  in  the  land  of  sunshine,  are  Shipping  has  been  fair  in  the  BALTIMORE  ... 14  North  Gay  St.  ... Calvert  4539  shipped  out.  Well,  he  has shipped  patiently  waiting  for  the  few  three  departments  but  we  expect  PHILADELPHIA  ,6  North  6th  St  Lombard  7651  out  several  times  since  then  but  ships  that  are  expected  the  lattei  it  to  pick  up  in  the  very  near  part  of  this  week.  NORFOLK  60  Commercial  PI.  ..Norfolk  41083  future.  The  S.S.  Davenport  of  he  hasn't  paid  j'et,  so  I  guess  I'll  There  are  only  nine  members  NEW, ORLEANS  309  Chartres  St  MAgnolia  3962  be  the  goat  this  time.  Fellows,  SAVANNAH  .... 218  East  Bay  St  Savannah  3­1728  the  Alcoa  S.S.  Co.  Is  due  to  take  think  this  over  and  meet  these  registered  on  the  three  shipping  JACKSONVILLE  .136  East  Bay  St  Jacksonville  5­9724  a  crew  on  or  about  the  first  of  lists at  present, and  if  we  have  a  TAMPA  .206  So,  Franklin  St.  .Tampa  M­1323  December.  It  is  rumored  that  j)bligations as  they should  be  met.  fair  turn­over  on  these  scows,  1  MOBILE  55  So.  Conception  St.  Dexter  1449  That's  all  for  this  week.  she  will  ply  between  Mobile  and  am  sure  that  we  will  have  to  go  TEXAS  CITY  ... 105  ­  4th  St.,  N  Texas  City  722  Fraternally  yours,  West  Indian  and  South  American  out  and  "shanghai" a few  men  off  MIAMI  ..1348  N.E.  First  Ave.. Miami  2­2950  Robert  A.  Matthews,  ports.  This  Company  will  gradu­ tlf6  streets,  and  give  them  per­ SAN  JUAN  8  Covadonga  St  San  Juan 1885  Engine  Patrolman  ally  build  up  the  number  of  ships  mits.  sailing  out  of  Mobile  for  West  We  are  wondering  down  in  tliis  Indian  ports  to about  twenty.  TEXAS CITY  part  of  the  country,  whether  our  •'   *  Nov.  17,  1940.  old  friend,  Joe  Curransky,  has  Monday  the  Elwyn  C.  Hale  of  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  BALTIMtRE  been  elected  to  that  seat  in  Con­ the  Alcoa  S.S.  Co.,  came  in  and  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  gress.. The  reason  we  ask  this  is,  •   paid  off.  There  were  the  usual  A  fairly  busy  week.  Shipping  is  that  a  bill  is  being  introduced  beefs  for  reconditioning  quarters  has  slowed  up  some,  but  the  in  Congress,  to  put  the  Merchant  but'not  many  overtime  beefs.  We  weather  was  the  cause  of  that  Marine  under  the  supervision  of  shipped  about  nine  men  on  her  Now  that  we  are  over  the  cold  the  Naval  Reserve.  That  would  Ships  for Navy Service­Shrinking Merchant  in  the  three  departmental  snap,  shippiiig  will  hit  its  stride  jyst fit  on  Curransky's  program.  f  *  *  Marine­Draft  Questionnaires ­ Local  Beefs  again.  Anything  to  benefit  himself,  and  *  Id  It  has  been  quite  a  while  since  not  the  seamen.  we'had  a  Far  Easter  in  but  we  The  next  time  we  hear  of  Joe  I'd  like  to  at  this  time  thank  expect  the S.S.  Yaka  in  about  the  all the  gang  off  the  Seatrain  New  Curransky  will  be  when  he  has  BALTIMORE,  Md.,  November  mately  twenty­five  per  cent  below  last  of  next  week.  She  will  prob  Orleans  for  their  cooperation  dur­ his  name  enrolled  in  the  Hall  of  14,  1940.—Shipping  continues  av­ what  it  would  take  to  build  a  ably  ship  a  few­ men  here.  The  ing the  recent  trouble  I had  down  Fame,  as  a  great  benefactor  of  erage  out  of  this  port,  with  the  new  ship.  We  may  expect  an  an­ Dispatclier  reporting  46  Deck,  21  nouncement  from  the  President  Coast  and  Puerto  Rican  ships  here.  Thanks,  gang,  it  worked  Seamen.  .  Engine,  and  15  Steward's  depart­ shortly,  saying  that  an  arrange­ have  been  fairly  quiet  on  over­ out  O.K.  As  long  as  the  repre  This  is  about  ail  for  this  week,  ment  members  shipping  out  dur­ ment  has  been  arrived  at  where  time  beefs  lately.  Maybe  it  is the  sentative  of  odr  organization  can  so  will  see  you  again.  ing  the  week.  Total  registration  a  couple  of  sliipyards  with  assem­ quiet  before  the storm.  Steady  as  she  goes,  walk  aboard  one  of  our  ships  and  In  all  three  departments  sliows  bly  line  iriethods  will  be  built  in  the  gang  respond  ss  these  mem  Fred  Lauritano  167  brothers  now  on  the  beach.  this  country  to  provide  the  Brit­ Last  week  at  the  regular  busi  bers  do,  we  have  no  need  to  Crewing  up  of  the  DELAR­ ish  with  ships  at  a  reasonable  nees  meeting  of  this  branch,  the  worry  about  the  outcome.  And  SAVANNAH  •  GBNTINO was  accomplished with­ price  in  order  that  our  Merchant  committee  elected  to  negotiate  an  this,  mind  you,  without  any  tin  Nov.  19,  1940.  out  a  hitch,  and  her  departure  Marine  can  remain  intact.  agreement  with  Waterman  made  can  shaking.  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  leaves  the  branch  with  only  two  their  report.  We  submitted  the  Draft  Questionnaires  #  «  contract  that  we  had  drawn  up  I  see  by  the  papers  that  the  Shipping  has  been  fair  here  in  more .ships  to  crew  up  before  tlui  Relatives  and  friends  of  mem­ and  the  members  accepted  it  with  head  of  the  C.I.O.,  who  was  sup­ the  last  couple  of  weeks.  Had  end  of  the  year.  Ocean  Domin­ bers  and  local  draft  boards  have  a  few  minor  changes  and  adjust­ posed  to  resign,  is  asking  the  the  S.S.  Ipswich  of  the Waterman  ion's WAUKAU,  NEW  WINDSOR,  been  contacting  this  office  lately  S.S.  Co  in  here  and  had  a  few  and  P 0 U G H K E E P S I E  were  regarding  the  whereabouts  of  ments.  At  the  present  time  the  members  of  the  miners  for  agreement  is  being  typet^  up  for  wage  increase.  After  all,  how  can  minor  discussions  in  regards  to  towed  out  of  a  local  yard  for  a  members.  It  seems  that  many  distribution  to  the  other  branches  you  expect  a  man  to  get  by  on  overtime.  This  question  was  set­ Gulf  port,  since  the  jammed  con­ seamen  are  being  sent  the  usual  '  tled  and  everything  was  ship­ dition  of  the,  Baltimore  yards  Selective  Service  questionnaire  for  rejection  or  approval.  After  any  lousy  25  grand  a  year.  shape  when  she sailed  from  here.  would  have  made  it  impossible  which,  under  the  law,  must  be  that  is  when  the  tough  work  will  That  would  hardly  keep  a  coy  Also  sent five  men  to  Charles­ for  any  work  to  be  clone  on  these  filled  out  promptly.  Where  a  man  start.  I'm  not  a  prophet,  but  1  ote  from  tlie  door,  let  alone  a  full  ton  to  S.S.  Margaret  of  the  Bull  ships  for  some  time.  can  say  that  this  contract  will  bd  is  at  sea,  these  questionnaires  grown  wolf.  What  matter  if  the  S.S.  Co.  Also  had  the  S.S.  Cas­ a  great  improvement  over  the  ex­ are,  of  course,  going  to  the  rela­ Ships .for  Navy Service  miners  tliat  pay  this  wage  are  simir  in  hei­e,  this  being  one  of  isting  one.  tive  or  friend  listed  by  the  sea­ Work  on  the  six  Robin  Line  lucky  to make  $25 a  week!  «  41  >!•   Brother  Collins' flag  ships.  No  Next  there  will  be  the  ex­"Con­ beefs  aboard  at  all;  everything  ships,  the  three  Mi.ssissippi  ships,  man  when  he  registered  and  At  the  present  writing  we  have  gi­e.ssman"  asking  for  a  wage  up.  and  the  Bull  Line's  MARINA  Is  causing  them  a  great  deal  of  on  the  beach  here  about  eighty  Oh,  well,  some  one  must  prove  to  seemed  to  run  ship­shape,  had  progresising  but  there  is  no  pro.s­ trouble.  To  avoid  worry  and  foi^r  (4)  replacements  on  her.  bother  to  relatives  or  friends,  it  men  registered  in  the  three  de­ John.  Public  that  labor  can  still  Had  to  sail  one  (1)  A.B.  short.  pect  of  any  of  these  ships  being  is  important  that  all  members  partments.  When  the  S.S.  Daven  ready  before  the  end  of  the  year.  afford  to  have  publicity  hounds as  Also  the  S.S.  Camor  arrived  keep  in  touch  with  their folks,  ad­ port  takes  a  crew  it  will  really  The  week  saw  three  more  mer­ figure  heads.  yesterday.  She  was  also  in  good  knock  a  hole  in  that figure.  cliant  ships;  the  Seakay,  Esso  vising  them  where  they  are;  Steady  as  she  goes,  shape.  Also  the  S.S. Steel Worker  Trenton, and  Edentou,  leave  iocai,  what  ship  they  are  on;  what  A.  W.  Armstrong  arrived  late  last  night  and  sailed  Last  but  not  least  I'd  like  to  yards  for  army  or  navy  service.  company  it  belongs  to;  and  early  this  morning.  .^tnind  any  man  who  is  in  the  Esso  sailed  around fifteen  ships  where  they  are  bound  for,  so  1940.  *  *  S:  habit  of  failing  to  pay  his  debts  from  their  Panamanian fleet  tii^­d  th'ht  the  relative  or friend  can  ad­ that  he  is  working  a  hardship  on  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  Also  informed  the  crew  on  the  up  at  Solomon's,  and  the  five  Bal  vise  the  draft  board  where  the  his  fellow  Union  brothers.  What  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  .  S.S.  Ipswich  that  if  they  had  any  timore  Mail  Line  ships  have  been  questionnaire  can  be  sent.  I  mean  by  that  is  the  tact  that  Three  men,  ail  engine,  is  the  Suggestions  to  make  on  the  new  turned  over  to  tlie  Government  Local  Beefs,  ^  some  men  are  in  the  habit  of  get  sum  total  of  the  shipping  for  the  agreement  now  being  negotiated  for  transport  service.  Beefs  wliioli  'have  been  fairly  ting  Agents  and  Patrblmon  to  get  week.  When  the  Seatrain  came  in  in  Mobile,  they  should  immediate­ plentiful  arounci  these  parts  late­ a  meal  ticket  or  a  room  for  tliem  Thursday, .all  hands  went  to  the  ly  get  busy  and  draw  it  up  and  Shrinking  Merchant  Marine  Jy  necessitated  the  calling  of  '  dock  to  see  what  a  ship  looks  Transfers  .sind*  sale  of  Ui  S.  Port  Committees  in  three  differ­ while  they  are  on  the  beach  and  send  it  into  the  Committee.  ships  have  been  so  mixed  up  late­ ent  cases  during  the  week.  Fail­ broke.  None  of  us  mind  helping  like.,  S'fact,  so  help. me.  Steady  as she  goes,  a  rttan  when  he  is  down,  but  Charles  Waid,  Agent,  ,  ly  that  it  might  be  of  interest' to  ure  of  the  respective  committees  We  have  ruts  worn  in  the  road  the  ,  menj,bership ,  to  know  how  to  reaclT.an  agreement  on  a  Bull  when  he  leaves  you  holding  the  Savannah  Branch  between  here and  Galveston, look­ these  transfers  and  sales  are  af­ Line  overtime  beef  has  made  it  ing for  something  to.come. in. But;  fecting ,the  Merchant  Marine  and  necessary  to  call  in  a  conciliator  NOTltJE  TO  ALL  look.out  for  next  week!. .The  lull  good  standing  of  the  party,,  not  consequently  their  jobs.  To  date,  to  settle  the  mutter.  blessed  with  tJie  advantage  of  a  SIU  MEN  before  the  stoiun.  under, the, Maritime  Comniission'.s  Tlie  new  bonus  .standard  for  post  graduate  course  of  Commy  >1"  •   *  ten­year  construction  program,  ships  going  to  the. Far  East  set  Blah,  they  do  know  how  to  take,  Canadian  Branvhos  of  tbc:  See  by  the­papers that the  SUP  care  of  their  own  interests.  179  ships  have  been  contraeted  by  tlie  Jean  I.afltte  ease  is  being  for  and  ,53  delivered.  Is  moving  in  on'  the  i  Steam­ (ScalerSj^  note.)  Seafarers'  Ifiternational  applied  to  ships  signing  on  for  Despite  this  new  constructipn,  that  run  here  without  a  great  schooner. strike  on  the:  Coast­ Union  '  *  *  the  Merchant  Marine  is  fictuaily  This  is Just  one  more  instance  of  Also  note  In  the  lepers  that  smaller f,now  .than  it  was  before  deal  of  jlifficulty.  the  difference  between  a  real,  When  in  CdnadTan  port?,  the  ,  NavaJ  Reserve  is  being  the  war  began.  Approximately 115  NOTICE  visit  the  halls  of. the  follomng  democratic ­union  and  the­  dilly­ primed  to  do  what  the  shipowner  ships  .Jhave.  been  transferred  to  Tlie  wliereabouts  of  the  fol­'  organizations,  affiliated  to  the  dallying  so  popular, in  some  quar­ couldn't.  Now  is  the  time  to  get  foreign; registry  with  only  about  lowing  men  are  desired  by,A.  Seafarers'  International  Union  ters. The  outlined  program  of  the  ready  for  this  one., It  is  likely  to"  50  new  ones  pdded  to  take  theii  H.  Bull  and  Co.,  115  Broad  SUP  MEMBERSHIP,  (note,  the  of  North  America:  place.  In  addition  16  ships  have  Street,  New  York  City:  membership)  goes  right  to  the  be  a  tough  pne.  CANADIAN  «  m  *  beeii  transferred  to  the  Army  or  heart  of  the  matter..  Provisions  RAY  DAY  SEAMEN'S  UNION  As  the  years  roll  by,  so  does  Navy.,A  great  part  of  the  present  were,  made  to  immediately  de­ G.  NUTTING  .406  St.  Lawrence.  Boulevard  clare ail  stearaschponer  cargo  hot.  he  NMU.  More  and  more  seamen  Merchant  Marine  lias  been  offered  BERNARD  MOMBOUGT  Montreal,  Canada  Ill  111  «  every  day  see  the  writing  on  tlie  for, sale,  particularly  to  the  Brit­ After  nearly  two  months  of  bulkhead  and  realize  the  (differ­ ish  government,  by  our  paytriotfc  ATTENTION!  BRITISH  COLUMBIA  messing  around,  the  brains  (?)  ence  between  an  organization  run  sliipowners.  But  evidently  the  James  R.  Lewis  is  re­ SEAMEN'S  UNION  of  the  strike  still  hadn't:  got  for  and  by  the.  members  and  a  British  need  for  ships  isn't,  as  bad  340'B  Gambie  Street  as  might  be  supposed,  since  they  quosted  to  eontaet  his  at­ around  to  this  point.  Oh,  well,  dictated; policy.  Vancouver,  B.C.  are  balking  at  the  sliipowners'  torney,  G(nu'go  J.  Engd­ just  one  more  case  to  prove  that  Steady  as  she  goes.  Phone:  TRinity  2251  asking  price,  which  is  appro.xi­ nian,  at  once.  A.  W.  Armstrong.  though  the  members  are  not  fn  MOBILE  News and Views  * •!: «  '.­fS  �—'• .• • • .• jrr  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  "TellMe Who YourFriends  Out  Of  The  Are and I'll Tell You.  99  MAILBAG  «  •   •  |h^  |<­­'  1$  t  Wednesday,  November 27,  1940  Lundeberg's  Letter  Appointing  Gretcher  to  New  Post  As­is  pi­etty  well  established  by  Jotirnal  infers,.  And  that  isj not  now,  Chbwderhead  Joe  was  ele­ at  all  surprising  to  us.  (After all,  San  Francisco,  Gal.  vated  fO'aiCIO  vice­presidency  at  didn't  he,  like  most  of  the  ship­ PHILADELPHIA  October  21,  1940  the  receffti' Atlantic  City  conven­ owners,  vote  Republican  —  and  tion *irt' ­a  deal  between  the  real  boast  of  it?)  Dear  Brother:  Nov.  7,  1940.  bosses  of  the  Congress  of  Indus­ Anyway,  everybody  seems  to  This  will  be  official  confirmation  of  the  appoint­ Well,  here  we  go  again,  as  the  trial  Organizations—Murray,  Hill­ expect "No  Coffee Time" to  do his  ment  of  Brother  Sydney  Gretcher,  heretofore  em­ vacation  season  is  over,  we  will  man  et  al—and  the  Communist  duty  by  them;: the Stalipites,.Hill­ ployed  in  the  Atlantic  District  office  of  the  SIU  of  Party  "top  fraction."  The  C.  P.  man  and  the  shipowners.  And  get  down  to  some  serious  writing  again.  NA,  to  act  as  Secretary­Treasurer  of  the  amalga­ boys  really  wanted  Harry  Bridges  that's  not  surprising  at all  either.  A  lot  of  water  has  run  under  mated  Atlantic­Gulf  District  of  the  Seafarers'  Inter­ to  get  the  post.  Murray  and  Hill­ "Tell  me  who  your  friends  are,  national,  until  such  time  as  a  convention  of  the  Sea­ man,  Avho  are  out  to  clean  them  and  I  '11  tell  you  who  you  are,"  the  bridge  since  the  last elections.  farers'  International  is  held.  out  of  the  CIO,  refused  to  con­ says  an  old  proverb.  Aftet  look­ Now  all  you  members  have  a  sider  Bridges  point  blank.  How­ ing  over  Joe's­  friends,  we  can  chance  to  vote  for  the  men  of  Brother  Gretcher  is  appointed  after  a  careful  ever,  since  their  policy  is  to  get  easily  tell  what  he  is:  just  a  your  own  choosing  again.  But  study of  the qualifications of  several Atlantic  and Gulf  rid  of  the  Stalinites  in  a  slow  stooge,  ready  to  go  down  the  line  let me  remind  you,  you  don't  have  members  of  the  Seafarers'  and  is  made  bearing  in  and  quiet  purge,  they  agreed  to  for  whoever  puts  on  the  biggest  to  like  a  man  to  give  him  your  mind  the  unqualified  endorsement  of  Brother  Gret­ make  a  "concession"  which  al­ pressure  .  .  .  except,  of  course,  vote,  to  elect  him  to  office,  as  cher  for  such  post  by  a  majority  of  the  Atlantic­Gulf  sometimes  the  fellow  that  you  lows  these  boys  to  "save  face"  for  the  men  who  sail  the  ships!  District  officials,  which  officials  have  been  elected  by  may  dislike  is  a  better  man  as  and  prevented  an  uproar  at  the  far  as  an  official  is  concerned  the  rank  and file  membership  of  the  Seafarers'  Inter­ convention.  So  they  agreed  to  ac­ On "Party" Orders  than  the  other  fellow.  So  don't  national.  cept  Curran  instead,  who  is  re­ let  personalities  get  the  best  of  garded  by  them  as a  more  or  less  Curran Turns  • I will  ask  each  and  every  official  of  the  Seafarers'  you  when  you  cast  your  ballot.  harmless  stooge  for  the "top  frac­ International, and  the membership as  a  whole, to  give  Republican  Don't  be  like  the  guy  that  said,  tion."  Brother  Gretcher  their  wholehearted  support,  and  my  father  was  a  Republican  and  As  a  stooge,  "No  Coffee  Time"  If  you  didn't  catch  on  to  may  state  that  Brother  Gretcher  has  been  personally  seems  to  be  acceptable  to  nearly  what  Curran  and  Co.  were  that  Is  good  enough  for  me.  known  to me  for many  y6ars as  an untiring  worker  in  everybody.  Not  only  to  the  C.  P.  driving  at  when  they  issued  Weigh  the  ability  of  your  candi­ the  interests  of  the  seamen,  and  particularly  qualified  clique,  to  Hillman  and  Murray,  their  statement  endorsing  the  date.  Find  out  how  long  he  has  to act  in  the  office  to which  I have  appointed him.  been  going  to  sea,  how  he  acted  "but ... to the  shipowners as  well.  Lewis  speech  endorsing  Will­ while  on  ships,  and  if  he  is  in  Yours  fraternally,  Here  is  what  the  Journal  of  Com­ kie,  Chowderhead  Joe  has  (signed)  Harry  Lundcberg,  Acting  President.  merce  has  to  say  about  him  as  made  very  plain  by  now.  In  office  at  the  present  time,  how  CIO  vice­president:  the  Minutes  of  the  New  York  did  he  conduct  himself  when  the  By  a  motion  curried  at  the 'New  York  Branch  and  con­ "No  one  who  knows  anything  NMU  membership  meeting  of  beefs  came  up?  This  and  a  lot  curred  in hy  a  majority  of  the  other  branches, the  membership  about  it  will  question  Mr.  Cur­ October  31,  Joe  is  quoted  as  more,  you,  as  a  rank  and  file  has  voted  to  carry  the  above  letter  in  four  consecutive  issues  ran's  identification  with  the  follows,  after  being  subjected  member,  should  ask  yourself—not  of  the  Log.  merely  if  he's  a  god  fellow.  Good  left  wing  of  the  labor  move­ to  a  terrific  barrage  from  the  fellowship  is  a  great  thing,  but  it  ment.  He  was  the  little  fellow  rank  and  file  on  the  floor;  who  led  the  sit­down  strike  on  "Let's not  quibble. ...  will  not  settle  your,  beefs.  *  *  *  the  California  coast five  years  In order  to defeat  Roose­ Another  thing,  fellows,  let's  ago.  .  .  However,  he  has  mei­ velt,  if  it  means  voting  stop  calling  this  and  ­  that  guy  lowed  a  lot  in  his  leadership  The  great  hullaballoo  about, unity  that  preceiled  ­the  two  con­ Republican,  you're  look­ phoney,  as  it  is  a  bad  thing  to  of  the  NMU.  .  .  As  a  matter  of  ventions  did not  materialize  hi a dramatic  peace at  the  gaUieriugs  say.  Remember,  in  an  argument  fact,  there  are  many  steamship  ing  at  a  Republican  of  the  Congress  of  Industrial  Organization and  the  American  Fed­ you  are  liable  to  say  things  that  operators  who  will  admit  pri­ now."  eration  of  Lalxir  last  week..  The  two  great  labor  organizations,  you  will  be  sorry  for  later,  and  vately  that  they  like  dealing  So,  under  orders  from  the  meeting  at  Atlantic  City  and  New  Orleans,  respectively,  did  take  with  Mr.  Curran's  union  very  Communist  Party,  the  great  besides  this,  it  also  tends  to  dis­ steps,  however,  that  can  lead  to a  unified  labor  movement  in  the  much  better  than  they  did  with  leader  of  the  seamen  is  ready  credit  a  good  man,  as  often  he  is  near  future—^practically,  without  pomp  and  without  theatripal  de­ the*shake­down  artists  who  ran  to  work  side  by  side  with  not  present  to  defend  himself  clamations.  oeamen's unions  before  he  came  Girdler,  Weir,  Ford  and  all  the  against  slander.  along.  Perhaps,  now  that  he  is  John L.  Lewis resigned as promised  from  the presidency  of  the  Old  corn­pone  is  on  the  beach  other  "friends  of  labor."  He'll  a  full­fledged  CIO  vice­presi­ do  anything,  be  anything,  if  for  the  rest  of  the  winter,  as  it  C.I.O.  That  his  eccentric  personality  presented  unique  obstacles  dent,  he  will  find  a  way  to  get  the  "party"  orders  it—even  a  is  about  hog­killing  time  and  if  to  labor  unity  cannot  be  denied.  But  this  question  has  much  rid  of  the  real  Communists  in .  rock­ribbed  Republican.  And  we  know  corn­pone  and  sweet  deeper  roots  than  that of  the  personalities  Involved.  his­ Organization."  (Journal  of  at  the  same  time,  he  ran  on  meat—well,  do  we  have  to  say  Wlien  the  new  C.LO.  president.  Philip  Murray,  said  in  accept­ Commerce,  November  25,  1940.)  the  ticket  as  an  alleged  can­ any  more,  Brother.  ing  for  that  ofllce  that  he  was  opposed  to a  "shotgun  unity"  dic­ That the  shipowners prefer  Cur­ didate  of  .  .  .  the  American  Well,  things  are  running  as  tated  by  the administration  in  Wasltington,  he undoubtedly  echoed  ran's  streamlined  shake­down  tac­ LABOR  Party!  It  all  goes  to  the  triie sentiments  not only  of  his own  rank  and file,  but  of  that  tics  to  even  those  of  the  old  ISU  prove  that any  faker will  show  smooth  as  ever  here.  We  voted  at  the  A.  F.  of  L.  convention  as  well.  Lalior  jnstly  feels  that  set­ the  Oremar  and  the  Delfino  and  fakers  is,  of  course,  understand­ his  true  colors,  if  the  rank  ting  its  house  in  order  is a  matter  to  be  settled  by  itself—settled  able.  After  all,  it  is  the  seamen  and  file  will  put  on  the  heat.  we  are  sure  that  in  both  cases  for  the  benefit  of  the  toiling  masses  of  the  country  and  not  for  victory  is  ours.  who  man  the  ships  who  are  in­ And  the  rank  and  file  turned  the  benefit  of  the  employers  whose  anxiety  in  the  matter  resta  Until  next  time,  so  long!  volved  here.  For  their  own  pur­ on  plenty  of  heat  on  Joe  that  with  their  greed  to  derive  their  super­profits  from  the  new  "de­ poses,  Joe  is  doing  all  right  by  night.  ' The  Three  Muskaleers,  fense  prodnction"  program  with  the  greatest  amount  of  smooth­'  the  shipowners—that's  what  the  W  B,  # 1994  ness.  J  F  F,  # 542  Through  Murray,  the  C.I.O.  indicated  that  it  would  concen­ H  J  C,  #  496  trate  on  organization  drives  in  the  industries  where  A.'F.  of  L.  jurisdiction  is  not  involved,  such  as  steel  and  automobiles.  The  TEXAS CITY  A>  F.  of  L.,  on  the  other  hand,  indicated  that  it  would  adopt  a  ISinfEIREAS,  the  Seafarers'  International  Union  has  proven  itself  convention resolntion  repealing the "fight  the C.I.O."  tax  prcviona­ to  be  a  democratic  organization  for  seamen,  of  seamen,  by  ly  imposed. on  its  membership.  Practically,  these  two  steps—to­ November  22,  1940.  seamen,  and  —  gether with  the impending  reduction of  the  pernicious  infinence  of  WHLEBEAS,  we,  the  members  of  the  SIU  of  NA,  liave  proven  to  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  the  Stalinite  "top  fractions"  in  the  C.I.O.  unions  and  the  drive  '  the  steamship  owners  tiiat  we  are  a militant  union  interested  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  against  racketeering  elements  in  the  A.  F.  of  L.  unions  slionld  only  in  the  welfare  of  the  seamen,  and  Do  you  remember  the  old  saw:  WHEREAS,  we  must combat  the subversive  tactics of  the  top frac­ "Coming  events  cast  their  shad­ do  more  in  the  way  of  pavipg  the  way  for  actual  unification  than  a  hundred  pious  declarations  by  one  leading  personality  or  an­ tion  of  the  NMU  in  their sell­outs  to the  shipowners,  and  ows  before"?  other.  ..WHEREAS,  we  may  not  only  Imve  to  combat  the ^MU  but  the  Do  you  remember  out  on  the  shipowners  as  well  to  maintain  what  wages  and  working  con­ Coast  when a  member of  the SUP  If,  in  increasing  the  organization  of  hitherto  unorganized  ditions  we  have at  the  present  time,  and  workers—particularly  vdth  the  present  step­up  in  production  and  got  ambitions  to  become  a  poll  WHEREAS,  no  militant  union  is  any  stronger  than  the  Treasury  ticlan, ran  for  sheriff  in  Frisco  in  ti^ansportation—the  two  great  labor  organizations  learn  to  gather  of  the  Union,  and  '35  br  '36?  Since  then,  when  he  strength  without  engendering  new  friction among  themselves,  the  WHEREAS,  the,  Treasury  of  the  SIU  of  NA  is  ot  in  any  too  was  also  a  also­ran,  he  has  old obstacles  will  recede  ipto the  background.  ,  healthy  a condition  at  the  present  time,  and  Unity  between  the  C.I.O.  and  the  A.F.  of  L.  is  still  far  from  dropped out  of  the public  eye,  ear  WHEREAS,  in a long and protracted  struggle  with the shipowners  and  mind.  achi}ivement.  But a beginning  in tliat  direction  has been  made.  In  our funds  would  be  verj­  insufficient  to maintain  a picket  line,  I  dimly  remember  a  would­be­ spite  of  the  very  many  differences  that  still  separate  us  from  the  and  (jongressman  In  the  year  of  1940  unions  in  the  C.I.O.—differences  that  must,  as  long  as  they  are  WHEREAS,  we  have  learned  wliat  can  be  done  with any  fund  if  who  Is  following  the  same  pat­ not  completely  solved,  cause  considerable  confiict  as  yet  to  come  it is not  handled  properly,  now  therefore  be  it  tern.  Of  course,  there  Is  no'com­ —such a beginning  is nevertheless to  be  welcomed.  KESOliVED,  tliat we asses^  ourselves  the sum  of  FIVE DOLLARS  parison  bet'ween  the  two  men.  ($5.00)  per  man  to  be  known as  a  Strike  Assessment  for  the  The one  ran  and  faded—no  alibis,  year  of  1941;  be  it  further  no squawk.  The  other  ran,  or  did  let's  get  our  men  aboard  the  into  training  for  the  battle of  the  .  .RESOLVED,  tliat  all  monies  collected  through  this  assessment  he?)­i­plenty  of  alibis  and  Lord!  shipgi.  .  .  some  program  to  make  century.  Don't  forget!  ' shall  be earmarked and  deposited in  a fund  to be  solely known.  the  squawks.  «  •   •   sailors  out  of  farmers?  a.s  the strike  fund,  which can  only  be  drawn against  by a duly  «  *  • /  Do  you remember  the  promises,  Coming  events  cast  their  shad­ '  chiCted  Strike  Committee,  and  be  it further  Coming  events  cast  their  shad­ the  slogans,  the  printer's  Ink  ows  before!  RESOLVED,  that  this  fund  cannot  be  put  up  to  any  bank,  loan  ows  before.  And  this  Naval  Reserve  is  the  wasted,  the hours  on  cold,  dreary  agency or  person as  collatoral  for any  loan of  any description,  Do  you  remember  the  bonfire  days  on ­  the  pieket  lines,,  the  weapon  poor,  poor  John  Ship­ and  be  it further  owner  has  been  pointing  for.  The  to  be  held  on  the  Capitol  steps?  RESOLVED,  tliat this  Resolution shall  be incorporated  in  the gen­ Something  about fink  books,  1  abuses  and  the  sell­outs?  means  of  combatitig  it?  We  have  eral  election  ballot  so  that  it  may  be  properly  voted  upon  by  seem  to  recall.  Do  you  remember, •  just  recent­ it:  a  long, steady  pull,  the  will  to  tlip'­membership,  and  be  it finally  Do  you  remember  the  crashing  ly,  the  argument:  the  poor,  poor  hold  and  gain—not  listciiing .  to ^  RB^OLl^BD,  that this  Resolution  be  printed  in  the  Seafarers'  Log  of  picket  lines  around  halls  in  shipowners  can's  afford  to  pay  slogans,  not  individual  action,  no  for  three  consecutive  weeks before  being put  before  the  mem­ New  York?  Something  about fink  over  $2.50  more  a  month  and  op­ bonfires,  no  hysteria—but  the  bership  for ratification.  erate?  Do  you?  Sure  you­do!  usual,  united  battle  front!  halls!  (Passed  by  a  Majority  of  the  Branches)  Do  you  remember  the  war  cry;  Then,  brothers,  it  Is  time  to  go  The  Seagull.  ,  ,  •  THE TWO CONVENTIONS  /J  Resolution on Strike Assessment  i'  .rj  J  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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 27, 1940 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 11/27/1940 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: DEBUNKS "PILOT'S" WAIL ON "UNITY" SIU MAN ILLFED IN GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL NEW DRAFT REGULATION FOR SEAMEN ALUMINUM LINE TO EXPAND SHIPPING CIO LONGSHOREMEN DEMAND BRIDGES' RESIGNATION CURRAN, THE BONUS AND UNITY VULTEE AIRCRAFT STRIKE SETTLED AS LINES HOLD TIGHT CREW OF "PIPESTONE COUNTY" KICKS IN GOOD SUM FOR 'LOG' DANGER TO SEAMEN IN NEW DRAFT RULE TELL ME WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND I'LL TELL YOU... LUNDEBERG'S LETTER APPOINTING GRETCHER TO NEW POST THE TWO CONVENTIONS RESOLUTION ON STRIKE ASSESSMENT Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. II, No. 20 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1940 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c8abaa79a878df243c4217a7801d97c1.PDF 5835e386fe9351b16a2426e64003f13f PDF Text Text J:AFABBRS JOQ in OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. IV. 280 NEW YORK, N.Y„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1942 No. 37 S.I.U. FIGHTS TO PROTECT JONES ACT Unions Ask For Maritime Freeze Powerful shipowner lobbyists and anti-labor Congress­ men have joined hands in a new offensive against maritime labor. This time they hope to sabotage the seamen's rights A program calling for the freezing of manpower in the martime industry, and the ^protection of peponnel from army and industry raids, has been subfnitted to the War to sue the shipowners for injury suffered in line of regular work and to receive maintenance and care during illness. Shipping Administration by all the martime unions. These rights are guaranteed in the' Actively participating in the drafting of the program, Matthew' Dushane, Wash­ Jones Act, now being attacked in Hon. George L. Radcliffe Chairman, Sub Committee ington representative of the SIU-SUP, suggested that Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Congress. Manpower Commission, issue the^ following directive: "It is recognized that the job of the merchant seamen in manning % merchant vessels to deliver troops, guns, planes, tanks and other im­ By Matthew Dushane plements of war to the fighting • fronts all over the world is essen­ It is the opinion of all the representatives of Maritime tial to our national security and Unions, and the Wat Shipping Administration, that the successful conduct of the war. The combatant nature of the merchant merchant seamen should be trained to handle the guns that Seamen's work is testified to by the are on the ships, and that the naval gun crews be taken off fact that the percentage of losses of the merchant ships, and the guns be manned by the mer­ df merchant seamen to date ex- chant seamen; the Navy to keep AGWI Lines Report • ceeds that of our regular armed a few men on board to supervise the upkeep and repairing of the forces. Quarterly Plunder "In addition to the loss of mer­ guns. It was felt that by Recom­ Gross operating profits for chant seamen by enemy action, mending this to the Navy, addi­ the Atlantic Gulf & West they are being lost to the industry tional men should be carried as Indies Ste.amship lines for the through induction and enlistment part of the regular crews, namely quarter ending September 30 in the other armed services. Many three more seamen, three wipers, totaled $718,128, the line an­ have left the industry and others and three more men in the stew­ nounced in a consolidated arc leaving daily to take work in ards department. If these recom­ profit and loss statement re­ other industries where wages and mendations are given consideration leased over last week end. other conditions are more satisfac­ by the Navy, it will further help Gross profits for the first tory than in the merchant marine. to train men for the merchant ser­ nine months of 1942 totaled "Three thousand new ships will vice and will help to have some of $1,763,969. be added to our merchant marine the additional men needed for the We don't know how much, by the end of 1944 to meet the merchant marine for next year. but a good chunk of this needs of transport to the battle­ The War Shipping Administration money came directly from the fields of the world. One hundred feel that they will need 23,000 ad­ War Shipping Administration twenty-five thousand seamen arc ditional licensed officers for next in the form of a subsidy to being trained to supply the man-_ year, and "100,000 unlicensed ad­ the Cuban branch of the line. power for our merchant marine. ditional men for next year. Will somebody please ex­ All of these facts dictate that the plain how a company making As the additional licensed 25,000 steady attrition of merchant sea­ a million bucks every three > men from the industry* be halted officers shall come from tlie men months can wrangle a Gov­ at all possible points and without who arc at the preseiu time sailing ernment subsidy? delay. {Continued on Page 4) "Therefore, by virtue of the au­ thority vested in me as Chairman ; of the War Manpower Commission through Executive Order No. 9139, issued April 18, 1942 by Here are my suggestions: Dear Brother Editor: the President, to assure the most First, our conduct aboard Can you spare a little space •effective utilization of merchant in the Log on an important sub­ ship should be as a group of seamen, it is hereby ordered: ject? I would like to discuss men acting, not as cocky indi­ "On and after the day hereof, how the merchant seamen viduals, but in a disciplined and no person who is should conduct themselves in united fashion, serious in pro­ "1. Enrolled and prepared to ac­ their i-elation with the naval tecting the interests of the cept en\ployment as a seaitian in (and occasionally army) per­ union. This will create an asthe merchant marine; tounishingly favorable impres­ sonnel aboard merchant ships. "2. Holding a certificate of effi­ sion on those outside of our The navy gun crews gener­ union. ciency as a seaman or a license as ally are recruited from youths, ' a merchant officer, as issued by the Second, never go out of your office workers, farm hands, etc., appropriate Federal agency; that is, from sections of the way to boastfully contrast your "3. Being trained as a i;nerchant population that has not under­ wages with the pay of the naval seaman by any school recognized stood or sympathized yv i t h personnel. To do this creates an by the appropriate Federal agencies; unionism. With this assortment impression that we are unsym­ "4. Employed as a merchant of misguided individuals aboard pathetic to their problems. This seaman on or after January 1, ship, the Brass Hats and ship­ will not breed harmony, but on 1941; or owners take every opportunity the contrary, will cause irrita­ "J. A bona fide representative to encourage them to be un­ tion and hostility. of merchant seamen as defined by friendly and be suspicious of us. Third, if we are provoked in­ ,thc National Labor Relations Act; Breaking down these barriers is to an argument due to ignor­ ^hall • a task we must accomplish. ance and misunderstanding of "A. Become employed in any After all, the gun crews endure the gun crew,- we must accept >ther industry; the same dangers and hardships the challenge in a friendly man­ 'B. Be inducted or accepted inas ourselves, and we should all ner and point out tlxe necessity any ,branch of the armed forces; help each other. of maritime unions in order to {Continmd on Page 4) Union Men Urged To Learn Gunnery As Step Toward Removing Navy Men Last .summer a bill was intro­ duced in the House of Representa­ tives which provided for the plac­ ing of men employed on Govern­ ment (W.S.A.) ships under the provisions of the Jones Act and remove them from the fixed com­ pensation rules which apply to other government employees. The Unions did not oppose this Bill in its original form. However, after all public hearings had been completed, the Bill was secretly revised so as to deny the seamen their rights under the Jones Act. This revised version of the Bill was hurriedly slipped through the House and sent to the Senate. Tlie SIU-SUP is vigorously op­ posing this tricky maneuver on the part of the shipowner stooges and is demanding a defeat of this bill in the Senate Committee now hearing it. Brother John Hawk, SecretaryTreasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District is leading the fight from the Atlantic coast, while Brother Harry Lundeberg, President of the International, is leading the fight from the West coast. The following communication was sent this week by Hawk to the chairman of the Senate Com­ mittee: Gun Crews Merit Consideration m prevent the return of slavery to the sea. Fourth, when we succeeded in obtaining conveniences and increased provisions aboard, we should not selfishly restrict them to ourselves, but pass them among all members—union and non-union alike. The best way to antagonize the armed forces is to assume an attitude of in­ difference to their well being. And last, any idea of isolat­ ing ourselves and refusing to as­ sociate with the rest of the crew aboard the ship is pure suicide. It is obvious to all of us that our union is on the defensive against union busting drives from the profit hungry ship­ owners and Brass Hats. It be­ comes doubly necessary for us to go out of our v.'ay to make friends. The time may come when the very existence of our Union will depend upon the friends we make today. Fraternally, S. S. On Merchant Marine United States Senate Washington, D. C. Nov. 25, 1942 ^ Dear Sir: The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Se.afarers International Union, representing the majority of the active seamen now sailing out of the Atlantic and Gulf ports, are definitely opposed to Senate Re­ port No. 1665 of H.R. Bill No. 7424. The original draft of the bill, dated July 21, 1942, was designedto extend to seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration the "rights, benefits, exemptions, privileges and liabilities of seamen employed on privately owned and operated American vessels." Significantly, the draft of the original bill provided: "Such sea­ men shall not be entitled to any benefits nor be subject to any charges provided for Federal em­ ployees under the United States Employees Compensation Act, as amended, or the Civil Service Re­ tirement Act, as amended." The above quoted passages of Bill H.R. 7424 bear out the fact that the intent of the original Bill was to deny seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration the right to benefits under the United States Employees Compen­ sation Act, and to make it very clear that the seamen would be en­ titled only to the same rights as seamen employed by private oper­ ators. The passage of the original draft of the Bill meant that no le­ gal question could be raised as to whether the seamen employed by the War Shipping Administration are entitled to double benefits. In view of these facts the Sea­ farers International Union did not oppose the original bill when it was heard before the House Commit­ tee on Merch.ant Marine and Fish­ eries Sept. 2, 1942. However, the present form of Bill H.R. 7424 as it passed the House and is now waiting action by the Senate, is not the original Bill that passed the House Committee on Sept. 2. The following amendment was attach­ ed without any consideration or notification to seamen's unions {Continued on Page 4) Fraternal Greetings The crew of the Pan Crescent wishes to send thanks and greetings to the crew of the John Page. All the kindnesses and donations of cigarettes and papers were deeply appreciated. ,1 •w J I 4 �S.ii V' THE SEAFARERS' LOG Page Two pui>iith€a tv tA« SEAFASEEIS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gull District LongshoremenGet New Wage Boost Friday,- November 27, 1942 REPORT FROM Washington Dock workers of the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association Affiliated totfh tA« A«fv«rioon Federation of Lalor will receive an increase in hourly and overtime pay a negoti­ HARRY LUNDEBERQ, Intamcrtlonal Pwldent 110 Market Street, Room 402, Son Francieco, cSflr*'®"' ated agreement just approved by "DUKE" IJUSHaNE the War Labor Board, it was an­ ADDREBS ALL OORRBBPONDENOB OONOEBNINa TRIM nounced here this week, PUBLIOATION TO: t-. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the United Seamen*s Service: "THE SEAFARERS" LOG 1. L. A., said he had been notified P. O. 25. Station P. New York. N. Y. Attended an executive board meeting of the U.S.S., Friday Novem­ • vf. by the War Shipping Administra­ ber 6th. The financial report was overhauled and it was decided tha^ Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 tion that the WLB, which has had the overhead of this organization was top heavy for the amount of ser­ the case for weeks, had given itSvice that was being rendered to the merchant seamen. approval. The new scale brings The Executive Board requested that a more detailed report be given. the basic pay of longshoremen to It voted that a list of all employees together with all their salaries be $1.25 an hour, an increase of 5 cents. Overtime pay is increased given to each member of the board, and to the trustees. As there were other numerous problems that the members of the board felt they re­ V/z cents, to $1.87J4 an hour. Thanksgiving Means NEW YORK, N.Y. —ITF — All The Trimmings In addition checkers of the quired more detailed information. It was agreed that the board" would Notwithstanding the absence of a union receive a 3I-cent daily in­ hold in abeyance any further action that was scheduled on the agenda, At Furuseth Club free Portuguese trade union move­ crease, bringing their pay to $9.60 and that the director, Mr. D. Falconer have prepared and submit to the ment and strict state supervision a day. board the information that they requested, and that the board meelJ The Andrew Furuseth Club, lo­ of all labor activities, a strike of Forty thousand men on the At- again on November 20th, instead of the regular meeting the first Friday dockers and longshoremen in the cated in New York at ^30 Eastlj^jic Coast from Portland, Me., in December. ~ post of Lisbon occurred late in 37th Street, has been drawing anL^ Hampton Roads, Va., will be Some of the problems are: How are the port committee's to func­ October, the American Office of increasing number of seamen every Lff^cted by the new scale, which is tion? What rules have they adopted to operate, finances, meetings, etcJ^ the I.T.F. is informed. week. But the lure of turkey andL-ctroactive to Oct. 1. The War Shipping Administration has informed the Executive dressing was such that the Cbb ^ The strike which aimed at wage bo.ird that in the foreign service of the U.S.S., it will be the responsibil­ was overwhelmed this last fhurs^ negotiating commitincreases for the Portuguese har­ day when all comers were given a representing the longshore as- ity of the U.S. government for the agents that the U.S.S. sends abroad. bor workers, was countered by the full course dinner - everything I The foreign governments feel that merchant seamen have vital infor­ arbitrary arrest of 1500 strikers at lom soup to nuts. John Lyon, representing the New mation that should not be passed on to agents of the Axis powers. The government orders. Immediately The crowd was such that dinner York Shipping Association. Orig- W.S.A. will have direct charge of any recreation centers that are estab­ following the arrests the leadership had to be served in relays and it Ually the union asked for a 15- lished outside of the U.S., with the U.S.S.. supplying some of the per­ increase, but later agreed to sonnel. The U.S. Government will be responsible through the W.S.A. of tlie street car employees and was well toward 9 o'clock before the last man staggered away from Ue smaller amount in view of the for all employees of the U.S.S. other transport workers of Lisbon the table. received a wage Any suggestions that our members, or our representatives feel informed the government that the The evening was devoted to en- rise of 10 cents a year ago and should be given consideration, shoot them in so that I can take them street car men and other public tertainment headed by the Delta that the new rate wOuld bring up directly with the Executive Board, as some of our proposals may not; transport workers would go on Rhythm Boys, and to dancing, longshore wages into line under be given favorable consideration by the local port committees. strike at 4 o'clock of the same day The Club's management has an- the Little Steel formula, ^he higher pay was withheld Atlantic Fishermen's Union: if the afrested strikers were not re­ nounced that a big Christmas party will be held, the details to freeze" last month, leased. The solidarity action of the The Coast Guard issued an order that all fishing boats shall have come later. pending approval of the War La­ workers was successful. All ar­ their flood and running lights out to and from the fishing grounds. in the meantime, floor shows,| bor Board, Prior to this order, fishermen used to run their cables to the drums of rested men were released at 3:30 dancing and hostesses every Wedthe winches on the beam trawlers at mght on their way to the grounds. o'clock, just half an hour before "lllK ®"'|WAR RISK RATE SET As per this order, the fishermen could not do this work at night. Th^ expiration of the labor ultimatum. 'FOR FISHING FLEET {Continued on Page 4) PORTUGUESE DOCKERS IN GOVERNMENT CLASH HONOR ROLL '?• Out of the Focsl WASHINGTON — Owners of fishing vessels desiring Govern­ ment war risk insurance for their crews may now obtain blanket policies covering the entire crew of each vessel, as well as coverage on an individual basis, under the We're wondering how many of the brothers have voted? provisions of an alternative plan especially urge all the new members to get their books obligated at a CREW OF S. S. PAN YORK $ 650 issued today by the War Sliipping regular meeting in any of the branch offices and if a meeting is not held CREW OF S. S. FIRMORE 11.00 Administration in the form of then have the Agent appoint a Bolloting Committee so they may vote CREW OF S. S. WEST KISKA 21.00 General Bulletin No. 5. for the officials for the coming year. With all these members being lost CREW OF S. S. ALCOA LEADER 7.W Under the plan issued today, at sea, we urge all the brothers not to fail to vote this year and as soon A. INERSON 2.50 blanket war risk coverage ranging as possible. You can never tell when the Draft Board, or a torpedo, ot! W. ALLEN 2.00 from $1,000 to $5,000 per man a Dive Bomber will get you. So don't delay. Vote Todayiil CREW OF S. 8. MINOTAUR 57.00 may be arranged for the crew of AAA a fishing vessel prior to sailing by CREW OF S. 8. PAN CRESCENT 15.00 means of a fairly simple proced­ The brothers won't have to worr}' as to whom to vote for as Bal­ L. GARDINER 2.00 ure which requires only that each timore Agent. Story is out of the contest. There is only Flanagan «jf M. DOWLING 4.00 man designate his beneficiary in Philadelphia and Shaughnessy of Mobile in the running. Baltimore CREW OF S. S. ROBIN TUXFORDi. the presence of a person not on the needs a good man, so vote for the best man. STEWARD llOO same voyage, and file it with the AAA ENGINE 12.50 owner or operator of the vessel, DECK 14.40 The West Indies, which is known to the brothers as Death Valley, or his agent or officer. B. J ANSON 2.50 is in print again. They're knocking them off like ten pins. We have a H. G. SCHWARZ 2.00 new name for the area between Trinadad and Georgetown: "SUICIDE. L. JORGENSON (ILA) 1.00 U.S.S, Opens First LEAP." According to Bro, Joe Buckley, on that 100 mile stretcfc, JCREW OF S. S. MARYMAR 6.00 Foreign Rest Club they're knocking them off on a veiy high average. AAA .$179.90 TOTAL The Unted Seamen's Service has Many of the brothers will he glad to hear that the COLABEE ul opened the doors of its first for­ back in service again. Her history has been very bad ever since she boeign unit in Glasglow, Scotland. came an SIU ship. Many men have been lost on her thrDugh various The Club was dedicated to the causes. The last one was when she was torpedoed off Porto Rico and ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR merchant seamen Nov. 11. stayed afloat, but 23 of her crew were lost in launcliing a lifeboat. Sfato For the new unite on the" Clyde, NOVEMBER 1 TO 14 INCLUSIVE was towed into a Southern port and reconditioned. And the militai^t the U.S.S. converted the Imperial crew, D. L, Parker tells us about, was a big joke to the "two stranger^ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL Hotel with, reading, writing and game rooms, and with living quar­ aboard her. According to them. Red and Sunny Simmons were the oii SHIPPED 001 199 250 750 ters for 150 men. Plans are under real Union men aboard her. And we want to tell Joe Flanagan, th t REGI8TERBD .,... 200 173 146 51ff way to establish similar units in those men shipping out of Tampa are still taking time off in lieu. (]|f other English cities, as well as in overtime. Joe well remembers the'^Kratz case. ON BEACH 6" 650 350 .1611 Iceland and Caribbean ports. Don't forget to vote "YES" on the New Strike Astcsment. Seafarers' Log- by S" �f t : • - %; - J Friday, November 27, 1942 •. V---,:../,,.. ' WHArS DOING Around the Ports [r BALTIMORE NEW oSfflANS hm THE SEAFA RE RS' LOG plenty of room for baseball or soft ball, a workshop for anyone that cares to make belts or any other kind of work they care to do, a swell place for meetings or plays, right on the Gulf where they can do a lot of fishing and plenty of woods for anyone that cares to roam in the woods. In my estima­ tion it's a swell place for anyone that cares to spend a couple of weeks in a nice quite place. We asked the committee about the "pie-cards" being able to take a rest, but as to yet they haven't put the O.K. on them. I know some of the "pie-cards" also have war nerves, or could stand a rest out in a place like they have out there. The place used to be a camp for girls in the summer time, the name is Camp Kittiwake. Page Three SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN ill vH ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT A Secretary-Treasurer's Office ROOM iil3 —2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY . O. Box 25, Station P. Phone: BOwIing Green 9-8346 Directory of Branches Shipping picked up somewhat At last things have picked up in during the past week but branch this port to where it now looks BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE income and business in general re­ ike a seaport and not a ghost NEW YORK 2 Stone St Dispatcher's Office BOwIing Green 9-3430 mains in the doldrums. Accusa­ town as far as shipping is concern­ BOSTON ^/^"Liarlti;' Ave.:! J! l tions of "politics" and inefficiency ed. We even had to send men to PROVIDENCE....; 465 South Main St Mannine 3572 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 45.39 on the part of the W.S.A. are be­ Uobilc this week; looks- like things PHn.ADELPHU -G North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-l(^ ing tossed • around by the local are really booming the fair city of NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH .218 East Bay St.. ....... Savannah 3-1728 Chamber of Commerce and others VIobilc. New Orleans is supposed JAMPA. 4« East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 as causes for the poor shipping to be the second port of the coun­ MOBILE ..55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Poiice de Leon Puerto de Tlerra and lack of use of the port's fa­ try, for a while it looked like the GALVESTON 219 20tfa Street.... .Galveston 2-8043 cilities but the truth of the mat­ second to last port. Waterman and ter is that the submarine and lack Mississippi both took a full crew want to know what ships the men of enough escort strength to run this week. Mississippi is going to are on and we don't know. It will convoys into this and other East take another full crew at the be­ save a lot of trouble all around if Coast ports is mainly responsible ginning of next week. We even the men would notifiy their re­ for the deadness of the port. red a new South Atlantic S.S. Co. spective boards. It would also save Beefs are at a minimum due to ship in port this week. a lot of the taxpayer's money, be­ the fact that even the occasional cause they h.ivc to get the F.B.I, Brother Biggs and myself made straggler that does show up has to look for the men if they don't a trip to Pass Christian, Mississippi paid off in another port and had NEW YORK, N.Y. —ITF — know where they are at. to look over the place the U.S.S. is most of their beefs squared away. Further steps in the rebuilding of Getting pretty cold down here, figuring on taking over as a rest Anyone leaving port should no­ We've never made any bones about the .seamen's and maritime work­ homo for the seamen. All the tify their respective draft boards. the kind of wealher that will make . most of those complicated beefs ers' unions of the allied nations and committee really approved the We are getting quite a few letters the Bostonians feel at home. So involving technical interpretations furnishing facilities to their place and put their O.K. on it as asking for different men and are we're etxending an invitation to of some Emergency Board decision members who for over two years being the best place available. They unable to tell the boards where the snow birds to come on down, being away over our head and in have been deprived of all contacts have about 9 log cabins, 12 horses, they are. We can't keep track of especially those with A.B. or that respect sending the "Duke" with their homelands and families, 10 or 12 sail boats and canoes, 2 all men that ship and have to send F.O.W. certificates. to Washington was a smart move, have beeiL taken and are carried tennis courts, swimming pool. back the notices. The draft boards C. J. STEPHENS, Agent Seems as if most of our headaches out with signal success, a report come from Washington these days from London headquarters of the and a man on the spot is worth I.T.F. states. a dozen on what goes for the One of the greatest obstacles in waterfront nowadays. getting the men adjusted to new Pete Sadowski showed up the life and new conditions on foreign other day with a medal and a good soil and at the same time in keep­ looking diploma presented him by ing them informed of conditions in the Portuguese government for The J. B. Williams Company peddles its shav­ ned and the supplies moving to the war fronts. This, their occupied homelands has been' rescuing a policeman's life in Bar­ ing and toilet preparations over the radio on a pro­ they found, was "verboten." the lack of labor publications and rio. Nice going Pete. We haven't gram called "True or False" heard on the Blue net­ newspapers in their own language. The brass hat and all the radio officials became . seen any of those ribbons and stars work every Tuesday night. This last Tuesday the very excited when they found out that the men As the result of efforts on the part , the Maritime Commission's Awards two contesting teams consisted of 6 women workers wanted to mention the word union. If it hadn't of the I.T.F. and the Belgian, Division is giving to seamen who from the Todd shipyards and six seamen from the been for the fact that only a few minutes remained Dutch and other allied seamen's have been in action yet. That lit­ SIU, SUP and NMU. before air time, they probably would have thrown organizations various transport la­ tle article "TO JERRY" in the The SIU-SUP men accepted the invitations to out the whole team and made up a new one out bor publications have recently [ last sisue of the Log was well taken appear on the show because they figured it would be of the audience. As it was, they solemnly waggled come into existence, which give the by the boys around here. It's not a good way to let the public know just what the their fingers and warned that the air must be kept men much needed information on * a bad idea for someone to say out seamen and their unions were doing in this war. clean. conditions in their trades and at without the anti-labor bias loud occasionally what most of us But the boys figured After promising to be good boys, the seamen home. that gagged all their attempts to mention the union. feel about buddies we've lost. got together in a corner and obtained a promise It was impossible to determine just the origin from the NMU stiff, who had been appointed cap­ The first labor paper in the Always someone trying to stick of the censorship, whether it came from J. B. Wilfield was "The Seaman," printed tain of the team by the United Seamen's Service, it into us when we're busy keeping lians the sponsor, or from J. Walter Thompson, the for the most part in Flemish and that he would blurt out the nasty word once he got the ships manned and moving advertising agency in charge, or from Harry Hagen on the air. published by the Belgian Seamen's such as this latest bill 7424 which the quizmaster. But the fact remains that all the tries to push us under the com­ As might be expected, however, the NMU stifl and Transport Workers' Union in radio stooges threw up their hands in horror every pensation act. Also the local A time a seaman indicated that he was about to say was so full of the slogan "We Keep 'em Sailing" that London. Another paper is "Mer­ he completely forgot the nasty word and the air chant Marine and Fishery," pub­ F. of L. radio operators agent is the nasty word (union!). remained clean of all references to organized labor. lished by the Dutch Central Trans­ going around tearing his hair about Before the program went on the air a Navy another bill they just slippec brass hat appeared and told the contestants that Seamen have had bitter experience with the port Workers' Union in England. through the House which suspends when they took the mike they were to boost the daily press and its almost continuous stream of slan­ The American branch of the latter the law that says a ship must War Shipping Administration and its recruitment der against labcre. Now, however, they can see that organization under the direction of carry a radio operator before she program. The SIU-SUP men immediately announ­ the censorship of labor news is oven more stringent P. J. Vandenberge and J. J. Venleaves port and several other things ced that their union were recruiting and they didn't on the radio networks. As a matter of fact, in most deville is also publishing a month­ This new piece of phony legislation see why they had to mention the WSA program. cases the radio stations are owned by newspaper in­ ly paper "Tlie Flash," which has also abolishes the law that says They said that they would be glad to tell the public terests-and the big business war upon labor is car­ ried into every home through the air. what the unions were doing to keep the sliips man­ met with considerable success that the distress call must be given •.-C' • f ir,' r ; Foreign Seamen Launch Chain Of Labor Newspapers ••1 .M Seamen Heroes Forbidden To Say Union (horrid word) On Radio r >> 1 among the Dutch and other allied seamen touching New York and priority by all other radio stations. Tire Local U.S.S. seems to be getting itself straightened out now and the rest camp at Bay Ridge, which was anything but for a vhile, has done some cleaning up of its personnel. Balloting for officials is like everything else around here, a little slow but it should pick-up if we get any breaks in the way of shipping at all. JOHN VECHIO, Agent other American ports. The Dan­ ish Seamen's Union in Great Brit­ ain publishes the "Courier," which appears twice a month and is sup­ ported by spci:,'! contributions of the membership. DO NOT SHIP MONEY DUE CLAUDE ROSE and WILLIAM {STACKHOUSE have $20.50 and $17.77 due them respectively from |tha Alcoa Line. Contact Collins in lev^ York, or mail him discharges fand receipts if yoo want the money eent to you. - .'J The aearr^n rtenm vyho knew the answers but couldnH give them, (left to right) W. Luschinski NMU, M. Ander^n NMJ, Sam Shatkovnick SIU, H.Eokes SUP, Leroy Parrith SIU and Ed Dubres NMU. Homer F. Webb Miguel T. Quinones Joseph R. Tillis Leander D. Jacobson H. C. Fay Josaio Bush Thomas S.:^Baatoii PMIfl P8134 P6748 P8478 P8501 iP7660 PTTaS J •r-f4 • 1^ �w .?••-/ <i- " < '- ' THE Page Four SEAFARERS' LOG MARITIME 1943 Atlantic FREEZE Secretary-Treasurer Baltimore Joint {Continued from Page 1) "C. Permit his services to the merchant marine to be interfered with; or "D. Continue in employment other than as a merchant seamen; provided, however, that the War Sliipping may, up­ on request of the seamen, have certified to the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission that his seiwiccs aie not essential to the effective and efficient utilization o; the merchant marine." DEFEND JONES ACT {Continued from Page 1) who represent the majority of the active merchant seamen: "The President shall, whenever he finds that convenience of ad­ ministration and the efficient prose­ cution of war require, extend to seamen upon such terms and con­ ditions as he finds fair and appro­ priate and any and all benefits of employees of the United States un­ der the United, States Employees Compensation Act as amended, and upon such event, the rights, bene­ fits and privileges of such seamen herein provided for with respect to death, injury, illness and mainten ance and cure, shall cease to such extent as the President finds that " the termination of such right benefits, and privileges is necessary to avoid duplication of payments on account of death, injury, ill ness or maintenance and cure." Had this amendment been em bodied in the original bill, the sea­ men's unions would have bitterl opposed this Bill. However, the amendment was attached in an un dcrhanded manner and the seamen who are called the "unsung heroes today, arc the only people affectec by the Bill and they did not have an opporruniry to state their op­ position to the passage of the Bill. The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International -Union of North America, on be­ half of the merchant seamen, who are keeping our merchant ships sailing regardless of the hazards of torpedoes, bombs and machine guns, sincerely urge that H.R. Bill No. 7424 as passed by the House be not passed by your honorable body. Respectfully, JOHN HAWK, Secretary Trcasiirer Urges Seamen To Learn Gunnery Mim. }¥ t {Continued from Page 1) in the unlicensed group, our mcmber§ sifould go up and get their li­ censes to help in filling this quota, so that we will have a good sub­ stantial number of officers with a union background. Men are paid while attending the schools that are established by the W.S.A., and they arc deferred while attending these schools. After, graduating they receive pay until they receive their first job as an officer, and they do not haVe ;o joip the Naval JOHN HAWK No. 2212 & Gulf Candidates RESOLUTION TO APPEAR ON 1943 BALLOT Patrolman No. 1616 JOHN VECHIO New York Agent DON RON AN. FRANK WILLIAMS # No. 1374 No. 6161 Norfolk Agent No. 50060 MARTIN TRAINOR New York DeckPatoUnan Savannah Agent L. J. (Baldy) BOLLINGER No. G-300 LOUIS GOFFiN'^ii*' 4526 New York Engine Patrolman G-20 Tamp aAgent G-160 .CLAUDE FISHER No. 362 WILLIAM HAMILTON No. 3400 FERDINAND HART No. 438 Boston Agent JOHN MOGAN No. 216 VINCENT YAKOVONIS No. 1774 Providence Agent No. 247 JOSEPH LAPHAM Philadelphia Agent HARRY J. COLLINS EDWARD M. LYNCH Mobile Agent G-1 G-2 OLDEN BANKS CARL M. ROGERS New York Steward Patrolman No. 495 No. 3693 Mobile Joint Patrolman ROBERT A, MATTHEWS G-154 G-15 CHARLES E. TURNER G-136 A. W. AMRSTRONQ New Orleans Joint Patrolman C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS G-76 TEDD R. TERRINGTON G-68 EDWARD (Jack) VOREL G = 10 G-237 E. R. WALLACE JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN No. 542 J. K. SHAUGHNESSEY G-118 No. 3012 San Juan Agent DANIEL BUTTS No. 190 THOMAS M. WILHELM THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE , (Song for the Unsung) by FRED WARING and JACK DOLPH I've carried guns to Singapore, Munitions to Ceylon; I've carried wheat for the'boys to eat With MacArthur at Bataan. Whereas: The history of the seamen's labor movement proves conclusively that after sucjj^^uphoavel as at present is going on in the world, they are always throttled and browbeaten— as for instance 1921 and the Lake Carriers set up, and Whereas: The 1934 and 36 and 37 strikes proved the need of . ample fpnds when enganed in a major strike, therefore BE IT RESOLVED: That the Constitution shall be amended by adding a section to Article No. 26, this section to be known as Section No. 8. A strike fund shall be maintained, the strike fund to be kept seperate and apart from any or all other funds in the Union. An annual assessment of $3 shall be levied for this fund. — - I've burned my feet with the deck plate's heat, And froze 'em with the cold While dodging subs in rusty tubs With nitro in the hold. {Continued from Page 2) Company inisisted that this work be done alongside of the dock. The men refused and the case was referred to the War Labor Board. Attended the" hearing with Pat McHugh and Brother Powers of the A.F.U. The Company was willing to arbitrate the case providing that the Seafarers International commit themselves that before any de­ cision was reached by the panel who would arbitrate the case. The In­ ternational would sit down and agree that whatever decision was ren­ dered by the panel, it was to apply to any future agreement reached by any organization affiliated with the International. I opposed this and objected to any proposal that the Company Obrein) insist that we in any way commit the International to any pol­ icy that would make any agreement binding upon any organization affiliated with the International. Wc insisted that tlie board try the case in the particular dispute involved, and that the c.ase be with the Atlan­ tic Fishermen's Union, and the R. Obrein Company only, and that their decision only effect these two parties. Labor Management Committees Mr. F. Eberstadt of the War Production Board has issued orders that Labor and Management shall have representation on the W.P.B. Yes! And yet I'd never trade my berth For anything I've seen; So I'll stow my gear and drink my beer With the men of the merchant marine. Tlus order doc.s not have much bearing on the Merchant Seamen, 4, as the orders deals most with production, and priorities for equipment in plants. ~ ' So let me feel the wind again (And) the sting of flying scud A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his blood. In the fishing and cannery industries, this order can and will have a varying effect on the unions which are affiliated with the Seafarers International. So let me hear the Bosun pipe And feel the turbines roll A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his soul. What if it's East or its West or South Or Iceland's Arctic Flood? A sailorman is a sailorman And the Sea is in his blood. Washington Report The Board is going to arbitrate the case and will render decision within two weeks. It cost the Company four times as much in expenses in bringing thise case into Washington than it would have cost them if they had paid the men to do this. One of their boats was tied up for over two weeks, and it would have cost them Twenty Dollars ($20,00) to have this job done. I've sailed with planes to Liverpool, And Leningrad with tanks; I made it through to Ireland too With a regiment of Yanks. Pat McHugh, Brother Powers Atlantic Fishermen's Unions repre­ sentatives, Miss Scattergood, research worker for the A. F. of L,, and myself met with Commander Johnson, Lt. Thompson and Mr. Sufferin Labor- Consultant to the W.P.B. / • ' ' That's why I'd never trade my berth For anything I've seen: So I'll stow my gear and drink my beer With the men of the Merchant Marine. ' PERSONAIS OLE WILLIAM SEELBACH : Whereas: At the present time the seamen of America are making more money than over before in the history of the seamen; Whereas: When the present war is over the seamen will again be engaged in a fight for existence with the shipowner who at the present time is filling his war chest in preparation for the coming struggle, and New Orleans Agent alveston Agent Baltimore Agent D. D. STORY 6-54 CHARLES WAID D. L. (Jack) PARKER RAY SWEENEY Friday, November 27, 1942 HARRY H. HARPER Your New York draft board is Contact Miss Gertrude L. Gibson, 147 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn, New looking for you. Set them straight York. She has a message for you next time you hit port. from your relatives abroad. THEODORE J. KRUGER Where ever you are, "Mil" and WILLIAM TURNER C. J. Stephens, the New Orleans all the family send you birthday Agent, has a message for you from greetings and best wishes for the the authorities. Contact him at new year. once. EDWARD E. MULLALY PAOLO PRINGI |t is important that you contact Contact your draft board in New Silas' B.'Axteli, 15 Moore Street, New York City. York. Wc were advised that in view of the fact that the order was only issued on the 12th of November, they were not Jamiliar with the me­ chanics of how this was to be worked out. However, we were advised that there are now committees set up in tlie fishing industry to handle certain problems. In California there is an advisory committee set up with represen­ tatives of industr>'. Two S.I.U., representatives, two C.I.O. represen­ tatives on it, and there is an administrator for the W.P.B., who ifiakes all the decisions. In Seattle there is a consulation committee set up with rcprescnta-i tivcs of industry, and two men from the C.I.O. The A. F. of L. have no men on this Committee. They are all paid by the governiucnt and make recommendations to the W.P.B. It is supposed to be a fact-find-l ing committee for the salmon industry. Wc have been advised that all industries will be represented on a] national committee and labor will be on these committees. They shallf be paid by the government and be assigned to the W.P.B. as consultantfJ jiid advi^rs. Will submit more information on the set-up and belierfS tliat tlie fishermen and cannery workers who are affiliated with the S.H * should have one representative on this national committee here in Was ington, also local representation on the locaLcommittees of the Wa| Production Boa'r^l. � 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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 27, 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: SIU FIGHTS TO PROTECT JONES ACT UNIONS ASK FOR MARITIME FREEZE UNION MEN URGED TO LEARN GUNNERY AS STEP TOWARD REMOVING NAVY MEN AGWI LINES REPORT QUARTERLY PLUNDER GUN CREWS MERIT CONSIDERATION LONGSHOREMEN GET NEW WAGE BOOST PORTUGUESE DOCKERS IN GOVERNMENT CLASH WAR RISK RATE SET FOR FISHING FLEET U.S.S. OPENS FIRST FOREIGN REST CLUB SEAMEN HEROES FORBIDDEN TO SAY UNION (HORRID WORD) ON RADIO THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 37 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 11/27/1942 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/4956d58deb2ca031620600a0c9067a44.PDF 16f8f2e50e8bf57365f0ad86649a5478 PDF Text Text 1? SEAFARERS .. r LOG Nov. 27 1953 f « OFFrCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT , AFL • 4l i DEBUNKS 'MUTINY 7 P •^1 -Story On Page 3 Union Pressing Contract Talks -Story On Page 3 ^1 ll I •J \ifdc0tnc Above, shqreside officials in Pusan, Korea make preparations for an elaborate welcoming ceremony for thfe SlU-manned New Rochelle Victory, which carried the first cargo of Korean Emer­ gency Relief. It was a big event. (Story on Page 3.) .•>-.i.<'* At left, crewmembers of the Florida (P&O) stand outside the cruise ship's berth; The Seafarers refused to cross MM&P and MEBA picketlines (two pickets walking at far left) and the vessel didn't sail. Deck and engine officers walked off in dispute over higher wages and OT. (Story on Page 4.) s£rif/ivS?' �•,-> f»g* Tw» SEAWARERS ?V. W<wettbei> LOG Vote 18 Atlantic Tankers, r ; WInd-Up Set For December 1} yr^'~^i.'-. --v>;',u-^^i?,-,?r-'-T 195} SIU Meets Tank^Brs By Land, Sea, Air ^Despite a last-ditch rash of firings of SIU supporters, even the officials of the AMEU—the company .union—showed that they knew the vote in the Atlantic Rei^ng Company's fleet Is going SIU by substantial" Arthur, where a handful of shore majority. Atlantic tankers arriving in relief men voted. During this trip Philadelphia were met in fine to "rally" the few men voting style by the SIU—by both sea and there, including only four men in air. Launches have been used to the shore gang, Alcott ignored the meet the ships and in one instance voting of four ships in Philadel­ phia—admitting that It was no use even a seaplane was employed. Meanwhile, Atlantic tankermen to even try te rally some AMEU on vacation, in hospitals, in serv­ votes on these ships. Instead, he ice and men who wdre fired con­ sent his assistant to handle the tinued to pour in from all parts voting on these four ships. of the country to cast their votes Air-Sea Greeting in the election, and the crews have already started to talk about their The E. J. Henry got a fine greet­ plans once Atlantic signs the SIU ing from the SIU, as a special contract. Six Men Fired As the Atlantic Importer ^ar­ rived in Providence, six crewmem­ bers were fired for, as the com­ pany claims, "using obscene lan­ guage." These men voted anyway, however, despite the fact that Stanley Alcott, chairman of the AMEU, challenged their'votes— breaking a pre-election agreement thht men fired the same day as the, A group of 23 crewmembers aboard the Atlantic Coast get together to show that they're solid SIU. vote would be allowed to vote un­ Some more crewmembers, who were on watch when the shot was taken, were unable to get into challenged. • the picture. The Coast's crewmembers, who wili be voting nextx week, predict, a great SIU victory. Showered With Paper With 18 of 23 ships voted and three more voting this week, the all-important National The men on the Importer had heard of the firings shortly before Labor Relations Board election in Atlantic Refining is drawing to a successful close. All anival, and when Alcott began to signs point to a convincing SIU vote victory with pre-election estimates of the outcome climb aboard, he was showered apparently being upheld or with pieces of AMEU literature even surpassed by the actual ai.d 200 votes are still to be cast Despite these firings, however, that had been ripped up by the with a number of additional shore- net a single AMEU supporter crew. He was unable to find a voting. To date, approximately 700 bal­ side ballots pending as well as could be found on the vessel who single man on the ship who would lots have been cast on the 18 ships, those of the five remaining ships. would' act as an observer for the serve as an observer for the and at the company's shoreside in­ Judging from all impartial ac­ AMEU, indicating that the, crew AMEU, and even Alcott estimated stallations in Philadelphia and counts, the outcome of the elec­ was unanimous" in its pro-SIU that the ship voted SIU 100 per­ Port Arthur, Texas. Between 160 tion can no longer be changed by feelings. cent. Alcott was so nervous aboard Bill Harrcy, one of the inen the remaining ships. On tl:e con­ As soon as the election results the ship, that he failed to drink a fired on Nie Importer, leaves trary, SIU strength is very high a'-e announced the SIU expects to cup of coffee given him by a crewthe ship with his gear., these vessels all df whom are enter into immediaite contract ne­ inember. ~ ]¥ew NMimhers cr counted on to deliver a heavy ma­ gotiations for the company in or­ "Previously, Alcott had disap­ plane met the ship as she came in. der to obtain an SIU contract with peared during the voting of four .Circling the ship, the , plane For Hq, Phones jority for the SIU. SIU style working rules and take- other ships. Admitting defeat and dropped SIU literature to the itaen SIU Leads In Strongholds The telephone numbers of home pay for the Atlantic tanker- the hopelessness of the AMEU aboard. Later, a 40-foot cabin The tipoff on the way the elec­ men. all New York headquarters r'causc," Alcott took a trip to Port (Continued on page 17) tion is going was the atmosphere phones were changed this week 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 8-6600. SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 27. 1953 Vol. XV. No. 24 As I See It Page 4 Committees At Work.... .Page 6 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 .i-^-v r Inquiring Seafarer . Page 12 "^In The Wake Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime ...Page 16 Meet The Seafarer. . Page 12 On The Job .Page 16 Personals .Page 25 Quiz '. Page"19 Seafarers ,In Action Page 16 Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 m Sports Line Page 20 Ten. Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Union Talk ....Page 9 Wash. News Letter... Page 6 Welfare Benefits ... Pages 26, 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your, Constitution ... Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 • I>u0lf«hc0 OiWMkly •» HI* hcadquarfort of Hia Saafararc Intarnaflonal Union, Affantic « Cuff Diafrlcf. AFL, «7S Fourfb Avanua. •roaklyn 31, NY. Tal. STarling •-4<71. Enfarao at taeend data matfar af flia Fatf Offlca In Bro^lyn, N,Y>, •indar fbo Act of Auguaf 34, 1*13, at the company's shoreside An­ chorage in Philadelphia and its in­ stallation at Atreco, Texas. Here it wcs expected that the companydominated Atlantic Maritime Em­ ployees Union would make its strongest showing what with shore relief, leadermen and other com­ pany supporters voting. However, it was apparent, from the way the men grouped and expressed them­ selves, that even here the SIU commanded the support of a ma­ jority of the men. ~ Voting this week were the At­ lantic * Producer, Atlantic Cbast and the R. C. Tuttle. The two re­ maining ships, which are out for­ eign, will be voted during the r.ionth of December. Present scheduling calls for the Atlantic Exporter to vote on December 12 in Philadelphia and for the Dealer (c be the final ship polled' on De­ cember 12. Final Vote When all the ships have compltled their tally, a final vote will be held at NLRB regional oMce December 15, covering all tankermen who missed the previous voting for a variety of reasons. Once this is done, the Labor Board will open the ballots and count the results. Final totals should be available sometime be­ fore Christmas. Thus far the vote has run pretty smoothly with the exception of the one incident on the Importer where six SIU backers were fired a . few hours before voting took pjsce on the grounds of using "ob­ scene language" to the, ship's offi­ cers. These votes were subsequent-- iycfralteiieRf -brttre- AMEU:* - Army Shore Leave Bans Under' New SIU Fjre, Legal Aspect Studied • m The SIU is planning a full-scale dampaign against the Army's practice of arbitrarily restricting Seafarers to their ships at the various foreign installations. For some time, the Union has attempted to get some action on this Score.' However, this resulted in no satisfaction aa-^"—the Defense Department kept in areas where the local govern­ Georges Bay, the vessels dock passing the buck te local area ment is willihg to allow the men about 18 miles away from the base. commander's without any satisfac­ ashore. .The local government has said It tory ^swer to the problem faced In all cases', the Army's restric­ is perfectly willing to have the by Seafarers. tions on seamen have been arbi­ seamen go ashore. Yet, the Army Now the SIU is studying the trary, and have not even been restricts the seamen to their ships. legal aspects of the case prior to consistent from one base to an­ Th^ Union views this as a setaking the matter up with the Ad­ other. In- Korea, for example, the rious"^problem, particularly in view ministration. As far as is known, restrictions have been. kept in of the increasing number of over­ the Union will try to determine force even though the fighting seas bases that the Army is estab­ whether or not the Army has any stopped several months ago. Mar­ lishing. This practice is setting a legal right to restrict seamen. tial law also stopped several precedent whereby the • Army Basically, the Union has stated, months ago in Korea, and the Ko­ .could possibly refuse seamen any the-question is whether or not the rean government has said it would shore leave during peacetime In Army has the right to restrict like to have American merchant almost any fprelgn port, and thus civilian merchant seamen in peace­ seamen go ashore. Yet the Army, deprive the seamen of their tra­ time and tO'deprive merchant sea­ arbitrarily, will not allow seamen ditional rights. men of their traditional rights to to go ashore—and even Imposes ^'Thls situetion of having the shore leave. In/aill of these'cases, different restrictions from one Army arbitrarily force its will on the restrictions are placed on the Korean port to another. Anmrican merchant seamen during seamen by the Army, while the In other parts of the world, peace-time/' said an SIU headqilaplocal governments in these various where the bases'were supposed to ters spokesman, "cannot be * al­ overseas installations are perfectly be In the "Top Secret" classifica­ lowed to continue, Since we can't willing to have American merchant tion,. American merchant seameii get any from the Airmy seamen go ashore. Were' aUovved ^shore and \rtre shout thipanswer situation, the Unioh Is allowed complete freedom of mpve- undertddng a campaign, through Overtime Question ^ There is also a leg^ question ment ether channels, to fight this poweiv 18 Miles J^om Base concerning overtime for restriction , , grab by the Anny. Seamen have to ship under such circumstances, Yet, in some of the other bases, traditionally been allowed shore and the Union , is studying this as­ such as St. Georges Bay and Goose leave in/oreign ports during peace­ pect of the case, too. It is doubtful Bay, Labrador, American,merchant time, . and thf Army cannot be whether the Arnjy h^s. the. right seanjen . are restricted to ship by allowed to Interfere witl) that tra­ 6ft restrict sieamen to their ships the Army. In the case of St. dition^ right'' �November 29, 1953 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Three Men Debunk 'Mutiny' Cry On SlU Ship Korean President Syngman Rhee addresses a group of Koreans and Army personnel In Pusan on the occasion of honoring the first American ship to reach the country with a load of relief cargo. Korea Hails First Reiief Cargo The first load of American relief for Korea arrived in Pusan Harbor aboard the SIUmanned New Rochelle Victory early this month. It was greeted by brass bands, flags, and appropriate ceriemonies including a welcoming speech by South Korea's President Syngman Rhee. • The New Rochelle Victory is an aftermath of similar cere­ the Government ruling providing which took place when the a 50-50 ratio for emergency relief carried 8,000 tons of rice as the monies vessel sailed from Oakland, Cali­ shipping to Korea in American A dispute aboard an SlU-manned Liberty ship, the Seacliff, that was heralded in the West Coast press with "mutiny" headlines has boiled down to a food beef be­ tween a crew and the skip two of the unlicensed crew. One per of the ship. As. a re­ man was put on probation and an­ suspended for two months. sult, the skipper has been other Meanwhile the Seacliff has gone removed from the vessel, but out again with a new set of offi­ at the same time, the Coast cers and ail is quiet and peaceful Guard has entered the fray at last report. by filing "misconduct" charges against five unlicensed crewmembers. The Coast Guard also hit several of the officers, including the second mate, radio operator, and first and second assistants with similar, "misconduct" accusa­ tions. The whole "mutiny" story re­ calls the famous non-existent mu­ tiny aboard the freighter William Carson in July, 1948. On that oc­ casion, the newspapers had war­ ships rushing to "Quell Mutiny." It was later discovered that the mutiny report came from an ob­ viously demented radio operator who jumped overboard following the call. No Rulings Yet Up until now, the Coast Guard lias not issued its decision on the Seacliff "mutiny" except against first emergency relief cargo for fornia. bottoms. the war-torn and famine-threatened On another food relief front the The vessel is the first of many country. Her cargo was part of a relief cargo ships destined for SlU-manned Strathbay reached $200 million appropriation voted Korean ports from America, sched­ Karachi, Pakistan, with 9,800 tons by the last session of Congress for uled to reach the Far Eastern ally cf wheat. Its arrival represented in the next months. The emer­ the half-way mark in the movement the relief and rehabilitation of gency relief cargo. is expected to of 700,000 tons of wheat to Pakis­ Korea. This appropriation also in bolster the faltering native crop tan to avert possible famine in - eludes provision for industrial harvesting and give added protec­ that country. Over 80,000 tons equipment, building materials and tion to the danger of Communism shipped thus far have been dis­ spreading over South Korea. tributed free of charge to needy railroad rolling stock. The first shipment came under Pakistanis. However, the most pressing need at the moment is food, with un­ told millions of Koreans living on extremely short rations. Pier-Side Ceremony When the ship arrived at Pusan, Korea, it was met at the pier by Army and Navy contingents in­ cluding an Army brass band. The SIU contract negotiations with the shipowners are moving into high gear as a series of ship, draped with US and Korean regular meetings is taking up various clarifications and improvements in the contract for flags, served as a backdrop for a the coming year. pier-side ceremony attended by Aside from money matters, high ranking civilian and military covered by provisions on foreign ports which have been a to $500, improvements in the pen­ olTicials as well as several hun­ wages, overtime and vacation sore spot. Up until now, many alty cargo clause, port overtime dred Korean guests. pay, the negotiations involve the captains and shipowners have been for stewards department in ali US The vessel is a Government- strengthening of some contract evading this particular clause by ports after 5 PM and before 8 AM. owned ship that is under charter provisions that have given trouble claiming that they were unable improvement in carpenters and for the South Atlantic Steamship in the past year since the stand­ to obtain American currency in bosuns overtime provisions, a Company. The Korean reception ard agreement has been in opera­ many ports and could not carry strengthened transportation clause tion. They also include additions sufficient cash on board to satisfy and other changes. to the general rules and working draw needs. rules not now provided for in the To overcome these objections agreement. the Union has proposed that draws In order to assure uninten-upted be issued either in American cur­ negotiations, the Union and ship­ rency or travelers' checks, with a owner representatives have agreed $1 daily penalty for failure to is­ to another 24-day extension of the sue such draws. agreement to December 24. In The question of family allot­ any case, all money provisions are ments is another contract provi­ The Orion Star, the second of four super-tankers ordered retroactive to October 1, 1953, the sion that will come up for discus­ by Orion, has taken her Seafarer-crew, and after completing A comprehensive .chart-»showing date that the old agreement ex­ sion. It has been the practice up sea trials, has begun operations under an MSTS contract. all the money improvements in pired. until now for the company to cut The 30,000-deadweight-ton Bonus Questions SIU contracts frotti 1944 to the off family allotments whfen a man super-tanker is a sister ship Both of them will also operate present day is now in preparation One section of the agreement is taken off a ship because of ill­ under charter to the Government, by headquarters. When completed, that has already been decided on ness or injury. The Union is asking to the Orion Comet, which and they, too, will be crewed by copies of the chart will show at a is the question of war area bonuses. that these allotments continue took an SIU crew last month and Seafarers. glance every wage change for The, European Mediterranean and until all wage payments due the is also operating under an MSTS The Orion Star took her crew every rating in the last ten years. Pacific area bonus of $2.50 a day Seafarer imder maritime law are contract. Two additional sister ships are still under construction, out of Baltimore, after she was will be discontinued as well as the exhausted. The chart will ~also show the and will be completed next year. completed at the Sparrows Point, Another point is the question year by year changes in overtime Korean area bonus as of Novem­ Md., shipyard. In her sea tests, she ber 30. However, the 100 percent of restriction of seamen to the rates, maintenance and cure pay­ earily made 18 knots, which is a ments, working hours, vacation and bonus and $100 attack bonus will ship in certain foreign ports. Here full knot more than the 17 knots welfare benefitsi It will be a cap­ continue in areas I, II, III, and the Union intends to enlist the required under the terms of the sule picture of all the SIU's nego­ IV along the China Coast, as well support of the shipowners in ^com­ MSTS contract. as the $5.00 a day bonus in Area bating restrictions imposed in tiating gains during that period. Regular membership meet­ The 647-foot tanker carries 255,Figures for the years 1939 to yil, which is the general vicinity Korea and other areas. ings in SIU headquarters and 000 barrels of oil, and can dis­ Standard Stores 1944 are available in part but are of Saigon, Ihdo China. War risk in­ at all branches are held every charge her entire cargo within 12 surance of $i0,000 will continue not included in the charts because second Wednesday night at The practice of some companies hours through the use of special iyage scales were not standardized in all these areas as well as Hbng of storing ships with lower grade 7 PM. The schedule for the pumps that she carries. The ships from one company to the next dur­ Kong. War risk Insurance of $5,- meats or buying inferior produce next few meetings is as follows: are powered by steam turbine en­ 000 will continue in Pacific, Medi­ ing that early periodi December 2, December 16, overseas would be overcome by a gines that develop 16,000 horse­ December 30. Copies will be made available In terranean and European areas, in­ Union proposal for a standard power. They each carry a sixcluding Korea. All Seafarers registered on headquarters and will be distrib­ stores list and storing of frozen bladed propeller of special design. Money Draws the shipping list are required uted to the oujtports as well for foods for overseas voyages. All vessels are, or will be equipped Included among issues under inspection by Seafarers in every to attend the meetings. Other proposals include increased with the latest navigational equip­ SIU hall. discussion are the money draws in clothing loss allowances from $300 ment. More Contract Gains In Offing As Negotiators Speed Meetings SlU's Gains To Be Shown On Pay Chart n I'3 Testimony from the crew of the ship, from steward S. F. Cullison, the center of the controversy, and from the SIU Seattle hall, puts a different complexion on the story. When the ship left Seattle, it was improperly stored for a long trip. The SIU patrolman went aboard and had the captain sign an agree­ ment that he would buy additional stores in the Far East. This was done so that the ship would not be delayed in sailing. Hard-Timed Crew After the ship got to sea, the c.?ptain instructed the third mate to get the statement he signed back from the steward. When the steward refused to surrender it, the captain started his regime of hard timing the crew with the aid of the third and second mates and Ihfc radio operator. By the time the ship got to Ja­ pan, the captain was for locking up the entire unlicensed crew be­ cause they had asked him to paint the . foc'sles and other contract provisions. He went to the US Coast Guard in Yokohama and fiied blanket charges against everybody, which were dismissed by the Coast Guard commandant there with the recommendation that the proceedings be forwarded to Washington. When that happened the Cap­ tain "flipped his agace" as the crew put it. On the second shuttle trip to Yokohama, the crew called the steamboat inspector down to the ship to check on holes in the life (Continued on page 17) SIU Crew Boards Second Of 4 New Super-Tankers Meeting Itiight Everg 2 Weeks • -n I �Kite Tear SEAFARERS tOG Board Ruling ilmits Aid To Bloomfield «^BAer 27^1953 As 1 See It •. • The new Federal Maritime Board has reversed the old one and voted to deny the SlU-contracted Bloomfield Steamship Company a sub­ sidiary on the Gulf to Mediter­ ranean run. The Board, however, ruled that Bloomfield is still eligi­ ble for aid on the run from the Gulf to Northern Europe and Scandinavian ports. Previously the old Federal Mari­ time Board, that had been ap­ pointed under the Truman admin­ istration, had approved Bloomfield's petition for subsidies on both routes, declaring that on neither route were US flag car­ riers handling 50 percent of the commerce. Reopened Case However, both Lykes Brothers and Waterman interceded in the matter with Lykes Brothers lead­ Picketing the Florida's pier in Miami are members of officers ing the fight, and asked that the unions on strike against the company. Shown above are, left to case be reopened before the new right, Walter Johnson, MEBA, and Charles Eaton, MMP. Federal Maritime Board. The Board, after hearing arguments, has decided that existing American lines are carrying 50 percent of commerce on the Mediterranean route. Lykes Brothers is the other subsidized carrier. It was reported in Washington The cruise ship Florida remained tied up tightly in her that members of Congress had been berth in Miami this week, as the Seafarer-crew of the vessel asked to intercede by both sides with the result that a great deal of refused to cross picketlines put up by the mates, enginers and pressure was placed on the board. captain of the vessel. The skipper, four deck of- AFL, representing the deck offi­ The outcome of the Bloomfield case is expected to have an im­ cers and the five engineers cers, and the Marine Engineers portant bearing on future subsidy walked off the vessel last Friday Benevolent Association, CIO, repre­ legislation since there has been a after prolonged negotiations with senting the engineers, put up movement afobt to spread subsidies the company failed to produce any picketlines. among more companies than the agreement on their demands for Recruiting Scabs original 13 receiving aid under the higher pay and higher overtime. The company immediately an­ 1936 Merchant Marine Act. The Masters, Mates and Pilots, nounced that it was going to re­ cruit non-union deck and engine officers to take over the jobs of the striking officers, and said the ship would sail this past Monday. However, the company's attempts to get non-union officers have not worked out, and the entire crew has refused to cross the MM&P and the MEBA picketlines to go Heading .u]j the meeting officers Georgia is his home state, as he aboard the ship. «t the. last'Seattle membership was born there the day after New The company offered to transfer meeting was Brother Robert, Air, Year's in 1910. He too sails on the tickets of some 200 passengers one of the many Seafarers who deck. to airline reservations, when the has received his me'mbership book ship was tied up and unable to sail t t t through.- an organizihg drive. Air Chairing the Norfolk member­ on schedule. Most of the passengers became Sin SlU member in New ship meeting was Seafarer Robert took the offer and traveled by air, York on June 29, 1950, after sail­ Renfrew of that city, while Luby and the airlines had to put on extra ing aboard the Bradford Island Wheeler, also of Norfolk, handled flights to accommodate the extra and the Government Camp, two the recording secretary's chores. rush of travellers. Cities Service Both of these men sail with the tankers. He black gang. served ten Renfrew has been an SIU mem­ months as an or­ ber for a little over a year, getting ganizer aboard his book in New York on August these two ships. 7, 1952. He's a native Virginian, Right now Air 37 years of age. is enjoying a lit­ Wheeler comes tle rest after from North Car­ taking a two and olina originally Additional preservation to Mari­ a half month's but he and his Air trip to the Far wife now make time Administration National De­ Norfolk their fense Reserve Fleet vessels by East on the City of Alma. He's home. The 28- means of passing electric current looking for another Far East run year-old Seafar­ through the plate of the hulls was tor the next trip. er joined the announced by Louis S. Rothschild, The 27 year old Seafarer is a SIU in Balti­ Maritime Admintstrator. The ves­ native of Floral Park, New York. Wheeler more on March sels to be treated are in the Bruns­ He's single at the moment and wick River reserve fleet at Wil­ says he isn't anticipating matri­ 27. 1944. mington, NC. mony in the near future. ^ X Estimates indicate ' the employ­ The West Coast seems to be full 4 ^ ment of cathodic protection will A couple of veteran Seafarers of transplanted easterners and $3,000,000 a year ovdr tradi­ ran the last Savannah membership middle-westerners, and the San save methods of underwater pro­ meeting in solid style. Handling Francisco port meeting was no ex­ tional tection of ships on the 2,100 ves­ the chair was Seafarer Jesse ception. A Florida native, Jesse sels now in the eight Reserve Fleet Floyd, while Durward D. Story Collins, was recording secretary, sites. One hundred and seventy served as recording secretary for while W. L. York, originally from ships at the Wilmington site will the meeting. Floyd is a ten year Missouri, was reading clerk. Both be given the added protection, man in the SIU, joining the union of 'there men have now settled bringing fhe total to 650 at the in New York on July 26,1943. He's down in California. Hudson River, James River and an Alabaman by birth and still Collins, who is 29, joined the Wilmington berths. Maritime Ad­ makes his home in Phoenix City SIU in Baltimore on December 24, ministration vessels based at Siiiin that state. He's 29 years old 1944. He calls San Jose, Cali­ sun Bay, Cal.'; Astoria, Oregon; and sails in the deck department. fornia, his home town now. York Olympia, Washington; Beaumont, Story is one of the original un­ got his Union book in New York Texas, and Mobile, Alabama, are ion members, getting his bobk in on July 22, 1948 and low sails out being considered-for similar pro­ Baltimore on October 28, 1938. of Vista, California. tection against rusting and pitting. SS Florida Officers Strike Over Pay, OT 'R0iAiRmi. Gov't Ships Get Cathode Treatment THE SIU CREW OF THE ATLANTIC WATER, A LIBERTY SHIP that is under charter to the Government, deserves a lot of credit for the way they -stuck by their ship after it ran aground recently. All accounts received by your Union agree that the ship was pretty badly damaged with many of her bottom plates ripped off. Yet when the Navy wanted to take over the job of bringing the ship into port, the Seafarers aboard her refused to get off. They felt, and rightly so, that anything the Navy could sail could be sailed by the skilled pro­ fessional seamen in the SIU. As a result, they took the ship into port themseives in an unsbaworthy condition. Pride In Jobs Some people might say that this was a pretty foolhardy thing for the Seafarers to do, that working on the ship was just a job, and if the ship was in trouble the men should have piled off and let the salvagers take over. What they overlook is the fact that seamen in the SIU have a great deal of pride in the way a job is to be done, in "SIU style" as the men of the Atlantic Water put it. It was their ship and they were given the responsibility of sailing her. From all reports they discharged that responsibility to the fullest degree. XXX WE'RE MAKING PRETTY GOOD HEADWAY NOW, IN OUR SIU contract negotiations and it appears as if we will have a pretty nicelooking package to bring back to the membership when our negotiations are wound up. Our standard agreement of last year, ip which your Union's ne­ gotiators re-wrote the general rules and working rules of the contract, has held up very well in practice with the exception of a few clauses which are now in the process of being strengthened and clarified. These items and the proposals we have put forward are reported elsewhere in this issue of the LOG. We do not anticipate any difficulty in writing im­ provements ihto the agreement on thCse and other issues. And when the contract is signed and delivered, we are con­ fident that the Seafarers will lead all the rest in take-home pay and conditions as your Union has consistently done down through the years. ' • XXX OUR NEW HALL IN BALTIMORE IS SHAPING UP NICELY according £o all reports with progress being made in rebuilding in­ side and out. The target date for opening the hall has been delayed somewhat because some changes were made in the original design to allow more space for the membership and for the needs of the Union's offices and subsidiaries. As a result it was decided it would be best to build an additional wing so as to avoid overcrowding that might result if the original plans were followed. In any case we feel it is best to make haste slowly in this matter so as to assure our membership shipping out of Baltimore that the hall they do get will be the kind of place that will meet all their needs. In that respect your Union has pi-ofited greatly by its experi­ ence in operating its New York headquarters, which has given a good picture of the kind of space we need for an efficient operation. Finest Of Its Kind Your Union is quite certain that when the new Baltimore hall is completed, it will rate as the finest Union hall of its kind, barring none, thanks to the improvements that have been included in its design as a result of our experiences in New York. It will be another landmark in the SIU's program to provide modem, comfortable and efficiently-operating Union halls in all major SIU ports. X X Xi BY NOW ALL SEAFARERS ARE FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE problem that the US Public Health Service Hospitals are facing and the attempts being made by some people to take the seamen's hospitals away from them. Recently your Union, through the columns of this newspaper, asked the niembership to write to their representa­ tives in Washington and tell them how they felt about the hospitals. Your Union has long been accustomed to the membership taking a direct and active role in the problems which faced it and seamen in general. Still the tremendous response that this appeal has roused up was beyond expectations. A very large number of ship's crews have gone on record as writing their Senators and Congressmen on this issue, either as a group or as individuals. They have reported a great deal of this kind of activity to headquarters in their ship's minutes. Families Interested Too . Further, we have received an equally strong response from the wives, parents and relatives of Seafarers, many of whom are faithful readers of the SEAFARERS LOG. A great many of them have added their impact to. the protests on this issue, because they realize their stake in maintaining the health and well-being of the Seafarer. This kmd of response is one indication of why the SIU has been able to make the kind of progress it has through the years. With an alert and active membership of this kind the .Union has been able to win many serious beefs in the past. We are hope^ that this beef on the hospitals ydll go the same way. . . ~ -.x . -'X' WE'VE LONG HAD A MOTTO IN THE SIU THAT SEAFARERS will remember, namely "An SIU ship is a xlean ship." Our.contention has always been, and still Is, that Seafarers, as.sound professionaLsea­ men, take Shod care^pf the ship they sailed on, provided they got the necCssary cooperation from the shipowners and the officers. ' Just recently the SIU gang en the' Binghamton Victory got quite a bit of priiise from fte Maritime Administration and the Coast Guard inspectors for'the excellent manner in which they maintained the vessel. . - . ; , . _ , ,; This; is the kind of experienced and efficient seamanship that, the SIU is proud of.- Congratulations to the brothers of the Binghamton Victory are'certainly-In-order.'- • . - - - .. ... . . ' ' ; r>f 1 Vf-li- �-NoTember 27, M5S SEAFARERS LOG Page F1T« -' Motion On Shipping Voted Down By Ports A motion passed by the Philadelphia membership meeting of November 4 on shipping crewmembers to new ships, out of one port has been voted down by the headquarters mem­ bership and membership meet­ ings in other ports. It provided to place a small number of key men that all ships should be crewed aboard, who might or might not come from the port the ship is crewing out^ of. This practice is authorized under Article 'XXII, Section 2 of the SIU constitution which reads as follows: "A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel for organiza­ tional purposes, whether covered by a contract or not." Signing New Outfits This practice has helped consid­ erably in signing up new com­ panies. It has also been followed on the new Mariner ships, for ex­ Every seat is filled and it's "standing room only" in Manhattan Center, as an overflow crowd of ample, where much of the equip­ longshoremen listens to AFL-ILA speakers outline the new union's program. Over 6,500 long­ ment is new and unfamiliar, and shoremen attended the rally, and many more had to be turned away for lack of enough room. it was necessary to break men in on the operations of the ship. In such instances, the objective was to supply a good crew for the new ship to assure trouble-free opera­ tion the first trip out. In many instances, it has been Three applicants who qualified for the Seafarers Scholarship Plan necessary for some of the men, are talcing the next College En­ particularly electricians,, to go trance Board Examination test on aboard in the shipyard for a A wildly-cheering, jam-packed meeting of 6,500 New York longshoremen hailed the inevit­ December 5. Several other appli­ break-in" period before they ac­ able victory of the new AFL-ILA at the first city-wide longshore rally of the new organiza­ cants failed to meet the neces­ tually took the ship out on a tion. The meeting, which took place in the huge assembly hall of Manhattan Center, cheered sary requirements which include regular run. and applauded as AFL-ILA three years sea time on their own Once the ship was crewed in or their fathers' discharges, and such .a manner, it could be crewed arganizers and other speakers when the meeting began it was strength of the AFL on both the graduation in the upper third of on later trips through the normal •eported on the progress of the standing room only. Police had to national and local level, would be turn large numbers of disappointed committed to the new union until their high school class. rotary shipping procedure. Such organizing drive to date. latecomers away on the grounds the fight was won. An early indication of the feel­ ships would have enough hold-over The next examination will take • Acting president Larry Long place on January 9. Subsequent crewmembers aboard'' to keep ings of longshoremen was seen in that any more people would over­ of the AFL-ILA emphasized the crowd the hall dangerously. the fact that they would soon vote tests will come up at regular inter­ things running smoothly until new Among the highlights of the fact that both he and Buster vals through the year. men in the second crew got used on accepting or rejecting of the Slaughter, the acting seffetary, employers' last contract offer of meeting were the following: Applicants who are currently in to the operation. ten cents an hour. Overwhelming • AFL President George Meany, were purely temporary officers. their senior year at high school can In voting down the resolution, in a special message to the gather­ Once a constitution hss been apply for the scholarships. Of it was the prevailing opinion that rejection of the offer would be l6oked on as evidence that long­ ing, told the men that they had drafted, he said, the longshoremen course, their performance in the this practice assured the SIU a done more to clean up the port would elect their own permanent remainder of their high school crack at many new ships and new shoremen are dissatisfied with the way contracts are being negotiated in six weeks than any other group officers by secret ballot. studies will be taken into account companies who would otherwise be • Organizer Jim Egan revealed in the past 30 years. He gave posi­ by the old ILA. in making the awards. hesitant to take a crew right off The huge voluntary turnout of tive assurances that the full (Continued on page 17) After all the examination re­ the board the first time out. A longshoremen and their enthusias­ turns are in next summer, a board number of SIU-c6ntracted com­ tic response was considered by of college administrators will se­ panies took on additional charters observers as cohclusive evidence lect four winners who will receive of Government-owned ships on this that the yvall of fear and intimida­ $1,500 annually for their college basis. tion so long imposed by the old studies. In all other Instances, rotary ILA had crumbled. AFL-ILA lead­ Seafarers, or children of Sea­ shipping is being followed strictly ers and organizers were jubilant farers, up to the age of 35 are by crewing all Jobs off the board at the turnout, which as one as they com?. eligible for the scholarships. speaker put it, "drove a few more nails into the coffin lid" of the Skippers of two Ore Lines ships, in response to the growing old ILA. number of complaints from the crewmembers, have taken Ryan Pensioned Off SIU. M«N.:. ANE : OUAfiAtMreEb BY; • Meanwhile in Philadelphia, the aboard slop chests from the SIU Sea Chest. The skippers YOUR CdtMSTJiuneW; T«iS: m- : ^ old ILA went through the motions of thq other vessels in the>n>PE tS Di SlOMK) YO- 4COUA3MT of reshuffling its leadership when company have not yet taken YOtj; W)W THESE RJOWS Aflb : The skippers of the line's ships PRWItEOB: : • it arranged for its president, Joe heed of the complaints about replied that they would buy slop Ryan, to resign on a $10,000 a year the higher-priced, lower-quality chest supplies where they pleased, pension. Ryan was replaced by slop chests. regardless of price or quality. Captain William Bradley, a nonHowever, both the Cubore and This was in sharp contrast to longshoreman who is head of the the Baltore already have, taken virtually every other SIU con­ LA Marine Division, representing aboard their first supply of SIU tracted offshore operator, since From Article XIII, Section 3 tugboat and bargemen. Ryan had Sea Chest gear, and it is expected almost all these Ships had taken on "Balloting shall take place In per­ just been indicted the day before that other vessels in the fleet will Sea Chest merchandise for the sim­ son, at port officei and shall be on charges of stealing $45,000 in follow suit. ple reason, that it was priced lower secret. No signature of any voter, union funds. Despite a wave of slop chest and the quality was higher. On the legal front, the AFL-ILA beefs from their crews, the skip­ or other distinguishing mark shall Letter Ignored pressed ahead in its drive for a pers of Ore Line vessels had re­ Finally, after the company was appear on the ballot, except that National Labor Relations Board fused to take aboard Sea Chest approached again on the problem, any member may write in the election to decide who shall repre­ merchandise, even though it was it distributed a letter to the skip­ name or names of any member sent longshoremen in the port of offered on a competitive basis. In­ pers telling them to buy from the or members as appropriate, for New York. At the same time, the stead, they preferred to buy higher- Sea Chest whenever the Sea Chest new union filed suit in the New priced gear, with lower quality offered competitive prices. The any office, or the {ob of port York State Supreme Court asking from a dealer in Baltimore. skippers ignored this letter. agent or patrolman." that the old ILA be dissolved and The captains of the Baltore and "The last time that the Cubore its records handed over on the the Cubore took notice of the com­ was in port, however, the skipper grounds that it had long ceased to plaints of their crewmembers, and made the first move for the ships function as a trade union. ordered Sea Chest merchandise of the company, and oi-dered slop With the New York-New Jersey during the last week, when they chest supplies frona the Sea Chest. Waterfront Commission scheduled were in port. The Sea Chest, which The Baltore, which arrived in port to take control of hiring in the has facilities in all major East shortly after followed suit. Secrecy Is guaranteed every SIU port on December 1, longshoremen Coast and Gulf Ports, promptly A previous survey by the Sea member In voting. There Is abso­ at the meeting were given positive filled the order with high quality Chest showed that the Ore Lines lutely no woy for anyone to deassurance that~the new AFL-ILA brand name merchandise at lower ships were charging far more for tei;mine how he ^asfs his ballot. would fight for repeal of the state, prices. ; standard items than ships with Sea law, once the new union had recog­ Passed Buck j Chest slop chests. Further, it was He can. In voting, write in the nition and a contract. When the company was first ap­ shown that prices varied from ship name or names of men he wishes A.1though the meeting had been proached by the Sea Chest With' an to ship for the same item, -and it fo Mrve.ds ofTiclals. sche4uled .for 8 P^, longshoremen, offer to. supply merchandise on a. was also learned that the dealers by.the thousands crowded into the competitive basis, • the • company were charging, different^ ships dif­ hall,, long beitore tlrtt hour^ and passed the buck' on to, the masters., ferent prices for the same items. •ncompletely out of the port from which the ship signs on. The motion read as follows: "In the future, all jobs on ships crewing up, new or otherwise, that the entire crCw be called from the board in the port where the ship is crewing up. A headquarters spokesman ex­ plained that in the past it has been the practice in crewing new ships, or ships of newly-signed companies. Three Qualify For December College Exam Certain AFL-ILA Victory Hailed By 6,500 Dockers Two Ore Line Vessels Take SIU Slopchests YOU and ihe MU C0N8TIYUTI0N U. /iMNvbriHe r-4: M d • C'i .1 Ni-, • i; ji'. m �Pace Six SEAFARERS Gov't May Shut Down Kings Point British Rsplace Jacobs Ladder • The first of a series of meetings between representatives of state maritime academies and Louis S Eothschild, head of the United Slates Maritime Administration, have taken place in Washington DC, to discuss the fate of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Puinl, NY. The announcement of the meet­ ing came at the same time as the Maritime'Administrator announced the closing of the US Maritime Service Training Station at Ala­ meda, Calif. Shipping circles look upon this shutdown as the first step in a progi-am aimed at elimi­ nating vocational training for the merchant marine under Federal The danger of climbing Jacobs ladders and gangways has been auspices. eliminated on 51 newly-constructed British ships. The new ships, No Decision Yet part of the Shell Petroleum fleet, will be equipped with the auto­ The Maritime Administration matic elevator pictured above. The elevator is capable of carrying has not decided to close the na­ six men. tional cadet academy at Kings Point at this time, according to an Administration spokesman, but closing is a possibility as an econ­ omy measure. Rothschild, in the past, asked steamship companies and maritime unions to help sup­ port the training program, with The Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's, the warning that the program Oilers', Watertenders' and Wipers' Union last week announced might be forced to shut down if help was not forthcoming from identical but separate vacation plans won from the Pacific these sources. Vlaritime Association mem­ Aids State Schools bers through collective bar­ MFOW Vacation Fund. They are to As well as fully supporting the gaining agreements. The plan be used for administering and academy as a national institution, involves payment by shipowners operating the Sailors' and Fire­ the Government annually grants into a central fund, from which the men's Vacation Plans. substantial aid to the four state unions will pay the members on Effective October 1 maritime academies in New York, the basis of their sea time. Seamen of both unions are eligi­ Maine, Massachusetts and Califor­ Both plans were won through ble for vacation benefits under the nia. Economy moves on the part collective bargaining after the new plan for work periods cover­ of the Government have brought MFOW joined the Seafarers Inter­ ing work performed on and after under consideration the possible national Union of North America October 1, 1953, after which date withdrawal of the state aid funds, late last month. The two new plans contributing employers are con­ and this has brought pressure on begin payment on January 1, 1954. tracted to make payments directly the Government to close the na­ Separate funds are to be set up to the separate plans rather than tional academy instead, leaving the by the two unions to be known as to seamen on an individual basis. state academies open. the SUP Vacation Fund and the The number of days of vacation pay for which seamen are eligible varies from three days for 90 days of covered employmenlf^o 14 days for .a full year of work. The agreement calls for con­ tributing employers, both of PMA and the Shipowners* Association of T— I the Pacific, to contribute 55 cents I a day for every seaman during the I-. period from October 1, 1953 to March 31, 1954, inclusive. The con­ An attempt to violate the ship­ mer shipmate with the result that tributions drop down to 50 cents a ping rules came a cropper in New he was brought up on charges. The day after the March 31 cutoff date York recently and resulted in the committee found him guilty of with that rate of payment con­ man in question being brought to violating the shipping rules and tinuing throughout the life of the plans. trial before a rank and file trial imposed a fine. The initial administrator of the committee. In Baltimore recently, a rank The committee, consisting of Ed and file committee consisting of plan, named by all parties con­ Robinson, A. H. Anderson, S. F. W. H. Maxon, Clyde F. Carlson, cerned, is Omar F. Hoskins, with Schuyler, A. Go^ales and H. Her- John D. Cammens, C. Thompson the PMA naming two trustees, the kenheins, heard that the man had and Burkey Shuler, heard charges SUP and MFOW one each, and a quit the ship after being aboard against a Seafarer who had been neutral trustee named by the other five days. The ship was scheduled gassed up so thoroughly on a ship parties to help administer the to lay up temporarily two days that he missed his watch four days plans. Trustees are J. Paul St. Sure and Thomas E. Cuffe, for PMA; later. Under the SIU rules, the in a row. Harry Lundeberg, SUP; Vincent J. old crew has the right to go back Then when the ship came in for Malone, MFOW; and Jerd F. Sulli­ on a laid-up ship provided it calls a payoff, he compounded the acvan, Jr., as neutral trustee. for a crew within ten days. tion by skipping Hoskins recently conducted a Got Card Baek the vessel with- study of welfare and vacation plans The accused Seafarer got his out sticking in US trade unions, including shipping card back on the grounds around for the those of the A&G district. The he had been laid patrolman to SUP Vacation Plan was drafted on off the ship with come aboard. the basis of His observations. the rest of the Charges were Operators of the'plan left the way crew, and then filed against him open for additional employers not when she called under two sec­ now covered by the agreement to for a new crew, tions of Article participate in the vacation plans he decided he XVI, and the upon the joint approval of the Carlson would go back man notified of three parties involved. on board her. the proceedings against him by Vacation benefits are prorated But since this registered mail. This was neces­ for the periods worked up to 360 man had quit sary since he was not present at days, but seamen may apply for Sholer the ship, he the membership meeting at which benefits at any time. Benefits must would normally have had to re­ the charges were read. be claimed within one year of the register on the shipping list and The committee heard all the termination date of the period would have no claim to his old job. evidence, and then ' found him worked, either aboard ship or in He was spotted, in the act of guilty on both counts, levying a other .forms of covered empley•hipping: to his old jpb bp a iot^ ffiie eweach count of the charges. menL SUP.MFOWWinNew Vacation Systems SlU COMMITTEES AT WORK •.JV Koramber 27, USS LOG v.. i'p. -itrrt A :a3«rrtttT;)'¥ ; *. SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON t Former US Democratic Senator O'Connor, Maryland, who was ap­ pointed to the job as head of the shipping lobby in the Capitol, will find if hard to maintain his job these days. The reason is that the subsidized lines put him in-the lobby spot, but other steamship lines, not subsidized, feel that he is not the best man for their cause in Congress. t t i Under Coast Guard rules adopted to implement the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 1948, vessels over 500 gross tons on international voyages must carry a lifeboat portable radio equipment unless one life­ boat tin each side of the vessel is fitted with a non-portable radio in­ stallation. This equipment is supposed to be installed not later than •November 19, 1953. However, the catch is that radio manufacturers have been unable to meet this delivery deadline as to some orders, so that the US Coast Guard was asked for a policy with respect to vessels for which the equipment has not yet been obtained. District Inspectors of the Coast Guard, under authority from head­ quarters, will grant an extension of time where it has not been possible for shipowners to obtain the portable radio equipment. ^ The Jap merchant fleet, which proved to be the toughest foe for US carriers trans-Pacific before World War II, has rehabilitated itself much more quickly than anyone would have guessed. Starting from scratch after the war, with the help of this country, the Japs, particu­ larly since 1951, are beginning to smother the berth once again. For example, during the whole year of 1952 American lines, sailing out of the Gulf to the Orient, made a total of 137. sailings, while Jap lines made 86. For the period January-August of this year the Japanese lines already have made 81 sailings, or about 10 a month, all of them liner sailings, as against only 86 for the US companies. The Japs have seven companies in the Gulf-trans-Pacific trade and are attempting an all-out campaign to capture the traffic and regain supremacy in the trans-Pacific shipping business. t t i t Many American steamship lines are becoming more alahned over the operation of Mariner ships by the Military Sea Transportation Service. They can't help but feel that much of this MSTS movement could be handled by private lines on berth space. The reason for their feeling is that under orders from the Defense Department, the private lines cannot find just what types and quantity of cargo the MSTS-controlled Mariners are canying. Some time ago, the Department of Defense called the operators in and laid down the law that they must never reveal the contents of mili­ tary cargo carried on Mariners for account of MSTS, whether this bo soybeans, phosphate or instruments of war. Therefore, it is hard for one line to learn from another just what this movement amounts to and, indeed, whether it is a type of movement that could be handled by private companies. Just recently, some of the US Gulf lines got wind of a plan on the part of MSTS to send two Mariners out of the Gulf with full carloads of bulk commodities. The private lines immediately proceeded to make a formal protest but when MSTS heard of the protest that was coming in, cancelled their plans to use the Mariners, thereby reserving the bulk movement for private lines. t People abroad seem to have a better appreciation..of the need for .an adequate merchant marine than US citizens do. This is unfortunate, but it seems to be a true statement. The people of this country simply do not realize yet the importance of a merchant marine and of a capacity for producing ships in an emergency. If this country is to reach and maintain the national objective of carrying at least 50 percent of its foreign commerce, more cooperation on the part of American shippers must be forthcoming. The 50 per­ cent goal is one that US lines have seldom reached in the past and one which we are far short of at the present time. It is true that ,ther importance of the American merchant marine in a national emergency has been proved in two world wars. However, it is a sad fact that the importance of the same fleet in peacetime is much less appreciated. t 4" 4" Atom power for merchant ships is a subject on which much has been written, but little understood. Within less than two years, much more will be known on the subject, because the Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation has been given the great light by the Atomic Energy Com­ mission to make a study of nuclear power to propel ships. The private shipyard will bear all the costs and make a complete report in about a year. Dr. John R. Dunning, dean of the School of Engineering, Columbia University, says that the future peacetime uses of atomic energy are very promising. He goes much further and declares that every major ship, 10 years from now, will be built for atomic propulsion. However, some ship designers and builders feel that present methods of ship propulsion are far from obsolete and will continue to stress improvements in them. The power plants of the new Mariners are a good example of that. And British marine architects and designers are doing a great deal of work with gas turbine propulsion systems which have, shown very promising possibilities on at least' one' tanker on which the system has been installed. t Some quarters in Britain, are feeling the pinch of Panamanian com­ petition as well as US shipowners. There is a move afoot among mem­ bers of the Conservative Party to restrict transfers of British ships to Panamanian flag operations oh the grounds that these vessels are providing unfair competition to British-flag opci.:ttions. However, the Churchill government has shown little sympathy for the move and for the time being it appears that considerable transfers of British shipping will continue without hindrance from the British authorities. �, N«veaber tl, 1U» SEAFARERS LOG Tat* Serem rwg"ixc5^ DOLLAR'S WORTH KANSAS CITY KIDNAPERS GET DEATH SENTENCE—Carl Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie Heady, who ware convicted of the kidnap-murder of Bobby Greenlease, six-year-old son of a wealthy automobile dealer, have been sentenced to die in the gas chamber. It will be the first time in Missouri's history that a woman will have been executed. Chances are considered very slight for any appeal, or commutation of the death penalty. ik> t> ANOTHER ROYAL TOUR BEGINS—Queen Elizabeth II of Eng­ land and her husband have started a six month royal tour that will cover more than 50,000 miles to the far corners of the British empire. simply small, well-made boxes with a sponge-rubber By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS It's planned that the royal couple will attend 50 state balls and din­ cushion for the seat. These have the advantage of ners, open six parliaments and visit colonies ^nd dominions as far It's a fact that much of the merchandise on the providing storage space and extra play uses. They off as Australia in the course of the trip. First stops will be made at market for Christmas is of poor quality and little can be bought or made up yourself. For toy stor» Bermuda and Jamaica. usefulness despite its novelty appeal and high price, age, child specialists consider low shelves and cup­ 4" t 4" and is a waste of a Seafarer's money. Everybody boards more convenient than toy chests. ANCIENT SKULL A MERE YOUNGSTER—Red faced scientists Hand Looms: Simple frame looms on the mar­ are trying to explain to the public how they were taken in by the is in a buying mood at Christmas and merchants skull of the so-called Piltdown Man, that was supposed to be 500,000 find this a grand opportunity to get rid of goods ket can weave square rugs, mats, etc. These cost as years old. The skull had been advertised for 40 years as the oldest that don't otherwise sell. A large New York toy­ little as $1. Make sure any loom you buy is sturdy, fossil of living man ever discovered. New tests with fluorine proved shop manager once told me frankly that he and and get complete in.struction material with it. that the skull was about 50,000 years old not 500,000 and had been other merchants find Christmas gives them a chance Ed-U-Cards: The.se are card games that teach. doctored with chemicals to give it an appearance of age. Each set tells a story in action pictures. Sets are to unload the buying mistakes of the rest of the 4 4 year. Another distributor, who sells a gadget for TRUMAN FEUDS WITH BROWNELL—Former President Trumaii adults, confided, quite proudly, that it didn't woik. last week accused Attorney-General Herbert Brownell of lying in re­ well but he got no returns because the people who sponse to claims by Brownell that the former President had "knowingly promoted a Russian spy." Earlier, the former president had refused were given it generally got bored with it before they to answer a subpoena issued by Chairman Velde of the House Un- learned it didn't last long. American Activities Committee, the first time in history a former presi­ dent has been subpoenaed by a Congressional committee. At the root You'll find here tips on gifts of enduring value for of the controversy was Harry Dexter White, former assistant Secretary adults, too. But especially for kids, buy basic play­ of the Treasury and Director of the International Monetary Fund. Brownell charged that White was a Russian spy and that Mr. Truman things they'll use all year rather than mechanical This five-foot casting rod that telescopes Into a novelties. Often toys adults find clever are too com­ was aware of this when he promoted White to the latter post. handle to a length of just 11 Inches Is a good plicated for a child to understand. If a kid can't 4 4 4 gift for a Seafarer since its weighs only six "^PROGRESS IN KOREA—Hopes for an end to the present truce dead­ understand a toy and it has no play value for him, ounces and can fit into a suitcase. Costs about lock in Korea brightened this week, when American representative he'll absolutely ignore it. * $13.50. Arthur Dean reported that the Communists had backed down on their Among bread-and-butter playthings kids will use demand that India and other Asian neutrals be seated at the forthcom­ graded according to children's ages, with a special ing peace conference. The UN was apparently willing to meet the new all year, are painting materials, building blocks, alphabet set for pre-school children. Sold by some Communist stipulation that these nations sit in as observers, rather than transportation toys, construction toys, simple musical five-and-tens and chain drug stores for 29-39 cents a - participants. Meanwhile, the POW situation became more twisted than instruments like tom-toms and wrist-bells, handi­ set. ever. The Communists, now realizing that they blundered in insisting on the "explanations," seem to be attempting to wreck these sessions craft and simple science tools, housekeeping toys Construction Sets: Most metal construction toys that are fairly large and sturdy, dolls with plenty are too difficult for children younger than eight, in a face-saving effort. of costumes made with easy-to-handle fasteners. even though merchants often try to sell them for 4 4 4 younger kids. But the newer junior plastic con­ FOUR BILLION DEFICIT SEEN—The Administration estimates that Here are some specific playthings recommended struction sets are easier to handle, because the plas­ Uncle Sam will go into the red another $4 billion next year even though by experts: tic tubes of different lengths fit together over knobs, it expects to cut spending by $6 billion. This means that the national rather than with nuts and bolts. These cost about $4. debt limit ceiling, now at $275 billion will have to be raised by act of Construction Blocks: These are a basic plaything, Congress. Interlocking Bricks: Another good new set. for but expensive in wood. You can now buy big blocks 4 4 • 4 children six and up, has small scale-model hollow made of corrugated paper that will take a lot of bricks made of plastic that interlock so the child HOLLYWOOD STARS SHOCK MAYOR, PLEASE ROYALTY—The abuse, at $6 for a set of 12. can build walls. The set has gates, doorways, win­ biggest furcve over Hollywood in recent years arose over the show put Handicraft Materials: Good handicraft items suit­ dows, and other equipment, and the bricks them­ on by top Hollywood stars for the visiting King Paul and Queen Fredselves are scaled in size from real concrete blocks. erika of Greece. Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson described the able as gifts, or for yourself, include: Sets are $2.95 for one of 152 pieces; $4.95 for a 306 show as "filthy, disgusting and obscene." The Los Angeles press took Natural moist clay, piece set. up the cudgels and called the show "smutty" and an "affront to all which becomes dry Gifts for Adults decent-minded persons." Hollywood actor-director Dick Powell, who so it can be modeled emceed the show, quickly came to his own defense. He called the show into different shapes For adults, too, simple, usable gifts have most "sophisticated" and "good, clean-fun." Reached in Texas for comment. and articles without value. Here are tips, particularly on the newer ma­ King Paul called the show "immensely entertaining." Queen Frederika firing, and then can terials: said of the songs of Eartha Kitt, chief target of the critics, "I have be decorated with seldom been more amused." In socks, mercerized lisle gives better wear than poster paints and fancy rayons. In nylon socks, pick those with cotton 4 4 4 shellacked. feet because the new synthetic materials don't ab­ ROBIN HOOD A RED?—A member of the Indiana State Board of Flo-Paque colors, sorb perspiration. If you don't know the size, there Education recommended that all references to Robin Hood, legendary which can be used to are now expansible socks in one size made to stretch. English adventurer and bandit, be stricken from books used in Indiana decorate fabrics, public schools. The board member contended that Robin Hood's ex­ In shirts, solid colors are generally better qualitv china, glass, pottery, ploits were "Communist-inspired" and that his philosophy of "rob the for the same money than fancy patterns. Of the metals, wood, tile, rich and give to the poor" was designed to promote the Communist etc. These colors "synthetic" shirts, dacron most effectively eliminates party line. Reached in England, the present Sheriff of Nottingham cover more area ironing (but costs mosti, orlon still needs some, and asserted that Robin Hood "was no Communist." The board member than paint, dry with­ nylon seems to be least satisfactory. But you can also wished to delete all references to the Quaker (Friends)) religion on in five minutes and still buy two or three good cotton shirts for the the grounds that the faith promoted the interests of Communism price of one orlon or dacron. are waterproof. through its traditional pacifism. Indiana Republican Governor Craig took the matter "under advisement." In sweaters, orlon is stronger than nylon and costs Kelon liquid plas­ tic kits. The liquid less than dacron. while providing much the 4 4 4 This compass combined plastic can be poured same durability and shape-retention as dacron. But with a protractor for UN CENSURES ISRAEL—The United States joined the United King­ into, a mold for the mapmaking as well as dom, France and other UN members in condemning the recent Israeli desired shape and a blend of wool and orlon is often an even better direction finding, is a attack on the Jordan border town of Kibya in which 53 Arabs were allowed to jell; when choice than all-orlon, because the wool in the blend good gift for a youngster. killed. The UN placed blame for the massacre at the door of the cool, it retains its helps eliminate the tendency of synthetics like orlon It costs about $2 at Boy Israeli government and charged that Israel troops, rather than civilians, shape permanently. Scout trading posts. to form little fiber balls and also has more "give." carried out the raid. In nylon sweaters, permanently crimp-set opes are 4 4 4 Flexcraft and RUSSIA AGREES TO TALKS WITH WEST—The Soviet Government Flex-Span kits feature a form of liquid plastic strongest and have softer texture. In wool sweaters, has reversed itself and suddenly agreed to meet with US, British and especially suitable for making costume jewelry. You worsteds give most wear. Avoid cashmere and an­ French representatives to discuss the long-pending problem of a peace form leaves or other outlines with wire, apply gora. They are costly but perishable. treaty for Austria and a settlement of Germany's difficulties. No con­ the liquid plastic, and it bridges over the area formed In women's blouses, orlon or dacron makes a good ditions were placed in the Russian notification, but nobody foresaw by wire with a film which becomes hard. the proposed meeting as promising an easy solution to the whole gift for a working gal because it washes easily and Plastic rainbow beads can be cut with scissors, ^ question. pierced, squashed fiat, pasted, strung without a loom, needs little or no ironing, but has less usefulness » 4 4 4 and used in other ways to make jewelry and other for a housewife who might find a rayon blouse as BOSS, SECRETARY FOUND AFTER 22 YEARS—A Tennessee in­ handicraft items. They're not only more versatile satisfactory. surance man who disappeared 22 years ago and his secretary have than traditional beads, but cost less: 75c. a package, been located in Texas where they set up home and have six children. or $1.25 for a kit of 600 beads. 12 clasps, direction In pipes, an outdoor man like a Seafarer will pre­ The man, Thomas C. Buntin of Nashville, has been living under an booklet and twine. If you can't find these in local fer a small one he can easily pocket, but make sure assumed name in Orange, Texas. He had long been declared legally stores, you can order them from Arts Cooperative the tyalls of the bowl are at least a quarter inch -dead and his first wife has long since remarried and collected on a Service, 340 Amsterdam Ave., New York 24, NY. thick for a cool smoke. Also, the straighter the $50,000 insurance policy. The insurance company is now trying to get Funilture: A good type of children's furniture is grain, the cooler the smoke. mppex Iwck., M.S,,.: I v. t'v-" SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips For Christmas Shopping �PaffcEiffht SEAFARERS SlU Man Reaches Home After Solo Ocean Trip Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski, who crossed the North Atlantic single-handed in a 30-foot schooner, has arrived safely at his parents' home in Kemi, Finland, according to word received from bis friends here. Kivi-'*'" koski got home at the end of been home since he had left Fin­ October, 4'/2 months after he land in 1940. weighed anchor at City Island, Kew York and set out across the ocean in his two-masted ship, the Turquoise. His first landfall was Den Held«r, Holland, where he arrived on Olavi Kivikoski I August 22, 67 days after he left Kew York. After that he traveled fcy slow stages through the Kiel Canal, up past Copenhagen to Goteberg, Sweden. From there, according to his routing, he took the inland route across Sweden on the lakes and canals, so as to keep out of the lower Baltic Sea which is Sovietcontrolled. Once on the Swedish east coast he headed north in the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland to the Kemi River at the head of the Gulf. Fortunately, although it was already midautumn, the area was not yet frozen over and Kivikoski was able to make it home. Kivikoski's arrival touched off quite a local celebration in the small Finnish town. He had hot Fight Seen On MSTS Use For Refugee Lift Coast Guard patrols have been set up to meet and identify all vessels arriving at New York, Charleston, Norfolk, New Orleans and Galveston, as a part of a gen­ eral tightening up of security regu­ lations along the Eastern Seaboard. The Coast Guard in New York has also been pressing the oper­ ators of the various harbor craft to get their Coast Guard port se­ curity checks, and to carry a port security card. This would mean that every operator or crewman of junkboats, barges, water taxis and other harbor craft would have to go through the same sort of se­ curity check that seamen get for validated papers. So far, the Coast Guard has been spot checking harbor craft in New York, and has merely been giving out warnings to those who had no port security cards. The Coast Guard, it explains, is still giving these people time to get the cards, before it cracks down and begins to impose penalties. Meanwhile, this week, the 24hour security patrols were set up outside the five ports. The patrol vessels will approach every vessel coming into port and identify the ship by name, type and registry. In New York, for example, patrol craft have been stationed at Am­ brose Lightship and at City Island —the two entry points for deep sea shipping. In additiqii to identifying the vessel, the Coast Guard patrol crews will also board all vessels that have touched any port in a Communist-controlled country. A complete check of these ships will be made, the Coast Guard said, with Geiger counters. These Geiger counters are indicators which will immediately show the presence of any radio-active material—the ma­ terial that would be present in an atom bomb. A hot fight over a State Depart­ ment proposal to use MSTS vessels for transpoi-ting European refugees to the US is expected to develop, with the US shippmg companies leading the fight against this pro­ posal to further expand Military Sea Transportation Service activi­ ties. The State Department proposal comes right on the heels of a number of proposals by Congress to cut down MSTS activities, and Under the Union constitu­ to stop MSTS competition with tion every member attending privately-owned US-flag tonnage. a Union meeting is entitled to The 1953 Refugee Relief Act calls nominate himself for the for tlrfe transportation of about elected , posts to be filled at 299,000 aliens to the US during the meeting—chairman, read­ the "period ending December 31, ing clerk and recording secre­ 1956. tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meetr The Intergovernmental Commit­ ings by taking these posts of tee for European Migration will service. handle the movement, bub the US will pay most or part of the cost And of course, all members and the act provides that when have the right to take the floor the US pays part of the cost, the and express their opinions on transportation must be by US-flag any officer's report or issue vessels or by US-flag planes "when under discussion. Seafarers available." are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their The State Department has sug­ shipmates know what's on gested that MSTS vessels could be used in addition. i^Q.,priyatel};-Q,wt;ip(L . their mind. US-flag ships, to satisfy the law.' Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetinqs • • • -•c-'SsOSSfSA NoTcnbcr t1, HSi SEA¥CASH BENEFITS Originally, Kivikoski had planned to fly back to New York and ship out again this winter with the SIU. Then next spring he hoped to return to Finland and attempt a single-handed westbound crossing of the North Atlantic. CG Checking All Ships In Key US Ports LOC SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATIOM PLANS REPORT OH BENEFITS PAID FfoHi To No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period I Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period CLSL ^3 i££ WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefit. Maternitv Benefits Vacation Benefits oa oo UVo Total WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 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. 11. 1952 • Total /og OO oo £7 3o * Date Benefits Began WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare s-f Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS IL'UL AS: oo oo Y>/ // ?7? COilMENTl The next examination of the various applicants for acholarahip benefits will take place on Dec*5» 1953* There will be two examination dates in 195^^ for that years scholarship benefitsy which will be JanB9th and March 15th* As of this date, only four people have applied for the scholarships to be given out for 195A* deadline for applications for the 195A scholarship is Feb* 20, 1954-* Those eligible under the plan who have hospital benefits due them on leaving a hospital, must apply for same within 14 days of the date of his discharge* from the hospital* If such application is not^^e,^n hi forfeits the benefits due him. /Vc /S^J Submitted . A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator • • •• and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part -7- Collecting SIU bene­ fits is^e^sy, ^yhether^r^^fpr W disability,of service immediately through your Union's representatives. �•"rfti -;.3 November 27, JLgi^a ,, SEAFARERS IPG Paee Nine UNION TALK Crew Sticks To Stricken Ship By KEITH TERPE - We weare c^fident of an easy SIU victory in the " Atlantic election for many weeks—even before the vgting got iutderway^but the clearest indication on how we stand has come from the other side, frv..ii the frantic actions of the company and the company union. No­ body gets that desperate when he has a winner on the fire. Thus, with all voting due to end December 15, and no apparent reason why the tally of the ballots can't be made right after that, it appears extremely likely that the official notice of our victory in Atlantic will see the light of day by Christmas, as fitting a time as any for such a happy event.- Promptly after that, we intend to go in and get the best contract our people in Atlantic have ever seen. I Desperation Shows Up In Many Ways The desperation of the company and the Atlantic Maritime Em­ ployees Union has shown in many ways, as both are obviously aware that the balloting for the SIU is exceeding their worst expectations. Their empty boasts of 4-1 and even 5-1 victory are crashing down on their heads and they're getting sicker every moment. This is indicated, for example, by their plea for a quick end to tlie balloting, so that many eligible voters unable to make it in time will be denied a' chance to cast their ballots. We had hoped they would not stand in the way and would allow as many men as pos­ sible to vote, but it seems they see defeat all around them and are principally interested now in .holding down the SIU margin. Thus, after all ships had voted we had expected thgre would be a period of several days when eligible men would be able to cast their ballots at the NLRB. office in Philadelphia, so that the maximum turn-out could be achieved, i; Vote Ends December 15 The AMEU felt different about it, however, and whined loud and long imtil this final "catchall, wrap-up" vote was cut down to a few hours on December 15. Yet, unfortunate as this is from the point of view of denying the chance to vote to several dozen Atlantic men, we interpret it as a good sign of opposition weakness. They do not see ariy chance of winning it themselves, so now they are merely concerned with keeping our vote down as much as possible. In addition, there was the case where the AMEU cast a shadow on the integrity of the NLRB itself to throw out one vote, which they recognized as one which would surely go to the SIU. The man in question got down to a ship too late to vote, and when he met the NLRB agent coming out of the gate after polling the ship he pro­ duced identification and asked if he could do it then. The Labor Board man said he saw no reason why he couldn't, gave him a ballot and the tankerman retired to a distance several yards away where he could mark it in secret Afterwards, he returned the folded ballot to the agent, who put it in- an envelope and assured him his ballot would be put in the ballot box when the next ship was voted. . However, since they are unable to trust themselves, AMEU officials saw no reason why they should trust the impartial NLRB agent. They demanded the ballot be thrown out because "no AMEU observer was present." Nothing was lost by this maneuver since the Atlantic man will vote again anyway on another ship, but just how silly can they get? AMEU Tribute For SIU Organizers Perhaps the best tribute our organizing team has gotten in this drive came from the AMEU itself this week, when it moved to have the voting of two ships now running foreign held on arrival hack in the US. Both the Atlantic Exporter and Atlantic Dealer were due to return to Texas, then to vote up north about a week later. We have more than enough solid strength on both ships now to win them easily, but might have picked up several more just by one more shoreside contract by the organizers in the Texas area. •AMEU, howevesr, wouldn't risk it; they must estimate as we do that we've got enough' to beat them right now and they don't want us to pick up anything extra. So they petitioned to have the ships vote down south instead, which will mean the men will vote cold, without any shoreside contact at all. Deciding that, "if the Navy thinks they can sail our ship, then we know that we can do it— and better," the Seafarer-crew of the Atlantic Water. (Metro) voted. 100 percent to stick with their damaged vessel and to "bring her back in true SIU style." .• . K. Puchalski reports that the vessel; which ran agroiind and suggested pumping air into the authorities promptly declared that The air was pumped in, and she was unseaworthy. That's when on the Labrador coast, had her ship. this time the tugs were able to bottom ripped open from her how to her midships house. The crew was told that, if they wanted, they ^ould leave the damaged ship and the Navy would sail her back to Halifax, where she would be thor­ oughly examined. Ship's Meeting Held A special ship's meeting was held, and the crew discussed the offer. The result was that the crew decided, "if the Navy thinks they can sail our ship, then we know we can do it—and better," and the crew voted to stay aboard. How­ ever, they had the captain give them a written statement that the ship would go no further than Halifax until after she was ex­ amined and was seaworthy. The Atlantic Water hit had weather on the way to Goose Bay. Her compass went out. Then the weather cleared, and the captain, who had been on the bridge for two days and nights without sleep, ordered the ship to head for Goose Bay. Instead, she ran on a reef, and radioed for help. An ice-breaker and Army tugs were sent to help her. They tried to pull her off, hut each time they pulled, they just succeeded in rip­ ping open more of her plates. A salvage ship and a Navy salvage expert arrived, and joined in the work. All the salvage ships joined together on the lines, and ripped open some more of the Atlantic Water's bottom—but couldn't get her off the reef. While all this was going on, the weather was getting worse, and 16 inches of snow fell during the later parts of the rescue operation. Freighters Alongside Two freighters were sent alongside the Atlantic Water, and Army longshoremen took off part of her cargo, in an effort to lighten her. While the longshoremen unloaded 800 tons of cargo, the temperature ranged around seven degrees, and the Atlantic Water was covered with over three inches of solid ice. With her cargo lightened, the tugs tried pulling her again—ajid just ripped open more bottom plates. Then an insurance company adjuster arrived, Puchalski reports, Cartoon History OS The SIU With the new contracts, which Isthmian also signed, the A&G District had doubled seamen's wages in the period 1944-1948. All the gains had been made through the militancy and solidarity of the member^ ' »Wp,^ilfe Othdr tudMii sdirtamed ''rtd, tdo."*^ •4 I .-b.' f i ••i pull the ship off the reef. However the time spent on the reef and the early rescue efforts did great damage to the ship. The Atlantic Water then limped into Goose Bay, where the port 'Save USPHS' Drive Gaining Momentum Aboard SIU Ships The Honorable U.S. Senate Chambers Washington, D.C. Dear Congressman: There is now before the House of Representatives a bill, the passage of which would close the Merchant Marine Hospitals. I earnestly solicit your support in defeating this bill which would so adversely affect our great Merchant Marine. In times of stress and particularly, in times of war, the United,States has been served valiantly by our Merchant Marine. It would indeed seem shabby treatment to reduce the care which these mariners need in times of sickness. Yours respectfully. Sample of letter which erewmembers of the Steel Rover and Steel Seafarer had printed and distributed to several SIU ship's crews. The SIU crews of the Steel Rover and Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian) swung into the fight to save the USPHS hospitals anc medical service for seamen, as the two crews mailed about 101 letters of protest to Washing­ 4. ton. in sending an avalanche of protesl* Aboard each of the vessels, to Washington, while the Unior the ci-ews got together on a printed form letter protesting the proposed closing of the USPHS facilities. Each of the men signed copies of the letter and then sent it to the Senators from his home state, and to the Congressmen from his home district. In this way, each of the men was able to register his protest and to add his name to the many thousands of protests pouring in from all over the world. Other Seafarers aboard different ships and on all coasts also joined SiU Leads All The Rest Although the SIU won an election in Cities Service, the company had nine ships it bought after the vote started, exempted. It set up a phony company union. The anti-labor apparatus was in full swing, but the company victory;.' . moved to nullify r , the i g-At)./alT 'tyov I'jjiJnUlc? ubr' VMVpi ' ii the Navy made its kind offer to sail the damaged vessel, and the crew voted to remain aboard. The Army congratulated all the vessels involved, and the crews of all the ships for "a cold and trying task well done." also continued its all-out fight ti save USPHS hospitals and medic.: service for seamen. The Government, in folio win its "economy" program has pre posed stopping all free medicr service for seamen,, and closing th USPHS hospitals which seame. use. The SIU has pledged itse". to fight this move in an all-oo fight, and the membership has bee asked to write to their SenatOi and Congressmen, and to also ha* all their families and friends writ, in protest. Si SIU volunteer organizers were welcomed aboard the nine new Cities Service ships by the underpaid crews. SIU literature was read eagerly by the men. the new ^ps also voted. The NLRB vote went SIU by 89 percent, despite,efforts by the company. i «^'aaUj.". t't il li ivA-c-O 11 �Pace Ten SEAFARERS LOG J5S November 27, 19_ PtPORTS. .QRT'JRf opening day got their limit, wh:» is four ducks and five geese a d Around the hall right now brother Kenny Lewis, who usua^ sails out of tl port as a bosi Lewis has be, , Shipping in this port is still good Boston: . Shipping has been very gooc® W'ord for shipMighty fine i®" r.,J fork all rates and should be preltynah, and we don't ping in Savan"^ despite some layups. We don't since 1938 a fair during the next two week.s. ing preparation. We mean the pudding know quite what to look for with makes his hoi Ships paying off were the Yiontinue along those in Mobile. Hi>"ng expect it will ce's the holidays coming up, but it is America and Kyska (Waterntime to come. The married and lines for some he usually fine around this time of with both vessels signing on aj. father of six ch»®j"* the year. weather is fine Shipping is fair in the Port of In-transit vessels were the Sei^" dren. 'vicspeckled trout Ships paying off were the Arick- Boston. We expect it to hold its tor (Bournemouth); Bienville, 'J®'"® "^ting. Brother LcvTopa Lewis Topa, Schuyler Otis Bland, Ciine of- Drytrans, is an ardeitrus The Catheri, j aree (US Petroleum); North Platte own over the coming period. Ships paying off during the past Packer and Gateway City (W^ger and the John hunter himself and was probab'torColonial's Seatijj, Victory, twice (Mississippi); Eu­ Paul Jones of,:n genie (Ore); Seamonitor (Excel­ two weeks were the W. E. Downing man); Western Rancher (Wes American Water- out after the quack quacks whttorn (State Fuel); Ma­ Navigation); Marymar and Seaiuring the last pe- the season opened. His last shimaf ways paid off rina (Bull); Gov­ (Calmar); Alcoa Pegasus (Ale" were the North- was the Alcoa Clipper where Doa); riod. Signing o,g sior); Purplestar (Traders) and ernment Camp Amerocean (Blackchester); S (Victory Carriers) was bosun for about two yeapteel western Victory^ Madaket (Waterman). Ships sigh­ (Cities Service); Vendor (Isthmian); Magnolia pr. In transit ships He also worked awhile on the Afarand the SeatigtjJ ing on were the Madaket and City of Alma (Waterman). In transit Queenstdn iner (Mississippi); Badger Marcr Mariner (South coa shore gang. At the preseiiner were the Badgi^ (S e a- (South Atlantic); Paoli (C^ Advocate (Isth- time he is ready to ship out agaJties Heights Atlantic): Steely was Waterman's Fairport. trade), and Mon- Service), and Santa VenDoncaster (Seas); as those six bambinos keep hijetia Overtime Dispute mian); Robin t e b e 110 Hills (Elam). and Savannah on the move. Seatrains New T The chief mate of the Madaket, (Western Tank­ Clean Payoffs I the Queenston (Seatrain), and Percy E. Troup, is almost due for Although most of his childrs ers). All four Heights (Seatrac" a vacation. This character okayed Our payoffs, just as were are grown and were born befor the '6 ships signed on DemasI preceding ones, were nice right now in- the SIU Maternity Plan went intend Men on the b all the overtime on the crew's over­ again. clean. The delegates on both t', W. D. Crawford, effect, Lewis thinks that it is on the elude A. H. Smit time sheets, but when he typed Ships in transit were the Steel A. Ellis, of the greatest advantages mad'ska J. W. Floyd, H. Cg up the company overtime sheets Architect (Isthmian); Azalea City, Young America and the KY®tphin, W. J. Thompson^ for the payroll each member of the were on the ball. They did ' "?• Spivey. available to Seafarers by the Uniorone Antinous, Fairland, Chickasaw and The boys in th<' deck department was short from Afoundria (Waterman), Robin thing which other delegates she hospital now are Cal Tanner Joe Farrow, Jo 5-35 hours. It took four hours to bear in mind. Turn your re/h" VT l Mobile Port Agent Wentley (Seas) and the Michael teral, C. Kent, square this away. Some of the (Carras). lists in to the department Gardner, L. Lov( boys think he needs a vacation. as the trip goes along and w^v®^™ , The Montcbello Hills was laid Denmark, S Kil] Galveston: tart ^ 'J/-, The Seamonitor laid up in Se up in Japan and the crew fiew to you hit your last port and F. y. Byckner, lain attle and the day of payoff was a Boston to be paid off. They came for home, give them the list ag*^" H. C. Kent. on so that they can start working said affair. The majority of the Jeff ] ship's personnel had been together in two groups, one paying off on it before you hit the States. Morrison Savan for more than 18 months running Saturday and the other on Sunday. Some of -the crew aiid sev<'"®^ Agent sral Lobster Contest from the West Coast to the Far rica officers aboard the Young AineiiShipping has picked up quite jnts All the New England states are were fined by the Customs Ag« East. There was hardly ever any Mobffe; 's trouble on this ship and it always having a lobster contest to see bit in the past two weeks and wfesshere for possi expect it to maintain those lineired was a pleasure to go aboard. The which state has the largest, tenfor awhile. jyg. Seamonitor has a reputation of derest and most contented lobster. having been the cleanest ship They say a person can tell a Massa­ Paying off were the Margaretiere Brown, Genevieve Peterkin anc on afioat. with the least beefs, in the chusetts lobster is contented by the the law and e port for the last Neva West of Bloomfield and SoutlibeShipping in tin Far East for 18 months. We want smile he wears on his face. to thank the crew for a fine job. J. • McPhee, the fellow who lieve in applj^as all right, with Atlantic's Southwind. The South-'ing couple of weeks " wind signed on again. Ships inare Around the hall right now and rescued F. O'Connor on the Trinity it. " So if you approximately 1^ trying out the Seattle air is Robert is still waiting to sail. A. Trotman, going to pay !0 men shipped to transit were the Sweetwater off in this port, johs and about 60 (Metro Petro); Seatrains Georgia, be regular offshore Air, if you'll par­ F. Demasi and his side kick, J. don the pun. He sure to list various relief jobs Louisiana and Texas (Seatrain); all Thomas, are also on the beach. men shipped to ; Del Alba and Del Campo (Missis-iirs joined the SIU your souvene harbor, In Hospital in and around tl sippi); Golden City, Wacosta, Maid-lue in 1950 at the or you may be cussing a b,ff i^elude the AlMen in the marine hospital who Ships paying ( height of the Pointer, Clip- en Creek and Azalea City (Water­ are wating to hear from some of streak the next day. coa Patriot, Pola' Cities Service Among the oldtimers enjoy(AIcoa); Claiborne, man); Lone Jack, Bents Fort anding their shipmates include R. Rogers, per and Roamer ' campaign. He the sunshine and smog out honarch of the Seas Cantigny (Cities Service); Edithgre Warhawk and was ship's organ­ J. E. Crowley, F. Mackey and T. are Clyde C. Brown, Edwi Mary Adams of (Bull), and Steel Executive (Isth-ard Mastaler. (Waterman), and mian). izer on the Brad­ One of the word's largest food "Red" Lane, Joe Penner and Bloomffeld. ford Island and distributing centers, the South H. Howland. Guy Whitehurstre the /Jcoa ships Men on the beach now include Is Signing on wei the Government A. Auers, George Bales, J. Relllyndon the beach with them prete^^ (,£ ^he Cavalier with the excepti( Camp, serving Boston Terminal Market, sponsored ing he is trying to ship, which ^,50 signing on T. Wallace, T. Lyons, E. Degan, F.reby the New Haven Railroad, was and the Clipper, for ten months in those posts. the ships Pence, E. Crowell, B. Lafoon and to formally dedicated last week in the minds me of something he said^i^ was the Warhav Air jiist got off the City of presence of more than 1,000 guests. me the other day. He feels articles, except John Byrd. Some of the boys iithe are on continuoi Alma from a two-and-one-half the marine hospital would like to to for the Mary j month trip to the Far East. He's The 190-acre, $50 million develop­ policy of membership control as^dams. In-transit hear from the men on the beachiu numbers as practised in the Schickasaw and De ment will make possible a total ships were the ( now waiting to ship back in that jjdith and Bing- and ships. Those in the hospitatnd Soto (Waterman) direction. He is 27 years old and annual saving of about $4 million has paid off several times over is still paying off. Even thou and isthmian's include A. Beauchamp, H. Forbesjgh in the cost of handling food, ac­ hamton (Bull), L. Brunson, H. Liles, C. Lynsky, H. a single, and says he is not antici­ cording to a' US Department of our treasury could have stood Steel Architect. pating matrimony in the near Trahan, C. Barboza, O. Morgan, J.:ay boost In years past, and one v, ,... A few of the future. That is, unless the love Commerce estimate. It is located was to admit more members, t Dupre, W. Getty, R. Puekett, W.he in downtown Boston and will re­ beach here now i bug gets him. Bargone, G. Gonzales, C. Young,IdUnion did the right thing by lieve traffic congestion near the F. Palmer, L. : J. Markopolo and J. E. Strymo. of A couple of brothers in the hos­ hall. J. Henderson, J. Keith Alsop pital who would appreciate hear­ James Sheehan A. Nelson, B. \ Galveston Port Agent ing from some of their shipmates, Boston Port Agent K. Lewis, L. Rus •we In the local medical drydock Steers and W. D. C. Palmer, C. P have Isaac Hancock who, aft Johns. g seven months on the Korean shi . „ Vote G( tie, fell or slipped on the do""® All hands an I here while loading ships stoi® aniazed at the speed and glad | and broke his4eg rather badly ^be progress of in the Atlantic Re Jeff Gillette. Agent Also readmittb"'"S vote which SIU, A&G District ®d EUiott 4334 FORT WILLIAM.... 118>A Syndicate Ave. several places. 180S-1811 N. Franklin St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 to ..the hospital and receivi' Ptaoe for some BALTIMORE has been takini TAMPA 14 North Gay St."S Itiiy White, Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. time now. At t WiLRMINGTON, CaUf - • SOS Marine Ave. Ontario Phone: 5591 benefits is Edward Pritchard. ]bis writing about B?,^^TON .... John Arabasz. Agent Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. is on the special disability list ai bave been polled James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-014(ind half of the men^ UEADQUARTEBS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. EMpire 4-5719 aos'/z 23rd St^a and the unofficL SECRETARY-TREASUBEB VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. although he has not been to s®t reports show a GALVESTON Phone 2-8448.„ Paul Hall Empire 4531 since 1951 he receives all Si"ty for the SIU. Keith Alsop. Agent substantial majd LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan StlU ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. if,roy,Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 Robert Matthews ' Joe Algina benefits. ' these ships are However, some \ Pacific 7824 MIAML Dolphin Hotel Joe Volpian SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. T, . , J . , , and it will be running foreign Claude Simmons Miami 9-4791idPhone 0340 William Hall Everybody around town inclu. . j ^ MOBILE .... 1 South Lawrence St, BAGOTVILLE. Quebee 20 Elgin St. sometime befon Pl'one 2-175408 ing the mayor is complainif Phone: 545 SUP vote. THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. about the smog. All that is jii Eerw&-Agent « 'Bt CAnal 7-3202 16 Merchant St. The duck seas HONOLULU 113 Cote De La Montague talk to the boys who came <iovO" opened in Mo- NEW YORK Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC 675 iVh^Tvy.'. &T" Phone: 2-7078 bile last week an PORTLAND....... 522 N. W. Everett St. SAINTQuebec '"oports JOHN 177 Prince William St. from Seattle where it rains enour Beacon 4336 NORFOLK 127yi1w"B® nV®Stfll NB Phone; 2-5232 to raise rice but is so cold it w®®""® ^ ® '"ornwe have been h' RICHMOND. CALIF.. 2.57 Sth St. Phone 2509 ing, everybody w SAN FRANCISCO:.. freeze it in the beds. They'll t(bo was able to lift 33,^feeV''ltil 450 Harrison St. Great Lakes District . Douglas 2-8363 a gun was out i you they don't care what tl'^^®'" them yester- PORT AS^Hur.'. 4Mth;'®s't'^® 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Don HUton, Rep. Phone MMPe day. When the SEATTLE Phone: 1238W mayor thinks about the air her ttme caine for SAN Main 6090 FRA.NCISCO 450 Harris^ist Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY; 180 Main St. They think air in itself is wonde^®®"' which \ya8 V. Banning, opening the se. WILMINGTON ..........509 Agent. Douglas 2-5475^- Thone: Cleveland 7391 Terminal 4-3181 Breithoff. West Coast Representativciir exactly at nooii, NEW YORK..... 679 4th CLEVELAND..:...734 Lakeside Ave.. NE ful. They tall irie that, you gro sounded like Marty PUWTA de TIEBBA. PR..Pelayo 51-L. . : : . . : 1 Phone; Main 1-0147 a miniature wiar in the bays DETROIT... 1038 3rd St. 'wfeb-feet It you stay up there b . .Canadian District , . Headquarters Phone: Waodward'^ 1-6657 long." there are an and bayous. Un] St. awful lot of liai JfONTRBAL...... .6*4 St. James. ^abasi PLateau s9mB cmcAco..iJ. mL" ' I# A.., tba y'i;'«iiab^ft''%' Savannah: Ich Seattle: ay. is iiy SjMckled Grew Bids Tearful Shipping t Geedby Te Seamoiiiter are C. E. Owens and L. Dwyer. Wilmington: Drop them a line if you get a chance. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Heads Up Dele^ioiTroal And Make For No DdofsFino In Ga. Long Distance Payoff For Monlobollo Hills » t s. S Boost In Shipping For Galveslon Hali '£L Duck Seasf Top Items t '"LiT "" d»n, Voting Alabama J Wre,i Mi Ms MMMJK JSi V Jl %0JK' M raaii �•;'•> . Pasre Eleveii . SEAFARERS,LOG November 27, 1953 m m m-m -m .., PORT REPORTS which had paid off and signed on (Waterman); Margaret - Brown Philadelphia: in other ports. They merely carne (Bloomfield); Southern States and in to fop off cargo and so stayed a Southern Cities (Southern); and short time in port, making it im­ Bull's Binghamton Victory. possible to get repairs done. These Lindsey Williams things should be reported to trffiNew Orleans Port Agent $• We have dug'ourselves out from cials in the payoff port and every Although shipping took a tempo­ under our first snowfall and are effort should be made to get them rary drop here since the last pe­ Son Francisco: taken care of before signing arti­ back to business as usual. riod, we have to report that it is cles for another voyage. still good as there are as many Paying off were the Cantigny Crews Fly In perrnitmen shipping as bookmen. (Cities Service); Steel Vendor Bookmen are still hanging around (Isthmian); Albion (Drytrans); We have had several tanker for the holidays and perrnitmen Western Trader (West.Nav.); Dor­ crews flown in from foreign ports Shipping for the past two weeks othy (Bull); and Portmar (Calmar). for payoff in recent weeks, the are having it pretty good in com­ peting for the jobs. Quite a few of has been pretty steady and the We shipped a full crew aboard the iatest being the Camas Meadows the brothers, are also talking up men are shipping at a fairly even Badger Mariner (South Atlantic). (US Petroleum). In some instances the opening of the fair grounds pace. Future shipping looks to be This is the second new Mariner to the company has tried to force the race track Thanksgiving Day and about the same as it is at the crew In this port. crew to pay off in these foreign the SIU membership should be present time, with everyone stay­ In-transit ships were the Bien­ countries without anyone to repre­ well represented there during the ing happy. ville, Chickasaw, Yaka, Afoundria, sent them in any manner; Do not meet. Paying off were the Longview Lafayette and DeSoto (Waterman); do this under any circumstances. Last meeting had a record ciwwd Victory (Victory Carriers); Sea- Robin Locksley and Robin Ketter­ You can demand to be brought of bookmen in the hall as the crew cliff ( Go r a 1); ing (Seas); Ines and Elizabeth back to the area in which the ves­ was laid off the Frederic Collins Compass (Com­ (Bull) and Cantigny (Cities Serv­ sel signed articles before being (Drytrans) and the Del Mar (Mis­ paid off, and you are entitled to pass), and Holy- ice). sissippi), and they are awaiting the full pay until they get you back. star (Interconti­ The voting of the Atlantic fleet re-shipping of these crews. Both nental). Signing is progressing rapidly and we are Claude Simmons ships should be crewed up before on were the Coe hopeful of a quick victory. The Asst. Sec.-Treas. the end of the week and the out­ Victory and men are marching right up to the J. t 4> . look of the coming two weeks is Longview Victory ballot box and voting SIU—^all the good with at least seven scheduled (Victory Carri­ way. Lake Charles: pajroffs due in here that will go ers); Citrus Pack­ Steve Cardullo out again, er (Waterman); Philadelphia Port Agent King and the Sea Cliff. Paul Boudreaux, John Doyle, t In-transit vessels were the Coeur Cyril Henning and Ralph Piehet of the Mississippi Shipping Co. Line D'Alene Victory and Coe Victory New York: —SIU shore gang (Victory Carriers); General Patton Things are running along exhibited their (National Waterways); Massmar smoothly here in our beautiful lit­ spirit of Union and Marymar (Calmar); and Bien­ tle city, although shipping has interest by volun­ ville (Waterman). been a bit on the slow side these tarily appearing Talks On Union past two weeks. We have had some Shipping is still below normal in the hospital to The Hospital patrolman has had although there has been a steady jobs, but we are overloaded with contribute blood a lot of thanks sent through him overturn on the ships that have men in some ratings and do not to our blood to the SIU for the movie shown been advise anyone to come down this arriving. bank. They were in the USPHS hospital here, not way. Paying off were the Beatrice and accompanied by only from the seamen, but from Rosario (Bull); Chiwawa, Bents Calling in this area during the Chester Coumas, other patients as well. M. PapaBoudreaux past two weeks were the Salem Fort, Salem Maritime, Winter Hill of the Del Alba Maritime (twice), Logans Fort, (Mississippi), who also contributed. dakis spoke briefly on the history and Logans Fort (Cities Service); Winter Hill, Abiqua, Government Northwestern Victory (Victory of the Union and its various beefs, Lawrence Mays and Andrew Camp, Bradford Island and Fort Gindel lately of the Catahoula while Tom Banning spoke on mem­ Carriers); Steel Architect and Steel Hoskins (Cities Service). The ValVoyager (Isthmian); Azalea City bership cooperation offered the (Natl. Navigation), are some of the Chem of Valentine came in over in new members in the hospital here officials in their new setup on the (Waterman); Trinity (Carras); Val Orange, Texas, and the Del Alba Chem (Valentine Oil); Robin Sher­ coast. in New Orleans. They were in­ Around on the beach at this time wood and Robin Wentley (Seas), (Mississippi) arrived in Port Ar­ volved in an automobile accident thur. All the vessels had some jobs and both are making satisfactory, is George King, who joined the and Catahoula (National Naviga­ for the boys, keeping everybody tion). Union in 1943. He participated in progress. Bill Swilley is undergoing Signing on were the Robin Don- happy. treatment for a back ailment and all the strikes and was chairman caster and Robin Kettering (Seas); For some time now we have had is joined by Junior Pullen in say­ of the Isthmian Strike Committee, also a strike committee member Lafayette (Waterman); Northwestr. the pleasure of playing host to John ing hello to friends. em Victory (Victory Carriers); "Blackie" Bliz­ in"1946 in New Orleans. Organize Ontfit Trinity (Carras); Steel Age and zard, who was one The, first ship King sailed for . Bill Butts, SIU member and now Hoosier Mariner (Isthmian). of -the boys to the SIU was the Lafayette to apecial representative on the or­ switch to the SIU . In-Transiis North Africa. His most recent ship ganizational staff of the NO Build­ in the successful In-transit ships were the Alcoa ing and Construction Trades Coim- was the Seanan, which he got off Cities Service in Japan fo be hospitalized. He's Ranger (Alcoa); Frances, Beatrice cil, reported that the Teamsters, drive in 1950. married and lives in New Orleans. and Kathryn (Bull); Iberville, Fairwith the aid . of the Council, "Blackie" sails in On the beach now are oldtimers land and Antinous (Waterman); knocked off a very non-union out­ the deck depart­ J. R. Wing, A. C. Lutey, J. H. Lone Jack and Abiqua (Cities Serv­ fit last week. The company is in ment, although the mixed concrete and building Childs and A. F. Smith. Men in ice); Seatrains Savannah, Georgia, he can ship as an the marine hospital include A. J. Texas, Louisiana and New York Bllxzard material business and was a thorn FWT when he in the side of the Teamsters when EUingsen,^. A. Burns, A; E. Allan, (Seatrain); Steel Flyer, Steel Re­ wants to. He says he prefers the Ho Yee Choe, O. Gustavsen, Peter corder, Steel Apprentice and Steel they recently struck the other com­ Smith, W. Timmerman, R. R. Voyager (Isthmian); Pennmar and deck because it is cooler there and panies for a better contract. White, W. T. Center and I. J. Per- Yorkmar (Calmar); Robin Ketter­ he can always find some guys to This outfit, Montague Materials jaw with while working. ? ing and Robin Kirk (Seas). reira. Company, located on the airline Leroy Clarke We have had several ships come Tom Banning highway, one of the two main high­ Lake Charles Port Agent in with repair and stores beefs San Francisco Port Agent ways entea'ing New Orleans, was so non-union that it advertised itself with a lai'ge sign on the top of the building that read, "Montague Was Never Un-Faif But Now NonUnion." This sign has been on top of the building for over two years for all to see when entering New Shipping Figures November 4 To November 18 Orleans. But when the chips were SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. TOTAL SHIP. REG. REG. down it changed its tune and after DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK a two-day tie-up signed a full PORT / 20 6 8 6 75 18 26 union contract with the Teamsters Boston 31 and otb or trades involved. 249 65 84 100 428 136 133 New York 159 Ships.Paying Off 81 23 23 35 73 11 22 40 Philadelphia . Ships paying off were the Del 54 197 67 76 334 118 68 128 Baltimore ... Viento and Del Mar (Mississippi); 11 4 5 2 23 . 6 .10 7 Norfolk De Soto (Waterman), and the Fred­ 85 15 32 38 65 16 eric C. Collins 'of Drytrans. Thd 15 84 Savannah .... Del Alba of Mississippi and Bloom. 11 2 5 4 45 16 11 18 Tampa ..... field's Margaret Brown- signed on. 118 37 34 47 111 39 30 42 Mobile Ships in transit were the Alcoas 181 60 64 57 326 112 91,^ 123 >•••••••( New • Orleans Corsair, Pioneer, Patriot, Cavalier 117 36 29 52 106 . 37 47 22 and Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Age, Galveston,'... Steel Executive and Steel Advo^ 26 89 41 22 . 118 37 33 48 S.aattle cate (Isthmian); Del Alba (Missis­ 15852 55 51 . 166 45 67 ..54San lYaiiciSco sippi); -Seatrains New York and 64 . 22 :C 23 19 30 33 Savannah (Seatrain); Monarch of >' .Wilmington the, Seas, GatewaF»€aty,4iSigibome, : Mai^m^saAlK-NVi^ ~ New Orleans: Snowfall, Alianlic Vote Top Phiily Hews BookniMt^n Beach . For Holidays Period Hospital Fallenis Like Union Movies Shipping On Slow Bell In Louisiana Port Payoffs, Repairs Gkief Topics Of OlscussioB > • • •. t a • t a * • I t I • * • • • I V-'r"*' \*^.li.4/t'-y.. • • a-.n ""sii-.. Baltimore: Ore, Oalmar Vessels Keep Port Hopping Shipping in the. past two weeks , has been a little on the slow bell, but we expect it to pick up, with the Orion Star (Oil Carriers) tak­ ing on a full crew soon. We also have Ore ships booked for every day of the coming week, plus a few Calmar ships in for payoff. With the holidays coming up, the turn­ over is expected to be good as it is around all holida.ys, and prospects look good for bookmen. Ships paying off in the past pe­ riod included the Trojan Seaman (Troy); Steelore, Baltore, Oremar, Marore and Cubore (Orel; Robin Kettering (Seas);. John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Alston Evelyn, Mae and Hilton (Bull); and the Steel Re­ corder (Isthmian). 15 Ships Sign On Sign-ons were conducted on the Cantigny (Cities Service); Steelore, Baltore, Oremar, and Cubore (Ore); Evelyn and Mae (Bull); Petrolite (Tanker Sag), and the Trojan Seaman, John B. Waterman and Steel Recorder. Ships in transit were the Ines, Arlyn and Elizabeth (Bull); De Soto, Iberville and Azalea City (Waterman); Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Bradford Island (City- Service); . Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Architect and Steel Flyer (Isthmian), and the Robin Kettering (Seas). We ai'e glad to report at this time that the Ore Line is begin­ ning to take the Sea Chest aboard . its ships. If the men who make these scows keep insisting on Sea Chest gear, we are sure that be­ fore very long all the Ore vessels will carry Sea Chest stores. As far as the election in Atlan­ tic IS concerned, things seem to be in great shape for the SIU. It sure • looks like another win for a Union which has never lost. We're half­ way through with polling the ships, and, from unofficial reports, it seems and looks as if the SIU is sweeping to victory. The port is in fine shape at this time and the "gashounds" seem to have left our port for parts un­ known. They know thajt they're not wanted around here. In Hospital There are many brothers in the marine hospital who would like to get a few lines from their ship­ mates oh the outside. In the Bal­ timore hospital are Frank Pasquali, Thaddeus Laboda, Lloyd J. Thomas, Carl S. Fleming, Milton Habrat, Frank Conforto, Earl T. Erickson, Earl McKendree, Robert Lambert, James Penswick, Percy L. Harrelson, William Mays, Alex ]presnill, Jessie A. Clarke, William Gallaway, William Mcllveen and Jeff Davis. Some of the oldtimers we have around on the beach now are Mike Dembrowski, Leo Garadedian, Fred Pittman, Roy Alston, Roy Poston, "Streamline" .Tomlinson and Andy Reasko. Speaking of Alston, he's one of the best chief cooks and bakers in the SIU. He's been a member since 1947 and has always done a wonderful job aboard every ship " he's jailed. He thinks the SIU is tops in the labor field and the most, progressive Union in existence. He wouldn't trade his book for anything in the wgrld. , Eerl Shepnard • �.^..t, ;> ;.*-r. .. -.^ir V«f« Twcir* • 5gJF jHB«^ 'irifVAi^W X7;^M8t IN THE WAKE PETER PATRICK, Steward practically unknown In Europe un­ til quite recently and which any Peter Patrick is one steward aboard a dredge in Delaware. He European sailor in foreign waters who can really boast about the worked for a few months, and then would be unable to Identify. Question: What kind of facilities food that he puts out aboard ship, took a trip im a WSA ship. "While ^ would you like to sec on the ship and he's got the entire crew and I was on that ship," he says, "I officers of his last ship to back heard some of the guys in the crew of the future? The most powerful blow which him up on any boasting that he talking about the SlU, so when the • can be delivered by any living trip was over, I looked into the cares to do. Joseph Negron, MM: I would thing, is the flip of a whale's tail Union. I was ifortunate enough to Although Pete is a comparatively ... A snail can walk on one foot like to see every ship, coastwise or be able to make a trip right away quiet man, who Isn't given to not, have tele­ without lifting it from the ground, » " .Iboasting, the crew of the Camas on an SIU ship, and J've been sail­ and a. snail is ^ble to crawl over vision, if possible, Meadows (US Petroleum) has ing SIU ever since then." in the future. the edge of a sharp razor blade Union Activity shown its appreciation of his food Also, air condi­ without cutting itself . , , Contrary in the solid form of a silver service. But Pete hasn't been sailing and to all circumstantial evidence, a tioning is a must Pete, who started sailing back enjoying SIU conditions without fish has almost no odor. What we for the future; in 1945 with the SIU, took the doing anything to help his Union. smell is the oil secreted in the fish's It's no picnic Camas Meadows 13 months ago, as Pete was active on the picket lines scales, to help it glide more easily now in the Per­ the first tanker that he had ever during the Isthmian strike, and has sian Gulf and through the water. sailed. Taking her as chief steward, also been active in several other ' The smallest of all known fish other places, and Pete made the 13-month trip on beefs that the Union has had in it sure doesn't is the pandaka pygmea, found near ther Persian Gulf-Mediterranean the New York area. Since he the Philippine Islands, which meas­ figure to get any cooler there, makes his home in Orange, New run. ures 7/16 of an inch and has if if Jersey, he ships out of New York Liked Chow 13 Months transparent body . .. The gurnard Adolph De Marco, OS: It would almost all the time. The Persian Gulf can get awfully is a fish with hands, feet, wings be nice If every ship bad a base­ Before making this last trip on hot, and a 13-month shuttle can and skids, but the lanceiet fish ball team with doesn't even have a brain . . . De­ complete outfits, get pretty monotonous. In most the Camas Meadows, Pete was al­ spite all the interesting facts dis-. movies for the cases, after the first few months, ways a freighter man. "I used to covered about the denizens of the crew and a swim­ the food all starts to taste the same sail Robin Lines and Waterman deep, no living man has yet been ming pool. It —no matter how well it's cooked. ships most of the time," he says, able to find out whether or not also would be But not on the Camas Meadows. "because-1 liked the ships, and I fish ever die of old age, and if welcome to have In fact, whra the ship paid off liked the crews on those ships. I i. t, they sleep. a water-cooling after 13 long months, the crew and also liked freighters, but figured system for the officers got together and presented I'd take a chance and take a tanker The seductive mermaid, found In 4 4 showers In hot Pete with a complete silver serv­ this last time out." romantic stories and in the vivid Next time you order baked oys­ In addition to the food that he regions, as well ice for 12 In appreciation of -the Imaginations of lonely seamen long ters in a restaurant, don't waste ago, crops up again and again in tall time looking for a pearl. Not only as a cold drink vending machine food and the menus they enjoyed served on the. Camas Meadow, P.ete all during the trip. also enjoyed a great deal of popu­ tales—and this probably was because any possible pearls have for the tropics. larity with the crew. When the Pete's comment about all of this started by sailors to amaze and been spoiled by the heat of cook­ » ^ * amuise their friends after return­ ing, but because no valuable pearl Angel Reyes, BR Utllityi First of was Just, "Well, my chief co'ok was ship's delegate got off the ship in ing home from long voyages. How­ is ever found in an edible oyster. all I'd like to see an atomic-pow­ H. Rogan, and he was tops. With­ the Mediterranean, the crew asked ^ out him, the food wouldn't have Pete to serve as acting ship's dele- * ever, even Henry Hudson, as late Pearls produced by clams, by oys­ ered ship, then been nearly as good as it was. He gate on the trip back to the States, as 1608, reported that two of his ters and other mollusks, usually re­ runs would be is a great cook, and was ready to in spite of the fact that he was a sailors, on a voyage from Spitz- semble the shells on which they shortened c o ndepartment head. cooperate whenever he could." bergen to Nova Zembla, spied a are growing and where they are siderably. The When the Camas Meadows aiv Pete is 24 and single — but he mermaid, which swam up to the found, and the oysters which We best thing to rived back in the States, she ar­ doesn't expect to remain a bach­ vessel and started at the men in­ eat are found in shells which lack have aboard a rived with only 25 hours disputed elor for long. "I've got a wonder­ ship is a tele­ tently before she swam away. glowing, rainbow-like shells. overtime — after a 13-month trip. ful girl," he says, "and I hope to The captain of yet another ves­ Consequently, any pearl grow­ vision set. With There were no other beefs on, the get married around the beginning sel—an Englishman this time, ing in an edible oyster would prob­ the TV there is ship, and it was a really clean pay­ of this coming year." no need for a claims to have seen a mermaid in ably be dull, lustreless and com­ After that, well Pete, says, "I off. Pete's only comment was, "we St. John's harbor, Newfoundland. pletely lacking in value, even movie camera figure that I'll keep sailing for a had one or two performers on the . Unflattering as it seems, poor eye­ though they are geniune pearls, and it is the best thing lor spare few more years, and then I'll have ship when we left the States, but sight and hasty, observation may which have developed in exactly moments. enough money saved so that I'll be they got off the ship within a <t it .t ' have resulted in calling a mermaid the same manner as a fabulously able to go into business for myself. couple of months. After that, we Frank Pugllsi, AB: Top priority what was, actually a walrus, a valuable pearl. "As all the guys on the Camas had a top crew, and we had a great dugong or a seacow. When seeu at The freshwater mollusk, how­ should be given to air conditioning Meadow used to say, 'we've got one trip. When we got back to the pay­ the ships. It is fine Union,' and with the payoffs off, after 13 months, I still had my a distance, these creatures have a ever, which produces, beqptiful, of great necessity that we're getting under the' SIU entire original stewards depart­ human shape. valuable pearls, is edible, but only In hot weather. contracts, I'll be able to save up ment, except for one man who had * ^his seems particularly likely in as a last resort, since they are However, I don't enough money in a few years." to get off in France because he the case of the seal, another hu­ tough and don't taste particularly think American Pete started out by working was sick." man-appearing animal, which was good. ships heed much Improvement be­ cause" the living conditions aboard them are the the tops in mari­ Pres. Jackson's 29. High: Abhr. DOWN ACROSS The United States Senate, by .a US for the "air war," and declared nickname 32. Single The Seven—, 1. Over the— time. All we need is air condi­ vote of 85 to 5, voted for the estab- that, "Germany will lay down its 34. Del— Equipment 16. club in Glaa- 2. Britain's for­ tioning. (Mississippi) lisjiment of an International organ­ firms only five minutes after vic­ cow eign secretary 20. Father 35. Short hit s. A great union 3. AU: German tf if i^ ization that "might become a new tory" . . . Churchill told the House 21. Oidtime 36. Dam In Canal warship Zone 8. It's north of C. p. "Slim" Thompson, AB: I'd League of Nations," and also voted of Commons that British liaison 4. Look at 22. Pert below 38. Breakfast food Jamaica 5. Buy from for postwar collaboration for peace. officers were operating with guer­ like to see the Seafarer get every­ Sydney 39. Price 12. On the beach union ones 40. On 23. Weep Senators Wheeler, Langer, Rey­ rillas in Albania ... The SIU thing in the way 13. A long time 24. Good place to 41. SaUed 6. SmaU bit nolds, Johnston ind Shipstead fought for demands that torpedoed of facilities in anchor N. African 42. Wise man 14. 7. One: French 25. Chew up 43. Heap port ships of the fu­ voted against the resolution . . . seamen continue to get'wages and 8. It's in Canal 26. Pronoun 44. Gulf near Zone 15. TcU your subsistence until they were re­ At Rabaul, the Japanese lost three ture. Most of all 27. Pipe joint Socotra 9. Russian moun­ troubles to 46. Writing tablet 28. Elevated patriated and paid off . . . The destroyers, eight merchant ships tains think every him raUways 47. Distress caU 19. Clear heat of Nazis flooded coastal areas on the ;50;000 tons) and three coastal vesship should have 17. Placed water (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) 18. Compass aels. Two cruisers, five other mer­ Gulf of Gaeta Jn Italy to stall the one foc'sle for 10 II 1 2 39 bearing chant ships and two tankers were advance of the US Fifth Army .' each watch and 19. Europe relief also'damaged in the air raids . . . An unidentified plane flew dvcr each watch agency lis 12 The SIU's rank-and-file credentials the "Vatican and dropped four 20. SmaU truck should have its 81. Cheer committee made its report on the bombs. The Allies immediately de­ 16 15 own shower. Men 22. Crew member candidates for Union office In the nied a German claim that it was Good way to 23. off watch are awakened too often wake up 18 regular Union-wide elections . . . an Allied plane. " because of overcrowding. 27. Ceylon export Moscow announced the capture of Gouge out if if'i^ 30. if if if I2l 31. The Sim Fastov, a rail Junction southwest Despite floods, heavy rain and Michael Dillon, AB: I believe 32. Unpleasant place 26 27 26 29 23 24 25 that in the ship'of the future each of .Kiev . . . Heavy fighting took extremely muddy terrain, the US S3. StIU member will jplace at New Guinea, and severe Eighth Army crossed the River 34. Stockiest |3L 1^ 36. Zernial, of have his own losses were reported 1^ both sides Sangro in Italy, knd established basebaU , In Yu^lavla, Mikhailovitch bridgeheads on both sides . , * foc'slo with his 87. Three strikes 134 33 35 forces cut the Eclgrade-Skoplje- Japanese planes met an Allied war 38. Street In . own shower. I'd Bridgeton. Salonika railroad. fleet off Bougainville Island, and like to see it any­ Barbados 136 41. Ship's weapon Tokyo announced that its planes if if if • way. I believe 42. Mineral spring 141 had sunk three carriers, three 42 43 44 President RooseveU ordered that TV KB impractical Have 45. cruisers and one large unidenti­ 46. Port east of the US take immiedlate possession for all ships, but Alexandria |46 we do need big­ of the coal mines as a result of a fied ship^. . . Chinese forces 48. Aleul'iin island 49. Cape in Mass. ger and better strike. by 530,000 bituminous and charged that the Japanese troops 149 80. Flirt. recreation and anthracite mjne workers ... Hitler in the Hunan-Hupeh border region 81. Kind of sign . 62. River in . |S2 laimdry laundry rooms ro for. the unlicensed In a speech on the anniversary 'of tf China were using poison j{as ,England i:;K. viU t'U " the beer hall (he- "6i' 83. Observed Ever since a seafaring man named Noah enlisted the aid of a dove to help determine weather conditions, the birds which travel the waters of the world have been considered omens of storms to come. The swan, associated with many strange stories, is believed to fly toward the wind when a hur­ ricane is brewing, and when a swan builds its nest high, this is because the bird knows that high waters are coming. If the iiest is low, no unusually . heavy rainfalls are to be feared. Many ships, as a matter of fact, have been built to resemble this graceful, white bird—such, as the gondola, and the ships sailed by the Vikings. A seagull perched on the water is considered a good sign, but the sea gull- is associated vvith a stranger legend. Men who sailed the seas in ages past looked upon the gull with superstitious dread, believing that these birds were the souls of their dead, drowned ship­ mates; although the gulls were feared, none would dare to shoot them. r r r rr r- TEN Mr-' �•-, W., MlW SEAFARERS ; • " Vagf,^bi^ It Doesn't Say We Stop Fighting These Vol. XV. No. 24 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic >& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. TeL STerling 8-4670. ' '. - i-.--.i>^V : • • hOG SEAFARERS^ LOG HaVwhfeer 27. 1fS3 . .-,. PAUL HALL, SecretarymTreasurer ffdifor. Hmnliltv BBAND: Managing Editor, RAT DCNISON; Art KditofB BERNAM BCAMAN; P^iojtq Editor. DAM^ NI^VA; Stag VVritarf. HEBATAE ARTHUR. iBwm SnvACS. ART pFBFAf:t.. JsBsv BETttss. Az« MASAIH. NO EL PAnMiniEL, LESTER KUSBHEB* Gutf Area Reporter* Bnx MOOBT. ' • -i •^1 Peealiar Weleome There was an ironic twist to the arrival of the New Rochelle Victory in- Korea with several thousand tons of emergency food car^d; Military and diplomatic big-wigs were present in carload lots along with brass bands, speeches and plenty of bunting. And there is no question but that the cargo was a welcome addition to South Korea's scanty and inadequate fopd supplies. Yet when all the welcoming speeches and ceremonies were over, the Seafarers on the New Rochelle Victory, like SIU men on other ships, were denied the right to shore leave by the military authorities. The cargo might be welcome but the crew that got it there was given the cold shoulder. The longer these shore leave bans continue, the more mysterious they become. The South Korean authorities have repeatedly stated that the seamen would be welcome. The martial law, that Was the original excuse for restricting seamen, has long since lifted. The fighting in Korea has been over for many months now. Nor is Korea the only place where these senseless bans are in effect. Army bases in Labrador and Newfoundland are equally verboten, even though in one instance the ships are 18 miles from the base: But at other locations, equally supersecret, seamen are allowed ashore. All these men on SIU ships have been cleared by the Coast Guard. It has been their right, and the right of other seamen before them of a long sea voyage. The SIU questions the sense of the Army regulations, and it seriously doubts their legality. It intends to explore every possible avenue to see to it that these bans are lifted. i t i. That 'Alntiny' Story . >I'« •- ..; The so-called "mutiny" on the Seacliff would seem comic if it weren't for the near-tragic implications of the case. West Coast newspapers accepting at face value the wild accusations of an obviously irresponsible skipper, have practically hung and keel-hauled the SIU crew in print. But sober examina­ tion puts a different light on the whole matter. The fact remains that the Coast Guard in Yokohama disr missed the whole business as without foundation in the first instance, and even here, the worst the Coast Guard did was .to charge a few crewmembers (half of them ship's officers) with misconduct. " ^Here wa's a case of a captain, who by all crew accounts, was eccentric to say the least. A former master of Panamanian ;jships, he attempted to ride herd on the SIU men in the fashion to which he-was accustomed. When they objected, he went hog wild. ' • One upshot of the whole thing is that the qaptain is no longer with us. That was his first (and no doubt his last) SIU ship. And all indications are that the penalties, if any, will be minor ones. 4" •4' 4" • -r The POW QnestioU There have been a number of different views expressed concerning the few American POWs who said they wanted to stay in Communist hands. However, many people seem to agfee that there'll always be a few unstable personalities out of thousands who will make a Choice of that kind. "The IlatwOrker," official organ of the United Hat, Cap and Milli­ nery Workers, AFLi, sums up'this feeling, pretty well in its editorial: "Aside from members of the immediate'families concerned we see no one in the United States busting a gut to wrest the scant two dozen American crackpots in Korea who prefer to stay with the Comniunists rather tham return home. We. haven't asked the Indian repatriation supervisors to: beat hell put of the screwballs in order to make them see reason. The general.feeling is that it's just too bad. We hav6 psychos and And just plain bums in our own country. There are perverts, dope fiends, winos and lackwits in infinite variety. If soihe of them land on Skid Row and refuse to return to their families, it's too bad for the families, but we don't punish the respectable members of the doinmunity for their sins. We don't force'the entire ,pbmrhun% jto moye' to Skid Row 6s the Comrau^^^ySctft -im Thanks SifJ For Aid To Aliens To the Editor: This ts a note to thank the Union and all the officials of the SIU for the wonderful work they are doing for the members, especially the alien membership. This letter is on behalf of the alien members aboard the Fairland (Waterman), as well as for myself. Just to show what kind of a Union the SIU is, let me relate a ' ' 4 Jwhich happened to me some time back. Tm sure it has happened before and the Union pitched in then as well, but it is good to know that the SIU is always on the Joseph job. Being a member of the Union paid off for The 35,000-member Local 1031 gubernatoriar and Presidential me twice within a short period, en­ of the International Brotiierhoq^ election days was provided for in abling me to get two jobs, swell of Electrical Workers is sponsor­ an-agreement signed with the Mil­ payoffs and keep the wrtf from the ing the "I Was a Communist for ler Brewing Co. by Office Employ­ porthole, so to speak. the FBI" radio program in Chi­ ees Local 9. Milwaukee. Wis. Union Ship Out Again cago with Dana Andrews as the members working on those day I paid off the Coe Victory (Vic­ star. In addition it is paying for will receive two and one-half times tory Carriers) last summer in Long spot commercials plugging employ­ the regular rate of pay. The pact Beach, California, and after hang­ ment opportunities at four Chicago also calls for shift differentials, ing around for awhile in the good firms contracted to the local. One check-off o£ union dues and initia­ old western sunshine, I decided to of the commercials boasts that not tion fees and a broad health and ship out again. The Union shipped one of the local's members has welfare program. me to the Fairland, but the com­ ever lost a day's pay participating '444 pany claimed that the alien quota in a strike called by the local. Agents of the Quaker City Life -was filled and so they turned me 4> 4* 4' Insurance Co. in Washington, DC, down for the voyage. I am an A recent survey of the national gained a general increase of $4 a alien from India and have been an SIU member for a long time, ship­ wage pattern has shown that wage week in an agreement reached ping in the stewards department. increases are becoming tougher to with the company by the Insurance That didn't end the story by a get. While the increase generally Agents' International Union. In long shot, however, with the in the second quarter of 1953 was addition to the increase, the agents Union stepping in and throwing its 10 cents, it was only five cents in will receive a lump-sum payment weight around in order to protect the third quarter. Of 3,546 agree­ retroactive to Jan. 1. me. The Union found out that ments surveyed in the third quar­ 4 4 4 Waterman was full of seawater and ter, six percent showed no increase, A successful drive for the local that there was a vacancy still open eight percent showed the top in­ community chest was run by mem­ crease of 15 cents and 30 percent, lit the alien quota. Back I went to bers of Meetcutters Local 94 in the ship and got the job right the highest figure, showed ^ 4-6 Scqttsbluff, Nebraska, when the cent increase, quick. The company knew it was town's community chest discontin­ • 4 4" 41 on the spot when the Union threat­ ued. Members of the union, in- co­ Raising the federal minimum operation with Swift & Company ened it wouldn't crew the ship un­ less I was allowed to take the job. wage to $1 would be bad for the raised $3,500 for 14 local organiza­ You never saw a company turn tail worker, the US Chamber of Com­ tions. merce said in its November Labor that fast. 4 4 _4 Relations Letter. Such a minimum Refused Job Again New York City bus drivers, mem­ may damage many an employer's After a payoff five weeks latw in San Francisco, the company re- ability to make suitable adjust­ bers of the CIO Transport Work­ crewed the ship in October but ments in event of an economic re­ ers Union, have won a 40^hour refused to hire any aliens at all, cession," said the Letter, and thus week and an increase in wages on private bus lines as the result of claiming the ship was going on an he^d have to fire workers. an arbitrator's award. The award it it intercoastal run. The Union found was an outgrowth of a strike of About 11,150 machinists, for­ out that the itinerary called for the several week's duration last win­ mer railroaders, were receiving ship to go foreign after the inter­ ter. The bus companies, in tmn, coastal run and oh those grounds eitiployee annuities under the Rail­ announced that they would seek road Retirement Act at the begin­ made the company ship me" as well permission to increase their fares as eight other aliensi There's no ning of 1953, according to the up to 15 and 17 cents. Machinists Journal. About onefooling with the SIU when it's in third of these retired employees 4 4 4 the right. New-Jersey Utility Workers, em­ I want to thank the Union again, had wives who were eligible for for. myself and the eight other annuities in addition to those pay­ ployed- by the Public Service Gas and -Electric Company have been aliens aboard the Fairland. for the able to the husbands. on strike for the past week in a 4 4" 4 splendid work it did in setting the The motion picture industry has dispute over wage increases and company, strai^t and seeing that we werg not discriminated against. sunk to "an all-time low" in the other contract improvements. The All of us are extremely grateful to number of films being produced men are members of the Utilitjr the SIU and proud to be in the in this country, meaning less jobs Construction and Gas Appliance for union actors, the AFL Screen Workers, Union, Local 247. Up best union in maritime. Just as we were certain In the Actors Guild Teported. Foreign lintil now service has been main­ past, we are just as sure of the competition • was blamed for the tained bj% company supervisors, Union's intentions for the future condition, but television appear­ while State authorities have been regarding, the alieh members, as ances by some of tl>e 8,000 mbmr attempting to mediate the dispute. well as all the men.' We know the bers filled in the slack in the em­ Approximately 1,800 maintenSIU takes, care, of its own. Wejre ployment picture. ance and distribution wc.r5-iers em­ glad to be aboard. ployed by tbe company are in^ 4,. f H6Ud|y 'ojved: in jthe^ current^ walkout. ^ ..'.J..':: •• �Pace FooHc^ W.^ y 0-: ,j.: MSS-f^viSi i? r« A row of tired-looking old houses lean on each other on the Rue Descartes. "Franciws Villon knew these" Smith writes. f.OG*stoff, lie decided to try. his luck The drawirfigs on this page ore the ' strip "Seofare" which at one time ran , .in Paris.' ^ ^ product of the taientecl pen of Seafarer regularly in the LOG. Here are some of his impressions of Eddy Smith, now studying art in Paris. Smith went to work on the. Union on the Seine that'hasj < Smith wi|i be remembered by many^ newspaper in 1948 right off an SlU ship. >;; / "the faW Seofarers as the creator of the popular After-approximately. years on the ,f J served. CIS. a magnet;.for/'troyo[iws.|-";-,.{;.v;--r'*f^:;4^^^ Thi ^ loa . dit: ��PU* saxtees. ' SEAFARERS The Food and Affricultnral Administration of the United Natiotas b sponserinff an international exchange of ideas on the building of fish­ ing boats. The annual world commercial catch of fbh b estimated at about 25,000,000 tons. Two navai architects, Jon Olaf Traung, of Sweden, and Cominaiider A. C. Hardy, of England, declared that proper design of commercial fishing vessels could help double the present figure and ease the food problem for people everywhere. The idea is reputed to havo originated in a magazine article by the Swedbh naval expert. The UN food group organized the first international congress on design and eauipmept with the first session was held in Parb, France. The second session is being held in Mbml, Flofida, in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. W:-. '-<\ : Use Of Pipies In engine Room Anybody who has ever been in the engine room of a ship must haVe been impressied with the tremendous amount and variety of'piping visible on all sides. Actually oh i "merchant, ship there are several miles of piping and tubing in a bewildering collection of sizes, shapes Sometimes a ship's delegate be­ and materials. The maintenance and upkeep of all these pipes and comes so popular that he can^t quit fitting is a necessary and important function of a well-run engine the job even if he gets tired of room. the headaches that are involved. Piping used aboard ships has to conform to Coast Guard regulations That's apparently what happened as to size, materials used and others specifications. The use of the with Mike Sikorsky, ship's dele­ right piping in the right place is the responsibility of, the en^eers gate on the Strathbay (Strathmore 3^ 4" who have to. keep abreast of the changing regulations on this score. • Jules Ramorony, French under-Secretary for Merchant Marine, told Shipping). Piping is generally made of cast iron, wrought iron, steel, copper, Apparently the crew had been brass lead, monel the French National Assembly that plans are underway for the con­ and a variety of alloys that are constantly cbming struction of a new, super trans-Atlantic liner for service between Le having trouble for some time get­ on the market. For all-purpose piping seamless steel is permissible, ting the captain Havre apd New York. The project b presently under study. Two to paint the crews and is required by regulation in fuel oil service lines between pumps, types of ships are under consideration. One would have a top speed or in all steam lines with a temperature of 450 degrees fahrenheit quarters and the and/or of 31 knots and the other,^ of lesser tonnage would have a speed of 350 pounds per square inch of pressurefT shoreside patrol­ 27 knots. Passenger accommodations on each would be about the same. Special Use Pipes man had to enter M. Ramorony made his announcement in reply to demands that France the picture to See should have a new ship on the way to replac6 the He de France and Other piping has special uses. Wrought iron can be used for hot and to it that the cold water lines where ^temperature is not over 35fi degrees fahren­ the Liberte, which are scheduled^o be taken from service in 1958 and captain carried heit. Galvanized pipe is useable for lojv pressure water lines. Seamless 1959, respectively. The French Line has suggested a vessel of between out the necessary drawn copper is suitable for uses, where temperature is not over 406 50,000 and 60,000 tons with a speed of 31 knots. The estimated cost job. As ship's degrees. It wouldn't be much i^e with superheated steamy or in any of such a ship would be $85,000:000. delegate, Sikor­ instance where it would come in contact with fuel oil, except in the Sikorsky 3> 4. 4 sky followed the case of flexible copper connections used for oil burners. - The same Japan's Mibui Line, how operating both east and westbound 'round- matter up on shipboard with the the-world cargo services b making a strong bid for return of ib pre­ result that the captain finally gave would be true of brass piping. Brass or copper piping is best used war status as one of the major freighter operators. Four of the Mibui way and broke out the paint cans. 'for salt water as they will not corrode as readily as steel. Lead pipe can also be used for saltwater and for bilge lines outside Line ships are presently unloading in New York. Among cargoes Couldn't Resign of machinery spaces. But lead, being soft, is easily damaged and is the company's first shipment of rubber from the Singapore area With that job well underway, Si­ has to be protected. to New York since the war. The Asakasan Maru discharged the rub­ korsky asked'his shipmates if he Damage to pipe lines in a different manner usually takes place when ber at Pier 1, Staten Island, preparatory to sailing for Japan loaded could resign the ship's delegate's a'pipe is first put in operation after being out of use than it does when with gei^ral goods. job. But the men played a nasty the line is in service, or is completely unused. For example, when a 4 4 4 trick on him and after accepting cold pipe is opened to handle hot water, steam-er other heated material, H. Robert Holly, engineer for Bethlehem Steel Company, and James his - resignation with a vote of A. Pennypacker, superintendent of Bethlehem's shipbuilding division, thanks, reelected him unanimously. some parts of the metal may expand more , rapidly than others, due to different thicknesses of the piping involved. Also if there is any warned naval architecte that merchant ships must be designed with re­ veteran Seafarer was bom condensed moisture in a steam line it can form what is known as a duced building and operating costs in mind if the American merchant in The Island on April 4, 1907, "water hammer." The water is pushed along ahead of the steam marine is to remain in business against low-cost, foreign competition. andRhode joined the Union in Baltimore with great force and may do a great deal of damage to bends in the The warning was sounded at the 61st annual meeting of the Society where he and his wife mow live. line and to valves. of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The Bethlehem repre­ Admit steam Slowly To Line sentatives at the meeting told the audience, meeting at New York's He sails in the deck department. Waldorf-Astoria hotel, that the designer must produce a saleable finished 4 4 4 It's advisable when opening a pipe for use to drain all spaces where product, which must be of sound engineering design and convince Seafarers on the Cubore were water may have accumulated and admit steam slowly to the line. By­ the prospective ovmer of its ability to pay. Other topics of discussion the first in the Ore Line fleet to pass valves should be used to warm up the line and equalize pressure at the meeting were Hydrodynamic Aspects of Appendage Design, get an SIU slopchest aboar^, before large valves are opened. Where there are no bypasses, the line Experiments on Single Screw Merchant Ships and Marine Engineering thanks to the efforts of several can be warmed by cracUng the connecting valve just enough to let on Small Vessels. crewmembers, including Charles a small amount of steam in. The trap bypasses should also be opened 4 4 4 Hostetter and George Mattair. to allow free drainage and then closed once the pipe is free of water. Annual awards for notable accomplishments in the maritime industry Crews on Ore and Calmar ships A line that is in regular operation can suffer damage through cor­ were presented at a recent ceremony in New York. Recipients of the have been complaining for some rosion or deposits of solids on the pipe walls. In some instances, if various awards were: John Burkhart, technical manager of Bethlehem time that the slopch^sts aboard electrical .currents get at the, line they will in effect plate the walls of Steel's Quincy shipbuilding division, who was presented with the David were high priced the pige with metal from the joints. Vibration because of pressure L. Taylor award for achievement in marine engineering; H. Gerrbh and the masters can also cause damage. Smith, chairman of the beard of Shipbuilders Council of America, would not buy Where corrosion is a continuing problem, the only thing that can received the Land Medal for oubtanding accomplishmenb in the from the Sea be done is replace the line with one made of a different metal that is marine field; William B. Jupp, manager of Socony-Vacuum's transpor­ Chest on a com­ corrosive-resistant. Electrical trouble can be checked by stopping tation department, J. Y. Malcolmson, assistant general maitager of the petitive basis. current leakage are making that the pipe joints and fittings are Texas Company's marine department, and A. B. Kurz, vice-president But as a result of good conductors and will allow the current to pass through without of the Keystone Shipping Company jointly received the Captain Joseph Hostetter and traveling through the liquid. Vibration troubles simply require firmer Linnard prize. The President's Award for the year went jointly to Mattair's efforts support of the pipe. R. P. Giblon, chief engineer for .George C. Sharp, William Elmer, of the Cubore now Dry Out Idle Piping the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, and J. F. Nace, of General has a Union slopMattair Electric Company. When a pipe is idle, and is partly filled with water, or has moisture chest aboard, 4 4 4 and it's expected that other Ore clinging to the sides, it will rust far more rapidly than when com­ Eight more Liberty ships were recently chartered by the Military and Calmar Line vessels will fol­ pletely filled, or dry. ' Cold pipes ^re more subject to vibration b^ cause they contract anJ will fit loosely. Therefore, pipes should he Sea Transporation Service. The vessels were turned over on time­ low suit in short order. charter for four months, beginning in December, with an option for Hostetter has. been sailing wilth thoroughly dried out: when shut off and mountings and supports made an additional four months. The chartered ships are the Liberty Bell the SIU for four years, joining the as tight as possible. and Liberty Flag (Tramp Cargo Carriers); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans­ Union in the port of Tampa on Several other general precautions should be followed in dealing with portation Co.); Liberty F (Dover Steamships); Seampniter (Excelsior); September 9, 1949. He was born piping. Piping shoulf^ never be used to hang on or stand on, or hang Sealegend (Insular); Seamerit (Seven Seas); and NPrthsky (North­ in Longdate, Virginia, on January chain from, or put heavy weight on in any way. Copper and brass easter). 28,' 1925, and sails in the deck piping should be kept free from contact with bilges. When cleaning strainers, no more than the maximum pressure allowable should be 4 4 4 department. The Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company is scheduled to take over Mattair is a Georgia native who placed on sea chests. Before adjusting reducing valves, they should be drained and warmed for the government operation of the Golden Mariner on December 28. got into ther SIU via the'port of Two other Mariner type ships to be transferred over to private indus­ Savannah on December 20, 1952. up. The inlet valve to the reducing valve should be fully opened. try are the Diamond Mariner, which will be taken over by the Pruden- He's 42 years old and now has his Traps and bypasses should be "examined whenever the feed tanks show • tia)i Steamship Company, and the Show Me Mariner, which A. H. Bull home in Jacksonville. He sails in an abnormal temperature rise. A Exposed auxiliary machinery should be drained and drSins broken to prevent freezing in cold weather.^ and Company is scheduled to operate. the deck department. ACTION From Soup To Nutsy m By Bernard Seaman �/• - • «' • ; • X. . it ITMii^ >t9; iffM SEAFARERS tOCv For AFL-ILA vpi:,. .CLXxn No. iM EUREKA, Far* s«v«itccm THURSDAY, NOVEBIBER 8, U53 Duly. 10 CenU 28 PAGES Ship's Officer Says Lives Threatened! •.'Si Typical of the Inflamniatory headlines on the Sea cliff case was this one from the Humboldt Times, a West Coast newspaper. 'Mutiny' Turns Up As Food Beet A rimip of longshoremen read leaflets announcing the AFL-ILA mass meeting. Leaflets were distributed on all docks via a caval­ cade of automobiles. new junion I t received pledge (Continued from page 5) that In the supposedly invulnerable cards from 71 percent of the men. ILA stronghold. Local 824, which • John Dwyer, in charge of the Is controlled by Harold Bowers, the 'Manhattan organizing drive, told the longshoremen that organizers were operating on all Manhattan piers every day of the week de­ spite the threats of old line ILA toughs, and that the old ILA has not dared to molest the men in any way. • SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall told the longshoremen that An interesting development that after the election had been won, promises to have effects on ship­ the first order of business would ping is the receding ice age. While be to negotiate a decent contract. scientists disagree on cause and He charged the stevedoring firms effect, there is general agreement" with pleading poverty while they that temperatures are consistently siphoned hundreds of thousands of higher, during the cold months, all dollars in bribes and kickbackis into over the globe. As a result of this the pockets of the old ILA leader­ factor, the polar ice caps are melt­ ship. • Tony Mike DiVincenzo, a Hoing faster and causing generally boken leader, told how longshore­ higher sea levels. For example, the additional men in that part helped inflict a fluid water, resulting from the crushing political defeat on a melting of glaciers, has raised the mayor and police commissioner level of the ocean along New Jer­ who had been operating in cahoots sey's coast by approximately nine with ILA leaders there. Other speakers at the meeting Inches. It is believed that this added water in the ocean may di­ included Sigmund "Whitey" Brolute much of the state's under­ varski, Cleophas Jacobs, "Vince ground fresh water supply. In view Erato, and Pete Johnson, counsel of this, some authorities oppose for the new union. In New York the NLRB began for the time being, the Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to dredge making preparations for a vo^e of an additional 15 feet of the Dela­ East Coast longshoremen betweenware River bottom, which they be­ Deceniber 5 and 19 on the last lieve would increase the threat of offer made J;o them by the employ­ salt water intrusion on a vital ers before they struck. The long­ shoremen are now under a Taftsource of fresh water. Further evidence of these unusu­ Hartley injunction which ends at ally high ocean levels is found in midnight, December 24, and are the recent storms and floods all working. , Vote on Last Offer throughout the country. On some of these occasions, full moons and However, the law provides that high tides combined to flood areas before the Injunction expires, the which had rarely experienced men must vote on the last offer floods before. made by the employers. The New With an a<lditional nine Inches York Shipping Association's last of water, however, many channels offer was a 10-cent an hour pack­ are able to accommodate ships age, of which 8?^ cents would be a with greater ease than before. wage increase, while the rest would go toward fringe benefits. Representatives of the Shipping Association, the old ILA and the new AFL-ILiv met with the NLRB to discuss this coming vote. The Seafarers sending telegrams new AFL-ILA, although it never i ; or letters to the New York struck, was included imdcr the ] headquarters dispatcher asking Taft-Hartley injimction because of ; to be excused from attending its tremendous strength and fol­ .headquarters membership lowing among the longshoremen. paeetibgs must include the regThisf vote will only be concerning . istratlon number of their the employers' last offer. It will ; : jhf^^ card in the message. be in addition to the representation Prom now on, if the number election that the AFL-ILA has pe­ 1^' ris pot Included, the excuse can-^, titioned for. The NLRB has been • 1)0 accepte^^^ by. the disholding hearings pn tbis PPtitiqR. (Continued from page 3) boats, defective electrical equip­ ment and defective engine . room eqiupment. The steamboat in­ spector read the riot act to" the chief engineer and saw to It that the repairs were made. Odd Behavior In addition, the crew said, the captain was given, to a variety of eccentric behavior especially when drunk. This included throwing dishes and silverware overboard. Oil one. occasion he sawed the lock off the galley storeroom to get some coffee up into his cabin. He was also quoted by the crew as saying that he would "get three or four men before the trip is fin­ ished," including Cullison. As a matter of fact, the captain went so far as to have the steward SIU Meets Athntlc Ships By Land, Launch And Plane Melting Ice BringsOcean Level Rise Put Number On Meeting Excuses P8#*w4elbv - John Qoinn (left) and GI Joe Reuss stand alongside Atlantic Trader before casting their votes. Quinn had just gotten out of the hospital the day before, but he voted. aboard wore long faces. The SIU (Continued from page 2) cruiser, bearing SIU banners met supporters were smiling and jok­ the ship, and tossed more SIU lit­ ing and already talking of how erature aboard. The launch has things will be under an SIU conmet all of the Atlantic -ships ar­ tiact. riving in the area, supplying the crews with the latest SIU litera­ ture and news of the voting. The SIU plane went out to meet the Trader, but was unable to break through the fog and greet the ship. Seafarers with beefs regard­ Travel From Afar ing slow payment of monies Meanwhile, Atlantic men contin­ due from various operators in ued travel from all over the coun­ back wages and disputed over­ try to cast their SIU votes. One time should first check wheth­ man left the hospital with his er they have a proper mailing whole back and chest in a cast so address on file with the com­ he could vote. Men flew from the pany. SIU headquarters offi­ West Coast to cast their ballots. cials point out that reports Another came to vote • in a cast. received from several opera­ When he had been in the hospital, tors show checks have been he was told to report back for an­ mailed to one address while other ship as soon as he was "fit a beef on the same score is for duty, * but when he showed up sent from another, thus creat- * to vote, he was told that "other ing much difficulty in keeping company records" show that he's accounts straight. Seafarers due to be fired. are urged to use one perma­ On all of the ships voting, how­ nent address for mail 'so that ever, the feeling was the same. claims can be checked speedi­ There was a cheerful atmosphere ly and payment made right of jubilation at what the crewaway. . ^ • pneipbers knew was •i«RbVy/-^nly.<.'tH>* Use Only One Mail Address shipped to ^e Army hospital in Pusan in handcuffs for psychiatric examination, claiming -that Culli- ' son was "dangerous." Army p§ychiatrists found nothing wrong and released him. The upshot of tthe whole thing was that when the ship got back to the States, charges started fly­ ing hot and heavy, and newspaper headlines of "mutiny" did the same. Although the hearings were recessed two weeks ago, no deci­ sions other than the two have been arnounced by the Coast Guard. Storm Causes Heavy Damage To NY Port New York port interests are still trying to recover from the damage done by the short-lived storm that hit the city on November 6 and 7, and it is expected that the losses will run into millions of dollars. However, insurance men will not even estimate the extent of the damage, and the finsrf total of the claims and the losses sustained from the storm will not definitely be -known for many months. The wind-rain-wind storm that hit the city brought most of thedamage with it in the form of extra high tide that played havoc with the port. Tons of wind-lashed water crashed over the shore line, invading the basements of homes near the shore, wrecking shoreside installations, ripping up pilings, and ruining shipments waiting on the piers. Piers Flooded Some of the piers in Brooklyn and Staten Island were flooded with several inches of water, while piers on both sides of the Hudson were also flooded. Cargoes, both import and export, were contami­ nated and waterlogged. The NY City Department of Health, the US Food and Drug Administration and insurance companies all sent squads of men onto the piers to inspect the damage to the various cargoes. The investigation is hampered by the fact that the material damaged by the water is the bottom layers of the stacked cargo on the piers. Officials have said that damaged cargo includes just about every type of material that is shipped in or out of the country, including foodstuffs, machinery* paper, bat­ teries, rubber, metal parts, filters, and other materials. Insurance companies and the city are also making a survey of all the piers to determine the ex­ tent of damage to the piers them­ selves. The city said that at least 50 of the city-owned piers sus­ tained minor damages, and said further diimage. was avoided only because the winds did not quiti i: •A'm •'n - t| / �?rFR^T| VsLge ISIghiiStm ^ SEAFARERS LOG November 357+' l»5f!' Shipboard Life Not Always A Bed Of RoseSf Says Seafarer Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of your ningham, but, what's far worse, he says, is when Eastern run over a period of months. Cunningham was aboard • the Albion (Drytrans) along with other expectant Seafar­ That the recent shbpoena of former President Truman by the foc'sle, according to Seafarer W". O. Cun­ chairman of the House Un-Ameri­ the "bad day" extends for an entire Far can Activities Committee was the first time a former president had ever been served a subpoena? Mr. Truman, refusing to answer the subpoena, cited a long list oLprecedents. Thomas Jefferson, while president, was served a subpoena by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall to testify in the trial of Aaron Burr, who killed Alex­ ander Hamilton in a duel. Jeffer­ son refused. 3^ it That Newport News was named by Daniel Gookin of Newcetown, County Cork, Ireland? Captain John Smith originally called the site Point Hope. Gookin, landing iii 1621 with a cargo of cattle and supplies, renamed It New Fort Newce, after his home town. The present spelling appears to be a corruption of the name Gookin bestowed upon the port. A com­ mon assumption is that the city was named after Captain Chris­ topher Newport, who took the first colonists to Jamestown and made several more voyages to Virginia. Stowaway Season On Ship Closes For Five Runaways applicants.-Ail Seafarers an"a chil* dren of Seafarers are eligible for these scholarships. This feature of the Union's social services enables Seafarers or their children to se­ cure , a college education where they could not otherwise do so. Successful applicants are awarded the money annually and can choose any acci*edited college or univer­ sity. ers when the sad tale began. They were expecting adventure and ex­ citement on the inter-hemispheric run, but they got not quite what i 3^ if they expected. There followed a series of mishaps unequalled under . That a British Admiral was once an SIU contract. Seafarers thought executed for an error in judgment? they were sailing in the old days Admiral John Byng was executed of sail when some of the things in 1757. The circumstances that popped up. led to the sentence and execution occurred at the Battle of Fort . St. To begin with, the ship signed Philip in Minorca. The French on in Baltimore with a cargo of were threatening toe British gar­ grain for Pakistan and promises of rison and the Admiral was ordered repairs to be made in toe Gulf of to the Mediterranean Sea to re­ Mexico. Once in Port Arthur, lieve the garrison being threatened Texas, Captain Hassel gave an adby the French fleet under de la van(!b and a promise of more Galissoniere. After his leading money if the ship stayed in port ships were all destroyed by the for another day. The crew received French fleet, Byng refused to at­ neither their pronvsed repairs nor tack the French, realizing that their money, until two days later such a move would mean the com­ when the currency was forthcom­ plete destruction of his force and, ing. probably, the loss of the fort, as Reefer On Blink well. He remained in the vicinity The next port-of-call was Port 3^ 3^ Xfor four days and returned to Everglades,'Fla., where the refrig­ That candidates for the SIU Gibraltar. To his amazement. Ad­ eration system went on the blink. college scholarships can still send miral Byng was arrested and taken, Two shoreside men worked half in applications for future qualify­ a prisoner, to England. He was the night through trying to bring ing examinations? There are four tried and convicted and was ex­ The five stowaways shown above seem to be enjoying tbe situation it back to life, but proclaimed their scholarships, worth $1,500 each, ecuted on March 14, 1757, on board as they smile at toe thought of being returned to. toe Philippines operation was only a temporary which will go to the successful the Monarch off Spithead. after free rides aboard toe Steel Seafarer and Steel-Maker. Picture success and that the patient would was snapped by Eddie Odum aboard the Steel Maker. need a complete overhauling. By that time the crew knew what kind With the summer tourist season coming to an end as the of a trip it was going to be and first frosts of fall settle upon the earth, writes Seafarer O. B. battened down the hatches for a Reports coming from the Steel Director (Isthmian) seem Smith, tourists of another class and stripe take the play away storm of beefs. to indicate that there is a difference of opinion aboard con­ Calling at Cuta, Spanish Moroc­ from those who pay the> co, Cunningham relates, the crew freight. Stowaways seem to be overcast skies, the switch was cerning some disposition of the ship's funds. Two camps have had four hours to see the sights in season at the moment, as made and the five runaways were sprung up, according to Sea-v and feminine visions of the town they always are. on their way back to their home­ farers, and the battle lines are' Marshalled on one side of the before they went off through the A communique from Seafarer land, closing one part of the open drawn between baseball and dispute are those who favor ex-"^ Suez Canal to Aden, Ariba. There Smith tells of the mid-ocean trans­ season on stowaways. bebop., tending the national pastime to em­ it was an eight hour bunker stop fer of^ve such "blind passengers," brace a team aboard the Steel Di-• with no money to spend as pati­ ranging in age from 17-23, who rector. In a word, they want to buy ence and time ran out for the sea­ had hoped to ieave the misty land equipment for a proposed ball LOG-A-RHYTHM: menof the Philippines behind and em­ team. Opposing this faction is a Not« Drop to Drink bark on a new course in the fairy­ dissident group of long and short Once in Karachi the men found land island of Hawaii. A sharp eye hairs of the musical world who that their draw wouldn't go very by a lookout on watch, however, want to add a record player to the far with prices soaring into black foiled this noble plan and sent the recreation room facilities, as well By Roy Fleischer market stratospheres. Beer and adventurers back from whence as some records. They contend that other drinks were priced so high they came. the time for bat and ball is past, Men first dreamed that Some dreams come true. that the Seafarers couldn't find a now that the World Scries is a Ships Rendezvous Its blue bay Some do not. native who showed his oats. Every­ thing of memory. • They would The ' Steel Maker, on the first Would reach the But each gives magic one was stone cold sober. rather listen to musical refrains Riches of Cathay To the spot. The captain even misplaced a leg of an around-the-world voyage than baseball. man. An OS on the 12-4 watch be­ between San Francisco and Man­ And, quickly learned. And each rare gem StUi At Odds So it seems, came ill and was placed in a shore- ila, received word by radio for a Casts a gleam "The argument waxed hot and side hospital, but the next day the rendezvous with the Steel Seafar­ This island was To glorify the heavy over the me'ssroom tables, captain didn't know which one er. Setting engines full speed The Port of Dreams. Soul that dreams. but no definite conclusions were when the crew inquired. Two days ahead, the Maker arrived at the reached, according to last reports. later the crew found his location designated spot on a sunny Satur­ They built towers This port, this home It is still a battle of andante, in the log, but the captain was still day morn, a little before noon aiid To the skies. »Of endless dreams. cantabile versus the drag bunt, about three hours before crossing As though to trade unable to find the man. Throbs like the heart with voices raised championing With a sigh, Cunningham finish­ the International Date Line. The With Paradise, Of solar beams causes with equal vigor. ed his report by relating that the clock was soon to turn on the five And soon the world. And nightly glistens The opponents are still at log­ only things left to do in Karachi, stowaways as welL By sea and air Like the stars. gerheads, but one wag proposed anyway, were write, read, sleep With moderately rolling and Came to share Richer than Cathay, the solution of the infield doub­ and work. pitching seas beneath a blanket of The hope born there. ' By far. ling as a. quartet. Baseball Vs. Bebop On Ship New York—Port Of Dreams i: I-®''. Seafarer Rags-There's No Sense Wasting Time ByE. Rtyss �Novenibcr 27. 195S SEAFARERS By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Thef 35 mm camera has undergone remarkable changes since its inception. At the beginning it was little more than a small box, a shutter and a fast lens. In 25 years larger aperture lenses in bulky mounts, combination range and viewfinders, double exposure preven­ tion mechanisms and other mechanical innovations -have added size and weight. Some 35 mm cameras outweigh and are larger than con­ temporary 2l4x3V4 cameras. One of the few exceptions is the Retina 11a. Although most of the desirable modern improvements—fast lens and shutter, combination rahge and yiewfinder—have been added, the Rbtina 11a of today is about the same shape and weight as the first Retina introduced in 1934. It will fit into a good sized pocket, can be brought into play quickly and is exceptionally silent in operation. Versatile Camera . Although the Retina f-2 Schneider Xenon lens is not interchange­ able, a list of accessories extends the camera's versatility considerably in the field of closeups. The Retina 11a should not be confused with earlier Retina models, especially the Retina lib which, oddly enough, preceded the Regina 11a. You can always spot the Retina 11a; it is the only model that has both lever and rangefinder. The Retina 11a retains most of the advantages of top modern minia­ tures as well as a compactness that few have. It uses a bellows and collapsible strut lens mount which allows the entire lens assembly to fold • directly into the camera body. The camera bed serves as a protective cover for the lens when the camera is folded. Optical bench tests on the lens indicated that performance should be quite good as f-2 and better when stopped down to £3.5 or f4. Definition at the smallest aperture f-16 was quite good for a lens of this type. The performance in actual picture tests were considered amazing, considering that the complete Retina 11a costs less than just the 50 mm f-2 lenses on some other miniatures. Loading the camera is simple and can bt done quite rapidly. A pull on the lever at-the right side of the camera body causes the back to swing open. The take-up spool is fixed permanently in the camera and can be threaded easily. With most 35 mm cameras you wind and release the film advance two or three times and then set the frame counter to one. The Retina 11a counter, however, can be set immedi­ ately to one of the diamond markings on the frame counter. You then advance the film with the rapid wind lever, each time depressing the film wind release button until the frame counter indicates the 20 or 36 exposure marking. You're now ready to take the first picture. Thereafter the frame counter will show you the number of pictures' remaining to be taken, instead of the number already made. Shutter Speed Changes Changes in shutter speeds can be made easily. A small red dot on the knurled letting ring is placed opposite whatever speed you wish. Speeds can be pre-selected before or after the shutter is cocked with the exception of tlie 1/500 setting which must be set before cocking. Lens apertures are set by moving a lever around the bottom of the lens mount. The lever has click stops and will stay fixed at the opening set. The camera has a German push-on type flash tip instead of the ASA bayonet tip common on many American 35 mm miniatures. A Kodak flashpost adapter to convert the German tip to ASA is supplied with the camera. The Retina 11a fulfills all the requirements for which it has been designed, plus more. It incorporates a fast lens and shutter in a small, reliable body, which can be worked rapidly and silently. It is not surprising that Sir" Edmund Hillary chose this light, pocketable and reliable camera for his final dash to the top of Mount Everest. The camera lists at $164.10. It can be had at your Sea Chest for much less Pace Ninefeca LOG ^Miracle Man' Seafarer Keeps Fighting Back After Mishaps '':\4 •t 1 Seafarers believe in the philosophy of life wherein it is necessary to take the good with the bad, but, according to Seafarer Clyde Clark aboard the Fairport (Waterman), some seamen get too much of one and not enough of the other. " However, he's not refer­ ring to liimself, but has a tale whacked him viciously above the to relate concerning the unfor­ eye. He thought he was hit by a tunate antics and mishaps of piece of rust as he worried his way shipmate Clarence Brockett. Brockett, it seems, has been courting disaster for many a moon now,, and has earned the nickname of "miracle man" from his many shipmates who know of his acci­ dents, on and off the ships. Before the latest mishap occurred, Brockett was victim of enough acci­ dents to render him hors de com­ bat many times over, but he al­ ways came back fighting. At the moment, he's living with the fol­ lowing items missing from the standard operating equipment: one lung, three ribs, one toe from the right foot and one chunk of head over the left eye. Banged Up The latest piece of missing equipment was the piece of l)is pate which was banged in and up aboard ship while he was painting on a winch. It happened this way: Clark was standing on the table Clarence "Miracle Man" Brockett, right, poses aboard the Fairport with sympathetic friend. top of the foremast passing tools to a Seafarer in the bosun's chair when a marlin spike missed con­ nections and fell below to the heaving decks. On its way down the spike hit a boom and bounced to the inboard side. At that pre­ cise moment Brockett raised up a bit at the shout from above and was felled by the spike as it around the winches. Blood was spurting from his head, nearly blinding him, but by that time Clark was by his side and walked him aft to the midship house. Spike Undamaged The flow of blood was stemmed by a bath towel soaked in cold water. Both the first mate and the captain pitched In to help. The bosun ran screaming down the deck saying Brockett had a spike in his head. It was hardly funny at the moment, but once the dan­ ger was past Brockett wanted to know if he did any damage to the Marlin spike. Brockett ended the exchange with a swollen eye, a cut head and another battle scar on his weary body. He's pretty sure now that there is nothing else that can hap­ pen to him. If it does, however, he won't be surprised, and he's sure to come out on top. Wines And Dines Actress Canine Leads Crew's Life, On Vacation As it must to all men, espe­ cially if they are Seafarers, vacation time came to "Butch," Down in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Seafarer Forrest King and Brazilian actress Guiomar Goncalves forego the traditional coffee bean for a toast in champagne at a local seafood eatery. After a while, it seems. Seafarers get to meet almost every­ body. Now, it turns out. Seafarer Forrest King is hobnobbing with a Brazilian star of stage, screen, radio and television. Seafarer Milburne (Red) Darley, now retired and studying While in the port of Sao> labor relations at Mexico City College, has his own method Paulo, Brazil, King, night cook of fighting for Seafarers' rights. Instead of taking his battle and baker on the Del Norte several pictures to her credit in her native land and hopes to come out on the docks and aboard > (Mississippi), wined and dined to the US to continue her career the ships, in his quest for about the problems of all organized Guiomar Goncalves, a Brazilian in Hollywood. better conditions for seamen labor. actress of note. Miss Goncalves has Hollywood, according to King, is Class Speech Defends Labor and labor, he battles with words in the classroom. Highly important in the demo­ cratic scheme of things, Darley's parley methods of improvement for labor work hand-in-hand with direct action in and around the waterfront and on- the vessels of American-flag ships. However, his fight goes" beyond the ships and seamen, to embrace all of organized labor. Favorably Received Making his stand on the TaftHartley Act known to his classroom colleagues as well as professors, . Darley delivered a speech recently before an assemblage of college students denouncing the Act and offering a plan aimed at bettering the working and living conditions of all members of organized labor. The 1,300-word speech met" with miich favorable comment,"south of the border, in classroom and out. Darley- reports that Mexican/labor, leaders and students arb >* much interested in the labor, problems-of- 1:-Senlarejr Horkce-GaiUUr bosun, tunei up his amplified'gul^f ih Electric Guitar Gets Tuneup *bip m gpia I^ter- »Phpt«:^hp4aM only one of the three places Miss Goncalves wants to visit while in the states. The other two places are Augusta, Arkansas, King's home town, and SlU headquarters in Brooklyn. She doesn't care what order they come in, just so long as she gets a chance to do it all. canine mascot aboard the Evelyn (Bull), according to Seafarer W. W. Etty. After running up and down the coast with the Evelyn for the past nine months, the ship's dog fell a little under the weather and it was decided that he needed a little va­ cation on the beach. Put off the vessel at Boca Grande, Florida, the pooch was placed in the hands of a veterinarian for rest, relaxation and recovery. Expenses for the rest cure were drawn from the ship's fund, with all hands agree­ ing that a vacation was a pretty good idea, even for a dog. Dogs Have Life, 'Too It is understood that the men aboard the ship chose Boca Grande as a stopping off place for their mascot with an eye to the canine population of the town. There, it was felt, he would be in good com­ pany, even though he roamed the streets. The only instructions he re­ ceived from the crew as he went off down the gangplank was to keep out of the gin mills. In this case, they felt, it would be better for him if he led a dog's life. 1. Which United States Navy aircraft carrier was recently damaged by explosions? 2. Which two heads of state in the Middle East are being replaced? 3. Which famous movie actress of the 1930's can now be seen on television? 4. Which AFL and CIO vice-presidents died recently? 5. Who was the American League manager who was fired and hired by two clubs within a couple of weeks? 6. What is the Darul Islam movement? 7. Who was the famous Welsh writer who died in New York re­ cently? 8.: Which former Iranian prime minister is on trial for his life? 9.:. Who is thfe American ambassador to Itaiy, who recommended that American-troops be pullod'out of Trieste? - ^1 �r-..•i;'7;:i'-rrv'.' Pwe Twenly SEAFAREl^S Bj/ Spike Marlin The other week the US Supreme In other jvords, Marty was honest Court said that baseball, wasn't Sbout the whole thing and prob­ really violating the anti-trust laws ably said the Orioles, as they were, when it made a player sign up for didn't have a chance of getting.out life with one ball club until they of the second division. Such talk saw fit to sell him. We'll pass to wouldn't sit well with the Mayor the judges on that one, but sotue- and all thosff other people who body can hang a few baseball own­ brought .the Orioles to B.aliimore. ers for violating the common-sense An optimist had to be hired for the job. Jimmie Dykes, who is well laws. The newly-fledged Baltimore known for his ability to put a high Orioles, for example, will struggle gloss on an inferior product, was through the next season with no the man. Besen e Strength less than three managers. It all started back in 1952 when the So for 1954, the Orioles will be Orioles (whom we all know are paying three managers. Dykes, really the Browns), hired Rogers Hornsby and Marion. Hornsby for a three year contract. The Orioles aren't the only ones Hornsby couldn't stand the team guilty of strange behavior. Take and vice-versa. After a brief fling Cleveland for example. All these he was fired. In place of the rough, years they've been trading for tough Rajah they hired the gentle pitchers to add to their gilt-edge Marty Marion on the supposition pitching Staff and ignoring their that soft words would make ball­ infield weaknesses. Now they've players out of the Browns faster suddenly discovered they need a than hard ones. So Hornsby had to shortstop. In order to get one (and get paid for 1953 and 1954 for not maybe an outfielder to boot) they managing the Browns. are willing to give away one of Just Two Years their top starters. Lemon, Wynn or When Marion was hired, owner Garcia. There's hardly anybody in Veeck played it cautious. He only the league who would be worth gave him a two-year contract. To one of those. But there's no point in picking nobody's surprise, Marion led the Browns to a solid cellar finish— on individuals. All of the owners something more or less, that could should be spanked for voting to be expected of any manager in the put. the sacrifice fly rule back. It's nothing more than a piece ofsame circumstances. Once the 1953 season Tvas over, fakery designed to inflate feeble the Browns became the Orldles, a batting averages. If a fly . ball that brand new name to hide a tattered scores a man is a sacrifice, then so ball club. Marion was called into is an infield grounder, or for that an interview and fired, as it was matteif a missed third strike that put, because he was too "defeatist." gets atvay from the catcher. From Kokomo, Indiana, to ' Bombay, India. That's the traveloyue of Seafarer Eugene Stanton who snapped these pics an a recent trip to the Far East •board the Steel Surveyor. Stanton knows his way around the Indian city as shown by these various views of the port. He has a little bit- of everything, a smattering of all the Indian flavor in these pictures, from municipal buildings to embassy baseball games. He even made his way back to dockside after his wanderings in the city and shot some laborers at work. Then there's the candid view of the local animal trainer with one of his simian charges. It's a Seafarer eye-view of Bombay, one of the chief port cities of the Orient. Vessels Keep Letters Coming Coffeetime And Picture Taking SIU crewmembers are com­ ing through like the catcher in the rye when it comes to re­ sponding to the marine hospital drive and the Union efforts to keep them open. ' ''J. Latest of a long line of letters written to Senators and Represen­ tatives are three letters to nation­ al legislators from SlU-contracted ships. Men aboard the Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), the Topa Topa (Waterman) and the Steel Ranger (Isthmian) have jumped into the fray with quills flying, adding their voices to the hue and cry raised A couple of the boys aboard the Christos M take time out lii Bom­ by those who want the installations bay for snapshot and coffeetime. At left is Ben Grice, steward, en­ kept open. Thirty-one members of joying some of his brew, with Gillespie, bosun, posing w^h windlass. the Alcoa Roamer, the.entire crew of the Topa Topa and 21 crewmem­ .. >< ' bers of the Steel Ranger have written the LOG to say that they've gotten their letters off. . Every ship in the vast SIU fleet The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, is responding to the call, and these three join In to ask the bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known others to keep those letters com­ cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Ivan Rosing. void's recipe for seafood chowder. Father Meets Son ftp A GUOB Yoofz SHIP WHILE IH VOKT, HAYB THE •VELB&ATE HOTIFY rHB HALL AT ONce so A pepiAcemHT CAY BE eg/^fT VOWAI . OPTEH COMPANIES Fl/r OFF OPVEPING MEN IMMEDim-Y, THUS LBAViHe THFSHIP SHOPTHAYDSD AND A-JOB UNFILLED. Seafarer Chris Moonan, right, and his ton Bay, a sergeant In the Air Force, look through life ring on the William Car- rmrir November ,S7r il9^ LOG I -trivyjl Seafarer Ivan Rosvold comes up with an Americanized ver­ sion of an old Scandinavian favorite, seafood chowder. This dish, which is quite common in Rosvold's native Norway, has " its geographical variations, Cook the codfish in about three"' depending upon the types of seafood prevalent in the area. gallons of water and put the stock Any combination of fish and shell­ aside. Make a roux and mix the codfish stock with the roux and fish can be used In it. allow to cook. Add codfish, clams, A good seafood chowder made from the basic ingredients below lobster tails and shrimp. Brown the onions and garlic together and will feed a crew add. Dice and steam carrots and of 40 men. Take add. Beat the egg yolks and mix four pounds of with the evaporated milk. Add; fresh codfish these with salt, pepper and thyme. two large cans of The entire cooking time should not' clams (fresh exceed 45 minutes. The egg and clams are more milk mixture should not be added desirable, if avail­ until last, when the chowder is able); three lob­ boiling. ster tails, two Other variations on this are dozen large Rosvold French bouillabaisse and gumbo. shrimp or prawns« one-half pound of carrots, six me­ In the Gulf area pompano, red dium-sized onions, two cloves of snapper, Spanish mackerl, rat red. garlic, three egg yolks, two cans of sheepshead, lemon fish or speckled Cfn each be substituted for; evaporated milk, :a,.4a|h ojE.,t|}ype cod;.witb much hetter retfulti. ' I ni I 5! i.'t 30 .K I-} 1 ''b U/ �N*Tembcr 27. 1953 SEAFARERS LOG Four BrotherR Sailed With SIV To the Editor: ' I am enclosing a change of ad­ dress for my LOG subscription. I have lieen reading the LOG since it was first published, since I have four brothers who were, at one time or another, members of your fine, progressive, militant Union. The first of them to become a member was Salvatore T. Nevola, • who later went on to become a chief mate. Then there were Hudolph, a cook, Vespasiano and Al­ fred, AB and wiper, respectively. All were members in good stand­ ing when they retired their books. The great strides "your Union has made in the labor movement should be a guiding beacon for all labor to strive to duplicate. May you continue this splendid work in the labor ranks and continue to be the standard-bearer of clean, hon­ est and militant unionism. A. S. Nevola (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) t t t Life In Philly Loohs Good Now To the Editor: Things are going fine in the good old City of Brotherly Love, where good fellows meet, as I see it, since I have been here. This sure is a port for the brothers to be proud to be from. You also have a fine coopera­ tive organization of representatives here, working for the future of the Union in general. These men are cooperative in all ways. I had the opportunity to pay off several ships here, and the representa­ tion was what all Gibba Union men can be proud of. Organizers Progressing Well Also, the organizers are doing a good job on Atlantic as I see it. The AFL is making very good progress here. In general, the port is 100 per­ cent better off than it has been for a long time. There are some jobs at present, with things looking bet­ ter for the future. So long for now. Carl E. (Red) Gibbs ^ Cuhore Captain Geie Sea Cf^eet To the Editor: The crewmembers of the Cubore (Ore.) would like to thank Captain Mason for being the first captain to secure a Sea Chest in the Ore Line fleet. He is one of the most understanding captains this crew has ever sailed with. He is prompt in taking care of a sick man and never bothers his officers or crew in their work. As a result, this is the best-run and cleanest ship in the Ore Line fleet. Captain Mason is now the commodore skipper, due to the death of Captain Moody, whose aslies were spread on the water this trip, around Salvadore Island. Crew of Culiore 4. LETTERS have been just another dreary an­ niversary, today, November 4, 1953, a festive occasion." James Plakias, Master To the Editor: Cecil N. Bean I would like to write about the t 3^ excellent feeding on board the Arizpa. I have been on here for the last two trips and have had the pleasure of sailing with as To the Editor: good, a steward and chief cook as Two of the brothers of the Chris­ ever rode an SIU ship.' tos M have had to be hospitalized The steward is Don Collins, one thus far, one in Aden and the other of the boys from the romance run in Karachi. Brother Kocanovski, out of New Or­ who was hospitalized in Karachi leans, and we with an appendectomy, has re­ have Millidge joined us here in Bombay, we are Lee, as chief glad to report. He is doing his re­ cook, from up in cuperating en board, in preference the bean town to being repatriated from Karachi. part of the coun­ Brother Albert W. Claude, AB, try. Of course was sent to the RAF Hospital in we have com­ Aden on October 23 with a pos­ pletely convinced sible brain concussion; we have him that the Fly­ Ryan wired to Aden to find out about ing W stands for his condition and expect to receive the rice and grits to be cooked an answer before we leave Bom­ every day. As baker we have an bay. We assure you that every­ oldtimer, Eddie Hoe, who makes thing possible was done for his it a pleasure to eat a meal with comfort and welfare, and we hope his baked goods. They are as good he makes a speedy recovery. as we could get at home, even in the rebel country. These brothers No Beefs At All All three departments report are more than cooperative to the that everything is running smooth­ other departments. They go out ly—in fact, more than smoothly, of their way to please the crew at with no beefs of any nature, and all times. Captain Swell no disputed overtime. We have no As far as Captain Jim Scheps performers—period. We are all having a wonderful time here in is concerned, there is no one to Bombay, and any of you brothers be found going to sea today who who have been here know how easy can top him as a gentleman, one who has the crewmembers' wel­ it is to enjoy yourself here. Another thing that has made fare in mind at all times. The this such a pleasant trip is the mate, who is an oldtime SIU man, wonderful food and splendid coop­ is also tops with the whole crew. Of course, the engine depart­ eration that we have received from the steward department. "Ole ment is the same as any other Ben," the steward, boasts that he Water]r«n ship, and I guess most doesn't ride a hungry ship. We no­ of the fellows understand that tice that he has no hesitancy about part of it. If any of the brothers around pitching in and helping, whether it is washing a pot or cooking, to the East Coast want to fatten up, see that the chow comes out right. this is the ship to do it on. This is one that you hear lots about but Master Is The Best We would be negligent in our very seldom run into for an allduty if we did not include a word around ship. She is really a of praise for the ship's master. In feeder. Pat Ryan our book, he is not just one of the t) if best, but the biest. We have seen a good many fine skippers, but can state unequivocally that Captain Joseph V. Cook tops them all. He has cooperated 100 percent with To the Editor: the entire crew and, although selfWe the crewmembers of the praise is considered to be halfscandal, we feel that he is proud Steel Rover (Isthmian) want to of us, for we assure you that every take this opportunity to extend last one of us has tried to do his our hearty congratulations to Cap­ job in the SIU way, which, of tain Richard J. Leighton, who has been promoted to the position of course, is the right way. We are due in Baltimore for Marine superintendent of the final discharge and payoff on or Port of Baltimore for the Isthmian about the 30th of December and Steamship Company. We wish him even now are anticipating a pleas­ every success in his new position. Captain Richard J. Leighton was ant payoff for all concerned. Best wishes from the entire crew with us in a relief role on this voyage, but we were not long in to the headquarters personnel. Edward Kocanovski Arizpa Good For Skinny Member Everything Tops On Christos M Rover^s Skipper Gets Promotion recognizing his 100 percent effi­ ciency and the fact that he ex­ pected all hands to live up to the Union agreement. By the same token he followed through on the company's contract. In addition, he demonstrated a very great intereiit in everybody's welfare. Crew Sends Flowers Just as night follows day, the result was a happy and coopera­ tive ship."On arrival in Honolulu, Captain Leighton was advised that hi<: wife was ill in the hospital, and as soon as possible the crew of the Steel Rover had flowers wired, wishing hbr a very speedy recovery. Crew of Steel Rover Sailed With SIU Many Years Ago To the Editor: Received my last SEAFARERS LOG and I see on the front page that the SIU is supposed to be 15 years old. I've got an SIU book since 1928 and while the strike was on that same year I sailed on the Muskoogee, an oil tanker out of New York. I was steward. We had quite a time, I remember, try­ ing to get the slopchest away from the captain. I hope you continue sending me the LOG to my .home address as my wife brings it out to me in the hospital when she visits me. I am confined to my. bunk on doctor's orders. I think I am on my last cruise but the doc says I got a chance. Tuberculosis is one tough battle, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for everything. Tom Young (Ed. note: Sorry, the SIU was founded in 1938.) 4" 4" Member Drafted^ Follows News To the Editor: I am dropping you a few lines from this (Jod-forsaken Army, to notify you of my change of ad­ dress: I have been receiving the LOG regularly and still enjoy it very much. I want to congratulate the SIU on its victory over Atlantic Refin­ ing. Although the voting is only half-done, ,1 know it will be a tre­ mendous victory for the SIU. I was sailing with the SIU from March, 1948, until the time I was drafted, November, 1953, and I can say it was the finest Union afloat. Would it be asking too much if you could send me your book, "Seafarers In World War II?" I sure would like some Of these ser­ geants to read it and know what they're talking about when they knock the merchant marine Thanks a lot. Fyt. Anthony Poremski (Ed note: Your change of addrdss has been noted. The book you ask for is on its way.) 4- 4" 4- Alps Well On Robin Lochsley t Master Thanf&s Steward^s Men To the Editor: yhe following letter was written by. the captain of the Cecil N. Bean to the steward, A1 Kessen, in ap­ preciation of the fine meals put out so far this trip. Mike Kramer *T would like to go on record as thanking the steward department for all the nice things they have done duting this voyage for all almardi and. parfkularly foir the nice gesture iif rnaTkihrg^hkt '' * * Tagt Twenty-oil* Some of the happy Seafarers aboard the Christos M are shown above facing the comera and are, left to eiaaw the oaav music. «a*Moav« They nuvf *V right, Aaftaaiip Franciss Gulllo^, Rait FontehQl, Clem Fontenot, T. Duglh, |lobert Forman, «, V. S^i^ro^'Sitf-LC'iAi^Ag^bert. , ' I'o the Editor: The Robin Locksley is now well cn her way down, after all the confusion we had at the sign-on. Peace and quiet have fallen on us, and all departments settled into a comfortable groove, with at least a four-month trip ahead. All the crew seem to be in good shape ex­ cept for one engine department oiler, who fell sick on the way down. However, he is improving. The boys are all agog over what they are going to do when they arrive in South Africa, espe­ cially the newcomers. Let's all hope that all will go well and we will ha|?€e a pleasant trip. Son^s Life Saved By 3iany Friends To the Editor: Repeated assurances have been received of the fast recovery of our son, James B. McGhee. The last one was from J. Y. Fares, M.D., Medical Director and chief surgeon of St. Lukes Hospital, Manila. We are assured and know that nothing was left undone to save his life. In my small way I wish to extend to everyone our deepest thanks for all that was done. No one, regardless of who he was, could have received more help, and McGhee his life today is due to the efforts of many who assisted. To date we have not learned of the address of Dr. and Mrs. Bissel, and should you have it, I would like very much to have it so that I may also thank them. Received A Letter We received one letter froni James, written for him by a,Philip­ pine friend. Dr. Fares thinks that within two or three weeks he will be able to return home. Natural­ ly, as soon as he comes back, we want him to stay home until he is well enough to go back to work. As soon as we learned of his in­ jury I wrote the SIU. I have been reading every issue of the LOG and find it the best of all labor newspapers. I am impressed with the vigorous efforts your Union makes in behalf of its members. For this reason I was confident that, by addressing your Union, he would receive the best of care. These have been long and anx­ ious days, since James' injury, and for a while it seemed we would never hear. The results have now been even better than we could expect under the circumstances. A fine job was done all the way. Please extend our thanks to all the Seafarers of the Steel Fabricator who assisted so nobly, the chief officers and to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union. Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McGhee 4> 41 4 Calmar Cooking Gets 3iore Raves To the Editor: I am writing this letter at the request of the crew of the Calmar. As you know, one of the main re­ quirements in maintaining a crew's good morale is good food and the preparation of that food. Charles Stevens, our chief stewr ard, has made it his job to see that the crew has plenty of fresh milk, fruit, and other items which are often neglected on other ships. Ed Seeley, our chief cook, also takes special care in the preparation of the-food. Jimmy Oliver, our sec­ ond cook and baker, is really tops, and turns out some of the best food we've ever eaten. And there's no neglecting our third cook, who helps in all food* preparations and also keeps the crew supplied with a good amount of night lunch. The entire crew, as well as myself, wish to thank the steward department for a real­ ly swell combination Armistice Day-Thanksgiving Day dinner. Again, thanks to the best stew­ ard department in the SIU. Rocky Evans 4 4.4 Enjoys Reading Of Shipmates To the Editor: I would. like to thank you for sending me the SEAFARERS LOG regularly. jLt sure is good to be able to read* about all my brothers, and what they are doing. •Jaffiir~FrWifr~i K-EWM • ,i| 'SS �• •';-;Vr.--i^'" SEAFARERS Paje Twenty-tw» Tiny Performers 'Always Punished SpTtmh^T tl, 19SS LOO LETTERS Wisest Course To the Editor: To the Editor: During April of this year our It is a shame to say that once missed the get-together and bull steward, who hails from San Fran­ in a while we come across a few session that followed at the Union cisco and is a real heads-up stew­ New Orleans hall shipped a num« performers who add nothing to the hall. However, I did manage to get ard. He is the great kind of stew­ ber of men to assist in manning good reputation that our Union my smiling face into some, of the To the Editor: ard who is willing to take a little several MFOW ships. I was one enjoys in supplying the companies pictures Bob took on board the I would like to send my best time to make sure that the meals of these. Upon arrival aboard ship, with good, competent men. It ship. wishes for a Merry Christmas and served are of the best quality and I found the engine department in sometimes takes only a few min­ a happy New Year to all, from the best cooking, and he also makes a state of excitement over the As most Seafarers know, the hall utes to destroy much of the good is located over the USS Club in Cafe Tria, In Copenhagen. sure that the menus are varied. The prospect of becoming affiliated will we have been building through Puerto La Cruz. What they don't entire steward department, of with the SIU. The MFOW, as E. Hojtved Pedersen all kinds of effort, after years of know, is that a telephone call will course, is working right along with most of us know, is an old and ^ t hard work, organizing, educating, bring a station wagon to the ship him, and all of them are doing a very proud seaman's union, the spending money and time. Al­ for your party, either in Puerto La great job. Nick Hatgimisiok,' membership of which is popular though these characters are in the Cruz or in Guanta and a return known as Pete the Greek, is night for hitting the bricks and fight­ ing every inch of the way for its minority, with their actions they sevice to your ship when you are cook and baker. To the Editor: rights. do harm to the Union. Officers Good Too ready to go—^this in a port where It was not easy for them to aban­ We had this kind of a situation cab service is undependable and I was inducted into the Army on In addition to being a greet November 3rd. The life in the feeder, this ship has a good skipper don total independence to join on my last trip, during our stay in the police hostile. forces under an­ Army is so much and mates which makes it seem as Iceland. A lot of Watch Your Tongue other banner, but different than if we'll be enjoying a fine trip all talking was done, One word of caution before I they were wise going to sea that the way. The ship's delegate, too, but when the close. Most of the Guardia Naenough to know I have had a hard Eugene E. Ray, is doing a fine job time came to tionale, or Federal police, speak, that in unity take action, no time getting ad­ for his shipmates, making the there is the justed to it. The whole picture rosy and happy. one knew any­ or at least understand, somo Eng­ strength that sea­ hours of labor thing about it. lish, so a few ill-chosen words Fred Israel men have needed here are anytime The results: no spoken about them not only can get you in a jackpot, but also t t t 60 badly in the they need you. It action taken past and shall reminds me of against anyone. makes it tougher on Bob and Bill, and adds just that much more to certainly need being on an un­ Lack of proof Reid Burke Ramirez again some day. organized ship, does not mean the difficulties they must over­ The MFOW chose to affiliate that sympathy and encouragement come to give you the kind of rep­ which r never experienced before. To the Editor: resentation they are trying to give Here we are on the Robin Hood, with what they considered the is theirs. I am proud to have belonged to It is very important to fight for you. a fine Union like the SIU since the on the South African run. It's sup­ most progressive seamen's union Anderson J. Johnes better living conditions aboard the first day of my seafaring career, posed to be spring here but we in the USA. Who told MFOW t t i ships, better wages, etc., but it is and I am looking -forward to the are having lots of rain and cold members about the SIU? We did. We, the membership, in our per­ just as important—and the major­ day when I can set foot on board weather. We have a beef that I believe sonal contacts with these men, told ity will agree with me—to bring an SIU ship again. about an improvement in the ac­ Please forward the SEAFARERS will concern all Robin ships' crews, them true facts about the charac­ as well as others. We were nine ter of our Union and convinced To the Editor: tions of all our own members. LOG to me. days on coast­ them that what we have is some­ This is to advise you that I am Officers' Word Good Pvt. George Burke thing worth joining. Incidentally, most of these per­ in the Army as of Odtober, 1953. (Ed. note: The SEAFARERS wise articles from formers are tall men, who are sel­ I am now in my second week of LOG will be sent to you regularly, Baltimore to New Proud of Leaders York. At the dom molested, but when it comes basic training and have six more as you requested.) I would like to urge every mem­ sign-on, foreign to a man of my size doing some­ weeks to go. Brother, is it rough. S. t. ber to Continue this practice of tell­ articles were thing wrong, a next time is out of Lots of overtime, no sleep and no ing others about our Union, espe­ back-dated for order, because action is promptly pay. There are three other broth­ cially people in maritime. By do­ the coastwise and efficiently taken. I believe it ers of the SIU here with me. We ing so, we, as a mighty team will time. But this is is time to eliminate from our are going to have our picture taken lay the groundwork for what will To the Editor: where the catch Union those who are a discredit, at a later date and send it to you. become the most powerful mari­ I am writing to say how much I is: This draw is I sailed as chief steward in the whether they are five feet, six feet, Haga time labor organization. The offi­ like the LOG. I like the poems a counted against permitment or bookmen. Because SIU from 1945 until I was recent­ cials of our Union have demon* it is difficult to find someone will­ ly drafted into the Army. My last lot, especially the ones by M. us here. On this ship you can only strated an uncanny alertness in Dwyer. draw half your base pay after ing to prefer charges or speak ship was the Atlantic Water (Me­ Someone told me that M. Dwyer taxes, allotments and draws are seizing every opportunity to organ-' against men who are above aver­ tro). I intend to return to sea as ize new groups and affiliate with age in size, I believe officers' com­ soon as these 23 months are up. is a woman. Can you tell me if taken out. Therefore, half the others. They certainly deserve the this is true? If it is I want to say crew, at least, cannot draw any confidence that the SIU member­ plaints should be taken as grounds Send LOG for accusation in order to bring a I'd like you to send the LOG to that she must be very nice to know money for six or eight ports. ship places in them. Short Changes man up on charges when some dis­ me here at Camp Gordon. Also, as she sure sounds like she likes Frank Reid In addition, the allotments did creditable action happens. I'd like to have the last three is­ to make us seamen happy by writ­ t. i K, ing a lot of poems. not start back when the articles sues. too, as I don't like to miss Luis A. Ramirez Joe Rucher were back-dated but when we anything that's going on in the (Ed. note: M. Dwyer is a woman. signed on foreign articles. We also SIU. Only thing I regret is that I am not on an jSIU ship now. This Her interest in the sea has led her cannot draw any money against our To the Editor: overtime. Army chow is not up to Union to write many poems about it.) I saw those pictures in the New Several of us would like to sug­ standards. And the pay is a joke. To the Editor: gest that something be done about York hall, hanging outside the There's no rest for a poor GI. Just a short note from South this problem, like requiring the LOG office, and I can't get over America to remind the crew that They say old soldiers never die. company to make a port payoff for it. They are so perfect that I However, I'm not a soldier. For the "International" in our title is coastwise and part time complete­ wanted to say congratulations to no empty boast. We on the Alcoa the present, yes, but two years To the Editor: If anybody wants a good feeder ly. Therefore, no~ back-dating ar­ whoever took them. They don't Partner were brought up to date from now I'll be a Seafarer again. have photographs that good, even I'd like to get the LOG sent to these days, all he has to do is come ticles. on this point today when Bob Mat­ in exhibitions that are raved over. me at my new address from now I think this would save a lot of aboard the Beauregard, a'Waterthews and his able colleague, BiU I am somewhat of a shutter bug, Oppenhorst, SIU organizer, paid on. Can't wait to sail again in man ship. This is one of the best trouble and beefs. The fellows like but I guess the lenses I use and 1955. to go ashore for a beer or a movie feeders afloat that I have ever us a visit here in Puerto La Cruz, and have a good time. But if-the the way I use them—aw, what's the been on. Fred R. Hicks, Jr. Venezuela. {Ed. note: The LOG will be sent Most of the credit for the great rest of the ships are in the same use. Your photographer is really I had been sick with a stomach a photographer. Go ahead and tell to you at your new address as meals we are enjoying on this ship position, they can not. disorder for a couple of days, and him that I said he's extraordinary. Garland H. Haga goes to Frank P. Votto, the chief had run into the usual red tape published.) William Calefato " that company agents are so good (Ed. note: We told him.) at placing in a a. K, i,seaman's w.a y when he is out of reach of repre­ sentation (they think). No re­ To the Editor: fusal of medical I am writing. to thank all the attention, but Seafarers for the gift our new wait for this, daughter received. The bond and stall for that, the check for $200 will go a long until you say, way in helping her get a good Johnes "To hell with start in life. it." I'm proud that my husband be­ "Well, this time it didn't work longs to such a fine union as the out that way at all. The local SIU, which gives such wonderful brass suddenly woke up to the benefits to its members' families. fact that they were being blitzed Also ,I would like to say hbw by the same tip-top representation much I enjoy' reading the SEA­ that they thought could be met by FARERS LOG. I would appreci­ them only in the States, and, siesta ate it if you would send me a copy time or not, I had a hospital slip regularly. and was telling my tale of woe To Again thank you, all the brothers a whole staff of medics in a mat­ of the Seafarers International ter of minutes after it hit. Union, for this wonderful gift. Missed the Party Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire The only sad note to this story, (Ed. note: Your nanie has been Seafarer off the Robin Mowbray, left, rests for a minute -board a r?ckshaw in Antalahu, Madagascar. for me, is that they 'found out I added to our mailing list to receive the SEAFARERS LOG every two At right, natives row out to the ship in the hope of selling vanilla beans to the Seafarem still on board was really sick and sent me back u J. i. weeks, ju .published.) I to. the ship to sack in. so that I the vessel in j^ame port .--ii, m i . •, " -r - ,i 4 Greetinys From Copenhagen Bar US Army Needs Organized iMbor Bobin Hood Crew Has Money Beet Finds Army Is Not WAhe Union Ashs Question On Marine Poet SiU Helps Men in LM Cruz Too Says LOG Fotog is Bealiy Tops ^ a. Beauregard Cooh Tahe Tlte Cake Rickshaw And Rowboat Activity in Madagascar TJhanhs SIU For Maternity Gift li^.. Ir*;-. I^.; -: - r -4^"' y �KoT«4tber 1953 S£^F^Jt£RS LOG Suez Canal Had A Torerunner' In 60 BC The Big Ditch—the Suez Canal—which has become one of the more sensative trouble •' spots in the world during recent months, is not the first canal that has cut through the isthmus between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Canals through this piece of land were dug and used hundreds of' tain the depth required. It has years before the birth of been widened and deepened to ac­ Christ. commodate the larger vessels as The first known canal dug in ships became bigger and bigger. what Napoleon described as the At first, small sidings were cut into "sixth desert of Egypt" was the the canal bank to widen short Canal of Darius, which resulted in stretches so that ships could pass the filling of the Bitter Lakes. This each other at these points. These was followed by an ambitious plan sidings were later enlarged, but that resulted in a canal running still were not satisfactory. Finally, from the Nile to the Red Sea. by-pass canals were dug. The first This canai, known as the Canal of these by-pass canals is in oper­ of the Prince of the Faithful, went ation at El Ballah, and is nearly Into operation in 60 BC. It was seven miles long. navigable only during the flood season of the Nile, but did provide Earth Moved a waterway to the Red Sea, ending Dredging alone, just to keep the at a small town only a short dis­ required depth, has meant remov­ tance from Suez. However, the ing 208 million cubic yards of canal was l>rimarily used for irri­ earth between 1874 and 1951. Well gation. over another 100 million cubic ' The plan was then to cut a canal yards of earth have been excavated all the way across the isthmus, but or dredged during the various im­ Darius, the King of Persia, put a provement programs along the stop to the canal because he canal. Although it was only 17 feet claimed the Red Sea was higher deep when first opened, dredging than the level of most of Egypt, operations now never permit the and if a canal was cut through, it canal to have less than a 38-foot would flood the country. depth at its lowest point. To allow Things then stayed quiet until a safety margin, no vesi^el with a the Romans arrived, and they cut a draft of more than 34 feet is al­ small canal, which later became lowed in the canal. known as the River of Trajan. This Traffic through the ditch has in­ later silted up and became un­ creased tremendously. From an usable once the Romans left. average of slightly more than one Filled In ship a day when.it started, it has Meanwhile, the Canal of the grown to a point now where an Prince of the Faithful had- filled average of .33 vessels per day in, but this was opened up again transit the canal. During the early around the third century, and re­ days of the canal, three out of The map shows the canal as every four ships traveling through mained in operation for about 150 It travels from Port Said to the ditch flew the BriUsh flag. years. At this time, one of the Sues (both circled). towns near the Nile revolted, and Now, about one third of the traffic is British although it is still tHe the canal was filled in to prevent the revolting town from getting their share of stock, the Viceroy largest single user of the canal. of Egypt bought this stock as well, Following World War II, Americansupplies. From that time on, Egypt was giving him close to a controlling flag traffic dominated the canal, without a canal in that area. After interest. As the years went by, but in recent years, this traffic has the Canal of the Prince of. the however, the British kept lending fallen off considerably, until now Faithful was filled in, it was lost. money to the Viceroy, and then, in American-flag ships account for For centuries afterward, one pro­ 1875, the Viceroy was forced into less than 10 percent of the traffic. posal followed another about cut­ turning all his stock over to the During recent years, tanker traffic ting a canal between the two seas, British since he couldn't pay back has become an ever-growing factor the loans. in the canal's operations. but nothing was done. The canal itself was a large It wasn't until 1854 that the During the last war, the. canal canal plans became a reality as undertaking. From the Port Said saw its heaviest use, and was also Ferdinand deLesseps got permis­ Lighthouse, to the entrance chan­ subjected to a number of air raids. sion from the Egyptian government nel at Suez Roads is just 100 miles. In the earlier part of the war, the to build ia canal. deLesseps also Fresh water had to be brought'in favorite trick of the German planes had the good fortune of having from the Nile. Some 97 million was to fly over at night in the iso­ been a close friend of the Egyptian cObic yards of dirt were excavated lated sections of the canai, and ruler Mohammed Said—who gave to make the canal, most of it by drop mines into the canal. This, dredging, before the canal opened they hoped, would sink some ves­ deLesseps the permission. on November 17, 1869, with a sels as they passed, and block the^ Stock Sold Stock for the company was par­ great, three-day ceremony. canal. This tactic was answered by Since, that time, the canal has celled out to various countries. When some countries didn't buy been constantly dredged to main­ minesweepers, which kept the The canal stretches out to the horizon, with arid desert land run­ ning along both sides. In this view of the canal from the stern of a vessel traveling through it. canal clear. For a while, nets were used as an experiment. The nets were stretched across the top of the canal, to catch any mines dropped, or at least to indi­ cate exactly where they were dropped by showing rips where the mines dropped through. However, the nets were found to be imprac­ tical and were soon discontinued. The monument is seen by most passing vessels at Therofik. The monument serves as a landmark for most seamen, and was erected as a memorial for World War I. a Seafarer I 4< I -•i THE KXJD AMJ> VCZACESPSOUP- OvlPi CAFBTS/^IA 'M Mil. ARB SSAflBP FOP, 5&iFAF£=PS THEMEMBBfiS CBOIPP. UmOli.VPfV itiimmysr TIME YookBMiHBiiAu. -i , 'ii J- A iag polls the lie de Fnuieo past tlie only brides orosslng the oansL This bridge wrf ereeted for mlll,.4 tary purposes'during . WoriA War U. At this tisM, the He de France was being used a tcoopah^ Staelesipae or her ttree staeks when reconverted, after ttie war. .••m: y - ^ jiu'f 03: rj •' 01 ••3.riis;; :ii �Pa^ ^tfnty-four S EAFA^ERS November 27, 195S LPG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. KATHRYN (Bull), October 35—Chair­ ation room wHl be kept clean and not man, Bob Beach; Secretary, Mel Harris. looking like a pig pen. Repair list was made up to be turned over to the patrolman. Blil Vaughan was elected ship's delegate. ' Everyone will cooperate in keeping the messroom and washing machine clean. Ship's delegate will take care of the library in port. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 28—Chairman, A. Anderson; Secre­ tary, Jim Harrison. Letter will be sent to Congress on USPHS hospital signed by crewmembers. Library and laundry should be kept clean. Steward will get In touch with the delegates and make sure the ship is properly stored. Spoiled crackers will be thrown over the si^e and the vessel will be fumigated. Coke bottles will be stored in oilskin locker. Message was sent to the Union abQut the brother who died as the result of a fall. . f > No date—Chairman, Carrol; Secretary, Mackenzie. Mate will be contacted about dogs or portholes in messman's room. Steward will see about getting milk in Japan. October IS—Chairman, J. BIssonneU Secretary, James Eichenberg. One man missed ship in Yokoliama: two miss.ad the shift of the ship. Repair list will he made out and given to the steward wiin will make three copies of it and give one to the captain. All linen is to be turned in. There is to be no performing at the payoff. EDITH (Bull), October 18—Chairman, John Carrol; Secretary, Louis S. Rizzo. Repairs are to be turned over to the delegates. Securing the ship requires all hands, and certain men have been failing to show up on time. William Vogel was elected ship's delegate byacclamation. Men should not pl;ty poker in the lounge. Crew member should be a little cleaner about his work. Vote of conRdcnce and thanks went to Daniel Brown for the ambitious and conscien­ tious performance of his duties. Gratings for showers are needed. • Get New Books Through Agents 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 teil 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 books be sent through the mails to any private addresses. more all members of the crew would stand behind the steward in his demands for more stores for this ship. Vote of thanks went to the steward and the entire steward department for the good work done this trip with the shortage of stores and supplies that occurred. Galley range is giving continuous trouble, and steward says that if it is not work­ ing s-itisfaetorlly by the time of arrival, a shore gang shouid be gotten to repair it. November. 7—Chairman, Charlie Kel­ logg; Secretary, F, S. Paylor. Repair list was turned over to the chief mate and chief engineer with the notation that it would be extended at a later date. Mo­ tion was passed to get each watch a separate foc'sle. Motion includes black gang. Patrolman will be told of this on arrival. Men are not to pay off until repairs are taken care of. Each delegate will make up a repair list and turn it in to the ship's delegate. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), November 3—Chairman, P. Wusk; Secretary, D. M. Hand. Chief engineer's attention should be called to the shortage of hot water, .Ship's delegate wiil see about this. Re­ pair list will be made up and turned in so the work can be taken care of before the crew signs on. Everything is going along smoothly with a good crew, good steward department, good eats and a very capable bosun. All is fine. OCEANSTAR (Dolphin), September 13 —Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secretary, Albert De Forest. Many items on the repair list-were taken care of. An at­ tempt has been made to repair the wash­ ing machine, but the agitator stiii needs fixing. First assistant will be asked about this. It is believed that there are not enough cots, though there were said to be enough at sailing time by the cap­ tain. The cots were sealed with the sea stores and could not be checked. Shoreside personnel should be kept out of messrooms and passageways, and ways and means were discussed. Water hose should be run through the pahtry port to provide water outside. There are not enough foc'sle keys There was some dissatisfaction with slopchest prices, par­ ticularly cigarettes. SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND (Waterman), October 30—Chairman, Charley Johnson; STRATHPORT (Strathmore), Septem­ Secretary, L. E. Wilson. Jack Mays w.is elected ship's delegate by acclamation. ber 20—Chairman, Herbert R. Kreutz; Secretary, John H. Larson. Nothing has Steward informed the crew that new been done about painting and cleaning books would be placed in the library up crew's quarters, gailey and ship in and asked that only a few be taken by general as per agreement with the last one man at a time. They shouid be re­ captain. New stainless steel sinks should turned when they have been finished. Two washing machines should be kept be installed in crew's pantry and galley. CHILORE (Ore), October 25—Chairman, working: one for work clothes only. Steward was asked for more variety in food and better grade of meat to be Le R:;y Bewig; Secretary, L. J. Gaodwin. to be a problem on all Robin Line scows First assistant. will be contacted on this. ' . _ bought. Steward and delegates should Not much progress has been made on of this type. October 9—Chairman, Frank Crider; check all meat and stores when they repairs. Washing machine and percolator OMEGA (Omega), October 10—Chair­ come aboard for the next voyage. Vote need repairing. First engineer was con­ Secretary, J. Busalecki. Herman Whis- man, Michael F. Oellano; Secretary, John nant was elected s'nip's delegate. Dis­ L. Ohannaslan. Repair list was taken of thanks was given by the entire crew tacted on sougeeing and painting out to the night cook and baker, W. Mcliveen, black gang foc'sles but there were no cussion was held on the cleanliness of care of. First assistant is doing car­ BALTORE (Ore), September 17—Chair­ for the fine baked goods he turned out results. Members gave full support to the pantry and the preparation of food. penter's work. Ship's delegate will see man, Secretary, George and for many special items he has given the USPHS hospital beef and to the Sea Soup is too watery and the hamburgers the captain about sougeeing and paint Prote. C.C.D.D. Anderson; Anderson was elected ship's too dry. Meat should be cooked to 'the crew. Performer will be turned Chest. Captain warned men on drinkln.g. ing messroom and foc'sles. US currency Crewmembers were asked to Repair list will be mailed from Cristobnl order, ship's delegate will contact the draws should be given in foreign ports. delegate. over to the patrolman for action. put knives, forks and spoons back in the to Baltimore. Crewmembers should )'.irn boarding patrolman about the water Captain will be contacted about getting pantry when through. Crew backing up in the laundry and heads checkers a separate room. Screen doors would welcome they're WACOSTA (Waterman), October it- in cots with linen when getting off. Care an SIU slopchest aboard every time the ship lists. Chairman, Augie Lazzaro; Secretary, K. should be taken with kitchen utensils. need repairs. Chief engineer will he this ship and intends to petition the cap­ contacted about water change. Thomas. Dirty glass and silver situation to that effect before this voyage is LONCVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), October 31—Chairman, Michael F. Del- tain beef should be corrected. Chief mate terminated. Captain refused. insists ship's delegate should caution the November 1—Chairman, O'Rourkc; Sec­ riers), September 27—Chairman, George lano; Secretary, William M. Ward. Paint Beeching was elected Frank; Secretary, Roland Dean. George ing will be done after leaving Yokohama crew about taking greater care in the retary, Clough. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), October drills and learning proper duties. Cap­ ship's delegate by acclamation. Vote of Frank was elected ship's delegate. Ship s sougeeing has been done. One man paid 30—Chairman, A. G. Alexander; Secre­ delegate Will see the captain about get­ off sick in Pedro. There should be less tain and chief mate inspected the ship thanks went to the ship's delegate. tary, M. Thompson. There is $58.14 ting US money draws in the Far East. and found quarters very dirty. Crew noise in alleyways. Steward was asked in theR.ship's fund. Wringer and pump November 1—Chairman H. Beeker; to get ice aboard in Yokohama. was asked to cooperate in cleaning up of the washing machine are not work­ Secretary, D. J. O'Donnell. Men who foc'sles. <NlP*C ing. Motion was passed to have the went from Seattle to Olympia will have ship's delegate buy a small radio. transportation paid for. There are no SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), disputes or beefs or disputed OT on October 28—Chairman, I, J. Constantine; PAIRLAND (Waterman), October 31— board. All is well. Library books will Secretary, A. Goncalves. Mate claims the Chairman, Frank Kustura; Secretary, be collected and exchanged before ar­ bosun set off firecrackers and wants to Kenneth Collins. Victor D'lndia was rival: aU soiled linen will be turned in. fire him. The patrolman will be con­ elected ship's delegate. Motion was EVELYN (Bull), October 12—Chairman, One man failed to join the ship in San tacted about, this in New York. Beef passed .to contact the patrolman on ar­ about the second assistant engineer giv­ Roy J. Kelly; Secretary, W. W. Etty. Francisco; his gear has been packed up LOGANS PORT (Cities Service), Octo­ rival in New York, as there is some dis­ ing the men a hard time will be told Old repair list was not taken care cf and itemized. ber 30—Chairmen, not listed; Secretary, puted overtime. Crewmembers wiil turn to the patrolman. R. Ayers was reelected completely but will be finished in Balti­ ship's delegate by acclamation. Sugges­ more. Crewmembers should turn over WESTERN RANCHER (Western Navi­ William M. Hand. Heating system should in dirty linen. One washing machine tion was made to keep the TV set off all extra linen to him. Repair lists mu.st gation), October 25—Chairman, Al Oro- be fixed so that it can be adjusted in will be used for work clothes, the other during meals. CUDS should be returned be made up and turned in before, ar­ maner; Secretary, Van Vlaenderen. Old each foc'sle. Patrolman will be told for whites. Cots are to be kept out of and washing machines kept clean and in rival. Steward department got a vote and questionable stores will be disposed about reimbursing for transportation the the passageway. Everyone is to return of thanks for what the crew thought was of. Captain said there will be no draw man who reported to the ship while at dirty dishes to the pantry after coffeeorder. good food and service. in Pedro. Crew will keep souvenirs in anchor. Each- department will take turns time and in the evenings. HOOSIER MARINER (Isthmian), Octo­ foc'sles. Steward is to contact the ship's cleaning the laundry and recreation STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), August BALTORE (Ore), no data—Chairman, delegate when difficulties about requisi­ room. More cigarettes should be stocked ber II—Chairman, N. Wuchlna; Secre­ T—Chairmen, Ray Wright; Secretary, C. tary, W. Janlsh. Laundry wringers will Mack Singleton; Secretary, George Prota. tions crop up. Fumigation is needed, in the slopchest. A. Kress. The S18 in the ship's fund be checked; the purser will handle "the Chief mate persists in doing the crew's due to the many weevils in the stores. Ship's delegate will Captain has promised to have this done, ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), November will be taken care of by the ship's dele­ mail. N. Wuchina was reelected ship's work on deck. gate. Steward will put out more night delegate. Mail situation was discussed. speak to the patrolman on this. Crew­ but has neglected to do this so far. 1—Chairman, O. W. Trawick; Secretary. lunch. Cups are to be returned to the Radios and phonographs will be played members will please try to keep quiet Steward failed to order steak and poul­ Robert D. Schwarz. Chief cook will get pantry. on the passageways at night. Steward try before leaving Yokohama for Pedre. the parts needed for the ship's phono­ lower. September 13 — Chairmen, F. Red is to put out diffejent night lunch. Cups Other shortages were due to procure­ graph. There is a balance of $10.18 in Baron; Secretary, A. Vargas. Henry October 28—Chairman, Steve Cam should be washed out after use. Some­ ment problems. Matter will be- taken the ship's fund. Shepeta was elected ship's delegate by one in the crew is to paint "Keep It Secretary, V/iiliam Janisch, Men who uo with the patroiman on arrival. Charge MAE (Bull), November 8—Chairman, acclamation. Crew is to keep the messmissed ship wiU be turned over to the Clean" on a sign to be posted in the that the galley is favoring the saloon room cleaner. W. Morris; Secretary, E, Carlson. There Union. Repair list wiU be made out. laundry. AU departments need mop was denied by the chief cook.November 1—Chairman, H. Shepeta; is a $32 balance in the ship's fund. S26 Draw money not spent will be returned. buckets. More juices should be put out and the HOLYSTAR (Intercontinental), August 23 was spent for fiowerg, $7.15 for cards. Secretary, L. C. Hanhon. Some repairs ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), October 25 —Chairman, Steward W. Woung; Secre­ SI for a stapling machine. - There is S3 were made. Men'were advised not to be crew's ice box repaired in New York. —Chairman, Bob Masserall; Secretary, tary, John Smith. Menues should be varied more. John Smith was left. Coffee jirn -will be put in the erew's running to the hall on arrival but to L,' P. Hagmann. Patrolman wiU be con­ eiected ship's delegate. Crew pantryman pantry. Hot air vent in the 8-12 deck let the ship's delegate act in the capacity REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), September 28— tacted on draws in Dunkirk and Antwerp, will make coffee at 9:30 AM. Steward department foc'sle needs repairing. A for which he was elected, to avoid con­ Chairman, Peppett; Secretary, C, A. the beef on the chief engineer refusing department agreed to clean the recrea­ new washing machine will be orde/ed. fusion. Second electrician will list the Collins. Michael J. Pugaczewski was to fix the crew's refrigerator. Repair tion room; deck and engine departments C. Stansbury expressed thanks for' the parts needed for the washing machine elected ship's delegate by acclamation. list was turned in. A better brand of wiU keep the laundry clean. Men are to flowers sent to his grandmother. Each and purchase these in the States. Ship's Repair list will be made up: aU door coffee shouid be supplied. Captain will be properly dressed, in the messroom. member was asked to donate SI to the delegate will see the patrolman about the slopchest and make' arrangements locks to crew's quarters will be repaired be asked by the patrolman why no milk Ship's delegate will give the captain a ship's fund. for a room for drying clothes, as wo and keys made. Ship needs fumigation. was purchased in Bordeaux, but was list of articles needed or wanted for Patrolman will be a.sked about getting bought in Le Havre. Patroiman wiil see the slopchest in the Panama Canal. CALMAR. (Celmsr), Novombor a — are not allowed to bang clothes in the more milk and buttermilk aboard, as the captain about getting a better variety November 1—Chairman, John - Smith; Chairman, E. Seoley; Secretary; Jack fidley. of goods in the slopchest and pasting a Secretary, W. Young, there is not enough. Ship's delegate Evans. One man missed ship in Long price list. saw the captain about painting the stew­ Beach and caught it in 'Frisco. The ard department rooms. Laundry has not crew gives credit to the steward depart­ ROYAL OAK (Citloi Strvlce), Octobar been kept clean; those assigned to clean ment, including .chief steward Charles 25—Chairman, Frank Parsons; Sacratary, it shouid do a better 'job. Dispute be­ Stevens,- for excellent feeding and sani­ Ed Ducay. Men getting off before thfe tween two members wUl be settled by tary conditions. The department has ship goes foreign should notify their the patrolman. ' done its best to see that the crew has delegates so they can get replacements. sufficient .amounts of milk and fresh Ed Daeey was elected new ship's dele­ YAKA (Waterman),' November 8 — fruits. More night. lunch is needed. ROBIN WENTLEV (Seas Shipping), Nogate. Coffee urn should be fixed or re­ Chairman, D. K, Fisher; Secretery, Ver­ Engine and deck departments wiil al­ velnber 18—Chairman, W. J. Walsh; Sec­ placed. Washing machine should be non C. Harris. Norwood Barboiur was ternate cleaning the laundry. There are ALBION (Trans-Fuel), Octsber 25 — fixed. - Slopchest should be okay before elected ship's delegate by acclamation; complaints about the crew not bringing retary, Jof Busalecki. Everything has been going along OK since the last meet­ Chairman, H. Witt; Secretary, James sailing. Steward should have more vari­ Bill Chandler was elected ship's treas­ coffee cups back to the messhali and ing; minor beefs after a four-month trip Archie. Boarding patrolman will check ety in the menus. urer. There is $11 in the ship's fund. not keeping the messhali and pantry are at a minimum. News of the death safety- guard rails on fantaii main deck, Discussion was held on spending the clean, during night watches. Steward is foremast crosstrees, after mast crossORION COMET (Orion), Octobar 27— ship's fund for a Christmas party for putting in for new mattresses and bed- of our shipmate and chief cook was ra­ dioed to Union headquarters immediate­ trees, and repairs needed on refriger­ Chairman, W. Raldy; Sacratary, R. Laa. the crew. Each member should make a springs will be repaired and checked, ly, in Capetown. Repair lists will be ators. Plenty of milk, ice cream and A three-man committee will be appointed donation to the fund at the first draw. made up by* department delegates and other food went bad. Bakery got a vote to take notes on the needs and the dif­ Laundry should be kept clean at all TOPA TOPA (Waterman), November 7 given to the ship's delegate for action. of thanks for buying the library. Dis­ ferent problems that arise on a super­ times. —Chairman, Tom' FInnerty; Secretary, - ' cussion was held on the mate working tanker of this type and forward same Sam Carlisle, Engineer said he wofild fix ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), men in unsafe conditions and calling it to headquarters so the negotiating com­ the light on deck as soon as possible. August 24—Chairman, R. B. Carey; Sec­ necessary. Captain. wants to put out a mittee can have this data to work on. Claptain was contacted on the slopchest, retary, Thomas Williams. There are 22 flat draw per man. but we want what Ship's delegate thanked the crew for the which is adequate. Ship's delegate will shillings in the ship's fund. Donald we put in for. There is lack of cooper­ splendid way they did their jobs. A have the record player fixed from .the Rickey was elected ship's delegate by ation from the master and mate on most ship's iron, ironing board and games ship's- fund. San Pedro agent will speak acclamation. Members want more pota­ of the items' the deck delegate discussed. were purchased. Vote of thanks went to to the captain about getting US eurrency toes at meals. Only crewmembers are Report w:l go to the Philadelphia pa­ the steward department. Books will be draws in Japan. Men should take better to use the washing machine. Clothes trolman. returned to the recreation room, , . care of the washing machine. Deck and should be put away as soon as they are STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novem­ engine sanitary men should keep the dry. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), no dateVAL CHEM (Valtntiha), October 23-^ ber 7—Chairman, William Walker; Sec­ laundry clean. Ship's delegate will ask September 28—Chairman, Broom Kead; Chairman, -R. F, Ransome; Secretary, O. Chairman, John Karl; Secretary, Edwin retary, Fidel G. Lukban, One man was the first assistant to fix the washing ma­ Secretary, Thomas William. One man A. PokosofF. J. A. Reckke was elected Rushton, Suggestion was made to col­ logged for missing watch; this will be chine sleeve, , ]>aid off to go to the hospital. Butter. ship's delegate. Delegates will ask about lect $.30 from each man at the payoff referred to the pktrolman. There was am and milk should be put in proper getting draws in - US currency. Messhali toward the flowers sent to the chief the usual OT for cleaning gailey screens. MAGNOLIA MARINER (Mississippi), .places as,the ship is going to hot cli­ should be kept clean at all times. Dirty cook's wife. Each crewmember should Washing machine is broken. Men shouid November 7—Chairman; C. L. Strlngfellinen should be turned in. Cigarette donate $2 to the ship's fund at the pa;'- be a little more careful; Machine low; Secretary, H. G. Harris. Robert mates. All suggestions for food should be made to-the steward. All members butts should not be thrown out of port­ off. Patrolman should check with the should be adjusted to run for 20 minutes Johnson was elected ship's delegate by holes. Laundry should be kept clean. steward about sour milk placed aboard only. Only crewmembers are to use it. acclamation. Steward reported that no should 'make - donations to the ship's Ping pong tables will be discussed at ship at Port Arthur and find out what Don't place knives Or glasses in the sink, tablecloths were ' available. ' Discussion fund. the next meeting. There will be a $.50 action is being taken. There is a bal­ as someone could cut; himself. Screen was held :oii shore leave- in th4 Canal ''October 75—ChalrmRn, R. B. Carey; Secretary;' T^ommy Williams. Ship's fund deposit for keys. ance of S118.91 in the ship's fund. John doors should be closed at all times. Zone. Each department will rotate the has pound, 5 shillings, 1 dollar, 28 October 18—Chairman, R. Raniome; Healy will be ship's treasurer. '. Screen doors in the saloon are not prop­ cleaning of th)i service locker and laun­ cents.1. Repair list ViU he turned over to Secretary, C. A. Pokosoff. One man dry weekly.; - Discussion was held oh erly adjusted. the delegates: OT will beTflven missed ship in San Francisco; one came fresh milk and the use of the . washing to the ship's disputed ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Au­ delegate. One brother aboard in Yokohama. Motion was passed gust 8—Chairman, Herman Whlsnant; machine. - Noise in the passageway should DEL ALBA (Mlstlstlppl), November ship .'at CapefoWn. Onei sick to give the ping pong table to the Chil­ Secretary, Walter J. Walsh. There is —Chairmen, Frank.-Williams; -Wllllami Secretary, be kept down during the day so watch missed brother paid off. , dren's Hospital in San Francisco. Mess- $27 in the ship's fund. Delegates were George W. Duncan. Steward read sec­ below can sleep. room and pantry should be kept clean. elected. They are: Joseph Busalacki, tions of clarifications to the agreement SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), Crewmembers should clean foc'sles be­ ship's delegate; Leo GiUlkin, deck dele­ and will type up four copies of the com­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oc­ fore leaving and-turn in all excess linen. gate; George Hand, engine delegate; plete clarifications for the delegate. tober 31—Chairman, John W. Altstatt; October - 29—Chairman, J. Parker; Sec­ retary, ,S. Berger. Sir was collected for A vote of thanks went to the steward William Kenny, steward delegate. Men Ship's delegate will continue In office Secretary, Garland Fontant,- Repairs have; department' for a job well done. Dona­ in all departments were requested to do until all beefg are settled after the been started; chief engineer will be con-' the .khip's fund. Ship's library should tions will be made to the ship's fund. the family wash between the hoiu-s of coastwise'trip. Disctusion was held on. tapted about other minor repairs. Let­ be; Obtained, Steward wlH be asked to a .ahlp's Iroii. Menua are -ldiiey, 7:30 AM and 8:30 PM, so as not to dls- routine sanitary. Messman-thanked the ter will be - sent to headquarters about lovemmir 11-r-Cheirman, J, D, Shirber; AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), turb men sleeping in adjoining foc'sles. brothers for their cooperation. getting shelvea for the lockers, i ; SecralairV, Robert D.. Phlter, " there is i •eptember 20—Chairman, James Eichen­ Machine should be left clean after use. Octobar - 11—Chairman, John W. - Alberg; ftecretary, Mackenzie. Joe Bissonet Deck' .engine and steward departmeids OREMAR (Ore), Neyember .l->,«h»lr, gtailt; Sseretsry, Garland Pentont. There S17 in the. ship's fund, All delegates was elected deck delegate. Written re­ WiU alternate cleaztlng. Cots .should be man; M., Remiey;. Secretary/ R; S. Reylor, l8:a $10 balance ih the ship'a fund;- Jobii will make ,out a repair llSR Faha should be' installod. ThCre tare many- beefs port will be made on the man who Uken' care of before the bucket reaches Some.-muerters ,hege-- got >een, ppinted., abSut the food: - Cird' pMyers - ere to miaaed ship. Door of the. chill box needs Capetown, There was a lengthy discus, Some OT is dispht^, Motlpni was. luumlto be Bsedi Bell works' okar. Recre- sion about the laundry drain; thie seems ntouely jessed that-upon arrival in Balttr- XC(mtinuM o!i"pRgii![.2S') A it r-^ V *" �SEAFARBIIS ^'('N^lttllin'XV19S3 Tage Tfrenty-five LOG DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... requested • Hat of the Congressmen from all states, so that they can write clean up after they have finished play- letters protesting the closing of the in(. Menus are no good and there is USPHS hospitaU. no cooperation. (Contiaued from page 24) CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum), June St—Chelrmen, Paul Arthofer; Sec­ retary, Peter Patrick. Steward asked that night lunch be built up a little. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for good food and service. August .10—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, Peter Patrick. Two men missed ship in Naples. Permit of one of these men should be lifted. Agent is not handling mail efficiently In Naples. Someone who speaks Italian well should check with banks in Naples to see where the captain can get us US money for draws. Three men were warned to straighten out, or they will be reported to the patrolman. Novembor 2—Chairman, Charles Boyd; Secretary, Peter Patrick. Ship's dele­ gate tried to get a new washing machine In New York, but could not. Steward reported that he received good stores for the voyage. Frank Brodzik was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Crew should keep the pantry and messhall clean at night. Steward department was praised by the erew for fine coop­ eration. November i—Chairman, Peter Patrick; ' Secretary, John FItzsimmons. Money do­ nated by non-Uniuii members is being held by the captain. Repair lists should be made out and turned in to depart­ ment heads. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), October 11—Chairman, Frank Vandusen; Secretary, C. E. Shaw. Ship's delegate will see the captain about launch service in Japan and about get­ ting a second pump in Japan. Repair list was turned in to the chief engineer. CATHERINE (Drytrans), November 1Chairman, Paul Johnson; Secretary, Frank Nakllcki. Captain was asked to paint messhalls and passageways. All foe'sles wU be painted next trip and cleaned on arrival. Repair list was read. A $30 draw will be put out before ar­ rival. and another if this is not enough. No date—Chairman, D. Caussen; Sec­ retary, Frosn Mobllehml^ Paul C. John­ son was elected ship's delegate. 20 fel­ lows agreed to donate $3 each for a juke box. SANTORC (Ore), November 1—Chair­ man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, E. F. Petts. Radio which was bought for recreation room does not work, and will be ex­ changed on arrival in Baltimore. Cap­ tain was asked about a draw and fresh fruit and refused. He claimed he had only one draw to give. One man missed ship. E. A. Boyd was elected ship's ' delegate by acclamation. Crew In the pantry should be properly dressed. Ship's delegate* will see the captain about the Sea Chest. A new library should be bought. STEEL KING (Isthmian), November 7 —Chairman, Vito D'Angelo; Secretary, Fred Steppe. Doctor aboard ship was asked about the rash: he thinks It is the result of jute dust coming in contact with the skin, but did not give a written 'Statement. Union headquarters will be contacted about the rash, which was 'contracted by the crew after cargo was loaded aboard in Chalna, Pakistan. Crew ^uix AnawerH • . 1. The Leyte, with a loss of over 30 lives. 2. Ibn Saud of Arabia, who died of a heart ailment, and David Ben Gurion of Israel, who is retiringEmir Saud, son of the Arabian king, will replace his father. BenGarion's successor has not yet been announced. 3. Rochelle Hudson. ' 4..William Hutcheson of the AFL and'Allen Haywood of tlie BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Naviga­ tion), November 7—Chairman, Maurice P. McCoskey; Secretary, J. Melvyn Lundy. Captain says that he does not carry large sums of American money, so no American draws will be Issued In any port. Steward should issue cots after we have passed the canal. Everyone should keep his room and porthole locked In port. Books and magazines should be put away after use. Washing machine should be kept clean. Bosun will issue port screens as long as they last. CAPTAIN NATHANIEL B. PALMER (American Waterways), October 18 — Chairman, Al Hoag; Secretary, A. Kauel. All repairs except springs were taken care of. Motion was passed to transfer the crew mcssman to saloon mess for proper running of crew messhall. Beef on excessive slopchest prices will be taken up with the patrolman. € ABIQUA (Cities Service), November 8— Chairman, Frank Flanagan; Secretary, Joseph H. Kane. 'Frank Flanagan was elected ship's delegate. Repair list will be given to the patrolman at Lake Charles: a letter wiU be sent with this. Ship's delegate will see about getting steward, engine department foe'sles and the messhall painted. Electrical repaids and proper lighting should be taken care of. Ship needs fumigation. New library should be brought aboard in Phila­ delphia. ^Caii'Shakers* Have No 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. exceptionally good job. The crew voted i him—Mike Sikorsky—a vote of thanks and reelected him 'unanimously. Wash­ ing machine has been left dirty and run­ ning. Notice WiU be placed in the saloon informing the licensed personnel to also keep the laundry clean. Only five of the 15 wind scoops requested by the crew are in the crew's quarters; the rest arc in the officers' rooms., Crew was asked not to put drinks 'In the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, as this would cause It to defrost. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), no date — Chairman, Donald Chestnut; Secretary, William Ortiz. Beef about the chief mate will be brought up before the Mobile patrolman. Men who missed ship wUI be turned over to the patrolman. Chief mate refused to give a crewmember penicillin on request. Ship's deiegate will contact the chief engineer about fans for the toilets. Brother Johnson was elected temporary ship's delegate. BEAUREGARD (Waterman), Gctober 25 —Chairman, Frank P. Votto; Secretary, Frank Kon. Eugene Ray was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. A vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for fine food and service rendered to the crew. Steward asked the crew to turn in all excess linen. Discussion was held on repairs not made in port. MARYMAR (Calmar), October 25 — Crew will cooperate in keeping the me.ss- Chairman, Charles H. Starling; Secre­ haU and pantry clean. tary, H. A. Galick. Robert Layko was elected ship's delegate. Brothers on AZALEA CITY (Watarman), November from the last trip spoke of the beef of 11—Chairman, J. Wcndt; Secretary, David the lockers. They arc very small and B. Saches. Angel Luis Romero was have no shelves. New larger ones are elected ship's delegate by acclamation. needed. Motion was passed to have the washing machine replaced or repaired in New CAROLYN (Bull), September 27—Chair­ York. GeronimO Gascab was elected man, W. C. Murphy; Secretary, A. Araship's treasurer. There is a balance of gones. Ship's delegate obtained permis­ $102.39. sion for the crew to go ashore -while the ship was at anchor in New York. STEEL ACE (Isthmian), November 11 He also received transportation. Mail —Chairman, Joe Selby; Secretary, Ed should be sent to the ship more often. Zebrowskl. Meal allowance was obtained All books and magazines should be re­ due to fumigation of vessel. This will turned to the messhall after use. Crew be included in the coastwise payoff. was asked not to make so much noise There is $21.12 In the ship's fund. Vote in the passageways early in the morning of thanks went to Joe Selby for a job due to watch sleeping. well done in holding down the ship's October 11—Chairman, M. Relchlelson; delegate position for the previous trip. Sccretary, A. Aragones. Attitude of the Joe Kusmiersky was elected ship's dele­ deck engineer to the crew will be re­ gate by acclamation and the repair list ferred to the patrolman. He put in OT was turned over to him. Anyone using from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM for relieving the washing machine should clean it the fireman for supper. for the next user. Washing machine re­ pairs were included on the repair list. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), September 26—Chairman, L. Joyner; Secretary, L. STRATHPORT (Strathmore), November B. Moore. Change of coffee and washing 8—Chairman, Donald S. White; Secre­ machiiie should be made. Hall will be tary,. William E. King. Captain is keep­ contacted for slopchest forms. General ing his promise to the New York patrol­ repair lists wil be turned in by each man; thus far he has painted the black department. Crew ft leaving coffee cups gang foe'sles and most of the steward on the deck. department's. Ship's delegate, ^ho had promised the patrolman to keep his DEL ORO (Mississippi), November 15— office tmtil the captain kept his promise, Chairman, Henry R. Gorman; Secretary, asked, to be allowed to resign. He was George Kaleel. Delegates reported all asked by the crew to keep his position, weU. Shoreside personnel wUl be kept as everyone felt that he was doing an out of sleeping quarters and the mess­ hall. Scuppers on washing machine will be fixed. New sinks will be installed in the wash room. Cups and glasses should not be left on deck. NOTICES DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), November 1—Chairman, Bill Kavitt; Secretary, Duke Hall. Ice beef at the beginning of the trip was squared away. Chief elec­ trician will report to the crow about the air conditioning when we got it. Ship's Pedro Peralto Please get in touch with the LOG office immediately about your entry in the last Seafarer's art contest, which is still in this of-fice waiting for you to pick it up. Will you please send us the two Joseph L. Springer entries by Lloyd Bertrahd—one oil Get in touch with your mother. painting and one sketch—which were sent to you in error at the She is sick and waiits to hear from you. . • hospital. , ^ ^ t t Richard F. Ransome . John F. Czech Please contact Mrs. J. C. PelYour personal papers were left on your ship when she laid up in ham, 270m 49th Street North, St. Kirkland, Washington. They are Petersburg, Fla. It is very urgent. now at headquarters. Pick them Her telephone number is 3-4398. up at the LOG office. 3ii ^ Ruzxlm Annwmr Jerry McCarthy if t 3^ Get in touch with your brother October 31 BORUB Crewmembers of the Seamonitor Tim' or your sister Eileen. Your who paid off and were not paid the father died on November 14. $2.50 bonus may get same by writ­ J* Sidney L. Wilson ing to Orion. Steamship' Company, BBS] Your mother has bad kidneys. care of Mr. Dan WinkowslW, 80 aH@BE|g|E 0|B Broad Street, NY. Send allotments to Tucson, Ari­ 0@B!3 zona, care of General Delivery. .. 3> $1 . it . Can't find your father. . Thomas Shea John J. MiUer 1*. • 4" , , 4" Leo Rose Your money in the amount of Get In touch with Lloyd Forrest, $64.31 for work aboard the Boul­ der Victojy can be collected from SS Michael,'c/o-Carras SS , Com­ Seas Shipping agent -Dichman, pany, 21 West Street, New York City. . .. . Wright and Pugh in Baltimore. c^p, 5. Jimmle Dykes, who was fired by the Philadelphia Athletics and hired by the Baltimore (formerly St. Louis) Browns. . 6^ A rebellion by Moslem nationalists against the government of Indonesia. 7. Dylan Thomas, regarded as V one of the great poets in the English language. 8. Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh. 9. Clare Booth Luce, former ac­ tress and playwright. 10. Henry Luce, publisher of '{ . Time and Life magazines. SaBE! EDffl SfflSB nHHS ass] HSBca all isB ssffliiEi soisaaaaaH aaasB sfflsi isg jBBGDH sasoegnH (aeaGS raas aaats delegate wiU ask the patrolman if we can get electric drinking fountains In­ stalled instead of the scuttlebutt system now in use. Patrolman will be asked about getting different meat aboard. Cleaning gear for heads should be or­ dered. Soap powder brand should be changed. Two performers will be brought up on charges if they don't reform. There is a balance of $3 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sealrain), November IS—Chairman, S. Johnson; Sacrctary, E. Scaray. Men should not disturb men sleeping. Letters will be sent to Congress on the closing of the marine hospitals. Discussion was held on anti-Union remarks and on placing trash in trash barrels. Bunks will be fixed in New York. Brothers were asked to make donations to buy decorations for Christmas. ABIQUA (Cities Service), October 18— Chairman, William Logan; Secretary, Vincent L. Ratcllff. Captain promised to paint steward department foc'slc.s, but this has not been done. Union will be contacted' about getting action on such repairs as fans, hooks for doors and lockers, scuttlebutts. New repair list will be handed to the patrolman at the payoff. There is a $3.91 balance in the ship's fund. November 15 — Chairman, James C. Baudcin; Sccretsr'/, Joseph. H. Kane. Letter was sent to the patrolman about repairs and action to' be taken. Chief engineer was contacted on this. Messman was asked to have ice water in the ice box at aU times because the drink­ ing fountain is out of order. Men agreed to donate $..50 apiece at the pay­ off. Steward should put out a better variety of jams and jellies. New supply of books should be acquired. asked about getting the washing machine repaired or replaced. New wind scoops should be installed. Painting of the ship's galley was discussed. Repair list will be made up and given to the pa­ trolman. New mattresses were ordered and shoiUd be put aboard this trip. Pa­ trolman will be asked about Innerspring mattresses. Man wiU take orders for Sea Chest Items and deduct the cost from the members* pay. CUBORE (Ore), November 15—Chair­ man, Chuck Hostetfer; Secretary, Paul Emerson. The brother hospitalized in Panama Canal was returned to the States. One brother who left the ship on sailing day was reported to the hall. Motion was passed to have all members write to Congress on the marine hospital issue. Motion was passed to buy $20 worth of shrimp and Christmas trim­ mings for the messroom. There is a balance of $132. All brothers will do­ nate to the SIU brother who is return­ ing from the Canal on this ship on his way to the hospital. Big vote of thanks went to Mr. Mason for getting a slop­ chest from the Sea Chest, as well as thanks to Chuck Hostetter, steward Davis and George Mattair. LAFAYETTE (Wattrman), August 6— Chairman, H. R. Dombrowski; Secretary, C. Wllkey. H. R. Dombrowski was elected ship's delegate by acclamation; he will check the slopchest. Discussion was held on the old repair list and the items not fixed. Delegates wUl check this and see department heads. CHRISTINE (TinI), Novomber 15 - onSeptember 24—Chairman, S. Cay; SecChairman, Comas Knight; Secretary, R. re:ary, T. McCarthy. Everything is in Dawson. All quarters should be left order. New repair lists will be made clean, and additional repairs should be out and each man will bring items given to the delegates. Vote of thanks needing repair to the attention of the went to the skipper. Steward asked that delegates. Discussion was held on the any extra linen be returned. Chief engi­ OT that the captain and chief engineer neer will recommend that a liew wa.sh- ' did. One man from each department ing machine be bought. g should help keep the gear locker clean. Men using the gear locker or the laun­ ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), November ! dry should leave it clean after using it. S—Chairman, John Jaeobson; Secratary, I October 18—Chairman, C. Hall; Sec­ James F. Byrne. Chief cook said tb.it retary, H. R. Dombrowski. Repair lists there would not be enough steak aboard I will be made out. Two new wipers were to finish a round trip if it was served picked up in San Francisco. OT for the twice a week instead of once, as asked. chief and captain, was wiped on OT Dogs on the portholes need oiling. Men sheets and will be turned over at the were reminded about the hours for using payoff. Ship's delegate will see the the washing machine. engineer about having ice pulled twice a day, as the amount now is not enough in hot weather. Men getting off at the payoff should leave their rooms clean and turn in old linen. Ship's delegate should see the patrolman about having the chief keep the meat boxes below 22 degrees, as over 509 pounds of meat went bad last trip. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), November HILTON (Bull), September 20—Chair­ 15 — Chairman, J. Falasco; Secretary, J. M. Baxter. Crew's conduct in the Ha­ man, Kirby Wright; Secretary, Marion Frank Albore was elected waiian Islands was e.vcellent. A hundred Kaminski. letters were sent to Congress from Hono­ ship's delegate. The SI33 balance in the lulu at a cost of S10.30. There is S14.24 •ship's fund will be turned over to the on hand. Majority of requested repairs ! hall if the ship is laid up and be rewill be completed bafore arrival. Eich • turned when crewing up again. Money man should give a $1 donation to the will be used to buy a television set. .ship's fund. Members should leave the Washing machine will be repaired. October 24—Chairman, Earl Mansfield; messhall after eating, as there is not enough room during the evening meal. Secretary, R. N. Mahone. Ship's fund It was agreed that crewmembers would of $1.53 was given to the patrolman when write a laudatory letter on the captain the ship was returned. It was returned There is not to the LOG and would also send flowers to the chief steward. to his ailing wife. Discussion was held c.nough for a TV set. so donations will on individual men's requests for menu be gladly accepted. changes and the failure to please the majority. Meats should be rotated, and DEL MAR (Mississippi), October 2f— the application of garlic .to each meat Chairman, George McFall; Secretary, C. should be a matter of personal choire. A. Bradley. Performers' naqies will be The standard of night lunch should be turned over to the New Orleans hall as raised. Fresh shrimp should be requisi­ I a warning. There is a $10.71 balance in tioned in Gulf ports. Steward deparl- ' the ship's fund. Steward has $17 for ment thanked the 4-8 deck watch for the movie fund. Department delegates daily cleanliness ef the messroom. were asked to collect from the men in their departments. People without passes STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), No­ should be kept off the ship. This is the vember 8—Chairman, Anthony Zaid; Sec­ job of the gangway watch. Repair lists retary, Jose Doletini. Engine depart­ will be turned in. Delegates will find ment toilet scats have not been repaired out about throwing a party. Those who yet. Delegate will see the chief engineer wish to attend will pay S2 apiece. There about it. George Baugh was elected is - a lack of gratings and scuppers in ship's delegate by acclamation. Doors the laundry room. A filter should be should be closed and locked in port to put on the water line in the crew's avoid loitering in the passageways. Com­ laundry, like the laundry for the pas­ plaints should be referred to department sengers. Cups and glasses should be re­ delegates, and no man should go around turned to the pantry. .All mattresses telling everyone about his troubles. should be checked before arrival in New There are no .beefs at this time. Orleans so they can. be replaced while the ship is laid up. Ship should be thor­ MARCRE (Ore), November 11—Chair­ oughly fumigated. Crew should keep man, no name; Secretary, K. C. McCul- out of the pantry while the pantryman leugh. One man missed ship in Balti­ is getting the food in the steam press, more on sailing day. Patrolman will be just before the meals. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME SYREEY ^\I3^^RESS CITY .ZONE STATE Signed a*-.... TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubscrlbar and havt a chango of address, |>laasa give your former address below: ADDRESS CITY ... •saaaaasaaaaassisaaaeseaaaaasesaavaas ia«ae«8a«MB«a«BMMMBM«$aaa88a»«»a«*aab 4**ats»«tiaaa»*.««. {•••••••aaaeeaaaata •8*B*»«aeaaa»a**aa*»aaaaaa«aaa8aaaG ZONE e»a*atBaa«»Vs«»- STATE .3. �Page Vwenty-slz SEAFARERS IfOTembeir 27. 195S LOG Hospital Stay Is Paid Vacation Bedsifle payment of-vacation benefits to men in the hospitals is currently one of the most popular services offered by the SIU Welfare Services office. They are made possible through the distribution of vacation pay applications by the hospital representative, who later de­ livers the benefits in person.-^ The vacation payments, on checks the application against the fered to bed-ridden Seafarers. The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who top of the regular hospital man's discharges. Then on his re­ These include shopping services, are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. in the HOSPITALS benefit and any other money due the Seaarer in the form of earn­ ed or unearned wages, ia delivered to the patient right at the hospi­ tal It certainly eases the men's financial worries particularly for those men who have families to support and have to look forward to a stay in the hospital with no money coming in otherwise. Filled Out In Hospital The way the system works is simplicity itself. The hospital rep­ resentative gives the patient his vacation application and helps him fill it out if necessary. He then turn to the office he takes the dis­ charges with him along with the application to be processed at the headquarters vacation office. There the man's application is checked a second time, and if all is correct, a check is made out for the amount due. On his next week­ ly trip to the hospital, the Welfare Services representative delivers the check, and cashes it on the spot if the patient wants the cash instead. The handling of vacation pay­ ments in the hospitals is just one of a variety of personal services of­ such as the purchase of personal necessities, tobacco, stationary, clothes and the like, and: handling of all problems that the Seafarer might face when he is hospi{:alized. In addition to vacation payments in the hospitals. Welfare Services also handles vacation payments by mail.. Seafarers in cities distant from an SIU hall, or in foreign ports, can write in to Welfare Serv­ ices for vacation .applications, which when filled out and returned with discharges, are followed by mailing of a check to the man in question. October 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and lie G. Guillory, 929 Ninth Street, Mrs. E. B. McAuley, 115 Wright Port Arthur, Tex. Street, Stapleton, Staten Island, 4 4 4 NY. Lawrence Christopher Wolf, born October 9, 1953. Parents, t t 4 Paul Gabriel Lanzano. born No­ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Wolf, vember 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 37-06 65th Street, Woodside, NY. Mrs. Gabriel Lanzano, 2021 West 4 4 4 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY. Bonny-Sue McCormick, born Ala. 4 4 4 July 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. i Mary Madeline Fennelly, born and Mrs. Edward A. McCormick, Samuel Melvin Davis, bom July October 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 19, 1953. Parents, Mn and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph Gerard Fennelly, 653 12 Ladang Trail, Denville, NJ. 4 4 4 Arthur J. Davis, General Delivery, East 14th Street, New York, NY. Margaret Ann Guiiiano, born Cleveland, Tex. 4 4 4 $• it t. Jana Roena Tulp, born October November 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. Beverly Alice Hodden, born Sep­ 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Anthony F." Guiiiano, tember 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and John Tulp, 19-E Island City Homes, 707 Fourth Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ. Mrs. Martin V. Bodden, 830 NW Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4 34th Avenue, Miami, Fla. Susie Van, born September 11, 4 4 4 4" .it , t Richard Callahan, bom August 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ching Carl Anthony Saxon, bom Oc­ 8, 1953. Parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Z. Van, 134 Suffolk Street New tober 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Charles Callahan, 246 Mills Street, York, NY. Mrs. Dewey M. Saxon, 411 South Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 Franklin Street, Mobile 21, Ala. Enrique Soto, Jr., born October 4 4 4 Randolph Michael Nunes, born 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Frank, bom October 24, October 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Enrique S. Alvarez (Soto), 86 South 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ Mrs. Alvin G. Nunes, 2542 Booth 10th Street, Brooklyn, NY. liam Frank, Sr., 115 Cannon Street, Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. 4 4 4 New York, NY. Arlene Frances Spencer, born 4 4 4 i t John Francis Doyle, born Oc­ September 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. Frank Michael Wolinski, Jr., tober 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Robert Spencer, 713 born October 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James J. Doyle, 3103-B Moun­ Canal Street, Mobile, Ala. and Mrs, Frank Wolinski, 6042 tain Drive, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 Annunciation Street, New Orleans Deborah LaVerne Wiggins, bom 4 4 4 18, La. Hector Rodrigues, born Novem­ October 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Cecil B. Wiggins, 312 North ^ it t Thomas Lynn Hatcher, born Au­ Juan Rodrigues, DH 7th Avenue, Union Avenue, Crichton Station, gust 29, 19S3. Parents, Mr. and San Femando, Puerto Nuevo, San Mobile, Ala. Mrs. William R. Hatcher, Chin­ Juan, Puerto Rico. 4 4 4 quapin, NC. David Bonefont, born October 4 4 4 Robert Henry Edenlield, bom 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. i- t. S. William Franklin Cooley, bom October 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Gabriel Bonefont, 14 Rutgers October 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Edenfield, 220 East Place, New York, NY. Mrs. Benjamin F. Cooley, Route 1, Bolton Street, Savannah, Ga. -4 4 4 Box 88-A, Citronelle, Ala. Connie Elois Johnson, born Oc­ 4 4 4 ^ 4> Dannell Glenn Guillory, bom tober 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Janet Elizabeth McAuley, bofn September 28, 1953. Parents, Wil- Mrs. James W. Johnson, Route 4, Box 800 Chrichton Station, Mobile, Ala. Happy Seafarers' Family All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Edward Douglas Powell, Jr., born October 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Powell, 812 Summerville Street, Mobile, 4 4 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. USPHS HOSPITAr, BOSTON, MASS. Irwin W. Bassett Frank Mackey Edwin T. Callahan Theodore Mastaler Joseph E. Crowley Robert A. Rogers USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Barboza Howard E. Liles WUliam Bargone Charles O. Lipsky A. .r. Beauchamp John E. Markopolo L. Brunson O. J. Morgan Jean V. Dupre Robert Puekett Howard W. Forbes J. F. Strymoe W. S. Getty H. Trahan G. R. Gonzales Jr. Charles Young USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Joseph Antoniak Wayne Hartman Ahtonios M. Bays Robert Lambert John P. Brooks T. J. Lobado Jessie A. Clarke W. R. Mcllvecn Frank J. Conforto Earl McKendree Jeff Davis William H. Mays Earl T. Erlckson Frank Pasquall Carl S. Fleming James H. Fenswlck W. J. Callaway Alexander Presnell Milton C. Habrat Lloyd J. Thomas Percy X. Harrelson John Zohil USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. G. R. Anthony Thomas F. KeUer A. R. Baker B. G. Knapp Cecil Bennett Leo H. Lang Herman H. Casas John Leys Clarence W. Cobb Thomas Lind G. T. Coleman Henry J. Maas S. Cope L. L. Mays W. C. Copping C. R. Nicholson Adion Cox W. E. Reynold* Rogelio Cruz J. A. Ricks Sr. Thomas J, Dawson John J. SchaUer Joseph L. Dionne Luther C. Seldla M. W. Gardiner Richard R. Suttle E. C. GUbert T. R. Terrington Jack H. Gleason L. Thibodeaux Louis J. Guarlno Marion C. Vester . John Hane R. Wentworth John L. Hlnton Norman West J, H. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Robert Bennett Fred Railenbuel Joseph M. Cash Henry Watson Frank HaU USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Leo Dwyer C. E. Owens SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL DEmorr, MICH. Joseph L. Sheahan USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. A. E. Allan Olav Gustavsen D. H. Boyce Joe perreira C. O. Burnette Peter Smith F. A. Burns D. K. T. Sorensen Wayne T. Center W. Timmerman Ho Yee Choe S. L. Vandal A. J. Eilingscn Robert R. White USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Fred U. Buckner Claud Kent R. A. Denmark S. V. Kilpatrlck John E. Duffy Joseph M. Litteral Joe B. Farrow Jlmmie Littleton Nathan L. Gardner L. J. Love Roger E. Huggins John U. Tlllis Samuel Jonas George W. Wilson Herman C. Kemp USPHS HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC, SAN JUAN, PR Angel Rosa USPHS HOSPITAL .STATEN ISLAND, NY NeU D. Abernathy C. Mc'Brien James H. Adams John Maclnnea Melvin Bass John B. Molini John Beckmann Jack D. Morrison Earl A. Bink AUred MueUer Robert Borland Raymond C. Myers Marcle Boyles • Jerry J. Palmer John E. Brady Richard PaneraU William H. Brady John Quinn Bomar • R. Cheeley C. H. Robinson C. A. Cumming VirgU Sandberg C. L. DeChenna Ira A. Sandt Thomas Doherty W. Schoenborn John Dovak Robert- Sizemors Eddie Driggers John Slaman John Flynn Robert Smith Estell Godfrey Warren Smith Felix Gregerowicz C. Sofounios August Jockel Jose Sousa Paul Jokubesak T. Stevenson Walter Karlak Milton Trotman Michael Katrausky Harry S. Tuttle V. Koskinen Frank Walaska R. LaBombard Pete Williams Luciano Labrador Tadashi Yatogo Stanley Lesko USPllS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Percy D. Allred Frederick Landry Clauds F. Blanks James J. Lawlor JuUan Cuthrell James R. Lewis C. M. Davison Francis F. Lynch EmiUo Delgadd Harry F. McDonald Antonio M. Diaz A. McGuigan John J. Driscoll David Mcllreath Jose G. Espinoza Vic Milazzo Robert E. Gilbert Lloyd Miller Bart Guranlck Eugene T. Nelson Thomas Isaksen Montford Owens John W. Keenan E. R. SmaUwood L. Kristiansen Renato A. Villata New York, New Orleans Babies 4 Michael Jake Liuzza, born Octo­ ber 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Giacomo Liuzza, 1531 Iber­ ville Street. New Orleans, La. f-' C] . I Ir. -• How to Apply For Birth Pay • ' "^'• ; S' •• '. • Seafarer Enrique S. Alvarez is well pleased with the new addition to the family as vvell as by the $200 maternity benefit check and $25 bond delivered by the SIU Welfare Services Department. Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was born. Processing of all applica­ tions can be speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applications should be made to Union Wel­ fare I'rustees, c/o SIU beadquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32; NY. Seafarer Isidore Margavi (above) is shown with wife Annette and newest baby Neil in New Orleans home. Other children are Lise, Billie and Keith. Below ir Seafarer Ching Z, Vad with his family and new arrival Susie. �^SfWi' SEiFARERS •fm Pf E lE^* THE S»SAE4RERS LOG Par* TveHly-Mtitn Tit For Duty' He Colle€ts $$ m.i With WALTER SIEKMANN {News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Wel­ fare Benefits tVill 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 Tiis post as Director of Welfare Services.) We've had quite a few happy Seafarers around New York recently as a number of them became well enough tg get discharged from the USPHS hospitals at Manhattan Beach and at Staten Island. Most of these men said that they're looking forward to getting away from the hospital routine, and are anxious to get back to shipping out again. Peter Gvozdich was one of the men discharged from Manhattan Beach, after spending a long time in there fighting to regain his health. He says he's feeling fine now, and is just going to take it easy and get used to being outside again. G. E. Schumaker is another of the Seafarers who got discharged from Manhattan Beach after a long stay there, and he's just as haplpy as the others about being well enough so that he doesn't have to stay in the hospital. Of coimse, we've also had a number of Seafarers who were admitted to the hospital. Jack Olsen is one of the new arrivals at Staten Island, and so is Warren Smith, whose last ship was the Seatrain Texas. Bruce Cole, who got off the Steel Navigator recently, is also in the hospital right now, and so is Oscar Raynor, who got off the Trojan Trader. ' Frank Blandino, who had to get off the Anniston Smith Victory, was also admitted to the Staten Island, and so was Gilbert Essberg. Gilbert, while he was on the Antinous, got an injured back when a foc-sle door slammed on him. The doctors are still malung examinations to see just how badly his back is injured. Esteil Godfrey is one of the Seafarers who has been in the hospital for a while now. He was originally hospitalized in Yugoslavia with a broken-hip. He was then brought back to Staten Island after the Union took steps to get him repatriated. He's got high hopes now about the healing of that hip, particularly since he's getting good treatment and care. And then, of course, now he's in with some of his old friends and with other seamen, so at least he's got people to talk to while he's getting well. Ludwig Krisiiansen, who's been in Staten Island for a while now, says that he'd enjoy hearing from some of his old friends that he sailed with in the past. That goes for just about every Seafarer in the hospi­ tal. Since these men have so much time on their hands, and very little to do while they're trying to regain their health, a letter or even a postcard from an old friend can sure brighten up the day for them, Godfrey and if you're in port and know some of the men it sure would make them happy if you'd take a couple hours and go up .< to visit them. ^ Robert Sizemore is over at Staten Island hospital again, waiting to undergo some more surgery. He's been laid up for quite some time, and we're sure he'd really appreciate hearing from some of his old friends. iRonaid F. Wolf is really looking forward to his next payoff, which should be around the middle of December. His wife just cojlected •the $200 Maternity Benefit and the $25 Bond for their fine new son, but Ron is still out at sea finishing up a four-month' trip, and hasn't seen his new son yet. That's the reason he's anxious to get to this payoff, so he can get home and spe.nd some time with his new son. . '^1 Brother Isaac Seger receives check for $1,411 in maintenance and cure from Walter Siekmann, di­ rector of Welfare Services. Looking on is the Union's attorney, Seymour W. Miller. A good example of how the SIU Welfare Services will go to bat for a member is provided in the case of Brother Isaac Seger. This Seafarer was recently award $1,411 in mainte­ nance and cure in a case where the company at first refused to pay anything. Seger was a crewmember-^ ^^^ ' of the Liberty Bell when he Plenty Of Seamen Here first took ill. He turned in at a hospital and was told that he had a tumorous growth and that an operation would be necessary. Upon his return to the States, Seger turned in at the nearest USPHS hospital. The USPHS normally has the final say in re­ gard to a Seafarer's fitness for duty. In the case of Brother Seger, the doctor at the Marine hospital said that after a two week rest, he would be fit for duty once more. Went To Specialist Unwilling to accept the doctor's diagnosis, Seger went to a special­ ist. The specialist advised an oper­ ation immediately and the Seafarer took this advice and was operated upon successfully. When Seger applied at the com­ pany office for maintenance, he was told that he would not be re­ Seafarer Gabriel Bonefont is shown with one of his six sea-going imbursed because the USPHS doc­ brothers, Edward, and two of his eight children. Bonefont just tor had listed him as "fit for duty." received an SIU maternity ben^iit for his newest son and potential At this point the SIU Welfare Serv­ Seafarer, David. ices stepped into the pictme. The SIU turned the matter over to the Union attorneys. Shortly after this, SIU counsel Seymour Miller succeeded in getting the company to award the full amount of $1/411 to Brother Seger. After Brother Tire deaths of the following leaves his wife, Ada Frances Seger called the matter to the at­ Kyser, 200 Charleston Street, tention of Welfare, the Union at­ Seafarers have been reported to Mobile, Ala. the Seafarers Welfare Plan and torneys took it from there. Soger's 4> 4i 4^ claim was quickly validated and $2,500 death benefits are being paid. All of this was done without paid to benejiciariee. Floyd M. Hansen, 32: A messman cost to Brother Seger. Miller rep­ in the steward department since resents the Union in all legal mat­ Otto Stefansson: On July 24, 1951, Brother Hansen joined the ters as well as assisting the mem­ 1952, Brother Stefansson was lost SIU in Mobile. On November 3, bership in cases, like these! 1953, he died of a cerebral hemor­ This is Just another service that at sea aboard the Seatiger. A mem­ rhage at the USPHS hospital. Welfare is happy to perform for ber of the deck department, he had Savannah, Ga. He leaves his moth­ been sailing with the SIU out of er, Mrs. Maude Hansen, Box 345, members. New York since 1946. Brother Ruskin, Fla. Stefansson leaves his father, Stefan it it Johannsson, Storholt 33, Reykja­ Anthony Albert Klavins, 52: A vik, Iceland. fatal stomach ailment was suffered by Brother Klavins on October 3, J" t 4" • Through an error, the last ' Harold W. Sherwin, 52: Brother 1953, in Baltimore, Md. A member issue of the SEAFARERS Sherwin died of a brain hemor­ of the engine department. Brother LOG carried December 23, rhage on March 11, 1953, and was Klavins had sailed SIU for the 1953, as the cutoff date for the taken to the US Army hospital at past thirteen years. He was buried five years of sea-time that an Yokohama, Japan. He had sailed at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Bal­ alien could use to qualify for in the engine room since 1941, timore, Md. His estate is admin­ citizenship* from New York. Burial took place istered by Victoria C. Ludgrove, Actually there are two cut­ at Yokohama International Ceme­ 714 South Brodaway, Baltimore, off dates. The first one, Sep­ tery No. 7. The estate is admin­ Md. tember 30, 1950, is the latest it it it istered by Mrs. Gertie Gibbs. 205 date on Recharges that the Thomas L. Flood, 46: Since 1951 alien can use for his five years' 4th Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Brother Flood had been a messsea time. The second one, De- < 4/ t . J" man in the stewai-d department; cember 23, 1953, is the latest Percy M. Kyser, 60: On Septem­ his home port was Mobile. On Sep­ date an alien can apply for ber M, 1953, Brother Kyser suf­ tember 14, 1953. he died of a liver citizenship uhder this five year fered a fatal hepTrt ailment at sea, ailment at City HospitaJ, Mobile, provision. and was later buried at US Na- Ala., and was burred in that city. Other ways of obtaining citi­ tional Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. He He leaves a brother. Howard F. zenship, of course, will remain sailed from Ne>y York in the stew­ Flood, 14814 Cliftoni iSouIevard, on the books. ard department since 1951. He Lakewood, O. i FINAL DiSPAXCH •"fer 1 •'S' 1ii 1 E. Alien Cutoff is Sept. 30,1950 l-s;--*:I'" 'WlUliBfi SEinCES BEMlimilT y J Y0tm PR08UM IS pmw^^ ::-:M ! *-Ei- �• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION,* ATLANTIC A N D G U L F DIS T R IC T • AFL • "• ' • • '^3.. .•fe'vJ;-" an?-# - T' -• M ..sr •'• • r'i4 • -iPi": •• -v:' -H •• -ifi. Ir .y-vri '.'' •'• . mv-Jtr- '-y • J U ' Seafarers fnterested in improving their earn­ ing powers by securing higher ratings can ^et assistance from their Union in the form of up­ grading booklets available in headquarters and in every SIU hall. These booklets provide basic information ort^ the type of material featured in Coast Guard upgrading examinations and thus serve as di valuable study guide, acquainting the Seafarer • ^ ^ with the subject matter he has to bone up on. Aside from the higher wages these ratings offer over unrated jobs, the possession of oddf* tionol ratings automatically assures the Sed*. :^rer a wider selection of Job openings ond adds to his job security accordingly. •t Seafarers who do not no>V hold a rating, ^ those who seek additional ratings besfdet iKtl plies they now hold, will find it advisable fp. toRf advantage of tho opportunity these bcM>ktel^ offer, -v'- I^s ^ � 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 November 27, 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. 24 Description An account of the resource Headline: VOTE 18 ATLANTIC TANKERS, WIND-UP SET FOR DECEMBER 15 ARMY SHORE LEAVE BANS UNDER NEW SIU FIRE, LEGAL ASPECT STUDIED MEN DEBUNK 'MUTINY' CRY ON SIU SHIP KOREA HAILS FIRST RELIEF CARGO MORE CONTRACT GAINS IN OFFING AS NEGOTIATORS SPEED MEETINGS SIU CREW BOARDS SECOND OF 4 NEW SUPER-TANKERS BOARD RULING LIMITS AID TO BLOOMFIELD SS FLORIDA OFFICERS STRIKE OVER PAY, OT GOV'T SHIPS GET CATHODE TREATMENT MOTION ON SHIPPING VOTED DOWN BY PORTS THREE QUALIFY FOR DECEMBER COLLEGE EXAM CERTAIN AFL-ILA VICTORY HAILED BY 6,500 DOCKERS TWO ORE LINE VESSELS TAKE SIU SLOPCHESTS GOV'T MAY SHUT DOWN KINGS POINT SUP, MFOW WIN NEW VACATION SYSTEMS TIPS FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SIU MAN REACHES HOME AFTER SOLO OCEAN TRIP CG CHECKING ALL SHIPS IN KEY US PORTS FIGHT SEEN ON MSTS USE FOR REFUGEE LIFT CREW STICKS TO STRICKEN SHIP 'SAVE USPHS' DRIVE GAINING MOMENTUM ABOARD SIU SHIPS PECULIAR WELCOME THAT 'MUTINY' STORY THE POW QUESTION A SEAFARER IN PARIS LONGSHORE RALLY SEES VICTORY AFL-ILA MELTING ICE BRINGS OCEAN LEVEL RISE STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE TO NY PORT SHIPBOARD LIFE NOT ALWAYS A BED OF ROSES, SAYS SEAFARER BASEBALL VS. BEBOP ON SHIP 'MIRACLE MAN' SEAFARER KEEPS FIGHTING BACK AFTER MISHAPS WINES AND DINES ACTRESS CANINE LEADS CREW'S LIFE ON VACATION CLASS SPEECH DEFENDS LABOR BOMBAY BAEDEKER VESSELS KEEP LETTERS COMING SUEZ CANAL HAD A FORERUNNER IN 60 BC HOSPITAL STAY IS PAID VACATION 'FIT FOR DUTY' HE COLLECTS $$ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/23/1953 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/bd851ec565912be522d48e46eb2e25cd.pdf 86dffafa4343b25b15266e25fb465aac PDF Text Text '4'.  Feature On Page 7  SEAFARERS»LOG  ­M  February  27,  1959  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL­CIO  •   Navy—Run Missile Ships:  if—,  Readying the ship for  annual inspection and refur­ bishing,  SIU  porters  Yee  Chuen  Lee  (left)  and  R.  Cohn  lay  canvas  over  carpeting,  in  passenger  lounge  aboard  SIU­ contract^  American  Banner  liner  Atlantic.  Canvas  will  help  avoid  damage to carpeting while ,vessel Is in shipyard.  Next voyage is slated  to  begin March  7.  (Story  on Page  16.)  • '• 5 I  PACIFIC SIU  HITS  MSTS  SHIP  PLAN  ­Story  On  Page  3  Courts To Get  Runaway  Issue  ­Story  On  Page 2  Cite 2 SIU Crews  For  'Heroic  Acts'  ­Story  On  Page  2  SIU  CHRISTMAS  ^  'Armei  with  camera  and  notebook,  K.  Saito  (left),  an  If fSIfor* official  of  the All­Japan  Seamen's Union  in Tokyo, gets  first­hand information on SIU shipboard conditions from steward Wil­ liam Vidal on the Ines.  Saito is in the US studying American working  conditions  and  has  been  observing  SIU  operations  at  headquarters  and  aboard  ship for  past  two  weeks. ^ ~  '  ­  '  KOREA  Photos, Story  On Page 9  "M  ^ 'I  '­EI  'E'EI  �Fwe Tw»  SEAFA*BJM Fptory 2^, im £OG Runaway Beef Will Go  To Trial, Judge  Says  On The Peck At Headijuarters  A trial is in  the oflFing  in Federal  District Court in New York on "issues Of  fact" arising  from  the  joint  picketing  by  American  maritime  unions  in  a  protest  demonstration by  the  International  Transportworkers  Federation  .last  December  against  runaway^flag  ship­ ping.  jlUthough  Federal  Judge  Frederick  Van  Pelt  Bryan  A Congressmen Stafes  The Heart Of  The Issue  originally  dismissed  the  runaway  operators'  petition for a  temporary  injunction  against  picketing,  he  ruled  this  week  that  the  questions  (Ed.  note:  The  JollovAng  is  the  text  of  the  letter  sent  by  Rep.  raised  on  both  sides  required  a  full  hearing  in  court.  In  denying  Abraham  J.  Mutter  of  Brooklyn  to  the  "American  Committee  for  the  temporary  writ.  Judge  Bryan  Flags  of  Necessity."  The  committee,  which  represents  American  had  ruled  that  if  the  operators  owners  of  runaway  tonnage,  had  sent  out  wires  to  Congress  ot­ sought  relief,  the  proper  place  to  tacking  the  SW­NMU  stand  on  the  runaway  issue.)  "I have  read  with  interest  your  lengthy  telegram  of  Februaiy  8,  seek it  was before the  National La­ apparently  intended  to  offset  the  telegram  of  February  5  sent  to  bor  Relations  Board.  However,  in  a  calculated  effort  Members  of  Congress  on  behalf  of  the  National  Maritime  Union,  to  bypass  the  whole  question  of  AFL­CIO,  and  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  AFL­CIO.  Sdafarer  Ai Arnold  took  the  floor  under  "good  and  welfare"  at  "This  problem  will not  be' solved  by  trying  to equate  the patriot­ NLRB  jurisdiction  in  such  dis­ SIU headquarters meeting lost week  to discuss mall facilities.  His  ism' of  the  members  of  those  Unions  with  that  of  the  members of  putes,  the  operators  are  challeng­ suggestion on operating mall room was quickly  adopted next day.  ing the  unions'  contention  that  the  your noup.  From my experience,  the members and officers of  those  beef  witli  the  runaway  operators  UniojUB  have  laid  their  Uves  on  the  line  whenever  and  wherever  is  a,  "labor  dispute,"  The  com­ that  was  needed.  1 am  certain  that  their  interest  in  onr  national  ,  panies  claim  the  issue  is  a  "poli­ SMurity  is at  least equal  to  that  of  any  other  group.  "Their  desire  to  m^taln­and  improve  their  standards  of  living  tical,"  matter  arising  from  a  "for­ eign  relations"  dispute.  They  is  an  admirable  American  trait.  "I  cannot  more  vigorously  disagree  with  your  conclusion  that  have  also  challenged  the  status  of  f  the  practice  of  permitting  American  vessels  to  be  registered  imder  the  ITF  as a  labor  organiz^ticn.  The  precedent  for  NLRB  juris­ foreign  flags  is  'at  no  cost  to  the  American  taxpayer.'  Whenever  diction  in  determining  bargaining'  such  practices  resuits  in  the  elimination  of  the  jobs  of  Americans,  NEW'YC)RK—The  crews of  two  SlU­manned  vessels,  the  rights  for  crewmen  on  runaway  ob  prevents  them  from  getting  fair  compensation  for  their  work,  ships  was  established  when  the  the  American  taxpayer  is  required  to  carry  the  increased  burden  Alcoa Pioneipr  and the Steel Age, received Citations of  Merit  SIU  won. bargaining  rights  for  the  resuiting  therefrom.  from  the  American  Merchant  Marine  Institute and  the  Na­ "One  test  of  your good  faith  in  this matter  would  be  your  will­ crew  of  the  Liberian­fiag  liner  onal Safety Council for their^  ingness to support  the  enactment of  legislation which  would require  }a]^t  in. heroic acts  at sea  durr  Florida,  last  May.  Meanwhile,  in  Washington,  rep­ that  those  employed  on  American  ships flying  fmeign flags  be  paid  ing  the  past  year.  resentatives  of  the  Niarchos  ship­ the  same  wage  seale  and  be  granted  the  same  working  conditions  The  award  given  to  the  Alcoa  ping  interests  moved  to  counter  a  as  those  employed  on shim flying  the  American flag.  ^  Pioneer  was for  its hand  in rescu­ "I  await  your  reply  with  interest."  demand  for  a  Congressional  in­ ing  the five­man  crew  of  the small  Sincerely  yours,  vestigation  of  Niarchos'  far­flung  schooner,  Amber jack  II,  after  the  Abraham  J,  Multer  American­flag  and  runaway­flag  vessel  was  swiped in  rough  seas  operations  by  Rep,  Herbert  Zel­ in  the Straits  of  Florida  last Janu­ enko  (Dem.­NY).  A  Niarchos  A  disclosure  by  a  shipyard  official  New  York  metropolitan  area  have  ary.  The  award  was  for saving  the  spokesman  said  the  Maritime  Ad­ last  year  that  construction  of  the  gone  on  record  most  strongly  in  ministration  had  agreed  to  insure  Niarchos  supertanker  was  being  favor  of  the  union's  proposals.  In  crew  during  "boisterous  weather  the,. mortgage  on  a  106,500­ton  stalled  sparked  demands  for  a  addition  to  Rep., Emanuel;Celler,  conditions"  which  forced  the  Pio­ neer  to  accomplish  the  rescue  tanker  on  which  construction  was  Congressional  probe  of  the  orig­ ;  SAN  JUAN=A  four­man  com­ (Continued, On  page  iSl)  ;  thrqugh "extensive maneuvers."  supposed  to start  a year  ago.  inal trade­out  transaction.  mittee  appointed  by  the  AFL­CIO  The, Steel Age received its award  An  MA  official,  however,  said  At  the  same  time,  following  the  executive council  will investigate M  i  or  helping  put  out  a fire  in  the  only  that  an  agreement  "in  prin­ joint  SIU­NMU  caii  for  legislative  hold of  the Oeman freighter Cros­ formal application  for readmission  ciple"  had  been  reached  on  the  action  to  ^eal  with  the  runaway  tafels  in  the  Indian 'Ocean.  The  to  the  merged  labor movement  by  mortgage  insuran«f  and  that  de­ ship  issue,  the  unions  received ad­ vessel  had  radioed  the  Steel  Age  the  Independent  International  tails  remained  to  be  worked  out.  ditional  pledges  of  support and  as­ that  a fire  broke  out  in  a  hold  surance  from  a  large  number  of  which  contained,  among  other  Longshoremen's  Association.  The  Congressmen,  cargo,  a  shipment  of  calcium  car­ action was approved by  the coimcil  Members  of  the  Senate  and  bide, and  that the  ship had no COi  during  its  mid­winter  meeting  House  merchant  marine  commit­ BALTIMORE  —  ^AlUiough  last  fire fighting  equipment  aboard.  here.  tees  and.jother  legislators  coming  period's  predictions  about  the  Six  members  of  the  Steel  Age  The  ILA  said  in  its  bid  for  re­ from  seaboard  states  .  have  re­ Irenestar  (Triton)  and  the  Texmar  boarded  the vessel  with COi  cylin­ sponded  to  the  unions'  call  for  (Calmar)  cgming  out  of  lay­up  and  ders,  oxygen­breathing  aparatus,  admission  that  it  had  corrected  and  eliminated  the  conditions  changes  in  the  Merchant  Marine  taking  on  crews  came  true,  heavy  fresh  air  breathing  apSratus,  pip­ Act  to  protect  the  US­flag fleet  registration in ail departments kept  ing, hose and fittings.  The hatch  to  which led to  its expulsion from the  BOSTON—^When  it  gets  cold,  against  "administrative  abuse"  shipping  for  the  port  down in  pro­ old  AFL  in 1953.  the  burning* hold  and  all  ventila­ the  shipping  business  usually  and  runaway  depredations.  portion  to  the  number  qf  men  on  :prs  were  securely  battened­ down  President  Larry  Long  of  ^e  picks  up  in  Boston,  and  the  past  In  addition  to  pledges  of  sup­ the  beach,  'Earl  Sheppard,  port  and  a  hole "cut  into  the  deck.  The  AFL­CIO  International  Brother^  two  weeks  were  no  exception  to  port  previously  reported  In  the  agent,  reports.  12  bottles  of  COt  were  then  emp­ hood  of  Longshoremen  said  his  the rule.  In  addition  to  the  usual  SEAFARERS  LOG,  such  influen­ Administratbrs  of  the SIU  medi­ tied into the  hatch. This smothered  union,  which  was  chartered  after  load  of  tankers  carrying  fuel  oil  tial  legislators  as  Rep.  John  Mc­ cal  clinic  in .this  port  haye  asked  the fire  and  enabled  the  Crostafels  the ouster of the ILA,  would follow  to  the  frozen  north,  shipping  got  continue into  Karachi under her  the  decision  of  the  Investigating  an unexpected assist  when the  Val­ Cormack,  (Dem.­Mass.)  majority  the  Union  to remind  the  member­ committee  and  the  Federation.  iant  Hope  (Ocean  Carriers)  loaded  leader  of  the  House,  and  Senator  ship  to  make  sure  they  have  ap­ own  power.  Last  year the  SlU­manned  Clai;  Long  said  that  if  (be  council  ap­ grain  at  Portland,  Maine,  for  a  Warren  Magnuson  (Dem.­Wash.)  pointments  for  themselves  and  indicated  their  sympathy  for  the  their  families  before  going  in  for  borne  won'the  group's  top  annual  proved  the  ILA  bid,  it  was  likely  voyage  to  Tunisia.  'unions*  position  against  nmaways.  a  check­up.  The  clinie  usually  award  for  its  participation  In  that  a  merger  arrangement  could  Most  grain ^ going  overseas  has  Local  representatives  from  the  schedules enough  appointments for  saving  the  43­man  crew  of  a  sink­ be  worked ..out  between  the  two  been  coming  out  of  the  Gulf,  and  each  day  in  advance.  Tuesday  : ng Liberian  tanker off  the coast of  dock  unions.  in  any  case,  it  is  a  rare  event  to  afternoons have  been  set aside /or  Florida  and  for  its  later  rescue  Other  action  by  the  council  in­ find  a  grain  ship  operating  out  of  childrien's  visits  and  Thursday  a Navy Jet  pilot who had ditched  cluded  the  chartering  of  a  special  the  Boston  area,  so  the  Liberty  evenings  for  wives  and  dependent  his  plane  off  Newfoundland  after  local  to  organize  truck,  warehouse  ship's  cail  was  something  of  a  F.b. 17,195»  Vol. XXI. No. 5  parents.  and  other  workers  in Puerto  Rico,  running  out  of  fuel  in a. storm.  windfall  for  this  port.  Acting  Agent  Gene  Dakin  re­ There  were  eight  ships  paying  The  AMMI  makes  its  awards  and  endorsement  of  the  Kennedy­ ported  two  ships  paying  off,  one  off  In this  port during  the past  two  each year  jointly with  the National  Ervin labor  reform bill  in  its pres­ signing on and nine in­transit  ships  weeks.  Six signed  on and  six were  Safety  Council.  The  other  1958  ent  form.  during  the  two  weeks  up  to  Feb­ in  transit.  Paying  off  were  the  wnners  were  the  Independence,  The  council  also  drew  up  plans  PAVb  HAIX.  Secr«tarv­Tr«atur«r  ruary  17.  The  payoffs  were  the  Jean, Mae,  Emilia  (Bull); Mermaid  Columbia  Trader,  Esse  New  Or­ for  a  mass  legislative  conference  Bents  Fort  and  Cantigny  (Cities  HioaiBS  BRAHD,  Editor.  BOMASD  SCA­ (Metro); Masmar,  Bethcoaster (Cal­ leans,  Greenville  Victory  anihRen­ in  Washington  this  spring  to  deel  Bditor.  HnxAii  Anmn. lawm  Service).  The  Valiant  Hope  was  *Ajr. Art  with  problems  of  unemployment.  SPXVAOC,  At  HASXIN,  JOHN  BRAZIL,  AHA.  mare);  CS  Baltimore  (Cities  Serv­ dleton.  the  lone  sign­on  and  the  nine  in­ loii  Lxvxorr, Staff  Wrltm,  BILL  Moosr.  ice)  and  the  Santore  (Marven).  Members  of  the  committee  transits  were  the  Bradford  Island,  Gulf  Arta  Beprtttntativ.  The  Feltore,  Santore.  (Marven);  named by  the council  to' deal  with  Royal  Oak,  Cities  Service  Norfolk  Texmar,  Massmar,  Bethcoaster  the  ILA  application'are:  Richard­ (Cities  Service)^  Robin  Sherwood  (Calmar) and the  Irenestar (Triton)  F.  Walsh,  Theatrical  Stage  Em­ and  Robin  Hood  (Robin);  Steei  signed  on.  ployees,  who  will  be 'chairman;  Scientist  (Isthmian);  Vaichem  In  transit  were  Uie  Steel  Navi­ Joseph  Cuiranj  National Maritime  Stcond  CIRM  postoa*  MM  (Heron),  Atlantis  (Moran)  and  the  ­.....  gator,  Steel  Rover  (Isthmian);  Union;  David  Dubinsky,  Ladies  jHelen  (Olympic  Trans.).  Of  the  Marymar  (Marven);  Robin  Sher­ Garment  Workers,  and  Jacob  S.  twelve  hhips  the  port  handled,  IM  wood  (Robin)  gnd  the  Alcoa  Pen­ Potofsky,  Amalgamated  Clothing  jtlght  were  tankers.^  .  nant and the Alcoa  Runner (Alcoa).  Workers.  •   •  ­  ^  .u,.  Cite SIU  Ships  for 'Heroic Acts  AFL­CIO  Studies ILA  Return Bid  Grain Ship  Boosts Hub  SEAFARERS  LOG  _..  iUSiSfe!­ �Febniarr 27. 195*  SEAFARERS  LOG  Russia  Victim Of  'Lies'i Bridges  '  i"'  ­/  MOSCOW—Haying  arrived  in  the  Soviet  Union'e  capital  on  hU  world  tour  to  "atudjr  the  conditiont  of  longshore  unions,"  Harrjr  Bridges, to  nobody's surprise,  demonstrated his pro­Communist  bias  as  follows:  e  American  union  members  should  visit  Bnssla  because  "they  would  learn  that everything  the worker  in America  heard about  the  USSR  is nothing  bnt  lies and  siandctous  propaganda."  '  o  The  Russian  union  system  of  elections  and  basic  organiution  is "more  democratic than  many  American  trade  unions."  Bridges  arrived  at these sweeping  conclusions  after  one  week  in  the  Soviet  Union.  He  was  quoted  in  "Trud,"  the  official  organ  of  the  Soviet  trade  union  apparatus,  which,  of  course, is controlled  by  the  Russian  Communist  Party  and  mouths  the  Party  line.  .  Bridges  also  was  quoted  as  saying  that  he  was  inviting  a  Soviet  trade  union  delegation  to  attend  a  longshoremen's  gathering  to  begin  April  1  In  Seattle.  The  same  issue  of '"Trud"  in  whidh  Bridges'  remarks  appeared  defined one of  the main­responsibilities of  trade'unions as  "actively  mobilizing  the  masses of  the  woriclng  people  for  solving  the  tasks  set  by  the  party"—in.other  words,  carrying but  the  objectives  of  Communist  Party  policy.  Halifax Liens Hit  Struck CHS Ships  raft tiifM  Pacific District Hits  MSrS  Manning Of  WC  Missile  Fleet  SAN  FRANCISCO—^A  Defense  Department plan to crowd out private  ship­ ping: operators from the West Coast missile ship program has drawn the fire of the  SIU Pacific  District. Protesting the military invasion of this area of  the merchant  marine, Morris Weisberger,"  panies and  manned by  civilian sea­ In  this  Instance  runs  directly  con­ SIU of NA first vice­presi­ men  and  civilian  officers,  Weis­ trary  to  that  policy."  berger  declared:  IVelsberger's  position  has  the  dent  and  secretary­treas­ "There has been  no reason  what­ full endorsement  of  all  three mem­ urer  of  the  Sailors  Union  soever  offered  for  this  change  in  ber  unions  of  the  Pacific  District,  policy  which  has  been  in  effect  with  parallel  positions  taken  by  of  the  Pacific,  has  called  for  two  years  on  the  Rast  Coast.  Sam  Bennett,  president  of  the Ma­ The plight  of  the US merchant ma­ rine  Firemen's  Union, and  Ed Tur­ for  a  reversal  of  the  deci­ rine  Is  such  that  the  Government  ner,  secretary­treasiu­er of  the Ma­ sion  to  have  the Military  Sea  should  be  making  aU  efforts  to  rine  Cooks  and  Union.  Transportation  Service  oper­ encourage  private  shipping  and  to  Letters  stating  the  Pacific  Dis­ withdraw  from  the shipping  indus­ trict  position  on  the  missile  ship  ate the  ships.  Pointing  out  that  for  over  two  try.  Furthermore,  It  has  been  the  Issue have  already been  dispatched  HALIFAX—Two  strikebound  ships  ol  tho  Canadian  Na­ years now,  ships  on  the  South  At­ stated  policy  of  the  Administra­ to  key  members  of  the  House  and  tional Steamship fleet have  been seized by  creditors for non­ lantic  missile  range.  have  been  tion to  get  Government  out of  pri­ Senate,  Weisberger  said.  In  addi­ payment  of  bills,  the  SIU  Canadian  District  reports.  The  operated  by  private  shipping  com­ vate  business.  The MSTS  decision  tion,  the  Pacific  Maritime  Associ­ ation, representing  the  West  Coast  Halifax  sheriffs  office  plas­'  maritime  Industry,  has  also  pro­ tered  liens  on  the  Canadian  tested the  MSTS action.  Constructor  and  the  Ciudad  The present plan  calls for MSTS  de  Detroit,  formerly  thb Canadian  to man  an estimated  eight or  more  Cruiser,  for  failure  to  pay  a  ship  missile  ships  with  non­union  sea­ chandler's  bill.  men,  Instead  of  permitting  pri­ The  effect  of  the  liens  is  to  tie  vate operators  under contract  with  up  the  two  vessels  via  legal  pro­ the  SIU  Pacific  District  to  han­ ceedings until  the matter has  been  dle  the  assignment.  cleared'  through  the  Canadian  On  the  East  Coast,  the  SIU­ courts.  The liens also  name a  third  contracted  Suwannee  Steamship  ship,  the  Ciudad  ds  la  Habana,  Company  operates  a fleet  of  12  formerly the  Canadian  Challenger,  missUe  ships  to  track  missiles  which  is  now  laid  up  in  a  Balti­ launched  from  Cape  Canaveral,  more  shipyard.  Florida.  Further,  indicating  the  The  Canadian  District  reports  continuation  of  this  policy,  the  that  the  bills  in  question  cover  company  is  adding  a  13th  ship,  supplies put  aboard by  a local  ship  the  Sampan,  to  this  operation  and  chandler  when  the  vessels  were  an  NMU­contracted  company  also  attempting  to  get out from  behind  has recently placed a special radar­ SIU  Canadian  District  plcketllnes.  (Continued on  page 15)  Other  bills are also reported  to  be  pending,  the  "Canadian  Sailor"  said.  Now  owned  by  a  Cuban  govern­ ment.  bank,  the  eight­ship fleet  has  been  strikebound  for  19  months  because  the  former  Cana­ dian owners  tried to  sell the ships,  u>M ail  t*NU  rather  than  sign  a  new agreement  with  the Canadian  Seafarers.  In  a  related  development,  a  Diagram Indicatoi  how  nucloar  roactor  could  bo  Inttalled in  conventional tanker  by substituting  it for  WASHINGTON—The  Maritime  spokesman  for  Troy  Browning,  one  of  the  cargo  tanks  of  the  ship.  Administration  has  decided  that  Great  Lakes  ship  operator,  said  for purposes of  subsidy, two  trans­ that  the  government  of  Cuba  was  pacific  trade routes,  29 and  30, can  no  longer  interested  in  direct  be  combined  Into  one  trade  route.  ownership  and  operation  of  a  The finding  could  affect  the  pro­ Cuban  merchant fleet  Including  posed  subsidy  operations  of  four  the  eight  ships.  Instead,  the  new  companies  now  applying  for  Gov­ Cuban  regime  has  Indicated  it  ernment  assistance  on  that  route.  would  like  to  see  private  com­ WASHINGTON  —  A  proposal  to  install an atom  power plant  in a conventional tank­ The combined  trade route  covers  panies  running  its  merchant  marine.  Browning was  supposed to  er  has  been  made  by  the  Isbrandtsen  Steamship Company. The proposal, if  accepted by the  calls  between  Pacific  Coast  ports,  have  run  the' Cuban fleet  for  the  Government,  would  be  the first  use  of  atomic  power  in  a  commercial  American­fiag  ship.  including the  Hawaiian Islands and  . Batista  government.  Submitted  Jointly  by  Is­ powered tanker from  scratch, shar­ for  Isbrandtsen,  costing  $15  mll­ ports  in  Japan,  Formosa,  the Phil­ A new  agency, the  Maritime  De­ brandtsen,  Maryland  Ship­ ing  ippines,  Korea,  Hong  Kong,  South  cost  of  such  construction  Uon.  velopment  Commission,  has  been  building  and  Sperry  Hand,  with the  Actually  though,  $5  million  of  Vietnam,  Cambodia,  Laos  and  the  Government.  The  SIU­ set  up  in  Cuba,  to  handle  Cuban  the  proposal  calls for  development  contracted  the cost  would go Into the  develop­ Thailand.  Cities  Service  Oil  Com­ maritime  matters,  and  it  Is  re­ At  present,  the  two  trade  routes  construction of  an appropriate  pany  announced  some  time  ago  ment  of  the  reactor,  with  the  re­ ported  to  be  roaklng  arraugefiieuts  and  are  serviced  by  American  Mail  mainder  for  construction  and  test­ nuclear  reactor  and  installation  that  It  too  was  studying  the  feasi­ for  sale  of  the  government­owned  and testing  ing.  In  other  words,  should such  a  Line,  American  President  Lines,  bility  of  using  atomic  energy  to  of  the reactor  in a  huU  ships  to  a  private  operator,  pos­ section  which  would ^e  built  espe­ power  a  tanker  but  it  has  made  reactor  prove  workable,  duplicates  Pacific  Far  East  Line  and  States  (Continued on  page 15)  no  further  announcement  on  the  could ibe  made for other  ships  at a  Steamship  Company,  all  West  cially for  the  purpose.  Coast  operators.  Isbrantsen,  States  cost  of  $10 million  or less.  The  third  would  be  cutting  subject.  Marine  Lines,  Waterman  and  Isth­ Up until  now, the  position of  the  Still,  this  cost  would  make  the  apart  an  existing  tanker,  probably  mian,  all  subsidy  applicants,  also  Make Checks  ship  plus  plant  more  expensive  American  shipping  Industry  has  one  in  the  32,000­ton  class,  and  in­ operate  on  the  route.  the  new  hull  section  and  been  to "wait  and  see"  what  hap­ than  constructing  a  conventional  In  combining  the  two  trade  To 'SiU­A&G'  stalling  pens  to  the  NS  Savannah  before  tanker,  although  the  witnesses  reactor.  Seafarers  mailing  in  checks'  making  any  commitments  on  claimed  that  such  ships  could  be  routes,  the  Maritime  administra­ The  plan  would  then  bypass  the  atomic  or  money  orders  to­  the  Union  power  plants.  This  is  also  made competitive  within ten  years.  tion  recommended  a  modest  In­ to  cover  dues  payments  are  construction  of  a  new  ship  and  the  position  of  the  Administration,­ If  the  plan  is  approved  by  the  crease  of five  to  12  sailings  annu­ urged  to  be  sure  to make  all  of  would  also  make  unnecessary  the  although  It  has  been  pointed  out  Government  and  funds  voted,  the  ally  over  the  combined  niaximum  them  payable  to  tho SlU­A&G  construction  of  a  separate  proto­ that  new  and  more­satisfactory  re­ reactor  would  be  ready  in  three  sailings  of  the  two  routes.  type  reactor  for  testing  purposes.  actors have  already been developed  years  and  sea  trials  could  begin  However,  the  subsidy  applica­ District.  tf  the  plans  were  td  go through,  which  for  practical  purposes  have  about six months  later, making  the  tions  pending  call  for  many  more  Some  Seafarers  have  sent  in  the  power  plant on the  shid  would  made  the  NS  Savannah  reactor  earliest  target  date  late 1962.  sailings  on  the  run  than  provided  checks and  money orders  in  the  be  operated  by  members  of  the  in  the  Maritime  Administration's  obsolete.  (See story  on  page 5,)  The  reactor"proposed  would  be  names  of  individual  Headquar­ ters  officials.  This  makes  for  a  SlU­afflliated  Brotherhood  of  Mai^  Testifying  for  the  proposal  be­ a  gas­cooled  type  which  uses  he­ findings.  fore  the  Joint  Congressional  Com­ lium  as  its  cooling  medium.  The  States  Marine  alone,  for  ex­ problem  In  boo|^keeping  which  ine  Engineers.  Following  the  Isbrandtsen  pro­ mittee on Atomic  Eiverfiy. the three  Savannah  has  a  pressurized  water  ample,  has application  pending for  can  be  avoided  if  checks  are  made  out  to  the  Union  directly.  posal, Esso Shipping Company said  concerns  have  asked  for  Govern­ reactor,  which  as.­the  name  im­ 36  to  60  sailings  on  trade  routes  it  would  like  to.biilld  an  atomic­ ment flnanclng  of  the  reactor  plies,  uses a  water^ooling  system.  29  and  30.  Far  East  Ship  Routes  Combined  Propose Commercial  A­Ship  By  Modifying  Existing Tanker  .• I,  �Pace  iW  /  "  '  FeDToary  »»;, iww  SEAFARERS  LOG  SEAFARERS  ROTARY SHIPPmO  ROARD  February 4 Through  February  17, 1959  SIU  shipping  continued  to  climb  this  period,  reaching  the  highest  point  since  mid­December.  The  dispatch  total  was  1,083  jobs,  which  represented  a  gain  for  all  except  class  B.  Registration fell  below shipping  to a  total of  1,027.  The totals  for men  atiU  registered  on  the  beach  at  the  end  of  the  two­week  period  hit a  12­month low,  especially for  class A,  reflecting a  healthy shipping  picture  through  increased  job  opportunities  for  Seafarers.  The heavy  job  turnover arose  out  of  57  payoffs,  28  sign­ons  and  137  in­transit  calls  in all  ports,  or  a  total  of  222  visits.  New  York  had  39,  New  Orleans  32  and  Houston  31.  Between  them,  these  three  ports  accounted  for over  100  visits.  (See "Ship  Activity"  summary  at  right.)  Five  ports  reported  increased  shipping  activity  during  the  period,  two  showed  no  change  and  the  rest  declined.  The  rises  in  shipping  were  listed  by  Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Mobile  and  New  Orleans, and  was especially  welcome  in  the two  Gulf  ports.  Mobile has  been relatively  slow for  four months  and  New  Orleans has been  off  its  normal  pace  for several  weeks  also.  Savannah  and  Seattle  maintained  the  status  quo,  but  this represented  a  fairly  active  period  for  Seattle  anyway.  Ship  Activity  "  Baltimore,  Norfolk,  Tampa,  Lake  Charles,  Houston,  Wilmington  and  San  Francisco  all  fell  off.  Despite  the  drop,  Baltimore,  Houston  and  Pay  Stqs  la  /  'Frisco  were  still  kept  quite  busy.  Houston  has  been  shipping  more  Offs  Oat  TraBt.tOTAI.  men  than  Baltimore  for  several  months.  2  I  »  .  11  Seniority­wise,  the shipping  totals  show class  A  men  accounting  for  Nm  York....  20  B  14  tf  68  percent  of  the  jobs  dispatched,  class  B lor  21  percent  and  class  €  Phlladalphla..  2  1  11  14  for the  remaining  11  percent.  These figures  show  a  drop  In  the  class  4  20  B  portion and  a  corresponding rise In  "C" shipping.  Class A  remained  Baltimore  ...  •   4  the  same.  Norfolk,  Tampa.  Lake  Charles  and  Wilmington  shipped  no  Norfolk  ....4—  4  ,>  4  class  C men  at  all.  ,  »  Savaaaab  ... —  1  10  II  Figures for the men  on the beach  by the end  of  the period show nine  Toaipa  ......i­.  —  i  i  ports had 100 or less men on  hand in all departments.  These ports were  Mobile  .....  9  2  4  IS  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Norfolk,  Savannah,  Tampa,  Lake  Charles,  Wil­ 3  23  32  mington, San Francisco and Seattle.  Of  these, Boston, Savannah, Tampa  New  Crieoas. .  4  Lake Cborlofl..  1  1  11  13  and  San  Francisco  also had  fewer  than  50  class  A  men  on  tap.  HoBtfcB  ....  4  3  24  .  31  The  following  Is  the  forecast  port  by  port:  Boston:  Quiet  .  . . New  Witmlagtea  7  7  York:  Good  .  .  .  Philadelidila:  Fair . . .  Baltimore:  Good  . . .  Norfolk­ 3  7  Slow\ .. Savannah, Tampa:  Quiet.. . MobUe: Good  . . .  New  Orleans­ Sea  Preaeliee.  2  2  Good  . .  .  Lake  Charles:  Slow  .  . .  Houston:  Good  and  steady  . , .  SeatHe  3  3  4  10  Wilmington: Fair .. . San Franclseo:  Good .. . Seattle: Good.  ••—  —  TOTALS  ... S7  20  137  22S  DECK DEPARTMENT  Registend  CLASS  A  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  H P O C GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  Port  12  3  ALL  123 ALL  __1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  Boston ................  4  4  4  3  11  1  —  1  New  York.  30  45  10  85  23  40  20  83  6  7  13  PhUadelphla..  2  8  10  4  11  4  19  Baltimore  10  18  10  38  32  6  «0  1  6  11  Norfolk • ..............  1  3  —  4  4  4  —  1  1  Savannah............. •   2  8  6  —  2  2  4  Tampa................  —  2  —  2  2.  1  3  Mobile.  v...  5  6  1  —  12  2  1  15  1  New  Orleans....  11  22  10  43  14  20  10  44  1  7  Lake Charles..........  15  5  11  2  1  2  5  Houston  10  30  9  49  14  25  6  45  3  9  12  Wilmington.  3  1  2  —  1  1  2  San  Francisco  4  7  2  13  7  2  9  —  4  7  Seattle  8  13  1  22  8  4  16  3  3  6  88  163  47  298  TOTALS  88 ' 145  5§"  292  10  15  37  62  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered On The  Beach  CLASS  A  CUSS  B  1  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C ALL  1  2  3  A1.T.  1  2  3  AI.t.  —  —  —  —  11  1  —  12  4  8  4  16  1  4  1  a  6  8  13  83  13  13  109  91  146  36  273  1  17  21  39  —  —  —  1  1  19  —  1  20  12  15  6  33  1  1  S  —"  —  —  —  32  11  *2,  32  80  11  123  1  14  21  3«  —  —  1  —  4  5  8  —  13 .  —  4  10  14  —  —  —  —  4  —  —  4|  3  8  ­T­ 11  —  2  a  —­ —  ——  —  3  —  —  3  1  4  1  6  1  1  X  —'  —  6  15  3  6  24  30  34  11  75  1  «  3  4  —  —  —  —  44  8  —  .  52  37  76  20  133  2  10  13  25  —  —  5  —  —  5l  2  13  4  19  1  2  6  a  —  1  1  2  45  12  2  59  26  40  3  69  3  8  11  —  —  —  —  2  —  ;   2  11  13  1  25  2  2  4  —  1  —•   . 1  9  7  1  17  4  1  •   5| ;  1  1  1  8  1  —  2  3  16  6  3  25  13  5  __  18  5  1  •   7  7  12  26 292  62  26  380 271" 450" "98"  819  8  64  91  163  1  —•  ENGINE DEPARTMENT  I  !>.>•   Registered  CLASS  A  '  ^  Port  Boston................  New  York  Philadelphia  Baltimore.............  Norfolk...............  Savannah...............  Tampa  Mobile................  New  Orleang  Lake Charles  Houston  lYUmlngton  San  Franclseo  Seattle  JO^ALS  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  S/i/pped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  4"  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  .CLASS  GROUP  GROUP  123 ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  3  3  —  —  2  2  4  —  4  1  1  —  1  4  1  1  6  —  31  4  2  4  •   10  38  11  59  7  12  20  8  38  6  52  2  If  4  11  18  52  27  18  97  40  124  22  186 27  3  22  18  45  3  3  8  2  2  2  4  4  11  1  16  —  1  5  1  1  16  22  1  19  4  24 —  2  .  2  3  30  5  38  2  5  5  12  1  27  6  34  1  2  2  —  ;  2  34  6  2  42  4  64  5  73 11  18  II  5  —  4  2  —  3  1  5  1  —  1  1  1  1  1  —  2  2  17  2  21 4  2  •   9  7  1  1  3  1  4  1  —  4  —  1  4  4  9 9  17  1  2  1  S  4  —  4  1  1  1  1  —  1  1  1  —  9 2  —  2  2  2  1  14  8  1  11  13  2  1  16  12  4  1  17  2  —  H  17  2  35  18  30  4  52 7  6  13  8  21  6  35  12  9  20  8  38  5  5  38  5  1  44  17  80  4  101 17  25  9  1  11  4  1  5  6  7  1  3  4  4  —  11  3  15  2  20 7  4  5  5  18  1  24  1  14  16  28  35  8  4  13  —  1  35  13  3  51  10  34  —  44 1  13  18  1  1  1  —  5  9  3  4  ­r  1  1  4  1  —  5  1  7  2  10 1  7  IS  6  2  1  1  3  3  5  9  11  2  —  3  1  —  11  3  1  15  2  1  1  1  4 I  2  13  1  16  "2  4  _8  2  9  12  2  —  2  2  —  12  2  2  16  1  13  1  IS 4  7  45^  160  32  237  11'  59  42  109  42  158  35  235  17  38  82  87  5  15  15  I  35 235  87  35  357100  423  49  572  10  96  73  178  li  1  1  STEWARD DEPARTMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  I  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Shipped  ~  CLASSC  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On  The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  GROUP  Port  123 ALL  1  2  3  ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  ABC ALL  123 ALL  1  2  3  ALL  Boston..  a............  I  —  4  5  3  3  1  3  '  4  2  4  2  9  4  2  —  2  3  6  1  —  1  2  New  York.............  18  8  23  49  1  1  12  14  15  14  32  61  1  1  12  14  2  —  18  20  61  14  20  95  93  89  90  222  1  1  25  27  Philadelphia  5  2  12  —  —  2  5  2  6  3  2  11  1  —  3  4  6.  9  22  1  4  1  16  7  1  11  —  5  5  Baltimore..  ^, 9  5  18  32  12  8  11  8  14  31  3  8  10  2  2  31  10  2  43  37  11  24  72  2  —  10  21  Norfolk  2  2  9  111  3  5  1  —  4  1  1  8  2  12  2  4  1  —  5  7  1  5  8  Savannah.............  1  1  2  2  2  —  1  1  2  5  3  1  1  1  T­  —  2  2  5  1  —  1  Tampa  1  1  3  5  1  1  —  1  2  3  1  1  —  1  8  12  1  4  2  2  Mobile  8  1  7  16  4  6  15  9  9  6  1  10  12  4  2  U  15  10  18  43  24  14  31  69  —  17  17  New  Orleans  15  5  20  40  9  2  28  • 5  9  5  —  10  10  1  —  1  9  60  121  2  35  10  2  47  52  2  33  35  Lake  Charles.........  2  2  2  1  3  2  1  5  5  2  2  2  6  5  —  0  8  Houston .......a..*.'..  II  7  9  27  8  8  11  9  3  13  25  —  15  6  —  —  7  25  6  7  38  15  9  8  32  1  6  a  Wilmington.  2  1  3  1  —  2  1  1  2  2  1  —  8  4  1  2  —  6  —  2  .  X  San  Francisco  4  1  5  10  1  5  2  6  13  —  *2  4  13  6  1  20  8  6  1  8  9  —  1  1  5  Seattle  4  7  16  —  1  7  9  2  1  4  7  —  —  7  7  1  15  7  '  3  6  16  7  1  4  a  85  40  99  224  TOTALS  14  59  "78  70  42  103  215  6  12  57  75  15  4  87  66 215  75  56  346,261  103  246  I  610  9  8  126  143  SUMMARY  Registered  CLASS  A  :'  5  STEWARD  GROUP  1  23 ALL  88  163  47 .1298  45  160  3ZJ  237  ^85  40  99  1  224  GRAND fOTAtS  R18  363  178  t  T53  DECK  fNeiME  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  ,  CLASS  A  GROUP  GROUP  123 ALL  123 ALL  8  28  45  1  81  88  145  59  1  292  17  50  42  1  109  42  158  35  1  235  5  14  59  1  78  70  42  103  ! 215  30  92  146  1  268 208 ­845 197  )  742  Shipped  CLASS  B  GROUP  123 ALL  10  15  37  62  17  88  32  87  6  12  57  75  88  65 126  224  Registered  0 in  The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS B  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  ABC ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  7  7  12  26 292  62  26  380 271  450  98  819 _8  64  91  163  5  15  15  35 235  87  35  357 100  423  49  572  10  96  73  179  6  126  143  15  4  37  86 215  75  56  846261  103  246  610  9  124117  1093.632  976  393  2001  27  168  290  486  27  24  64  117  �Fevnia^ s«t  AVSV  ' QUESTION: How long do you think  a man should  hold down a dolo­ gdto's  job  aboard  ship?  Fage  Rw*  SEAFARERS  LOG  Budget  Blocks  US  Action  To Hold  Atom Ship Lead  WASHINGTON — Administration  officials  a^ee  that  immediate  construction  of  a  Sam  Kaltoo*  AB:  I  feel  that  as  prototype  atom­powered  US  tanker  would  be  desirable,  but  the  project  will  just  have  to  A.  Romero, cook:  I think  a dele­ gate!s  Job  should  be  changed  at  long  as a  man  is  capable  of  hand­ wait  its  turn  imtil  other  "priority"  programs go  through.  A $30  million  outlay  appears  to  ling  the  Job  of  be  the  only  major  stumbling  authorizing  the  building  of  a  nu­ least  every  trip.  produce  enough  data  on  which  to  delegate,  ship  or  block.  In ­  addition,  the  clear­powered  icebreaker.  He  also  base  cost  and  operation  estimates  department,  we  Job of ship's dele­ Atomic  Energy  Commis­ pointed  to  the  President's  request  for  atom­powered  ships  in  the  fu­ should  let  him  sion,  gate  should  be  Commerce  Department  and  authority  to  distribute  nuclear  ture,  and  that  the  tanker construc­ continue  'in  that  Maritime  Administration  officials  for  rotated  among  materials  use  as  fuel  on  US  tion  would  be  essential  at  some  post.  If  he  is  testifying  before  the  House  Mer­ merchant  for  the  three  depart­ ships.  doipg a  good Job,  chant  Marine  Committee last  week  This  followed  an  exchange  dur­ future  time.  ments.  In  this  no  one  will  want  indicated general  agreement on the  ing  which  AEC  Chairman  John  A.  It  was  not  made  clear  how  the  manner  every  him  put.  But  if  value of  the prototype­construction  McCone  conceded  that  Japanese  authorization  for  using  nuclear  member  will  get  materials  as  fuel  on  an  experi­ he  fails,  then 'but  pleaded  the  necessity  for  fol­ a  chance  to  be­ and  German  interests  and  some  mental  commercial  ship  would  most  likely  they  lowing  Presidential  budget  direc­ American  oil companies  are  gi^g  come  familiar  prod  private  investors  Into  putting  will elect another.  tives.  Meanwhile,  they  said,  re­ seriou  consideration  to  nuclear­ .with  the  Job  of  up the necessary funds for building  enforcing  the  Union  contract,  and  A  good  delegate  is necessary  for a  search  and  development  studies  powered  merchant  ships,  but  that  such a  vessel, with no  assurance  of  the  method  of  settling  beefs  that  smooth­running  ship,  and  if  you  would  continue.  he  knew  of  no  US  program  where  Federal  aid.  may  arise  between  the  crew  and  have  one,  keep  him.  "real  money  has  been  appropri­ A  West  German  concern  an­ However,  Maritime  Administra­ topside.  tor Clarence  G.  Morse  went  a step  ated."  He  farther  admitted  that  nounced  the  signing  of  contracts  a  »  4^  »  further  in  urging  that  the  Govern­ private  industry  can  not  do  much  few  weeks  ago  calling for  the  con­ R.  S.  Nandkeshwar,  oiler  If  a  S. Peleksse, AB: These Jobs should  ment "get  on with  the construction  on  developing  nuclear  ship  pro­ struction  of  a  commercially­useful  good  man  is  elected  to  the  Job  of  rotate  every  trip,  if  it  is  a  short  of  a ship which  probes the  econom­ pulsion  plants  until  the  Govern­ atom  tanker  by  1964.  The  Soviet  • hip  or  depart­ trip,  and  more  ics  of  nuclear  propulsion.  This  is  ment  proves  their  value  in  com­ Union  wil  launch an  atom­powered  ment delegate and  often  if  it  is  a  icebreaker  later  this  year.  The  something  that  continued  reseimch  mercial  operations.  long  run.  This  Is doing  it in  SIU  McCone  also  made  It  plain  that  Savannah is  not  due  out until mld­ and  development  cannot  do."  way everyone wiU  style,  I  think  he  the  NS Savannah  by  Itself  will not  1960.  Morse  emphasized  that  the reac­ have  a  chance  to  should hold  on to  tor  on  the  Savannah,  while  it  will  it  for  as  long  as  handle  a  dele­ answer  many  questions  about  he  wants.  After  gate's  Job  aboard  nuclear  propulsion  on  ships,  "caur  ship.  However,  if  all,  if  the  crew  not  answer  the  specific  economic  you  should  get  a  feels  that  he  is  questions  raised  by  builders  and  good  delegate,  I  not doing  a  good  operators  of  tankers,  ore  carriers,  would  leave  him  Job,  they  wUl  large  passenger  ships."  Another  in  the  Job,  for  it  elect  someone  elsa  to  take  his  place  fast enough.  is  better for  the  crew  In  the  long  type of  reactor now  under develop­ It's  not  necessary  to  Rotate  these  rud when  he  knows how  to handle  ment,  the  boiling  water reactor,  he  NEW  YORK—^While  shipping  for  this port  perked slightly  said, "appears  to be  more  compact  jobs  if  the  present  delegate knows  his  duties.  and  lighter  ... is  suitable  to  the  over the past  period, it  is still  far  behind the  high it  hit dur­ What  he  is  doing.  X  *  i­ maneuvering  requirements  of  a  ing  the  early  part  of  the  year.  Bill  Hall,  assistant  secretary­ it  4"  *  •  Charles Dawson,  AB:  I think  we  Jose  Luis  Marrero,  2nd  cook:  I  merchant  ship  ... is  almost  self­ treasurer,  noted.  The greatest gain was in the  a  couple  of  vessels  scheduled  hers  regulating,  and  therefore,  it  does  should limit a delegate's Job  to one  think  every  man  should  get  a  .  trip.  Otherwise  a  break  in  being  a  not  require  an  elaborate  control  deck  department  which  fook  during  the  past  two  weeks.  more  than  one  third  of  the  301  There  were  20  vessels  paying  delegate  may  get  delegate and dele­ system."  ..to  the  point  that  gates  .should  Earlier  in the  hearings, the com­ jobs  shipped  during  the  past  two  off  in  this  area  during  the  last  he  loses  interest  change every trip.  mittee was advised that  the Admin­ weeks.  But  the  significant  fact  was  two  weeks.  Five  signed  on  and  in  the  job  and  This way the dele­,  istration  wasn't  seeking  authoriza­ the  jur  "n  shipping  among  class  14  were  in  transit.  All  of  these  takes  it  for  gates  will  not  tion  now  to build a  nuclear  fanker  C  meiv  .iiich  rose  from  25  in  the  ships  came  in  with  very  few  beefs  granted.  By  become too famil­ and  would  oppose  such  a. bill  if  it  prior  period  to  51  this  period.  By  outstanding.  Headquarters  would  changing  dele­ iar with  the crew,  were  introduced  in  Congress.  It  departments,  13  "C" cards  shipped  like  to  extend  a  vote  of  thanks  to  gates,  we  will  be  and can avoid any  was  made  clear  that  there  is  no  in  the  deck,  18  in  the  black  gang  the  delegates  and  crews  on  these  getting  fresh  partiality  on  his  room  in  the  proposed  budget  for  and  20  in  the  steward  department.  Ships  for  bringing  their  vessels  in  ideas,  and  also  part  in  settling  this  expenditure  and  that  a  bal­ Since there  was no major  change  dean.  relieving  a  dele­ beefs. Besides it's  anced budget  this year had priority  in  the  registration  totals  for  the  r  The  vessels  paying  off  here  dur­ increased  ing  the past  period  were  the  Wang  gate  of  dissentlon  that  may  arise  good  training and  keeps a man on  over such  "worthwhile" projects.  port,  ,Hall  said, tte  shipping for  class  C men  indicates  Pioneer  (Inter­Oceart);  CS  Miami,  among  the  crew.  his  toes. .  Rep.  Helbert  C.  Bonner  (Dem­ that  a  good  number  of  the  "A"  Council  Grove  (Cities  Service);  NC),  committee  chairman,  com­ and  "B"  men  on  the  beach  here  Ines,  Evelyn,  Suzanne,  Beatrice  mented  that  the  committee  has  are  waiting  for  a  special  run  or  (Bull);  Azaela City,  BienviUe, Gate­ spent  a  lot  of  time  trying  to carry  particular  ship.  way  City  (Pan­Atlantic);  Alcoa  out  the  intent  of  the  1936  Mer­ As  for  the  next  two  weeks  ship­ Pilgrim  (Alcoa);  Marymar  (Cal­ chant  Marine  Act  and  that  "it  is  ping  should  remain  about  the  mar);  Steel  Rover,  Steel  Scientist,  hard  to  understand  the  position  of  same.  Although  there  are  a  num­ Steel  Navigator  (Isthmian);  Robin  the  Administration  and  the  Presi­ ber  of  vessels  expected  in  from  Sherwood,  Robin  Goodfellow  (Rob­ dent."  Rep.  Bonner noted  that  the  long  trips,  they  could  be  diverted  in);  LaSalle  (Waterman),  and  the  Seamen and  passengers alike  will truly  be "sailing, siailing,  President had  already vetoed  a hUl  to other  ports as  was  the case  with  Jefferson  City­  Victory  (Victory  over  the  bounding  main"  if  test  studies  for  an  80­knot­^­ Carriers).  Signing  on  were  the  Ocean  hour  hydrofoil  sea  Craft  can  be checked  out  in actual  opera­ Joyce  (Ocean  Clippers);  LaSalle  tion.  tons,­large  enough  to  carry  100  or  (Waterman);  Wang  Pioneer  (Inter­ The  Maritime  Administra­ more  riders.  Ocean);  Ines  (Bull);  Robin  Good­ fellow (Mormac)  and the Sand  Cap­ Hydrofoils are submerged, move­ tion has  just  awarded a  $248,­ tain  (Construction  Aggregates).  628  contract  to  Grumman  Aircraft  able fins  attached  to  a  vessel's  The  in­transit  vessels  were  the  Engineer  Corp.  to  design  a  high­ sides  that  provide  the  lift  to raise  Azalea  ' City,  Raphael  Semmes,  the  hull  from'the  water.  They en­ speed  test  vehicle  demonstrating  able  a  vessel  to  travel  faster  with  The  Alpoa  Partner became  the second  Alcoa ship this  year  Fairland,  Beauregard  (Pan­Atlan­ ths  operation  of  hydrofoil  craft  its  regular  propulsion  equipment  to  record  500  consecutive  days  without  a  lost­time  accident.  tic);  Losmar,  Flomar  (Calmar);  under  actual  sea  coiiditiohs.  Its  by  offering  Tess  resistance  to  the  The passing of  the 500­day mark  boosts the Partner's chances  Seatrain  Louisiana,  Seatrain  Geor­ gia,  Seatrain  New  Jersey,  Seatrain  size  will  be  between  50  and  100  water than  the  hull  itself.  Earlier  studies  by  Grumman  of  tieing  the  all­time  record  Recording  the  500­day  record  Texas  (Seatrain);  Andrew  Jackson  showed  that hydrofoil operation  Is  high  of  715  days,  set  by  an­ also  puts  the  Alcoa  Partner  in  a  (Waterman)  and  the  Eagle  Trans­ Moving? Notify  "well­suited  to  a  wide  range  of  other  Alcoa  ship,  the  Roamer  class  with  a  number  of'other  SIU  porter  (Terminal  Trans.).'  high  seas  application."  Hydrofoil  vessels  who  have  passed,  or  come  earlier this year.  SiUp Welfare  can  operate,  at  more  than  Company  officials,  to .commemo­ close  to  achieving  the  same  rec­ Seafarers  and  SIU  families  craft  times  ths  speed  of  conven­ rate  the  Partner's  accident­free  ord.  The  Robin  Tuxford  recorded  who  apply  for  maternity,  hos­ three  tional  vessels  while  maintaining  record,  presented  the  ship's  crew  502  accident­free  days  before  her  pital  or  surgical  benefits  frpm  the  same  ratio of  payload to  gross  with  a  movie  projector  while  the  sale  to  I^randtsen,  while  the Sea­ the  Welfaie  Plan  are  urged  to  weight.  They  should  also  be  able  vessel  was  at  the  Brooklyn  Army  train  Georgia,  had  recorded  over  keep  the  Union  or  the  Wei­ to  maintain  sustained  high  speeds  Base  yesterday.  460  days.  A  number  of  other  SIU  ­fare  Plan  advised  of  any  in  rough  seas  TAMPA—The fishing  ought  to  with  prospect  for  ships  have  gone  a  full  year  with­ As  part  of  its  poUcy  to  spur  In­ changes  of  address  vdille  their  much­improved  passenger  comfort  be  good  because  there  is  very  out  a  lost­time  mishap.  terest  among  the  crews  in  the  applications  are  being  proc­ in  ship  travel.  Uttle  in  the  way  of  shipping  to  The  Partner's  record,  coupled  joint  SlU­eompany  sponsored  essed.  Although  payments  arc  Additional studies are stiU  going  safety  program,  Alcoa  officials  with the  715­day record high  of the  divert Seafarers who arc  registered  often  made  by  return  mail,  ahead  with  a  view  to  designing  a  have^  announced  that  they  will  Roamer,  should  put  the  company  in  this  port.  changes  of  address  (or  illegible  500 r ton  Five  in­transits  summed  up  the  conventionaUy ­ powered  present  movie  projectors  and  close  to  the  top  in  the  annual  Na­ return  addresses)  delay  them  craft  and another of  port's activity, and  there were very  tional  Safety  Council  contest  for  undetermined  when  checks  or  "baby  bonds"  size for nuclear  propulsion.  Hydro­ other  prizes  to  vessels  having  500  the  safest fleet  in  the  merchant  few job calls  aboard  the ships  that  consecutive  accident­free  days.  are  returned.  Those  who  are  foil  craft  are  said  to  be  ideal  for  marine.  Alcoa's 16­vessel fleet  had  did  pull  into  Tampa  Bay.  moving  or  plan  to  move^ are  high­speed,  short­range  operation  Other  SIt7­contracted  companies  recorded  "only  18  lost­time  acci­ The five  ships  were  the  Alcoa  among  them  Mississippi  and  Isth­ advjsed  to  immediately  notify  Pennant  (Alcoa);  Warrior  and  La  dents  for  the  ten­month  period  in telatively  rough  seas.  They  are  mian grant  awards  to the  crews  of  SIU  headquarters  or  the  Wel­ reportedly being used  from  January  to  October,  Of  last  Salle  (Waterman);  Gateway  City  commercial­ vessels  having  the  lowest  accident  iare.Plan. at 11  Broadway,  New  ly  on  a  Unilted  scalk  in  Russia,  total  in  their fieets  over six­month  year.  Final  totals  for  .the  entire  (Pan  Atlantic),  and  Bradford  Is­ York,  NY.  .  year  have  not  yet  been  published.  land  (Cities Service).  or  one­year  periods.  :(Sii^ansr  ItelY­^  i  ­i*  '  NY  Jobs  On  Even Keel;  Predict Steady Shipping  Hydrofoil Test  Ship  Contratf  Awarded  Vessel  Boasts  500  Injury­Free  Days  Tampa Sees  Few  Ships  1  I  a  *^1  �Peteury  »» lUft  SEAFARERS  LOG  rate Sit  8IU Walters­Trainees  All Set  To  Go  >•" . K'"'  •ET'i­*"  sK' •  Mobile Welcomes Yisjt  By Safety Plan Director  MOBILE—The  start  of  Bull  Line's  coastwise  service  was  delayed  a  couple  of  days  when  the  Frances,  the  first  vessel  to  enter  the  service,  collided  with  a  German  freightship  in  this  port's  channel  during  a­*  —  ——:——  heavy  fog,  Cal  Tanner,  port  on the  fair side althopgh  there  was  agent, reports.  only  a  handful  of  vessels  in  poit.  '  Damage  to  both  vessels  was  not  during  the, period.  Among  thoM  too  extensive.  Tanner  noted,  and  here  for  the  payoff  or  in  traflSit  there  were  no  injuries  to  crew­ were the Alice  Brown  (Bloomfield); •   members on%ither ship.  The Fraur  Warrior, Claiborne,  Morning  Light,  ces  sailed five  days  late  after  un­ Monarch'Of  the  Seas  (Waterman)i  dergoing  repairs  in  the  shipyard.  Alcoa  Clipper,  Alcoa  Roamer,  Al­ The fog  which  caused the  collision  coa  Corsair,  Alcoa  Ranger  (Alcoa)j  had  been  plaguing  this  port  for  Frances  (Bull);  Steel  Maker,  Steel  three  days  and  was  Just  lifting  Director (Isthmian) and  the Del  Sol  when  the  Bull  Line  ship,  entering  (Mississippi).  the  harbor,'ran  into  the  German  Prospects  for  the  coming  two  freighter  about  half­way  down  the  weeks.  Tanner  said,  look  pretty  Ready to  go to work  under new  woiters' troining  progrom estoblished at SlU New York  heodquotters  channel.  good.  In  addition  to  a  fair­sized  ore troinees  (1 to  r) Joe  Cino, Herb  Yoger, Ken  Rose,  John  Simmons  ond Don  Stewort.  Progrom  is  There was a lot of favorable com­ number of  vessels scheduled  to hit  ^designed  to  quolKy  m^n  for  possenger  ship  service  needs.  A  portion  of  the  heodquorters  cafe­ ment  from  the  membership  here  the  port,  the  Alice  Brown,  which  teria hos  been  converted  to table  service  for  the  training program.  on  the  recent  meeting  held  by  has  been  in the  shipyard  here .for  Captain  Penney,  safety  director  of  the  last  three  weeks,  is  expected  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan,  with  com­ to  take  on  a  full  crew.  pany officials and  Seafarers on­ves­ sels in the harbor.  Captain Penney  outlined  the  Union's  safety  pro­ Tax­deductible "conventioneering"  abroad  luxury  cruise  liners  is  a  growing  business  gram  and how it  would work  to the  practice,  according  to. a  front­paged  item  in "The  Wall  Street  Journal."  benefit  of  all  hands.  Many  of  the  The story openly  touted  the  practice  with the headline:  men  were  of  the  opinion  that  the  'More  Conventioning  Businessmen • f land­based  gatherings,  with  the  liner  ope]fators  that  the  West  program  would  help  ^keep  ship­ Go  Down  To  The  Sea  In  Sliips'  result  that  the  conventioneers'  Indies  cruise  and  convention  tour  board, injuries down  to a  minimum  if  all  cooperated  with  it.  find  the  gatherings  somewhat  gimmick  can  keep  their  vessels  Negotiations  are  being  held  on  "Uncle  Sam  Helps  Foot, Bill  sedate.  fully  occupied  right' through  the  the various  HIWD contracts  in  and  For  West  Indies  Cruises—  Costs for  the  ladies  are  not  tax­ winter  season  when  travel  to  around  the  harbor.  Progress  has  NORWALK,  Ohio—Former  Sea­ ^  But Not  For The  Wives"  deductible,  although  some  far­ Europe  falls  off.  been  made  and  it  is expected  that  farer  Raymond  Davis  was  killed  Seagoing  conventions  have  a  seeing  executives  doubtless  pro­ Proposals  for  "floating  hotels"  major  advantage  over  those  held  vide  their  spouses  with  shiny  new  or  "convention  halls" dedicated  to  there  will  be  signihgs  In  the  near  on  February 13, 1959,  when  his car  collided  with  a  trailer  truck  on  shoreside  since no  one  can  run  off  shorthand  books  for  the  Occasion  this  new  cruise  trade  have  been  future.  Shipping  for  the  port  has  been  Route  20,  near  to  the  golf  course  while  the  busi­ to  justify  putting  the  girls  on  the  advanced  before  Congressional  here.  He' was  S3  ness  sessions  are  going  on.  The  e}4>ense  tab  also.  committees  several  times  since  years  old.  only  sour  note  reported  by  some  The  "Journal"  pointedly  noted  1955,  princip,ally  by  New  York  A  full  member  Is  that  the  shipboard  affairs  at­ how  one  group  held  two  business  hotelman  H.  B.  Cantor.  Measures  of  the  SIU,  Davis  tract  more  of  the  wives  than  the  meetings  on  the  cruise—one  on  seeking  Federal  assistance  in  had  been  sailing  each  leg  of  the  round  trip.  "At­ building  super­ships  capable  of  since  1943  in  the  tendance  was  carefully  checked  haufing  6,000  passengers  a  trip  engine  depart­ Get That SS  and  recorded  so  members  would  were  endorsed  by  the  AFL­CIO  ment,  but  in  re­ for their  tax forms,"  Maritime  Trades  Department  at  SAVANNAH  —  It  was  a  fairly  cent  years  had  Number Right  have evidence  the  story  recounted.  Another  hearings  last  year.  quiet  period  on  the  shipping  side  been*,  working  Seafarers filing  vacation  group  of,bankers  went  to  Nassau  'The  ships  would  offer  "pay  as  as  only  one  vessel.  Valiant  Enter­ Davit.  ashore  in  Nor­ money claims  should make  smre  in  1949, to  Havana in  1953 and  will  prise,  on  coastwise  articles,  signed  that  they  use  their  correct  So­ be  bound  for Bermuda for  Its con­ you  go"  service  '  sed .on  a  $50  on  in  thi!<  port  during  the  past  walk  for  the  State.  Highway  De­ payment  for  fare  only  by  each  two  weeks.  In  addition  there  were  partment. •   cial  Security  number.  Use  of  clave  this  October.  the wrong taumber means a cler­ Agencies  handling  the  ship  con­ passenger.  Each  traveler  would  10  in­transit  ships  calling  during  Davis  was  riding  in  his  car \vlth  his  nine­month­old  baby  daughter  ical  headache  for  the  Vacation  vention  business  report  it  boom­ then have  the'option  of  taking his  the period.  Plan  office  and  slows  up  the  ing,  with  the  result  that  there  are  meals  cafeteria­style,  in  one  of  In­transits  were  the  Seatrain  when  he  collided head  on with the  handling  of  payments.  far  too  few  ships  to  accommodate  several  dining  rooms  or  even  Texas,  Georgia,  'Savannah  (twice),  trailer. The  baby  was  thrown  clear  Also, a  Seafarer  who uses  the  the  traffic.  One  tour  concern  re­ bringing  his  own.  The  ship  was  Louisiana  (Seatraihlj  Chiwawa  of  the  car  and  was apparently  un­ Incorrect  Social  Secimity  num­ ported  its  business  of  this  type  visualized  as  a  way  of  tapping the  Cities  Services);  Fatrland,  Azalea  hurt.  ber  is  crediting  his  tax  deduc­ tripled  since  1955.  The  growing:  vast  potential  of  middle­income  City  (Pan­Atlantic);  Steel  King,  He  is  survived by  his  wife,  Mrt.  tions to  some  other  US  worker.  business  has  spurred  the  realiza­ Americans unable  to pay thpir  way  and  the  Steel  Navigator  (Isthmi­ Mildred  Davis  mnd  Us  daughter,  Cathy.  i  an).  tion  by  some  of  the  transatlantic  for  luxury  travel  overseas.  .  New Tax Dodge: Ship Conclaves  r..­ ?• ,  t'­ i.  Crash KiNs  Ray  Davis  SavannahOn  Short Ration  I;­ I'  • I  •  i'  i'i 't<'  t  •  ?j­ I  it 'i'  Too Big For One?  Get Help !  It's unfortunate,  from the  sofety point  of  view, that  too,  many  crewmembers  regard  it  as  a  sign  of  weakness  to  osk  for  help  in  hoisting  and  carrying heavy  loads.  The  result of  attempting to  do the  job singiehonded  is all  too  often a  disabling infury.  If the load is too big to handle, there's no point in treat­ ing it  as a challenge  to your  manhood.  Get a  shipmate  to  give  you  a hand  and  protect  yourself  from  possible  flrief. •  •   i,  ­.  '­­yr  r:r­ �im­­ ;  y»bnuit «e9. itw  SEAFARERS  LOG  PiMW Sevai  Tips For Seafarers On Filing  \m DOllAR'S  WOM  Federal Income Tax Returns  Slafarer's Guide  To  Better  Buying  By  Sidney  Margolin*  Some Buying Questions Answered  The  following is an up­to­date revision of  an article hy the SIU's tax expert on question#  involving Seafarers'  income tares.  %  t  Generally,  with  very  few  blindness apply also to a taxpayer's  and medicine can be deducted. The  exceptions,  seamen  are  wife,  and  can  also  be  claimed  by  deductible  portion  is  then  com­ bined  with  other  medical  and  treated  no  differently  under  both of  them.  dental  expenses  which  are  subject  the income tax laws than  any  in In^cases where a man's wife lives  a  foreign  country,  he  can  still  the  three  percent  rule.  How­ other citizen or resident of the  claim  the  $600  exemption  for  her  to  ever,  deductions  of  aU  expenses  as his  wife.  If  she  has  income' in  for  medical  services,  drugs  and  US.  OIL BURNERS:  "I am considering  buying an oil  burner.  We  wanted  a  low­pressure  burner  as  we  have  heard  they  are  cheaper  to  operate.  But  my  husband  was  told  that  low­pressure  burners  are  complicated  and  require  a  skilled  repairman,  and  that  the  high­pressure  type  is  Just  as  efficient  and  economical."  '  It  is  true  that  the  low­pressure  burners  are  more  economical  but  also  moi^ complicated.  Most  repairmen  don't  understand  them  imless  (The  non­resident  alien  seaman  must  also file  a  return,  but  the  apecially^ained.  Some  won't  even  work  on  them.  This  department  recommends  the  Shell  head  with  a  high­pressure  rules are not  the Same  for him.)  burner.  This special  combustion  system  makes  a  high­pressure  burner  WHO  MUST  FILE.  Those  un­ comparable in economy to a low­pressure.  The Shell head  costs dealers  der  65  years  of  age  earning *over  about  $45­$50  extra,  and  most  will  install  It  for  about  $60  extra.  It  ­delays the  oil until  the fan  is operating  at full  speed,  and  has  built  up  $600  and  those  over  65  earning  maximum  pressure.  Thus  the  burner  starts  operating  at  its  pedft  of  over $1,200  must file  a  Federal  tax  combustion  efficiency.  The  head  also  cuts  off  the  burner  at  its  peak  return.  of  comburtion.  This eliminates  the  smoky  starts and  stops  which  both  If  earnings  were  less  than  the  waste  oil  and cause  soot  One  of  the  largest  Eastern  wholesale  equip­ minimums  stated,  and  withholding  ment suppliers, The Sid Harvey Co., estimates savings of  300­600 gallons  a  year  with  this  type  of  head,  thus  recovering  the  initial  cost  In  a  year's time.  The, Shell  and  similar  special  heads  seem  most  satisfactory  with  cast­iron  boilers;  but  also  can  be  used  with  steel  boilers  and. hot­air  furnaces if  the combustion  chamber is  not too limited as in some  small  suspended furnaces.  In these,  the Shell head may  cause too  hot a fi»e.  the  foreign  country,  it  cannot  be  medicines  are  limited  to  a  max­ taxed  by  the  US.  imum of  $2,500 for each  exemption  In addition, a  taxpayer can claim  claimed  up  to  a  total  of  $10,000.  $600 for  each child,  parent,  grand­ The  three  percent rule  on  medical  parent,  brother,  brpther­in­law,  services  does  not  apply  in  cases  sister, sister­in­law,  and each uncle,  where  a  taxpayer  is  over  65,  but  aunt,  nephew  or  niece  dependent  the  one  percent  rule  on  medicines  on him,  provided he provides  more  and  drugs  does.  than  one­half  of  their support dur­ CHILD  CARE.  This  allows  a  ing  the  calendar  year.  The  de­ deduction  of  up  to  $600  to  a  pendent  must  have  less  than  $600  widower,  divorced  or  legally  sepa­ income anff'iive  in the US.  Canada,  rated  taxpayer  toward  the  co^  of  Mexico, Panama or the Canal  Zone.  providing  care of  a  child  under  12  A  child  under  19,  or  a  student  or  a  person  physically  or  mentally  over 19 can earn over $600 and still  incapable  of  support,  regardless  of  count  as  a  dependent  if  the  tax­ age.  This  expense  is  deductible  payer  provides  more  than  one­half  only  if  its  purpose  is  to allow  the  taxpayer  to  remain  gainfully  em­ cf  his  support.  The  law  also  enables  a  seaman  ployed.  It  cannot  be  claimed  if  •   *  *  .  who  is  contributing  (with  other  the  payment  for  child  care  went  TANK  CONDENSA­nON:  "Can  Methanol  anti­freeze  be  used  with  relatives) more  than ten  percent of  to a  person  who  is already  claimed  fuel  oil  for  condensation or  does it  hava  to  be  plain  alcohol?"  the  support  of  a  dependent  to  as  a  dependent.  Experts  say  any  wood  alcohol  ALIMONY.  Periodic  payments  claim, an  exemption  for  that  indi­ bould  be  used  in  a  fuel  tank,  but  cf  alimony to  a  wife  in accord  with  vidual,  provided  the  other  contrib­ it's  neither  an  efficient  nor  cheap  utors, file  a  declaration  that  they  a  written agreement  between  them  method  of  solving  the  problem  of  will  not  claim  the  dependent  for  can be  deducted.  water  in  a  tank.­  For  one  thing,  tax  was  deducted,  a  return  should  that  year.  CASUALTY  LbsSES.  The  rea­ alcohol  won't  prevent  corrosion.  be  filed  in  order  to  receive  a  re­ DIVIDEND  INCOBIE.  If  a  sea­ sonable  value  of  all  clothing  and  Water may collect  for a  number of  fund, of  the  entire  tax  deducted.  nr.an  has  income  from  stock  divi­ gear lost at sea due  to storm,, vessel  reasons  besides  condensation.  If  WHEN  TO  FILE.  Tax  returns  dends, he  can exclude the first $50  damage,  etc.,  for  which  the  tax­ you  do  have  water  in. your  tank,  it needs  to  be  pumped  oiit  Many  must  now  be filed  by  April  15,  he  receives  as  dividend  income  payer  is  not  otherwise  compen­ 275­gallon  indoor  tanks  also  have  1959.  However, the April  15 dead­ from  his  gross  Income.  He  may  sated,  can  be  deducted  as  an  ex­ a  bottom  drain.  If  the  water  can't  line is ­waived in cases where a sea­ be  eligible  to  an  additional  credit  pense.  The same applies  to fire loss  be pumped or  drained off  for some  man  is  at  sea.  In  such  instances,  against  his total  tax liability up  to  or  losses  in  auto  accidents  which  are  not  compensated  by  insurance.  reason,  you  can  .use  calcium­ the  seaman must file  his return  at  the first opportunity, along  with an  LOSSES  DUE TO  THEFT.  Per­ chloride salts  to inhibit  rust  Most  affidavit  stating  the  reason  for fil­ .'inal  items  the  loss  of  which  can  dealers  can  sell  you  this  material  b€  proven  are deductible.  in  tablet  or  powder  form  to  put  ing  later  WORK  CLOTHES, TOOLS.  The  in  the  tank.  But  don't  overpay.  Another tox  rule  specifically  af­ cost  and 'cleaning  of  uniforms  and  Some  of  these  preparations  carry  fecting  seamen  governs  situations  work  clothes  which  ordinarily  pan­ a  printed  price  of  $3  on  the  pack­ where  a  seaman  signs  on  in  one  not  be  used  as  dress  wear  can  be  age  but  cost  the  dealer  only  25  year,, signs  off  the  next  and  gets  a  statement  of  his wages  and  the tax  deducted.  This  includes  protective  cents.  4i  4>  ill  withheld  (W­2  form)  fro^  the  work  shoes,  gloves,  caps,  foul  weather  gear,  clothing  ruined  by  HEARING  AIDS:  "Is  there  shipping  coinpany  when  he  signs  grease  or  paint,  plus  tools  bought  inore  to hearing  aids than  amplification?  One  company,  Bdltone,  says  off.  Under  such  an  arrangement,  for  use  on  the  job,  or  books  and  theirs have  directional finders.  Is  it true  that  tests made  in the usual  it is possible  for a  seaman  to  have  suiroundings are  better  than  those  made  in  the lv>oths  of  heartog­aid  no  income  in  one  year  and  the  a  maximum  of  four  percent of  the  periodicals  used  in  direct  connec­ centers?  Beltene  claims  their  company  has  a  patent  which  is ­far  in  equivalent  of  two  years'  income  balance  of  the  dividends  received  tion  with  work.  in  another.  advance  of  others.  Is  this  true?"  UNION  DUES.  Dues  and  initia­ in  1958.  "Directional finders" is not  a  specific  term, and doesn't  mean  much.  In  order  to  alleviate  this  situa­ tion  fees  paid  to  labor  organiza­ CONTRIBUTIONS.  A  taxpayer  Some hearing  aids have  tone control,  and others  have devices  to make  tion, the  seaman can report  the to­ can  tions  and  most  union  assessments  deduct  up  to  20  percent  of  sound loud,  medium and  soft.  All aids first must  be  tested in  a  booth,  tal  of  his  allotments,  slops,  draws  gross  income  for  contributions  to  can  be  deducted.  then in  natural surroundings.  The League  for Hard  of  Hearing,  which  and  other^cash  items  as  income  charitable  institutions,  and  an  ad­ WELFARE  BENEFITS.  Benefits  we consulted,, is not allowed  to specify  which  makes  may  be  best.  Its  and  then  deduct  this  amount  from  ten  percent  in  contribu­ received  from  the  SIU  Welfare  ; experts  state  that  Beltone  is  a  good  aid,  but  do  not  indicate  any  evi­ the  total  income  reported  on  the  ditional  tions  to  churches,  hospitals  and  Plan  do  not  have  to  be  reported  W­2  form  he  gets  in  the  second  ; idence that it is "best" as you say Beltone claims.  as income  with one  exception. That  educational  institutions.  *  *  *  year.  INTEREST.  Interest  paid  to  LIVING COSTS:  "You mention figures of  $5,000 and  $5,400 in refer­ He  cannot  claim  any  tax  with­ ' ence to a  standard of  living.  What  are the known  factors  or standards  held  in  the first  year" either,  but  banks  and  individuals  on  loans,  you base it on?  Where can I get a  copy of  these standards  to study for  can  claim  all  of  it  for  the  second  mortgages,  etc.,  is  deductible.  our  imion  local?  If­what  you  say  is  true,  then  many  workers  at  our  year when  he files his return  along  TAXES.  State  and  city  retail  plant are  $1,000 a  year below  the standard  of  living."  sales  taxes,  property  and  school  with  the  W­2  form.  These figures  were  approximations  based  on  studies  by  the  Bureau  state  stamp  taxes  on  securi­ taxes,  HOW  TO  FILE.  The  Seafarer  ties,  state  of  Labor  Statistics  and  the  Heller  Committee  of  the  University  of  who  gas  taxes,  auto  license  has  deductible  expenses  and  drivers'  California,  of  costs of  a "modest  but  adequate" standard  of  living  fair  (amounting  license  fees and  state  to  ten  percent  or  less  a family  of  four.  The Heller  Committee  standard  is a  little more  ade­ of  income) and  an income of  under  income  taxes  actually  paid  within  quate.  If  we  may  take  the  liberty  of  updating  the  cominittse's figures  consisting  of  wages  on  the  year  are  deductible.  and  adjusting  them for other  cities,  without  the  committee's  sanction,  $10,000,  which  tax  was  withheld  and  not  MEDICAL  AND  DENTAL  EX­ we  estimate, that  currdntly  this  standard  of  living  for  a  home­owning  more  than  $200  of  other  income  PENSES.  All  expenses  over  three  wage­earner family would  range from  about $6,l00­$6,200 in  San Franr­ (for example, untaxed wages, divid­ percent  of  adjusted  gross  Income  ' Cisco to  about  $5,400  in Scranton,  Pa.  In  Detroit and  Cincinnati  which  ends  or  interest  earnings),  is  ad­ for doctor and dental bills, hospital  is  for  a  Seafarer  over  65  who  is  are  about  average  for  the  country,  this  cost  would  be about  $5,900  a  vised to use the short form, 1040 A.  bills,  medical  and  hospital  insur­ getting disability  benefits.  The  law  such  payments  to  men  :  year.  A renting  family's costs  would  be  about $400  a  year  less.  with  incomes  under  $10,000  ance,  nurse  care  and  similar  costs  considers  over 65 as  pensions and taxes  them  The  lower­cost  BLS standard  for a  renting family  of  four, now  runs  Those  but  with  deductible  expenses  can  be  deducted.  Other such  costs  about  $4,700­$4,800  in New  York  City  which  is one  of  the  lowest­cost  higher  than  ten  percent  of  income  include  such  items  as  eyeglasses,  as  income.  ^  cities.  For  the  average  city this  cost  would  be  about  $4,900.  should  use  the  long  form,  1040.  ambulance  service,  transportation  GAMBLING  GAINS.  All  net  You  can  get  a  copy  of  the  Heller  Committee's  "Quantity  and  Cost  Those Seafarers  Whose incomes are  to doctors'  offices, rental of  wheel­ gains from  gambling  (the  excess of  Budgets" for  $1.50 from  the ASUC  Store,  Berkeley,  Calif.  "Standards  $10,000  or more  must  use  the  long  chairs and  similar equipment, hear­ gains  if  any,  over  losses)  must  be  reported  as  income.  However,  if  i.and  Levels  of,Living of  City­Worker  FiuniUes"  by Faith  M.  Wiiliams,  form,  1040.  .  ,  ing  aids,  artificial  limbs  and. cor­ more  was  lost  than  gained  during  (  Reprint  No. 2204, can  be secured from  the­US Bureau of  Labor Statis­ A  husband  and  wife  should file  rective  devices.  the year,  the  losses are not  deduc­ 'tics,  Washington  25,DC. or from  region^ BUS offices in  Bos^^  a  joint  return  on  either  the  long  However,  If  the  Seafarer  Is  re­ tible,  but  simply  cancel  out  the  '  cago. New  York, Atlanta and San Francisco.  or short  form to  take advantage  of  imbursed by the Seafarers Welfare  gains.  .•   UNION­MADE  CIGARETTES:  "My  husband  is a  union man.  I read  the split­luuuuie  provisions, even  if  Plan  for  any  of  these  costs,  such  TAX  CREDIT  FOR  RETIRE­ as  family hospital  and surgical  ex­ MENT  INCOME.  A  tax  credit  of  :  your paper  and  was interested  in  that you  mentioned Camels  as being  the  wife has no  income.  j  non­union  made  but  didn't  mention which  are  union  made.  HoVr  can  EXEMPTIONS.  Each  taxpayer  pense,  he cannot  deduct the  whole  upcto  $240  is  allowed  for  indiv'd­ I  we purchase  the union­made  products if  we don't know  what they  are?  is entitled  to  a  personal exemption  bill,  only  that  part  which  is  in  uals  against  retirement  income  ;.'I  asked  several union  men  and  they  didn't know."  of  $600  for  himself,  $600  for  his  excess  of  the benefits  paid  by  the  such  as  rents,  dividends  and  earn­ ings  at  odd­jobs.  However,  an  ad­ Al^ cigarettes except  those  mahufactw^d  by  the Ri  J.  Reynolds  Co.  wife,  an  addiUonal  $600  if  he  is  Plan.  are iinioh­made.  non­union Reynolds  brands include  Camels, . Win­ over  65  and  another  $600  if  he  is  All expenses over one  percent of  justment  must  be  made  in  this  bjU^d.  The exempttpos  age and  adjusted  gross  ineolne  tor  drtigs  credit  for Social  Security  benefits.  •   aton. Salem,  .  "...  I  II  ^1  '  11 ^1  i  :'(l  •• • 'I i  .1  I  �Pare  Bdit  New  Orieans  Bounces  Back  NEW  ORLEANS—Now  that  the  Mardi  Gras  is  over,  shipping  is  again  the  main  topic  of  conversa­ tion  among  the  men* on  the  beach  in this  port.  And a  good topic  it is  as  the  totals  showed  that  shipping  ran  slightly  ahead  of  registration  for  the  period.  There  was  a  total  of  32  vessels  calling  into  the  port  over  the  past  period.  Six of  them paid  off, three  signed  on  and  23  were  in  transit.  In  addition  to  the  men  Shipped  to  deep­sea  berths,  there  were  10  re­ lief  jobs  and  42  HIWD  berths  called  in  during  the  past  two  Any  Seafarer  planning  to  sign  with  Christpias  in  Rio  and  New  wee^s.  on the  Hurricane in the near future  Years  in  BA.  Other  thanks  went  The  next  period  should  remain  had  better  make  to  the  galley  gangs  on  the  Brad­ about  the  same,  as  there  will  bC  a  sure  ha  brings  ford  Island,  Robin  Goodfellow,  number  of  vessels calling  in  trans­ along  some  Beauregard,  Edith,  Valiant  Faith,  it,  and  this  will  mean  calls  for  clothes  that  are  Coe  Victory,  Armonk,  Seatrain  replacements.  So far  there are  siX'  at  least  one  size  Louisiana,  Pacificus  and  the  Steel  vessels  scheduled  to  pay  off  and  larger  than  those  Seafarer.  Special  mention  was  sign  on  here  during  the  next  two  he  is  wearing  given  to  baker  Grady  Faircloth  weeks  and  20  or  more  as  in­ now,  Edward  for  a  Job  well  done  in  the  sweets  transits.  Dooley,  ship's  department  on  the  Steel  Seafarer.  Paying  off  here  were  the  Del  delegate,  warns.  Norte,  Del  Santos,  Del  Sol,  Del  It is almost  guar­ It  may take some doing,  but  the  Mundo  (Mississippi);  Steel  King  Dooley  anteed  that  he  crew  of  the  Valiant  Explorer  ex­ (Isthmian)  and  the  Producer  (Ma­ will  not  be  able  to  wear  the  same  pects  to  have  the  vessel  up  to  rine  CaWiers).  Signing  on  were  size  when  he  gets  off,  be  said,  as  SIU  standards  in  short  time,  ac­ the  Alcoa  Partner  (Alcoa),  Lucile  the  cooking,  baking  and  service  cording  to  ship's  delegate  George  Bloomfield  (Bloomfield)  and  the  aboard  the  Hurricane  is  "out  of  OHoorke.  The crew took  over  the  Steel Maker  (Isthmian).  this world."  However,  possibilities  vessel  not  too  long  ago  after  the  In­transits  were  the  Alcoa  of  an  open  berth  soon  are  dim  as  ship transferred back  to the  Amer­ Ranger, Alcoa  Cavalier, Alcoa Clip­ this  trip  has  all  the  earmarks  of  ican flag  from  Liberian  registry.  per,  Alcoa  Partner  (Alcoa);  Sea­ a  vwy  good  voyage,  Dooley  noted.  The  vessel,  they  found,  had  been  train  Louisiana,  Georgia  (Sea­ All of  the crewmembers are  really  stripped  of  most fire  equipment,  train); Del  Norte,  (Mississippi); Lu­ >howing  that  "good  SIU  brother­ bunk  lights,  tools  and  utensils.  cile  Bloomfield  (Bloomfield);  ,h6bd  spirit" and  are keeping  beefs  However,  the  captain  has  co­ Yaka,  Topa  Topa,  Morning  Light  operated  with  the  crew  oh  store  (Waterman);  Raphael  S e m m e s.  low  and  cooperation  high.  requisitions and  most  of  the major  Gateway  City  (Pan­Atlantic);  At­ t  4  thanks were in order for « num­ items  were  aboard  before  the  ves­ lantis  (Petrol  Shipping),  the  Edith  ber  of  steward  departments in  the  sel  left  New  York,  O'Rourke  said.  and  the  Frances  (Bull).  meeting  reports  received  by  head­ quarters  during  the  pas't  week.  Most  of  them  were  for  the fine  holiday  meals  served  Christmas  and  New  Year's  days.  Among  tliem  were  thanks  to  chief  stew­ ard  Bourgeois,  second  steward  Lanier, chief  cook  Huston  and  the  rest  of  the  department  on  the  Del  HARRISBURG—Pennsylvania  Is.  the  latest  maritime  Mar.  The  meals  were "excellently  state to  get In  line  with  tax  increases.  A tax­study  commis­ prepared  and  proficiently  served,"  sion has recommended $425 million in new taxes which would"  they  said.  The  crew  celebrated  go  into effect  on  June  1.  the  holidays  in  South  America  The  Pennsylvania  taxes  with  SIU  men  is  the  question  of  would  Include  an  increase  in  legal  residence.  New  York" authori­ the  state  sales  tax  from  three  to  ties  in  the  past  have  held  that  31^  percent;  a  one­cent  increase  where  a  Seafarer. uses  the  head­ in  cigarette  taxes,  a  25  percent  quarters  hall  or  the­  Seamen's  tax oh  dgars and  tobacco; a tax  on  Church  Institute  as  a  mailing  ad­ soft drinks  and  taxes  on  corporate  dress,  then  that  establishes him  as  income,  personal  property  and  a .rerident  of  New  York  State.  In  (luch an  instahce, he has­io: pay tax  other items.  Pennsylvania's  action  comes  on all his  earnings, whether, or not  after  proposals  for  income  tax  in­ he  rvorked  for  companies  with  Liberia  may  be  losing  some  of  creases  in  New  York  and  Califor­ headquarters  in  New  l^­qrk.  • .  its  luster as a  tax haven  according  nia  as  well  as  increases  in  taxes  A  Seafarer  wbuld  have  to  show  to  latest  accounts.  One  sign  is  the  on  gasoline,  cigarettes  and  other  l»roof  tkat he  hto actiigi  residence  announcement  that Firestone  Rub­ consumer  items.  Similarly,  Massa­ in  a  state  other  than  New  Y^  ber  Plantations  Company  has  chusetts  has  Just  put  its  state  in­ to  establii^  exemption .from toeto  agreed  to pay  ah additional  10 per­ come  tax  on  a  witliholding  basis  taxes.  cent  tax  to  the  Liberian  Govern­ and  is  arguing  over  a  statewide  Since  New  York  is  the  leading  ment  on  income  derived  from  its  sales tax.  port,  most  SlU­contracted  compa­ Liberian  operations.  The  tax  increases  are  not  neces­ nies  do  have  their  headquarters  The  agreement  now  raises  Fire­ sarily  confined  to  maritime  states  here.  Major  companies  whose  stone's  Liberian tax  rate to  35  per­ since many  others,  including  Mich­ headquarters''  are  in ^ther  states  cent  of  income.  In  addition  hun­ fgan and  Colorado, are  taking simi­ Include  Waterman,  Fan­Atlantic,  dreds  of  US  citizens  working  for  lar  steps.  Mississippi,  Alcoa,  Bloomfield  and  the  company  who  have  never  had  iSiiwannee. Seafarers who are work­ to pay US or  Liberian income taxes  As  reported  in  the  last  SEA­ inn  for  these  companies  and  are  will  now  have  to  pay  tax  to  Li­ FARERS  LOG,  the  New  York  not  residents  of  New  York  State  beria.  In  agreeing to  the tax  boost,  State  income  tax  change  would  in­ do  not  have to  pay  New  York  Firestone  said  it  took  into  con­ clude  a  switch  to  a  withholding  State  taxes  on  earnings  aboard  sideration  the  Liberian  Govern­ basis  as  well  as an  actual  increase  toese  companies'  ships.  ment's  development  program  in the  tax rates.  which it  Wanted to assist. The  com­ For  Seafarers  working  for  com­ Be Sure To Get  pany  reported  a  $14,000,000  profit  panies  in  several  different  states  in  1958  from  its  Liberian  opera­ and  having  residence  in  a  state  other  than  where  they  work,  the  ­  Dues Receipts  tions  alone.  Headquarters  again  wishes  to  However  while  shopping  afound  new tax  set­up offers more  than its  for  additional  revenue,  the  Liber­ share  of  headaches.  Seafarers  remind  all  Seafarers  that  pay­ ian  government  has  not  made  working part  otthe year for a  New  ments  of  funds,  for  .whateVer  mention  of  taxing  the  income  of  York company  will be  taxed during  Union,purpose,  be  made,  only  .millions  of  tons  of  American­ that  period  at  a  rate  which  as­ to  authorized  A&G  representa­ and  tha( an  official  Union  owned  merchant  vessels registered  sumes that  they  will  be  continuing  tives  receipt  be  gotten  at  that  time.  . under  her flag.  A  tax  on  these  such  earnings  in  the  state  for  the  If  no  receipt  is  offered  be  sure  runaway  ships  ­could  provide  a  fuil  year.  For  most  Seafarers  this  to  protect  yourself  by  Immedi­ profitable  means  of  revenue  to the  will  mean  that  they  will, have  to  ately  bringing the matter to  thp  file for  tax  refunds  from  the  state  Liberian  government,  but  might  attention  of  the  secretary­tr'»ais­ also  cause  the  ships  involved to  each'year.  .. .  ...  hunt for  another,'hiftndier fla'gi '  ­ Another probleih  that has  arisen  ufer's offijto­  .  SIU SHIPS AT SEA  l­'j­ia.  li'l:  |/v;;;  ;;i;  !' X  .  V; .­'  '  •  S> ­  •  t.  •   ,  •:  Ir :*• I'­­  • ­?• • '    ' •  '  dV' •   •  *  ^  Febninp. 27,  195$  SEdFARERS  LOG  Pa. Joins  Maritime  States' Tax­Boosting  Liberia  Votes  Tax, But Not  On  Runaways  iiiiairSi.'.;'...  INIS  (gull),  Jan.  It—Chairman,  1.  LatMfi  taeratary,  R.  Deuolaa.  No  beefs.  Television  set  and  converter  need  repairing.  Each  dept.  delegata  to  put  In  repair  list.  KENMAR  (Calmer),  Jan.  1»—Chair­ man,  J.  Davis;  Secretary,  R.  Carr.  No  be^fs,  Getting  coffee  pots  and  smaU  Pitchers  for  tables.  to  come  aboard.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for­flne  holiday  meals.  Each man­to  donate $1 for  ships fund.  Repair  lists  given  to  dept.  delegates.  OCEAN  EVELYN  (Marltlms  Over­ seas),  Dac,  1S­.­Chaitman,  Nickolsen;  Secretary,  None.  No  maior  beefs.  Few  disputed  hours OT.  Request  new  washing  machine  or  have  present  one  repaired.  Suggest  timer  in  washing  machine.  Dairy ­  box  door'  urgently  needs  repair...  Suggest  extra  electric  sockets  InstaUed  in  messroom.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  good  Job.  ROBIN  GOODFELLOW  (Robin),  Jan.  11—Chairman,  H.  Nelson;  Secretary,  B.  Stark.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  good  holiday  menus.  Chief  electrician  hospitalized.  Two  men  missed  ship.  S4.49  In  ship's  fund.  Use  washing  machine  carefully.  AU  sur­ ORION  PLANET  (Orion),  Dec.  3S—  plus  linen  and  cots' to  be  turned  In.  Chairman,  A.' Brown;  Secretary,  T.  Request  less  noise  in  alleyways. '  ' Parrstt.  Warning  about  drinking  on  watch.  One  man  died;  body  at  Sin­ OCEAN  EVELYN  (Marltlmo  Over­ gapore.  One  man  hospitalized  at  Sin­ Mas),  Nov.  S3—Chairman,  None;  See­ gapore,  one  in  Sasebo.  Japan.  'Two  men  missed  ship  In  'Yokohama.  Japan.  One  man  logged.  Few  hours  OT  dis­ puted.  New  delegate  elected.  Re­ turn  coffee  cups  to  pantry  after  use.  Vote  of  thanks  to  outgoing  'Belegato  for  good  job.  RAPHAEL  SEMMES  (Pan­Atlantic),  Jan.  35—Chairman,  P.  Csrier;  Secre­ tary,  B.  Yarn.  No  beefs.  All  repairs  ­taken  care  of—new  list  to  be  turned  In  for  payoff.  $25.29  ship's  fund.  Vote  of  thanks  to steward  dept.  for  food  &  ser­'ice;  Scuttle  butt  to  be  repaired  In  Port  Newark.  TV ­ to  be  repaired.  Request  donation  for  ship  fund.  Dis­ cussion  on  having  beneffciary  card  filled  out  properly  and  poking  of  more  accurate  sailing  board!  Have  day  off  clause  put  into  trallershlp  agreement.  SEATRAIN  LOUISIANA  (Seatrain),  rotary,  R.  SIroa*.  No  becfst  every­ Jan.  J.  Collins;  Secre­ thing  running  smoothly.  Some  dis­ tary,  35—Chairman,  N.  Remley.  No  major  beefs.  puted. OT.  Have  ship  fumigated.  Clari­ Some  disputed  OT.  Ship's  fund  $192.  fication  needed  re  unlicensed  person­ In  keeping deck  nel performing  welding work  on board  Cooperation requested  Repair  Icebox  door  in  mess­ whip  on  weekends:  clarify.  OT  rates.  clean.  room.  Vote  of. thanks  to  steward  8­12 firemen's  quarters  porthole  leak­ dept.  for  job  well  done.  Request  ing  badly.  New  mattresses  ­needed.  laundry  man  to  come  aft  .to  pick  Discussion  on  repairs.  Suggest  waste  crew's  personal  laundry:  Vote  up  of  disposal  be  placed  in  recreation  room,  thanks  to  Bill  Hall  for  prompt  action  also  library  be  locked  up  in  port.  Re­ received  re  ventiiaiing  system  in  en­ quest  linen  be  placed  In  linen  locker  gine  room.  TV  set  to  be  raffled  for  and  not  In  recreation  room.  new set.  Laundry  room  needs sougec­ Ing  and  painting.  OCEAN  DINNY  (Maritime  Ovarteas),  Jan.  It—Chairman,  C.  MaiaH;  Secre­ ALCOA  RUNNER  (Alcoa),  Jan.  35—  tary,  T.  Dalaney.  Chief  steward  in­ Chairman,  C.  Welsh;  Secretary,  R.  jured  and  hospitalized  In  Yokohama,  Hell.  Pick  up  all  books  before  pay­ should  rejoin, ship  in  Okinawa.  Mate  off.  $4.70  ship's  fund.  One  man fired  using  key  to  enter  crew  rooms.  One  in  Puerto  Rico.  Few  hours  OT  dis­ man  missed  ship  in  Kobe.  Some  dis­ puted.  No beefs.  Keep library  locked.  puted  OT.  Discussion  on  slop  chest  Request  more  caution  in  laundry,  as  and  fresh  milk  situation.  Capt.  in­ water  has flooded  storeroom  causing  spected  reefers  with  chief  cook—  damage.  should  be  sufficient  stores  to'last  to  Okinawa.  Delegate  to  collect  $1  per  HASTINGS  (Waterman),  Jan.  11—  man  to  cover  message  cost  and act  as  Chairman,  W.  Palmer;  Secretary,  J.  treasurer.  Wells.  Captain  to  put  draw  out  every  In  India—men  told  not  to  foul­ MASSMAR  (Calmar),  Jan.  1$—Chair­ day  up.  No  beefs;  everything  running  man,  C.  King;  Sscretary.  J.  Eichen­ smoothly.  barg.  No  beefs.  Repair  list  to  be  made  before  canal.  One  man  missed  ANTINOUS  (Waterman),  Jan.  :mip  Ijtaving  Baltimore.  Deck  dept.  to  write  letter  to  hdqrs.  re  necessary  Chairman,'  F.  LambertI;  Secretary,  OT.  New  washing  machine  to  be  or­ Charles  Parker.  Three  men  hospi­ talized  and  left  In  Japan.  Ship's  fund  dered.  *28.  S'.­i  hours  disputed  OT.  Fireman  STEEL  DESIGNER  (Isthmian),  Jan.  hospitalized,  one  wiper  ill,  and  baker  14—Chairman,  J.  Lapolnte;  Secretary,  and  messman  hospitalized.  No  beefs.  J.  Shelton.  Repair  being  done  slowly.'  Request  new  washing  machine.  Be­ Some  disputed  OT.  No  beefs,  See  cause  of  only  one  active  wiper,  elec­ about  painting  engine  dept.  foc'sles.  trician  allowed  to  paint ,pwD  quarters  with  payment  ol OT.  ,'  OCEAN  ULLA  (Overseas),  Jan.  11  SHINNECOCK  BAY  (Veritas),­ Jan.  —Chairman,  C.  Connell;  Sacretary,  S.  Rothschild.  Repair  list  given  to  cap­ 11—Chairman,  P.  Brady;  Secretary,  J.  Jellette.  NeW:  ateward  aboard  ip  tain.  Sufficient  money  will  be  avail­ able  to crew  for small  draw  on arrival  Houston borrowed  money  from several  In  US.  Two  men  signed  on  in  Casa­ membert  and  shirts,  then  south  of  blanca as OS—have  iy>  seamans papers  border.  No­beefs.  Vote  of  thanks  to  or  Union  affiliation.  One  man  logged  ' retiring  delegate  for  job  well  done.  —not  lifted.  All  ships  should  carry  Complaint  about  unsanitary  handling  spare  washing  machine  motor.  Amer­ Of  meat.  Pantrymqn not. keeping place  ican  money  or  travelers'  checks  to  be  clean.  Require more  night  lunch.  Issued  only.  Clean  up  foc'sles  and  STEEL  SEAFARER  (Isthmian),  Jan.  lockers  before  arrival  In  States.  Or­ dered  mattresses  not  received.  In­ 3S—Chairman,  R.  Hauser;  Secretary,  S.  Mchrlnger.  One  man  hosplMllzed  sufficient  coffee.  in  Djlboute  and  one  refused  to  join  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities Service),  ship.  Both  have  been  repatriated  to  Jen.  IS—Chairman,  J.  Flaherty; Secre­ otates.  No  official­word  on­subsidy,  tary,  L.  Relqghuck.  One  man  hospi­ status of  aliens unknown.  Ship's  fund  talized.  Repair  list  to  be  takep  up.  $17.77.  Some  disputed  OT.  No  b**'*­ Vote  of  thanks  t«  steward  dept.  for  Vote  of  thanks  to baker  for  job  well  done, also  to  3d mate  for  taking  care  fine  job.  'Request  liew  Ubrari(.  ,  '  o^, mall.  .  '  I  .  '  .  ALCOA  RANGER  (AlCOa),  Jan.  IS—  Chairman,  S.'  Monardo;  Secretary,  F.  ROBIN  TRiNT  (Robin),  Jan.  4—  King.  Return  chairs.  Keep recreation  Chairman,  L.  Ames;  Secretary,  W.  room  clean.  No  beefs.  Keep  noise  Walker.  Some  repahra  made.  Steward  down  in  messhall  at  night.  Steward  dept.  rooms  to'  be  painted.  S8.30  in  doing  good  job.  ship's fund.  Motion  made  and  carried  to have  each  member  donate  one  dol­ COB  VICTORY  (Victory  Carriers),  lar  to  ship's  fiind.  New  delegate  and  Jan.  IS—Chairman,  L.  Curry;  Secre­ treasurer  elected.  Motion  made,  sec­ tary,  G.  Urich.  Two  men  hospitalized.  onded  and  carried  that  Seafarers  de­ One  man  missed  ship  In  France.  One  pendents be  Issued Identification  cards.  man  logged.  One  hour  disputed  OT.  Suggest  proper  attiye  in  messhall.  Requegt  clarifieation  of  retirement  Less  noise  requested  in  part  passage­ plan  with  definite  number  of  years  way.  Suggest  better  care  of  washing  seatime  regardless  of  age.  Need  new  machine  and  have  exhaust  fan  In  coffee  urn.  Check  messroom  heating,  engine  room fixed.  • ^ut cups  In  sink  at  night.  ALCOA  CORSAIR  (Alcoa),  Jan.  3S—  NORFOLK  (Cities  Service),  Jan.  34—  Chairman,  J,  Naylor;  Sacretary,  G.  Chairman,  F.  Reld; Sacretary,  W.  Man­ Annlt.  Request  expiring  medical  ual.  Repairs  taken  care  of.  Every­ cards  be  renewed  before  ship  sails.  thing  running  smoothly.  See  patrol­ Men  paying  off  In  Mobile  must  go  to  man  about  lodging,  re—no  heat  deck  company  office for  their money.  Ship's  foc'ales.  Sbip'a  fund  $18.29.  fund  $395.77.  No  beefs;  everything  running  smoothly.  Longshoremen  to  WESTPORT  (World  Tramping),  Dac.  stay  out  of  passageways.  Clean  mess­ 11—Chairman,  T.  Hlnion;  Secretary,  room  and  return  cups  and  plates.  R.  Maloy.  No  beefs.  Captain  to  have  money  for  draws  in  India.  Ship's  PACIFIC  STAR  (Compsis),  Jan.  17—  fund  $.48.  Delegate  has  details  rS  Chairman,  W.  Young.  Request  ship­ beef  between  8­12  OS  &  steward.  ping  cards  with  Info  to  boarding  pa­ trolman  for  cleaner  payoff.  No  beefsl  FLOMAR  (Calmar),  Dec.  30—Chair­ 23ti  hours  disputed  OT.  ;  man, J.  Green; Secretary,  D. Masslnsr.  One  man  missed  ship.  One  man  in  ALCOA  ROAMER  (Alcoa),  Jan.  13—  hospital.  No  beefs.  New  delegate  Chairman,  J.  Tilley;  Secretary,  C.  elected.  Discussion  on  steak  problem  Strlngfallow.  New  delegate  elected.  and  general  feeding.  .  No  beefs.  Request  ship  be  gorayed  for roaches.  Keep  screen  door  locked'  STEEL  NAVIGATOR  (Isthmian),  Jan,  while  In  PR.  Suggest  steaks  out  ­ ISs­ChsIrman,  B.  Browning;  Secre­ thicker.  tary,  E.  McClalH,  '  Two  men  hospi­ Jan.  3S—Chalrmaff,  I,  Wilson;  Ssc­ talized.  No  beefs.  Some  disputed  OT.  retary,­X.  Strlnsfsllow,  Repair  Uot  •   Question  practice  on' finetj . fbr  bblng  to  be  sent  In  front  Sah  Juan.  $86  in .  logged.  Motion  made  arid  Seconded  ­movie  fund.  No b«^s.  See  patrolman:  to put firat'quality  goods in slop  chest:  ^SboUt  meeting  held­ ond:  also  chief,  New  delegate  elected.  Exterminators  cook  being fired.  �• I   • /  9^mt  .^­• ^Kebtuiy t7. if at  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pace  NiM  8VRVEYOB  CREW  LIST  Deck  Department  B.  M.  Green,  captain  C.  Oaggg,  1st  mate  G.  R.  Carlson,  2nd  mate  B.  Dennis,  3rd  mate  P.  Lowell,  Jr.,  3rd  mate  R.  S.  Griffiths,  radio op.  G.  P.  Libby,  bosun  G.  Gillispie,  carp,  E.  Delaney,  DM  J.  Boldiszar,  DM  E.  M.  Howell,  AB  P.  J.  Scanlon,  AB  M.  Gendron,  AB  F.  Pasquale,  AB  M.  Awall,  AB  T.  G.  Lyons,  AB  H.  Cole,  OS  W.  Field,  OS  E.  Russell,  OS  Engine  Department  B.  E.  Dickey,  chief  eng.  F.  P.  Tynan,  1st  assistant  J.  L.  Pace,  2nd  assistant  R.  P.  Herald,  3rd  assistant  C.  Culpepper,  chief  elect.  H.  Viik,  2nd  elect.  J.  Duffy,  oiler  F.  Paskowski,  oiler  A.  F.  Waterbury,  oiler  W.  S.  Daniel.  FWT  E.  E.  O'Sullivan.  FWT  J.  St.  Laurent,  FWT* •   E.  T.  Marti,  wiper  J.  Chambers,  wiper  sV.''  =• >­ ::• >  .­,,  ••_  j  ­ siu  Jf  '  '  Christmas  In  Korea  r>' ^a­"­}.• • I '  .  ..  .  i*­, :.  \  Steward  Department  F.  Shaia,  ch.  steward  E.  A.  Fancher,  ch.  cook  D.  C.  Polite,  baker  Ralph  Jones,  3rd  cook  B.  Teter,  MM  P.  Swing,  MM  J.  Krause,  MM  J.  Johnson,  MM  ^^.­.  ­ iry.^r  •  .  • .;\^.v.r4­v,  .,.  ii.f\i.i}^  >J''«iO.­^'­• '•   i  • ,:>'.  .• •   • ,,^­, ,  _V  ;.,•   Jil­ • !  , f..­,.­.T,^^._j.  r  .ii­'  r;'' • .;,­• >.  • .•.•  ­• .^'• i...i  .;,s.  . ,>;  , • ,  ^­.  ­M­  .  ­al" •   1 "  • •   :  !­• ::• : •   .• ' :»,  V  rj  • • r ­i*  ,1  j;  .  T­  . ­1^.. .;r.  • i,sl,­U­..^rt­?,­  W  *.t;  "­ '•   '.  ''• ?  11'''  ­.i  i;  /:• ,• •   X­i'v.­• •   Steward  Fred  Shaia and  Mrs. Kim, orphanage  head,  pose with two  guests.  J.  M.  SpeUer,  MM  M.  A.  EaU,  MM  • Brother    St.  Laurent  passed  away  on  board  the  ship  on  January  25,  ItSt,  of  a  heart  attack.  ">• !­vVs^irt ^ .  ..,' ;v.:.  Kids dug  into roast  duck  dinner, ice  cream and  soda with a vim.  Surveyor's, skipper, B. M. Greeriy Sargeimt Kellyi  and  guesk  ^  VOv  ^^^EAFARERS  accept  as  one  of  the  draw­ backs  of  shipboard­ living  that  they  are  like­ ly  to  observe  Christmas  at  sea  or  in  some  alien  port.  Consequently,  when  the  Steel  Surveyor  left  New  York  last  fall,  the  crew  knew  it  would  be  spending  Christmas  a  long  way from  the States.  Like  any  other  crew,  it  expected  an  elaborate  dinner  on  the  ship  and  Christmas  decorations  to  ' substitute for  the conven­ tional  Christmas  ashow.  Undoubtedly  though,  some  of  them  regarded  it  as  a  makeshift  eompaied  to  Christmas  at  home.  With  this  in  mind,  the  crew  came  up  with  aii  Idea  which,  thanks  to  the  cooperation  of  pll  hands,  made  the,Surveyor's  Christmas­one of  the most  Orphans  performed ^or  crew  after  dinner.  memorable  the  men  ever  experienced,  The  planned  Itinerary called for  the ship to be  in Pusan, Korea, around  the holiday.  Why  not  then,  arrange a  Christmas  party for  one .of  the many orphanages  in  that  city?  All  hands  reacted  to  the  proposal  with  enthusiastic  approval.  Chief  steward  Fred  Shdia,  himself  a  grandfather,  undertook  preparations  as  company  ­officials  quickly  gave  their  okay.  The  plans  called  for  a  party  in  the  ship's­saloon,  catered  by  the  .steward  department and  served, by  all hands.  A tarpaulin  muster was taken  to which  every man  contributed. ­Before  the Surveyor  left  Sah  Francisco it was  stocked  with  a  supply  of  toys,  Christmas stockings,  candies  and  fruit.  When  the ship  dropped  the  hook  in  Pusan  harbor,  the crew  contacted  US  Army  headquarters, as  there are a  number of  orphanages  in  Pusan financed  by Amer­ ican servicemen.  The Bi­dul­gi Orphanage  Was  selected, and  on  December 17;  25  boys  and 25 girls, age one year to  6V4  years, were deposited  at the  pier by  two Arniy trucks.  They tro#ed  up the gangway,  the smaller  ones carried  by the  "big" six­year­olds.  All  was  ready  in  the  saloon  mess,  including  Christmas  stockings  stuffed  with  toys  for each  guest, and  a decorated  Christmas tree.  Deck  and engine  crewmembers  helped  wait on  tables,  while  the kids  dug into  the menu  featuring  roast  duck, fruit  cake, and  ice  cream.  Afterwards,  the crew  cleaned  up  and  plunged  into  the  task  of  washirg  dishes,  pots  and  pans  along  with ^  the  galley  gang.  .  The  highlight  of  the  party  was  the  entertain­ ment  put  on  by  the  or­ phans  for. their  hosts.  As  the  costumed  tots  went  through  their  perform;  ance,  Shaia  said  he  no^  tlced  several  crewmcm=  hers  surreptitiously  wip­ ing  away  a  tear  or  two.  When  it  was  all  over  it  would  have  been  hard  to  convince  any . man ^  aboard  that  the  crew's  Christmas  coiild  have been surpassed  Sioywhece  • '  got stocking­full  of  toysi  ~  I..  �SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Tea  us Operators Quarrel Over '50­50'  WASHINGTON—The  "50­50"  law,  long a  source  of  dispute  between  US  and  foreign­ flag shipowners, is now  the subject  of  much elbow­digging within the American­flag family.  Tramp shipowners  and liner  operatom are both trying  to position  the Comptroller  General  into  a  ruling  which  would  give each  of  them an  edge on  get  the  maximum  amount  on  for­ equally  down  the middle.  The  US  "50­50"  farm  aid  cargoes.  In  eign  vessels.  The  Department  has  ship  operators  retort  that  the  law  the  background,  the  Department  long  been  hostile  to  the  "50­50"  means  nothing  of  the  sort—but  of Agriculture is trying to interpret  law  because  of  the  higher  freight  that  it  does  call  for  "at  least"  50  the  law  as  setting  «  ceiling  of  50  rates  involved  on  American  ships.  percent  of  cargoes  on  American  percent on cargo for American­flag  Consequently,  It  wants  the  law  ships;  For practical  purposes,  they  ships  instead  of  the  50  percent  interpreted  to  mean  that  foreign  say that  this 50  percent  is a  mini­ ships  are  also  guaranteed  "50­50"  mum,  not  a  maximum  on  the  floor  it  was supposed  to  be.  The core  of  the dispute  involves  and  that  all  cargo should  be split  amount  of  cargo  they  are  to  get.  the  entrance  of  T­2  tankers  into  the  grain­carrying  trade  in  large  numbers.  With  oil  business. slack,  the  tankers  have  been  carrying  a  great  deal  of  dry cargo  lately. The  question  arose  then, as to how  the  50  percent  share  of  American  cargo  is  to  be  computed.  The  tramps  are  arguing  that  it  SAN  FRANCISCO—Morris  Weisberger  was  elected  to  his  should be figured according  to ship  second  full  term  as  secretary­treasurer  of  the  Sailors Union  types—US  tramps  against  foreign  tramps; US  tankers against  foreign  of  the Pacific and five of  seven propositions were passed, ac­ tankers  and  US  liners against  for­ cording to  the final  SUP elec­ trustees  while  Weisberger,  Arm­ eign  liners.  This  would  tend  to  tion returns.  give  the  tramps  the  lion's  share  Garnering  5831  of  3907  strong,  Dwyer,  Coester  and' Ellis  of  the  business since  foreign  tank­ votes  cast,  Weinberger  led  the  were  elected  as  delegates  to  the  ers  and  liner  services  carry  very  field  in  the  voting.  This  in­ biennial  SIUNA  convention  com­ little in the way of  aid cargoes, add  cluded  Assistant  Secretary­Treas­ ing  up this  May  in  MontreaL  American  ships  In  the  last  two  urer Harry Johnson; San Francisco  Among  the  propositions  receiv­ categories would thus match  the SO  dispatcher  Joe  Pohorencq;  San  ing  the  required  %  vote  was  one  percent  of  their  foreign  counter­ Francisco  patrolmen  Jack  Dwycr,  which  permits  saUors,  aside  from  parts  with  a  relatively  small  C. P. Shanahan and Jim Dimitratos;  fuU­time  employees,  and  fuU­tlme  amount of cargo.  and  Frisco  engine  and  steward  officials  or  steady  standby men,  to  With this in  mind, the  liner com­ patrolman  Homer  Davis.  work  ashore  and  at  the  same  time  panies  are  arguing  that  the  law  Other  agents  and  patrolmen  retain their shipping card. Another  calls for all  United States­flag  ves­ proposition  requires  men  shipping  sels,  irrespective  of  type,  to  be  elected  were:  Ed  Coester  and  Ted  from  a  foreign  port  to  get  off  at  Lewis  (Seattle);  William  Benz  and  matched  against  all  foreign­flag  the  US  port  in  which  the  SUP  vessels.  Such  an  Interpretation  Frank Fellows (Portland); "Blqckie"  has a  hall.  Ellis  and  Ray  Murphy  (Wilming­ would enable the liners and tankers  ton);  BUI  Armstrong  and  Geert  One  of  the rejected  propositions  to compete directly with the tramps  for  a  share  of  these  cargoes  with­ Pott  (New  York);  James  Dooley,  would  have  increased  from  10  to  out  restricting  them  to what  their  Honolulu  port  agent;  and  Tony  21  the  number  of  days  In  which  opposite  numbers  carry  under  the  Finale,  Wilmington  engine  and  a man can return  to a laid­up ship.  steward  patrolman.  The  other  would  have  boosted  the  foreign  flag.  The  Agriculture  Department,  on  Weisberger,  Johnson,  Dwyer,  penalty  for  violation  of  the  shi^  the  other  hand,­doesn't  care  who  Tort  Hookey  and  Alex  Wharton  ping  rules from  30  days  forfeiture  carries  the cargo  as long as  it can  were  elected  BuUding  Corporation  of a man's shipping card to 90 days.  TUbinarf  VI,  19Sf  VALLIY  POROI  (Panrnwiar  Nay.  Co.),  Dac.  U­­Chalrman,  H.  Nieholsi  Saerafary,  J.  Poluchevlch.  S24.B9  in  ahlp'a  fund.  Soma  disputed  OT.  No  beefs.  Motion  mada  and  aaconded  to  bavo dalafata  taka cara  of  repair  list.  Suggest respective  dept. heads  to tako  caro  of  neceasarjr  painting,  aougee­ ing,  repairs  otc.  Request  improve­ moat  of  food  preparation.  Provide  napkin holdera  and  ashtrays  fur  mess­ PACIFICUS  (Orion),  Doc.  2»—Chair­ man,  A.  MIchalskli  Saeratary,  O.  Ruddy.  New  delegate  elected.  Ship'a  fund  SIO.  Gratitude  expressed  to  stewiu­d  dopt.  for fine  Christmas  din­ ner.  Also to captain  for refreshmenta.  THI  CABINS  (Taxes  City),  Jan.  4~.  Chairman,  J.  Morria;  Sacroiary,  P.  Netaln.  One  man  |eft  ahlp.  Requeit  SC/P  Votes 5  Hules;  Elects Weisberger  Phils. Snaps  Out  Of  Lull  Edwwd  Jacobsen  . . . 70  . . . worked  between  maritimt  and  con­ PHILADELPHIA—As  had  been  fltruction Industries  in  early  years  . . . made final  decision  to  saU  in  predicted,  shipping  In  this ^ port  1934,  staying  with  it  until  retirement  In  1956  . . .  perked up  considerably in the  past  85  years  total  sea­time  with  seven  different flags  two  weeks  Snd  all  hands  on  the  ... before  joining  the SIU  spent 10  years on  whal­ ing ships in the Antarctic, enduring  the most rugged  beach  were  feeling  considerably  conditions  found  anywhere  in  the  seafaring  indus­ mors  cheerful  as  a  result  of  the  try ... also  saUed  on  tankers  and  dry  cargo  ships  change.  What's  more.  Port  Agent  working  as  carpenter  , ,  •  preferred  aroimd­the­ A.  S.  Cardullo  Indicated  that  the  wmrld run—good  pay, good sights ... often worked  next two weeks look  fairly proipis­ on  the  Isthmian  Line  ships  on  this  particular  run  Ing  with  the  Losmar  and  Dorothy  ,  . .  Norwegian­bom,  his  four  chUdren  still  live  expected  In  for payoffs.  there  . . . he  makes  home  In  Long  Island  ... a  Two tankers,  the Ideal  X (Penn)  Jacobsen  member  of  various  unions  in  the  past,  he's  been  and  Winter  Hill  (Cities  Service),  with the SIU  for last 13 years and finds It "the  best."  provided the  port's payoff  activity,  while  there  was  one  ship  signed  on,  the  MT  Whitney.  In­transits  totaled  11  in  jiU.  They  were  the  Edith  and  Jean  (Bull);  Marymar  and  Texmar  (Calmar);  Andrew  Jackson  and  Warrior  (Waterman);  Alcoa  Runner. (Alcoa);  Steel  Navi­^  gator  (Isthmian);  Robin  Sherwood  (Mormac);  Michael  (Carras)  and  Josefina  (Liberty  Navigation).  Throw In For  A Meeting Job  Ibeto  of  whalb  faohHy  iMp<idack  eovared  wlth  earcaisei  of  ¥^les U loovonlr  of SMrforar lei Jooabsofi^  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  conunittees, financial  commit­ tees and other  p'oups named by­ the  membership.  Since  SIU membership  meet­ ing  officers  are  elected  at  the  start of  Mcli meeting, those who  wish  to  run  for  those meeting  officei ean  do so.  mixer  for  galley.  To  save  time  when  .i­iminy  unemployment  benefits,  re­ quest filling  out  company  form  stat­ tag  reason  for  getting  off.  XLAMAR  (Calmar),  Jan.  U—Chair­ man,  S.  Woturskl;  Socretary,  J.  Me­ Fhaul.  Members  mlssod  ship  at Spar­ rows  Ft,.  Md.  SIO.SS  ship's  fund.  No  beefs.  Return  water  pitcher.  ALCOA  POLARIS  (Alcoa),  Jan.  SS—  Chairman,  R.  Oalling;  Secretary,  R.  Hutchlns.  No  beefs.  JSverythlng  run­ ning  smoothly.  SIB  in  ship's  fund.  Bequest  no  glasses  bo  left  in  sink.  ELIZABETH  (Bull  Lines),  Jtn.  .  Chairman,  F.  Gospor;  Secretary,  R.  Hornsndos.  Complaints  about  using  leftovers.  Steward  explained  about  same  and  crew  seemed  aatltfied.  YOUNG  AMERICA  (Waterman), Jan.  13—Chairman,  R.  Rvans; Sacretary,  F.  Van  Wygardan.  Everything  running  smootbly.  New  delegate  elected.  Un­ licensed personnel  should not  regulate  heating  syitem,  but  to  Inform  engi­ neer  of  same.  Vote  of  thanks  to  de­ parting  Ship's  delegate.  ALMRNA  (Fonn),  Feb.  I—Chairman,  J.  Zlorolt;  Socretary,  G.  Luke.  Some  disputed  OT.  Beef  re  wiper  working  for  oiler,  dilef  did  not  turn  in  for  week—didnt  get  linen.  (Nd  machine  broken  down—awaiting  new  agitator  for  waahing  macfaine.  Request  men  getting  off  to  strip  bodi  and  turn  in  linen.  FRODUCIR  (Fonn)r  Fob.  1—Chair­ man,  L. Schmidt)  Secretary,  L.  Brown,  • verythlng running  smoothly.  Vote of  thanks  to  all  three  departments  for  floe  Job.  Requeit  list­uf  aU  OT  on  • vacuators  be  agreement  can  b*  reached  If  ships  continue  to  use  • vacuators.  MKRMAID  (Metro),  Fob.  S—Chair­ man,  W.  Matthews;  Secretary.  O.  Calney.  Payoff  through  3­S­58—OT  to  bo  paid  through  2­1­59.  Everything  running  fairly  smooth.  Ship's  fund  S.49.  Soma  disputed  OT.  Complainta  on  grade  of  meats.  Dlseusslon  on  feeding  of  ship.  Request  for  springs  for  bunk  and  straps.  Jan.  3—Chairman,  P.  Leonard;  Sec­,  rotary,  W.  Matthews.  Complaint  on  length  of  time  betwen  payoSs:  last  payoR  was  over  SI  days  ago:  drgws  are Inadequate  and amounts  asked for  are  always  cut  down.  Request  every  two  trip  payoff,  ice  cream  has  bad  taste.  *  WANO  TRADER  (North  Atlantis  Marine),  Fob.  7—Chslrman,  J,  Clspp;  Secretory,  H.  Zurn.  No  beefs;  every­ thing running  smoothly.  Discussion on  fans  to  be  referred  to  chief  engineer.  Return  cups  to  pantry.  Keep  mess­ hall  and  recreation  room  clean.  repair  Ust.  Suggeat  water  tanka  bo  cleaned  and  cemented.  Mew  delegate  elected.  VALIANT  FAITH  (Ocean  Carriers),  Jan.  2S—Chairman,  J.  Martin;  Secre­ tary,  S.  Kollna.  Repalra  to  bo  taken  care  of,  insuffirient  draws.  Some  OT  disputed.  New  delegate  and  secretary  reporter  elected.  Request  lights  turned  oif  when  through  with  wash­,,  tag  machine.  Vote  of  thanks  to  Steward  dept.  for  Job  well  done.  COS  VICTORY  (Victory  Carriers),  .  Feb.  7—Chairman,  C.  eilbart;  Secre­ tary,  A.  Eipenoda.  Request  crew  get  pass In  PX  (Germany).  Vote  of  thanks  to  delegate  for  fine  Job.  No  beefs.  Request  cleanliness  With  water  cooler.  Motion  to  have  small  ship's fund,  do­ nations.  .  ­  VALIANT  EXPLORER  (Ocean  Cai^  riart),  Oct.  S—Chairman, T.  Crawford;  Socretary,  J.  Elliott.  Items  received  of  quick  ships'  inventory  at  NY.  •   Everything  smooth  after  eight  days*  stowing  Etorea  in  NY.  Request  dele­ gates get  up repair Ust ft  pick up  shot  cards.  Disputed  hour  OT.  Shortage  of  soap ft  powders.  Consideration  re­ quested  for  off  watch  men  sleeping.  Screendoors ft  messhall  to  be  locked  In  ports,  watch  holds  key.  Caution  crossing  hatches  with  working  cargo.  Request more  coffee  percolators.  Vote  of  thanks  to  captain  for  cooperation  on  stores  requisitions.  Nov. I—Chairman,  T. Crawford)  Sec­ retary, J.  EllloH. One  man hospitalized  at  Port  Said.  Beef  re  chief  mate  spending too  much time  running about  deck.  OT  cut  down  to  minimum.  He­ quest  box  of  powder  be  given  with  weekly  Unen'change,  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  doing  good  Job  on  limited  suppUes,  also  vote  of  thanks  to  Welfare  Dept.  for  prompt  action  re  hospitalized  men.  Doc.  21—Cholrman,  J.  Elliot;  Sec­ retary,  J.  Dehosa.  One  man  ill—to  bo  sent  to  USPHS  hospital  for  examina.  tion  on  arrival  in  Seattle.  Some  OT  to  be  brought  to  patrolman's  atten*  tion.  One  hour  OT  disputed.  Foc'sles  io  be  soiiseeil  Or  paiuted.  DliCugsion  on  suppUes  needed.  Vote  of  thanks  to  delegate,  captain,  radio  operator,  bosun  &  baker  for  Jobs  weU  done..  Delegate  urges  safety  meetings.  Re­ quest  no  repetition  of  Calcutta  beef.  TIMBER  HITCH  (Suwannee),  Dee;  12—Chairman,  H.  Warren;  Secretary,  G.  Cullan.  Ship's  fund  $7.55.  Three  men  short.  No  I>eef8.  Water  not  drinkable—to  be  tested.  Requeited  better grade  of flour.  Chairman,  Wsrran;  Saeratary,  New*  • ontis.  New  delegate  and  reporter  elected.  No  beefs.  See  chief  engineer  re  cleaning ft  painting  of  black  gang  —forecastles.  Jan.  2—Chslrman,  A.  Mosher;  Sse­ rstary,  G.  Cullcn.  SVS  hours  OT  dis­ puted.  New  delegate  elected.  Discus­ sion  on  replacing  or  obtaining  new  motor  for  washing  machine.  Suggest  getting  iron ft  ironing  board.  CS  BALTIMORE  (CItlot  Service),  Fob.  10—Chairman,  B.  Hagor;  Socre­ tary,  W.  Cassldy.  No  beefs.  Donation  of  $20  to  Hafcb  of  Dimes.  ALCOA  FENHAHT  (Alcoa),  Fob.  S—  Chairman,  W.  Cameron)  Seerotary,  F.  OlCarlo.  One  man  hurt.  Ship's  fund  $45.50.  No  beefs.  Refrain  from  leav­ '  tag  dirty  cups  in  mesShall.  Unused  linen  to  bo turned  in to  steward.  HURRICANB  (Waterman),  Fab.  1—  Chairman,  B.  Jones;  Seerotary,  J.  Cabral.  Chief  engineer  ok'ed  buzzer  system  In  messroom  for  watch  stand­ bys.  Ship's  fund  S5.50—S20  to  be  added  from  arrival  pool.  Delegate,  secretary  reporter,  and  treasurer  elected.  To  see  if  waslitag  machine  ,  can  be  installed  topside.  Keep  all  screen  doors  on  deck  locked  and  use  top  side  passageway  to  go  on  deck.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  fine  food  and  service.  SEAFAIR  (Colonial),  Jan.  2S  —  Chairman,  W.  Culpappor;  Socretafy,  F.  HIcki,  Jr.,  New  delegate  elected.'  No  beefs:  everything  running  smooth­,  ly.  One  man  missed  stilp  in  Norfolk.  Some  OT  diwuted.  See  about  getting  deck  dept.  showers  painted  this  voy­ age.  ROBIN  LOCKSLEY  (Robin),  Feb.  2  —Chairman,  E.  Cretsky;  Sacretary,  J.  DeVlto.  New  delegate  elected.  Soma  OT  disputed.  No  beefs.  Complaint  on  lack  of  itema  and  Inferior  grade  of  stores.  Discussion  on  food,  menus ft  cooking: steward  and  chief  cook  to do  CITIES  SERVICE  MIAMI  (Cities.  better.  Letter  sent  to  hdqr.  ra  mail  Servlcs),  Fsb.  S—Chairman,  N.  Rob­ not  being  forwarded  from  NY.  erts;  Sacretary,  C.  Wood.*  No  beefs.  Washing machine  to  bo repaired.  New  BEL  SOL  (MisstulppI),  Nov.  SO­­­ delegate elected.  Ship's fund  SI: S3.39  Chalrman,  H.  Fountain;  Secretary,  O.  duo  for  previous telegrams.  Two men  Payna.  S3S  in  ship's  fund.  No  beefs.  missed  ship.  Complaint  by  oiler  ro  New  delegate  elected.  One  minute  of  chief  steward—concerning  discrimina­ silence  for  departed  brothers.  tion.  REBECCA  (Maritime  OverMas),  Jan.  BIENVILLS  (Pan  Atlantic),  Fob.  II  2S—Chairman,  R.  Barnes;  Socrataryi  —One  man  failed  to  Join  ship In  Port  f, Honnlng.  Repair  list  turned  in. $35  Newark:  ship  sailed  two  men  short.  from  raffle  of  record  machine  is  in  Rooms  A  passageways  being  painted.  ship's  fund.  Complaints  about  wind  Everything  running  smoothly.  chutes,  mattresses,  mop  buckets,  and  poor  grade  of  coffee.  Some  OT  dis­ ,PCEAN  DEBORAH  (Ocean  Trans.),  puted.  Request  sign  on  and  payoff  Fob.  S—Cllalrman,  W.  Compton;  Sac­ on  same  date  so  men  can  get  allot­ ratary,  B.  Kaufman.  Got  new  wash­ ments  soon  as  possible.  Vote  of  ing.  machine  and  2  new  fans.  No  thanks  to  headquarters  for fine  Job  beefs.  Shortage  of  linen—crew  asked  on taytag  to stop  set­up  of  runaways.  to  turn  in  surplus.  '  ROYAL  OAK  (Cltlss  Service),  Jan.'  SANTA  VENETIA  (BIsm),  Fob.  I—  ,  27—Chairman,  P.  Hammsl;  Sacretary;'' I  Chairman,!  A.  Slstrunk;  Sscrotary,  R.  D.  Board;  $3.62  in  sblp^s  fund.  New,­,  Maldonado.  No  beefs.  Some  disputed :  delegate  elected,  Mattresses  should  OT.  Vote  of  thanks  (o  steward  dept,  .  be*  checked  by ' steward  and  ahip's '  delegate.  Collection  to  be  made  at;  .  for fifio food.  payoff  to  increase  ship's  fund.  CHiWAWA  (Cltlo^ Service),  Fob.  •   —Chalnimn,  J.  lelllaReJ  Seerotary,  EDITH  (Bull),  Jen.  31—Chslrman,  W.  'Dickons.  No  boefs)  ovei^htag  J.  Parker;.  Secretary,  M.  Curry.  No  running smootbly.  Somo­dlsputed OT.  beefs.  New  delegate  elected.  Uesd­ One mail  misMd ship in  lAke caurles:  room  to  bo  painted  and request keew ,  Motion  made  and  seconded  to  bavo  same  clean.  Wash  cups  after  using.  Sort  agent  clarify  article  3,  section  B  vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for'  I  V|  on  equaliutidu  of  OT.  Ducuaaion  on  .good  Job.  :  •  • ,  ;  �ffpinury  X7. IfSt  SEAFARERS  LOG  'An  SlU  Ship..  !l  Pace  EleTca  'Work' Laws Not  All  Bad ­ ­ Just  Terrible  A  university  professor's  general  conclusion  that  "right­to­ work" laws are not  as  harmful  nor  as  good  as  they're  made  out  to  be—depending  on  your  point  of  view—apparently  doesn't  square  with  his  own^"  findings.  However,  as  employers,  they  made  Prof. Frederic  Meyers,  in  a  no  guarantee  of  a  job."  report  just  issued  by  the  Fund  for  Who, then,  besides the employers  the  Republic,  said  his  study  in­ and "free riders"  benefit  from  the  dicates  that  the  11­year­old  Texas  law?  The  report  comments:  "The  "work"  law  has  had  only  a  "mini­ law has given  much emplosnnent  to  mal  direct  effect"  on  union­em­ attorneys  and  has  made  necessary  ployer  relations.  Unions  and  a  variety  of  subterfuges  designed  employers  working  under  the  gun  to  conceal  the  real  nature  and  of  the  Texas state  law  have  made  object  of  employer  and  union  ac­ some  progress,  he  contends,  al­ tivity."  though  the  measure  has  produced  Any  more  questions?  an  equal  and  opposite  effect  as  well.  But  the only  Jobs  it has created  he  notes  in passing,  is  for  lawyers  and Judges,  due to increased iitlga  ticn.  These  are  some  of  the findings  in  the  46­page  report:  • "...    In enforcing restrictions on  unions, it  (the statq  law)  has  not  served  effectively  to  protect  the  MONTREAL—Full  details of  the  , rights  of  tlie  union  employee  or  agreement  reached  between  the  of  collective  bargaining.  To  en  SIU  Canadian  District  and.  the  force  these  rights,  a  union  must  Bri'ish  Seamen's  Union  have  been  sUii  look  to Federal  law, or  look  published in  the "Canadian  Sailor,"  official  newspaper  of  the  Canadian  in  vain."  • "The    absence  of  union  security  District.  The  agreement  deals  has  forced  unions  into  bargain­ with  jurisdiction  over  Canadian­ ing  positions  conditioned  "ly  owned  ships  on  the  Great  Lakes,  minorities  and  indefensible  on  and  was  reached  at  the  recent  In­ any  grounds  other  than  the  ne­ ternational  Transportworkers  Fed­ eration convention  in  London.  cessity  of  survival.  • "It    may  be  that  some  of  the  The  agreement  rose  out  of  the  managements  would  prefer  this  practice  of  some  Canadian  opera­ situation  to the  necessity  of  bar­ ators  of  registering  ships  under  gaining about  union security,  but  the  United  Kingdom flag  and  fly­ it  seems  doubtful  that  the  law  ing  in  British  crews  to  work  them  should  make  the'  choice  for  below  the  prevailing  Canadian  wage  scales.  It  was  pointed  out  them."    .  .  . In  the  few  instances  in  that  this  practice  was  unfair  both  The  presentation  of  an  award  to  the  Alcoa  Partner  this  • •which  the statute  served  to  abet  to  the  Canadians  and  the  British  week for  going more than 500  days without  a  lost­time acci­ deliberate management  seamen  since  it  forced  the  latter  dent is another striking example of  the growing success of  the  to  keep  a  union  weak practices  and ~in­ to  live  on  British  wages  in  the  joint  industry­union  safety  program  on  SIU ships.  effective. It  is  doubtful  that  the  higher­priced  Canadian  market.  This  award  is  significant  not  because  it  cites  a  unique  law  should  serve  these  purposes  As  a  result,  SIU  of  NA  Vice­ President  Hal  Banks,  secretary­ achievement; on the contrary, its significance derives from the  either."  treasurer  the  Canadian  District,  fact that the Partner  is  just  one of  several SlU­manned  ves­ Generally,  the  study  found  that  and  Tom  of  Yates,  head  of  the  Brit­ "strong"  unions  in  heavily­un­ sels which have attained a record of  this kind.  At least  three  areas  were  best  able  to  ish  Seamen's  Union,  worked  out  other SlU­manned  ships have  matched  or surpassed  the 500­ ionized  agreement  of  which  the  follow­ LAKE  CHARLES—Heavy  rains  day figure since the safety  program got  underway arid  one of  withstand  the  effects  of  the  law,  an  except  of  course  in  cases  where  ing  is  the  core:  and  fog  have' tied  up  commerce  on  the  river  here  and  delayed  the  thein went over 700 days without a lost­time accident.  Several  the  law  operated  to  destroy  this  (1)  "Canadian  seamen  do  not  atart  of  several  construction  proj­ additional SlU­manned vessels have gone a full calendar year  status.  The  law's  operation,  the  seek  to  encroach  on  legitimate  ects  which  were  to  be  underway  without  suffering  as  much  as  one  hour's  lost  time  because  report  notes,  resulted  in  increased  British  shipping  operations,  con­ trolled  by  Britishers  and  under  early  this  month,  Leroy  Clarke,  of  a shipboard injury.  harassment  of  unions,  hampered  British  registry.  port  agent, reports.  Grated that it isn't everyday  that a ship comes along with  organization  of  non­union  workers,  (2)  "Canadian  ships,  whose  The >fog  hung  over  the  harbor  a record  of  this kind.  But the number of  ships that have at­ weakened  union  growth  in  mar­ for  about  a  week  and  held  up  a  tained such  records indicates that these achievements are not  ginal  industries  and  emphasized  owners  have  expressed  their  in­ to  transfer  to  the  British  number  of  vessels at  the  mouth  of  "an  anti­union  social  atmosphere  tention  flag  with  the  object  of  evading  the  river.  When  the  fog  would  one­of­a­kind  freaks,  but  the  direct  product  of  a  total  ship­ as  something  desirable.  conditions  will  not  be  lift  for  a  short  time,  Clarke  said,  board approach to safety by officers, crew, shoreside company  Recalling  the  propaganda  used  Canadian  manned  by  British  seamen.  there  would  be  a  run  on  the  piers  personnel and  the Union.  by  employers  to  push  passage  of  (3)  "Canadian­owned  and  op­ here, especially at  the refinery, and  the  law  In  1947,  Prof.  Meyers  erated  3^  t  4>  ships  plying  in  the  Carib­ this  has  resulted  in  a  delay  in  pointed  out  how  management  bean  ore­carrying  trade  should  loading.  The  delay'In  loading,  he  "spoke  of  the  necessity  to  protect  come  under  tbe  complete  jurisdic­ noted,  has  not  made  these  crews  the  right  of  a  worker  who  wished  tion  of  the SIU  Canadian  District.  unhappy  for  it  means  more  shore  Taxes  are  very  much  in  the  news  these  days  what  with  to  refrain from  tmion  membership  (4)  "Statements  that  the  Brit­ time for them.  to  seek,  obtain  and  hold  a  job.  ish  Seaman's  Union  has  an  agree­ In  addition  to  holding  up  ship­ New  York,  Pennsylvania,  California  and  Massachusetts  all  ment with  the Saguenay  Group are  ping,  the  rain  swelled  the  rivers  raising  income and  excise  taxes  in  varying forms.  The  net  untrue.  The  Saguenay  Canadian­ here and  has kept  the fishermen of  effect of  these tax changes will  be to boost the tax burden en  owned  ships come  under  the  juris­ the  port  from  taking  out  their  workers, including Seafarers, to support  what are apparently  of  the  Canadian  SIU  and  a  diction  hosts.  However,  they  have  been  essential state services.  similar  position  applies  to  the  spending  their  time  waiting  for  Accepting the argument  that  this money  is  needed  by  the  Markland  Shipping  Co.,  which  is  clear  weather  brushing  off  tales  states, in  addition  to the need for large tax  payments to  the  Canadian­manned, owned,  operated  of  the  "big  one"  that  got  away  Federal government  which show no sign^of  being reduced  in  and  controlled  and  exclusively  en­ last trip.  SEATTLE  —  Shipping  for  this  in  trading  in  North  Ameri­ .  Construction  work  in  the  port  the visible  future, it is odd  then, that  efforts are still  under­ port  continued  to  mount  with  gaged  has  also  come  to  a  standstill  be­ way  to provide additional  tax concessions for  business enter­ three  vessels  paying  off  and  sign­ can  waters."  cause  of  the  continuous  rain,  prises,  and  that  certain  obvious  tax  abuses  by  business  are  ing  on  during  the  past  two  weeks,  permitted  Clarke said.  c,  .  to  ,  continue.  ,  X.  ,  Port Agent  Ted Babkowski  reports.  Sign Name On  Shipping  for  the  port  has  been  S6Hi3r6rs  by  now  know  all  about  the  operations  of  run­  jn addition  the four  in­transit ves­ fair  although  there  were  several  away shipowners who have found a tax heaven all their own.  sels  which  called  into ­the  area  for  LOG Letters  yessels  in  the  harbor  during  the  In  addition,  American  business  with  legitimate  foreign  in­ servicing  tooF  on  some  replace­ For  reasons  the  LOG  period.  However  on^ a  few  men  vestments—^that  is,  genuine­investment  in  plant,  equipment  ments,  Which  helped  boost  the  cannot obvious  print  any  letters  or  got  off  with  the  result  that  there  ahd  working  forces  in  a  foreign  country,  are  now  seeking  port's  shipping  total.  other  communications  sent  in  still  is a  large  registration  list for  favored tax treatment  over domestic businesses.  Paying  off  here  were  the  Al­ by  Seafarers  unless  the  author  all  three  departments.  coa  Pioneer­ (Alcoa);  Ocean  Din­ signs  his  name.  Unsigned  Calling  into  the  area  over  the  .  Then  there  is  the  continuation  of  the  business  expense  ny  (Maritime  Overseas)  and  the  anonymous  letters  will  only  racket  whereby  business  groups  can  charge  off  vacations  |ia9t  two  weeks  were  the  QS  Bati­ Longview  Victory  (Victory  Car­ wind  up  in  the  waste­basket.  more. Royal  Oak, CS Miami,  Bents  and assorted junkets to Uncle Sam.  riers).  In  transit  were  the  York­ If  circumstances  justify,  the  Fort,  Cantigny,  Chiwawa,  Winter  It seems  the  practice for  both  the Federal  and  Stjate  gov­ mar,  Pennmar  (Calmar);  City  of  LOG  will  withheld  a  signature  llill,  CS  Norfolk  and  the  Council  ernments  to  allow  business  a  variety  of  outs  pn  taxes ^ut, Alma.. (Waterman)  and  the  Ames.  on request.  |Brove (Cities Service).  to raise  the ante on  wage and salaried employees.*^  '  Victoi3?^iVicttp,42aiyiers),  .  Canada  SIU  Sets  Forth  Pact  Skies Are  Drippy  In  Lk, Charles  Tax Shoals Ahead  Seattle's Job  Rise Persists  �Homeowners  SEAFARERS  IN  DRYDOCK  h­\'/  1­5  •   rh'":  [ii.  V'­ ,f  '•   l­­"^  I •'  '  Seafarer  Fred  Bentley  and  wife  Dorothy  proudly  pose  outside  nearly­completed  new  home  in  Granite  Falls,  NC.  Bentley  is  steward  on  the  Antinous.  Fish Fouling  Fuel Bonus?  Operating  on  the  tried­and­true  theory  that  an  ounce  of  prevention is worth a pound  of  cure, Seafarers Eric  W. John­ son and Joseph. S. Barron  have checked  in at the  San Fran­ cisco  US  Public  Health  Service  hospital  for  medical  cheqk­ups. ­ In that  way, If  they have any bothersome  aches and pains,  the medics  can  check  them out  before they  develop further.  Johnson  was  a  mess­ man  on  the SS  John  C. and Barron  last  shipped as  oiler  on  the  Ocean  Transporter.  The  New  Orleans  PHS  hospital  has  a  trio  of  newcomers  in  Robert  Brown,  ex­Alcoa  Corsair;  Terral  McRaney,  ex­Westport,  and  Nicholas  Katoni  off  the  Atlantis.  Brown  is  reported  In  "good  shape"  now,  after getting banged  up in an  auto­ mobile  accident.  He  expects to  be  discharged  in  about  thre^  weeks.  McRaney  is  in  for  a  broken  knee­ ­cap  suffered  in  a fall  aboard  ship,  and  is in  fair  condition.  Katoul  is  in  New  Orleans  after  being  trans­ ferred  from  the  Baton  Rouge  Hos­ pital.  He  may  be  hospitalized  Katoul  Barron  for  a  while  for  treatment  of  a  stomach  ailment.  Houston reports  Lonnle  C.  Cole.  Jr.  and  James R.  Matthews  aS re­ cent  arrivals  at  the  Galveston  PHS  hospital.  Last  aboard  the  Royal  Oak,  Cole  Js  suffering  from  ulcers.  Matthews,  who's  off  the  Alcoa  Patriot,  has  been  sidetracked  by  a  kidney  ailment.  .  Another  glU  brother  in  for  a  general  check­up,  according  to  the  Baltimore  roster,  is  Frank  Meacher,  ex­Flomar.  Meacher,  who  ships  FWT,  is  doing  very  well.  Ditto  on  Bruce  Webb,  ex­night  cook  and  baker  on  the  Ocean  Deborah,  who  is being  treated  for  a  stomach  con­ dition.  Henri  Robin is another  new man  laid  up at  the  Baltimore  hos­ pital.  He's doing  as well as  can  be  expected after  an  operation  to  ease  a  back  condition.  He  was  chief  cook  on, the  Armonk  the  last  time  out.  These  brothers  and  all  those  in  the  hospitMs  appreciate  and  need  visits and  mail  from  their  shipmates.  Seafarers  are  urged  to  write  or  drop  in  on  them  when  they can.  The following  is the latest available  list of.SIU  men  in  the hospitals:  The  way  things look  on  the  SS  Valiant  Faith,  there's  no  limit  to  the  lengths  some  en­ gineers  wiii  go  if  there's  a  chance  of  jacking  up  their  fuel  bonus.  According  to  ship's  reporter  Phil Roshke,  the topper came  when  John  L.  "Frenchy"  Hubberd  put  a fishing  line  over  the  stern  and  waited  for  a  big  one  to  nibble.  Checking  his  line  from  time  to  USPHS  HOSPITAL  time,  he  suddenly  discovered  it  BALTIMORE.  MD.  was  gone.  Dejectedly,  Hubbard  Talmadge  Barbour  Frank  Meacher  contemplated the  size of  a fish th.it  Maximino  Bemei  Harry  Muchea  Bjork  Domingo  Orbigoso  could  have  parted  a  2,500­pound  Kenning  MUlard  E.  Byron  Frederick  Radtke  Patrick "Durkin  Vincent  Rizzuto  test  nylon  line.  Gardner  Henri  Robin  Jr.  But  that  wasn't  the  case  at  all.  Clarence  Gorman  T.  Glaze  George  Warrington  It  wasn't  a fish  but  rather  chief  Wnwood  Gregory  _  .  Bruce  Webb  oyd  Hurd  Jr.  engineer  Singleton.  The  chief  had  Flo:  USPHS  HOSPITAL  taken it  upon himself  to reel in the  BO.STON,  MASS.  •   line, stow it in the fidley and issued  Kenneth  LaRose  Raymond  L.  Perry  orders  to  the  effect  that  there  Chat.  A.  McCarthy  Ray  Petera  USPHS  HOSPITAL  would  be  no  more fishing over  the  GALVESTON,  TEXAS  stem since  it  '.'slows  up  the  ship."  R.  E.  Morn.«niv  M.  E.  Swartout  Seafarer  "Frenchy"  Hubbard  dejectedly  shows  tangled  mass  of  line  after  it  was  cut.  Photo  by  Roshke.  P­'  Ifcf  Joseph  O'Neal  V.  E.  Wilkerson  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SEATTLE.  WASHINGTON  Melbourn  W.  Clark  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  Ronald  Babbitt  A.  L.  Laureano  Robert  Barrett  Isidore  Levy  John  Bigwood  Terral  McRaney  Claude  Blanks  Granvme  Matise  Alphonse  Bosarge  "Michael  MiUer  Robert  Brown  John  MiUs  D.  B.  Carpenter  Michael  Muzio  Herman  Carson  WUliam  E.  Nelson  Cloise  Coats  Dominic  NeweU  Henry  Cordes  Edward  Northrope  Fess  T.  Crawford  Fred  Peterson  Chas.  R.  Dalcourt  Winford  Powell  Adolph  L.  Danne  Edward  Rogg  Aden  Ezeil  WUliam  RoIUna  Oliver  Fiynn  Calvin  A.  Rome  Henry  Gerdes  WUUam  Scarlett  James  C.  Glisson  James  Shearer  Herbert  E.  Grant  Paul  Signorino  James  E.  Guy  Andrew  Stauder  John  Hrolenok  Thomas  H.  Stevens  James  Hudson  Fernando  Tiaga  Sidney  Irby  Benjamin  Tingly  Nicholas  Katoul  James  Ward  Leonard  Kay  Robert  Wiseman  Wooldrldge  King  Joseph  Woolley  Edward  Knapp  CUfford  Wuertz  Leo  H.  Lang  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FT.  WORTH.  TEXAS  Lawrence  Anderson  John  C.  Palmer  B.  F.  Deibler  H.  LedweU  Jr.  Woodrow  Meyers  .  VA  HOSPITAL  RUTLAND  HGirrS..  MASS.  Charles  Bartlett  Daniel  Fltzpatrlck  Editor,  SEAFARERS LOG.  i 675  Fourth  Ave.,  '  ; Brooklyn  32,  NY  j  I  would  like  to  receive  the  SEAFARERS LOG—  I pleose  put my  name  on  your  mailing  list.  (Print laformation}~^\  SAILORS  SNUG  HARBOR  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  Victor  B.  Cooper  Thomas  Isaksen  VA  HOSPITAL  BROOKLYN,  NY  E.  T.  Cunningham  VA  HOSPITAL  KECOUGHTAN.  VA.  Joseph  GUI  VA  HOSPITAL  BOSTON.  MASS.  Thomas  W.  Killion  VA HOSPITAL  BUTLER.  PA.  James  F.  Markel  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH,  NY  Lewis  R.  Akina  Frcnk  Hernandez  Manuel  Antonana  Claude. B.  Jessup  Eiadio  Aris  Ludwig  Kristiansen  Fortunato.  Bacmno  Thomas  R.  Lehay  Joseph  Bass  Kenneth  Lewis  Matthew  Bruno­ Leo  Mannaugh  Leo  V.  Carreon  J.  S.  O'Byrne  James  F.  Clarke  C.  Osinski  Joseph  D.  Cox  George  G.  Phifer  Juan  Denopra  Winston  E.  Renny  John  J.  DriscoU  George  Shumaker  Otis  L.  Gibbs  Aimer  S.  Vickera  Bart  E.  Guranlck  Pon  P.  Wing  Taib  Hassan  •   Royce  Yarborougb  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NORFOLK.  VA.  Francis  J.  Boner  John  Harrison  Albert  W,. Canter  CHESTER  HOSPITAL  CHESTER,  PA.  Donald  Lee  WiUis  USPHS  HOSPITAL  ,  SAVANNAH. GA.  R.  W.  Centchovlch  Humberto  Leon  Claude  Lanier  Herman  Skipper  USPHS  HOSPITAL  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  •   '  Murray  Boyle  Ludwig  Manhart  Eustachy  BuUk  Harold  Moore  Robert  Runner  WiUlam  Morris  Brooke  Butler  Wm.  C.  Palmer  Julius  R.  Cannon  John  M.  Pasko  Teodorico  Ceprlano  R.  J.  Peterson  Enoch  B.  ColUna  N.  Reznichenko  Joseph  Domino  Emeterio  Rivera  Dusah  DeDulsin  Jose  Rodriguez  Irving  DeNobiiga  Eugene  Roszko  Domlnick  j;­­DlFeo  Antonio  Schiavone  Wm.  A.  Gardner  Elmer  Schroeder  G.  B.  Grlswold  S.  S.  Swleuckoakl  Patrick  T.  KeUy.  Alfred  Thomai  Rufino  Lara  John  Ulls  Mario  G.  Lopez  Sadak  Wala  NUs  H.  Lundqulst  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  Joseph  Barron  EtiC' W.  Johnson  Joseph­ Berger  Chester  F.  Just  Michael  J.  Coffey  L.  Knickerbocker  Angel  Delapina  F.  MelquidacTs  Louis  M.  FirUo  Arthur  Scheving  Myron  E.  Folta  Henry  Schreiner  eeeeeeeeei  STREET  ADtRESS  CITY  rebnuTf  Z7»  liet  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pace  Twelve  •  • e   •  •   . .ZONE...... STATE  TO  AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an  old subscriber  and havg  a changt  of  address^, please  give  your  former  address  belowt  *DDR)ESfl^.v;.,.,............  CITY  •  vs?­•   Queries Duties  Of Pumpmen  To  the  Editon  I  have  just  finished .reading  the  LOG  (Jan.  2)  and  I  see  where  our  representatives  ,are  in  the  process  of  updating  the  tanher agreement for reprinting.  As  one  who sails  regblarly  as  pumpman,  I think  I have a  very  good  point for  bargaining that  I  would  like  to see  gained for  us.  It  has  become  a  routine  thing  for  the  mates  and  engineers  on  tankers  to­hold  tank  work  for  letters  To  The  Editor  AH  letters  to  the  editor  for  publication  in  the  SEAFAR­ ERS  LOG  must  be  signed  by  the  writer.  Names  will  be  withheld  upon  request.  the  pumpman  until Saturday  or  Sunday  or  at  night  rather  than  have  him  make  overtime on his  his regular  Working'Irtmrs Mon­ day  through  Friday.  I  think  there should be  an extra  penalty  when  this.is done  since.there  i»  already  overtime  for  everybod;^  except the  pumpman.  For  examiffe:  There  have  been  numerous  times  when  I  bate  been  given  a  wiper  to  as­ sist  me  in  the  tanks  who  wouldn't  even  know  his  way  down  in  a  tank.  He  goes along  to  hold  a  light  for me  and  then  money­wise, he collects time and  a  half  during  his regular  work­ ing  hours.  After  his  working  hours he  gets double  time  while  I only receive straight  overtime.  This doesn't  seem at  all ri^t.to  me.  We  also  once  received  overtime  for  butterworthing  tanks  but  we don't  any more.  I also think that the agreement  covering  electricians  and  pump­ men  should  be  clarified  to  tell  us who  we  are supposed  to take  orders  from,  whether  the  chief  engineer  or  just  anyone  who  happens  along  from  the  captain  on  down.  I would  like this to be  pribted  in  the  LOG  and  have  some  of  the other  brothers express their  views  on  it.  Also,  please  call  the committee's attention to this.  Joe  N.  Atchison  SS Bent's Fort  (Ed:  note:  Headquarters  of­ ficials point  out  that  the  pump­ man  is  supposed  to  get  his  or­ ders  from  the  chief  engineer,  except  when  loading  or  dis­ charging:  Then  he  gets  his  or­ ders  from  the  chief  mate.  Also,  overtime  is  poid  for  but­ terworthing  when  the  pump­ man  actually  assists  in  the  but­ terworthing  operation.  It  is  not  paid  when  the  pumpman,  as  part  of  his  regular  duties,  turns  on.  steam  for  the  ma­ chines. )  Si  Urges Identity  Card For Wives  To  the  Editor:  I  am  in  full  agreement  with  various  letters  printed  in  the  LOG  supporting  the idea of hav­ ing  the  Union  issue an  ID  card  •  for  SIU  men's  wives.  On  different'  occasions  we  have  d'scussed  this  subject.  We  think  this  is  the  best  idea  for  helping  a  Seafarer's  wife  to  identify herself, especially  when  .requesting medical  care for her­ self  or  her  children at  ai^ hos­ pital  or  for  A  check­up  at  an  SIU  clinic.  An  ID  card  would  also  he  helpful  when  someone  has  to  cbsh  an  allotment  check  at  a  store  or  bank  In  places  where  the  shipping  company  or  the  Seafarer's  work  is  not  known.  Our  hats  off  to  Mrs.  Delgado  (LOG,  Nov.  21)  for  her  grand  idea.  I  would  like  to  suggest  that the  sooner our Welfare  De­ partment  issues  these  ID  cards  to the Seafarer's dependents  the  better  it  will  be  for" all  con­ cerned.  Our  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  already has  on file a  photostatic  copy  of  each  man's  man^gge  certificate  and  the  birth  certifi­ cates  of  the  children.  This  should  make  il  easy  to  issue  the  necessary  cards  for  each  family.  We  seaman  are  sometimes  on  a ship halfway around the globe,  when  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  has  to  come  into  the  pic­ ture  in  any  emergency  at  our  homes.  The  ID  card  will  make  it  simple  to  act  in  such  an  emergency.  Evaristo­ Rose  ir  ^  a­ Limit On Jobs  Seen Harmfui  To  the  Editor:  I  want  to  iake  this  time  to  ^te that  I  am  again­st  any  so^  called  limit  on  a  job  aboard  ship.  I  have  my  reasons  to  be  against this, but the main reason  why  many  SIU  men  are  against  it is to meet  oiur responsibilities  to others.  The  reason  we  work  is  to  meet  this  need.  A  man  taking  pride  in his  job  and  staying  on  a  ship  of  his  choice  is  taking  pride  in  earning  a  living  for  his  famUy.  His  job  fulfills  his  needs.  If  a  man  has  to  face  job  un­ certainty  during  his  working  years,  he  can  never  fulfill  the  needs  of  tomorrow.  Thus  he  creates  the  greatest  money  problem  he and his  family  will  ever  know.  A steady  job, year  in and  year  out,  enables  a  man  to  set  asi'do  a  small  percentage  of  his  cur­ rent  .eMnings  for  the  future.  Thus faie provides  assurance  for  the  future  of  his  family  when  hts income is  not­available from  any  other  source.  H.  E.  Crane  SS  Del  Norto  it  ir  ir  Thankful F'Or .  SIU Blood Bank  To  the  Editor:  My  family  and  I  would  like  to  express  our  sincere  thanks  and  .appreciation  to  the  SIU  Blood  Bank  for  its  assistahco  and  aid  to­my  mother  during  her  recept.  illness  (LOG,  Feb.  13).  *  It  is  only  when  something  like  this  hits  home  that  ono  can  really  understand  the  sig­ nificance  and  importance  of  a  welfare  service ­like  our  new  SIU  Blood  Bank  program.  My  mother'  is  doing  very  nice^  now  thanks  to­  this  Union  service.  Buying  blood  is  yery  costly  and  securing  the  necessary  do­ ­ nors  having  certain  rare  blood  types isn't easy in an  emergency  when  the  time  factor  can  ba,  very  important.  By  having  a  Blood  Bank  of  pur  own  to  turn  to  we  bypass  both  these  prob­ lems and  can draw  on the  Bank  whenever  the  need  deve^ps.  Thanks  again  to  those  who ­ set  up  this  program  and  ccr­  ,  tainly  to  those  who  have  vol­­ untdbred  as  donors  since  the  '  Bank  began  operating.  J  L.  N.  Cirignane^  �Fefrraanr  27. Ids?  DtL  klO  (IMIta)/  Jan.  91—Chair­ man,  A.  Duma*;  loeratary,  L,  Mor­ salt*.  All  beefs tettled.  80  quarts  extra  milk  placed  aboard  ship.  All  repairs  taken  care  of  except  for  new  extra  fan  for  messroom. • One    man  injured.  Ship's 'fund  173.  No  beefs.  New  delegate  elected.  Refrain  froiq  opening  delegate's  mall.  New  weekly  clean  up  laundry  room  list  to  be  made  up.  KYfKA  (Waterman), Jan.  11—Chair­ man, R.  Parrandlzj  Secretary, V.  Capl­ tane.  Insufficient  stores.  Few  hours  OT  disputed.  18  in  ship's  fund.  No  beefs.  Suggest  wind  dodger  for  look­ out  man  on  bow.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for fine  Job.  Request  better  quality  of  food.  BEATRICl  (Bull),  Feb.  15—Chair­ man#  D.  Neill;  lacratary,  P.  Dunphy.  SEAFARERS flred.  Request  radio  he  toned  dosrh  during  meal  hours.  VALIANT  FREEDOM  (Ocean  Car­ riers),  Jan.  25—Chairman,  J.  Nelson;  Secretary,  T.  Berry.  Repair  list  made  up and  turned  in.  Some  disputed  OT.  Three  men  logged.  Replenish  medical  chest.  MANKATO  VICTORY  (Victory),  Jan.  1*—Chairman,  J.  Farrand;  Secretary,  L.  Pepper.  New  ice  box  &  washing  machine  installed.  Few  hours  OT  disputed.  No  beefs.  Discussion  on  misuse  of  electric  coffee  perculators.  ALCOA  PILGRIM—(Alcoa),  Feb.  IS  —Chairman,  C.  Inman;  Secretary,  L.  Meyers.  Some disputed  OT.  No  beefs.  New  delegate  elected.  Request  fumi­ gation  of  roaches.  ALCOA  CORSAIR  (Alcoa),  Feb.  15—  Chairman,  M.  Phelps;  Secretary,  A.  Jallente.  Donation  requested  for  brother  having  accident.  Ship's  fund  1437.53.  No  beefs.  Three  men  ilred.  Return  coffee  cups  to  pantry.  WANG  GOVERNOR  (Clark),  Feb. 1—  Chairman,  R.  SIpsey;  Secretary,  R.  Morrow.  One  man  hospitalized  in  Bombay.  One ­  man  deserted  ship.  Transportation  discussed  due  to  ship  laying  up  in  Japan.  No  beefs.  Soma  OT  disputed.  Vote  of  thanks  td  stew­ ard  dept.  for  Job  well  done.  COASTAL  CRUSADER  (Suwannee),  Feb.  S—Chairman,  M.  Sanchez;  Secre­ tary,  D.  Wagner.  One  man  logged.  Repair  list  not  completely finished.  Request  granted  to  have  arrival  pool  to  increase  ship's  fund.  Shortage  of  OT  sheets.  Suggest  cooperation  in  No  beefs.  New  delegate  elected.  Mo­ keeping  library  up  to  date.  New  tion mad«  and seconded  to send letter  treasurer  elected.  34)00  cruzeiros  in  to  hq.  re  Slowness  in  bookkeeping  ship's  fund.  One  man  hospitalized.  dept.  on  checking  off  dues  and  loans.  Some  OT  dbqinted.  New  electric  iron  Washing  machine  not  to  be  used  for  purchased.  Shortage  of  linen.  Dis­ too long  a  period.  Request more  milk  cussion  no  convlaints  of  insects  and  after  meals.  pests aboard  ship.  Return  coffee  cups  to  pantry  after  usage.  Only  one  re­ CITY  OF  ALMA  (Waterman),  Jan.  maining  percolator  for  watch.  Dis­ 11—Chairman,  V.  TaraHo;  Secretary,  cussion  on  poor  medicine  chest  stock  c.  Collins.  Repair  Ust  turned  in.  TO  and  very  poor  sick  call  procedures at  see  about  better  launch  service  in  sea  and  in  port.  Korea.  No  beefs:  everytliing  running  smoothly.  Ship's fund 113.  Few hours  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  (Sea­ OT  disputed.  Suggest  men  taking  train),  Feb.  IS—Chairman,  V.  Ratcllff;  Mtowers  and  washing  clothea  do  so  Secretary,  M.  Gettschalk.  Two  men  earlier  ao  men  coming  off  watch  can  missed  ship  in  Texas  City.  148.50  in  have  hot  water  to  wash  up.  Screen  ship's fund.  No beefs.  Tray requested  door  aft  end  of  midship  passageway  for icebox.  Empty  garbage  ever stem  to  be  covered  with  canvas.  Vote  of  of  ship.  Request  tray  for  air­condi­ thanks  to  steward  dept.  for  Job  well  tioner.  done.  KATHRYN  (Bull),  Feb.  IS^halr­ STEEL  ADVOCATE  (Isthmian),  Jan.  J.  Turner;  Secretary,  F.  Keller.  3t—Chairman,  S.  Alpedo;  Secretary.  man,  One man  missed  ship in  Rijeka,  Yugo­ T.  Concepclon.  Everything  running  slavia.  Some  OT diluted.  Insufficient  smoothly.  Refrain  from  being  too  noisy  so  people  could  sleep.  Request  food.  Patrolman  to  check  washing  everyone  be  back  on  board  one  hour  machine#  before  sailing  time.  Request  con­ DEL  MAR  (Mississippi),  Jan.  91—  tribution  for  ship's  fund.  Chairman,  M.  Machaal;  Secretary,  O.  PSNM  EXPLOREit  (Penn  Shipping),  McFall.  Two  men  left  behind  in  Rio  Janeiro.  Flowers  sent  and  con­ Feb. 1—Chairman, L.  Beale; Secretary,  De  M.  Lynch.  No  beef*.  Repair  list  In.  dolence  conveyed  to member's  loss  of  Four  hours  OT  disputed.  Washing  mother.  Ship's  fund 1504.  Few  hours  OT  disputed.  One  man  missed  ship  in  machine  and  toilets  to  be  repaired.  BA.  M/S/C  to  take  1245  from  ship's  fund  purchase  movies  and  to  buy  STEEL  FABRICATOR  (Isthmian).  spare to  for  movie  projector.  Re­ Dec.  21—Chairman,  R.  LInkowskI;  Sec­ quest  parts  repair  of  washing  machine  or  retary.  J.  Dunne,  $42  in  ship's  fund.  get  new  one.  Vote  of  thanks  to stew­ Insufficient  cigarettes.  Non  food  han­ dept.  for  good  Christmas  and  dlers  to  stay  out  of  pantry  during  ard  New  Year's  dinners,  also for  cooperh­ meal  hours.  See chief  engineer about  tlon  in  refraining  from  throwing  gar­ heating  system.  Get  repair  list  made  bage through  portholes.  Keep lounges  out.  clear  Feb.  12—Chairman,  • . Ruf;  Secre­ siders. of  longshoremen  and  other  out­ tary,  H.  Frinclpe. , Complaint  about  Feb.  1—Chairman,  B.  Beurgaolsi  .rusty  water  aboard.  Repairs  being  lecratary,  McFall.  Wiper  who  taken care  of. Few hours  OT disputed.  missed  ship G.  Buenos  Aires  is  com­ Discussion  on heat  ventilatora lb  crew  ing  back  on  in  Del  Norte.  Some  repairs  quarters  and  galley  exhaust  blower  taken  car*  of.  man  hurt;  one  system,  also  about  rusty  water  in  missed  ship  in One  NO.  Ship's  fund  pipes  and flush  toilet  valyes.  1333.38.  New  delegate  elected.  lAOLB  TRANSFCRTEII  (Terminal  PACIFIC  WAVE  (World  Tramping),  Trans.),  Feb.  IS—Chairman,  B. Merani  Jan.  95—Chairman,  G.  Fettlpas;  lec­ Secretary,  P. Oraham.  Beef  en draws.  ratary,  L.  Warner.  OT  for  trimming  One  man  missed  ship  in Long  Beach.  vents  disputed.  No  beefs.  Request  Two  men  missed  ship  in  Seattle  and  better  system  of  checking  dues  and  rejoined  in  Portland.  All  repairs  assessments  to  eliminate  necessity  of  okayed  by  company  heads  except  for  carrying  receipts.  Suggest  stainless  mattresses  and  singling  up  of  bunks.  steel sinks  In  pantry  A galley  and also  Ship's  fund  13.  Few  hours  OT  dis­ fan  in  pantry.  puted,  ALCOA  PURITAN  (Alcoa), Jan.  95—  ALCOA  PIONEER  (Alcoa),  Feb.  1—  Chairman,  R;  Fierce;  lecretary,  A.  Chairman,  J.  Stewart;  Secretary,  D.  Ferrara.  Keys  made  for  all  rooms.  Edwards.  No  beefs;  everything  run­ Beef  about  launch  service  in  Rljeka.  ning  smoothly.  See  patrolman  about  Ship's  fund  11.75.  57  hours  disputed  new  washing  machine  before  signing  OT.  No  beefs. Clean  washing machine  en.  Request  variety  of  night  lunch.  after  use.  Request  less  noise  in  pas­ Vote  of  thanks  to  stetrsTll  dept.  for  sageways.  Care to  be taken  with night  Joh  well  done.  '  lunch.  Request  pump  for  washing  machine  and  require  doffee  urn.  Deck  HELEN  (Tankshlp),  Feb.  r—Chali­ dept. forecastles to  be painted  on way  man,  W.  Wade;  Secretary,  S.  SImes.  home—also  same  other  departments.  Everything  running  smoothly.  To  sea  about  men  missing  watches.  Repair  ALCOA  RANGER  (Alcoa),  Feb.  1—  list  to  be  made.  Chairman',  R.  Hommel;  lecretary,  F.  King.  New  delegate  elected.  One  MANKATO  VICTORY  (Victory), Feb.  man missed  ship: one man  hospitalized  g—Chairman,  O.  Waas;  Secretary,  L.  in  San  Juan.  PR.  No  beefs.  Suggest  Pepper.  No  beefs.  Request  washing  new  washing  machine.  Request  time  machine  be  moved  to  more  con­ off  to  secure  physical  cards.  Discus­ venient place  to  be operated.  Foc'sles  sion  on  TV  for  recreation  room—will  to be  painted.  More  coffee percolators  check  price.  to  be  ordered.  Suggest  more  steaks.  Steak  knives  to  be  ordered.  EDITH (Bull),  Jan.  17—Chairman, H.  Jones; lecretary, J.  Parker.  Two men  WM.  H. CARRUTH  (Penn), Jan.  24—  hospitalized.  Two  hours  OT  disputed.  Chairman,  O.  Headtey;  Secretary,  S.  Request  doors  that  lead  out  to  after  Holden.  Discussion on  ordering stores.  fantaU  be fixdd.  Request  clean  water  in  showers.  Washing  machine  out.of  order;  re­ BIENVILLE  (Fan­Atlantic),  Feb.  1—  quest  new  one.  Turn  in  all  cots.  Re­ Chairman,  A.  Thompson;  lecretary,  J.  pair  list  turned  in.  No  beefs.  Holden.  Ship's  fund  12.57.  One  man  missed  ship  leaving  Houston.  Every­ FLORIDA  STATE  (Pence),  Feb.  S—  thing going  smoothly.  No  beefs.  New  Chairman,  J.  Kllgore;  Secretary,  O.  delegate  elected.  See patrolman  about  Turner.  No  beefs;  everything  run­ having  drinking  water  tanks  cleaned.  ning  smoothly.  Ship's  fund  110.  Midships  house  quarters,  steward  New  delegate  elected.  Discussion  on  dept.  rooms,  messrooms.  galley,  pan­ fans  being  serviced  more  often.  Re­ try and  all  passageways require  paint.  quest  table  tops  in  messroom  be  re­ Shortage of  coffee.  newed.  Ettra  linen  to  be  turned  in.  c­so­isia  (Fan  American  World  Air­ CS  NORFOLK  (Cities  Service),. Feb.  ways,  Inc.),  Fak  3—Chairman,  A.  IS—Chairman,  W.  BuHertoni  Saere­ Philips;  locrotaiY,  T.  Doorner.  New  tary,  A. Hebert.  118.25 in  ship's fund.  ship and  deck  delegates elected.  Fine  Ne  beefs.  Motion made  and  seconded  of  1.35 for  leaving cups adriJL  Sailed  to have  diipa  aWonditioned, running  short  one  oiler  aad  mesnsam  fcon  to  troptaak  cllmaic  nrcas.  One  man  Port  CanavaraL  ­ LOG Pace Thlrtcea  CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT  The ship  was Joading  in Aruba; the oil was  coming  in  at  the  rate  of  30,000  gallons an  hour.  The 4­8 watch  was pretty  active while topping  off  whig  tanks.  The  chief  mate  had  pne ashore  to look  at the  draft figures and had  noticed  that the gangway  was fouled.  He  ad given  me  the word  abouti  it  and  I  went  over  to  check.  This story  was  submitted  to  efforts  along  came  the  captain.  I  He  also  told  me  to  stand  by  the  LOG  By  Seafarer  Charles  hadn't  seen  him  for  two  days  hut  f number  six  wing  tank  and  shut  it  off  when  he  gave  the  sign.  It  took  only  a  minute  to  find  that  the  gangway  needed  a  little  more  than  peremptory  attention.  When  it  had  been  made  fast,  the  ship  had  been  light  and  the  gatlgway, had  slanted  down  from  the  top  of  the  guard  rails.  It  had  been secured to the rails by lashing  and  now,  with  the  ship  nearly  loaded,  top  rail and  gangway  were  level  with  the  dock.  Jammed  Against  Side  Where the lashing  met the  gang­ way  the line  had  become  taut  and  here he  was as  ready  as the  point­ after­touchdown  kicking  specialist.  "What's  the  matter,  son?"  the  knot  jammed  against  the  side  "Well, captain,  this line  securing  of  the dock.  There was  a  tempting  the  gangway is  jammed  up  against  little loop  that invited  a  tug which  the  wharf.  I tried  to  free  it  hut  would  have  freed  the  whole  knot,  I'm  afraid  the  only  thing  to  do  is  hut  the  jam  was such  that  neither  cut  It."  "Here,  let  me  look."  loop  nor  knot  moved.  I  didn't  have  my  knife  with  me  There  could  be  no  questions  and  was  attempting  to  manuever  about  the  captain's  background.  the  gangway  by  pushing  and  pull­ He  strode  with  the  undimmed­ ing—a  futile  gesture,  hut  one  you  conlidence  of  Achilles  going  into  do instinctively  as  being the lesser  battle;  thrusting  me  aside,  he  was  Hector  pushing  aside  a  lesser  of  two  evils.  warrior  so  that  he  himself  could  In  the  midst  of  my  fruitless  engage the enemy.  With one glance  at  the situation,  be  was  as  Ulysses  with  the  solution.  SI Up NMUp Italian Crews Trade Visits  —all­vdse  But  he  had  been  trapped.  The  provocative  little  loop  was  as  in­ viting  as  a  dimpled  smile.  1  winced  inside,  feeling  awkward  in  the  presence  of  another's  embar­ rassment.  Embarrassment?  Hell!  He  gave  one  tug  then  another  half­hearted­ ly.  Non­plussed,  he  looked  at  me  and  spoke  in  a  tone  not  entirely  scornful.  Here  was  the  voice  of  experience,  imparting  a  small  hit  from  a  lifetime  of  learning  to  a"  poor  apprentice.  AU  he  said  was  "KNIFE"  as  he  turned  and  walked  from  me!  (Ed. note: According to mythology after Gordius had tied an intricate knot, c seer forecast that the person xcho untied it would become king. Unable to do so, Alexander the Great disposed of the problem by cutting the rope with one stroke of his sword.) Wiggin.  Bethcoaster  Back On Run  All's  well  again  with  the  SlU­manned LST Bethcoaster  following  a  collision  v{ith  a  Highlights of  a quick  trip into  the  Persian  Gulf  by  the  Steel  Sea­ farer included  a visit  en the  NMU­manned Green  Harbor and  an  opportunity for  a card game (top) with  members of  both crews sit­ ting  in.  Among those  pictured  are  Seafarer  1.  A. Zirelli (center),  C. H. Stanley and F. D. Richardson,  in bottom photo, it was  visit­ ing  time  on  the SlU  ship  for  crewmen  on  an  Italian­flag ship  tied  up  alongside  for  the  transfer  of  cargo.  Seafarer  J. Miles,  BR,  is  pictured at  top (right).  Photos by  ship's reporter'Vernon Douglas.  Remember: Tax  Bite Is Higher  A  word  to  the  wise  now  that  1959  is  underway  is  offered  by  "Sit  Charles"  on  the  Seatrain  Georgia.  He,  notes,  despite­ stories  In  the  LOG  and  else­ where,  that  some  brothers  get­ iing  slightly  smaller  paychecks  than expected  this year are  get­ ting hot  under the  collar for  no  rgason.  The  difference  Is  the  extra  Social  Security  tax  bite,  which  went  up on January  1 to  percent  of  the  first  $4,800  of  innual  earnings  to  pay  for  higher  benefits.  It  used  to  be  ZVA  percent  of  the  first  $4,200  of earnini^.  The rise Is the first  ef « serlet  ef hoests­slBted  ever  the next ten  yssn.  barge  in  New  York  harbor  last  month.  There  were  no  injuries  reported.  The  mishap  occurred  on  Janu­ ary  23  when  the  Bethcoaster  met  up  with  the  barge  on  the  East  River  and  suffered  a  gash  several  feet  long  on  one  side.  She  went  Into  a  Brooklyn  shipy^d  for  re­ pairs  and  new  plates  for  a  period  of  ten  days.  Everything  is  apparently  run­ ning  smoothly  now  with  the  ship  back  In  action  on  her  coastwise  run.  The  delegates  reported  everybody shook  up a  little by  the  collision  hut  with  no  major  ad­ verse  effects.  The  photo  below  showing  the  gash  in  the  side  plates  was  taken  by  the '3rd  mate  when  the  ship  went into  the yard for repairs.  �SEAFARERS Fag»  Foniicea  Sword Knot Missilomon  I  ^  1  PI  SIUIMX  DIRE(]TOM  SIU,  A&G  Distrlcl  BALTIMORE  UlS B.  Baltimor* 8t  Earl  Sheppard.  Afent  BAatern  7­4900  BOSTON  278  SUta  St.  A1  Tanner.  Agent  Richmond  2­0140  HOUSTON  4202  Canai  St.  R.  Matthews.  Agent  CApltal  3­40e9>  3­4080  LAKE  CHARLES.  La....  1419  Ryan  St.  Leroy  caarke.  Agent  HSnUoek  0­0744  MIAMI  '.  744  W.  Flagler  St  Louia  Neira.  Agent  FRanklin  7­3064  MOBILE  1 South  Lawrence  St.  Cai  Tanner.  Agent  HEmlock  3.17M  NEW  ORLEANS  823  BienvUle  St  Lindi­ey  WilUaua.  Agent  Tulhne  8828  '^«''^a'iinfh"£SS8  il­:  ­ Some  of  the  missilemen  referred  to  by  Brother  DeHoven  below  ore pictured  by Seafarer  Chester  R. Coumas.  At left,  Jim  Kyri­ akos,  AB,  climbs  aloft  to  check  rigging.  Chuck  Higgins,  DM  fright), is  all painted out  as  he pauses  for  picture during  painting  |ob.  Both  are aboard  the Sword  Knot.  NORFOLK  127­129  Bank  St.  J.  Bullock,  Agent  MAdlaon  7­1083  PHiLADBaj>HlA  337  Market  St.  S  CarduUo.  AMttt  Market  7­1838  SAN  FRANCTSCO  450  Barriaon  St  Martv  Brelthnff.  Aeen*  Douglaa  2­8478  SANTURCK.  PR.. 1313  Fernandez  Juncoa.  Stop  2U  Keith  Terpe,  Ho.  Rep.  Phone  2­3998  SAVANNAH  Abercorn  St.  William  Morrla.  Agent  Adama  3­1728  SEATTLE  2508  lat  Ave.  Ted  BabkowaU.  Agent  Main  3­4334  TAMPA  ­  1809­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  B.  Gonzalez.  Acting Agent  Phone  2­1323  WILMINGTON.  Calif.  .  805  Marine  Ave,  Reed  Humphrlea.  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  HEA1M1UARTER5  873 4th  Ave..  Bklyn.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  Paul  Hall  ABST  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  J  Alglna,  Deck  W._HaU.  Joint.  ^  C.  Slmmona,  Eng.  3.  Volplan.  Joint  E Mooney. Std.  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  I  On The Missile Range  By  Lionel G.  DeHaven  (Ed.  note:  The  writer,  a  retired  SIU  member,  is now  2nd  mate  on  the  SlU­inanned  M/V  Rose  Knot, one  of  the  missile ships.  They come from California, from Vigtnia and from Maine, .^ Down to the coast of Florida, from the hill and the plain; Boys from the schools and men from the street To fill the cabins and foc'sles of the US missile fleet. Sons  of  Norsemen,  of  Frenchmen  and  Greek,  ,  •  < Some of them English, like the language they speak. True Americans now, and comrades all. They  roam  the  seas  where  the  missiles  fall.  Whether from Suwannee, Pan-Am or R-C-A, For romance, adventure, promotion or pay. They  mswer  the  call  and  accept  their  lot,  A  berth  on  the  Crusader,  Sentry  or  Rose  Knot,  ;  ;  From  Florida's  beaches,  through  the  Indies  calm,  ,' '  :  Over  the  ocean swells  to Africa's  sand;  .  •  ^  .  They await the missiles uHth the stations manned. Scanning  the  skies  for  the  rocket's  flash,  ;  The  angry  roar,  and  the  mighty  crash.  i  •   '  Now the ocean's face is rent asunder, ' And the sound comes back, like a great clap of thunder. ' Then the tape is recorded, all the keys click As the data is noted, sure, true and quick. It's very quiet then in the missile fleet, ' As the tech crew beds down—no time to eat; Their heads all ache and their nerves are beat. They, need some rest for tired feet. When stores get short and the fuel drops low. It's time to leave the ocean and find a friendly port to go. ^ Up and down the missile range, along the tropic shore. Pleasures that await, for those who know the score. Some go where the lights are bright. To rock  and roll for  half  the night,  ....,  And  drink  their gin  til they  hold no  more,  •  •••  ­ Awaking next morning with heads all sore. When the money has all vanished. And the new friends start getting strange. Then it's time to cast the lines off An^ get  back  on the  range.  '  v,  :  Later,  when  they  are  older,  in  a  quiet,  settled  place,  '  ~  They can tell their children's children How they served as pioneers and helpers. In the race out into space. They may sit upon the shore, when they are fat and rich. And ponder on the Sword Knot, the Rose and Timber Hitch. All may be gone to scrap, but would it seem so strange If their ghosts were all still there, roaming up and down the range? SUP  HONOLULU....81 South  N^tz^H^wa;ir  NEW  ORLEANS........823  BlbnvUle'st.  JAckaon  5­7428  NEW  YORk  878  4th  Ave.,  Br^Uyn  HYaclnth  9­8605  PORTLAND  ...<C  211  SW  Cl«r  St.  CApltal  3­4338  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrlaqn  St.  Douglaa  2­8363  SEATTLE  lat  Ave.  .  Main  2­0290  WOJdlNGTON  805  Marine  Ave.  Terminal  5­8817  MC&S  HONOLULU....51  South  Nlmltz  Highway  PHone  5­1714  NEW  ORLEANS  823  BienvUle  St.  RAmond  7428  NEW  YORK  675  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  HYaclnth  9­8600  PORTLAND.,  211  SW  Clay  St.  CApltol  7­3222  SAN  FRANCISCO  350  Fremont  St.  EXbrook  7­5600  SEATTLE  .2505 — lat  Ave.  MAln  34)038  W1L5UN6TON  805  Marine  Ave.  TErmlnal  4­8538  BALTIMORE  MFOW  1218  Eaat  Baltimore  St.  EAatem  7­3383  HONOLULU.:..88  North  Nlmltz  Highway  PHone  5­6077  NEW  ORLEANS....  823  BienvUle  St.  MAgnolU  0404  NEW  YORK  ,...130  Greenwich  St.  COrtland  7­7094  PORTLAND  522  NW  Everett  St.  CApltol  3­7297­8  SAN  FRANCISCO  240  Second  St.  DOuglaa 2­4592  SAN  PEDRO  .....296  Weat  7th  St.  TErmlnal  3­4485  SEATTLE  .2333  Weatem  Ave.  MAln 2­6328  Great^ Lakes  District  ALPENA  ....1215  N  Second  Ave.  ELmwood  4­3618  BUFFALO.  NY  914  Main  St.  GRant  2728  CLEVELAND  1410  W.  29  St.  MAln  1­0147  DULUTH  621  W.  Superior St.  Phone:  Randi Iph  2­1110  FRANKFORT.  Mich  PO  Box  287  ELgln  7­2441  KHLWAUKEE  633  S.  Second  Ave.  BRoadway  2­3039  RIVER  ROUGE  ..10225 W.  JeKeraon  Ave,  Mich.  Vlnewood  3­4741  Canadian District  FORT  WILLIAM  Untirio  HALIFAX,  N.S  February  Z7,  19^'  LOG 408  Simpaon  St.  Phone:  3­3221  128^  HoUla  St.  Phone 3­8911  MONTREAL  634 SL  James St.  Weat  Victor  2­8161  QUEBEC  44  Sault­au­Matelet  Quebec  LAfontalne  3­1569  THOROLD.  Ontario  53  St.  David  St.  CAnal  7­5212  TORONTO.  Ontario  312  Kins  St. E.  EHUplre  4­5719  ST.  JOHN.  NB  ....177 Prince  WRUam  St.  OX  2­5431  VANCOUVER.  BC  298  Main  St.  MU 1­346P  Letter Recalls  His First Trip  To  Iht  Editor!  Upon  reading  tho  Jan.  18  LOG,  I  took  special  note  of  tho  article  written  by  tho  18­year­ old  kid  on  his first  trip  to  sea.  That article  reminded  me of  my  first trip to sea, which  whs  dur­ ing  the  war  in  1045.  Since it  was wartime,  the men  didn't  have  the  working  and  shipboard  living  conditions  of  today.  W  hava  the  war  letters  To  The  Editor  All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. uneasiness  and  sometimes  the  fear  of  being doomed,  I  was 18  years old at the time and I guess  the  fear  and  irritability  didn't  bother  me  as  much  as  it  did  some of  the  seasoned Seafarers.  I  never  became  a  member  of  the  SIU,  but  someday  I  hopO  to  return  to  sea  and  of  course  under the  SIU where  a man has  working  conditions  that  make  for  teamwork  and  ship  opera­ tion  at its  peak.  Although  I  am  not  an  SIU  member,  I  would  appreciate  it  if  you  would  continue  to  send  the XOG.  I think  the  SEAFAIU  ERS  LOG is the  best condensed  ­form  of  current  world  affairs  that  is  published  today.  More­ over,  the  news  items  are  not  exaggerated  beyond  the  true  facts,  as  in  some  other  news  publications.  Xi John R. Webb X Seeks Mail On  Phote Problems  To  the  Editor:  As an  ardent camera  bug and  darkroom  fanatic,  I  would  like  to  correspond  with  Seafarers  who  have  the  same  hobby  and  interests.  During  my  seven  years  of  at­ tempting  to  acquire  a  basio  photographic  education  aboard  ship,  I  have,  I  believe,  picked  up  many  helpful  hints  on  de­ veloping  and  printing  under  the  handicap  of  shipboard  con­ ditions.  These cover such  prob­ lems  as  extreme  changes  of  temperature,  water  shortages,  occasional  saltwater  ,  leakage  as  well  as  the  many  types  of  water  encountered  with  chemical  impurities  like  rust,  chloride  and  alkalines.  I  am  also  familiar  with  tho  difficulties  in  obtaining  photo­ graphic  supplies  overseas  that  can  be  used  under  these  same  eondltlons.  I  have  tested  Ger­ man,  Belgian,  Italian,  English  and  Japanese  paper, film,  de­ HEVI WHATSAMATIAWITH  YOU ? You KNOW THAT  velppers, fixing  salts  and  short  stops,  and  have  made  up  work  tables  for  most 'of  them.  /  In addition,  I have  the namea  and  addresses  in  various  ports  where  supplies can  be  obtained  with a  reasonable certainty that  they  will  be  taken  from  fresh  stock.  I  believe  that  If  it  became  known  4o  the  SIU  Sea  Chest  Just  what films  aiid  cameras  were  preferred  by  Seafarers,  these  items  would  always  be  kept  in  stock.  I've  also, been  assured that if  we gave the  Sea  Chest  people  a  few days to  ob­^  tain  any  kind of  earners  equip­ ment we  wanted, they  could get  it for  US' at  a fair  discount.  Therefore,  how  about  it  camera  bugs?  Drop  me  a  line  care of  the SIU hall in Houston.­ Maybe  we  can  get  together  by,^  mail  at  least  on  some  of  our  common  problems.  If  I  don't  have  the  answers,  I'll  get  them  for  you  froin  reliable  sources.  I  really  am  very  much  inter­ ested  in  photography  and  would  like to  get  in  touch  with  Seafarers  who  have  the  same  Interests.  John  Wnnderlicli  SS  Michael  ^  income Tax Rule  Raises Problem  To  the  Editor:  Income tax time is nigh again.  On  this ship  we  have  had  some  discussion  about  how  the  tax  laws  affect  seamen.  We  would  like  to  know  what­ happens  if  a  man  is  employed  by  a  steamship  company  and  signs  On  articles  in  one  year,  say  1957,  and  then  pays  off  in  1958.  Are  his earnings  for 1958  taxable  in  that  year  (1958)  or  do they become  taxable in  1959?  Please  reply  through  the  LOG.  Paul Arthofer SS Iberville (Ed. note: Income becomes taxable in the year- in.,which it is received. Thus, edrhinpt actually received in 1958, even though they also cover work during 1957, must be reported on tax returns filed in 1959. The tax return filed in 1959 is on 1958 income. Check the income tax tips published in this issue on page 7 for further information.) 4;  All Gees  Well  On Transporter  To the  Editor:  Please  forward  the  LOO' to  us at the  port of  Bombay, India,  especially the  LOG  that has the  returns  on  the  election  of  our  officers:  Also  send  a  couple  of  copies of  the tanker  agreement.  The crew on  board here sends  the  LOG  staff  a  vote  of  con­ fidence for  its  good  work  and  wish  everyone  the  best  in 1959.  All  Is  okay  here  on  the  Pan­ Oceanic  Transporter  with  a  'good crew all around  and every­ body  having  lots  of  fun  so  far.  J.  R.  Tonart  Ship's  delegate  NOT  /  �7e^b?ss77  S7. ;iSSS,  SEAFARERS  LOG  Father And Son  FIN A L  DISPATCH  Page  FUteeu  SIU  BABY  ABBIVALS  All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Plasece  Thomas  Billd,  bom  Marian  Ann  Michell,  born  Janu­ January  12,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  ary  20,  2959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Mrs.  Carlo  £.  Billo,  New  Orleans,  August  Michell,  New  Orleans,  La.  La.  if  if  if  t.  t.  i^  •  Sharon  Ann  Wojtkelenicz,  bora  Georgia  Espino, bom  January  5.  January  12,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  1959, to Seafarer  and  Mrs. Atanasio  Mrs.  Chester  Wojtkelenicz,  Balti­ D.  Espino,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  more,  Md.  The deaths of' the folUnvlnff Seajarera havt Veen reported to the Seajarere Welfare Plant. JoMph  St.  Laurent,  63:  Heart  Lawrence  Evans,.  23:  Brother  iailura  while  aboard  ahip  caoeed  Evans died  of  coronary thrombosis  Brother St Laur­ last  July  18  while  in his  home  in  ent's death  Janu­ Mobile,  Ala.  A  Union  member  ary  29.^ He  had  since 1982,  he sailed  in the  engine  worked  in  the  department.  Mrs.  Anna  Evans,  Seafarer Vincent  Tividad han­ engine  depart­ his  wife,  of  Mobile,  survives  him.  dles  the  feeding  chore  for  his  ment  since.  Join­ Burial was  in the  Pine  Crest Cem­ Infant  son  in his  New  Orleans  ing  the  SIU  in  etery  in  Mobile.  home.  1954.  Mrs.  Helen  if  if  St.  Laurent  his  wife,  of  Broolfr  David  Anderson,  42:  W^e  on  lyn,  NY,  survives  board ship. Brother Anderson  acci­ dentally fell over­ him.  Cremation  board on  Februa­ took  place  at  Mt  View  Ccme­ ry 19 and was lost  etary,  NY.  Charles  Ackerman  at  sea.  A  Union  »  »  »  Clarence  E.  Tobias  member  since  Paul  Seidenberg,  48:  A  Union  1953, he  sailed in  It  is  important  that  you  get  in  member  since  1941,  Brother  Seid­ the  deck  depart'  touch  with  John  E.  Brady  as soon  enberg  died of  an internal  conges­ meht  He  is  sub  as possible.  You  can  reach  him  at  tion  November  22.  He had  sailed  vived by his wife,  418  Dauphine  Street,  New  Orleans  in  the  steward  department  Mrs.'  Mrs.  Joanne  An  10,  La.  porothy  Seidenberg,  his  wife,  of  derson.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  survives  him.  if  if  if  if  if  John  William  Gardner,  bora  De­ cember  23,  1958,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Gardner,  Gulfport,  Fla.  .  if  if  t.  Salvador  Marino,  born  January  24,1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carlo  Marino,  New  Orleans,  La.  PERSONALS  AND  NOTICES  if  if  ^  Patricia  Ann Gaun'tlett,  born De­ cember  30,  1958,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Harry  A,  Gauntlett,  Upper  Darby,  Penna.  4.  i  t  Wayne  John  Hall,  born  Novem­ ber  8,  1958,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Frank  Hall,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  if  if  i.  John  Steven  Harris,  born  Feb­ ruary 1,  1959,  to Seafarer  and Mrs.  John  B.  Harris,  Norfolk,  Va.  4  4  4  Eric Clayton  Jones, born January  Berlin  Richerson  21,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Please contact  your father,  L. H.  Darius  Clay  Jones,  Newport  News,  Richerson,  as  soon  as  possible.  It  Va.  is  very  important  that  he  gets  in  4  4  4  touch  with  you.  Alan Philip  Sentel, bora  Februa­ ry  6,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mis.  t  if  if  '  Aibert  J.  Sentel,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Donald  E.  Shattuck  4  4  4  Please  get  in  touch  with  your  Ann  Marie  Giuliano,  bora  De­ Frank  G.  W.  Flint  mother,  Mrs.  William  Helton  at  Please  contact  Carl  R.  McCoy,  RFD  1,  Co.  Rd.  128,  Valley  City,  cember  24,  1958,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Anthony  Giuiliano,  Elizabeth,  MQPOB  417,  Indiana  U.,  Bloom­ Ohio.  NJ.  ington,  Indiana.  His  phone  num­ if  ilf  4  4  4  ber  is  3254.  It  is  very  urgent.  Robert  Delmont  Maria Grivas,  born  December 13,  if  if  if  It  is  important  tuat  you  get  in  1958,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Deme­ Cookbook  For  Sale?  touch with  your aunt, Mrs. Frances  trios  Grivas,  Woodside,  LI,  NY.  MSTS  would  raise  the  "security"  An  SIU  member  is interested  in  Dahlstrom at  *7022  Emerson  Street,  (Continued  from  page  3)  equipped ship, the  American  Mari­ argument  since  there  has  never  buying a  copy in  good condition  of  Morton Grove,  Illinois.  It concerns  been a  beef  on that score.  A secur­ the  cookbook  titled  "Cooking  and  your  family.  ner,­ in  this  operation.  ity  check  is  run  by  the  Govern'  Baking  on  Shipboard"  published  ,  The  Pacific  District's  posftion  if if if has  been strongly  seconded  by  the  ment  on  all  seamen  participating  by  the  .War  Shipping  Administra­ Ignatius  J.  Torre  AFL­CIO  Major  Maritime  Trades  in  the  missile  program.  In  fact,  tion  in  World  War  II.  Replies can  Ex­SS  Stony  Point  Department,  representing ­ major  original  Defense  Department  plans  be  sent  to  the  SEAFARERS  LOG,  Uoiiaid  £. Mackay  (Continued from  page 2)  called for  the Atlantic  missile fleet  674 4th Ave.,  Brooklyn 32,  NY, and  maritime  unions.  In  a  protest  sent  Francis  C.  Dowd  as  reported  in  the  last  LOG,  Rep.  to all members of  the Senate  Com­ to  be  manned iby  Panamanian  sea­ will  be  forwarded.  Joseph  Frindezes  Victor Anfuso,  Brooklyn  Democrat,  merce  Committee  and  House  Mer­ men.  The  plan  was  dropped  after  if  if  if  Ex­SS  Arickaree  wrote  Maritime  Administrator  vigorous  union  and  Congressional  chant  Marine  Committee,  MDT  Robert  Griffin  Will  the  above  please  contact  Clarence  Morse  that  he  could  not  Executive Secretary Harry O'Reilly  protests.  Get  in  touch  with  George  Ry­ Bill  Feldesman,  c/o  Miller  &  See­ see  Morse's position  defending  the  pointed  to  the  "depressed  condi­ beck  at  835  State  Street,  Perth  ger,  26  Court  St.,  NYC.  runaways  and  would  like  an  ex­ tion" of  the  US merchant fleet  re­ Amboy, NJ.  He would  like to  hear  planation.  Rep.  Abraham  Multer,  sulting from  substandard runaway­ from  you.  also from  Brooklyn,  denounced  the  flag competition. This condition,  he  Rudy  Barber  ^  t  $  said,  is ".  .  .  aggravated  by  many  Smokey Byron is anxious to hear  position of  the runaways and calljed  Claude T.  Allen  from Rudy  Barber who  was on  the  on  them  to  show  their  "good  of  the" operations  of  the  Military  Your  father  Cecil  Allen  wants  L.  B.  Vance  in  1942.  Contact  him  faith" by paying  their seamen "the  Sea  Transportation  Service,  which  you  to  contact  him.  He  is  at  119  c/o Burgess,  1826  St.  Paul  Street,  same  wage  scale"  and  providing  dpntinuously encroaches  on private  "the  same  working  conditions  as  W.  10th  Street,  Galena,  Kansas.  Baltimore,  Md.  enterprise. •   those employed  on ships flying  the  "We  think  it  is  an  intolerable  iC>  ^  if  if  if  ^  (Continued  from  page  3)  American flag"  (See  box  on  page  thing for  an agency  of  the Federal  sibly  Browning.  Just  how  this  Oscar  N.  Raynor  Anyone  who has  foiuid seamen's  2.)  Government  to aid  in  the  destruc­ would affect  the Canadian  National  Anyone  having  any  Information  papers  belonging  to  L.  J.  Good­ The  proposed  Zelenko  inquiry  tion.  of  the  Anrerican  merchant  fleet  is not  clear  at  present  on  the  above,  please  contact  his  win,  Z­137498,  is  urged  to  mail  would  parallel  a  similar  set  of  marine,"  he  added.  Originally  struck  on  July  4,  sister,  Mrs.  Florence  Dowdy,  PC  them  to him  at 1200  Eutaw  Place,  hearings  into  the  activities  of  MSTS officials have  so far failed  1957,  the  Canadian  National  ships  Box  376,  Milan,  Georgia.  Baltimore,  Md.  Aristotle  Onassis,  which  were  con­ to cite  any  reason  why  the  agency  were  idle  for  a  year  until  the  ducted  last  year.  The hearings  re­ i^ould move  in on  the missile  ship  Cuban government bank  purchased  vealed  that  the  Maritime  Admin­ program.  On  the  contrary,  all  them  last  summer.  Attempts  to  istration  had  permitted  Onassis  to  MSTS  statements  recently  have  crew  the  ships  with  Cuban  sea­ transfer fourteen  ships,  12  tankers  called on  private  operators to  take  men  and  sail  them  In  face  of  dnd  two  Libertys,  to  the  Liberian  over  various  phases  of  shipping,  the  Canadian  District  picketlines  flag,  without first  obtaining  iron­ including  carriage  of  military  de­ were  blocked  by  mass  demonstra­ clad  guarantees  and  concrete  ac­ pendents.  tion on a pledge that Onassis would  tions  up  and  down  the  Atlantic  At  least  two  experienced  ship­ and  Gulf  Coasts.  The  Canadian  build  new  tonnage  under  the  ping companies  are reported  to be  District,  supported  by  the  A&G  American flag.  The  fourteen  ships  interested  in  undertaking  the  op­ District  and  other  SIU  affiliates,  involved  had  all  been  manned  by  eration  of  the  West  Coast  missile  tied  up  all  Cuban  shipping  In  Seafarers.  fleet.  Both  American  President  American  ports  and  also  picketed  Subsequently, the Department of  Lines  and  Pacific  Far  East  Lines  the  Cuban  consulate  and  the  Justice  instituted suit  for damages  already operate large fleets  of  theiir  United  Nations  in  New  York,  pro­ against  Onassis  because  of  the  breach  of  agreement  to  build  the  own  under  Pacific  District  con­ testing  the  Batista  government's  new  tonnage.  Although  the  suit  tract.  action.  was  instituted  last  year,  there  has  It  is  considered  unlikely  that  As  a  result,  only  one  ship,  the  been  no  further  action  in  the  Ciudad  de  la  Habana,  got  out  of  fUE fOOO AHV VO.\CeSAXeMiOf)H  matter.  Halifax,  and  she  was  tied  up  in  Zelenko,  in  calling  for  the  Baltimore  where  she  still remains.  Niarbhos  investigation,  declared:  The  Cuban  seamen,  who  had been  "The  effect  of  the  so­called  Niar­ Seafarers  overseias  who  want  flown  to  Halifax  and  put  aboard  chos  trust  closely  parallels  that  of  the ships  under the  surveillance of  to  get  in  touch  with  headquar­ Onassis.  It has  given the  Niarchos  ters.  in  a  hiury  can  do  so  by  armed  Cuban  military  men,  interests  multi­million  dollar  tax  cabling  the  Union  at  its  cable  walked  off  the  Ciudad  de  la  windfalls.  It  has  caused  the  un­ pdriress,  SEAFARERS  NEW  Habana  'in  Baltimore  and  sup­ employment of  hundreds  of  Amer­ ported  the  protest  In  Halifax.  YORK.  ican  seamen.  It  has  depleted  the  Use of  this address will assure  They  were  withdrawn  from  the  American  merchant  marine.  As  a  peedy  tfahsmisalon  on  all  mes­ ships  subsequently  and  sent  home  matter  of  fact,  the  abuses  in  this  following  negotiations  with  Cuban  sages and  faster  Service  for  the  transaction  appear  to  far  surpass  government  representatives  here  men  lnv?'ved.  any  of  the  others."  and  In ^avana.  MSTS  Assailed On  Missile Ship Plans  Ask  Probe  Of  Niarchos  Struck  CN5  Ships Target  Of  Seizures  "FilrAr a Seafarer!  Union Has  Cable Address  mimfisAnomicmsiocAF£7mi4s  ­ft® ^&iFAP&ZS ­ me MBMBP^  uN\od. itw  '  inmem/.rTiMeYaJkEAriH£AALL.  �Vol. XXI  No. 5  SEAFARERS  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UN IO N  • AT L ANT    10  ANP  GULF  DISTRICT  • AFL­CIO    •   MTD Board Acts  On Several US  Maritime issues  1^  ­CHICAGO—A  regional  director  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  has .recommended  the  cer­ tification  of  the  SIU  Great  Lakes  District as bargaining agent for the  unlicensed  personnel  on  the  six­ ship fleet  of  Gartland  Steamship  Conipany,  a  Great  Lakes  bulk  op­ erator.  .  .  :  Trades  Department  here.  by  Sen.  Warren  G.  Magnuson  The  director's  recommendations  Meeting  in  San  Juan  on  Febru­ (Dem.­Wash.) that all Federal mari­ came after  he dismissed a  series of  ary 17,  the  MTD  discussed  a  num­ time laws be revised  and combined  formal objections ifUed  by the  com­ ber  of  matters  affecting  member  in  a  single  statute.  pany,  and  upheld  the  union's  poisU'  • It    backed  a  demand  by  tne  unions  in  the  maritime  industry.  tion  om  the  one  challenged­ballot'  In addition  to the  above­mentioned  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots  calling  cast  in  the  election..  The  Board's  for  compulsory  use  of  American  issues, they included  tlie following:  count showed  72­votes for the SIU,  • The    board  endorsed  the  bill  and  Canadian  pilots  on  all  vessels  Waiting  for  Customs  inspection,  Sargeant  First  Class  Fields  and  71  votes  for  "no  unlpn,"  one  void •  submitted  by  Rep.  Pelly  (Rep.­ on  the St. Lawrence Seaway.  family  relax  in  lounge  of  SS  Atlantic  after  winter  transatlantic  and  one  challenged  ballot.  The    a  bid for statehood  Wash.) which would  keep runaways  • Supported  crossing.  '  Vessel  was  delayed  by  severe  storms  on  return  frotn  SIU challenged  one  ballot  because  from  participating  in  "50­50"  car­ for  Hawaii.  it  was  cast  by  a  supervisory  ena­,  • Reaffirmed    the  Department's  Europe.  goes by limiting such cargoes either  ployee.  !  policy  of  establishing  and  imple^  Organizing. in. the  Gartland fleet'  menting  its  port  council  program  began  last September  after a  num­ in  all  ports  of  the­United  States.'  • Called    for  continuing  and  ber  of  the  contpany's  unlicensed  personnel  requested SIU  represen­ intensifying  of  the  current  MTD  campaign  on  the  Great  Lakes.  tation.  The  Union  petitioned  for  • Reaffirmed    its  position  on  an election  on  October 30,  and vot^  establishment of  a Caribbean  Mari­ was held from  November  23 to  Slightly  weary  after  doing  battle  with  a  whoppet  of  a  ing  time  Federation.  December  6.  North  Atlantic  storm,  SIU  crewmembers  of  the. American  '  The  Gartland fleet  consists  of  Reviewed  Runaway  Protest  HOUSTON  —  Shipping  for  this  The  resolution on  runaway  ship­ Banner  Lines SS  Atlantic  were  glad  to  pile  off  the ship  for  two  self­loaders,,  carrying  stone,  port  continued  to  run  ahead  of  ping  reviewed  the  four­day  world­ coal  and  gypsum,  and  four  bulk  registration,  which  is  a  very  wide protest in  December and went  their  first  real  vacation "since^  carriers  transporting.  ore,  coal,  the  company  said,  will  provide  "healthy  situation."  Port  Agent  on  record  "fully  supporting  all  the  vessel  began  her  New  more  space  for  passengers  than  grain and other bulk cargoes.  There  Bob  Matthews said.  As  was  report­ organizational, legislative and other  York­Europe  tourist  run  last  the  present  accommodations  at  are  about 158  Jobs  involved  in  the  pearlier,  much  of  this  improved  activities  undertaken  by  American  June.  The  occasion  for  the  crew's  fleet.  i^^ping  is  due  to  the  increase  maritime  unions  in  dealing  with  breather is the annual  Coast Guard  Kent St.,  Brooklyn.  in  grain shipments  moving through  this  issue"  and  added  that  "this  inspection sna overhaul  of  the ship  this  port,  bound  for  India  and  resolution  be  submitted  to  the  which is taking place in  the Bethl^  Europe.  AFL­CIO Executive  Council for  its  hem  Shipyard  in  Brooklyn.  The  outlook  for  the  coming  support  of  the  objectives  and  ac­ The  storm  struck  the  passenger  period  is  very  promising,  Mat­ tions  herein  set  forth."  the coast  of  Newfoundland  thews  said.  In  addition  to  the  in­ On  the  missile  sliip  Issue,  MTD  ship off  and  delayed  her  arrival  in  New  The Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  union  members.  The  courses,  creasing  number  of  in­transit  ves­ Executive Secretary Harry O'Reilly  sels  which  are scheduled  here,  the  has  already  written  all  members  York  one  day,  after  she  had  lost  has  concluded  contract  negotia­ under  study  by  the  union's  Board  Steel Seafarer  is  due  in  for  payoff  of  the  Senate  Commerce  Commit­ another  day  on  the  eastbound  tions  with  the  remaining  major  of  ^ucation,  will  be  as  stream­ and  will  take  on  a  number  of  re­ tee  and  House  Merchant  Marine  crossing.  It was one  of  those which  tanker  companies .under  SUP  con­ lined and  well­rounded as  possible.  placements.  However  this  may  be  Committee  protesting  Navy  plans  qualify  for  the  seaman's .adjective  tract,  signing  agreements  with  Members  eager  to  iinprbve. thei^  temporarily offset  by  the laying  up  to operate West Coast  missile ships  "worst  storm  I"  ever  Saw,"  with  Richfield  Oil,  General  Petroleum  mastery of  various  jobs as a means  of  the  Atlas,  scheduled  for  this  through  the  Military  Sea  "Trans­ winds  reportedly  as  high  as  100  and  Pacific  Coast  Transport.  The  towards  promotion  are  urged  to,  week.  portation  Service. The  MTD  board  miles  an  hour  and  80­foot  waves  agreements provide wage increases  apply  for  training  at  the  schoolf^  ranging  from  a  minimum  of  $1Q  which Is one of  the few.such union­ On  the  whole  though,  the  port,  declared  that  "privately­opei­ated  battering  the  ship.  should  continue  to  enjoy  good  ships,  manned  by  AFL­CIO  crews  After  it  was  all  over,  the  ship's  monthly  to  a  maximum  of  $31,  run  institutions  in  the  country,.  shipping  for  the  next  couple  of  should  be  used  rather  than  the  skipper sent commendation  notices  bringing  monthly  wages  on ' the  weeks.  MSTS, as is no^ being  done on the  to  each  of  the  252  passengers con­ vessels  in  the  three  companies  to  Approval  for­the  Isbrandtsen  South  Atlantic  missile  range;  and  gratulating  them  for  their  "forti­ the  $285­530  scale.  Numerous  Company.;;s  bid  to  operate  ships  Start  Eyeglass  Program  that this program  should  go  to  pri­ tude."  fringe  benefits  were  also  included  from  North  Atlantic  ports  during  The  new  eyeglass  program  went  vate  shipping  companies—^for  Arrive During Cold Snap'  the  the  winter  months when the  Grea||.  in  the  contracts.  into  effect  in  this  port  last  week.  sake of  economy and efficiency and  Lakes  «re  ice­bound  has  been  Although  some  of  the  kinks  which  to  provide  jobs  for  American  When  the ship finally  arrived  In  ;  ^  •   New  York,  the  thermometer  Eleven  members  of  the  Marine  granted  by  the  Federal  Maritime^  arose  are  still  being  ironed  out,  plun^d  to  eight  degrees  above  Board,  the  Brotherhood  of  Marinf  20  Seafarers  have  had  their  eyes  seai^n."  zero, and  crewmembers  put  in  sev­ Cooks and Stewards have'had their  Engineers  reports.­  The  subsidy  checked  and  received  new  glasses  applications  approved.  pension  eral  hours  chipping  Ice  off  the  grant, which  Isbrandtsen  has  been  under  the  program.  From  all  ac­ superstructure, beginning  at 5 AM.  They  are:  Arthur  Abbott,  P.' .N.  seeking,  has  not  as  yet  been'au­ counts,  Matthews  reported,  the  Coletsos,  Hirsch  Ma'to,  Abrahani  Then ,  thqy  went  to  work  tidying  Miller,  Emile  Sollberger,,  Robert  thorized,  but  its  chances  for. ap­ men  have' been  treated  well  and  her  up  for  the'shipyard.  are  happy  with  the  set­up  as  it  is  Race,  John  Edwards,  Paul  Lazo,  proval  look  good.  The storm  wasn't the only  weath,  .  .  A  .4  •  now  operating.  er hazard  encountered  by the  ship.  Jose  Rodriguez  and  Jack' Walls.  New  seniority  liiles  which  went  The ships  paying  off  in  this  port  •   it  t  J  i)  .  into effect at the Marine Cooks and  during  the  past  week  were the  Al­ SlU  membersllip  meet­ Enroute to Amsterdam  she ran into  coa  Pioneer  (Alcoa);  Coalinga  ings  are  held  regularly  heavy  fog  and  had  to  grope  32  Construction  is  coloring  the  Stewards  Union  give  higher  senif  miles  up­channel  entirely  via  Canadian',  picture  these  days.  ority  to  seamen  who  make  sidling  Hills  (Marine  Tankers);  Penn  Ex­ plorer  (Penn)  and  the  Margaret  every  two  weeks  on  Wed­ radar.  The shoreside  radar stations  Ground­breaking is expected short­ their primary or sole means of livei  Brown  (Bloomfield).  Signing  on  nesday  nights  at  7  PM  in  tracked  the ship all  the ^y pp, re­ ly  for  the  SIU  Canadian ­District  lihood.  Classifications  of  ''A"j  were  the  Wacosta  (Waterman);  Al­ all  SlU  ports.  All  Sea­ laying  instructions  to  the  pilot  via  hotel  in. Thorold,  while' the  mod­ • <B"',  ('C"  or  "non­seniority?'  how  walkie­talkie.  "Visibility  was  down  ern six­story  addition  to the­ head­ govern  the  hiring  of  steward  de^  coa  Pioneer  (Alcoa)  and  the  Coal­ farers  are  expected  to  quarters' buitdihg  in" Montreal  is  partment personnel.  ''  to  zero  at  the  time.  inga  Hills  (Marine  Tankers).  just about completed,'  Most'of  the  In  transit  were  the  Steel  Arti­ attend;  those  who  wish  to  Smooth. Payoff  .  remaining • w   ork  there  will"  be  of  san, Steel  Director  (Isthmian);  Mi­ be excused  should request  After  a  smooth  payoff,  many  chael  (Carras);  Petro  Chem  (Val­ members' of  the  ship's steward  de­ the  indoor  'variety,  plai^ering,  entine);  Morning  Light,  Wacosta  permission  by  telegram  partment  took  the  opport'Jiity  to  wiring,  painting,  etc.' :  (Waterman);  Del  Norte.  Del  San­ (be  sure  to  include  regis­ go after  their Coast  Guard lifeboat  Architects: for  the  hotel  have  tos  (Mississippi);  Atlas  (Tankers  tration  number).  The  next  certificates.  The  vei^el,  which  ae­ already  been  'commissioned  Sqd  and  Tramps);  The  Cabins  (Texais  commodates  850.  passengers  in  have been'requested to submit con­ City);  Bienville,  Ideal  X,  Beaure­ SlU  meetings  will be:  tourist class  and 50 in first  class, is  struction  plans' in the shortest pos­ gard  (Pan­Atlantic); Seatrains  New  scheduled  to  go. back  into  service  sible, timb.  March  4  t  4i  Jersey,  Texas,  New  York  (Sea­ on  March  7,  which  marks  the  be­ train);  Mermaid  (Metro);  Wang  ginning  of  the  spring  tourist  rush  The  MarRie  Cooks'and Stewards  March  18  Juror  (Denton);  Bradford  Island  to  Europe.  When  she  resumes  Training  Center  near  Santa  Rosa,  (Cities  Service);  Producer  (Marine  operations,  it  will  be  from  a  new  Calif.,  is  scheduling  a flock  of  re­ April  I  Carriers)  and  the  Helen  (Olympic  location.  Pier . 97,  North  River,  at  fresher  courses  designed to  at­ Transport).  Str,eet.  The  new  pier,  tract  a  record  enrollment  from  SAN  JUAN—A  call for  AFL­CIO  support  in  the fighj: on  the runaways and a demand  that the Military  Sea Transpor­ tation  Service  turn  missile  ship  operations  over  to ^private  shipowners  highlighted  the  to  US  ships or  ships  of  the  nation  midwinter  executive  board  receiving  US  aid.  meeting  of  the  Maritime  • It    also  approved  a  proposal  55  Atlantie Takes  Two­Week  Breather  Houston On  Ship  Binge  •  ' ;  t­­'­ Okays  SIU  Lakes  Win  SCHEDULE  OF  SlU  MEETINGS  Send 'em to the  iOG:  .f'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 November 27, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: INCOME TAX TIPS FOR SEAFARERS PACIFIC SIU HOTS MSTS SHIP PLAN COURTS TO GET RUNAWAY ISSUE CITE 2 SIU CREWS FOR ‘HEROIC ACTS’ SIU CHRISTMAS IN KOREA RUNAWAY BEEF WILL GO TO TRIAL, JUDGE SAYS CITE SIU SHIPS FOR ‘HEROIC ACTS’ PACIFIC DISTRICT HITS MSTS MANNING OF WC MISSILE FLEET HAILFAX LIENS HIT STRUCK CNS SHIPS PROPOSE COMMERCIAL A-SHIP BY MODIFYING EXISTING TANKER BUDGET BLOCKS US ACTION TO HOLD ATOM SHIP LEAD HYDROFOIL TEST SHIP CONTRACT AWARDED MOBILE WELCOMES VISIT BY SAFETY PLAN DIRECTOR NEW TAX DODGE: SHIP CONCLAVES PA. JOINS MARITIME STATES’ TAX-BOOSTING US OPERATORS QUARREL OVER ’50-50’ MTD BOARD ACTS ON SEVERAL US MARITIME ISSUES LABOR BOARD OKAYS SIU LAKES WIN Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/27/1959 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. 5  1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7bf06f611e60979ae004da90fd31c445.PDF 92ee5be0b3cde7de1c8b0d6ad42465d1 PDF Text Text AFL-CIO SETS GOALS FOR 89th CONGRESS -Story On Page 3 SKI Raps Agriculture Handling Of 50-50 -Story On Page 3 C||f PAff Cinn^r Seafarer oldtimer Oscar A. Rosman, 84, picks up his first regular monthly $150 pension check from SIU rep. Leon Hall at New York headquarters. An SIU member since 1938, Rosman's last ship was the Seatrain Texas, on which he sailed In the deck department as an ordinary. II/* _ __ David Allen Manuel, one-yearrtixe WW inner* QM son of seafarer Allen Manuel and his wife Gladys, clutches first-prize cup he won in Better Baby contest held recently at Lake Charles, Louisiana, where the Manuals make their home. Manuel sails in the steward department as third cook. Aufomation Meefing. IZ wuffaS Jordan is shown at right addressing ship automation symposium sponsored by Propeller Clnb of Baltimore. Jordan outlined SIU view that to be successful, ship automation must result in more jobs for American sea­ men and an upgrading of the U.S. merchant fleet. Left to right on dais are Jordan, Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson, AMMI President Ralph Casey and Vice Admiral Ralph E. Wilson, USN (ret.). (See Page 3.) �SEAFARERS Fare Tve MTD Raps Army Base Shutdown The new Marymar, first of six former C-4 troopships to be converted by SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Company, completes her sea trials in Chesapeake Bay. First Of Six Conversions By Calmar Converted Marymar Completes Sea Trials BALTBVIORE—The first of six C-4 troopships being con­ verted by SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Company, the Marymar, was christened here recently and has already suc­ cessfully completed her sea*'— trials in Chesapeake Bay. The crew quarters. Cargo handling new Marymar and the five equipment is then installed, in­ other former troopships are in various stages of conversion for use as freighters. One of the six ships, the Calmar, Is being converted at San Fran­ cisco. The rest, the Penmar, Seamar, Portmar, Yorkmar and Mary­ mar are undergoing conversion at Baltimore. All of the C-4's were allocated to Calmar Steamship as part of a group of 18 reserve fleet ships that the Maritime Administration made available to non-subsidized United States ship operators for conversion to commercial service. The company is trading in five of its Liberty ships in exchange for the larger, faster C-4's. Delivery Dales Calmar estimates total conver­ sion costs for the C-4's will be about $20 million. Delivery dates for the remaining vessels are: Penmar, January 8; Seamar, February 19; Portmar, April 2; Yorkmar, May 14, Calmar, Decem­ ber 28. Converting the troopships .for use as freighters is a lengthy process. First all excess fittings and structure, including many bulkheads and decks, are burned out. All troop berthing facilities are also dismantled. Next, bulkheads are relocated and superstructure forward of the machinery spaces is removed. Suf­ ficient bracketing is left in the ships to allow them to be towed to another shipyard where the second part of the conversion work is done. During this stage of the con­ version work, a new deckhouse and structural reinforcements below decks are added. The after part of the superstructure is altered to include a new pilot house and cluding winches, booms and king posts in addition to two revolving cranes. New Dimensions Three holds on each vessel are then lengthened—No. 1 hold be­ comes 107 feet. No. 2 and "No. 3 holds become 110 feet. Along with the installation of the revolving cranes, the lengthening of the holds is to facilitate the handling of steel and lumber cargoes, which will make up the primary cargoes the ships will haul. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—Attacks by extremists on the in­ tegrity of American institutions and leaders under the guise of fighting communism were bitterly assailed by AFL-CIO President George Meany as* he received an honorary doc­ plex world. tor of laws degree from Zona The college, he said, is built on SEAFARERS LOG i-9-: .-nl U NEW YORK—The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Greater New York Port Coun­ cil have denounced Defense De­ partment plans to close the Brooklyn Army Terminal and the New York Naval Shipyard (Brook­ lyn Navy Yard) here. The MTD and Port Council has challenged the' Defense Depart­ ment contention that the facilities are uneconomical and unnecessary. They have called for the creation of a Committee of Review with both public and private members to evaluate the military needs and the public costs of what would be a catastrophe for thousands of Brooklyn workers. Pl-esent Defense Department plans call for a gradual phasing out of the two Brooklyn facilities over the next year to 18 months. The closings would eliminate nearly 13,000 civilian jobs in the New York area, including about 700 longshoremen members of the International Longshoremens As­ sociation at the Army Terminal. In recent years from 200 to 300 trucks daily unloaded an average of 4,500 tons of freight at the Army Terminal. Lighterage move­ ments accounted for about 2,500 tons a day. The two New York facilities were among 95 bases in 33 states and abroad which were ordered closed by the Defense Department. The closings would directly elim­ inate some 63,000 civilian jobs throughout the United States. Meany Blast Hits Extremist Attacks College. "I can conceive of nothing more divisive of our national strength, nothing more dangerous to the preservation of freedom, no great­ er service to the cause of our enemies abroad," he declared. "If the day should come that they infect enough of our citizens to have a controlling effect upon our choice of national leaders and national policies, we shall be face to face with disaster. Equally dangerous is complacency and in­ difference." Source Of Strength He called on the nation to pre­ serve and build upon "our primary source .of strength" in the struggle for freedom—"our moral values, our concern for our brothers, and our freedom to seek and act upon the truth no matter where it leads." "Let us not in fear and frustra­ Nov. 27, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 24 tion, borrow the faults of our ad­ versaries," he urged, "the paranoid delusions, the suspicion and dis­ trust, and the weakness for easy answers and demogogic appeals PAOI HALL, President which vent their hostility not HEBBEBT BRAND, Editor; BERNARD SEA­ MAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, upon the real enemy, but upon NATHAN SKYER, Assistant Editors; our own representatives and fel­ ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE low citizens." CARMEN, Staff Writers. Meany was honored at the 25th Published biweekly at the headquarters anniversary convocation of the col­ of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters lege, which is operated by the District, AFL-CIO, 67S Fourth Avenue, Irish Christian Brothers. He drew Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post a parallel between the objectives Office In Brooklyn, NY, vhder the Act of the college and of the AFL-CIO, f Aug. 34, 1912. and stressed the need for educa- itiOjQ I9 ^.tpijay's^ inCTeasiqgly, fpm- November 27, 1964 LOG ItdeAmMonai fhesiJMtM nEPO RT By Paul Hail The weaknesses in the administration of cargo preference laws, whidh are to essential to the U.S. merchant marine, were stressed by the SIUNA and all of its affiliated seagoing unions at the last Grievance Committee meeting In Washington on November 23. In addition to the position of the International and the Atlantic and Gulf District, the SIU Pacific District unions emphasized their particular grievances, as these affect their members directly. Officers of the Pacific Disitriet Unions—^Morris Weisberger of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, William Jordan of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders and Ed Turner of the Marine Cooks and Ste^vards—^presented the positions of our organizations, pointing out how maladministration of cargo preference laws hampers and pre­ vents expansion of West CO'ast shipping. They also pointed out how the West Coast has been virtually ignored in the shipment of grain by the Department of Agriculture under the P.L. 480 program. As a result of the combined efforts of the SIUNA and its seagoing components, the problems of the West Coast were brought to the attention of government representatives, including those of the De­ partment of Agriculture, with the result that a more thorough ex­ ploration of this entire area has been scheduled for the next Grievance Committee hearing. While such meetings may not produce immediately tangible results, this continuous hammering away at the issues could ultimately have a beneficial effect on the future of our merchant fleet and the jobs of seamen. * * * When the American voters went to the polls on November 3, they overwhelmingly voiced their determination to continue cm the course of social and economic progress. They unmistakably indicated that they very strongly favor government programs and policies that will provide the economic opportunities and security for all Americans of which this nation is capable. Now that the American people has expressed the direction in which it wants our country to move, the time approaches to begin implement­ ing their mandate. This week the AFL-CIO laid the groundwork for that implementation. Through the Executive Council, the labor fed­ eration has called for the legislative goals that should be adopted by the Adminisitration and the Congress in order to achieve the kind of American society that President Johnson has envisioned, and which is vital to the well-being of the great majority of the people. As the Executive Council points out, the U.S. is "the richest and most productive land the world has ever known," but there are a great many inequities that must be eliminated so that all may properly share in the abundance of our land. The Federation called for a legislative program covering the major areas affecting the welfare of all citizens, including unemployment, poverty, housing, educational opportunities, social security, medical care for the aged, free collective bargaining, minimum wage and hour standards, health, co.nsumer protection, foreign trade and taxes. This legislative program constitutes a blueprint for the goals we of the trade union movement must work for and achieve in the days immediately ahead. Shortly after the first of the year, the AFL-CIO International unions, state and central bodies will participate in a legislative conference, the objective of which wiU be to press for implementation of the Federation's 1965 legislative goals. The SIU will play its part in this important effort, and as the program develops, we will advise the membership of what they and their families can do to help in achiev­ ing the labor movement's go^als which so vitally affect the well-being of all of us. the proposition that education is a basic need if each individual is to realize his full potential and make his maximum contribution to society. "You have sought to minimize the economic barriers,to a higher education and to make it available NEW YORK—^The American Maritime Assodation has without regard to race, creed, or called for an amendment to the U.S. oil import program re­ color," he continued. "And you have maintained the principle that quiring that any U.S. oil company allocated a quota of more higher education in its true mean­ than 10,000 barrels of crude or *" ing must enlarge the perception unfinished foreign oil a day barrels imported during the first of moral values and personal transport at least 50 percent half of this year, over 137 million barrels were Imported by the responsibility for the course of of it in U.S.-flag tankers. human affairs. The proposal was outlined In a larger refineries—those which "American labor embraces the letter to the oil import administra­ would come under the provisions same aspirations and seeks the tor of the Department of the In­ of the AMA proposal. In calling for amendment of the same goals." terior. The privately-owned. inde­ He recalled that the first unions pendent U.S.-flag tanker fleet oil import program, the AMA made universal free education one would benefit if the proposal were pointed out that the "profit reaped of their prime objectives, and that enacted because the bulk of the by the oil companies from the im­ ever since, organized labor has major oil companies' tanker fleets port quota rights alone would been seeking to extend oppor­ are operated under runaway-flag amount to $153.7 million. tunities for education, improve its registration to take advantage of AMA Proposal quality and quantity, and elimi­ loopholes in U.S. tax laws and to "We are asking, therefore, that nate social and economic barriers avoid maintaining U.S. seamen's the largest crude oil quota hold­ to its fullest utilization. ers give up about 7 percent of wages and safety conditions. "Adequate education is a prime the bonanza they receive by virtue Facts And Figures condition to survival in this com­ The AMA pointed out that dur­ of holding an import quota, a plex modern world," Meany de­ ing the first half of 1964, over 173 bonanza created by the oil import clared. "The future of our democ­ million barrels of crude or un­ program, not by investment or op­ racy and the continued existence finished oil were imported by com­ erations." of . human freedom depend upon panies possessing quotas. The Adoption of the AMA proposal an informed public." quota system was originally set would aid the entire U.S. maritime The changes going on in the up in 1959 after Presidential com­ Industry by making these oil car­ world, he emphasized, call not only mittee findings that the ratio of goes available to U.S.-flag tank­ for the elimination of illiteracy our oil imports over domestic pro­ ers because it would reduce the in its traditional sense, but also duction had reached a point where number of these tankers engaged of "social and political illiteracy, they could endanger the national in the grain trade, thus creating the illiteracy of bias and prejudice security. more cargoes for the U.S.-flag and, ,thf i illit^aey, .of. ^Bdjtffweqoei"., .Qf moiiHB-idl^^n 1173 jmijlion; tramp and ybulkship ,fle%t{i ar.well. Maritime Group Calls For 50-50 Law On Oil Imports �November 87, 1964 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG AFL- CIO Pushes '65 Legislative Program WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO Ex­ ecutive Council has called for enactment of a legislative program by the forthcom­ ing Congress that will provide a "giant step forward on the road" to the "Great Society" for which President Johnson was given a mandate, by the people on Election Day. "Now it is incumbent upon all who join in that man­ date to translate it into practical reality," the council said. The sweeping program, released at the close of the AFLi-CIO Executive Council meeting here on November 24, outlined a call for action in 14 major areas affecting the well-being of the American people. SIUNA Presi­ dent Paul Hall, a member of the 27-man council, par­ ticipated in the special session. In the area of foreign trade and aid, the council re­ called that the labor movement has demonstrated its comimitmenit to the principle of trade expansion and of the nation's foreign aid "and economic assistance pro­ grams. The council said, however, that we must have "a mechanism to protect workers and business." The council called for expanded use "of Ameri­ can-flag ships In transporting materials used in aid projects and Indeed, in all aspects of our ex­ port-import commerce must be expanded." Legislation to remove the shackles from collective bargaining was declared one of labor's chief aims at the council meeting. AFL-CIO President George Meany told a press conference at the end of the one-day meet­ ing that "The first priority is to restore collective bargaining by seeking repeal of section 14-b of the Taft-Hartley law which allows states to enact so-called 'Right-to-Work' laws." In a statment summarizing its legislative goals, the council said "today we have the opportunity ... to take, in 1965, a giant step forward on Jhe road to a society that will enable all our citizens to realize their full potential. And this giant step forward can be taken through enactment of the measures the AFL-CIO has long urged. "We believe, that government, the instrument of tha people, should use its powers to attack and solve the people's problems," the council said. The major areas outlined by the council in pursuit of it^ legislative goals are as follows: • War on Poverty—^The War on Poverty "is fully con­ sistent with the policy of the American labor move­ ment, for poverty has been our sworn enemy since the first union was established. Virtually every item in this present list of legislative goals is an attack on poverty ... all contribute to the objective. The war on poverty . . . needs more support . . . more money." • Foreign Trade and Aid—The AFL-CIO is committed to the principle of trade expansion which will continue to command broad national support only if accompanied by a mechanism to protect workers and businesses ad­ versely affected by increased imports. "The present law contains a mechanism but it has yet to work. Un­ less it can be made to work it must be replaced by one that does. The foreign aid and assistance programs have had the full support of the labor movement . . . use of American-flag ships in carrying aid cargoes and in all aspects of our export-import commerce must be expanded." • Consumer Protection—^Passage Of the Truth-inPackaging and Truth-in-Lending bills is essential to assure the American people of a fair deal; propose establishment of a federal consumer information ser­ vice to help buyers meet the complexities of today's marketing. • Social Insurance—"Worst threat to old age security is high cost of illness" . . . Urge Implementation of "a SIUNA seagoing unions participated in symposium on automation spon­ sored by Propeller Club of Baltimore. Shown at left is SlU vice-president Earl (Bull) Shepard as he arose to question a view ex­ pressed by one of the speakers. SIUNA representa­ tives urged that ship automation be used to create jobs for seamen. SlU Blasts Agriculture Agency Undermining Of 50-50 Laws— Cails For Ouster Of Freeman WASHINGTON—The 'SIU has charged that the Department of Agriculture has been maladministering the Government's cargo preference program and contributing to the de­ struction of the American-flag merchant marine and the jobs of thousands of American sailors and other maritime administers the Publlo Law 480 carriage of these cargoes, which workers. program (Food for Peace) imder represent such a tiny percentage The SIU also charged that which surplus U.S. farm com­ of our total foreign trade, but the responsibility for the program rests with Secretary of Agriculture Orvillo L. Freeman and has called for his dismissal. The Department of Agriculture SIU Urges Ship Automation Conference Job Increase, Fleet Upgrading Must Be Coal Of Automation BALTIMORE—SIUNA International Vice-president William Jordan has urged that the automation of American flag merchant ships have as its goal an enhancement of the-position of the American flag fleet and an increase in the number of job opportunities avail­ able to American merchant • seeamen and other maritime in size, strength and prestige since destroyed under the guise of workers. the end of World War II, Jordan achieving efficiency. A larger Any attempt to utilize automa­ tion techniques simply to increase the profits of American shipping companies while at the same time depriving thousands of American seamen and maritime workers of jobs would be a short-sighted and self-defeating one which would have grave repercussions, not only on the American maritime indus­ try but on other industries, Jor­ dan warned. The SIUNA vice president, who is also president of the SIUNAaffiliated Marine Firemen's Union on the West Coast, was one of the speakers at a symposium on ship automation held here under the sponsorship of the Propeller Club of the Port of Baltimore. Also present was SIU vice-president Earl Shepard. Noting that the American flag fleet has been declining steadily pointed out that this fleet now numbers some nine hundred active ocean going ships, carries only some nine percent of this nation's total overseas commerce and pro­ vides employment opportunities for only some 47,000 merchant sea­ men. Supports SIU Position "We of the American maritime labor unions," Jordan said, "have frequently been accused of seek­ ing to Impede the introduction of automation techniques of the American flag fleet. This is simply not true. As parties with a direct interest iiT the health and eco­ nomic well being of the American fleet we are as aware as anyone of the need to improve the com­ petitive position of the fleet. "But the purpose of automation will be defeated if in the process we allow Americah Jobs to be national hospital insurance system based on social security principles for those over 65" . . . substantial increases in social security benefits and a realistic reevaluation of the present eligibility age of 65. • Minimum Wage and Hours—An increase in the basic wage to $2.00 an hour and a cut in the standard work week to 35 hours is urged; also a broadening of coverage under the act to include alL workers whose Jobs are affected by interstate commerce. • Education—^A major program of Federal aid to elementary and secondary schools is necessary to help meet all needs, including construction, with substan­ tial aid to schools serving low-income areas and com­ prehensive assistance to college students. ^ • Urban Problems—Must increase federal funds for public housing based on an emphasis on slum clearance, modernization and community planning . . . Reinforce­ ment of the mass transit bill of 1963. . • Resource and Regional Development — Federal Government must take initiatives in water supply and river development, preservation of forests and range lands, regional rather than local or community plan­ ning for development of broad areas like Appalaohia. • Health Problems—Must assure American people of benefits of medical advances . . . calls for federal scholarships to medical students and other assistance to students in health fields; hospital construction and modernization; grants and loans to community mental health centers. • Tax Policy—"Tax structure needs improvement" ... we support an elimination of excise taxes on goods and services used by all people and on income taxes for those families at or below the pove^ level. The AFL-CIO Executive Council also criticized the Federal Reserve Board's action in raising the discount rate from 8Vft to 4 percent, and predicted it would have an injurious effect on the nation's continuing growth rate. American fleet which will increase opportunities for American sea­ men and other maritime workers should be the true goals of auto­ mation." "Far too often," Jordan de­ clared, "American shipping com­ panies, as well as various govern­ ment agencies have Indicated that they view automation only as a convenient method of achieving economies of operation without reference to other imperative con­ siderations which may be in­ volved." As an example, Jordan cited new rules which the Coast Guard has promulgated reducing the man­ ning scale for unlicensed seamen in the engine rooms of automated vessels although the Coast Guard, by its own admission, has stated that it has no operational ex­ perience with such vessels on which to Justify this' reduction; modities are shipped to needy na­ tions. Under the Cargo Preference Act, at least half of these govern­ ment cargoee must be shipped in American vessels. The SIU charges were made at the Nov. 16 meeting of the Mari­ time Advisory Committee here, by SIU President Paul Hall, a mem­ ber of the committee. The Committee was created by Executive Order of President Johnson on June 17 to consider the problems of the American maritime industry. It consists of Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, chairman; Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, and 17 non-Government members repre­ senting the maritime industry, maritime labor and the general public. The SIU representative is its international president, Paul Hall. The SIU noted in its statement that all Government-generated non-military cargoes now make up about 7% of this country's total foreign trade. Of this 7%, only half—or 3^% of our total foreign trade—is assured to American-flag vessels by the Cargo Preference Act. U.S. Ships Ignored Yet the Department of Agri­ culture, which ships 70% of these Cargo Preference commodities, has methodically attempted to deprive American ships and sea­ men of their fair share of cargoes, the SIU asserted. "It is little short of tragic," said the SIU, "that the Department of Agriculture, under Orville Free­ man, has consistently and persis­ tently attempted to undercut American ships and seamen in tlie which spell the difference between profit and loss for our subsidized liners, and between life and death for our unsubsidized dry cargo tramps and tankers." The SIU noted that Agriculture has often attempted to justify its employment of foreign-flag ships on the grounds that American ves­ sels cost too much and that it must protect the taxpayers' dollar. The Union pointed out that over $15 billion worth of farm com­ modities have been shipped abroad since the PL 480 program began in 1954, and that the extra costs of shipping American during this period have amounted to about $330 million, or slightly more than 2% of the total value of these cargoes. "The Department of Agricul­ ture," the SIU said, "spends over $5 billion a year tp support high prices for American farmers and does this in such a slipshod man­ ner as to have made possible the Billie Sol Estes scandal. When we consider the manner in which Agriculture expends the taxpay­ ers' money, we are appalled by Agriculture's attempts to achieve picayune economies by helping to kill off an industry which is es­ sential both to the nation's com­ merce and to its national defense." The SIU added that "at best. Agriculture complies grudgingly with the minimum requirements of the law. At the worst, it prac­ tices and condones the practice of procedures which make it difficult for American shipowners to obtain these Government cargoes, and which make it virtually impossible to carry them at a fair profit, even if they do obtaki them." �SEAFARERS Page FOOT LOG Six Seafarers Awarded $150 Pension For Life Six more members of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District have been added to the ever­ growing list of Seafarers to receive a monthly pension check of $150 regularly for the rest of their lives. The new additions to the list bring the total for the year to 92. ^ The new pensioners, approved by the Board of Trus­ Grant sailed In the steward depart­ in New York confident of a steady tees of the Welfare Plan are ment. His last ship was the Globe income from The SIU Welfare Noremher t7, IMl By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantie N.Y. Hails Verrazano Bridge Debut Seafarers sailing in and out of New York harbpr for the last few years have had a ringside seat—even if only a passing one—for the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The span, which crosses the mouth of the Upper Bay and connects Brooklyn and Staten Island for the first time, is the world's longest. Located, as it is, near our Plan. Theodore Phelps, 66; Wilfred E. Explorer. Brother Fortin joined the union Brooklyn Headquarters, Seafarers here have had an interest in the Grant, 67; Henry C, Gerdes, 62; Gerdes Joined the union in the in the port of New York, and bridge and the changes it will bring. In addition to increasing traffic Arthur G. Collett, 53; Theodore on Fourth Avenue, the construction of the bridge may also bring some Fortin, 66; and Lionel Desplact, port of New Orleans early in the shipped in the steward depart­ surprises to the New York maritime picture. Local officials are already ment. He last sailed aboard the history of the SIU and sailed in 54. predicting that the bridge will transform Staten Island into a major Phelps is an the steward department as chief Del Norte. A native of Massachu- port area within a few years. As more docks and other facilities are SIU oldtlmer consitruoted, we can expect more SlU-contraoted ships to put into who began sail­ Staten Island, thus relieving some of the heavy load on the Brooklyn ing 12 years be­ and New Jersey piers. fore he joined Meanwhile, the SIU, along with the rest of the city's labpr move­ the union in its ment, can give a vote of thanks to the union construction workers early days in New whose skilled hands made the bridge possible. The unions most of Orleans. A mem­ these brave men belong to are also members of the Maritime Trades ber of the engine Department to which the SIU belongs. We also give a special tribute department, h e to those men, and there were many, as in all such projects, who made last sailed aboard Phelps the ultimate sacrifice in the course : the Del Aires. A of their hazardous jobs. Bill Carney was last on the India native of Florida, Phelps will take Desplant Fortin Collett Gerdes Shipping has been slow in New run on the Midland. Now he says life easy In his present home in New Orleans, La. steward. A native of New Orleans, setts, he will retire to his present York during the last period but he is looking out for a short haul looks as if it will pick up in the that will have him back in Boston A native of the British West In­ La., he last sailed aboard the Del home in New Orleans, La. Lionel Desplant first joined the weeks ahead. Many members for Christmas. dies, Grant, another SIU oldtimer, Oro. has finished his years of sailing Baltimore A member of the SIU for many union from the port of Baltimore passing through the port have and will now settle down in his years, Collett spent his years at and sailed as night cook & baker. dropped in at the Hall to cast Shipping has been slack in home in New York with the assur­ sea sailing in me deck depart­ Desplant was last aboard the Santa their ballots in the A&G election. Baltimore also. Little improve­ ance that his pension check will ment. He last sailed aboard the Emilia. A native of Virginia, Des­ Among the members doing their ment is expected in the coming arrive each month. After joining Steel Age as bosun. A native of plant and his wife plan to spend duty as good unionists are J. 6. two. weeks. In the last period, Skuba, V. Sanabria and James the SIU in the port of Boston, Canada, he will settle in his home their retirement in. New York. three ships paid off, four signedHand. on and ten were serviced in Drew C. Gay, a Florida Sea­ transit. farer who has been shipping out of Thomas N. Johnson, who just New York for the last 15 years, is paid off the Marore, said he en­ watching the board for the right joyed a very good trip to Brazil. bosun's job. Not only was the port good, he Ken Galney is watching the says, but the crew was good, and board for a good Far East run, as the ship was a good feeder. is E. A. Anderson, who sails as an The SIU Pacific District-contracted Java Mail (American electrician. Andy is good guy to Curtis Southwick enjoyed his Mail Lines), chosen by the Navy to serve double duty as a have around because he is always last trip on the Olga and says she had a fine crew. He is now on the research vessel while plying her regular Far East run proved willing to offer a helping hand lookout for a coastwise run. to the younger members in prop­ her worth as a valuable aid to 4 Viktor Makko, a quarter-century erly filling out various forms and oceanographic research, the In line with that goal, a mobile generally teaching them the ropes. union man, says he is very happy to be sailing under the SIU ban­ Office of Naval Research re­ laboratory the size of a highway van was installed on the Java Boston ner and likes to point to the many ports. Shipping remains on the slow gains the union has made in the The Java Mail was the key ele­ Mail's deck before she left on her Seattle, Yokohama, bell in Bostj)n, but some improve­ years he has been a member. ment of R:oject Neptune, a Navy scheduled operation to test the feasibility of Hong Kong trip. Six marine biofo- ment is expected in the next Norfolk using working merchant ships as gists and oceanographic consult­ period. During the last period, one Shipping has been good in auxiliary research vessels. The suc­ ants from the Navy research ship paid off, five were serviced Norfolk. The Rebecca took a crew branch manned the laboratory, col­ in transit and there were no signcess of the test could lead to a Receiving best wishes on in the last period, virtually clean­ lecting samples of plankton and ons. fleet ot freighters that would col­ his retirement from the sea, ing out the Hall. The outlook for other marine life from the sea lect scientific Information from Kenneth Larose, who last sailed the next period remains good. Seafarer Wilfred Grant while the ship proceeded along the sea while normally engaged in the deck department on the There were two payoffs in the accepts his first Union in moving cargoes on their regular her route. Mount Washington, is getting sea last period, two sign-ons and six pension check. An SIU The project, which presents a fever after five months of work­ runs. member since the early great potential for the U.S.-flag ing on the beach and is looking ships in transit. "The goal of Project Neptune," days of the Union, Grant Roy Cutbrell, in the blackgang merchant fleet, was supported by to ship again. the Navy said, "is to obtain the the House Committee on Merchant on the Henry for the past seven sailed in the steward de­ biology data and also collect re­ Benny Boudreau, a 25-year SIU partment. His last ship search data without interfering Marine and Fisheries. Among the man,'last sailed as an AB on the months, was sorry to see her leave was the Globe Explorer with the routine of the ship's op­ possible uses for the merchant- Cabins. He says he will be glad the coastwise run with a load of research ships are the collection grain for India. He says he did eration." (Maritime Overseas). of marine weather information, to get back to sea after two months not want to be that far from home surveying of- potential commercial of fishing and relaxing up in and he is now looking for a coa'stfishing grounds and charting the Canada. wise tanker run. John Duffy, a 20-year union movement of ocean currents. Thomas Johnson, who joined the The Navy said its findings could man, is just off the St. Lawrence Anchorage in Puerto Rico, spent presage the day when all merchant and says he will stay home with Thanksgiving on the beach before NEW YORK—The opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge ships can gather scientific data as the family until the holidays are shipping again in the engine de­ I could be the forerunner to the opening of Staten Island as a major over. He plans to watch out for a partment. they ply normal trade routes. j cargo and passenger terminal. Borough President Albert V. Man- i Besides the test ship Java Mail, coastwise run after that. Bruce Knight, last off the Dej iscalco predicted this week. George Swift, last on the Cabins, Soto, Is in drydock now but' hopes the SIU has regular oceanographic 1 In an appraisal of the island's future now that it has its first and scientific vessels under con­ says he will be glad to get off­ to be able to ship again in the near solid link to the rest of the city, Maniscalco said that Staten tract. The foremost of these is the shore again after six months on future. Island might become the "heart" of New York's maritime activiAnton Bruun of the Alpine Geo­ the beach. Puerto Rico • I ties within the next five years. physical Laboratories which has Philadelphia Maniscalco placed a $20 million figure on the cost of expanding Shipping remains good in done extensive research work in I Staten Island's port facilities so that it could handle bulk and pas­ Shipping has been slow in Phila­ Puerto Rico with 12 ships serviced the Indian Ocean. senger service. He said the island offers facilities unavailable in delphia without much prospect for during the last, period. Qn the ' any other part of the port. improvement in the coming period. maritime front, construction on He said he did not expect improvements to come all at once, In the last two week period, three the first stage of the $80 million ^ but urged city officials to begin by demolishing old piers and deships paid off, one signed-on and Puerto Nuevo shipping and dock­ , veloping marginal waterfront activities. By a succession of quick there were seven" ships in transit. ing complex will end before July J stages, the island's waterfront could be transformed into a modern, Edwin David, just off the Keva 1, 1965. Six piers will be ready ; efficient cargo and passenger handling area. Ideal, says he will stay on the then, with room provided for eight ^ Among the benefits Staten Island offers over other parts of the' beach for a while yet and will more in the future. I New York port area are dockside railroad facilities, a waterfront I Among the old timers on the then try for any kind of run. with a deep upland area and a location at the entrance to the Jimmy Winters, last "on the Spit­ beach here, Ramon Sierra has had I harbor that could cut arrival time and pilot responsibilities. fire, has been laid up in drydock a long rest and is now back in Maniscalco said that passengers using Staten Island as a defor the last four months. He re­ San Juan looking for a choice : barking point could take buses over the bridge to the terminals, ports he is now fully recovered, ship. I avoiding the usually congested west side Manhattan pier area. The Pete Gaivelin, serving as a mem­ however, and rarin' to go. Isame would hold true fbr the movement of cargo by truck to and Konrad Hoffman, after - some ber of the Polls Committee, is also I froiha the Staten Island waterfront, once developed. time on the beach, is looking for keeping an eye peeled on the the first Calmar ship"heading oiit. board for a' ship to" his iikihg. *' S/U Ship Doubles In Research Role New Bridge Seen Expanding Staten island Port Faciiities �Norember ST, M«4 SEAFARERS Pice Five LOO Worldwide Ceremonies Mourn J.F.K. A MERICANS all over the world and on the high seas paused this week on Sunday, November 22, in memory of the late Pres­ ident John F. Kennedy on the anniversary of his assassination last year in Dallas, Tex. Over forty thousand persons came to Arling­ ton National Cemetery on the first anniversary of the assassination and stood on line for hours in bitter cold weather to pay their respects to the late President. Many brought wreaths and flowers to be placed on the grave beside the eternal flame which marks Kennedy's final resting place. Many foreign nations were represented among the visitors to Arlington and the wreaths placed at the graveside. Memorial services for the slain President were held in cities and towns throughout the United States at places of worship and at his­ torical monuments. Similar services were at­ tended by Americans in foreign countries and by foreign citizens in many places, in memory of a man recognized as not just an American president, but a world leader. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who attained the nation's highest office on the death of Ken­ nedy, attended memorial services at Austin, Texas. Also present at the Austin services was, among others, Texas Governor John' B. Con­ nelly Jr., who was riding in the same car with the President and Mrs. Kennedy at the time of the assassination and was himself seriously wounded. The Kennedy family attended services at Washington and at Hyannis Port, Mass. Plans have been approved for a memorial to mark the Kennedy grave at Arlington National Cemetery, which is distinguished now only by a simple white picket fence and the flickerng of the eternal flame. On a direct line with the Lincoln Memorial and the Potomac River in the background, the simple Kennedy memorial would incorporate the eternal flame with a plain gray slate tablet to cover the grave. A NAVY man himself, the late President John F. Kennedy was proud of the United States' history as a naval and maritime power, and was proud of the men and ships which created the nation's seafaring traclitions. Visitors to the White House while JFK was in office grew familiar with the many scale models of famous American vessels, both mer- Plans for the permanent design of the John F. Kennedy grave in Arlington National Cemetery have been approved. .A gray slate tablet wi I cover the grave (foreground), marked by the eternal flame. The site overlooks the Potomac River and the Lincoln Memorial. Above is a portion of the collection of ship models owned by the late President John F. Kennedy, now on display at the Naval Museum at the Washington Navy Yard. The collection includes many merchantmen and warships famous in American history. chantmen and fighting-ships, which he kept on display in his office and in various other rooms. The Kennedy collection is now on display at the newly opened Naval Historical Display Admiral Urges 'Renaissance' Of U.S. Maritime Capacity NEW YORK—-A "renaissance of the American merchant capability" must come about If the United States is to continue its leadership position in the world. Admiral David L. Mc­ Donald, Chief of Naval Operations, declared. The Admiral made the call-* in a major address to the So­ vate U.S. commercial fleet has building workers. He said the Navy was concerned ciety of Naval Architects and declined from 1,258 to 983 ships. Marina Engineers at their annual The Admiral also pointed out that because its members were not only conference here. McDonald warned more than 90 percent of our na­ taxpayers, but had tlie additional of the "massive naval, merchant, tion's export-Import trade was car­ interest arising from America's de­ fishing and oceanographic ship­ ried in foreign bottoms, and that fense needs. "In time of war or building program" undertaken by the U.S.-flag merchant fleet has emergency," he said, "It la the the Soviet Union In recent years, been allowed to "go to pot" three Navy's Job to move troops and sup­ and said that the Russians seem times In the last one hundred plies to places of battle and sus­ to understand the doctrine of sea years. "It seems that each genera­ tain them. It can only be done in power as a factor In world power tion of Americans takes a perverse terms of numbers and time by use better than the United States does. delight in scuttling the merchant of maritime transport. Sufficient ships must be manned and ready The officer quoted a statement marine," he said. to go. Disturbing Note by Senator Warren O. Magnuson "In this Instance, the merchant (D.-Wash.), chairman of the Sen­ "But the really disturbing ate Commerce Committee, that thought," he noted, "is that the marine becomes a 'fourth arm of said Russia is building two me­ plight of the merchant marine is a defense." dium or large merchant ships a challenge to the American system It has to become a unit of the week and has tripled her ocean itself." He warned that the decline nations total fighting sea power tonnage and multipled her tanker in U.lS'. sea power and shipbuild­ almost instantly. Otherwise, in tonnage ten times in the past ing would eventually mean the time of war, the Navy would again decade. The report also noted that closing of shipyards that are vital be in the dubious position in which the Soviets have doubled their to the national defense in the event Admiral Earnest King found it in number of merchant vessels from of conflict and a loss of the valu­ 1941 . . . 'lota of bread but very 482 to 1,124 ships while the pri-< able skills of maritime and ship­ little butter'." Center, a full-scale museum, at the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington. Some of the most famous sailing ships ever built are included in the 24-ship model collec­ tion of the former President. Perhaps the bestknown of these is the Flying Cloud, a clipper ship built in Boston in 1851. Clipper Ships The Flying Cloud set a record on her maiden voyage—New York to San Francisco in 89 days, 21 hours. The same record fell again before the Flying Cloud in 1854 when she shaved an­ other 17 hours off her own time for the same run. In that same year the speedy clipper took another record—New York to Hong Kong via San Francisco in 126 sailing days. The 10 greatest years in U.S. maritime his­ tory are represented by a model of the Clipper Sea Witch. Among her records are: New York to Valparaiso, Chile—59 days; Canton, China to New York—81 sailing days with one stop. In 1849 the Sea Witch set the first permanent world sailing record—Hong Kong to New York with the China Mail in 74 days, 14 hours. To continue their record-setting habits, the Clipper Ships underwent a continuous devel­ opment of hull design to bring about greater speed. The development of the Clipper hull is represented by a model of the Anna McKim, launched at Baltimore and the first of the really slim-hulled Clippers. Whaling Ships The whaling ship played a major part in the maritime history of the United States and is represented in the Kennedy collection by a model of the Charles W. Morgan. Built in 1841, the 105-foot whaler made 37 whaling voyages and earned over $2 million for her owners. "The Morgan remained active until 1921 and is still in existence and on display to the public at Mystic, Connecticut. The'proud history of U.S. fighting ships is represented by a model of the second in a long line of naval vessels to carry the name of Wasp into battle. The Wasp in the Kennedy collec­ tion distinguished herself in the War of 1812. Another Wasp, the aircraft carrier, carried the name into World War II and won glory against the Japanese. Not a part of the Kennedy collection, the mu­ seum houses a whale-boat size model of an­ other U.S. fighting ship, the USS Constellation. This model, fully rigged, once actually sailed from Baltimore to Philadelphia under its own canvas. Brooklyn Yard Has Historic Past Navy Yard History Covers 180'Years Over 180 years of U.S. maritime history will die if the Defense Department goes through with its plans to close the Brooklyn Navy Yard. -* The site which later be­ Bennington, Bon Homme Richard, and Franklin D. Roose< came the Navy Yard was the Kearsage velt. home of the first shipyard in Since World War II, the carriers the area, and built many early- Saratoga, Independence and Con­ American merchant vessels. The stellation have taken to the sea first of a long line of fighting ships from its drydocks. During the Civil War the famous built there was the John Adams, which took to the water in 1798 Union ironclad Monitor was fitted and earned a name for itself dur­ out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to do battle with the Confederate ing the War of 1812. ironclad Merrimack. The battle­ The yard has made big contribu­ tions to U.S. sea power in four ship Maine, whose sinking in wars. The battleship Missouri— Havana Harbor led to the Spanish "Mighty Mo"—was built there. It American War slid down the ways was on her armored decks that the there. In World War I, the yard final surrender In World War II built the battleship New Mexico, among others. was signed. The Brooklyn Army Terminal, The yard had its busiest days between the attack on Pearl Har­ which dates back 45 years, is also bor in 1941 to the end of the war slated for closing. The Terminal, in 1945. In all, it repaired more familiar to many Seafarers, was than 5,000 ships, converted about the landing point for U.S. troops 250 others and built the battle­ returning after World War I, and ships North Carolina, Iowa and was the point of departure for 3.5 Missouri ind the aircraft carriers million G.I.'s during World War II. �• tr,'-'-r r--/ vji' .. .•j.y,..'',- , •• ' 'y -rvtl '{••**• -*1 .M SEAFARERS T»f Ml ]r«veirtn tt, MM LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 7 - November 20 The job situation dropped slightly during the past two weeks as the total number of SIU men shipped dipped to 1,187 from 1,388 in the previous reporting period. The decline was mostly on the East Coast, where the greatest decreases occurred in New York, Norfolk and Jacksonville. The Gulf Coast job situation, however, was greatly improved over the previous period. New Orleans registered the sharpest gain, followed by Tampa and Mobile. Houston shipping declined slightly, although the job outlook remained bright. The shipping picture was reflected in both the deck and engine departments. The number of Seafarers who shipped in these departments was higher this period than the previous one. Steward department job calls, however, dipped slightly. With the onset of colder weather, registrations gained Ship Aclfvify slightly. Total registration during the two week period climbed to 1,388, as compared with 1,178 in the previous two weeks. The number of men registered and on the beach also increased, to 3,744, from 3,660 in the prior re­ porting period. The changes in the seniority breakdown were slight during the last two weeks. The share of Class A men shipping slipped one point to 54 percent. While the share of Class B men answering the job calls gained one point, rising to 33 percent. Class C men maintained the same share of 13 percent, as in the previous period. Shipping activity slowed slightly during the past two weeks. There were 55 payoffs, compared with 63 the previous period; and 36 sign-ons, contrasted to 46 in the prior two weeks. In transit visits were down to 224 from 237 in the prior period. Pay Offt Si9i hi Om Tram. TOTAL 6 Boften ...... 1 4 New Yerii.... 13 Philadelphia .. 3 i Baltimore .... 3 4 Norfolk 2 2 Jachsonvllle .. 3 1 Tampa 2 2 MoWfe 4' 0 New Orleoai.. 9 . 11 Hoetton 4 7 Wilmington .. ' 2 1 Son Francisco. 3 3 Seattle ...... 3 3 TOTALS ... 55 36 8 17 7 10 4 12 7 5 18 29 6 8 5 6 34 11 17 • 16 11 9 SB 48 9 14 11 133 224 DfCff DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 23 ALL 0 3 1 2 25 52 13 90, 2 8 19 9 31 11 1 19 10 3 1 6 1 2 2 5 1 0 2 3 8 3 9 20 20 04 31 13 35 25 12 72 0 3 3 7 14 24 24 10 12 Port Boston New York.... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington . . Kan Francisco Seattle TOTALS 130 185 53 I 368 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 10 18 30 10 2 49 29 10 13 1 4 0 2 4 7 9 24 16 6 1 14 9 17 1 0 2 5 9 6 2 10 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 1 5 0 19 13 9 4 27 53 47 17 18 26 3 21 0 42 41 17 19 22 3 3 3 0 1 2 0" 18 11 15 4 9 5 1 26 0 4 4 16 9 9 9 GROUP 123 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 18 21 12 17 4 0 1 4 0 5 3 0 7 8 86 98 | 193 84 152 37 1 273 10 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 2 3 ALL ALL 1 0 0 '• 0 3 4 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 71 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1' 0 0 2 4 0 0 l' 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 7 13 1 33 0 18 7 11 5 0 5 6 1 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 15, 0 0 «i 58 69 | 137 i 2 TOTAL Shipped CLASS A B C ALL 4 0 0 4 49 9 4 62 13 . 5 0 18 24 7 3 34 17 1 2 20 2 4 2 8 3 5 1 9 19 5 0 24 53 40 13 106' 42 33 18 93 3 5 6 14 18 8 28 2 26 15 0 41 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 7 38 0 19 3 4 7 16 95 147 31 273 12 46 87 145 13 18 6 37 1 6 19 26 40 53 12 105 3 13 35 51 8 15 0 23 1 7 11 19 4 12 3 19 3 8 4 15 2 6 1 9 0 2 3 5 36 29 11 76 0 7 12- 19 58 81 13 152 3 25 55 83 66 66 16 148 4 28 40 72 8- 13 3 24 2 7 10 19 23 30 4 57 3 17 21 41 19 22 6 47 0 30 15 45 20 29 | 51273 137 51 | 461 379 511 110 |1000 32 199 319 | 650 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 3 1 4 14 28 2 44 0 0 4 4 3 13 9 1 5 7 1 13 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 2! 5 8 1 14i 8 41 58 9 6 38 2 46 2 5 1 8 4 21 4 29 16 5 2 23 51 184 27 1 262 on _ ^ POST Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS CLASS B Shipped Registered CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 36 5 2 23 11 3 21 29 0 3 3 6. 0 6 5 1 1 8 5 14 1 12 14 1 1 5 6 3 0 2 7 12 0 7 8 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 6 15 5 9 13 1 19 1 36 11 56 19 16 41 2 19 15 36| 3 37 31 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 4 2 6 2 16 4 17 3 24; 0 3 15 5 23; 1 4 3 11 100 63 1 174)35 171 24 1 230 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 1 . 1 17 0 5 12 7 0 4 3 3 7 1 3 0 3 3 6 0 3 1 4 0 3 3 0 6 0 4 2 36 2 23 11 52 1 34 17 0 0 2 2 2 6 3 1 0 5 6 1 8 89 56 1 153 Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 3 14 0 4 2 6 0 5 10 29 5 17 10 56 51 114 16 181 11 52 52 115 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 3 7 18 2 23 1 9 15 25 2 0 0 7 23 12 2 14 2 42 59 4 5 38 21 63 1 3 2 6 12 6 6 24 4 15 1 20 1 7 8 16 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 4 5 0 9 1 5 3 9 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 3 0 7 0 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 • 19 6 0 25 7 24 35 0 4 13 18 81 0 7 56 4 3 36 99 23 7 61 17 101 1 40 45 86 0 7 12 37 5 52 12 101 23 75 3 101 7 35 20 62 0 2 0 2 8 10 2 4 2 14 2 26 2 7 7 16 0 0 2 2| 24 32 9 6 2 38 51 2 4 5 15 22 0 0 0 0 23 6 0 29 2 26 32 1 4 13 6 26 1 23 17 11 41230 153 41 1 424 151 449 61 1 661 31 228 213 11 472 llyi' STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port fios NY Phil...... Bal Nor Jac Tara v/r ..W Moo NO ••J Hon Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-8 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 5 3 3 25 Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP .1 2 3 ALL 1, 2 3 ALL 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 6 8 10 16 38! 3 10 9 22 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 5 9 0 6 16| 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 3 1 2 5 8 1 1 1 8, 0 2 5 1 1 2 1 4' . 0 0 1 1' 7 2 4 14 1 0 11 12j 20 6 36 65 2 3 41 46 19 13 8 45 3 1 19 23 1 0 2 6 1 0 4 5 6 8 5 22 0 0 6 6 3 1 2 8 1 3 12 16 '79 43 87 1 234 13 23 121 1 157 1-8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 2 3 16 Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 7 5 8 22 0 11 1 10 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 15 0 4 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 6. 0 1 3 0 2 2 8 4 14 28 29 3 3 22 9 8 3 12 26 4 24 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3i 0 1 2 7 0 4 121 0 4 3 2 6 0 14 15 14 1 38 23 89 1 136 6 9 87 I1 102 Shipped TOTAL CLASS C Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 3 ALL A 2 B C ALL 1-8 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 9 9 22 11 9 42 23 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 18 11 0 0 3 3 1 5 3 9 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 4 1 0 2 3 5 5 9 5 10 2 0 0 0 6 6 2 0 8 2 0 2 13 15 29 28 15 72 28 0 2 25 27 24 26 27 77 15 0 0 1 1 3 1 5 7 1 0 0 3 3 12 4 3 19 15 0 0 0 0 14 15 0 29! 5, 1 6 57 1 64:136 102 64 302 121 Registered On CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 4 3 5 13 49 24 61 157 8 5 3 20 25 13 22 71 5 17 4 4 3 10 2 1 2 10 1 9 38 18 6 12 15 18 71 132 38 15 23 91 5 4 9 25 11 16 34 76 11 5 4 25 194 113 257 1 685 The Beach CLASS B GROUP 1 2 S ALL 0 0 3 • S 12 54 9 83 7 8 0 1 47 4 1 42 1 4 11 16 0 7 2 5 0 0 2 2 2 1 29 82 3 4 65 72 5 3 29 37 0 10 5 15 2 2 14 18 11 11 43 65 45 38 293 1 876 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A oecK CNemc STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUP 123 ALL 130 185 53 I 368 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 123 ALL 84 152 37 I 273 51184J27 I 262 11 100 63 |174 35 171 24" t "230 104 43 87 I 234^ 13 23 121 |157 54 23 59 I 136 285 412 167 ( 864 33 '209 282|524173 346 120 I 639 GROUP 123 ALL 9 86 98 I 193 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 10 58 69 I 137 8 89 56 I 153 '6' 9 87'| 102 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 2 1 1 24 156 212 I 392 4 20 23 6 49 29 I 51273 17 • 41230 57 I 64136 103 1 156'639 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 137 51 | 461379 ' 163 41 I 424151 102 64| 302 315 392 156'11187 i845 511 449 113 1073 GROUP 123 ALL 32 199 319 550 110 |1000 61 6611 31 228 213 472 257 | 685; 45 38,293 376 428 r2346'l08 465 825' 1398 �t tf, INi SEAFARERS gMW LOG PIRACY ON THE HIGH C's •: ;.; :'••$/ri-- : • -'I'. ill||iilii|»a:. T i , ':!!•<.;'WlM :p|;l|||||| > . < /* Radio Coroiino ROTTERDAM — Euroi>eaa radio-pi­ rates, flying the flag of free enterprise high above their seagoing broadcasting stations, are still suocessfuliy repelling boarders although the battle is getting hotter each day. Having already ignored several legal warning shots across their bows, the pirates are sharpening their cutlasses and drying their powder in ex­ pectation of an all-out attack. The latest pirate radio station to stir up a legal dispute calls itself Radio-TV Nordzee. It operates from a Texas-type platform in the waters about six miles from the Nettierlands, not far from the Hague, in competition with the state net­ work operated by the Netheidands gov­ ernment. Easy Do^ It Operating since September 1, Radio-TV Hordzee's signal reaches Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht with a potential audience of 1.2 uaiilion sets. So far, the pirates have gone easy on the state network, coming on the air nwstly while the regular network is off the air. They do overiap during a 18 PM to 11 PM time slot, however, and the government doesn't like it one bit. Advertisers are flocking to the pirate station, which has already filled many of its commercial spots with big name advertisers. Operating in international waters, out­ side the jurisdiction of any government, Radio-TV Nordzee and . other pirate broadcasters have thus far been safe from government interference. But several countries are planning legal action. The lower house of the Netherlands parlia­ ment for-instance, has passed by 114 to 19 a bill bringing Nord^ee's pirate bass under Dutch Jurisdiction. The senate is expected to adopt the bill In late Novem­ ber. A government raiding party could then legally scuttle the whole operation. Smiling Threngh Although they are already looking down the barrels of the government guns, the radio pirates remain strangely opti­ mistic, as if they felt their defense im­ pregnable or possessed some secret and devastating weapon with which to fight back. ^ Most observers feel the pirates will de­ pend on their defenses when the chips are down. Backers of the pirate opera­ tion have put together a complicated company setup allowing them plenty of room to operate and maneuver within the law if the government cracks down. In addition, the Netherlands government would have to step on some toes interna­ tionally, as well as at home, to close down the operation. The platform from which the pirates operate and the broadcasting equipment is owned by a foreign com­ pany. In addition, stock in the venture has been sold to a wide public, which will undoubtedly set up a howl if their profitible platform is arbitrarily sunk. Sound Policy Radio-TV Nordzee is only one of sev­ eral pirate broadcasting stations operat­ ing from the relative safety of interna­ tional waters and beaming their commercial programming at Europe and FMC Determined To End Dual Rate Discrimination WASHINGTON—^The Federal Maritime Commission hasTreaffirmed its determination to exercise its power, to oversee the rate-makhig activities of ship lines engaged in U.S. for­ eign trade, -• Speaking at a meeting of predatory rata cutting practices ticular sections of the Shipping the Washington branch of the can des'troy the shipping services Act. National Defense Transporta­ upon which commerce depends," The steamship conferences lost tion Association, FMC head John Harllee said the Commission will seek out malpractices and dis­ criminatory actions which operate to the detriment of the U. S. The FMC stirred up a storm of protest from foreign ship confer­ ences recently when it Issued orders demanding information from them concerning disparities be­ tween freight rates charged on goods entering and leaving the U. S. which allegedly discriminate against U. S. exports. The orders were issued by the FMC under the Shipping Act of 1916, which gives the Commission the author­ ity to request information and data from, the groups which it regulates. Required By Law In reiterating a firm FMC stand, Harllee stated that the role of the FMC under American law is to eliminate restrictive, unfair busi­ ness practices that could harm in­ ternational trade. "Any steamship line which engages in our trades must have a due regard for the welfare of that trade and the public interest in the continued health and growth of that trade," he said. "Wc know that exorbitant rates will hurt the free flow of com­ merce. We are also aware that Great Britain in competition wilh the various state-operated networks. Some of these stations, like Nordzee, are locat­ ed on platforms at sea. Others are locat­ ed aboard ships. Pirate Radio Vironica for instance, has been a huge commercial success, also beaming her broadcasts at the Netherlands. Sweden and Britain have been cross­ ing swords with offshore pirate stations too. Two such stations have been operat­ ing from anchorages in the English Chan­ nel, in international waters. Calting themselves Radio Caroline, the stations broadcast pop records from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in competition with the state-owned, non-commercial, BBC. Radio Invicta and Radio City, both based on old, abandoned World War 11 antiaircraft lowers off the coast of Kent have also been a thorn in the BBC's side. In recent weeks another pirate station. Radio London, has joined the cacophony of sound aimed at the British public. Based aboard a converted American nunesweeper. Radio London took up a post about 3V^ miles off the English coast with a beam powerful enough to reach over 12 million Briti^ers. Faced with the disturbing fact that the public seems to prefer the listening fare provided by the pirates over the state programming—which many find dulljoint action is planned by the govern­ ments involved. Holland, Britain and Sweden are seeking in the Council of Europe for an international convention outlawing the pirate broadcasters once and for all. By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative U.S. Politics Stiii Concern Of Labor .. The San Francisco Maritime Port Council has unanimously voted to continue its Maritime Committee on Political Activity. Also voted was a proposal to set up a Bay area committee to arrange a- Maritime Dinner on the west coast. The proceeds from the dinner would be used to help support labor's friends and defeat labor's enemies in future Harllee added. another round in court on Foreign ship lines have been charge by the Far East Conference elections. In other Council actions, a request was put on tlie record to using every trick in the book to that the information requested by have locals of all international unions that are members of the AFLavoid turniag over to the FMC the FMC in the order was outside CIO Maritime Trades Department sign up with the Port Council. On the California labor front, the San Francisco Labor Council has information and data concerniug the agency's area of inquiry, con­ their rate-making policies. Refus­ tending that the FMC could only Joined with labor groups throughout the state in asking for an end to ing to cooperate, they have even inquire into procedures between the importation of foreign farm labor. Corporate farm interests are trying to drum up support for a foreign farm labor bill to replace the gone to court in this country, at­ the conference and shippers. discredited Bracero program. In the interest of improving the lot of tacking the FMC on several Inquiries Are Legal grounds. In each caso the court Once more the court disagreed American farm laborers and ending the cruel exploitation of the upheld the FMC. and upheld the FMC order. As Mexican workers who are regularly imported to work on U.S. farms, Conferences Lose part of its functions, the court labor is united in its opposition to any extension of the foreign farm First of all, the conferences con­ decided, the FMC is entitled to labor program. tended that under the 1916 Ship­ find out what requests and com­ Shipping in San Francisco has been only fair during the last period ping Act the FMC could only plaints have been made by ship­ and it is expected to stay that way in the next period. The only ship request information if it was act­ pers to the conferences and what to pay off was the Morning Light, which also signed-on. Other sign-ons ing on a complaint. disposition the conferences have were the Robin Kirk and the Alcoa The court, however, disagreed. made concerning such complaints. Sailor Hall, just off the Long In a 2-to-l decision, the court held "The information is designed to Marketer. In transit during the last Lines, says he plans to spend some period were the Floinar, Steel that the data are "available to aid inform the commission as to this," time on the beach—as long as his the investigation without the need the court said in upholding the Worker, Long Lines, Los Angeles, wallet will let him. Montpelier Victory, Alcoa Mar­ for the support of a charge of vio­ FMC. Around the hall, A&G Seafarers lation of the aot, or belief even The court ruling came in a con­ keter, Keva Ideal and the Geneva. Due in to crew up around New who find themselves in the Bay that such a violation is probable." solidated proceeding involving the Secondly, the conferences con­ petitions of seven conferences Year's is the Kenneth Whiting. Ex­ area are coming in to cast their tended that the information re­ with headquarters in the U.S. They pected in for payoffs during the votes in the A&G election. Mem­ quested by the t^C for perusal are the Far East Conference; the next period are the Longview Vic­ bers enjoyed very much the by its investigative eye was of so North Atlantic-Baltic Freight Con­ tory, Ocean Dinny and the Del Thanksgiving Dinner which was general a nature that no standards ference; the North Atlantic-Medi­ Aires. In transit vessels expected held at the SUP cafeteria on No­ for it could be set, and that there­ terranean Freight Conference; the include the Kenmar, Overseas Eva, vember 20. Wilmington fore the order was not "reason­ North Atlantic-United Kingdom Ames Victory, Steel Apiirentice, able." Shipping has been good in Freight Conference; the North Monticeilo Victory and the Fair' Again the court disagreed. It Atlantic-Continental Freight Con­ port. Wilmington in recent weeks and is maintained that the reasons for ference; the North Atlantic-French Vincent Fitageraid is Just out of expected to get even better. The which it was requesting the in­ Atlaatic Freight Conference, and the USPHS Hospital and says he's St. Lawrence paid off and signed formation were made dear in the the Pacifio Coast-European Con­ feeling good and glad to be out of on and the Zephyr Hills paid off FMC order with references to par­ ference. drydock. (Continued on page 23> �Page Eight SEAFARERS NoTcmber 27, 1M« LOG SEAFARERS (gUKDIL^iaWIP By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer We thought it would be wise to re^ew the Union's Sickness and Accident benefit program (S&A) in response tb several questions which have been frequently brought up by our members. The S&A program is split up into two basic parts: In-patient benefits for SIU men who are hospitalized, and Out-patient benefits for members who are dis­ abled and receiving medical treatment. The Sickness and Accident program was originally adopted in 1962, and then amended to cover all disabilities which may have arisen on or after August 1 ,1963. ' NEW YORK—It is time again for qualified Seafarers and children of Seafarers who In-patient benefits are available to Seafarers who meet eligibility want to compete for one of the five annual $6,000 SlU scholarship awards for 1965 to begin requirements at the rate of $56 per week. These benefits are payable filing their applications. 4— at the rate of $8 per day to a member who is an in-patient in any The first of the scheduled study in any field, is open to 1965 and March 6, 1965. Qualified USPHS hospital, or a private hospital that has received official ap­ are urged to take the proval, in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Canada. College Entrance Examina­ qualified Se^arers who have a applicants earliest exam possible to avoid any The S&A in-patient benefit can be paid for a period of 39 weeks, and minimum of three years seatime tion Board Tests comes up in last minute rush and allow the test begins on the first day a member is hospitalized. December, and as usual It is in the on SlU-contracted vessels, and to results to be available well in ad­ children whose fathers meet the Members receiving out-patient benefits also are paid $56 per week interests of the applicant to file vance of the Judging. seatime requirement. At least one at the rate of $8 per day. To be eligible, a seaman must be disabled early for prompt consideration be­ annual award is reserved for a Seafarers and members of SIU and receiving treatment within the United States, Puerto Rico, the fore the last-minute rush starts. Seafarer. The SIU college scholar­ families interested in taking part Virgin Islands or Canada. Should an eligible seaman elect to receive The SIU scholarship plan has been operated on an annual basis ship award program is known as in the competition for the 1965 medical care from a private phy-4 for the past 11 years and winners one of the finest no-strings- awards should contact the nearest sician, the welfare plan trustees ment of maintenance and cure can select any college and field attached scholarship programs in SIU port office or SIU Head­ reserve the right to evaluate the payments to the Seafarers Welfare quarters for information. They medical proof submitted to deter­ of study. Fifty-eight awards have the nation. Plan. Award winners are chosen by'a should also make immediate ar­ mine the eligibility of the claim. been given since the program General Rules, (a) Any disability panel of leading university educa­ rangements to take a CEEB test. began in 1953. Of these 36 have If a member has become dis­ occurring during a period of dis­ To register for the tests, write to tors and administrators on the gone to the children of SIU mem­ abled as a result of has own will­ bers and SIU men themselves have basis of their high school records the College Entrance Examination ful misconduct, he will not be ability, and before an eligible ob­ received 22 of the college scholar­ and College Entrance Examination Board at Box 592, Princeton, N.J., eligible to receive the S&A out­ tains a fit-for-duty slip, is consid­ ered to be the same disability. or Box 1025, Berkeley, California Board test results. ships. patient benefit. A member will The maximum of payments in such well in advance. The first of the scheduled Competition for the awards, also be ineligible for this benefit a case is 39 weeks, no matter how Judging for the five anmHR ElU which may be used to attend any CEEB tests for 1965 will take place if he is getting out-patient treat­ eccredited college or university in on December 5, 1964. Additional awards is expected to take place ment outside the U.S., Puerto Rico, distinct the disabilities happen to be. late in May, as in previous years. the U.S. or its possessions, for tests are scheduled for January 9, the Virgin Islands or Canada. (b) A recurrence of a previous A watdng period of seven days, disability shall be considered part starting with the first calendar day of the same disability period even a member is declared not fit for though the eligible obtained a fitduty, is required for eligibility for-duty certificate or accepted em­ to receive the benefit. If the dis­ ployment. ability continues after the seven(c) Disability for unrelated day waiting period, payments can causes shall be considered a new begin, retroactive to the fifth day By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President period of disability provided the from the initial date he was de­ eligible has been pronounced fitclared not fit for duty. for-duty from his original disabil­ Filing Requirement. Claims for ity or has accepted employment. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — Pity the poor Japanese. They are having difficulties with an adverse the S&A benefit must be filed (d) An eligible cannot accept balance-of-payments deficit which they attribute, in large measure, to Students attending the recently- within 60 days after discharge the fact that only 49.6 percent of Japan's exports and 46.9 percent of opened Newfoundland College of from a Hospital or the beginning employment and be disabled Fisheries here, are expected to be of the disability period, if no hos­ simultaneously. Anj^ applicant for Its imports are carried in Japanese-flag bottoms. This is enough to bring tears to the eyes of anyone familiar with the able to fish more efficiently and pitalization is required. Each S&A benefits who accepts employ­ plight of the American maritime industry, which carries only 9.5 per­ more profitably then their fore­ claimant is required to submit ment at any time during the period cent of the total foreign trade of the United States. The U.S. also is fathers ever could by the time they medical proof of bis disability. for which he claims such benefits, troubled by a tremendous balance-of-payments deficit. This proof will be evaluated by shall be declared fit for duty with Japan is reportedly planning to help ease its payments balance complete their courses. the trustees of the welfare plan respect to that disability and shall deficit with a plan to double the size of its merchant fleet during the Market Expanding to determine eligibility for pay­ be disqualified from receiving ben­ efits for the cause of alleged dis­ next four years with the financial aid of the Japanese government. This With the North American market ments. The trustees can also re­ they estimate, would boost the peicentage of Japan's foreign trade for seafood products expected to quire further examination of the ability. Any claimant who received carried in Japanese bottoms to about 55 to 60 percent. Japan has applicant by a doctor selected by benefit - payments after accepting already attacked the problem by instituting a "shtp Japanese" program expand by some 30 percent during thq welfare plan, or they may ask employment shall be required to the next 20 years their skills may for a more complete certification. reimburse the fund for all such for Its exports whenever such a device proves practical. benefits received after the first day The problems being faced by Japan and the solutions she has put be put to the test. Once an initial claim has been of employment during such period forward to solve them are ironic in the face of Japan's strong criticism The school opened here a year filed for a disability, it will not of alleged disability. of U.S. attempts to aid the American merchant marine and alleviate ago with 100 students in an experi­ be necessary to file additional (e) Hospital Expense Benefit— the American balance-of-payments deficit. claims for weekly payments for An eligible who is not entitled to mental class under an initial grant When the U.S. maritime industry called for a "ship American" of $1 million. Today, more than the same disability period. It treatment at a USPHS facility and program to aid the floundering-f 200 are enrolled in the college, should be noted that a member is who is hospitalized during any U.S. fleet and help alleviate the which would not discriminate required to submit medical proof American payment balance def­ against American ships and Amer­ learning how to obtain the maxi­ of his continued disability, stating period for which he is entitled to receive the S&A benefit, shall also mum benefits from a life of com­ icit, foreign-shippers screamed. ican export cargoes, brought a its cause, before any subsequent be entitled to receive hospital mercial fishing. Japan's protests were among the storm of protest from foreign payments can be made. benefits according to the Schedule Decked out in dark blue seamanloudest. Then they adopted a sim­ shippers all over the world—in­ Duration of Benefit. An eligible for Dependents' Benefits. type sweaters issued by the school, ilar program themselves. cluding Japan. Yet these same na­ (f) In-Hospital Benefit — If an students may choose from 50 is entitled to a maximum - of 39 When the SIU and other mari­ tions do not hesitate to aid their courses ranging from marine elec­ weeks of payments during any one eligible is entitled to receive the time unions call for strict adher­ own national fleets in every way tronics, to bacteriology to net- period of disability,' including in- in-hospital benefit, the Plan shall ence by the U.S. government to the possible. mending. They learn to use the hospital and out - patient time. pay only an amount which together Japan has been singled out here most modern fishing equipment Where there has been a waiting with such payments shall equal $8 provisions of the 50-50 and cargo preference laws, foreign shippers as an example the double stand­ available and can benefit from the period, the 39-week period starts per day. If an eligible is still con­ waste no time crying "foul." Japan ards used by foreign interests knowledge of fishing experts from when benefits are payable. How­ fined after having received the ever, an eligible shall not receive S&A benefit payment for a maxi­ cries along with the rest—then when it comes to American -mari­ many countries. total benefit payments in excess of mum of 39 weeks, he is still en­ seeks to assure that 60. percent of time. We must remember, how­ Government Helps 39 weeks in any 12-month period, titled to receive the in-hospital her cargoes move in her own ships. ever, that Japan isn't the only for­ eign critic of our shipping policies Students at the school get their and the 12-month period for the Foreign shippers, the Japanese that has shown a remarkable abil­ meals and lodgings free of charge, determination of the 39-week max­ benefit. (g) Failure of an eligible em­ included, complain constantly ity to reverse its field when action plus $7 a week while studying. imum payment begins on the first about the unfairne.ss of U.S. gov­ was necessary to protect its own Under a program shared by the day an employee is eligible for ployee to place himself under treatment promptly or to comply ernment attempts to shore up its fleet and economic interests. Newfoundland government through payment. with medical care or instructions eagging maritime industry with The fact is that any nation the Technical and Vocational If an eligible is receiving or is will be deemed cause for disquali­ subsidies—operating and construc­ which finds its own merchant fleet Training Assistance Act, students entitled to receive maintenance fication from benefits. tion. Then they turn around and in poor condition feels no com­ who have been working until their and cure payments, the Plan shall seek similar support from their punction about adding a nail to the enrollment in the school may pay only an' amount which to­ own governments. Japanese ship­ coffin of the U.S. maritime indus­ forego the expense money and CHAN&H6 ADDRESS CtU pers for instance, are crying for try if by so doing it can improve collect unemployment compensa­ gether with such payments shall equal $56 per week, but the eli­ ^IJ06 miUNSLISTP financial aid from the Japanese its own maritime picture. These tion. The school also pays travel government to help them build nations care nothing about the expenses to and from the college. gible shall be entitled if such pay­ ments terminate before a period more, newer, faster, and more effi­ welfare of American seamen and of 39 weeks to receive a total of The school's major departments cient merchant ships. apparently care little about the include nautical science, naval $56 per week up to a maximum of Recent attempts by the Federal welfare of the United States. They architecture, fish processing tech­ 39 weeks. However, if he may be Maritime Commission to set up don't care if the U.S. balance-of- nology, marine engineering, entitled to receive maintenance equitable shipping conference ar­ payments problem deteriorates— physics, mathematics, electronics, and cure and has not yet received rangements in the U.S. trade so long as their own Improves. English, plus extension courses. same, he shall execute an assign­ Foreign Flag Ships Plague Japanese Newfoundland Offers College For Fishermen �'.-1 J fv'.-' N^iiiM»lT;'lt64 SEAFARERS See Record Salmon Run For Oregon PORTLAND, Ore. — SIUNA fishermen and cannery workers in this area are bracing for a huge anticipated silver salmon run, which, predictions say, may set a record in the state. The reason behind the optimism over this year's catch is the ex­ ploding silver salmon population at Ca.scade Hatchery at the Bonne­ ville Dam on the Columbia River. Hatchery officials reported that at the start of this year's run, they had almost 27,000 adult salmon in their breeding ponds, approxi­ mately four times the 7,000 they had a year previously. Salmon Moved Not only had the number of salmon almost quardrupled, but the huge number ready to spa^/n meant that large numbers had to be trucked elsewhere to relieve the pressure. Hatchery workers trans­ ferred over 5,000 fish to the Grande, John Bay, Hood and Wiilamette Rivers where they were planted. In addition, the Klaskanine River Hatchery found itself with record numbers of salmon capable of taking 20 million eggs. The difficulty here was that the hatch­ ery only has a capacity of seven million eggs,, but was faced with a veritable flood of salmon which continued to arrive by the thou­ sands. The hatchery has been taking emergency measures to deal with the situation, and will make surplus eggs available to other hatcheries throughout the state. The record number of adult salmon are being used to improve the conservation situation in the state. The surplus salmon are being transplanted to streams which have suffered from pollution and other causes reducing spawn­ ing in the past. Th« ill-fated Mariposa sinks stern first after hitting Strait Island Reef (now known as Mariposa Reefl in-the Gulf of Alaska in the fall of 1917. After lying submerged for 47 years, her propellers and other fittings were recently sal. vaged and brought to Seattle aboard the SlU Pacific District-contracted Tafolina (Alaska Steamship Company). Propeller Recovered From Old Mariposa SEATTLE—Nearly 47 years ago, the old Alaska Steamship Line's Mariposa, on a voyage between Alaskan ports, picked up 28 survivors of the steamer Manhattan which had sunk at sea. The survivors were+ naturally overjoyed at their The Mariposa's propeller blades and about 22,000 pounds of her prompt rescue. / Their troubles were just starting however, because soon after pick­ ing them up the Mariposa too got into trouble. Southbound from Juneau she hit a reef, ever since called Mariposa Reef, broke in two and sank, stern first. The luck of the Manhattan's survivors was still holding however, and they, along w,ith the 237 Mariposa passengers and crew were picked up by the Alaska liners Jefferson and Cura­ cao with no casualties. Since that time the old Mariposa has rested there beneath 45 feet of water about 40 miles west of Wrangell. Parts of the Mariposa however are now finally complet­ ing the trip to Seattle, almost 47 years late, but welcome neverthe­ less. MA Revises Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—The Mari­ time Administration's black­ list of ships in the Cuban trade has remained at a fairly constant level over the last three months and now com­ prises 237 vessels totaling more than 1.6 million tons. In recent weeks, the Britishflag Antarctica was added to the list, and three British tankers—London Spirit, Lon­ don Valour and Overseas Pi­ oneer — and the Norwegian tanker Polyclipper were re­ moved from the list after their owners agreed to do no fur­ ther business with Cuba. The blacklist forbids any ships participating in the Cuban trade from carrying U.S.-financed cargoes. A re­ cent modification of the boy­ cott policy allows ship owners to haul U.S. cargoes after they promise to end their Cuban trade when their charters with the Castro government run out. This rule has created a sit­ uation where shipping lines with vessels still under Cuban charter and calling at Cuban ports are able, nevertheless, to continue their trade with the U.S. The chief violators of the blacklist are some of Amer­ ica's closest allies and NATO p.'trtners. Britain leads the list ' ith 79 ships on the list, and '"'reece, Italy and France are - -ominent on the list also. bronze, brass and copper fittings arrived recently in Seattle aboard the SIU Pacific District-contracted Alaska Steamship Company motorship Tatalina. The 22,000 pounds of metal al­ ready recovered is expected to bring the salvagers about $4,000 for the several weeks they spent working in the 45 degree water off Mariposa Reef. They estimate that there is about 5 tons of salvage­ able metal parts remaining in the vessel's stern which they ejtpect to return for. After that they will turn their attention to the bow section. Senate Probers Urge Passage Packaging Bill Designed To Protect Housewives WASHINGTON—Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? Which is longer, 36 inches or a yard? Such questions used to be asked by children trying to pull a fast one on each other. That was> before U.S. manufacturers got reflection on the consumer," the subcommittee report points out. into the act however. Nowadays the average housewife must answer many such questions each day at the supermarket. In short, the manufacturer is trying to pull a fast one on her. A better deal for American housewives, confused and cheated by packaging gimmicks, was urged recently by a Senate investigating group in a report released by the Senate Anti-Trust and Monppoiy subcommittee, which urged pas­ sage of a long-needed "truth-inpackaging" bill during the next session of Congress. For instance, which is larger— the large size, king size, super size, economy size, family size or giant size? The subcommittee report points out that in most stores "large size" actually means the smallest size tube of toothpaste. Which is larger, the "giant halfquart," the "half-quart" or the "16 ounce" size? As long as the quart remains 32 ounces, the halfquart will presumably remain 16 ounces no matter how it is labeled. An attempt by the wage-earning consumer to make rational deci­ sions on tiie many items bought every day has become almost im­ possible due to these phony adver­ tising gimmicks. This t'is not a vPag# NIM LOG "Rather, it reflects irrational pack­ aging and pricing patterns in the market place." In addition to such devices, which are merely confusing, the report points to other practices which amount to downright decep­ tion. Such deceptions designed to separate the consumer from his hard-earned wages include the hand-lotion manufacturer who restyled a five-ounce bottle to give "the appearance of being larger than the old ten-ounce size"; the manufacturer who silently in­ creased the price of his product by reducing the number of units in­ side the package: and the many manufacturers who present a huge package which turns out to be only 2/3 full when it is opened. One of the most notorious of the gimmicks practiced by manufac­ turers and advertisers noted by the subcommittee is the package or label that proclaims "cents off." In one instance noted, an instant coffee maker marked his product "7 cents off." Soon competitors began stamping their Jars "9 cents off," and then "11 cents off." In actuality, the price to the con­ sumer remained exactly the same as it had always been. : By Lfndsey Williams, Vice-President Gulf Area Gulf Shipping Continues To Boom Shipping is continuing to boom along the Gulf Coast, creating a short supply of manpower in these ports. The problem is further com­ plicated by the inclination of many Seafarers to wait until after the holidays to ship out. The desire to be home with family and friends at this season of the year certainly is understandable and we know what it means to all concerned. SIU men should be fully aware, however, of the risk they are taking by "sitting it out" this year. As most of us know, the longshoremen have not settled their current contract negotiations. As a matter of fact, members of the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Union,-AFL-CIO, to all intents and purposes, are now on strike against shipping interests on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. The longshoremen are now working because they are required to do so under the terms of a Federal Court injunction imposed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. The court-ordered "cooling oft" period ends on December 20. After this date, ILA members have the legal right to resume their strike in an effort to secure a decent contract. Of course, everyone hopes they will be able to settle disputed points still at issue through the orderly processes of collective bargaining. At this point, however, their seems to be little optimism on the side-f of either labor or management Among oldtimers on the beach that such will be case. in Mobile are D. L. Parker, who The National Labor Relations got off the Alcoa Roamer for a Board is at this moment setting vacation after about a year as up the machinery to conduct what bosun. L. R. Eckhoff is resting at is known as a "last offer" election. his home on Wolf Ridge Road and This means that the last offer of catching up on his fishing after the management to ILA negotia­ leaving the chief electrician's job tors will be submitted to the long­ on the John B. Waterman. R. K. shoremen for their approval or dis­ Lambert checked in off the Erna approval in a referendum to be Elizabeth and registered in Group conducted by the* NLRB. 1 of the Deck Department. Arthur This same procedure was fol­ G. Milne, last of the Alcoa Roamer, lowed when ILA and management is waiting for a new arrival ex­ negotiators reached an impasse in pected in his family within a few their contract talks two years ago. days. He plans to sli p out after The result was that the longshore­ greeting the newcomer. Julian men turned down the "last offer" Kulakowski is resting at his home by an overwhelming majority and in Theodore, Ala., after getting off ILA members went on strike when the Achilles. Emile Hollins is the injunction-enforced "cooling home after a stay of about nine off" period ran out. Shipping was months on the Montpelier Victory. paralyzed. Crews were laid off and New Orleans Seafarers on the beach before the strike were "caught in the switch­ Among those who paid off and es." It was at least six months be­ registered here in time for fore the usual job circulation pat­ Thanksgiving are Joe Rusheed, tern returned to normal. Matthew Eurlsa, John Wimderlich, The moral to this story is this: Bill Evitt, Joe Diosco "and Leon If you don't want to get caught in Franklin. that kind of bind this time around, Houston take one of the choice rated jobs hanging on the board now and Jimmie Prestwood checked In postpone your holiday celebration and registered in Group 1-S after until Mardi Gras. completing the course in the Stew­ Mobile ard's Recertification School in Since the last issue of the SEA- New York. He says he will be FAREaiS LOG we lost one of the ready to ship on the first available SIU's most dedicated and popular job ..after Thanksgiving. Sal Bar­ members when Charlie Stringfel- bara, who was last on the Ocean low died suddenly of a heart at­ Dinney, is looking for a South tack. He wag stricken w.jth a fatal American run to beat the winter. seizure in the SIU hall. Jimmie Winget is fit for duty again Charlie had many friends who after being laid up a long time knew him as more than just an with a back injiu-y. Charlie Saw­ all-around good fellow. A chief yer got off the Penn Challenger steward, he was good at his job, and said he will be looking for a a good shipmate and a man who long trip after the holidays, but always participated to the fullest Bill Traser is looking for his long in the activities of his Union. He trip now. He says he doesn't want never lost sight of the importance to take a chance on getting caught of membership participation in in a longshoremen's strike. Ruben and support of the affairs of the Salazar, who was a top flight pro Union and the rewards of tradi­ fighter before embarking on his tional SIU teamwork. At the time Seafaring career, is enjoying a of his death he was participating vacation with friends and relatives as a member of that day's balloting after seven months on the Trans committee. Orient. SIU C/jfiic fxoms—A// Paris EXAMS THIS PERIODt October 1-October 31, 1964 Port Baltimore Houston Mobile New Orleans.. New York Philadelphia. .. *San Juan ..i. Seamen 238 117 106 456 219 . 1,218 TOTAL.. *9/21/64 to 10/20/64 Wives 7 9 8 31 44 24 21 144 t Children 11 7 0 10 24 32 13 97 TOTAL 256 133 74 147 524 275 50 459 �Pare Ten SEAFARERS November t7, 1961 LOG Gets First Pension Check By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes QUESTION: Which of the benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan do you consider the most important? Why? Layup Siows Shipping in Lakes Shipping in Alpena picked up In the past week with men taking their vacations for deer hunting. We wish the best of luck to all you hunters. The John W. Boardman, a Huron Portland Cement Company vessel, AI Collins: I think that the best has laid up for the season. With the members off this vessel on the plan is the individual hospitaliza­ beach there should be a few card games starting up. tion and care. In the hall waiting for their last relief jobs are Ken Noiles, Richard When. you need Frary and Everett May. medical care you Buffalo know that the Shipping has just about stopped and with layup in the very near union will assist future, none of the men are getting off except for emergency leaves. you with welfare According to the local newspapers, the Ice Boom project here is ex­ benefits. This pected to be completed in about a month. They are hopeful that it will Everything looks good to Tom May (left), who is a member takes a big load improve conditions measurably. off your mind of the SIU Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region, as he accepts Several of our Lakes members from Buffalo are presently on the and allows you to his first Union pension check from Tug and Dredge Region City of Alma (Waterman Steamship Company) and this trip has turned recuperate with­ director Bob Jones in Detroit. May, who sailed for the J. W. out to be longer than expected. Bill Rush, Bill Wesbrook and Donald out worring about high medical Perry, to mention a few, will be spending their holiday season In a / Westcott Company in Detroit, knows that he can spend hisbills. retirement comfortably with the assurance of a regular foreign port. We recently heard that Mike Drewniak, one of our long­ 4" it 4" monthly SIU pension check. time members, has already departed for the Sunny South. Charles Galloway: Without a We wish to remind those men who applied for books and do not have doubt, the most important feature them as yet to check with the Buf- • Labor Leaders Predict Gains of the Welfare falo Port Agent. The Agent in in Superior due to the General Plan, to me, is Buffalo wishes to thank all mem­ Motors strike. The Viking prob­ the medical care bers for their cooperation and as­ ably will not run until next Spring. for dependents. The company had previously sistance this past season and hopes I'm a family man, they all enjoy a good winter as signed agreement to pay severance and I can sail pay for jobs which will be abol­ well as a happy holiday season. feeling much bet­ ished due to automation of this ter knowing that Chicago my family is Shipping for this period was vessel and was to be paid between WASHINGTON—^The outlook for liberal legislation at the protected while very good and it appears that we January 1 and January 31, 1965. will continue with good shipping Because of this delay, the company state level is the brightest in many years as state legislatures I'm away for right to the end of the season. We requested further meetings to re­ long controlled by conservative Republicans toppled to the long periods. I don't worry nearly as much. can only suggest that during the schedule this payment of severance Democrats in a series of elec--* tion upsets. Winter months all unrated men pay. 4" 4i 4" legislatures in Colorado, North Shipping has been good in the should take advantage of the time John Sweeney: The vacation plan Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wiscon­ A nationwide Democratic and Union facilities to upgrade port of Frankfort for relief jobs tide was aided by court-ordered sin. They took the Montana Senate, is the one I think is the most im­ themselves for higher paying posi­ because of those deer hunter vaca­ reapportionment in several states and may have won the Nevada portant. It means tions. We are expecting the same as Republicans lost their majorities Senate. They broke a tie to gain a tions for next season. money in the Bernle Grivas is off the Highway situation at Christmas time with in both houses of six legislatures majoritjf in the Alaska House and pocket when a 16 and hanging around in tiie many vacation requests already and one house in at least seven achieved a tie in the Ohio Senate. Seafarer is on hopes of grabbing the last of the listed. the beach. I think other states. The lone Republican The Brothers and friends of gain was the pickup of the Oregon that every man SIU contracted "Salties" heading this way. Richard Jensen is just Lester Sturtevant were saddened lower house. should have a paid vacation and back from Japan and Korea off the to hear of his passing on Novem­ The victories reverse the trend I think that this Fairport and says he had a great ber 4. Brother Sturtevant sailed of the past six years, which saw feature of the time with a good crew. This vessel aboard the Ann Arbor Carferries most of the Democratic gains of in the Engine Department. Welfare Plan is paid off in Seattle recently. 1958 whittled away by Republican The SIU was represented at the pickups. ohe of the biggest advancements Bill Warrenton is out of the hos­ the union has made. pital after a bout with his stomach ICC hearings in Lansing, Michi­ An AFL-CIO News survey found that laid hiin down for four gan on the proposed abandonment state labor leaders generally 4" i4 4" C. F. Bellarosa: I think the pen­ months. Bill took a relief AB of rail service in Northern Michi­ optimistic about improvements in DETROIT—A searing drought sion plan is the most important. Watchman's job on the Highway gan. According to the newspaoers, unemployment and workmen's 16 and we are glad to see him back the railroad companies have compensation laws, enactment of that has brought forest fires and A man is old and around again in good health. agreed to maintain service in state minimum wage laws or in­ parched land to the nation east of when he reaches Northern Michigan and repair the creases in existing laws, better the Rockies has also driven down 65 years, and Cleveland his The SIU contracted E. M. Ford SlU-contracted Chief Wawatam. schools and other labor goals. In the already dangerously low water sometimes levels on the Great Lakes. body just runs was the first ship to lay up in Another ICC hearing is scheduled Indiana, Democrats pledged to Lak^s shipping has had more down and he Cleveland. Her crew has departed to be held In Washington, D.C. repeal of "right-to-work" won both than its share of woes from the can't work. When for a further review and the date houses of the legislature for the and, according to Company •offi­ first time since 1936 and elected a low levels. Skippers estimate they he is disabled for cials, a bow thruster will be in­ will be announced later. are losing 100 tons of cargo for various reasons, governor. Detroit stalled this Winter. Several other A court-written reapportionment each inch of draft that is lost. The the pension plan Shipping in Detroit remains SIU vessels are also expected to situation is most acute on Lakes gives him a lay up in Cleveland during the good even at this late date. The order helped give Democrats con­ Michigan, Huron and Ontario. steady, dependable Income in re­ trol of both houses of the Michigan SIU Atlantic and Gulf District next couple of weeks. Still around As an example, a Canadian-flag and waiting to finish out the .sea­ deep-sea vessel, Jean LaFitte, paid legislature for the first time since grain ship, drawing only 21 feet payment for his years of hard work. son are Joe Mickalowski and off in Toledo recently. Most of 1932. And new seats added by 4" 4" 4" George Mitchell. We are happy to the jobs were filled out of New reapportionment helped the Demo­ of water, ran aground in the nor­ mally deep St. Lawrence River at Albert Leonard: I think that any hear that George Blaha, who is in York; however, we did ship several crats win the Iowa legislature for Ogdensburg, N.Y. plan that gives a man a chance to the Lorain Hospital, is doing ok. men to this vessel who were reg­ the first time in 30 years and cap­ Watersheds in the Great Lakes improve his job ture the Wyoming lower house istered on the Atlantic and Gulf buluth Basin are showing rainfall defici­ potential is the they had last held in 1958. District shipping board. Shipping has slowed down con­ encies ranging from 8 to 13 inches most important. Partial returns strongly point to The cold weather has arrived on siderably. Ships going into the compared with 1961. Experts see Other facets of the election of all 118 Democratic the Lakes and old-time sailors will Great Northern Ore Docks are no change or improvement for at the Welfare Plan starting to taper off, which is a be glad when their vessels start at-large candidates for the Illinois least the next six months, when are fine as they House, leaving the Republicans sure sign that the layup season is laying up. November and Decem­ melted snow will have filtered into provide security. here. We have quite a few wheels­ ber are bitter-cold months. Storms only the 59 seats remaining for the streams and waterways that But the. upgrad­ the minority party. The unique men registered and a couple of on the Great Lakes during this empty into the Lakes. ing program of statewide election, requiring a period can match some of the watchmen, but no deckhands. Have Meanwhile, the unending the SIU that mammouth special ballot, was a couple firemen in the Engine blows in the North Atlantic. Sea­ ordered by the courts when the drought has brought fire destruc­ gives a man a men all over the Lakes have a Department up on the Board and tion, crop damage and water short­ chance to better his position, either state failed to meet a reapportion­ about 5 porters in the Steward's healthy respect for these storms, ment deadline. Voters could mark ages to many parts of the nation through schooling or upgrading, is and they have good reason. Department. from the Continental Divide east most important to me. The 1913 storm was the worst a straight party slate for 118 to the Atlantic. Grain yields are We will be closing down the port candidates and vote for up to 59 4* 4' 4' of Duluth roughly the first week in Great Lakes history. For five of the opposition slate, or pick and off in the midwest and farmers in Leroy Johnson: I don't think that of December. We hope you will full days the storm raged. Ships choose in whatever manner they the Great Lakes area have suf­ any one benefit is more important of all sizes and shapes were tossed wished. all have a nice holiday season. fered almost $100 million in crop than any other. Dave Tiirnbull, Deckhand on the around like balsa wood and corks They all have It ^was the heavy Johnson vote losses. SS Frank Taplin, CB fladio Oper­ on the heavier waters. Some of which was credited with sweeping Suburban New York communi­ equal weight. I ator, has his radio aboard ship and the ships were trapped in the the Democrats to control of the ties and communities in northern guess it just his call letters are KLF 0022, in troughs between giant waves, lifted New York legislature for the first New Jersey, hit by low reservoir depends upon up and then slammed back down time in 30 years and win both levels, are planning water ration­ whether you need case you want to ham it up. again, breaking in half. Many ves­ houses of the Maine legislature— ing and other emergency meas­ a particular ben­ Frankfort We received word from the Ann sels wound up on. the rocks and a feat last performed in 1910. efit at any partic­ ures. Arbor-D T & I Railroad that the their crews were killed by the No quick let-up of the drought ular time. When Both houses of the Utah legisla­ MV Viking will not enter service battering seas. ture went Democratic and the is expected and snow predictions you need it, the Lake Huron's long, wind-swept Democrats picked up one house Of for the coming winter months benefit is avail­ in December as had been expected from the Fraser-Nelson Shipyard (Continued on page 22) able. They are all good. the previously all Republican have not been encouraging. State Legislatures Found More Liberal Long Drought Lowers Lakes Water Levels �;, vv NifvMalttr tT, IfM SEAFARERS Paf« EI«Tea LOG "Am I On The Right Line?" CONGRESSIONAL REFORM SPOTLIGHTED-nAlthou^ the Demo­ crats have substantial majorities in Congress, many AFL-CIO and Congressional leaders fear the power of nominal Democrats who vote like Republicans and use their key committee posts to block Administra­ tion programs. Representative Riiohard Boiling (O.-Mo.), a leader of his party's liberal wing, has called upon his fellow-Democrats in tiie House "to chase the conservative foxes out of the liberal chicken coop." He has urged that seniority be made second to party loyaltty, especially when it comes to selecting Committee chairmen and making committee assignments. To make the House of Representatives more receptive to President Johnson's legislative program. Boiling has proposed more power foi- the speaker of the House and the Democratic-caucus. Boiling's suggestions are similar to a resolution- calling for reform of Congres­ sional rules that was adopted at the last AFL-CIO convention. LBJ PUSHES MEDICARE, APPALACHIA—President Johnson has put a high priority tag on the social security fw the aged and Appalachia development bills. House Democratic-leaders have been told by the President that he wants early action on these two important pieces of legislation which were both passed by the Senate last year, but were stalled in the House. If committee chairmen cooperate, both measures could be reintroduced and sent to the floor without a repetition of lengthy hearings held during the last sessicm of Congress. President Johnson has made it clear to Congressional leaders that he would like to see a quickened pace of activity during the early days of the session rather than the sluggish atmosphere that usually prevails as Congress gets itself organized. If the legislators follow his advice, the decks would be clear for new legislative proposals that he will submit. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills has promised to bring the hospital care for the elderly proposal up for consideration in his committee soon after Congress convenes, if the President desires. Mills, who is opposed to including hospital benefits as part of social security, is known to he considering supporting a plan under which the benefits v/ould he provided through a separately-financed fund. Ad­ ministration leaders are virtually certain that they now have the votes to pass the proposed program of large-scale aid to the 11-state Appalaeiiia region. The bill had House committee approval in the last session but wasn't brought to the floor because of doubts about the existence of « majority in Its favor. More than 5,000 Montreal men's clothing workers will receive wage boosts of 11 cents an hour beginning December 7 under a new agreement reached by the Clothing Workers' Montreal Joint Board and the Associated Cloth­ ing Manufacturers of Quebec Province. The contract also calls for another 5 cent hourly increase beginning nexit'June 29. 4 4 4^ The National Aeronautic and Space Agency signed its first con­ tract with a group of its empioyeea at the Goddard Space Flight Cen­ ter at Greenbelt, Md., after nego­ tiations with the Washington Area Metal Trades Council. The new contract means major gains in working conditions and grievance procedures for 225 hourly-paid employees at the center. It pro­ vides for arbitration of grievances, recognition of shop stewards, two dally rest and cleanup periods, rotation of shift work, a promotion plan and two consecutive days off. 4^ $• $> AFL-CIO President George Meany recently led a fraternal del­ egation of American union officials to the merger convention of three Japanese labor central bodies— Zenro, Sodomei and Zenkanko in Toyko. The new confederation, called Domei, represents 22 Jap­ anese unions with a combined membership of about 1.8 million members. The AFL-CIO delegation included President David Duhinsky of the Ladies' Garment Work­ ers; George M. Harrison, chief ex­ ecutive of the Railway Clerks, and President James A. Suffridge of the Retail Clerks. t 4i 4> Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers locals at General Motors LOO- From every state in the union, congress­ men—some newly elected; some incumbent— will soon be heading toward Washington for the convening of the 89th Congress of the Corporation plants have unani­ United States. Beginning in January, the lawmakers will mously ratified new national and local agreements calling for pen­ consider and pass upon the nation's legisla­ sion and wage improvements. tive needs. The lobbies of Congress and the Among the gains in the new con­ offices of the Senators and Representatives tract are a basic pension benefit will be crowded with the pressure men for of $4.25 a month per year of serv­ the various private interest groups—groups ice, with early retirement at age that seek one Federal benefit or another for 60 at benefits up to $400 a month their own private ventures. for 30 years' service. Wages will But overshadowing the next session of also he increased by 2.5 percent, hut no less than six cents an hour Congress, as it always does, will be the in­ in 1964 and 1965, and by 2.8 per­ terests of all the people of the nation and cent with a minimum of seven the responsibility of Congress to meet those cents on Sept. 5, 1966. needs. The people have no lobby, no highprice executives to plead their cause as the 4> 4^ 4> special interests do. A shorter workweek, a lower re­ Instead, each American is his own lobbyist tirement age and a pay raise were when he steps up to the ballot box. He, or among the major gains that the she, votes for men and programs that will Tobacco Workers won for 6,500 benefit all the country. The people have employees of the American To­ bacco Company in three states. made their lobby felt in the November elec­ Union president John O'Hare pre­ tion. They voted for progress and a "new be­ dicted that the new agreement will ginning" and against a return to the "good set the pattern for future nego­ old days" of business as usual. tiations in the industry. He noted Helping to give voice to the people's feeling that the 8.25 percent hourly wage in Washington will be organized labor. Act­ increase has been extended to ing not as a lobby but a reminder of the un­ 3,700 union members at Liggett and Myers plants under a prevail­ finished work of the nation, labor will try ing wage clause in the Tobacco to make the people's voice felt on a sweep­ ing range of Issues. Workers contract. In calling for passage of medicare, for in4> 4?" 4^ ] stance, labor is not calling for special legisla­ Salary levels increased from Z tion to aid its own interests, but for muchto 5' percent for workers holding needed aid"for senior citizens in this nation— clerical, technical, professional and union members and non-union members, administrative Jobs during the businessmen and working men. year ending last February-March, In calling for Federal aid to education the according to a Labor Department American labor movement is not seeking survey. The survey covered more special interest legislation to benefit only the than 1 million employees in pri­ vate industry. It was learned that laboring segment of the population but is increases in salaries averaged 2.8 seeking instead better educational opportuni­ percent for accountants, 2.9 per­ ties for every segment of the American cent for clerical workers and engi­ people. Civil rights legislation, which has the full neers, 3.3 percent for chemists and 3.6 for engineering technicians. support of the American labor movement, is not designed to aid any special class, eco­ nomic or business group, but is designed to promote the welfare of the nation as a whole. Truth in packaging and truth in lending leg­ islation, urged by American labor, would give all Americans a better deal in the mar­ ket place. Labor represents no special group when it urges Congress to pass such legislation. It seeks a fairer shake, a better deal, more op­ portunities for the American people—for all the American people regardless of race, creed, occupation, economic standing or per­ sonal beliefs. American labor will continue to represent the American neople before the 89th Congress as it has before past Con­ gresses. Extremism The danger of reckless, extremist views has been growing in the U.S. in recent years. Under the guise of fighting communism, ex­ tremists have attacked the integrity of Amer­ ican institutions and the loyalty of many of our most honored and respected leaders. The forces of extremism suffered a crush­ ing defeat in the recent national elections. But they have not been eliminated and are still active. They will persist in their views —for no logic can enter the closed and dis­ torted mind of the extremist. These men must be recognized for what they are and their distored views countered with the truth—• not with hopes of converting the extremist, but to point out to the American people the inherent folly of the extremist attitude. Another and more subtle danger posed by the extremist element was pointed out re­ cently by AFL-CIO President George Meany, when he cautioned, "Let us not, in fear and frustration, borrow the faults of our adver­ saries—the paranoid delusions, the suspicion and distrust, and the weakness for easy an­ swers and demogogic appeals which vent their hostility not upon the real enemy, but upon our own representatives and fellow citizens." �Ptre Twelre SEAFARERS 1f<n«mhve »7, MM LOG Newest SlU Lifeboat Class By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. The Beef Box has again received a heavy number of questions on widely different shipboard beefs. The first of the current batch was sent in by Malcolm B. Woode, ship's delegate on the Mt. Vernon Victory. Question: "What maintenance work is to be done by the AB while standing a wheel watch on automatic steering?" Answer: He may be required to perform his normal routine duties, such as chipping, painting, in the area described in Standard Tanker Agre^ement, Article III, Section 8 (a). Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Article III, Section 8. Quartermasters, Able Seamen Standing Wheel Watch At Sea. (a) "While a man is assigned to the wheel at sea and when the ship is using Automatic Steering Equipment, he shall perform his regularly assigned duties on the bridge and shall not leave the bridge or paint off stagings, or do any work on the outside of the bridge structures and shall not do maintenance work and general cleaning on equipment other than belonging to the bridge, except in case of emergency. Where the wheelman stands a four-hour quartermaster watch, he shall be entitled to thirty (30) minues coffeetime, after standing two hours of such watch. He shall be relieved by an unlicensed seaman on watch during his coft'eetime pe-* riod." "Cleaning Quarters. One Ordinary 4» 4" t Seaman on duty shall be assigned The following question is also to clean quarters arid toilets of submitted by tankermen—James E. the Unlicensed Personnel of the Elwell and R. Henry—both serving Deck Department. Two hours shall on the Western Clipper. be allowed for this work between Question: "I am writing this let­ the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 noon ter at the request of the Chief daily, both at sea and in port. Mate aboard our ship. He requests Sanitary work in crew's quarters that I ask you if the members of shall include wiping off fans." the Deck Department, on their 4" t 4" regular working hours, are entitled The following two questidns to" overtime for placing and re­ were submitted by A. Joosepson, moving thermometers in tanks. He deck delegate aboard the Trustee. said that he would be guided by Question: "This ship does not your answer. Some of the crew carry a carpenter. There is car­ have put in for this, and it was penter work to be performed disputed." '' aboard ship, and the Bosun does Answer: This is not considered not want the overtime. Who else part of the routine duties of the in the Deck Department has pref­ Deck Department. erence for this work?" Reference: Standard Tanker Answer: There is no preference. Agreement, Article II, Section 10— The Mate may choose the men in Customary Duties. "Members of the Deck Department who are most all departments shall perform the familiar with carpenter's work. r.ecessarj- and customary duties of Reference: Standard Freightship that department. Each member of Agreement, Article III, Section 12 all departments shall perform only Carpenter's Duties — (c) When the recognized and customary members of the Deck Department duties of his particular rating. are required by the officer-inWhen it is necessary to shift a cliarge to perform regular carpen­ man to fill a vacancy, the man so ter work they shall be paid straight shifted shall perform the duties of overtime for their watch below. the rating to which he is assigned." Question: "Is the day man who is With reference to your request for standing watch entitled to all over­ copies of clarifications as they per­ time for butterworthing, or shall tain to the Tanker Agreement, this such overtime be divided equally is to advise you that all ciarifica- by all members of Deck Depart­ tions have been incorporated into ment?" the agreement except the one Answer: This overtime is to be where the crewmembers perform­ divided equally among members of ing sanitary work on a super the Deck Department, as provided tanker, is entitled to four (4) hours for in the contract. to perform this work. The Western Reference: Standard Freight;hip Clipper is considered a super Agreement, Article 111, Section 2— tanker and, therefore, this would "All overtime shall be divided as apply on your ship. equally as possible among the i 4" 4" members of the deck crew. In any The following query from a event, the Boatswain sliall be al­ Seafarer concerns overtime for the lowed to make as many houi's over­ Sanitary OS. time as the high man's overtime Question: "The Sanitary O.S. has hours in the Deck Department, ex­ been receiving four hours to clean cept where such overtime has been quarters. However, last time we paid for routine sea watches. The dropped gear and stowed mooring Boatswain shall have the right to lines, he was turned to on deck stand week-end gangway watch in foi- two hours, for which he re­ turn with the rest of the Deck De­ ceived overtime. Is this o.k. or partment. If he fails to exercise should he have been left on sani­ such right he has no claim for high tary? This was on a Saturday man's overtime." morning." 4 4' 4" In submitting questions and Answer: The Ordinary Seaman should have been allowed to per­ work situations for clarification, form his sanitary duties. On a delegates and crews are reminded super tanker, the Ordinary Seaman once again to provide as much is allowed four (4) hours to perform detail as possible setting forth the circumstances of any dispute. Be­ this work. Reference: Standard Tanker sides those mentioned, some of the Agreement, Article III, Section 19. members who were sent clarifica­ tions on various subjects during the past few days included the following: J. C. Mullis, Alcoa Rang­ I^^MKA/OW... er; William Prip, Atlas; Odd San­ Wwtis TO dal, ship's delegate. Overseas Joyce; Leo Taylor, Jr.; Roy Guild; ship's delegate and crew of the Flomar. . imijoe The newest group of Seafarers to win their lifeboat tickets pose after passing their examina­ tion at New York headquarters. Graduating members of Lifeboat Class 121 are (l-r, front) Kenneth Faulkner, Heriberto Yaiquez; (middle) Harry Haman, James Spezzacatena, Harold Gentile, Lawrence Hammer, Stephen Christensen; (rear) instructor Dan Butts, George Baxter, Gote Tell, Joseph P. Donovan, William Anderson and Iven Gunnarshang. Labor Standards Bureau Marks 30th Anniversary WASHINGTON—The Bureau of Labor Standards marked its 30th anniversary with a proud glance backwards and an optimistic look into the future. Speakers from labor and government predicted a new resurgence of state legislation protecting workers as a result of reapportionment of legis­ Wirtz, Bureau Director Nelson M. year for each worker to promote latures on a one man, one Bortz, several state labor commis­ occupational safety—and Oregon's vote basis. The result of such reapportion­ ment, Assistant Secretary of Labor Esther F. Peterson said, will be "more understanding of worker problems by legislatures more rep­ resentative of urban and suburban populations." AFL-CIO Secertary - Treasurer William F. Schnitzler concurred in part. But in remarks prepared for the bureau's all-day anniversary donference, he warned that the needed improvements won't come about without "great battles." It will take, he said, "attention, ag­ gressiveness and pressure" from labor and its allies. Guest of honor at the anniver­ sary observance was Frances Per­ kins, secretary of labor during the Roosevelt Administration, who be­ lied her 82 years as she recalled vividly the conditions which had prompted her to set up the new unit in the Labor Department—to do a job that no one else was doing. Miss Perkins spoke of workers dying of undiagnosed silicosis, being poisoned by radium and lead, working long hours for low pay, being cheated of wages by employers, living in states with no workmen's compensation laws. While a few states, such as New York and Wisconsin, had effective state labor departments and a body of social legislation, most state agencies had little authority, inad­ equate funds and staff. The establishment of the federal bureau. Miss Perkins said proud­ ly, was "one of the original guns fired in the war on poverty." Labor Secretary W. Willard sioners, former Labor Department O'fficials and experts from labor and industry took part, in the pro­ gram. In panel discussions; • President B. A. Grltta of the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Depart­ ment stressed that states need, in addition to comprehensive safety codes and legislation, "competent staff, including fully trained safe­ ty inspectors who are well paid and not subject to political ap­ pointment or removal." Noting the great gap between states, Grltta cited Mississippi's expenditure of only five cents a $2.33 per worker expenditure. While each safety inspector in Ore­ gon overseas conditions of 9,000 workers, Mississippi has only one safety inspedtor for each 400,000 workers. • President David Sullivan of the Building Service Employes called for both federal end state action to expand coverage of labor stand­ ards, including minimum wage laws, to more workers. The serv­ ice trades, Sullivan pointed out, are both an expanding field and one whose workers "most need the protection of various kinds of min­ imum standards." Tankers And Bulk Carriers Continue To Grow Larger LONDON—^The worldwide trend toward bigger and bigger tanki| ers and bulk carriers is continuing, according to a report issued by the International Union of Marine Insurance. || I lUMl is a clearing house for the exchange of technical data on || marine underwriting procedure for over 40 national associations || ' of marine insurance companies. The report found that at present about 20 tankers of' over 100,000 dwt and approximately 12 bulk carriers of more than ? P 55,000 dwt are on order from shipyards around the world, p The report also pointed out that the average size of new tankers || |i is 57,000 dwt, as compared to the 45,000 dwt tankers which were ' being delivered a year ago. The size of bulk carriers went from an p ' average of 27,000 dwt in_1963 to 30,000 dwt this year. It noted •" if that there is a trend in both categories toward building faster % ships—which in effect increases their cargo capacity because they i can make more voyages in a given period. Also noted was the fact that the bulk carrier fleet set a new i record during the first quarter of 1964 by topping the 20 million % dwt mark. Breaking down this total, it was found that "7.6 million I tons were ore carriers with the remaining 12.5 million tons in | ' i other bulk classifications. PI i ^ HI �NoYaabtr Vt, XfM SEAFARERS Pace Thirteea LOG \ Seafarer Arriiur Vogel signs for his ballot while Boston Balloting Committee members (l-r) William Costa, William Stuart and Kenneth Larose, look on. Voting began Novem­ ber 2 in A&G ports and continues until December 31. George Rohring picks up ballot fust prior to casting his vote at Baltimore. Committee mem­ bers (l-r) are George Litchfield, Howard Rode and George Godwon. Just entering voting booth at rear is Thomas Foster. J • -.v. Balloting in the two-month SIU AGLIWD election is con­ tinuing at a hrisk pace as the half-way mark nears. Seafar­ ers in AGLIWD ports began casting their ballots on No­ vember 2 for the 64 fully qualified candidates who are running for the 45 elective Union posts. Balloting will continue until December 31. Under provisions of the SIU Constitution, the ballot is be­ ing conducted weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from Nov. 2 to Dec, 31. No balloting is held on Sundays and legal holidays. This year's election began Nov. 2 instead of Nov. 1 because the latter date fell on a Sunday. Ralph Subat signs the roster as New Orleans Balloting Com­ mitteeman Vie Mlorana checks procedures. Waiting their turns are Seafarers (l-r) Terrll Raseley, Sal Candela. Jean Lataple, W. S. BIgby and Joseph Bosch. Seafarer Peter Manuel drops his folded ballot in the box at Houston. Balloting is conducted weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon with no balloting on Sun­ days and holidays. Balloting Committeeman Curly Barnes checks book of Seafarer Anstey Minors during voting at New York hall. Checking procedures are other Committee members (l-r) Al Perlnl and Rudy Leader. , • JsSs#; • sv With balloting for candidates in the SIU A&G elections well under way in Houston, Committeemen (l-r) Burness Butts, Douglas "Smiley" Clausseg and Jimmy HIghman watch the procedures as Seafarer Anthony J. VIolante receives a ballot on which he will mark his choices for Union office. First Seafarer to vote at New Orleans as balloting began November 2 was Henry Gerdes (signing roster). Committeemen (l-r) H. J. "Smokey" Schrelner, P. O'Connor and V. Mlorana look on. Next in line to vote with Union Books ready are Sam Hurst (second from right) and Ralph Subat. �Nwrtmber Mf* IMt SEAFARMRB toe Page Ponrfetti School Dropouts Suffer Employment Difficulties WASHINGTON—The heavy disadvantagei faced by students dropping out of school ' ' technological ichnolocric changes and before graduation and looking for work in ap economy where fast automation put a premium on manpower skills, are described in a special report Issued re­ cently by the U.S. Labor De­ partment's Bureau of Labor more likely than dropouts to begin paying laborer Jobs. In 1963, 42 their first full time Jobs in more percent of those who had dropped Statistics. ly Jos«ph B. Logiw, MD, Mtdtedl Dirtctor You Can Prevent Foodborne Illness An estimated one million or more persons in the United States are affected each year by foodborne illness (food poisoning). Why do these illnesses occur? Food poisoning occurs when Individuals who prepare and serve food The report, which is entitled desirable occupations. For instance out two years previously were in fail to apply known food protection measures. this category, a figure close to that in 1968 six out of 10 women who "Empioyment of High School Graduates and Dropouts in 1963," graduated were in clerical Jobs, registered for persons dropping What causes food poisoning? Foodborne illnesses may occur after eating: food containing diseaseoutlines the hard times experi­ and only two out of 10 in factory out in 1962 and 1963. The report was based on in­ producing bacteria (so-called germs), food containing poisons (toxins) enced by school dropouts as con­ or service work. On the other hand, trasted to the advantages of young three out of five male graduates formation collected in toe regular produced by harmful bacteria, food containing parasites which can in­ people with more education in were factory workers or laborers, monthly labor force survey of the fect man (such as worms in meat), food which is contaminated, either and only one out of five held a U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau accidently or carelessly, with harmful chemicals, or food which is getting and keeping jobs. white collar Job. The report con­ of Labor Statistics. It is designed naturally poisonous (such as some mushrooms). The report found that young people dropping out of school cludes from these figures that to provide information on the labor Foodborne illness can be prevented! women are apparently receiving market experience of high school First, prevention starts with the food. A good safe food product must usually ended up with unskilled better training in high school for graduates and school dropouts 16 be used, one that is protected from contamination from producer to jobs at low rates of pay and faced occupations which are in demand, to 24 years of age with emphasis user. (Inferior, unsafe food cannot be magically transformed into a a higher unemployment rate than on unemployment data, part-time safe, premium product.) Then correct preparation, storage and re­ students who graduated. It was such as typing and clerical work. work, and occupation and industry frigeration procedures must be followed. The survey also found that also learned that dropouts fail to upgrade their job skills signifi­ graduates tend to improve their of those employ^. Second, all food service workers should practice good personal hy­ Copies of the report are avail­ cantly after leaving school, unlike job skills within a few years of giene. They should wash their hands thoroughly and often. They should graduation, thus upgrading their able from the Bureau of Labor students who graduate. earning capacity. Dropouts, signifi­ Statistics Middle Atlantic Regional not work if ill; if they have a bad cold; or-have an infected cut or burn The report disclosed that the cantly, showed no similar trend, Office, 341 Ninth Avenue, Room on the hands. A person's hands and spray from his coughs and sneezes total of the January and June, ending up in large numbers in low- 1009, New York, N.Y. 10001. all contain literally millions of germs that can thrive on foods if the 1963 graduating classes was 1.7 right time and temperature, and conditions of moisture exist. million persons. About 80 percent Third, food preparation and serving techniques must be correct. Food of this group who didn't go to col­ should never be touched by the hands of a food service worker when­ lege and approximately two-thirds ever a clean sanitized utensil can be used instead. Potentially hazardous of the 1963 dropouts were in the foods, which include those most frequently involved in foodborne labor force. Thus graduates had a disease outbreaks (meat, eggs, milk, cream pies, etc.) should be stored 14 percent better chance of finding at temperatures below 40*F. or above 140°F. at all times except during employment than non-graduates. actual preparation or service. Dishwashing procedures must also be The survey that the report was effective. A "slipup" in one of these phases of food preparation and based upon disclosed that while can undo all other efforts to provide protection. WASHINGTON—^Many American doctors are apparently service both the graduate and the dropout Food service esablishment operators find that it is good business to faced a high rate of unemploy­ getting fed up with the American Medical Association and protect their patrons, and incidentally themselves, from food poisoning. ment, the latter was definitely the way it has been playing "footsie" with public health by If a person who prepares and serves food asks "Can I be the cause more likely to be out of work at not taking a definite position • of a food poisoning outbreak?" the answer is "yes" whether the person any given time. At the time of the on the hazards of smoking. up a hornet's nest within its own asking the question is a chef, waitress, dishwashing machine operator, survey the unemployment rate for Congressman Frank Thompson membership. homeowner or other person who handles food or food equipment. dropouts was about two times (D-N.J.) recently cited develop­ "More and more doctors are be­ Case studies that for graduates. ments indicating that the AMA's ginning to question the AMA's The following examples are but a few of thousands of recently re­ The report also revealed that position—or lack of a position—on curious reluctance to come right graduates, especially women, were the hazards of smoking has stirred out and say that cigarette smoking ported cases where it did happen. The cases are summarized, and pre­ vention methods are then given. is dangerous to health," he said. Case 1—Seventeen persons aboard a ship became ill within 8 hours Thompson"recalled that earlier this year, a committee of medical after eating a noon meal. Nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea were scientists, headed by the U.S. Sur­ the symptoms. Macaroni had been cooked prior to the meal, and geon General, issued a report on chopped pimentos, lettuce, boiled eggs, mayonnaise and mustard were their "exhaustive analysis" of hand-mixed by two mess cooks. One of those cooks had several minor numerous studies of the effects of cuts on two fingers. These finger cuts .yielded Staphylococcus aureus, smoking. Among other things, the the same kind of bacteria found in the salad. TOKYO—Japanese ship operators, who have broadcast report pointed out that "the death Prevention: Never use your hands to mix foods when clean sanitized their beefs to Washington at every American effort to rate of cigarette smokers is 70 per­ utensils can be used! Never work with food when you have infected higher than for non-smokers; cuts because the germs causing the infection may be a source of food­ protect the U.S. merchant fleet, are now in the midst of asking cent that cigarette smoking far out­ borne illness! their own government for^ weighs all other causes of lung 2—Following the drinking of punch served in a coffee shop, 14 similar protection and aid. To help accomplish this, the ship cancer, is the most important cause of Case 25 persons drinking the beverage became ill with cramps and diar­ The Japanese have under­ owners have invoked Japan's bal­ of chronic bronchitis, and also rhea. The punch had been prepared in a galvanized iron container, then taken a sweeping program to ance of payments problem and causes acute heart troubles." stored in a refrigerator. Upon investigation, it was shown that the con­ double the size of their merchant have asked for huge government "The AMA's response to that tainer, although new, had been corroded by the action of the acid in loans to get the shipbuilding boom fleet within the next four years. report," Thompson said further, the punch. Chemical analysis of the remaining punch showed that a underway. "was to accept $10 million from considerabie amount of zinc had been dissolved from the container Similar calls for federal assist­ the tobacco industry for a study lining. ance by the American merchant of the relationship between smok­ Prevention: Never use utensils containing toxic materials in the pre­ marine, especially in the field of ing and health, and to oppo.se a paration and storage of foods. Food containers made with metals such cargo preference laws, has drawn move by the Federal Trade Com­ as antimony, zinc, cadmium and lead have been sources of foodborne complaints from the Japanese in mission to label cigarettes as a illnesses. All containers used for storing, transporting, preparing and the past, who said that such U.S. health hazard." serving of food should be made of smooth, easily cleanable, nontoxic aid to our nation's shipping was "Now," he continued, "the AMA WASHINGTON —The Maritime 'unfair' to ships of their own and is out with this remarkable bit of materials. Case 3—Approximately one hour after supper, four persons vomited, Administration has approved the other nations. advice on smoking to our young­ exchange of the SlU-manned Rio The Japanese owners maintain sters. "If you haven't started the became nauseated, dizzy, and had difficulty in swallowing, talking and Grande and Delaware (Oriental that they have been "suffering fi­ habit, you should carefully con­ seeing. During supper they had eaten what they thought were collard greens. Actually, these "greens" were the leaves of a wild tobacco plant. Export) both C-2's, for two C-4 nancially for 12 years" and claim sider the facts before doing so.' Prevention: Always be certain that you know any foods you pick for military troopships. The two C-4's they are in no position to carry "How's that for a ringing dec­ will be converted by Bulk Trans­ out their vast ship construction laration!" Thompson jeered. He yourself. Some plants may look alike, yet actually be quite different. Case 4—Two persons became ill about 15 minutes after eating mush­ port, Inc., a subsidiary of Oriental, plans without the aid of low cost quoted the Medical Tribune as say­ rooms. Symptoms included nausea, dizziness, numbness, and vomiting. for operation as tramp bulk car­ Japanese government loans. ing that this "ambivalence" in the The mushrooms had been picked fresh, refrigerated, peeled, cleaned, riers. AMA message, "will be seized upon As things stand now, Japanese Bulk Transport has acquired the ships are moving slightly under by the teenager," as an excuse to boiled, and fried. Examinatiqn of similar types of mushrooms showed that these were poisonous. troopships Marine Perch and half of their nation's import-ex- continue smoking. Prevention: Never pick mushrooms unless you know the difference Marine Swallow which have been port trade. U.S.-^lag shipping han­ Thompson quoted statements by in the reserve fleet. Since the value dles less than ten percent of other eminent medical men criti­ between nonpoisonous and poisonous varieties. In most cases, only an of the Rio Grande and Deleware total U.S. trade. cizing the AMA for Its pussyfoot­ expert can tell the difference. exceeded the value of the two Case 6—Sixteen persons experienced acute upset stomachs within five To build up the position of ing. Then he said that "the most C-4's, the company was not re­ Japanese shipping the owners have stinging rebuke" appeared in GP tiours after their evening meal. Egg salad was the food suspected. The quired to make any payment to also asked their government for (General Practitioner), the official eggs were boiled and shelled early that afternoon. One of the cooks complete the exchange. Bulk more stringent and far-reaching publication of General Practice, then added mayonnaise and relish to the chopped eggs. After prepara­ Transport will pay the cost of con­ cargo preference laws. The Japa­ which represents 28,000 doctors. tion, the salad was not refrigerated. The cook who prepared the salad version and delivery of the two nese ship operators obviously be­ had tonsillitis. transfer ships. Prevention: Food service workers should not work when they are 111. lieve what is sauce for the goose The company will continue to is poison for' the gander. The Potentially hazardous foods should be refrigerated at temperatures of operate the Rio Grande and the same measures they are now ask­ 40* F. or below, or kept, at 140* .F. or above until serving. Deleware under charter from the ing their government for they It's tip to yon! Government until the C-4's are have repeatedly attacked when As can be seen from the cases described, foodborne illnesses can delivered, between four to six asked for by the U.S. shipping in­ happen if safe food service rules are not followed. Good, safe food dustry from the U.S. Government. service practices will help you to prevent foodborne illness. monthf in the-future. Doctors Protesting AMA Smoking Stand Japanese Request Aid For Maritime MA Approves Ship Exchange �VI, UM I^e SBAFABBBS FORTS OF THB WOBLD Manila, a thriving metropolis in the midst of a building boom which changes its skyline almost daily, is a favorite stop for Seafarers on the FM East run and a real home port for the many Philippine-Ainerican SIU members. The growing port city, with a population of one and onehalf million, is a regular stop for ships of the Isthmian Line. The major Philippine exports shipped through Manila include copra, mahogany and other wood products, and an increasing amount of Manila's own San Miguel beer. Major imports include steel products and machinery. A view of the waterfront along the Pasig River which rum through the heart of Manila. The river carriei most of the city's commerce to and from the ocean'docks that line Manila Bay. The city lies on a large bay on the southern portion of Lu­ zon, the most important Philippine island. Ships entering Manila Bay pass by Corregidor, the heroic fortress island of World War II. The extensive damage suffered by Manila during the war (Our GIs fought a bitter house-to-house bat­ tle for the city in the closing days of the conflict) is respon­ sible for the continuing building boom. Many narts of the town have been completely rebuilt, with the old. run-down waterfront area along Dewey Boulevard showing the most impressive changes. Parks now line the tho'-oughfare and the area has been generally refurbished and cleaned up. The best way of getting around the city is by taxi (the price should be agreed on beforehand) or by one of the hun­ dreds of Jeepney semi-buses that dart through the streets. The Jeepneys, colorfully painted jeep bodies fitted with extra seating room and fringed on top, are a trade mark of post­ war Manila. The handsome building in this photo is the Malacanang Palace, the official residence, or White House, of Philippine presidents. This monument in Luneta Park on the waterfront is to Philip­ pine national hero Jose Rizal. For Seafarers who have to stay close to the ship, the Manila Hotel, located at Dewey Boulevard and Luneta Park in the south port district, has air-conditioned rooms and a full line of services, including restaurants, bars and shops. English language newspapers sold at the hotel will give Seafarers a guide to the various attractions around town. Two blocks up from Dewey Boulevard, along Isaac Peral Street, is A. Mabini Street, along which may be found good department stores (Tesoro's is the major one) and shoos selling fine wood and rattan items and other local wares. Also in the area are some high-priced night spots and the Manila Jai-Alai palaces, where sporting men can wager on the outcome of the games. A makeshift store built'into arch of Intramuros, Manila's old walled city. Ships of the Isthmian Lines, like the Steel Executive shown here, have made Manila a regular stop in recent years. Among the watering spots popular with visiting Seafarers are the Metro Bar and the Shamrock, both in the waterfront district. Bill Morris, a Seafarer who has hit Manila on sev­ eral occasions, especially recommends the Townhouse, a fine restaurant and bar hosted by "Whitey" Smith. Whitey, who has spent the past 40 years in the Far East, is alwavs amiable toward American seamen, regales them with old stories, and runs a most comfortable establishment. Among^the special points of interest in Manila is Intra­ muros, the old walled city which is now mainly ruins. It contains within its battered walls some of the relics of the four hundred years of Spanish rule to which the Philippines were subject. The chief of these is the Santiago Fortress, the setting for many a bloody deed in Philippine history. Seafarer Morris advises any Seafarers with some time to spai-e to travel out to Quezon City, the new capital of the republic. The building boom in Quezon is proceeding at an even faster pace," if possible, than that in Manila. Here may be found the new government offices. The trip to Quezon also offers a look at the local countryside. An old fort and church site along the way served as an internment center during the Japanese occupation. A special friend to all Seafarers in Manila is Mr. Garcia, the Lloyds shipping agent. Seafarers say he has never re­ fused a favor to a seaman and is always looking out for their welfare. The Escolita, in the heart of downtown Manila, with its many department stores, theatres and its heavy traffic shows the strong influence of the Philippines' long and close ties to the U.S. One last point, many Seafarers say Manila is changing so quickly^that they cannot recognize it after an absence of just six months. The only thing that stavs the same, they say, is the friendliness of the Philippine, people. �Plikis sn^tteeii SEAFARKKB i. tOO If, ItM CQngfifufional Procedures Ouillned V ' Nominations Open December 1 For Tug And Dredge Region DETROIT—Nominations for candidates for office in the Tug and Dredge Region of the SIU's Great Lakes District Inland Boatmens Union will be open from December 1 to 15. The report of Regional Director Robert T. Jones, announcing the procedures for nom­ inations and the election of> officers, as set forth in the who is disqualified therefrom by (a) Sending In a dated, written, constitution, was submitted to law. signed statement to the Regional Announcement of nominating procedures tor the election of SlU Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region officials was made by Robert Jones, regional director (standing} at the November membership meeting in Detroit. Shown with Jones are meeting officers (seated, l-r) Reading Clerk Ernest DeMerse, IBU Detroit Dredge Agent; Meeting Chairman Max Tobin, Detroit IBU Tug Agent; Recording Clerk Sheldon Streicher, IBU Allied Marine Section; and Harold Yon, assistant regional director. By Fred Stewgrt & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Additional Duties Of The Delegate and approved by the Union mem- Section 4. Director of his name, his residence, bership at meetings in Great Lake All holders of said office, h i s membership identification District ports on November 9. whether elected or appointed, are number, the fact that he is seeking The Constitutional provisions required not only to possess the nomination, the office which he covering procedures for nomina­ foregoing qualifications, but also seeks, and a statement of his tions and elections of officers to maintain them, including con­ qualifications as set forth here­ which were included in the tinuous good standing, as a condi­ under. This statement must also Regional Director's report, are as tion of the retention of their include the following certificate: follows: offices. "I hereby certify that I am Section ARTICLE IV not now, nor, for the five (5) PORT AGENT OR PRESIDENT years last past, have I been In porta with more than twentyThe Port Agent or President five (25) members, there may be either a member of the Com­ elected will work as an Executive established an Executive Commit­ munist Party or convicted of, Committee member from his home tee, who shall assist the Region's or served any part of a- prison port. All Executive Committee offices in the conduction of local term, resulting from convic­ members at each port shall be business. The Executive Commit­ tion of robbery, bribery, extor­ elected for a period of three (3) tee, who shall assist the Region's tion, embezzlement, grand years, beginning June 1, 1965 and officers in the Section of this or­ larceny, burglary, arson, viola­ shall be qualified in accordance ganization and they shall be elected tion of narcotics laws, murder, with Article VIII, Sections 2, 3 at a regular membership meeting rape, assault with intent to and 4. kill, assault which inflicts by a secret vote. And they may be grievous bodily injury, or vio­ ARTICLE VIII selected by any method that is fair lation of title II or III of the QUALIFICATIONS FOR with the proper notice of the elec­ Landrum-Griffin Act, or con­ OFFICERS & REPLACEMENTS tion given to members in that port. spiracy to commit any such Section 1. The following offices are open crimes." Any member of the Region, in for nominations: Where a nominee cannot truth­ continuous good standing for at Regional Director fully execute such a certificate, least three (3) years, is eligible to Assistant Regional Director but Is, in fact, legally eligible for be nominated for, and elected to —^Tug Section an office or job by reason of the the office of Regional Director. Assistant Regional Director restoration of civil rights originally Any member of the Section elect­ —Dredge Section revoked by such conviction or a ing an Assistant Regional Director Assistant Regional Directot favorable determination by the in continuous good standing in the —^Allied Marine Section Board of Parole of the United work classification covered by the ARTICLE X States Department of Justice, he Section for at least three (3) years, ELECTIONS shall in lieu of the foregoing is eligible to be nominated for, and certificate, furnish a complete elected to, the off ice. of Assistant Section 1. Election of officers shall take signed statement of the facts of Regional Director for that Section. place in March of every election his case together with true copies Section 2. All nominees for, and those year. The election year shall be of the documents supporting his statement. elected to, the foregoing offices 1965. must be citizens of the United Section 2. All of the foregoing must reach Any member qualified to hold Region Headquarters no earlier States of America. office under this Constitution may than December 1, and no later than Section 3. No one may be nominated for, or nominate himself, for no more than December 15 of the year before election. elected to, the foregoing offices one office by: The job of being a shipboard delegate is an important—and not a particularly easy one. For this reason the LOG is publishing the second part of a three part series dealing with information ships' dele­ gates should have at their fingertips to aid the smooth handling of their jobs. In the last issue of the LOG we covered such items as what the delegate must know to handle his job efficiently and what the duties of the delegate are. In this issue we consider: There is no use trying to minimize the job of the delegate. Any way you look at it, it's a man-sized job. A great many of the delegate's duties could be listed, but that would give the impression that he is supposed to memorize what he is sup­ posed to do and what not to do. Instead the union feels that flexibility in disposing of problems is superior to a rigid set of rules. One thing the delegate can keep his eye open, for is good union reading material. Copies of the Seafarers LOG and other union litera­ ture should be available at all times for reading and discussion. Meetings, too are good places for the guys to learn more about their union—and to sound off on issues of mutual interest. So the more meetings the more good can come of them. And if you're a hep delegr.ta you'll see that the poppin' is plenty on your boat. A good way to carry out your union education functions is through the medium of special meetings. Here the guys who know the score can f've straight-forward union talks so that the members may learn what the union stands for. Get all the union literature you can to use as background material for discussion at these sessions. On the subject of meetings, don't forget that copies of the ship's minutes should be made in duplicate. One for the union and one for the ship's file, which should be turned over to the delegate if the re­ cording secretary gets off the ship. Repair lists and unsettled beefs should be recorded with a copy to the department head, one to the union and one for the delegate. So long as there are ships sailing, beefs will be a shipboard factor. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Navy is stepping up its efforts to create a coordinated, effec­ Settling these beefs to the satisfaction of all is one of the primary functions of the union. However, plenty of situations result in beefs tive antisubmarine program. If the Navy succeeds in its protracted struggle to Improve U.S. tiiat are easily avoidable. Keeping down the number of small, petty sub-himting capabilities, Seafarers on merchant ships will be able to sail with greater safety beefs will give strength to the sound, legitimate ones that will be much should they be called upon to-t^ ——— easier to square away. vealed that the various detecting marine defenses as second in im­ serve in a national emergency. Beefs can generally be broken down into two kinds: devices and armaments which have The Navy is putting its been developed for the program portance only to the development 1. Those that involve the company over such matters as overtime, food, quarters, etc.; hopes behind a new effort which have been scattered throughout of a strong Polaris fOrce. 2. Those that come up among crew members. One SIU man put it will attempt to gather up the many the far-flung Naval organization Naval officials emphasize that no neatly, when he said: "Keep those beofs medium and rare." important breakthroughs in antidifferent components of its anti­ with individual elements being produced for specific airplanes and sub warfare is on the horizon. Keeping Them "Medium and Rare" submarine program into a single, Problems such as greatly increas­ This Seafarer had several specific things in mind when he gave his integrated system. One of ttie chief ships. Nitze said the system has been ing the range of sonar underwater advice. Like these, for example: • Personal beefs are just that and no more. They don't involve the goals of the new program will be plagued by uneven" development detection devices are still regarded to upgrade the country's defense as only certain parts have bene­ as a development of the future. union or your shipmates and shouldn't be interpreted that way. • The best way to insure success in your overtime disputes is to be against submarines through better fited from advances in technology certain they're legitimate. Phony overtime is no more substantial than utilization of weapons already in and production. The new contract is designed to interrelate the a $3 bill—and can be just as troublesome. If you have an overtime existence. Navy's antisubmarine equipment be°f get it in at the right time—don't wait until the last minute. The goals of the new program as fully as possible. • Sleep is just as much a necessity for the delegate as it is for any crew member. If you ivake him up in the middle of the night for a petcy are to be accomplished by using An important benefit which will beef, he won't be worth two cents to you in the morning when he might the services of the TRW-Space come from the achievement of this have to act oh something more important. Laboratories which will be work­ program is an advantage of a Let's remember that seamen are men—first, last and always. No crew breathing spell. Observers believe member should attempt to lord it over his shipmates. Union brothers ing under a contract worth over this breathing spell is necessary have a joint purpose. Newcomers shouldn't be bullied nor scoffed at $5 million. The company played before the Soviet Union makes ad­ for their sincere efforts. They have the same rights, and are entitled an important part in the Air Force vances in its own submarine fleet to the same breaks, benefits and protection as any other union memiber. missile program, and the Navy to the point where they pose a If you're in a crusading spirit, channel your ideas to benefit your hopes that it can put its experience serious threat to the U.S. Russia shipmates and union. In the old days, a big wind was used to good ad­ is known to be creating a sub­ vantage. Today, it's a liability. Keep a safety valve on your hot air. to work in knocking the kinks out marine equal to the U.S. Polaris of its antisub defense system. Leave the yata-ta-yata-ta to the gals. which is capable of firing ballistic Cooperation can carry us all a long way. Delegates should cooperate Some of the syste.m's present missiles while submerged. How­ with the men who have selected them as their representatives. But the drawbacks came to light recently ever, the Russians have yet to put crew must also cooperate with the delegates. Joint effort will keep your- in a speech delivered by Secretary Polaris-type subs on duty. of the Navy Paul Nitze. He re­ boat in good shape. ... The Navy has designated antisub­ Navy Starts Upgrading Antisubmarine Program �Nvrember Vt, 1964 SEAFARERS Keeping Track Manned By 5IU Pacific Boatmen Alaska Ferry Fleet Adds Modem Vessel By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS New Fad In Children's Toys Tbis Christmas toy manufacturers have given parents and other gift-givers a choice. If you don't want war toys, you can buy monster toys—this year's fad. These are a by-product oL television shows such as the "Munsters," "Addams Family" and others. Several of the largest manufacturers are featuring dolls based on such characters as Mother .Morticia and Lurch the Butler. Some companies offer kits so a really ghoulish child can put together his own Godzilla and King Kong. The Merry Manufactur­ ing Co., no less, offers a paper doll for little girls, "The Bride of Frankenstein." Another line of plastic toys features "Hat Fink" In various situations, such as Rat Fink with Motorcycle. Many parents and even some toy designers are aghast at the com­ mercial trend to war and horror toys. For example, a toy gun kit for $20 provides a child with comidete armament including an anti-tank rocket launcher, grenade thrower, armor-piercing shell gun, missile pad, repeating rifle, automatic pistol and tommy gun. "The horror toys take advantage of a child's natural tendency towards excitement," comments Frank Caplan, a leading designer of play materials for schools-and nurseries. "The war toys exploit his feeling of aggression. Nobody says children should not have aggression. But they can work it out on an exercise mat." A group of mothers calling themselves "Parents against the En­ couragement of Violence" even picketed a toy manufacturer's show with signs reading "Let's Disarm the Nursery." If the war and horror toys exploit the children, their prices exploit the parents. Today many commercial toys are advertised on children's television shows. In fact, some are produced especially for TV promo­ tion. The high costs of TV advertising have boosted toy prices to a level that has no real relationship to value. A toy with a $10 list price frequently costs $2 ^ manufacture. Tlie manufacturer sells it to the retailer for $5.50 who offers a purported discount of 20 per cent and charges you $8. Note that the manufacturer spends $3.50 to advertise and distribute a toy that costs $2 to produce. Nor can you always consider a retailer's discount on toys to be a genuine value. List prices nowadays often are inflated to permit such discounts. The Federal Trade Commission several times has charged leading toy manufacturers with using such exaggerated list prices, as in the case of a "suggested retail" of $23 for an "electronic rifle range" which the FTC said was in excess of actual retail prices. Too, as this department often has pointed out, novelty toys do not always perform as ads tell children they will. For example, a widelyadvertised "two-way wrist radio" did not receive amateur radio signals and was not sold complete and ready for operation (no transistor-type energized battery), the FTC found. Parents and other gift givers will spend about 2 billion dollars for toys in the four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. About 80 per cent of all children's playthings are bought during this period. Thus, they need to be chosen with care, for enduring and develop­ mental play value. Caplan points out that a broad variety of experience is important to young children especially. Infancy to age six is the most powerful learning age; a time when children have a tremendous eagerness and will to learn, and IQ develops faster than in later child­ hood. Young children are especially eager to explore and understand their environment. Such "exploring toys" as giant magnifiers and optical toys like color paddles have long-lasting play value and help a child understand his physical world. Caplan suggests these five tips for selecting playthings: 1. Don't buy toys loaded with detail. Leave something to a child's imagination. A toy that looks cute to an adult may have been designed to appeal to an adult's eye for detail. But detailed models may be too fragile for fumbling young fingers, and may restrict a toy's play potential. 2. Make sure the toy will hold interest every day of the following year. There are raw materials of play which serve a child's play needs all year long, and often longer. Some of these are large-size blocks, painting easels, large, well-made play people and animals, transporta­ tion toys that don't break, sturdy olimibing equipment. These are the toys sought by nursery and kindergarteai teachers who have to buy toys that last in interest and hold up under use 365 days a year. 3. Be sure the child can enjoy the toy without a grown-up's help. Don't buy toys complicated in assembly and use, and which don't allow the child to invent or discover for himself. 4. Save some money, for later-on toys. Don't forget you child will be a very different individual in a few months. 5. If yo\i can't resist a gadget, make sure it's in the $1 to $2 range—a stocking-stuffer and not the important all-year toy. FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: Cheap meat this month will help you keep down food costs if you pick the better values. Beef production in recent weeks has been record high. Lower-grade beef especially is In heavy supply, thus making hamburger, stew beef and chuck roast out­ standing buys. Markets also are featuring specials on broilers and many cuts of pork, lamb and veal, especially shoulder lamb roasts and 'loin of pork and hams. Another buy this month is turkey, not only for holiday meals but ordinary dinners. Production is running 7 to 8 per cent above even last year's heavy supply. Heavy birds are especially abundant. These are best buys, not only because prices are lower than for small turkeys but because they yield more meat per pound. But avoid pre-stuffed turkeys if the weight of the meat is not shown separately. Otherwise you may be paying meat prices for bread crumbs with water and seasoning. Too, pre-stuffed turkeys need to be handled with care, and cooked while still frozen, the New York State Extension Service warns. Also watch the prices of the new uncooked turkey rolls with bones re <ioved. If they don't cost more than 79-89 cents a pound, they are not unreasonable. Pane ScTcateoi LOG JUNEAU, Alaska—Looking more like a modern passenger liner than a ferryboat, the Tustumena recently joined the now four-ship fleet of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific-manned Alaska ferry service known as the marine of tourists, the vessel's 200 passen­ gers can take advantage of an highway. Eight - year - old Megdalia Iglesias, daughter of Sea­ farer Raul iglesios, likes to accompany her father whenever he visits the New York hall between voyages. Iglesias, who sails in the deck d e p a.r t m e n t, last shipped on the Bienviilg (Sea Land). Like the other vessels in the Alaska ferry fleet—the Malaspina, Taku and the Matanuska—^the Tus­ tumena is named after an Alaskan glacier. Smaller than the other three vessels, the 200-passenger Tustumena is 240-feet long with a 50-foot beam. A vehicle-carrier as well as pas­ senger vessel, the Tustumena in­ cludes stowage space for nine 40foot trailers and 40 passenger cars. Vehicles are loaded and unloaded with the aid of an elevator with a rotating platform to facilitate stor­ age—made necessary by the 30foot tidal variations of the Gulf of Alaska which require loading and unloading at various levels. Aimed basically at the carriage APL Liner Sale Approved By MA WASHINGTON—^The Maritime Administration has ap­ proved the sale of SIU Pacific District-contracted American President Lines' passenger ship President Hoover to a Pana­ manian corporation for future •*" transferral to the Greek flag. use as a combination passengercargo vessel in the Mediterranean. The ship, which has been in In approving the sale, the MA layup on the West Coast since last April, has two possible uses slated by her new owners. She will either be used as a cruise ship, possibly worldwide, or she may be put to Barges Benefit From Chemical Plant Growth WASHINGTON — The nation's inland waterways are benefitting from a continuing expansion of the chemical industry, a study re­ leased here shows. Chemical companies are taking advantage of the lower transporta­ tion costs offered by the inland carriers by locating new plants or expanding old . plants at locations along the thousands of miles of waterways that criss-cross the continent. The study shows that 27 chemical production plants were built or enlarged along various waterways during the third quarter of 1964. The heaviest concentration of new projects is along the lower Missis­ sippi. The Mississippi area reports 13 new chemical plants in the third quarter of the year. Following in new plant activity are the Gulf Inter-coastal Water­ way with 10 projects; Ohio River, nine projects. Lake Michigan, six projects; Patapsco River and Delaware River, five projects each, and the Columbia^ River and Houston Ship Channel, four new projects each. Taking in all categories of in­ dustry, the totals of plants being built or expanded along water­ ways declined compared to the same period last year. This year 96 new plants were announced in the third quarter, while the figure was 145 in the third quarter of 1963. placed the customary restrictions on the future use of the vessel in relation to U. S. trade. The Hoover cannot take part in trade to or from ports in the U.S. for five years without the written approval of. the MA. The one exception is that she will be allowed to make brief cruise visits. In theory the Hoover would be made available to the U.S. for a period of five years in the event that an emergency arose during that time, according to the MA's usual transfer policy. Also, she may not be used for trade with Communist bloc nations and she may not be chartered to aliens without Navy approval. Effective Control? These are the same so-called "effective control" terms which apply to most American-flag ships sold to foreigners or transferred to foreign registry or runawayflags. This "effective control" has been a matter of much controversy in the past however, with many contending that "effective control" actually amounts to no control at all when political upheavals in-and government changes in these for­ eign countries can make "effective control" agreements worth nothing more than the paper they are printed on. Another former SIU Pacific Dis­ trict-contracted ship, the former Lurline of Matson Navigation, was sold to foreign interests earlier in the year. American interests had tried to buy the Hoover, but were unable to make suitable arrangements to go through with the purchase. APL has ordered three new. Master Mariner type cargoliners from West Coast shipyards. The 23,000 ton vessels will be among the fastest, largest .and most high­ ly automated in the U.S. merchant fleet. Until the three new ships join the APL fleet, the company has purchased two older ships, a C-2 and a C-3, for temporary service. observation lounge, dining room, bar, and sitting room. Sleeping ac­ commodations for 42 passengers are available. Her speed is rated at 15 knots. The Tustumena was added to the Alaska ferry fleet to help meet the demand for accommodations which have greatly exceeded initial expectations. The other three vessels in the fleet are larger, and originally had passen­ ger capacities of 500 persons. They have recently been altered to in­ crease this capacity. All the Alaska ferry vessels are built to the highest possible stand­ ards of seaworthiness" for operat­ ing in the Gulf of Alaska, which includes some of the roughest water in the world. A trip last year by the Malaspina demonstrated just how rough the seas there can be. First the vessel was prevented from docking all night by a 40-mile wind off Ketchikan, Alaska. Then, on the w4y north, rough seas tossed around 200-pound sofas, luggage and tables. After that, dense fog kept her anchored four and a half hours in Wrangell nar­ rows, a 250-foot wide stretch with sharp channel turns. A great portion of the line's passengers are motoring tourists who find the water route to be the quickest and easiest way to the interior of the state. All along the ferries' route, hotels, motels, restaurants and retail business felt the effect in more tourist dollars. Trucks also bring big business to the ferries. Some sawmill own­ ers, for instance, are using the vessels to carry lumber to Haines and the interior. They expect to be able to get kiln-dry lumber into Anchorage and Fairbanks much more cheaply by ferry than by sending it only part way by water and then .loading it aboard rail­ road cars. SIU Crew Safe After Ships Crash SAN FRANCISCO — The SIU Pacific District-contracted Pacific Far East Line freighter Oregon Dear limped into port here re­ cently under her own power after being involved in a collision with the Liberian-flag freighter Monique about 55 miles south of Monterey, California. No injuries were reported aboard either vessel although the force of the collision was enough to demolish a section of the Oregon Bear's bow on the starboard side leaving a gaping hole and an em­ bedded anchor chain from the Llberian ship in the Bear's hull. Enroute to San Pedro from San Francisco at the time of the acci­ dent, the Bear's No. 2 hold was shipping water as she came through the Golden Gate. This caused some worry because the hold was filled with potentially dangerous grain bales, which swell when wet. The Monique reported four feet of water in her No. 1 hold when she reached port. Patchy fog and high winds were reported at the time of the mishap. �Page Hgfeteea SEAFARERS ZOO Mnrwifew tf. IM4 Shriver Call$ Volunteer BHort$ A $v999i9 Consratulates His Congressman Peace Corps lUustrafes Way To Win The Peace WASHINGTON—The Peace Corps show us the way to win the peace in the second half of the 20th Century, Sargent Shriver, its director, declared on Washington Reports to the People, AFL-CIO public service program. "Winning the peace this>'- time is going to be more com­ learned of the death of Kennedy, on# w# hava Jewish volunteers, plicated than winning previ­ and rushed seven or eight miles to and we haven't had an Incident ously, because there is no substi­ shake the haiid of a Corps volun­ yet," Shriver said. tute for peace today and we can­ teer and express their sorrow. Because of the way the volun­ not use the threat of war," Shriver • In Panama, where Panama­ teers are accepted, girls who are told the Catholic Association for nians hid Corps volunteers from members of the corps are "safer International Peace, which gave marauding mobs seeking North In the middle of Africa than they him its annual peace award. Americans. may be in your own hometown, he To the extent that the Peace I In Tanganyika, where (he said. Corps represents the late Presi­ volunteers were invited to Join dent Kennedy's "attitude toward demonstrations against South life, toward our country, and the Africa. Seafarer Louis Cirignano congratulates Representative world, I think it is penetrating • In Lima, Peru, where volun Charles Joelson (D.-NJ.) at victory dinner honoring much deeper and creating better teers live with the poor on the conditions for international peace side of a garbage mountain in the Joelson s reelection to the House. Cirignano makes his tlian many of us ever dreamed it same kind of cardboard and tincan home in New Jersey. could," he said. shacks, and one was eleoted to the He quoted a Bolivian leader's board of directors of the slums. ex )lanation of .the Corps' success: • In Ethiopia, where "it is im­ "It's because they come to help us, possible to go through high school WASHINGTON — "Operators to live with us, to learn from us, today without being taught by a of U.S. flag ships appear to be not just to teach us. They learn Peace Corps volunteer." our language, our culture, our • In Afghanistan, where the depending upon government aid politics, even our religion. And Peace Corps are the first group to cargoes to an increasing exteilt for w'len faced with a problem, they be invited anywhere in the coun­ their revenues," an analysis made t!y to find a Bolivian answer. try, instead of being confined to by the Maritime Administration NEW ORLEANS -In a major efThey don't try to impose American the capital city, as the United Na­ indicates. Action in the marketplace offers ideas on us. In the past, we were tions, the Red Cross and others. The first of its type to be done a method for trade unionists to as­ fort to improve its competitive oi)posed to suggestions from out­ Shriver said he was told when by the MA, the analysis showed sist each other in their campaign position over the next decade, the side, but we open our minds and he assumed the Peace Corps di­ that in 1959 cargoes generated for decent wages and better con­ Port of New Orleans is investing hearts to the Peace Corps volun­ rectorship that the Arab countries from various federal programs ditions. $193.6 million in new cargo han­ teers." Shriver -gave a number of would not accept Jewish volun­ amounted to about 25 percent of Seafarers and ttieir families are examples of Peace Corps recep­ teers. the total U.S. foreign trade urged to support a consumer boy­ dling facilities. tions: ' Today, the Peace Corps is op­ tonnage. By 1962 however, that cott by trade unionists against According to a report Issued by • In Nepal, where Nepalese liv­ erating in four nations connected share had grown to 46 percent. various companies whose products the hoard of commissioners of the ing in the highest mountains. with the Arab League. In everyU.S.-flag ships carried 59 per­ are produced under non-union port, the ten-year modepnlzatioH cent of government-sponsored conditions, or which are "unfair cargoes hut only 5.2 percent of to labor." (This listing carries the and expansion program is being U.S. commercial cargoes in 1962. made to meet the severe and Fifty-five percent of exports car­ name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ growing competition from other volved, and will he amended from ried by U.S. liners, 96 percent of time to time.) U.S. ports and to maintain and exports carried by U.S. tramp "Lee" brand tires develop commerce and traffic. ships, and 74 percent of exports carried by tankers consisted of aid (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum $6 Million Boost & Plastic Workers) and Defense shipments in 1962. The port is now handling 79 The study sounds a pessimistic i, i, ^ WASHINGTON—"Wanted: Men and women over 18 for million tons of cargo yearly. Of note on the future of U.S.-flag Eastern Alt Lines difficult work in grim surroundings. Must be willing to live shipping. "Should there he a cutthat figure, slightly more than 20 (Flight Engineers) in slums. Long hours guaranteed. Pay, $50 a month and hack in government sponsored and million tons is in foreign trade. ^ 4) living allowance." defense cargoes it is apparent that The port's average annual expendi­ H. I. Siege! That's an ad for VISTA, serve. U.S.-flag ships .would he affected tures of $13 million are being in­ "HIS" brand men's clothes Volunteers in Service to Ferguson said that VISTA re­ severely. After years of depending (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) creased to $19 million to cover the America, a kind of domestic cruits wiU be an essential part on such cargoes because of the costs of the improvement plan. Peace Corps. of Community Action programs, usually higher freight rates they Sears, Roebuck Company The development program will VISTA Is an integral part of the working closely with community command, the lower handling Retail stores & products President's war against poverty, organizations set up under the pro­ charges and ease of solicitation he carried out In two phases. The (RetaU Clerks) Glenn Ferguson, a former Peace gram and with local and state pub­ associated with such shipments. It first, to run until 1967, will in­ might he difficult to compete Cirps official now recruiiing for lic agencies. clude expansion of the hulk ter­ it' VISTA, explained on Washington Ferguson said VISTA does not effectively for the purely com­ minal at the nqw Mississippi RiverStitzel-WeUer Distilleries Reports to the People, an AFL- anticipate that its recruits will face mercial cargoes which are pre­ Gulf Outlet, new construction in dominantly carried by foreign flag "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" CIO public service program. physical or other dangers. the delta shipyard area, the demo­ Volunteers in the war against "I think the greatest dan.ger," ships," the study concludes. "Cabin Still," «W. L. WeUer" lition of some old wharves and the p!'erly, lie said, would be high he said, "is the question of adjust­ Bourbon whiskeys rebuilding of existing ship termi­ school graduates aged 18 to 00, ment. Very few Americans who nals. (Distillery Workers) v.lio can provide day-care, assist are not among the one-fifth who Construction Planned t l" 4) elderly citizens, provide recrea­ need help—^wlio are not in the pov­ In the second phase, to run from J. B. Simplot Potato Co. tional or community development erty cycle—understand the reality, 1967 to 1974, ten existing wharves Frozen potato products assistance, teach plumbing, car­ psychology and posture of poverty. are scheduled for rebuilding, a (Graiu Millers) pentry, or other building trades, We will seek in the training period new wharf on the Mississippi is and- teach pre-school youngsters. to give volunteers "from middlet 4) t to he built and new general cargo They would receive training of class America some idea of this Kingsport Press and other terminal facilities are from four to six weeks, serve 12 way of life to reduce the diffi­ "World Book," "Childcraft" to he constructed along a new months, and live in the area they culty of adjustment." (Printing Pressmen) deepwater outlet to the Gulf of (Typographers, Bookbinders) Mexico. / . (Machinists, Stereotypers) Close to $44 million of the $193.6 t 4» 4^ million to he spent will he used Jamestown Sterling Corp. for facilities along the Mississippi Southern Fumitnre Mfg. Co. River-Gulf Outlet, a shorter route Furniture and Bedding from New Orleans to the open sea (United Furniture Workers) which was opened earlier this year. U.S. Shipping Dependent On Aid Cargoes New Orleans Plans Port Modernizing War On Poverty Needs Volunteers Birthday Baby Don't Delay On Heat Beefs The big smile on Norman Gilllken's face is for his first birthday which he celebrated in New Orleans on November 7. Norman is the son of Seafarer Nori- man D. Giiiikin. Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can he 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 responsihld 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.mak$ a determination. �r n, 1N4 SEAFARERS Pace Macteca tO€ 8«affar«rs On Tour Seafarers are always glad to be in the United States after having spent several months abroad, traveling to different ports of the world. The crew of the Oceanic Spray (Ameri­ can Oceanic) being no different. Ship's delegate P. J. Douzat reports that the ship is now headed back to the "good, ol'*USA" after spending seven' dling the ship's delegate job" quarters In New York, the cooler months making an around the and voted him a special vote of was recently received. The cool­ Talcing-advantage of his recent vacation time, Seafarer Ramon Obidos and his wife recently toured the Philippine Islands. Pictured above, Obidos and his wife enjoy the view from the top of the beautifuf Mountain of Bagio, where the Presidents of the Philippines have always made their summer homes. Obidos is presently sailing as- chief steward aboard the Commander (Waterman). OCEANIC SPRAY (Amtrlcan Ocnnic), Novamber 1—Chatrmin, H. O. Lembough; Secretary, F. J. Foley. $6 In ship's fund. Kepair list was turned in but no washing ma­ chine was put aboard. New one needad badly. Very short of fans. Some disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks extended to the chief cook, Percival Wicks, and entire steward department. COLORADO (Waterman), October SO—Chairman, P. Ryan; Secretary, C. R. Stack. Ship's delegate reported that one man was taken off ship at Gibralter due to illness. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Everything is going along O.K. Suggestion made to have ship fumigated. KENMAR (Calmer), November 1— Chairman, None; Secretary, V. Doug­ las. $7 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Crewmembers were requested to keep laundry clean. Steward to ehcck atores more carefully. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), October SO—Chairman, C. Pierre; Secretary, e. E. Turner. Ship's delegate report­ ed that everything la O.K. so far, with the exception of a few items which will be taken up with the port officials. Men on sanitary asked everyone to please help keep the toilets and showers clean. New ship's delegate will be elected after the meeting. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), No­ vember 2—Chairman, W. Davits; Secretary, W. Duncon. There is some disputed OT| in each department. Steward requested to refuse poor merchandise in the Far East. Canned cream is of poor quality and should be replaced. Request made for bet­ ter quality lunch meat. Request that ship be fumigated in New York. Brother W. Duncon was elected to serve as ship's delegate. JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Nov. 1—Chairman, T. H. Wright; Secre­ tary H. G. Ridgeway. Ship's delegate reported that everything is O.K. No beefs and no disputed OT. Motion to have patrolman cheek the slop chest and medical supplies before next voyage. STEEL SEAFARER (isthmian), Nov. 3—Chairman, F. E. Smoth, Secretary, C. Palencar. C2.7S in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. DEL ALBA (Delta), Oct. 31—Chair­ man, John Fedesovlch; Secretary, Wil­ liam Bushong. Brother Raymond Hodges was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. Crewmembers re­ quested to keep messhall clean Also to lock library while In port and not to feed the natives as this causes trouble. FLOMAR (Calmar), Oct. 3S—Chair­ man, Jesse W. Puckett; Secretary, Ray Moore. Brother C. S. Chaffin was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $26 in TV fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. J. L. REISS (Reiss), Nov. «—Chair­ man, Thom E. Brown; Secretary, None. $25 in ship's fund. Deck de­ partment would like a Union official check on OT due men for shoveling spillage. Crew would like Article XV, Section 13 omitted from new contract. Would like deckhand and deck watches have the same deal as a watchman. All men on ship would like their jobs specified in new con­ tract. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Nov. 15—Chairman, Charles T. Scott; Secretary, Pablo P. Lopez. Brother Paul Frankmanis was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship's delegate to notify headquarters about the roaches on the ship. One man was taken off ship in Manila due to Ulness. No dis­ puted OT reported. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Sept. 26—Chairman, Walter KruszewskI; Secretary, J. Utz. Ship's delegate to see patrolman about changing stew­ ard department foc'sles. Two hours disputed OT in engine department. Discussion held concerning contribu­ tions for obtaining TV for crew messhall. Ship's delegate to contact Frisco patrolman about having washing ma­ chine replaced, and to see if slop thest is adequate. Nov. 5—Chairman, Roy Pappan; Secretary, J. Utz. Ship's delegate talked to captain concerning men taking ship to San Francisco and pay­ ing off there. Will see patrolman about slop chest situation. $13 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT In deck department. ROBIN KIRK (Moore-McCormack), Nov. 7—Chairman, Sandy Senderlin; Secretary, Red Brady. $29 in ship's fund. No disputed OT and no beefs. All is well. Brother Sandy Sanderlin was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Held general discussion on the voyago to coute up. Projects for a successful voyage are in the offing. world trip. According to Douzat, the Oceanic Spray went first to Pakistan, back through the Suez to Aden, then back to Singapore and Saigon. After that the ship made the cement run to Keelung, Koahsiung and Saigon, then headed for Ma­ nila. After a short stop in that Philippine city, the vessel travel­ Doiizat ed through the Panama Canal to the Gulf. "The closer we get to the U.S., the hap­ pier we get," he reports. Some oldtimers aboard during the trip that are looking forward to seeing old friends again are F. J. Foley, steward; P. Wicks, chief cook; A. Boyd, messman; Roy James, oiler; R. Hathcook, AB; A. Van Severen, FWT; and "Early Puncb, OS. Douzat also includes himself on the list of oldtimers happy to be headed home. thanks, reports meeting chairman A. Michelet. $ $ ^ A. Romero, ship's delegate on the Raphael Senunes (Sea-Land) recently pulled a turnabout on the crew, and gave them a vote of thanks. During the good and welfare section of the regular shipboard meet­ ing, Romero praised the crew Romero for its good work and for "performing as good union men should." He said he wanted everyone to know that he was grateful for their help in making his job of representation easier. Hj, Ji i Coffee was the point raised re­ cently aboard the Los Angeles (Sea-Land). The steward said he is "really amazed" at how much cof­ fee is disappearing, claims ship's delegate Robert Lasso. The crew said, however, that it was being drunk by them and that there wasn't enough to go around. They put in a request that a larger percolater be used during the night so that there would he enough for the men coming off the late watch. The crews of the following ships have recognized the efforts of their galley gang to present them with food in the true tradition of the SIU: Oceanio Spray (American Oceanic); Del Santos (Delta); Com­ mander (Marine Carriers); De Soto 4" J" 3^ (Waterman); Steel Flyer (Isth­ Crewmembers aboard the Steel mian); Delaware (Oriental Explor­ ers); Walter Rice (Reynolds Rover (Isthmian) will have a new Metals). water cooler In the mess room just as soon as possible, reports tit The galley gang aboard the Del ship's delegate Walter Schlect. Oro (Delta) true to the SIU tradi- The crew was informed that , • 5 lion of feeding, thanks to the efforts of SIU head­ is trying to please 'everyone, according to Ralph O. King, ship's delegate. To The Editor: The steward re­ I recently received my first cently announced pension check and I want ev­ that anyone who wanted a special eryone to know exactly how dish could notify pleased and gratified I was to his department see it. It came at a very good delegate. The delegate would pass on the word, the steward said, and he would work the dish into the menu just as soon as he could. Pension, Welfare Plans Applauded s. t t t V SN t A crew that is really thankful for a fine jab of representation is reported aboard the Mount Wash­ ington (Victory Carriers). The crew recently praised the ship's delegate Charles O. Blalack for 'his outstanding ability In han­ ti t> Crewmembers aboard the Steel Executive (Isthmian) recently voted a special thanks to Cap­ tain Moon, the chief engineer and the chief of­ ficer for all their efforts to revive brother G. Stev­ enson when he had a heart at­ tack on board Wells the ship. The crew was grief stricken when it learned he passed away despite the commendable efforts of the offi­ cers, reports Star Wells, meeting chairman. "We extend our deep­ est sympathy to the famiiy and friends of our deceased brother," Wells says. 4" 3^ J" Ralph Przytula, ship's delegate aboard the freshwater Lakes ves­ sel Huron (Wyandotte) recently told the crew he had put in a re­ quest for a new television set and aerial. The announcement was greeted with loud applause, Przy­ tula reports. The set presently aboard the ship is very inefficient and doesn't pick up the neighbor­ ing stations too well. payments for the hospital and .doctor bills for my wife and myself, and again thanks to the union. I have been a mem­ ber of this great union for many years and have always been proud to say that I am a member of the SIU. Edmund H. Johnston ^ t According to J. Sampson, ship's delegate, on the Morning Light (Waterman), the crew Is resting easier these days. They recently had 18 brand new mattresses in­ stalled in the crews quarters and the crew finds sleeping much easier these days. "At least it's more comfortable," Sampson says. t . er presently In the mess room, Schlect informed the crew, will he made serviceable, if possible, and put in the passageway. Schlect also told the crew that two new agitators for the washing machine had been taken aboard and that repairs on the machine would he made as needed. Alt letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. time. My wife and I wish to thank everyone that put their efforts Into making this pos­ sible. It makes me very proud to belong to this great union— one that takes care of its mem­ bers. I also received recently the 4" 4 4" Thanks Crew For Flowers To The Editor: I wish to thank all of my fathers shipmates who were so kind to send the beautiful flow­ ers. And although Seafarer Ot­ to Pollaczek has snipped out on his greatest voyage ever, we know his happy ways will not soon he forgotten. He was proud to he a Sea­ farer and we, his children, will always have a soft spot in our hearts for all of Dad's ship­ mates. Roy & Adeline Pollaczek �Paf« Twentf SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers Accept Life Filled With Tidal Waves, Hard Luck NoremlMr tT, 19M Relaxing On The Co# Victory The Seafarer's job often Involves him in events which would be considered unusual or dangerous by the average beach-bound worker. When they come as a natural part of Sea­ farer's life, however, the chances are he will think nothing special about them. Seafarer Lon gin Tybur"^ pointed out this irony as he When he also put the cover on it, shores of California and Hawaii. Instead h# spent tha night won­ what was up." retold the story of waiting I asked Tybur was then told about the dering If tha wava would hit with nervously for a tidal wave which never came. Tybur was sailing as chief elec­ trician aboard the Steel Appren­ tice last year at the time of the Alaska earthquake. His ship was between the Panama Canal and its home port of San Francisco on the last leg of a round-the world trip. "I was lying In my bunk almost asleep," Tybur recalled, "when the mate came In just after mid­ night to dog up the port hole. EXPRESS VIRCmiA (Marin* Car­ riers), Nov. S—Chairman, Isaac Miller; Secretary, Alex Janes. Ship's dele­ gate reported that a letter wlU be sent to headquarters pertaining to conditions aboard this vessel, and why there was no patrolman present at sign on. Recommendation made by deck delegate and bosun that an­ other dayman be added on board this C-2 vessel as there is too much work for only one day man. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department to be turned over to patrolman. Motion made than any member with 12 years seatime in a span of 20 years on SIU vessels, be eligible for retirement. Pension on retirement to be no less than $200. Each delegate to collect 50c from each crewmember for ship's fund. • HANOVER (George T. Bates), Oct. IS—Chairman, M. Carrasco; Secre­ tary, Robert W. Weldon. Few beefs in steward department that will be corrected. AU other departments Igs;;;;® - of running smoothly. Crew of this vessel wish to extend a vote of thanks to Houston patrolman, William Doaks for securing a washing machine for the ship while doekeJ in Galveston, Texas. $10.25 in ship's fund. DEL MUNDO (Delta), Nov. 1 — Chairman, None; Secretary, J. White. Two men missed ship in Fortaleza. Two men in engine department get­ ting off in Houston. Four men in steward department getting off in Houston. $4 in ship's fund. Motion that steward bo allowed to purchase pasteurized milk in ports where avail­ able. TRANSYORK (Hudson Waterways), Nov. 13—Chairman, Phillip Waters; Secretary, R. E. Kiedinger. $20.54 In ship's fund. Some disputed OT in all departments. Discussion on money draws. New washing machine needed. PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), Oct. 19—Chairman, Donald Hewson; Secretary, C. L. Lee. One man missed ship in Bombay. Soma disputed OT in deck department. Ship is short earthquake In Alaska. The quake a big bang or whether ha would had set off a series of tidal waves even be able to feel It. and the Coast Guard was Issuing Forgotten Event radio warnings to all ships that Tha event was soon forgotten might be In the path of the tidal once the danger had disappeared. Heaves. •T Just didn't "The rest of the night I couldn't think it was any­ kleep," Tybur said. "I kept think­ thing special," ing of what it would be like to be Tybur said. "I aboard a ship hit by a tidal wave." guesa If I wera Tybur did not learn until morn­ living on shora It ing, however, that the Steel Ap­ would hava been prentice had been spared by the an important huge waves that plowed Into the event in my life," he added. on stores. Delegat* to se* captain Being on a ship Tybur about getting stores In Sues Canal, during a hard Vote of thanks extended to th* stew­ ard department. luck voyage didn't leave a last­ ing impression on the Seafarer OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritime Over­ either. "It's a little harder to for­ seas), Nov. 14—Chairman, William Burks; Secretary, Stanlay Schuyler. get than a tidal wave that never Ship's delegate reported that every­ struck." Tybur said, "because it thing Is running smoothly. No beefs reported by department delegates. involved personal Buffering." S30 in ship's fund. Brother Lewis . Tybur was aboard the old N.B. Wanted to know If there was anything done agout getting a galleyman for Palmer In December, 1953 when the steward department. Crew re­ it left Portland, Ore., with a load quested to keep civilians out of ths passageway while in port In Korea. of grain bound for Karachi. "We were supposed to make a stopover COMMANDER (Marina Carriers), for fuel in Yokohama, but we Nov. 10—Chairman, Brlc* Ruggle; Secretary, Joseph Stanton. $4.11 in never made it." ship's fund. No beefs and disputed OT reported by department delegates. Violent Weather Vote of thanks extended to the stew­ The ship ran into,a storm Just ard department. a few days out of Portland that Oct. 11—Chairman, Edmund Abualy; Secretary, Ramon Obldos. S3 In ship's was so violent it cracked the main fund. Ship's delegate reported that deck plates, from port to star­ the payoif in Philadelphia was short and sweet. Ship sailed one man short board and right through the hatch. due to accident. No beefs were re­ Although no other part of the ported by department delegates. One man in steward department hospi­ ship was damaged, the captain talized. turned about and went back to NORFOLK (Cities Service), Nov. 14 the shipyard in Portland. —Chairman, William Morris; Secre­ "The sea was so rough," Tybur tary, Walter Ballon Jr. Ship's dele­ recalled, "the pilot wouldn't come gate stated that there was a question on launch service in Lake Charles. out and the captain had to guide No beefs and no disputed OT was the ship - into the shipyard him­ reported by department delegates. Held general discussion, mostly on self." use of washing machine. Vote of The crew spent Christmas in thanks extended to the steward de­ partment for job well done. Portland, and when the plates had been repaired, they went back to LUCILLE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfield), Nov. 8—Chairman, R. C. Creel; sea. "Everything went smoothly Secretary, E. W. Auer. Brother Earl until we got halfway between McNab was elected to serve as ship's delegate. S19 in ship's fund. Midway Island and Yokohama," Tybur said, "except that the BIENVILLE (See-Lend), Nov. IS— Chairmen, Juen Cruz; Secretary, Pete weather was still very rough." A. Serano. Ship's delegate reported Buoking Waves that everything is running smoothly. $40 in ship's fund. Crew requested The ship had been beaded Into to clean foc'sles aft. Vote of thanks the storm all the way across extended to the steward department for good feeding, and Job welt done. the Pacific, Tybur said, and the going was rough and very slow. ATLAS (A. L. Burbank), Nov. «— Chairman, K. Turner; Secretary, Al "The ship ran short of fuel and Hirsch. Some repairs were completed. fresh water, so the Captain turned Company is sending out first allot­ ment on November 15th. Steward is the ship around and went back to putting out good chow with what the Naval station on Midway Is­ stores he has aboard. Everyone is happy. $80 in ship's fund. No beefs land." reported by department delegates. The trip back to Midway took almost no time," he recalled, "since we were then traiveiing with our backs to the storm. We tobk on enough fuel in Midway to g&t to Singapore." The trip finally ended in Kara­ chi, over a month late, after spending a torturous 5B days in "just crossing the Pacific. That was a hard trip," Tybur said. "A Seafarer just passes these things off," Tybur said. "They happen so often that you just for­ get that they might be news­ worthy. After all, this Is the way a Seafarer lives." In The Karachi Sun Get Certificate Before Leaving Two Seafarers aboard the Hastings (Waterman) caught some of the Oriental sun when the ship docked in Karachi, Pakistan recently. Hons Jocobsien, AB, and Dick Bowman, crew mess, pose for the camera of Richard Bloomquist, ship's delegate. k IT- .t— Seafarers are advised to se­ cure a master's certificate at all times when they become ill or infured aboard ship. The right to demand a master's cer­ tificate verifying illness or inJury aboard a vessel is guaran­ teed by law. Three members of the deck department aboard the Coe Victory (Victory Carrieri) are (l-r) William Viliogrom, wiper; Luther Lofton, OS; and Michool Oppenhoim, wiper. The boys are relaxing in the crew's recreation room on the ship's trip back to New Orleans. Seeks Qualified Overseas Doctor To The Editor: Many words have been writ­ ten and spoken in the Interest of safety. Numerous devices and practices have grown from the ideas brought forth In meet­ ings and through individual concern in the reduction of haz­ ards aboard ship. Due to the improvements, we, the men who sail, know that a trip is less likely to end in tragedy than ever before. It is also rea­ sonable to assume that the companies will also show a prof­ it due to a reduction in lost time accidents and medical care. When the lower accident rate has been established, a lowering in insurance costs can be predicted. There is now one great field left where no action has yet been taken. It holds the secret to much loss, not only in time and money, but in the prolong­ ing of the incapacity and suf­ fering of an ill or injured sea­ man. As American citizens em­ ployed aboard ship« of our , Ay TjbeJBUditor liiiSiSillliH All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. country, I* feel we should re­ ceive the same care and medi­ cal treatment as we do when we are engaged ashore at home. When illness or injury strikes in a foreign country, we are sent to a doctor of sometimes questionable ability and stand­ ards. These men are. usually selected by persons whose in­ terests are at variance with the seafarers. Ail of us have at one time, or another seen the resuits of these doctors' lack of ability and care.. Such treatment is dangerous to the individual and expensive to the company. In some ports, men have, because of fear of poor treatment from the rec­ ommended doctor, been forced to seek out and pay for their medical attention elsewhere than the company recommend­ ed physician. The end result is that the Seafarer may trade a poor doctor for a pure char­ latan. I do not believe there is any modern or civilized port where doctors of American or European standards are unavilabie and I think the fees pres­ ently paid by the companiea would interest enough capable men. I recommend that the follow­ ing suggestion be carefully con­ sidered, by the company for the welfare of the men they em­ ploy: a cooperative association of representatives, unions, com­ panies and public health offi­ cials to meet and establish cer­ tain minimum standards of hy­ giene and practice of doctors overseas, and compile a list of such doctors as to meet these standards. From such a list, it should be fairly easy for persons resid­ ing in or acquainted with theso countries to eliminate the mora obvious of the doctors who are allowed to practice a slack and shoddy type of medicine. This part of the program could most effectively be han­ dled through the World Health Organization or the local con­ sulate. They could prepare a list of doctors whose standard of practice most favorably com­ pares with the requirements es­ tablished. This list could be made available to tha various company agents, as well as to visiting tourists and business­ men. This type of list is made available by the American Bar Association, in which the names of qualified attorneys in various cities of the world are listed, and I do not believe that the existence of such a list of doc­ tors would be In confliot with the ethics of reputable practi­ tioners anywhere In the world. J. C. Arnold $1 ^ Pensioner Lauds SIU Welfare To The Editor I do not know what I would have done, when I was recently forced to go the doctor for med­ ical care if it were not for the Welfare Plan of the SIU. This Is a wonderful union. It takes care of not only its active mem­ bers, but keeps its retired mem­ bers in mind. The doctor bills were quickly taken care of by the Welfare Plan. The SIU is the best union in the world—there is none other like it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. John A. Bennet �NvvoalMr tt, 1«M HINNIPIN (Rcdlitltf), N«v. t — •halrmin/ Brni Bpraguaf t«crwtanr< Jarama Sladlacki. M in ihlp'a fund. No beefa reportad by department delecatea. CONSUMER* POWIR (American), Nov. 1—Chairman, Anthony Andryc; •acratary, Oary H. Wrede. No beefe reported by department delegate!. Crew la diiaatiafied with meals and the serving of leftovers too often. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Moore-McCormack), Oct. 15—Chairman, Averiil Bearden; Secretary, Alien Beii. It was suggested that each crewmember donate fifty cents out of the first draw to the ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship­ ping), Nov. 1—Chairman, H. Connolly; Secretary, S. Rothschild. Brother Ar­ thur Benheim was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion about crew drawing against OT. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), Nov. 1 —Chairman, W. E. Harraii; Secretary, E. Canonizado. Motion made to im­ prove retirement plan to 20 years in Union with 12 years seatime. regard­ less of age, at *300 per month. Mo­ tion made to have absentee ballot on all voting in our Union. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done, especially to the chief cook and cook and baker. Soma disputed OT in deck department. Everything else is O.K. PENNMAR (Calmer), Oct. *1 — Chairman, Edward Seierko; Secretary, Robert Carbone. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Mo­ tion made that all members should be able to retire voluntarily with IS years sea time. HURRICANE (Waterman), Oct. 25— Chairman, John Ferreire; Secretary, Eugene Ray. No beefs reported by department delegates. Delegates re­ quested to turn In repair list. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Oct. 10—Chairman, Byron Slaid; Secretary, Robert O. Long. Brother Roy Boyd was elected to servo as ship's delegate. Everything iiillEllllii running smoothly. One man to be hospitalized In Norfolk. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Oct. 25—Chairman, William R. Cam­ eron; Secretary, Rafael W. DcArce. S2.08 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Motion made to see that ship has safe gang­ way. Steward requested that all ex­ cess linen be turned in in order that It may bo cleaned for the next voy­ age. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Nov. 1—Chairman, A. Case; Secretary, Wal­ ter- Nash. Discussion on money draws. No major beefs reported. Everybody lit happy. -Sept. 27—Chairman, Ray Holder; Secretary, Waiter Nash. No beefs re­ potted by department delegates. Brother At Case was elected to servo as new ship's delegate, after Brother Nash resigned. SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), Nov. 8— Chairman, Primo F. Fernandez; Sec­ retary, J. Coyle. No beefs reported. Everything is running smoothly. Mo­ tion made that correct information be posted on sailing board. Discus­ sion heid on gangway watch. Vote of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Nov. 1—Chairman, Jim Rogers; Sec­ retary, Morris Beriowitz. One man was hospitalized just before sailing. Some disputed OT to be taken up with, patrolman. Discussion about changes in menus. BETHTEX (Bethlehem Steel), Nov. S—Chairman, L. Adams; Sscratary. D. Wilson. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks extended to the stew­ ard department for the good food. MOUNT VERNON VICTORY (Vic­ tory CarriersV Nov, 8—Chaiman, Ken Hayes; Secretary, James Sumpter. Brother Woods wks elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Ship's delegate reported that all bag­ gage and other gear left on the ship from last trip, is with the captain. It was suggested that the names be listed In the LOG advising the men where to pick up the gear. FLORIDIAN (United Maritime), Nov. 1—Chairman, V. Bryant; Secretary, S. Alvarez. Brother Alvarez was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Brother V. Bryant was extended a vote of thank's for doing such a good job while he was ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for flne preparation and serving of meals. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. SBATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Nov. S-TQIislrnisni,,,F, Harttborq; Sgei; MEAFARBRi ratary, R. DgniMlly. INM 1B SU*** fund. Ko bggfs NpogMlW meat delegate*. Bvenrtl^ 1* na­ iling amoothly. Vote M tannM to the ship'* delegate foe a due Joh. NORINA (Marine TraderDr-Mev. 1 Chairman, i. Wheeler; Secretary, Frank Farmer. Ship's delegate* re­ ported that most of the repair* are being taken car* of. One man hospi­ talized in Philadelphia. His gear is taken care of. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Nov. t— Chairman, Homer Starling;. Secretary, James K. Pursell. Everything O.K. She sailed short three men from New Orleans and San Juan.' Ship's dele­ gate resigned and Brother George Lawrence was elected to serve. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. SUMMIT (Sea-Lend), Nov. IS — Chairman, P. T. DiCarlo; Secretary, D. A. Yew. Brother Frank Ackin* was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Few hours dis­ puted OT in engine department. Crew would like to be served steak twice a week. COEUR D'ALENI VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Oct. S—Chairman, W. Stevens; Secretary, C. M. Rice. Broth­ er George Bruer was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Held general dis­ cussion on several items of interest to crew. DEL NORTE (Delta), Nov. 15 — Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secre­ tary, Bill Kaisar. *249.29 in ship's fund and *99.52 in movie fund. Brother Pater Gonzalez was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended to Brother Robert Callahan for getting out the ship's schedule for this trip. Motion made to get new chairs for the engine and deck departments. SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Naviga­ tion & Trading) Oct. 31—Chairman, W. Kofiowitch; Secretary, George Hair. Disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Motion made that the feeding of watchmen in for­ eign ports be paid at the rate of fifty cents per man. Crew requested to keep messhall and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks to the steward department. SACRAMENTO (Sacramento Trans­ port), Sept. 18—Chairman, John D. Gribble; Secretary, John L. Munnar^ lyn. Ship's delegate reported that everything was running very smooth­ ly. Cablegram was sent to headquar­ ters regarding advances to crew be­ ing paid in American money. Nov. 1—Chairman, John Gribble; Secretary, John L. Munnerlyn. Ship's delegate reported this has been a very good voyage. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. It was suggsted that more American money be put aboard. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DETROIT (Sea-Land), Nov. B — Chairman, R. Matarangoio; Secretary, H. Nenicou. Some disputed OT re­ ported by deck delegate. It was sug­ gested that a better grade of bacon be put aboard. Also more fresh grape* desired. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Oct. 2—Chairman, Charles Scofleld; Secretary, Clarence A. Collin*. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. . S36.S0 in ship's fund. Brother Richard Buie was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Brother C. A. Collins was. elected to serve as ship's treasiurer. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolldatad Mariners), Nov. S—Chairman, Dewey Martin; Secretary, C. Williamson. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Patrolman to be contacted regarding fumigation for rats and roaches. SENECA (Marine Carriers), Oct. 31 —Chairman, Ronnie DeVirgiieo; Sec­ retary, Paul Arthofer. Brother Rafael Padilla was elected to serve as ship's delegate. One oiler injured just be­ fore sailing. Ship sailed short one oiler. FAIRLANP (Sea-Land), Nov. 9 — Chairman, Josaph Moody; Secretary, T. M. Diangson. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is going O.K. Ship's quarters are being painted and the repairs are being taken care of. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Oct. 25—Chairman, Robert Farrendieze; Secretary, Roy W. Corns. Ship's delegate resigned and was given a vote of thanks for a job well done. 82.30 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by the department delegates. HURRICANE (Waterman), Nov. 11 r-Chairman, S. J. Hutchinson; Secre­ tary, Eugene Ray. One man in deck department was hospitalized. Crew wants wage increase and pension plan now. Steward department given a tremendous hand lor well prepared food. TAMARA G U I L D E N (Transport Commercial), Oct. 31—Chairman, Clif­ ford Pressnaii; Secretary, RomanI Viiorla. Some disputed OT in engine department. Motion made to have mora men in deck, engine and stew­ ard departments. Motion made to have patrolman check slop chest prices. Motion made to have. mat­ tresses. and pillows placed in all foc'sles... ^ . , , . Pac« Tireblir-OM LOG Oldtimer Retells Pre-Union Conditions On Sailing Ships Seamen t(xlay have a consIcJerably better life than old time sailors, says retired Seafarer Fred Frederiksen. "The Union has done a lot to improve shipboard conditions, as well as pay and the general well being of the seamen he said. An SIU oldtimer, Frederik-"^ Frederiksen stayed on English sen has spent 40 of his 80 coast of the Americas, and back to ships until 1917, when he signed years going to sea. He was England." <m his first American ship. "Amer­ born in Denmark ot a family that included 23 other children. He signed on hia first ahip at the age of 14. "The only thing the ship sup­ plied for the crew when I began sailing,"~he said "was an area to sleep In, water, and food. We had to supply our own eating utensils and bedding. If we wanted soap, we bought It from the captain." Frederiksen recalled bis first ship — a fourmasted Danish schooner named Marie Christina. The ship plied between the Sea ndinavian countries of Swe­ den and Norway, and the coal min- Frederiksen land. The vessel generally carried a cargo of pit props (timber used to shore the tunnels in the English mines. "I had signed on as a deck boy for 15 Kroner ($3.85) a month. Fred­ eriksen remembered. After sailing on the Danish ship for almost two years, Frederlcksen switched to an English ahip for a longer trip. "I signed on the Cedar Barque, a four-masted barque sailing out of Glasgow, Scotland," he said. "We sailed to Calcutta, then to the wes't LOG-A-RHYTHU: Peculiar Love L. B. Bryant, Jr. If you love me The way you say Why did you wait Til I went away To search your heart And find it's true You love me now Like I've loved you? Why did you wait So long to say You're wise and realize You love me today? And too, tell me Why you run around If you love me And want to settle down? Your kind of love Gets a man confused To feel his heart Is gonna he abused And man, dig that jazz That you're handing me Saying 'you're being good As I can plainly see That you're treating me right Yet I'd sure bet You're out every night With a honky-tonk, set It's a blunder I-really don't think I could ever forget With drink after drink I throw 'em down my gullet 'Til I'm all wobbly kneed And all hope is gone That wi could ever 'ifacceed. Life was no easier on the Eng­ lish ships, Frederlcksen remem­ bered. They etlU worked a 100 hour week at aea, and a 60 hour week in port. "The only reason we had less watch time in port, was so we'd have more time to work the cargo." There were no longshore­ men In those days to take the load off the sailors backs. "Each and every bit of cargo had to be lifted out of the hold by a hand winch, and unloaded by the crew. It was the same as working for free. We worked cargo In between our watches, so we didn't even get paid for it." Each man had to stand three watches a day, and there were only two watches aboard ship, in­ stead of the three watches of to­ day. A sailor would stand four hours watch, then one hour off, then another four hours, and then a break of 2 hours. After that he stood one six hour watch and then tried to get some sleep. Between 6:00 and 7:00 in the evening, however, was the "all hands" watch in which every man aboard would turn out to tighten the rigging, change the sails for the night, and wet down the deck. "On top of all that, everytlme the ship tacked, all hands and the cook fell out to handle the lines." In port, however. It was a dif­ ferent story. "We still stood the four and six hour watches, but instead of sleeping in between dur­ ing the day, we worked the cargo." The sailors of that time had nights free In port, just like modem sea­ men, but with so little money in their pockets, they could afford to go ashore only once In a long while. "The food offered us wasn't the best either," Fredericsen said. "Three days a week v/e got salt fish, three days we got salt pork, and on Sunday they gave us corned beef and fresh bread." Reader Sings LOG'S Praises ica was offering a top wage to sailors in 1917," he said. They got $75 a month, with the only deduc­ tion for an income tax of two cents on the dollar. After three years on American ships, however, Fred­ ericsen went ashore in South America, and stayed there for over 20 years. "I couldn't get away from the sea, though," he mused. "I worked as a diver in port con­ struction all over the continent." "One day I heard of an opening on an ore ship headed for America. It was the Venore. I joined the crew and went back to sailing." Although he liked the old sail­ ing days, Frederiksen wouldn't like to go back to them. "It's a long way from salt pork and fish to the menus prepared for Sea­ farers today." As for the men he sails with, Frederiksen can find no fault. "The breed of man who sail hasn't changed any," he said. "The young man sailing today is a good sailor. His life has been made easier for him through his membership in a strong union like the SIU. His pay is better, and he has modern equip­ ment to work with; but he still has the same adventuring spirit of the men I started sailing with. "Not only that," he added, "but the young man in the union today makes a very good union man. He has drive and spirit." YoucM"rsFeA< UP IP VbU'RE AlOTTMERE - ATTEND yoOR IMIOM H^N66 RBSZtfARtrl Lauds Clinic In Monrovia To the Editor: To The EdlttH-: After working In and out of 1 was recently taken off th* the port of Yokohama for over Del Alba (Delta) at Monrovia, three years, I am returning to Liberia, with a case of gal! bladder trouble. A doctor from my home in the States for an the Cooper Clinic there In extended vacation. I have been reading your excellent publica­ Monrovia came to the ship and tion these past months at the United Seaman's Service in Yokohama and would like to re­ port that we receive plenty of copies of the paper at a reason­ ably prompt date. The service is greatly appreciated by the many happy readers. Keep up All letters to the Editor for the good work. publication in the SEAFARERS There are just a couple of LOG must be signed by the items of constructive criticism writer. Names will be icithheld that I would Uke to present. upon request. First off, the new series "Sea­ farers Ports of the World" is indeed very interesting and I gave me an examination, then hope that yon will make it a escorted me to the clinic where permanent feature. On the 1 was treated. 1 wish to tell all of my union negative side, the recent stories brothers of the kind and effi­ about Charlie Noble (July 24) and the "Big Peanut Butter cient manner In which I was Shortage" (May 1) are strictly treated while a patient there. baloney. On the other hand, 1 can assure anyone who needs the real sea stories like the re­ medical aid while In that part cent series by Fred Harvey of the world that even in the (July 10 and 12 June) and the States it is hard to find better Anthony Nix-Alcoa Leader arti­ treatment and service than that cle (August 21) provide real which is to be had at the Cooper Clinic. good reading. George L. Baugh Robert Hiatt �Paffe Twenty-Two SEAFARERS November tl, 1964 LOS All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 hond from the Union in the baby's name: All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mall and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: Claudette Emery, bont October to the James Walshs, Jr., WentIdalia Roman, born September 3, 1964, to the Reinaldo Romane, 4, 1964, to the Claude B. Emerys, worth. Wise. USPHS HOSPITAL Detroit, Mich. 4 4 4 Brooklyn, New York. . NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Steven Alex Sommer, born Georg* Armatrone Phillip Mandoza 4 4 4 if if % David Quinn, Sr. July 22, 1964, to the Jaroslav W. Barrllleaux Eva Jean Taylor, born July 1, Barbara Bordelon, bom June John Buttimer William RoUlna Joseph Carr Efrain Rosario 29, 1964, to the Michael Bordel- 1964, to the Robert G. Taylors, Sommers, Brooklyn, New York. James Childress Frank Rylanca 4 4 4 Mathews, Va. ons. New Orleans, La. Frederick Edwards HamUton Seburn CarM Miehtke, bora July 16, MarahaU Foster W. R. Simpson 4 4 4 if if if Galvin Daniel Sommers Tracy Suzanne Adair, bora Sep­ Peter Arness Cooley, born Sep­ 1964, to the Leonard Miehlkee, Frank Wm. P. Garrity Adolph Swenson tember 6, 1964, to the Joseph tember 29, 1964, to the Benjamin Manistee, Mich. Maurice Graham Maximo Tangaiin John GuUdry Clayton Thompson 4 4 4 Adairs, Miami, Fla. F. Cooleys, Citronelle, Alabama. Hicks James Tucker Roberto Maznrek, born Septem­ John Joseph Husza V. D. Venetoulis if if if 4 4 4 ber 16, 1964, to the Joseph E. Ma- Antoiue Landry George Weldy Fred Cooper, born September Cecil Osborne, born October 2, zureks, Baltimore, Md. Ervin LeBianc. Jr. Jamea Whatley 19, 1964, to the Fred C. Coopers, 1964, to the Cecil Osborns, Jr., Leonard Lelonek Guy Whitehurst 4 4 4 Charles Levy. Jr. Squire Whittington Mobile, Alabama. Ecorse, Mich. Henry McKay Wm. Wooisey, Sr. Lesley Mason, bora August 8, if if if 4 4 4 USPHS HOSPITAL 1964, to the Wilson H. Masons, Tammy Ann Quebedeaux, born Connie Sue Tatro, born Sep­ STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK August 27, 1964, to the Ronald tember 14, 1964, to the John R. Kentucky. Chris Astyfidis James McCrea 4 4 4 Quebedeauxs, Grand Coteau, La. Tatros, St. Clair, Mich. John Bekiaris M. Megulssoglou Kathleen Hearns, born Septem­ Wallace Beeman George Meltzer if if if John Morrison Agustin Calderon 4 4 4 ber 24, 1964, to the Daniel F. George David Keith Tremmel, born Crabtree R. Nandkwshwar Luz Alison Enke, born Septem­ A. Cunningham Julio Napoleonls September 3, 1964, to the Ronald ber 20, 1964, to the Lloyd G. En- Hearns, Cleveland, Ohio. Albert Nelson Sal Dibella 4 4 4 P. Tremmels, Toledo, Ohio. Donald Paccio Dimento kes, Duluth, Micfh. Mark Fitzhugh, born Septem­ Biaglo Jerry Donovan H. E. Parsons if if if 4 4 4 Benjamin Pritikea ber 18, 1964, to the Robert L. George Duffy ' Melissa ImhoiT, born July 6, Bobby Edwards Peter Quinn Margaret Gregory, born Sep­ Fkzhughs, Arcadia, Mich. Angel Reyes George Eh^ans 1964, to the Edwin L. Imhoffs, tember 8, 1964, to the Lee An­ Max Flngerhut Anthony Scaturo 4 4 ..4 Baltimore, Md. Crittenden Foster Juan drew Gregorys, Galveston, Texas. Lyndon Marshall Erickson, born Stanley Friedman Henry Soto Stanczak if if if 4 4 4 James Stogatis . September 9, 1964, to the Galen John Gotself David Gibson, born October 2, John Holmroos Jerome Stokes James Walsh, bora July 9, 1964, M. Ericksons, Middle River, Minn. Keith Hubbard Sam Telech 1964, to the Samuel L. Gibsons, Gil'bertown, Ala. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported if if if to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment Paul No. 2 Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Joseph Wilken, born September 20, 1964, to the Pierre R. Wilkens, of elaims is normally due to late filing, laek of beneficiary 4 4 4 card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t Clyde, Ohio. Salvatore Modica, 64: Heart 4 i John Joseph Lager, 64: Brother Arcanjo Crasto, 65: Brother Gary James Olson, born Sep­ Lager died in the Galveston Crasto died on July 17, 1964 at the disease was fatal to brother Modica on July tember 12, 1964, to the Floyd D. USPHS Hospital USPHS Hospital 28, 1964, while he Olsons, Duluth, Minn. in Staten Island on April 25, was in Catania, i 4" 4" of natural causes; 1964, of respira­ •Italy. A member Leonaird Neal Barnes, bora July A member of the tory failure. A of the steward 20, 1964, to the Dalton Barnes, steward depart­ member of the department, he Bushnell, Fla. ment since he deck department, joined the union 4' 4' 41 began sailing, he he sailed with an 1960. No bene­ Hope Marie Denais, born Sep­ joined the union the SIU since ficiary was desig­ tember 28, 1964, to tne Joseph H. in 1947. Surviv1953. He is sur­ nated. Burial was Denais, Crowley, La. Is his wife, Grevived by his in the Green­ goria Crasto. wife, Mrs. Geor­ wood Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Burial was in the St. Michaels gia Joann Lager. Burial was in 4 4 4 the Oak Bluff Cemetery, Grove, Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York. Texas. Norman Earl McQuire, 85: 4 4 4 4 4 4 Brother McGuire died an acci­ Leo Kleinman Leo Francis Gwalthney, 40: dental death July Harris George Humbert, 50: You are asked to get in touch Brother Humbert died May 13, Brother Gwalthney died on June 6, 24, 1964, while with Danny at the Audubon Hotel 1964 in the South 1964 aboard the aboard the Couer in New Orleans. He lost your sis­ Haven Hospital, Masmar while at D'Aiene Victory ter's address. sea, of a heart Mich., of injur­ in the Mediter­ if if if attack. A mem­ ies received in a ranean. A mem­ Oliver Myers ber of the deck fall aboard ship. ber of the engine You are requested to contact Mr. A member of the department, h a department, h e Gerriets of A. L. Burbank Co., 120 SIU-Great Lakes joined the SIU in became a brother Wall St., New York, N.Y., for District, Philadelphia i n in the SIU in he money and discharges. 1942. He is sur­ 1958. He la sur­ worked in the vived by his sis­ 4t 4 4 vived by his brother, George E. deck department. M. H. Trulock ter, Mrs^ Veronica McGuire. His place of burial is not Sui'viving is his Your wife, Evelyn, would like wife, Mrs. Dorothy Humbert. Ware. Burial was at the Mt. Peace known. you to contact her at 113 West Burial was in the New Garden Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. Green St., West Hazleton, Pa. 4 4 4 Cemetery, Garden, Mich. 4 4 4 Kenneth Fred Lanphere, 19: 4 4 4 John Diamontopouls Roberto Hernandez Perez, 30: Brother Lanphere died of injuries Stuart Citrin would like you to received in a car (Continued from page 10) Brother Perez died on May 22, contact him at 148-25 89th Avenue, accident on May 1964, near Arm­ Jamaica, 35, N.Y. 22, 1964, near reaches from Drummond Island to strong, Texas, of 4 4 4 Gibson, La. A Port Huron claimed at least 8 ves­ Injimies received Turner Taylor Parker member of the sels. Her beaches were littered In an automobile You are requested to call Paul engine depart­ with the bodies of sailors flung on accident. A mem­ Corwin at New York, BE 8-6551, ment, he joined shore as if the swollen waters had ber of the engine immediately with reference to the the union in 1963. rejected them. The list of ships department, h« accident of Nicholas Angelopoulos. He is survived by lost during the storm reads Ilka a joined the imion 4 4 4 his mother, Mrs. page taken from Michigan history: In 1964. No bene­ John Sweeney Cecile Lanphere. The Argus: The James Carruthers, ficiary was desig­ J. F. Wunderlich would like you nated. Burial was Burial was in the Ponchatoula the Hydrus, the John A. McGean, to contact him and give him your the Isaac M. Scott, the L. C. Waldo in the La Piedad No. 2 Cemetery, Cemetery, Ponchatoula, La. address, as he has lost it. Write and Louisiana. A marker was Raymondville, Texas. 4 4 4 5159 Columbus Ave., Jacksonville, erected in a little park near Port 4 4 4 Fla. Nicklos A. Bastee, 68: Brother Sanilac. It reads "For . . . terrible Edward C. Zuhowskl, 59: Brother Bastes died at his residence in hours, galea like cyclonic fury 4 4 4 Curt Decker Zuhowski died June 7, 1964, at hi* Brooklyn, N.Y. on made man and his machines help­ Joseph Thomas would like you home in Jersey June 8, 1964, of less." It was the same "helpless" to contact him as soon as possible City, N.J., of heart failiu-e. A feeling that permeated the Brad­ on a very important matter. Write heart disease. A member of the ley when she was caught in a SIU since 1944, to Joseph Thomas, c/o 122 Roose­ member of the storm in 1958. SIU Railway he sailed in the velt Ave., Norwood, Mass. The Chicago Port Council of the Marine Region, steward depart­ 4 4 4 Maritime Trades Department Is he sailed as a ment until placed Marion P. Edge still supporting Local 192 in their on pension in Red asks that you call him right floatman. Surviv­ various problems. Organizational Aug., 1960. He is away at either of the two following ing is his sister, work is still progressing with eight survived by his numbers: 477-0608 or 477-7296. His Frances Viegodchild, Mrs. Sterling R. Price. additional showrooms signed up address Is 907 Kendrick Drive,. brock. His place of burial Is not -Jcnowm Burial wks in the St. Vincent De sine* our last report. Mobile, Ala. Aimund Jacobioii Fred Travli King Koo Richard Waters Gust Llakos Leon Webb Thomas Lows Frsd Wraltsr Arthur Moher USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA O. M. Ames J. Holsenbeck, Jr. Douglas Wood USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON Thomas ConneU Juan DaCosta John DeAbren USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Reuben Berry Gordon Marhury Benjamin Brlnkley George Moore Frank Buck Arthur Wroton Eddie Game USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Clifton Akers John Carey Ruel Barr Vincent Fitzgerald Oscar Briscoe Richard Kohla Paul Brown Charlei Lane Roy Bru Calvin Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Hanna Bond David Lasky Margurlte GiUard Carlo Lopeparo James Hellems Carlton Roberts Charles Hankel USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Joseph Bailey Stanley LaFleur George Baugh Norman Longtime Joseph Booker Willis Moncrief Charles Collins Talma Muse Estuardo Cuenca F. Ouweneel Glen Curl Hugh Price Lucien Eiie John Rawza Hugh Grove Wyndham Shelby Crville Jetton Frank Tostl Edw. KocanouskI USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Edgar Benson William Murphy G. Busciglio N. Newsome Edmond Cain Theodore Nolker Wayne Hartman Norbert Outlaw Herbert Kreutz Roy Rayfield Elmer Koch Earl Rogers Maurice McCoskey Calvin Sivels Joseph Merkel Ashby Southers USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASSAHUSETTS Martin Badger John Harty Robert Burns USPHS HOSPITAL FOR WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Deibler George Mcknew Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGea SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen A. Gutierrez William Kenny PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON. LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS Maurica Roberta US SOLDIERS HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC William Thomson Great Lakes mm �SofuAtr VJ, UM SEAFARERS Wins Ticket Schedule of ALLS SiU-AGLiWD Meetings 4^ ^ West Coast SIU-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 December 14 December 16 November 16 January 18 January 20 January 22 if if each month in the vari­ Great Lakes SIU Meetings scheduled ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next Regular membership meetings meetings will be: on the Great I,akes are held on Detroit Dec. 14 the first and third Mondays of Milwaukee Dec. 14 each month in all ports at 7 PM Chicago Dec. 15 local time, except at Detroit, Buffalo Dec. 16 where meetings are held at 2 PM. tSauit Ste. Marie .. Dec. 17 The next meetings will be: Duiuth Dec. 18 Detroit Dec. 7—2 PM Lorain Dec 18 Aipena, Buffalo, Chicago, (For meeting place, eontuci Har­ Cleveland, Duiutb, Frankfort, old Ruthsatz, 118 Easi Parish. December 7—7 PM Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland Dec. 18 •4. 4. 4; Toledo Dee. 18 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Ashtabula Dec. 18 Regular membership meetings (For meeting place, contact John for IBU members are scheduled Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ each month in various ports. The tabula, Ohio). next meetings will he: Philadelphia .. Dec. 8—5 PM if if if Baltimore (licensed and un(iicensed) .. Dec. 9—5 PM United Industrial Workers Houston .... Dec. 14—5 PM Regular membership meetings Norfolk Dec. 10—7 PM for UIW members are scheduled N'Orleans .. Dec. 15—5 PM each month at 7 PM in various Mobile Dec. 16—5 PM ports. The next meetings will be: New York ... ^December 7 4> 4) $ Baltimore ... December.. 9 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Philadelphia December 8Regular membership meetings :tHouston .... December 14 for Railway Mai-ine Region-IBU Mobile December 16 members are scheduled each New Orleans December 15 month in the various ports at 10 * Meatlngs htid at Laoor Tampla, NawAM and 8 PM. The next meetings port Naws. t Meating hald at Labor Temple, Sault will be: Sta. Marie, Mich, t Meeting hald at Galveston wharves. Jersey City Dec. 14 Philadelphia Dec. 15 Baitimoire Dec. 16 •Norfolk . Dec. 17 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memlers are File Complete Minutes' Form SIU ship's delegates, meet­ ing chairmen and secretaries who forward the ship's min­ utes to headquarters are urged to make sure they fill out an important section on the back of the form. This portion, lo­ cated at the bottom on the left, relates to the ship's itinerary and the mail situa­ tion, including packages of the SEAFARERS LOG sent to all ships when each issue is pub­ lished. Seafarers who fill out the minute's form can provide headquarters with a handy means of checking the accuracy of mailing lists by completing, this particular section before sending in. their meeting report. ?804 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3838 812 Harnson St Tel. 239-2788 PRESIDENT OREAT LAKES TUG S DREDGE REGION Paul HaU REGIONAL DIRECTOR EXECimVE VICE-PRESIDENT Robert Jones Cat Tanner Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DraECTOR VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndsey Williams Harold F, Yon" 94 Henrietta Ave. A1 Tanner Robert Matthews BUFFALO Arthur MUler, Agent TH 5-1536 SECRETARY-TREASURER CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU AI Kerr Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-1154 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES 1420 W. 25th St. Bin HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart CLEVELAND 821-5450 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 1570 Liberty Ave. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 DETROIT Lincoln Park, Mich. BOSTON 276 State St. DU 2-7694 Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Ernest Demerse, Agent 312 W. Second St. DETROh 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH VInewood 3-4741 Norman Jollcoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimley, Mich. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAInut 8-3207 Wayne Weston, Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 423 Central St. JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax TOLEDO CH 2-7751 WUIiam Morris, Agent ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Tug Firemen, Uneman, Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklln 7-3564 Oilers & Watchmen's Section MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Tom Burns NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BUFFALO 18 PorUand St. HYaclnth 9-6600 Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. CHICAGO 9383 Ewlng, S. Chicago Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 Robert Affleck, Agent . .. EiSsex 5-9570 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. John Fay. Acting Agent . DEwey 6-3818 W. Heams, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent .. DOuglas. 2-4401 Max Tobin, Agent Southgaie. Mich. Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. AVenue 4-0071 SANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernandez Juncos DULUTH Box No. 66 Stop 20 South Range, Wis. Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin. 3-4334 Sandusky, Ohio TAMPA 312 Harrison St. MAin 6-4573 Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 Harold Ruthsatz, Agent . MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-6645 Frank Boyne, A^ent TErminal 4-2528 SAULT STE. MARIE ...1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent . .MElrose 2-8847 Rivers Section SECRETARY-TREASURER ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar Fred J. Farnen L. J. Colvls, Agent CE 1-1434 ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Roy Boudreau Arthur Bendheim, Agent ALPENA 127 River St. RAILWAY MARINE REGION EL. 4-3616 HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. BUFFALO, NY ,....735 Washington HEnderson 3-0104 TL 3-9259 Jersey City 2. NJ REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. G. P. McGinty So. Chicago, 111. SAginaw 1-0733 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. R. H. Avery MAin 1-5450 E. B. Pulver Baltimore St. DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. BALTIMORE....1216 E. EAotem 7-anoo RAndolph 2-4110 NORFOLK 115 Third St. FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. 622-1892-3 Mail Address; P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S aih SL HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. DEwey 6-3818 River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM In the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York Deoember 7 Detroit December 11 Philadelphia ... December 8 Houston December li Baltimore Decembeo-9 New Orleans .. .December IS Mobile Deoember 16 • $1 ffiMW Twm^-TbrM LOG Seafarer James A. Cole dis­ plays a happy smile and his newly received Second As­ sistant Engineers license. Cole said that it was only through the SIU upgrading program that he was able to win his engineer's ticket. Paci7fc Coast (Continued from page 7) and went into layup. In transits were the Los Angeles, Flomar, Robin Kirk, Kenmar and the Monticello Victory. At least ten ships are expected in transit dur­ ing the coming period. Major Costeilo, living on the beach here for quite a while, is getting the urge to ship again, and the word is that many of his old mates may being seeing him soon again. F. J. Fletcher, who last shipped in the steward department on the Coe Victory, plans to spend some time ashore with his family before heading out to sea again. Ira "Kenny" Coats, last on the Penn Challenger where he was an AB and ship's delegate, plans to stay home with family until after the holidays. Seattle Puget Sound shipping has been slow but can be expected to pick up during the next period. Payoffs in the las~t period were the Alcoa Marketer, Fairport and Antinous. Payoffs expected in the next period are the Cathay, Norberto Capay, Alcoa Master and the Overseas Joyce. PHILADELPHIA TAMPA Great Lakes Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore 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 £. Baltimore St HYaclnth 9-6600 .EAstern 7-4900 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. BOSTON 276 State St WAInut 8-3207 • Richmond 2-0140 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn ELgin 3-0987 HYacinlh 9-6600 744 W. Flagler St. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 WAInut 8-3207 1 S. Lawrence St. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 ELgin 3-0987 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St Phone 529-7546 FRanklin 7-3564 NORFOLK 115 Third St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Phone 622-1892-3 HEmlock 2-1754 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave DEwey 6-3818 Tel .529-7546 312 Harrison St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. TAMPA Phone 229-2788 Tel. 622-1892-:- know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lake* and Inland Waters District makes speclAc provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union Anances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and Ale auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarter* 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. AU these agreements specify that the trustee* In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon opproval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund Anancial records are avaUahle 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 haUs. 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 certlAed maU, return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Ear) 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 aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. 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 Allng for OT on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to. protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member, it Has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its. rank*, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, 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, co'ples are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with Us 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 weU as aU other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension beneAts have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And Uke all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-Ale functions, including service on rank-and-Ale committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy 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 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 tor the beneAt of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Saafarer feels that any of the above rights hav* been violated, or that ha has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should immediately notify SIU -President Paul Hall at headquartars by certlAad mall, return receipt requested. t A . l:'.' j • • . <- �Vol. XXVI No. 24 SEAFARERS^LOG Nov. IT IM4 ] OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION o ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • APL-OIO \ iT . ' i: • I ir i ii- ' •: The rights and obligations of SIU mem­ bers are clearly defined in the Union consti­ tution. These include the right of a Seafarer to speak out freely, the right to participate in the affairs of his Union and the right to run for office in his Union. Every SIU mem­ ber should be fully familiar with these and all other rights and privileges which are guaranteed under the Union constitution. The constitution is always available to every Seafarer. To make certain that every SIU man has full opportunity to acquaint himself with its provisions, every Seafarer receives a copy twice a year as a supplement to the LOG, in addition to having copies available for the asking. To encourage and facilitate understanding and knowledge of the SIU constitution. Union education classes and forums stress the basic nature of these membership rights. The reason for the wide distribution of the SIU constitution and the education pro­ grams about its provisions, is that a member­ ship informed of its rights is in the best in­ terests of democratic trade unionism and makes for a better union organization. "fie,L. I I L- Hitting the deck and speaking freely, as the brother shown above is doing at a regular membersnip meeting, is a right guaranteed to all Seafarers and encouraged by the Union, these and other rights and privileges are spelled out in the SIU constitution. The' basic rights of members as guaranteed in the SIU constitution are stressed at daily Seafarer education forum classes. The view above of a typical forum class at New York headquarters was taken recently during a discussion of the Union constitution's rights and safeguards. ? � 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 November 27, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO SETS GOALS FOR 89TH CONGRESS SIU RAPS AGRICULTURE HANDLING OF 50-50 CONVERTED MARYMAR COMPLETES SEA TRIALS AFL-CIO PUSHES ’65 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM WORLDWIDE CEREMONIES MOURN J.F.K. ADMIRAL URGES ‘RENAISSANCE’ OF U.S. MARITIME CAPACITY FMC DETERMINED TO END DUAL RATE DISCRIMINATION PROPELLER RECOVERED FROM OLD MARIPOSA LABOR STANDARDS BUREAU MARKS 30TH ANNIVESARY SCHOOL DROPOUTS SUFFER EMPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES NOMINATIONS OPEN DECEMBER 1 FOR TUG AND DREDGE REGION NAVY STARTS UPGRADING ANTISUBMARINE PROGRAM APL LINER SALE APPROVED BY MA 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 11/27/1964 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. 24 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/903ef514e77dd7deb28c13fe8d02617f.PDF 2a384473d0f6500a54fc1c8d9c7cdfd2 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. Get Consular Statement, If Denied Leave From time to time beefs arise because of difficulties encounter­ ed by crews in getting shore lib­ erty in foreign ports. Confusion can be eliminated if the following instructions are followed by crews confronted with this sit­ uation. If at any time you are at an­ chor in a foreign port and the company agent sends a letter to the ship stating that there is to be no shore liberty during the time the vessel is at anchor, the Delegates should immediately upon docking do these things: 1. Go to the immigration auth­ orities, or the customs officials, and get a written statement to the effect that no shore liberty is allowed while the ship is at anchor because the laws of the country so specify. If there is an American consular official in the particular port, this informa­ tion should be obtained from him. 2. If, however, no such law or ordinance exists, then a written statement saying that no orders were issued dropping shore lib­ erty while at anchor, should' be obtained from one of the parties mentioned above. These statements should be brought back to the port of pay­ off so they may be used in straightening out the beef, if the crew has one. By getting this ruling—or the fact that there is no such ruling— in black and white these beefs will be eliminated. Lakes Elections The Seafarers Internalional Union remained in the forefront of Great Lakes ac­ tivity this week with the Union figuring prominently in four collective bargain­ ing elections currently being conducted in as many com­ panies. Balloting among unlicens­ ed personnel on the 13 Hanna ships got under way Nov. 19, with all who were on the payroll as of Oct. 26 be­ ing eligible to vote. Crews of the Wilson vessels began voting on Nov. 21. In the election among per­ sonnel of the Kinsman out­ fit. only one vessel—^the E. C. Collins — remains to be v.oted. Ballots have already been cast on the company's four other ships. Voting on Shenango ships continues, with the last one of the three ships still to be polled. No. 48 NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1947 isthmian Contract The Isthmian contract, which members of the SIU have been awaiting for a long time, has finally been signed, and appears in full in this issue, starting on page 5. Due to the fact that the contract takes up so much space, certain out­ standing features of the LOG are necessarily being omit­ ted. Next week these features which include "Cut And Run." "Here's What I Think." "The BuUetin Board" and additional pages of let­ ters to the Editor, will be back with us. Isthmian, Last Of The Big Open-Shop Companies, Signs Fuli SIU Agreement NEW YORK, November 24— Isthmian, the company backed by the full wealth of the United States Steel Company, the company that observers said couldn't be ^organized, the last of the big open-shop operators in the U.S., yesterday signed a contract with the Seafarers International Union. This culminates a drive that started more than two years ago, and which was marked by stalling on the part of the company, and on the part of the National Maritime Union. The contract will be placed before the member­ ship at the next regular Branch meetings. RESTING AFTER PICKETING The Seafarers International Union, more than ever before, is receiving greater prominence in the nation's public and labor press for its outsanding role in the general labor picture. One of the prime reasons for these ever-increasing tributes is the SIU's militant solidarity displayed on all labor fronts where the Union has branch halls, as this picture of inter-union solidarity attests. Above are some of the 63 SIU-SUP members who went quickly to the assistance of strik­ ing waiters and waitresses in Philadelphia (see story on page 3). In the center is Philly Agent Bill Higgs, and around him are gathered James Mowery. William J. Smith. Ross Perkins, Jr.. John A. Remmie. A. Marino. William Cieszczuk, J. F. Lanuhan, S. Boyce. Roland Reustle. C. G. Foley. James D. Bergeria, Angelo Romero, John Kelly, Philip Navitsks, John Chiorra. Claude Pereere, Everett Froncxak. C. E. Johnson, Edward Tresnick, A. Balchus. Willie White, A. Hen­ derson. H. C. Lark, Grady W. Briggs. W. Wolf. Steve Vergeiu. and A. Engeldu. ^.Although working from opposite angles, both the company and the NMU pulled every trick in the book to prevent the unli­ censed Isthmian seamen from being represented by the Union of their choice—the SIU. Even after winning a National Labor Relations Board election by an overwhelming vote, the SIU was stymied by false ob­ jections raised by the NMU. But on June 12 the Union was certi­ fied by the NLRB, and one phase of the battle was over. Even so, the company had not used every weapon in its store. There folowed more delays, and Isthmian tried desperately to force proceedings past August 22, at which time the newly-pass­ ed Taft-Hartley law would have taken effect. The company adamantly refus­ ed to agree to the Union Hiring Hall and Rotary Shipping, and pinned its hopes on government interference under the terms of the "slave labor" law. The Union set a deadline of 2:30 PM, August 12, by which time the company was to signify whether or not it would agree to the principle of Union Hiring and Rotary Shipping. The company first asked for an extension, and when this was (Cotitimied on Page 3) Jobless Seamen Can Apply For Unemployed Pay By JOSEPH VOLPIAN Special Services Representative In view of the lull in shipping activity in all ports. Seafarers are strongly urged to file for the unemployment benefits to which merchant seamen are now en­ titled. Any man who worked aboard a vessel in 1946 and who is now unemployed is eligible to apply for unemployment insurance, ac­ cording to the New York State Department of Labor. Seafarers wishing to receive benefits should go to the nearest SIU Hall immedately after thenship pays off and register for a job. Following this, they should then go to any unemployment insurance office to file for the benefits, bringing with them: 1. The shipping registration card issued at the Union hiring hall. 2. His seaman's certificate of identification. 3. All discharge certificates for the year 1946. Application must be made at any local unemployment nsur- ance office in the United States. In New York City, Seafarers can file at State Labor Depart­ ment office at 277 Canal Street. Full details, can also be obtained at any of the offices. Checks should begin to arrive about three weeks after appli­ cation for the benefits has been filed. "Time will be saved if appli­ cants will follow closely the pro­ cedure outlined above and, in this case, time means money. Reports coming in from all ports indicate that the drop in shipping activity is nationwide, and that in face of this situation many Seafarers already have ap­ plied for their unemployment insui-ance benefits in order to partially tide them over the per­ iod of idleness. Many men have still not avail­ ed themselves of these benefits, however. "With no definite signs of an immediate spurt in ship­ ping apparent, prompt filing on their part will be a means of insuring 'themselves against a stretch on the beach without funds. :'i| -:.S1 3;!l �•• Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 28, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG 'Published n. I4 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 J. P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Noviclc. Editor 267 Signed, Sealed, Delivered More than two years ago a small but determined group of men met to map plans for one of the biggest organizational drives ever undertaken along the water­ front of the United States. They considered every angle —the strength of the company to be organized, its anti­ union record, the amount of money and energy neces­ sary to do the job—and then they came to the member­ ship of the Seafarers Internationl Union with a recom­ mendation that the Union undertake an organizational drive in the fleet of the Isthmian Steamship Company. Taking on Isthmian was like a medium sized man taking on a giant. Isthmian, on one side, wholly owned by the largest corporation in the world, the United States Steel Company, and the SIU on the other side, a union of some sixty-thousand unlicensed seamen. Some neutral observers, although they admired the spirit of the mem­ bership, thought the results would be tragic for the Union. It was a tough job. It meant plenty of sweating, plenty of hardship, and plenty of set-backs. It meant getting the best hold possible and then holding on for dear life. It meant fighting the company's anti-labor pressure with one hand and the treachery of the National Maritime Union, CIO, with the other. Ask some SIU oldtimers how they feel about the victory in the Isthmian fleet, and they will frankly tell you that it is a miracle. What caused this so-called "miracle"? Certainly not the expenditure of great sums of money. The company Men Now In The Marine Hospitals A. J. LE JEUNE MARJORY "LINDA" EVANS J. B. GEISSLER E. E. DAVIS E. M. LOOPER E. G. WALKER J. DENNIS L. GROVER • C. MASON J. E. MAGUJRE A. A. SAMPSON R. BUNCH S. X MOBILE HOSPITAL . W. J. SULLIVAN E. L. MYERS W. C. JEFFERIES J. C. RAMBO W. C. CAR.DANA M. W. BUSBY R. V. GRANT W. D. JOHNS C. W. BARNE XXX These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging spent a fortune to stymie the SIU, and the NMU spent heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by three times as much as the Union and only came out writing to them. R. S. LUFLIN with a small percentage of the total votes cast. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL JULIUS SUPINSKI More than money went into the campaign. It took M. PARASCHIEV M. D. PENRY W. E. STORVIS » the loyalty and strenuous efforts of hundreds of volunteer C. O. UNDERWOOD. SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL G. ROGERS BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. organizers to crack the last large open-shop operator on J. McNEELY J. KRESSEN A BONTE the waterfront. Hundreds of men sailed Isthmian, with­ G. BISCHOFF J. HODO R. LORD out the guarantees of good wages and decent conditions J. V. KELLY P. J. MILLER G. MEANEY DANIEL SEQAL M. DEAN already obtained on contracted ships, to carry the SIU T. MUSCOVAGE R. WOODWARD J. MURPHY J. SPURON message to the unlicensed seamen of the Isthmian fleet. F. WALLACE J'. BARRON S' S- S> F. BECKER H. SCHWARZ That message, and the reputation which the Union NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL H. McDILDA J. O'BYRNE 0. S. SHAHAN had built up through years of fighting for seamen's rights, E. T. BROWN J. McKEAN (SUP) W. K. WUNG G. CARLSON E. HUDSON did the trick. From the beginning of the drive, the trend J. J. O'NEILL F. NERING E. DELLAMANO was to the SIU. When the votes were finally counted, the W. VAUGHN G. CURL J. LEWIS A. S. CONTI SIU had an overwhelming majority, but even so the E. B. HAYES T. BOGUS C. T. WHITE W. B. CHANDLER J. SILKOWSKI (SUP) NMU stalled proceedings by bringing up phony charges. N, HUFF R. L. McGREW J. ANDERSON F. R. DE VASHER R. EGAN When these maneuverings were successfully over­ XXX 1. E. MATHERNE G. J. MILLER GALVESTON HOSPITAL come, the company stepped in with more stalling, and it M. LIUZZA G. RODRIQUEZ WM. BARGONE G. A. WILLIAMS W. BARRETT took a nine-day strike to make Isthmian see the light. DAN GRAVES G. HARDEMAN E. CARAVONA, A. MCALPIN L. A. HOLMES And now the contract with the Isthmian Steamship W. CARVANN W. C. COLLEY Company is signed, sealed, and delivered. At long last the FORT STANTON HOSPITAL W. VORRELL • , J. E. SILKOWSKI P. A. WHITE •• unlicensed Isthmian seamen have the representation they JOHN P. WILLIAMSON R. E. TRULY F. W. GRANT ^ ' L. CLARKE R. B. WRIGHT want—the representation of the Seafarers International W. E. ROWAN . '« C. C. RAYFUSE CLIFFORD MIDDLETON Union, AFL. J. HARRIS ^ J. E. PENCON ARCHIE McGUIGAN ..'m �Friday, November 2ft, j947 THE SEAFARERS NO CHOW TODAY LOG Page Three isthmian, Last Of The Big Open-Shop Companies, Signs Fuii SIU Agreement (Conthined from Page 1) granted, later rejected the Union's demand. All this was just one more proof that the company had no "To Ihe Editor: The shoreside officials in charge of the intention of granting the Union's Isthmian Drive—Bull Sheppartd, Cal Tanner, Lindsey Williams request, and so that same even­ and myself—wish to thank Curly Rentz and Morris Weis- ing the pin was pulled, and the berger. The tremendous efforts they gave to the Isthmian work, Isthmian strike was on. It wasn't in our opinion, were determining factors in this victory, until nine days later that Isth­ mian ships were free to sail in (signed) Paul Hall." and out of U.S. ports. The company entered into the ili?€ action confident that the SIU Jiii could not hold out against the economic might of the largest *• ' shipping company in the world, liii backed by the wealth of the iSiSi world's largest corporation, the By BILL HIGGS United States Steel Corporation. PHILADELPHIA — They call it will increase the amount of Another factor that influenced this town the City of Brotherly activity in this port. the company's thinking was that MORRIS WEISBERGER WM. CURLY RENTZ Love, and if they mean union The Hall is pretty shipshape, the government might take act­ Brothers, they've really got and if shipping was a little bet­ ion if the strike went past the "To the Editor: Please mention in the LOG that the men something. ter I would extend a cordial in­ Taft-Hartley law deadline. in charge of the Isthmian Drive, Bull Sheppard, Cal Tanner On November 19, Mr. Davis of vitation to all to come down here Prospects of such interference and myself, particularly wish to thank Morris Weisberger and the Waiters and Waitresses for a visit. As it is now, however, went down the drain when the Curly Rentz who did more than any other indiviuucils to Union, AFL, called our Hall and those wanting fun can probably Union changed its tactics, and make Isthmian SIU. (Signed) Lindsey Williams" asked if we could give him a have it in other places, and those instead of demanding the Union hand. He said he had a beef and wanting to ship will do better Hiring Hall and Rotary Shipping, was short of pickets, but if the in other ports. wages and better working conSIU could help out, the strike demanded instead much higher could be won in short order. conditions than those in any One hour later we had sixtyother Seafarers contract. None three SIU volunteers on the line, of those demands was unlaw­ covering the two entrances to ful, .even under the terms of the MIAMI—For the past few days has found a way to clean up at the restaurant. You can bet your new law. this place has had all the noise the expense of the seamen. " sweet life that the restaurant While Isthmian ships were be­ and activity of Grand Central He is not the only one. There didn't do any business from then ing tied up, the fleets of other Station. The Yarmouth and Flor­ are dozens of foreign flag ships on. companies were allowed to oper ida were both in port at the The strike was won, and the ate normally, thereby putting the sai^p.e time, call/ng for men, and By RAY WHITE strikers made sure to tell us that pressure on one company only. both ships sailed within two WHO SAYS without our help, they wouldn't I'M NOT A NORFOLK—The affairs of the Contributions from the SIU mem­ hours of each other. have had the chance of a snow­ branch are in good shape, but bership also insured that the During this hectic period we fAV-TRlOT^ ball in hell. shipping for non-rated men is action could go on indefinitely shipped aboard the Florida two without the Union treasury. Shipping has picked up a little still slow. Engine men, one in the Deck here, but it's still nothing to You can tell that the holidays and sixty-three in the Stewards RESULT CLEAR shout about. Prospects for the are not far off because, even Department. We won't ship that future look good, and when busi­ though shipping is below par It was then that the company many men again until the Flor­ ness picks up to the extent we at the moment, the Hall seems shw the handwriting on the wall, ida hits drydock next year. hope, we'll tell the good news in two thirds empty. Shipping will and made every effort to come While the entire crew from the to an agreement. By the time the pages of the LOG. improve, however, all signs in­ the interim agreement was sign­ Yarmouth was up here giving As we said last week, we're try­ dicate. ed, thirty-one Isthmian ships the place the once-over, Curt ing to get some Waterman ships Naturally everyone is trying Starke, well-known Seafarer, out of this port, most to pay off here on the inter- to pick THE ship that will be were tied up, and other ships dropped in to give us the news them in the banana fleet. were to be struck wherever and coastal run. It's still in the talk­ back before Christmas, but at that he is taking his papers out At the moment there is talk ing stage, but if it goes through this late date it's a 50-50 chance, whenever they hit port within of moth balls and will take a of operating ferries out of Fort the continental limits of the probably worse, that nobody ship as soon as the circus moves Lauderdale—but so far this is United States. will make it. Since then the Negotiating to winter quarters next week, .only a rumor. If it reaches the ! definite That means that some of the Committee for the Union, and Shipping in general down here'we will be on boys will have to be contort negotiators for the company have isn't too bad, but somehow the hand. with a turkey leg if they are at met regularly. All questions have word must have gotten around As has been reported before, sea, but if they are across and been ironed out, and the result that shipping was very good. the Seamen's Institute here is in a good port—well—it doesn't is a contract which doesn't dif­ operating a shipping list. Of Quite a few tripcards and perDue to an increasing demand necessarily have to be a turkey fer much from the standard course, this doesn't affect us but mitmen have been flowing into for bookings aboard Caribbean leg, does it? working rules in SIU agreements this city, but for all the jobs there are quite a few men who The Norfolk Hall isn't able to in force on other fleets. cruise ships, Alcoa Steamship which come up we have book­ are registered with them. Company will make revisions in assist very much in the tanker On some points, such as wages, This outfit tried to put the men enough to handle them. the length and itineraries of its drive as none of these ships hit the new agreement betters the Tom Watson Law on us (Florida Just in case you have been this port. voyages. ones in force now, and on the anti-closed shop law), and force However, since the Isthmian whole the Union has come up thinking of heading for this the ships touching Miami to put Beginning in January, the New Orleans operations of the Alcoa negotiations commenced we have with a contract that lays the tourist haven, change your plans. men on where there were va­ Corsair and Clipper will be had two Isthmians in transit foundation for even more gains We have enough men on the cancies. shipping list hei'e to handle all| changed from the present 24-day Both were visited by a Patrol­ in the future. We have beaten this and they cruises to two separate itiner­ man and everything aboard was And so Isthmian Steamship the jobs which arise. aren't trying to put men on our After a few days of scouting aries of 17 days each. in fair shape. Of course, in the Company, the company that ships, but it is getting danger­ The Clipper will stop at Cuidad very near future the Brothers everybody except the SIU said the local shipping enterprises, ous with a hundred or so sea­ Trujillo, a new stop-off, in addi­ who sail Isthmian will have a couldn't be beaten, now has bow­ I find that there are three car- men here trying to grab any­ tion to three Venezuelan ports full contract to work under. ed to the economic might and ferries operating out of West thing that comes in. A couple of the ships that have and Curacao. The Corsair will the solid militancy of the Sea­ Palm Beach to Havana. They are flying the Honduran Flag with One of the guys from the In­ been on the coal run pretty hit Curacao, three Venezuelan farers International Union. stitute even came over on a so­ steadily out of hei-e were di­ The Union Negotiating Com­ American seamen as crews. ports, Jamaica and Trinidad. cial call to, offer us the use of These guys arc working for verted to New York. mittee consisted of J. P. Shuler, The Cavalier, operating out of his shipping list should we need New York will continue its 17- Nevertheless, there still are a Secretary-Treasurer; Paul Hall, damned poor wages and the up­ men. day cruises through the West In­ number of vessels plying these H'Quarters Representative; Joe shot is thai the ships are owned dies to Trinidad, but will, in coal runs, and what is more you Algina, New York Port Acting by an American. What some We gave him the straight dope addition to regular stops, alter­ can get to most any country you Agent; General Organizer Lind­ guys will do for a few extra on crimp haUs and he hasn't paid us another visit—^I really nate between St. Kitts and St. want, since these runs include sey Williams: and Robert Mat­ bucks! Lucia on one trip and Antigua France, Italy, Belgium, Holland thews, Headquarters Represent­ This guy probably thinks he can't understand why. is a good American because he Maybe we offended him. and England. ative. and Dominica on the other. Philly Seafarers On Picketlines Help AFL Waiters To Win Beef Norfolk is Slow, But Forecast is Early Upturn Add Signs: Seamen's institute Runs Crimp Hail in Port Miami Increased Bookings Bring Many Changes In Alcoa Cruises uv,.' 1 �Page Fout •. THE SEAFARERS LOG Port Boston Takes A Turn For The Better; Future For Shipping Looks Brighter, Too Firidar* Novexnbar 28i^ 1947 TANKERHEN WHO WANT SIV Victory was out since last June, |at the moment are a goodly num­ and naturally the gang was very ber of SIU men. I hope the boys . BOSTON—There is nothing so much interested in and enthusias­ consult these hospital lists on old as yesterday's news, they tic about developments concern­ page two when reading the LOG, say, and in this vein it might be ing the Isthmian company since and drop a few lines occasionally said that there is nothing so out- their departure from the States. to those whom they know. of-date as last week's article in They will pay off in New York Brother George Meaney has the LOG. some time next week, and all just undergone a serious opera­ Our article last week deplored hands enjoy the knowledge that tion and wil be up there for some the lack of shipping in the port- a Union Patrolman will be there time recuperating. by the time the LOG arrived to represent them. here all kinds of ships were call­ WRITE TO THEM Brother Davis, one of the three ing for replacements. Not that bookmembers aboard, will be of Most of the other boys listed it was so good that any shortage great assistance to the boarding of men developed; but it was Patrolman, as his reports are will be in until Thanksgiving and some through the Christmas holi­ good enough to take care of all quite comprehensive. days; hence friends zmd ship­ the bookmen who desired a job, OUTLOOK BRIGHT mates do not have to worry about plus a good many permitmen. their letters not reaching them These four men. crewmembers of Ihe Cities Service tank­ Business, however, was only The outlook for the immediate okay. er SS Council Grove, expressed themselves in favor of the fair, as many of the jobs were future of the Port is bright. Four So much for this week. Let SIU as their collective bargaining agent in the election cur­ called in from coastwise tankers T-2's are due to arrive in this rently being held on the company's vessels. From left to right: and ships in transit. The Liberty area before November 25, two us hope that the present trend Richard Randall, Oiler; Fred Eastwood, Oiler; Don Oman, AB. tanker, SS John P. Altgelt, and of which are coming in from in shipping continues good and that next week's reporf will have and Tom Scanlon, Oiler. the SS Fort Erie, both hit Port­ rather long trips. good news for the local mem­ The Council Grove was polled in Philadelphia on N.ov. 5, land and called for replacements. In the next few days, also, a with about 75 per cent of the crew going SIU, according to The SS Empire Wandell (At- couple of West Coast ships are bership on the beach—and eager to grab a ship. estimates of the men pictured her. wacoal), crewing up for her coming in from Germany for a maiden voyage under an SIU payoff and immediate sign-on contract, called from Providence for a retui-n trip. Apparently, then, the seasonal for men. This particular ship slump in shipping has come to will make her first voyage coast­ wise—to the Gulf and back to an end, and from now until after the holidays the job situation Philly. should hold pretty good. Another new SIU ship, the SS Some of the boys threw in Ponce (Ponce Cement Co.), ar­ By JOE ALGINA Any man losing out on a legi- low member and do not appear quite a bit for the SEAFAR­ rived with a load of sugar and timate claim because of some­ for the trial. NEW YORK—Shipping in the paid off here. This is a trim little ERS LOG (You'll find their thing like this should knoW in Up to now the commitees have Port of New York continues to ship, with a good Union crew, which direction to vent his been hesitant to use this provis­ hum along at a fair clip—noth­ and she paid off clean. wrath. ion, but they may find it neces­ ing like it was a month or two sary if this continues. CHARGE PROCEDURE TIME FOR REPAIRS ago, but still at a pace good Speaking of wrath, men who enough to provide jobs for book­ The SS Bienville also paid off make charges against another men on the beach. here. She was a clean payoff Seafarer should know what the also, with only a couple of OT Most rated bookmen here can exact procedure is for pressing beefs in the Deck Dept. which still get out without mych the charge. were settled at the payoff. trouble; with permitmen, it's a When charges are made different story. They have to The gang was unwilling to against a man aboard ship (this wait a little longer, especially if sign on until the domestic water applies to bookmen only), a spe­ tanks were relined, so the ship they are without a rating. cial meeting should be held at proceeded to Philly and New Eastern Steamship Line's Evan­ which a copy of the charges is York on coastwise articles. The geline has laid up and will stay given the accused. ship will be in the latter port in lay-up for a number of weeks. The accused man, and those for a couple or three days—time names on the "Honor Roll" list) When she hit her pier this week, pressing the charges, must ap­ enough to take care of the re­ and brother M. Kurkemelis do­ the Mate, instead of putting the pear before the trial committee nated fi^'e bucks for making the pairs. regular men on gangway watch in the port of payoff. Lately, We still get all the Isthmians holidays a little Brighter for the to work, tried to choose whom many accusers have not appear­ One last word before I sign off coming in foreign for a 12 to brothers in the Marine Hospitals. for the week: he pleased for the jobs. ed at the trial to press their In the Brighton Marine Hospital 24 hour stay. The SS Legion This guy thought he was still charges. Now that shipping has become Naturally, this causes the com­ a little tight, it is a good idea living in the good old days, but he found out differently when mittee a lot of trouble and the to come ashore and register for the three men entitled to the accused man is done an injustice unemployment pay immediately. jobs were sent back to the ship. when his accuser does not ap­ The chances are that you will pear to prove the case. catch a ship before you make MAKING A CHANGE The SIU Constitution has a your first draw, but if you don't By JIMMY BANNERS In the coastwise trede, we provision for the fining of men the $21 a week makes waiting who prefer charges against a fel- for a ship a little easier. JACKSONVILLE—Shipping in ganizing and even voting these have learned that Waterman is this port has been slow with ships. I think all good Seafar­ taking its Victory ships out of only one ship paying off and ers should be willing to go for service and substituting Liberties taking on a new crew in recent these jobs in order to help stab­ instead. This, of course, cuts days. There were a number of ilize conditions for the future. down on the number of jobs beefs on the above-mentioned How about it, Brother Sea­ available in these runs. This seems to be quite a para­ vessel, but they were settled farers? swiftly and satisfactorily at the As yet we have not cast any dox, in light of the President's By CAL TANNER payoff. ballots here in Jacksonville in request for the building of fast MOBILE—After three weeks in compensation allowance, for sea­ What of the future, you ask? the A&G elections. The reason freight ships. All of the Victories which shipping slowed to a men. We should know the score Well, the job prospect looks bet­ for this is that there simply have laid up are fast ships, yet the trickle, things finally got going in a few days if the whole busi­ ter than it has for the past few not been enough full bookmen Maritime Commission comes up here. Last week we crewed up ness doesn't get too snarled-up weeks. Nevertheless, we would around to get a committee to­ with this scheme. I guess I'll four or five ships and we have in red tape. not advise all you job-hunters gether, but we expect to have never learn the way the Bureaenough scheduled for next week The way things are lined up, crats do their reasoning. some in the near future. to rush down here. to assure a steady stream of it takes at least three weeks on Lately, on some of the ships, jobs for the period. There are very few oldtimers CITIES SERVICE the beach before you are sup­ around the port. However, there the Patrolmen have been run­ posed to receive your first com­ However, don't be in any hur­ We have two Cities Service are some who have been regis­ ning into a lot of overtime beefs, pensation check — provided you ry to come down here. You won't tankers in port, but it has been tered for quite a while with most of which are legitimate, ship out right away, let me tell served on a WSA ship since pretty hard to get aboard. In hopes for jobs in the next few but now and then they find addition, I have had trouble weeks. Some are getting low on where some character has leaned you now, since we have enough 1946. The new sign we ordered ar­ getting men to apply for jobs cash, but are hanging on tak­ a little heavy on the pencE >when men on the beach at the present time to take care of the next rived and has been hung up on on these as yet incompletely or­ ing odd jobs when they can find making up his overtime claim. ten ships all right. the Dauphin Street side of the ganized ships. them. Padding the overtime sheets As you all know, we are or­ With shipping as slow as it Hall building so that no Union That is about all there is from is not a pleasant charge to level has been all month in Mobile, member will have any trouble this neck of the woods for this against a Seafarer, but it has t will take a little time to ship finding where the Hall is lo­ week. happened on occasion. cated in the Port of Mobile. out our present list. It usually "means a lot of ex­ In case you are looking for Except to point out that the WANT COMPENSATION plaining for the guilty guy and the sign you will be able to tourist season is going full blast. a big headache for the Patrol­ Because of the recent slow-up, spot it okay—it's an almost ex­ The dog tracks are open and man. It really makes his job of some of the men are making a act reproduction of the SIU Tndthe tourists are taking over. clearing a payoff a difficult task. test case of the unemployment ton. By JOHN MOGAN NewYorkShippingContinuesTo Hold Firm; Jobs For Rated Men Still In Fair Supply Jacksonville Prospects Brighter — But Oon't Go There For Johs Seafarers In Mobile Testing Bnemployed Insurance For Seamen �- yS'i"VT»*||f^V^V' Friday. November 28; >~I9i/ THE S E AF AEERS EOG Page Five AGREEMENT —Between— Seafarers International Union of N.A. —And— Isthmian Steamship Company sM j.m AGREEMENT, made this 21st day of August, 1947, by and between ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY (hereinafter referred to as "Company"), and SEAFAR­ ERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AM­ ERICA, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, (hereinaftet referred to as "Union"), on behalf of the Unlicensed Personnel employed on the Ameri­ can Flag seagoing vessels manned by the Company, WITNESSETH: The Company, being satisfied that the Union repre­ sents a majority of its Unlicensed Personnel, hereby recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of all the Unlicensed Personnel employed on the Am­ erican Flag seagoing vessels manned by it for the pui-poses of collective bargaining. NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: ARTICLE I EMPLOYMENT Section 1. To assure qualified employees and maxi­ mum harmonious relations between members of crews, the Company agrees that when vacancies occur neces­ sitating the employment of Unlicensed Personnel, to give preference of employment to members of the Union in good standing when the Union has available and is able to supply unlicensed seamen who are, in the opinion of the Company, qualified to fill such va­ cancies. Section 2. The Union agrees to furnish the Company with capable, competent, and physically fit persons who are so qualified to fill the vacancies. Section 3. If members of the Union in good stand­ ing of the ratings needed, and of such qualifications, cannot join the vessel in ample time to prevent a de­ lay in her scheduled departure, then members of the Union in good standing shall be deemed not available, and the Company will then hire members of the Un­ licensed Personnel without any regard to Union affili­ ation. Section 4. The Union agrees that the Company shall have the right to reject any applicant for employment who the Company considei's unsatisfactory or unsuit­ able for the vacancy; provided, however, that if the Union considers such rejection discriminatory, it shall be dealt with under the grievance procedure and the Union agrees that such rejection shall not cause any vessel to be delayed in her scheduled departure. Section 5. Unlicensed Personnel when applying for employment shall submit to the physical examination prescribed by the Company, and shall submit from time to time thei-eafter to such physical examination as may be required by the Company. Failure to pass such physical examination shall be sufficient cause to prevent employment or to cause termination of em­ ployment; pi'ovided, that if the Union feels that the Company doctor has unfairly discriminated against a member of the Union, it shall be dealt with as a griev­ ance; and, provided further, that the Union will not interfere with or delay the dispatch of any vessel on her scheduled departure from any port because of such grievance. Section 6. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the discharge of any member of the Unlicensed Personnel who, in the opin­ ion of the Company, is not satisfactory; provided, however, that if the Union feels that any such dis­ charge is discriminatory, it shall be dealt with as a grievance; and, provided further, that the Union will not interfere with or delay the dispatch of any vessel on her scheduled departure from any port because of such discharge. Section 7, The term "Unlicensed Personnel," as used in this Agreement, shall not include super cargoes, doctors, female employees, cadets, pursers, concessionnaires, barbers, musicians, and livestock tenders. Section 8. The Company agrees not to discriminate against any member of the Unlicensed Personnel for legitimate Union activities. ARTICLE II SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES Section 1. All grievances, disputes, or "beefs" shall be settled as soon as possible on the vessel upon the completion of each voyage. Section 2. If a satisfactory settlement is not reached on the vessel, the matter shall, at the request of either party, be referred to a Port Committee which shall have authority to settle the controversy. The Port Committee shall meet in New York City or such other place as may be mutually agreed upon, and shall consist of not more than three representatives from the Union and not more than three representatives from the Company; provided, however, that the Com­ pany and the Union shall have an equal number of representatives on any Port Committee. Section 3. Any matter referred to the Port Commit­ tee shall be in writing and any decision or award of the Port Committee shall be in writing. Section 4. It is mutually agreed that any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of any clause or provision of this Agreement shall be dealt with only between representatives of the Company and the Union duly appointed for such purpose. Section 5. In the event the Port Committee is un­ able to reach a satisfactory settlement, or agreement is not reached between the Union and the Company, the matter may by written notice, registered mail, be referred to an arbitrator within one week after the Pdrt Committee or representatives of the Company and the Union are unable to reach a satisfactoiy settlement. Section 8. If the Company and the Union cannot mutually agree on the selection of an arbitrator with­ in one week, then application shall be made for the appointment of an arbitrator to a Judge of the U.S. District Court in a Federal District where the Port Committee or representatives of the Company and the Union met to settle the controversy. All questions sub­ mitted to arbitration shall be in writing and the de­ cision of the arbitrator shall be in writing arid shall be final and binding on all parties and persons concerned. The Company and the Union shall share equally the expenses of the arbitrator and all other agreecf upon expenses. ARTICLE III SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONS Since this Agreement adequately provides for an orderly settlement of any and all grievances and dis­ putes, it is mutually agreed that during the life of this Agreement and during any period of negotiations for its renewal there shall be no lock-outs, strikes, or any other work stoppage or refusal to sign on or off Ship­ ping Articles for any cause, including an attempt to force Agreement to any demands. ARTICLE IV PASSES Section 1. The Company agrees to issue passes to representatives of the Union mutually agreed upon for the purpose of contacting its members aboard" vessels covered by this Agreement in home ports and ports of call in Continental United States where the Union has a recognized office and in Honolulu, T.H.; in considera­ tion of which the Union hereby agrees to hold the Company harmless from any claim, loss, damage, or liability, for loss of life or injury occurring to, or caused by, a representative of the Union while such representative is on the property of or while on board a vessel owned or bareboat chartered or controlled by the Company. Section 2, The Union agrees that its representatives shall not at any time interfere with the Company's employees while at work. ARTICLE V MONETARY MATTERS Section 1. The wage scale for the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel shall be as follows: Deck Department Rating Monthly Rate of Pay Boatswain $228.17** Boatswain's Mate—Day Work 214.25 Boatswain's Mate—Watch 200.34 Carpenter 228.17* Storekeeper 219.82 AB Maintenance 208.89 Quartermaster 191.99** Able Seamen 191.99** Watchman 191.99 Ordinary Seaman 166.95 '"When the Carpenter is required to furnish his own tools, he shall be paid $7.50 per month in addition to his basic wage per month. **Additional Wage raises shown under Deck Depart­ ment Working Rules. Engine Department Rating Monthly Rate of PayChief Electrician $327.78 Assist. Electrician 253.21 Unlicensed Jr. Engineer— Day Work 255.99 Unlicensed Jr. Engineer—Watch .. 228.17 Plumber-Machinist*' 263.78 Deck Engineer 228.17 Chief Refrigerating Engineer 299.95 First Refrigerating Engineer 264.34 Second Refrigerating Engineer 243.19 Engine Storekeeper 219.82 Engine Utility 228.17 Evaporator-Maintenance 211.47 Oiler—Diesel 217.32 Oiler—Steam 197.56 Watertender i 197.56 Fireman-Watertender 197.56 Fireman 186.43 Wiper 194.78 Stewards Department l^ating Monthly Rate of Pay Steward $244.86* Chief Cook 228.17 Night Cook and Baker 228.17 Second Cook : 205.91* Third Cook 194.78 Messman 166.95 Utilityman 166.95 *Additional wage raises shown under Stewards De­ partment Working Rules. Section 2. The overtime rate for the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel receiving $210.00 or less per month shall be $1.06 per hour, and for those rates receiving more than $210.00 per month, the overtime rate shall be $1.32 Va per hour. Section 3. When m.eals are not furnished, members of the Unlicensed Personnel shall receive an allow­ ance of $1.05 per meal. Section 4. When members of the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel are required to sleep ashore they shall be al­ lowed $3.00 per night for lodging. ARTICLE VI VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS Section 1. When a member of the Unlicensed Per­ sonnel has completed one year of continuous service on the vessels of the Company, he shall be entitled to receive a vacation of seven (7) consecutive days with full pay, and in each subsequent year of con­ tinuous service on the vessels of the Company, he shall be entitled to receive a vacation of fourteen (14) con­ secutive days with full pay. Vacations shall be cumul­ ative to the extent mutually agreed upon and shall be allowed at such times as may be convenient to the operating necessities of the Company. No cash allow­ ance in lieu of vacations shall be made. If after six (6) months of continuous service the Company term­ inates the employment of a member of the Unlicensed Personnel through no fault of his, he shall be entitled to such vacation as has been accrued on the basis of 1/12 of the annual period per month. If employment is terminated for any reason within six (6) months of continuous service on vessels.of the Company, no va­ cation shall be allowed. Continuous service shall not be deemed broken by leave of absence on account of illness, accident, vacations, lay-off for lack of work, or leaves of absence gi-anted in writing, provided, however, that no vacation shall accrue during such periods of absence. Section 2. The following days shall be recognized as holidays: New Year's Day Labor Day Lincoln's Birthday Armistice Day J Washington's Birthday Thanksgiving Day Memorial Day Christmas Day Independence Day .. �THE SEAFARERS LOG PaS|» Six ARTICLE VII WORK IN PORT AND AT SEA p '' ?r '• r Section 1. Overtime shall be paid for all work per­ formed by Unlicensed Personnel in port or at sea on any of the nine (9) holidays specified in this Agree­ ment; provided, however, that in the case of holidays at sea falling on Sunday the following Monday shall not be deemed a holiday and no double overtime shall be paid on holidays falling on Sunday. Section 2. The work week in port shall be forty (40) houi's per week. It is understood-for the purpose of this paragraph all work performed in port on Sat­ urdays, Sundays and recognized holidays shall be paid for at the overtime rate. Section 3. At sea the hours of work shall be fortyeight (48) hours per week for men standing watches. It is understood that for the purpose of this para­ graph Sunday at sea shall be considered the overtime day, that is to say, all work performed on Sunday at sea shall be paid for at the overtime rate. Section 4. Engine and Deck Daymen At Sea. The work for the unlicensed Deck and Engine personnel who' do not stand watches shall be forty-four (44) hours per week (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays). ARTICLE VIII SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS The Company shall furnish safe gear and working equipment. ARTICLE IX TERMS Section 1. It is specifically understood and agreed that the Company and Union will continue negotia­ tions upon two (2) days' notice in writing by one party or the other regarding general rules and work­ ing rules for each of the three departments and that the working rules and working conditions now pre­ scribed by the Company which are not contained in this Agreement shall remain in force until an agree­ ment is reached. When a full agreement is reached regarding general rules and departmental working rules it shall be incorporated in writing in one docu­ ment with this Agreement which shall then be the complete agreement between the parties. Section 2. This Agreement shall take effect, on the date first above written and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of one year thereafter and shall automatically renew itself from year to year thereafter unless either party gives the other wi-itten notice bj' registered mail sixty (60) days in advance of any expiration date of intention to change, modify, or terminate the collective bargaining agreement be­ tween the parties. In accordance with Article IX, Section 1, of the agreement dated August 21, 1947, collective bargain­ ing negotiations have been continued and the follow­ ing shall be added to and deemed a part of said agreement effective on each vessel, except as other­ wise provided, within three (3) days after receipt in the United States by the Master of each such vessel of a copy of this agreement, regardless of whether such vessel is on foreign or domestic articles or harbor payroll; provided, however, on inbound vessels on foreign articles this agreement shall become effective on the termination of such foreign articles. ARTICLE X GENERAL RULES Section 1. Wage Scale Re-opening. Application by either the Company or the Union to open negotiations for changes in the wage scale at any time after May 31, 1948, shall not be deemed cause for termination of this Agreement or any provision thereof. Application to open negotiations for change in the wage scale shall be made in writing thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such proposed change and negotia­ tions shall be started not more than ten (10) days from the day such written notice is received by the other party. Failing agreement on such issue all provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect as provided in Article IX, Section 2. Section 2. Management of Vessel. The management of the Vessel and the direction of the crew are vested exclusively in the Company and the Union agrees not to attempt to abridge these rights. Section 3. Authority of Master and Obedience of Crew. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, and shall not be construed to, limit in any way the auth­ ority of the Master or other officers, or lessen the obedience of any member of the crew to any lawful order. Section 4. Ship's Delegate, (a) One man in each de­ partment on each vessel shall act as delegate for his department. Such delegates are privileged to present to thir superior officers, on behalf of the members in their department, facts and opinions concerning any working conditions specified in this Agreement where­ in adjustment is thought proper. (b) Any matter so presented which is not satis­ factorily adjusted on the vessel shall be held in abey­ ance until the vessel's arrival in the pdrt of New York or other port in Continental United States, where Friday, November 28/ 1847 the Company and the Union have designated officials for the adjustment of grievances as provided for in Article II. Section 5. Emergency Duties and Drills, (a) Any work necessary for the safety of the vessel, passengers, crew or cargo or for the saying of other vessels in jeopardy and the lives thereon, shall be performed at any time and such work shall not be considered over­ time. (b) Whenever practicable, lifeboat and other emer­ gency drills shall be held on weekdays between the hours of 8 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Mondays through Fri­ days, and on Saturdays between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon. Preparation for drills, such as stretch­ ing fire hose and hoisting and swinging out boats, shall not be done prior to signal for such drills, and after drill is over all hands shall secure boat and gear. In no event shall overtime be paid for work perform­ ed with such di'ills. Section 6. Securing Vessel for Sea. (a) All vessels manned by the Company must be safely secured for the voyage before leaving the harbor limits, as desig­ nated and defined pursuant to the Pilot Rules. (b) In the event a vessel leaving the dock in the daytime is not safely secured en route to and before reaching the harbor limits, it shall not leave the har­ bor limits but shall proceed to a safe anchorage and be secured before leaving such anchorage. (c) When a vessel sailing after dark is not secured before leaving the dock, it shall proceed to a safe an­ chorage to secui-e and be secured before leaving such anchorage. When lights can be maintained on the afterdeck, gear and hatches may be secured on this deck en route to anchorage. Section 7. Sailing Board Time, (a) The sailing time shall be posted at the gangway on arrival when the vessel's scheduled stay in port is twelve (12) hours or less. When the scheduled stay exceeds twelve (12) hours the sailing time shall be posted eight (8) hours prior to the scheduled sailing, if before midnight. If scheduled to sail between midnight and 8 A.M., sail­ ing time shall be posted not later than 5 P.M. (b) All members of the unlicensed personnel shall be aboard the vessel and ready for sea one (1) hour before the scheduled sailing time. In the event the Company obtains a replacement because a member of the crew who is a Union member is not on board the vessel and ready for sea at least one (1) hour before the scheduled sailing time and such member of the crew reports for duty after the replacement accepts the job, the original crew member shall pay such replace­ ment two (2) days' pay and if he does not have the necessary money he may obtain from the Master the money as a "draw." (c) If the vessel's departure is delayed due to the loading or discharging of cargo, the new time of de­ parture shall immediately be posted on the board and if such delay exceeds two (2) hours the watch off duty may be dismissed and shall receive two (2), hours' overtime for such reporting. (d) The overtime prescribed above shall not apply when sailing is delayed on account of weather, such as rain, fog, or other conditions beyond the vessel's con­ trol. (e) In the event, after cargo, is al^oard or discharged and ship is ready to proceed, the full complement of unlicensed personnel is not on board, no overtime shall be paid. Section 8. Medical Relief. Full medical attention as required by law shall be given to all unlicensed per­ sonnel. Section 9. Return to Port of Signing Articles in Case •Vessel is Sold, Lost, etc. (a) In the event a vessel of the Company is sold, interned, lost or laid up the crew shall be given transportation back to the port of signing articles with subsistence, room and wages, as per Section 10 of this Article. When room and sub­ sistence are not furnished aboard the vessel, room and meal allowance will be paid as prescribed in Article V, Sections 3 and 4, until crew is furnished . repatria­ tion by train, plane or vessel. (b) In the event a vessel of the Company is lost, the crew shall be recompensed for the loss of clothing not to exceed $300 and be repatriated to the port of signing articles with subsistence, room, and wages as per Section 10 of this Article. Section 10. Traveling. Members of the unlicensed personnel, when transported by the Company during the course of their employment, shall be provided with first-class transportation by rail, and with subsistence at the rate of $4.25 per day in addition to their reg­ ular monthly wages. When travel at night is involved, a lower berth, if available, shall be provided or the cash equivalent thereof. When traveling by vessel is involved, men shall be provided with second-class transportation or the cash equivalent thereof. Section 11. War Zone. In case any vessel of the Company traverses waters adjacent to or in the prox­ imity of a declared or undeclared war or state of hos­ tilities, it is hereby agreed that a petition on the part of the Union for the opening of negotiations for added remuneration, bonuses, and insurance, shall in no way be deemed cause for the termination of this agreement. Section 12. Customary Duties, (a) Members of each department shall perform the necessary and customary duties of their department. (b) Each member of all departments shall perform the recognized and customary duties of his particular rating. Section 13. Specified Duties. No overtime shall be paid for any duties specified in this Agreement as routine duties for any particular rating of the un­ licensed personnel which are performed during regu­ lar hours of duty. Subject to Article XIII, Section 2, if routine duties require more than eight (8) hours of work in one day, overtime shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight (8) in one day. Section 14. Port Time. For the purpose of applying port overtime provisions of this Agreement, "port time" or the words "in port" shall be defined to mean the following: (a) Commencement of Port Time: (1) From the time a vessel is properly secured to a dock, buoy, or dolphins, or moored or anchored for the purpose of: Loading and/or discharging cargo, bal­ last, passengers or mail; undergoing repairs, taking on fuel, water or stores; fumigation; lay-up, awaiting orders or berth. However, a vessel taking on fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, etc., while transiting canals shall not be considered to be in port. (2) Port overtime provisions shall not apply to vessels: (•a) entering a port and anchoring for the sole purpose of avoiding inclement weather, (b) mooring or anchoring for sole purpose of awaiting transit of canals such as the Pan­ ama and Suez Canals, (c) mooring or anchoring for sole purpose of landing sick or injured persons, and (d) while lying outside harbor limits awaiting berth, pilot, or tide. (3) Port time shall not commence until the vessel has shifted from quarantine anchorage to a berth or other anchorage for the purpose as provided for in sub-section 1 of this Section. (4) Vessels lying at the same anchorage after ob­ taining quarantine clearance shall be considered await­ ing berth and port overtime provisions shall apply except in cases where vessel cannot move due to weather conditions. (B) Termination of Port Time: Port Time shall term­ inate when the first ahead or astern bell is rung and the vessel leaves: (1) The dock to proceed directly to sea, or (2) Anchorage to proceed directly to sea. Section 15. Shifting Ship. After the vessel arrives in port as outlined in Section 14 of this Article, any subsequent move in inland waters, bays, rivers, and sounds shall be regarded as shifting ship and over­ time shall be paid for men on duty while such moves are performed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and after 5 P.M. until 8 A.M. week-days with the fol­ lowing exceptions: Port Alfred to Montreal or vice versa. Port Alfred to Quebec or vice versa. Montreal to Quebec or vice.versa. All moves from American ports to British Colum­ bia ports or vice versa. Norfolk to Baltimore or vice versa. Montevideo to Buenos Aires to Rosario or points above or vice versa. Boston to New York or vice versa. Section 16. Standby Work in Port, (a) When men are hired by the Company for standby work in port by the day and board and lodging are not furnished to them on the shij. they shall be paid at the rate of $1.54 per hour. Their regular hours of work shall be from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. Any work performed by them outside their regular hours of work shall be paid for at the rate of $2.30 per hour. Men hired to perform standby work shall perform any work that shall be assigned to them by their superior officer, and they shall not be subject to any Working rules set forth in this agreement unless they are required to keep steam in the boilers or oil winches. When standby work in any particular department is to be performed, an ef­ fort shall be made to obtain men with ratings in such department if they are available and are competent to perform such work. (b)Any man so hired for standby work who reports /when ordered shall be guaranteed not less than four (4) hours work and shall be paid in accordance with the rates of pay outlined in this Section. Section 17. Longshore Work by Crew, (a) In those ports where there are no longshoremen available, members of the crew may be required to do longshore work or_ drive winches for the purpose of handling cargo. For such work performed the men on duty shall be paid $1.59 per hour in addition to their regular monthly wages and $2.39 per hour for the men off 'duty. (b) After 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and on Satur­ days, Sundays or Holidays, the rate shall be $3.18 per hour for all hands so engaged. (c) This Section shall not be construed as to be ap­ plicable to any work where longshoremen are not available due to labor trouble. Section 18. Division of Wages of Absent Members. ,(..'•'ir.AV-V ' �Frida7. NoTemb«r 28, 1947 (a) When members of the unlicensed personnel are required to do extra work because the vessel sailed without the full complement as required by vessel's certificate, under, circumstances where the law permits such sailing, the wages of the absent members shall be divided among the men who perform their work, but no overtime shall be included in such payments. (b) At sea, when a day man is switched to sea %Vatches for the purpose of replacing a man who is injured or sick, he shall receive the rate of pay of the man he replaces if higher than his own, from the time he first stands such sea watches and in addition he shall receive overtime for watches stood on the first Saturday afternoon of standing sea watches. (c) When men standing sea watches are promoted for the purpose of replacing men who are injured or Mck they shall receive the differential in pay only. (d) Subject to Article XIII, Section 2, members of the unlicensed personnel shall not be required to work more than eight (8) hours in any one day with­ out the payment of overtime. Section 19. Penalty Rate. Except as otherwise pro­ vided in this Agreement, the rate for work specified in this Agreement as penalty work shall be $1.15 per hour for men on duty and $1.70 per hour for men off duty. Section 20. Working Ballast, (a) Whenever members of the crew may be required to discharge ballast out of holds or handle or discharge ballast on deck, they shall be paid at the penalty rate. (b) Day men shall be considered as on duty between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon and 1 P.M. and 5 P.M. After 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., day men shall be considered as "off duty. If watches are bi'oken, the entire crew shall be considered day men. Sand ballast shall be washed off decks with hose during regular v/orking hours without the payment of overtime or penalty rate. Section 21. Cleaning Holds. When members of the unlicensed personnel are required to clean holds where penalty cargoes as specified in Section 47 of this Ar­ ticle, coal, coke, cement or lead ore in concentrated form, have been carried, they shall be paid at the penalty rate. Section 22. Authorization of Penalty and Overtime Work. No work specified in this Agreement as penalty or overtime work shall be performed unless author­ ized by the head of the particular department and, subject to Article II, shall not be paid unless approved by the Master and Company. Section 23. Checking Overtime. After authorized overtime has been worked, the senior officer of the department on board will present to each em.ployee who has worked overtime a slip stating hours of overtime and nature of work performed. An overtime book will be kept to conform with individual slips for settlement of overtime. Officers and men shall keep a record of all disputed overtime. No claim for overtime shall be valid unless such claim is presented to the head of the department within seventy-two (72) hours after completion of the work. When work has been performed and an overtime claim is disputed, the head of the department shall acknowledge in writing that the work was performed. Section 24. Computation of Overtime. When over­ time worked is less than one (1) hour, overtime for one (1) full hour shall be paid. When overtime work­ ed exceeds one (1) hour, the overtime work performed shall be paid for in one-half (14) hour periods and fractional part of such period shall count as onehalf (^4) hour. Section 25. Commencement of Overtime. Overtime shall commence at the time any employee shall be called to report for work outside of his regular sched­ ule provided such member reports for duty within fifteen (15) minutes. Otherwise, overtime shall com­ mence at the actual time such employee reports for duty and such overtime shall continue until the em­ ployee is released. Section 26. Continuous Overtime. When working overtime and crew is "knocked-off" for two (2) hours or. less, the overtime shall be paid straight through. Time allowed for meals shall not be considered as overtime whenever an unbroken hour is allowed. Section 27. Payment of Overtime. All money admit­ tedly due for crew overtime shall be paid at the sign­ ing off. In the event payment of overtime is unreason­ ably delayed by the Company beyond twenty-four (24) hours after signing off articles, additional compensa­ tion shall be paid at the rate of $10.00 a day for each calendar day or fraction thereof aforesaid payment of overtime wages is delayed. This shall not include dis­ puted overtime being settled between the Union rep­ resentatives and the Company. Section 28. Rest Period, (a) When ship is under port working rules and sea watches have not been set and members of the unlicensed deck or engine personnel off duty are required to work ovex'time between mid­ night and 8 A.M., they shall be entitled to one (1) hour of rest for each hour so worked, such rest periods to start at 8 A.M. the same day except when man starts work at or after 6 A.M. in which case the period of rest shall be any time during the same working day. Such rest periods shall be in addition to cash over­ time allowed for such work. If such rest period is not THE SEAFARERS LOG given, men shall be. entitled to overtime at the regular overtime rate in lieu thereof. This shall hot apply when sea watches are set the same day before the rest period is completed. (b) On days of arrival, if members of the unlicensed deck or engine personnel off duty are required to per­ form work between midnight and 8 A.M., they shall be entitled to one (1) hour of rest for each hour work­ ed, such rest periods to start not later than two hours after the vessel is properly secured and, if such period of rest is not completed at 5 P.M. of the same day, overtime shall be allowed for the uncompleted portion of Such rest period. Section 29. V/ork performed by other than Members of the Unlicensed Personnel, (a) If passengers, prison­ ers of war, staff officers or any member of the crew other than the unlicensed personnel perform work that is the routine work of the unlicensed personnel, the unlicensed personnel who would be ordinarily required to perform such work shall be compensated by dividing among thehi overtime for the time such work was performed; provided, however, this sub-sec­ tion shall not apply when a ship's officer temporarily i-elieves a member of the unlicensed personnel for mattei's of convenience. (b) If cadets or workaways are assigned or permit­ ted to perform work for which members of the unli­ censed personnel are normally paid oveidime, mem­ bers of the unlicensed personnel who would have noi'mally peidormed such work shall be compensated by dividing among them overtime for the time cadets or workaways perform such work. Section 30. Carrying of Cadets, etc.. in Lieu of Crew. No cadets, workaways, or passengers shall be car­ ried in lieu of the crew. Section 31. Launch Service, (a) When a vessel is anchored or tied up to a buoy for eight (8) or more consecutive hours and port time is in effect, each member of the unlicensed pei-sonnel while off duty .shall be allowed one (1) i^und tiip to shore every twenty-four (24) houi's, the transportation being at the Company's expense. (b) In any port where the Company or the Master is unable or fails to furnish the allowed launch ser­ vice, members of the unlicensed personnel are at lib­ erty to make their own ari-angements for transporta­ tion to and fi-om the vessel, and the Company agrees to give the owner of the boat up to $2.00 per man carried per i-ound trip, or to I'eimburse each member of the unlicensed personnel who arranges for his own transportation and goes ashore the allowed $2.00 per I'ound trip provided the man returns before the vessel leaves the anchorage or mooidng and within his offduty period. Section 32. Meal Hours—Relieving for Meals. The meal hours for the unlicensed personnel in the Deck and Engine Departments shall be as follows: Breakfast 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. (a) These hours may be varied but such variation shall not exceed one (1) hour either way. (b) At sea the 4 to 8 watch shall relieve itself for supper. (c) On sailing day when watches are set at 12 Noon the 12 to 4 watch will be "knocked-off" at 11 A.M. in order to eat at 11:30 A.M. so as to be ready to go on watch at 12 Noon. (d) When members of the crew ai'e called to work overtime before breakfast and the work continues after 7:30 A.M. and if breakfast is not served by 8 A.M., ovei'time shall continue until bi-eakfast is served. A full hour shall be allowed for breakfast. (e) When the vessel is in port and port time is in effect one (1) unbroken hour shall be allowed for din­ ner and supper, and if any member of the unlicensed pei-sonnel is not given one sucli unbroken hour, he shall i-eceive one (1) hour's overtime in lieu thei-eof. This penalty hour shall be in addition to the overtime actually worked during the meal hour. (f) Whether at sea or in port if men on day work or men off duty are working overtime, they shall be allowed one (1) unbroken meal hour. (g) If one (1) unbroken meal hour is not given when membei-s of the unlicensed pei'sonnel are entitled to same, the men involved shall receive one (1) hour's overtime in lieu thereof. This penalty hour shall be in addition to the ovei'time actually worked during the meal hour which would normally be one (1) unbroken hour. Section 33. Fresh Provisions. An adequate supply of fruit juices, fruit, fresh milk, and vegetables shall be provided for the unlicensed pei'sonnel during the voy­ age when available. Shoi'e bi'ead shall be fui'nished at all U.S. ports when available. Section 34. Extra Lunches, (a) If the crew works as late as 9 P.M., coffee and night lunch shall be pro­ vided. If work continues after 9 P.M., fifteen (15) min­ utes shall be allowed for the coffee and night lunch, which time shall be included as overtime. (b) If crew starts work at or b-foi"e 9 P.M. and works continuous overtime until midnight, the men shall be provided with a hot lunch at midnight. If the woi-k continues after midnight one U) unbroken hour shall be allowed for such hot lunch. If this un­ Page Seven broken hviui- is not allowed the men involved shall receive one (1) hour's overtime in lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to the actual overtime worked during the hot lunch hour. (c) If crew is broken out at 10 P.M. or thereafter and works continuously for three (3) hours, a hot lunch shall be provided at the expiration of the three (3) hours if the work is to be continued. Otherwise, a night lunch shall be provided. An unbroken hour shall be allowed for the hot lunch and if such un­ broken hour is not allowed the men involved shall receive one (1) hour's overtime in lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to the actual overtime worked during the hot lunch hour. (d) If crew works as late as 3 A.M., coffee and night lunch shall be provided and if work continues after 3 A.M., fifteen (15) minutes shall be allowed for the coffee and night lunch, which time shall be included as overtime. (e) If crew works as late as 6 A.M., coffee shall be provided and if work continues after 6 A.M., fifteen (15) minutes shall be allowed for coffee, which time shall be included as overtime. Section 35. Coffee Time, (a) All hands shall be al­ lowed fifteen (15) minutes for coffee at 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. or at a convenient time near these hours. (b) When crew is called to work overtime, coffee shall be made by the watch or watchman and be ready at the time of calling, and allowed during the fifteen (15) minute period of readiness pi'ovided for in Section 25. Section 38. Crew Equipment, (a) The following items .shall be supplied the unlicensed personnel employed on board the vessels of the -Company: (1) A suitable number of blankets. (2) Bedding consisting of two white sheets, one spread, one white pillow slip, which shall .Jxe changed weekly except that in the tropics pillow slips shall be changed twice weekly. (3) One face towel and one bath towel which shall be changed twice weekly. (4) One cake of standard face soap such as Lux, Lifebuoy, or Palmolive, with each t'~wel change. (5) One package of matches each two weeks to be furnished by each department head to membei'S of his depai'tment. (6) Suitable mattresses and pillows shall be furn­ ished but hair, straw, or excelsior shall not be suitable. (7) All dishes provided for the use of the unlicensed personnel shall be of crockery unless otherwise agreed upon. (8) One cake of laundry soap, one cake of lava soap, and washing powder weekly to be fuimished by each department head to members of his depart­ ment. (9) Sanitubes i^all be available for the unlicensed personnel at all times. (10) Co-ts shall be supplied to the crew while in the ti'opics, except on the new type passenger vessels. (b) Any member willfully damaging or destroying crew equipment shall be held accountable for same. When linen is not issued, men shall receive $2.00 each week for washing their own linen. Crew shall turn in soiled linen before x-eceiving new issue of linen. Seclion 37. Messroom. Each vessel shall be furnished with a messx'oom for the accomodation of the crew, such messroom or messrooms to be in each case so constructed as to afford sufficient sitting room, and to be situated so as to afford full px'otection from the weather and fx'om heat and odors arising fx'om the vessel's engine x'oom, fireroom, hold and toilet. Seclion 38. Electric Refrigerator. An electric refrigex'ator shall be furnished for the use of unlicensed cx'ew on each vessel. The location of this refxfigerator shall be as xnay be determined by the Coxnpany. Should the refrigerator bx'eak down or go out of comxnission it is understood and agreed that the Company will not be expected to make repairs until the vessel arrives in a port whei'e the manufacturer has a service i-epx'esentative available. Section 39. Crew's Quarters, (a) All quarters assign­ ed for the use of the unlicensed pei'Sonnel ax-e to be kept free fi'om vermin insofar as possible. This is to be accomplished through the use of extex-mination facilities pi-ovided by the Company. (b) Room allowance ds provided in Article V, Sec­ tion 4, shall be allowed when vessel is in port and: (1) Heat is not furnished in cold weather. (2) Hot water is not available in crew's washx-ooxns for a period of twelve (12) or moi'e consecutive Ixoui-s, except while ship is in mild climate. (3) The ci-ew's quarters have been painted and paint is not absolutely dry and other suitable quarters are not furnished aboax'd. (4) Vessel is on cjiy dock overnight and men sleep ashore. (5) Linen is not issued upon man's x-equest prior to 6 P.M. on the day the seaman joins the vessel. (6) Vessel is being fumigated and not cleax-ed be­ fore 9 P.M. (7) Men standing midnight to 8 A.M. watch on the same day the vessel is fumigated shall be en­ titled to a x'oom allowance regardless of when vessel is cleared. I �•"*•'• V PridaF, November 28, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eight Section 40. Ventilation. AU quarters assigned to the unlicensed personnel and all messrooms provided for their use shall be adequately screened and ventilated and a sufficient number of fans to secure ventilation shall be provided. Section 41. Washrooms. Adequate washrooms ana lavatories shall be made available for the unlicensed personnel of each department; washrooms to be equipped with a sufficient number of shower-baths which shall be adequately equipped with hot and cold fresh water. Section 42. Lockers. A sufficient number of lockers shall be provided so that each employee shall have one locker of full length wherever space permits, with sufficient space to stow a reasonable amount of gear and personal effects. Section 43. Jury Toilets. When and wherever neces­ sary for sanitary reasons, jury toilets shall be rigged on the poop deck. . Section 44. Money Draws in Foreign Ports. Monies tendered for draws in foreign ports shaU be in U.S. Currency when available through normal Company channels, or equivalent in local currency at official rate of exchange. Section 45. Family Diversion. Members of the same family shall not serve on the same vessel at the same time. Section 46. Explosives, (a) On vessels carrying ex­ plosives in amounts of 50 tons (of 2240 pounds) or over as permitted by law, the Company agrees to pay each crew member of the unlicensed personnel, in addition to their regular monthly wages, ten percent. (10%) per month of such wages from the time the loading of such cargo is started until such cargo is discharged. Members of the unlicensed personnel shall not be required to work explosives. (b) For the purpose of this Agreement explosives shall consist of the following items: Black Powder Poison Gases Blasting Caps T.N.T. Detonating Caps Loaded shells of Dynamite one pound or over, Loaded Bombs but not smaU arms Nitro-Glycerine ammunition. Section 47. Penalty Cargoes, (a) On any outward voyage or homeward voyage that a vessel carries a penalty cargo in an amount in excess of the amount, set opposite the respective penalty cargoes, each member of the unlicemsed personnel ' shall be paid $10.00 per voyage in addition to his regular monthly wage. (b) For the purpose of this Agreement the following are penalty cargoes: In Bulk Bones 1000 tons of 2240 pounds Carbonblack 1000 " " " Caustic Soda 1000 " " " Creosoted Lumber ....1000 " " " " Green Hides 1000 " " " Lampblack 1000 " " " Soda Ash 1000 " " " In any Manner Bone Meal 1000 tons of 2240 pounds Chloride of Lime 1000 " " " Copra 3000 " " " Cyanide 1000 Gasoline 1000 " " " Greave Cakes 1003 " " " Saltcake 1000 " " " Sulphur 3000 " " " Super Phosphate 3000 " " " Section 48. Stores and Slop Chest. In the event a vessel is ordered to proceed on a foreign voyage without stores or slop chest in accordance with the standard practice of the Company, or if the routine repairs as contained in the repair list submitted to the Chief Mate by the incoming crew. Which have ' been approved by the Company to be completed before the commencement of the next voyage, have not been completed, any member of the unlicensed personnel shall be privileged to sign clear of the ship's articles "at his own request" provided he no­ tifies the Master and the Union of his desire to pay off the vessel before one (1) hour after the sailing time is posted on the vessel as. provided for in Section 7 of this Article. Section 49. Calendar Day. For the purpose of this agreement a "day" shall be calculated from midnight to midnight ship's time. ARTICLE XI DECK DEPARTMENT Section 1. Wages of Boatswain and Able Seaman. Supplementing Article V, Section 1, and effective November 25, 1947, the wages of Boatswain shall be $245.00 per month and the wages of Able Seaman shall be $197.56 per month. Section 2. Carpenter's Tools. A carpenter shall be paid $7.50 per month for tools only when the Com­ pany or Master orders him to furnish his own tools and not when he takes it upon himself to furnish tools. Section 3. Relieving Helmsman. No Mate shall re­ lieve the helmsman except in an emergency. Section 4. Setting Watches. Sea watches shall be set not later than noon on day of departiire. When the vessel sails before noon, sea watches shall be set when all lines are on board and the vessel is clear of the dock or when the anchor is aweigh. Section 5. Breaking Watches, (a) In all ports sea watches shall be broken when the vessel is safely secured to the dock, except in those ports where stay of vessel is not scheduled to exceed twenty-four (24) hours, in which case sea watches shall be maintained; provided, however, that on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays only those men who actually stand watch shall be paid overtime. (b) On day of arrival any part of a sea watch from midnight to 8 a.m. shall constitute a complete watch, but this shall not apply to men required to stand gangway watch. When arrival occurs on a Sunday or a Holiday, overtime shall only be paid for hours actually worked on sea watches. Section 6. Work in Port, (a) In ports where sea watches are broken the hours of labor, subject to Article X, Section 32, shall be from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Any work outside of these hours and all work on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate for the respective ratings. (b) In all ports when sea watches are broken a gangway watch shall be maintained at all times. A sai­ lor may be assigned to maintain this watch and eight (8) hours shall constitute his watch. No overtime shall be paid for these watches on week-days between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. Overtime shall be paid for these watches from midnight Friday to midnight Sun­ day and on Holidays. On week-ends the Boatswain shall be allowed to stand the gangway watch in turn, the same as the sailors, but the Boatswain shall not be made to stand all weekend overtime watches. Section 7. Gangway Watches. It shall be the rou­ tine duty of the gangway watches to turn on and off all deck light switches and anchor lights, put up and take down flags, raise or lower gangway, tend gang­ way lights, and man ropes. Overtime shall be paid when the gangway watches are required to care for cargo lights. Section 8. Men Standing Sea Watches, (a) Men stand­ ing sea watches shall be paid overtime for Sunday and Holiday watches and for all work in excess of eight (8) hours between midnight and midnight each day. (b) No work, except for the safe navigation of the vessel, is to be done after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m. and on Saturday afternoons without the payment of overtime, unless otherwise provided for herein. (c) Routine duties for men standing sea watches on Sundays and Holidays shall include all work incident to the safe navigation of the vessel, docking or undocking, cleaning quarters and sanitary work. Over­ time shall be paid for all work other than routine duties. (d) If a man standing sea watch on Sunday or a Holiday is required to do longshore work, tank clean­ ing, or handling of explosives during his watch, he shall be paid the rate as specified in this Agreem.ent for that type of work in lieu of the regular overtime rate. Section 9. Sanitary Work. Sanitary work shall be done bet\. von 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. without the payment of overtime. Sanitary work on week-days shall mean cleaning the wheel-house, chart-room and windows and mopping out wiieel-house. Sanitary work on Simdays or Holidays shall mean sweeping out the wheelhouse. Section 10. Division .of Watches, (a) Sailors while at sea shall be divided into three (3) watches which shall be kept on duty successively for the perform­ ance of ordinary work incident to the sailing and maintenance of the vessel. (b) Not less than three (3) seamen shall constitute a complete sea watch at all times. When any of these three ratings are missing, wages equivalent to the wages of the rating who is missing from the watch shall be divided equally among the other members who are making up the remainder of the watch. (c) When the watch off duty is called out to work, they shall be paid overtime for work performed whUe off duty, except for work provided for in Article X, Section 5. Section 11. Day Workers.* (a) The following ratings shall be classified as day workers: Boatswain Storekeeper Carpenter A.B.—Maintenance (b) Subject to Article X, Section 32, the working hours at sea for day workers shall be from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 12 Noon, Saturdays. Any work performed by a day worker outside these hours shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate except for work provided for in Article X, Section 4. (c) Subject to Article X, Section 32, the working hours in port for day workers shall be from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Any work outside these hours and on Sat­ urdays, Sundays and Holidays shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. Section 12. Work in Cargo Holds. The unlicensed personnel shall not be required to work in holds into which cargo is being loaded or discharged. Men work­ ing on or watching cargo are not included in this clause. Section 13. Cleaning Quarters, (a) One ordinary sea­ man on duty shall be assigned to clean the quarters and toilets of the unlicensed personnel of the Deck. Department. Two (2) hours shall be allowed for this work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 Noon daily. (b) The unlicensed personnel of the Deck Depart­ ment shall keep their respective living quarters clean and tidy at all times. Section 14. Securing Cargo, (a) If deck cargo is not properly secured before leaving the cargo berth and members of the unlicensed personnel are required to secure such cargo, they shall be paid at the penalty rate. (b) Tightening up cargo lashings and relashing of cargo which has come adrift or loose shall not con­ stitute overtime or penalty work. Section 15. Using Paint Spray Guns. When members of the unlicensed personnel are required to use paint spray guns, they shall be provided with masks. When they are required to use paint spray guns in outside work the watch on duty shall be paid 25c per hour for such work performed in addition to their regular pay and the watch off duty shall be paid 25c per hour for such work performed in addition to their overtime pay. When they are required to use paint spray guns in confined spaces, they shall be paid at the penalty rate. Section 16. Cleaning Bilges and Deck, (a) When members of the Deck Department are required to clean bilges or rose boxes wherein the residue of grain or organic fertilizer is present, or bilges that have been flooded with fuel oil, they shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed. (b) When members of the unlicensed personnel are required to enter bilges that have contained animal, vegetable, petroleum oil, or creosotes including bunk­ ers or molasses, for the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein, they shall be paid at the rate of $1.59 per hour. Section 17. Cleaning Tanks, (a) When members of the Deck Department are required- to enter in tank in which water is regularly carried for the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein they shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed. (b) When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to enter tanks that have contained animal, vegetable, petroleum oil, or creosotes including bunk­ ers or molasses, including use of Butterworth System for the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein they shall be paid at the rate of $1.59 per hour for such work performed. If such work is performed be­ tween the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., on Saturday, Sunday or Holidays they shall be paid at the rate of $3.18 per hour for such work performed. In addition, $5.00 shall be allowed for damage to personal gear, for each cleaning or repair job, regardless of the time it takes to perform such work. Section 18. Removing Soot from Smoke Slack. When members of the Deck DepaiTnient are required to re­ move accumulated soot inside the smoke-stack they shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work per- • formed. Section 19. Laying Dunnage for Cargo. When mem­ bers of the Deck Department are required to actually lay dunnage in preparation for cargo they shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed. This does not mean the handling of dunnage in or­ der to clean holds or stacking dunnage or removing dunnage from holds. When required to install grain fittings or otherwise prepare holds for grain cargo, except as outlined above., they shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed. Section 20. Tending Livestock. When livestock is carried, members of the Deck Department shall be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed when required to feed, clean up and otherwise tend such livestock. Section 21. Division of Overtime. Overtime shall be divided as equally as reasonable among the mem­ bers of the deck crew. Section 22. Call Back for Shifting Ship. When vessel is in port and watches are, broken and men are called back to work after 6 p.m. and before 8 a.m., or on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays, for the purpose of shifting ship in inland waters, a minimum of two (2) hours overtime shall be paid for such call back. Section 23. Work Over Sides. In all ports it shall be routine duty for members of the Deck Department to chip, sougee, scale, prime and paint the vessel over the sides. Section 24. Additional Work. Whenever members of the Deck Department are required either at sea or in port to chip, sougee, scale, prime or paint the galley, pantry, messroom, saloon or living quarters, lava­ tories, washrooms and forecastle which are not used by the unlicensed Deck Department, or enclosed pass­ ageways exclusive of passageways on the main deck, they shall be paid for such work at the regular over­ time rate and no overtime shall be paid for such work in any other areas except as otherwise provided in this agreement. Section 25. Going Ashore to Take Lines. Any sailors put on the dock to handle lines when docking or tin. �Friday, NoTambar 28, 1S47 docking shall be paid $1.00 for such work. This is to be in addition to overtime if they are working on overtime when sent ashore to handle lines. After the vessel is properly moored, and members of the Deck Department are required to put out additional lines or single up line during regular hours, they shall receive no overtime for such work. Section 26. Docking and Undocking. (a) Docking or undocking, breaking out or stowing away mooring lines between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 12 Noon on Saturdays shall be routine work for the watch on duty. (b) After 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m., and on Saturday afternoons, the watch on duty shall receive overtime for docking or undocking or breaking out or stowing away mooring lines. All available men will be used for this work. Section 27. Handling Hatches, (a) When sailors are used in place of longshoremen to remove hatches, strong backs, and lank tops for the purpose of load­ ing or unloading cargo, or to cover up hatches when cargo is in the vessel, such work shall be considered longshore work and paid for as provided for in Ar­ ticle X, Section 17. (b) No overtime shall be paid to day men and the watch on duty between the hours of 8, a.m. and 5 p.m. for covering up hatches when no cargo is in the vessel or for taking off hatches for any purpose other than actual cargo operations; provided, however, ^hat if the longshoremen have contracts to do this work this Section shall not be interpreted to conflict there­ with. Section 28. Handling Mail or Baggage. The handling of mail or baggage by members of the Deck Depart­ ment shall be considered longshore work and paid for at the rate provided for in Article X, Section 17. Section 29. Cleaning Steering Engine. When mem­ bers of the Deck Department are required to clean steering engine or steering engine bed, they shall be paid overtime while such work is being performed. However, it shall be the routine duty of the Deck Department to clean and paint steering engine-room and grease the tiller chains during their regular work­ ing hours. Section 30. Ship's Stores, (a) It shall be the routine duty for membei's of the Deck Department to handle deck stores both on the dock and on the ship during their regular working hours. (b) Members o'f the Deck Department shall^ receive overtime when required to handle stores of the Stew­ ard's Department or engine room stores, both on the dock and aboard the vessel. (c)'Daily provisions and port stores shall be brought aboard the vessel by members of the Deck Depart­ ment without the payment of overtime. (d) The ship's officers shall determine the number of sailors to be used in handling ship's stores. (e) The Company reserves the right to use shore gangs to handle ship's stores. Section 31. Topping or Lowering Booms, (a) When hatches are to be rigged or unrigged at least the two watches off duty and the day rqpn ai'e to be used in topping or lowering booms. (b) When the watch on duty is required to stretch guys, top lifts and generally make ready cargo gear for topping booms, clear the deck and secure guys when booms are lowered and properly secured, no overtime shall be paid for this work during straight time hours. Section 32. Boatswain or Carpenter Standing Watch. (a) If the Boatswain or Carpenter are required to stand watch due to shortage of men and such watch is stood between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. or 12 Noon Saturday and 8 a.m. Monday or on Holidays, they shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate; pro­ vided, however, they perform their regular duties as Boatswain or Carpenter. In such cases there shall be no division of wages. (b) A.B.—Maint ., nance, when required to replace any imlicensed member of the Deck Department who is sick or missing, shall not receive overtime except on the first Saturday afternoon of standing sea watch. When standing such sea watch the A.B.—Maintenance man shall be classified as a watch stander. Section 33. Carpenter's Work, (a) It is a routine duty for carpenters to paint, chip and clean the wind­ lass, sound bilges, fresh water, and ballast tanks where sounding pipes are located outside engine or fire room spaces, shore up cargo, seal rose boxes for carriage of grain cargo and do other customary carpenter's work aboard the vessel. (b) It is a routine duty at all times for the carpen­ ters to stand by the windlass when mooring or un­ mooring or anchoring. (c) When no carpenter is carried the Boatswain shall stand by the windlass and shall take soundings; however, during the Boatswain's regular working hours, an AB seaman may be required to relieve the bos'n at the windlass. (d) When soundings are taken after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m., and on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holidays, overtime shall be paid while such work is performed. (e) Only members of the unlicensed deck personnel shall be required to take soundings in the absence TBE SE'AV AREK3 LOG of the Boatswain and Carpenter, except in an emerg­ ency. (f) When the watch on duty are required to do car­ penter work they shall be paid at the rate of $1.06 per hour for such work and members of the watch off duty shall be paid at the rate of $1.59 per hour. Driving wedges, chipping, painting, or cleaning wind­ lass shall not be considered carpenter work on vessels which do not carry a carpenter. However, v/hen a carpenter is carried members of the Deck Depart­ ment shall not receive overtime when required to assist the Carpenter. Section 34. Dumping Garbage. Members of the Deck Department shall be paid at their regular overtime rate when required to handle garbage by hand or shovel which has accumulated in port. Section 35. Chain Locker. A.B. seamen only shall be sent into the chain locker to stow chain. In the event the chain locker is located lower than one deck below the windlass, a suitable signaling sy.stem shall be installed which shall consist of two-way bell or buzzer or voice tube. This Section shall apply only when men are sent into the chain locker for the purpose of stowing chain. Page Rine lar watches at sea on Sundays and Holidays to per­ form all work incident to the safe navigation of the vessel, docking or undocking, and cleaning quarters, and overtime shall be paid for woflc other than such routine duties. ((b) If a man standing sea watches on Sunday or Holidays is required to do longshore work, tank clean­ ing or handle explosives during his watch, he shall be paid the rate as specified in this Agreement for that type work in lieu of the regular overtime rate. Secficn 9. Equalization of Overtime. Overtime for men of the same ratings shall be equalized as nearly as possible; day men are not to be considered as having the same'' rating at watch standers. Seclion 10. Refrigerating Engineers, (a) When one (1) Refrigerating Engineer is carried, he shall be classified as a day worker and his hours of work shall be as set forth in Article XI, Section 10 (b), of this Agreement and he shall work under the direction of the Chief Engineer or Licensed Engineer in charge. (b) It shall be routine duty for the Refrigerating Engineer to supervise the stowing of refrigerator cargo, maintain and operate all refrigerator and airconditioning machinery, auxiliaries and equipment, in­ cluding overhauling and repair work when necessary ARTICLE XII in connection with the upkeep and maintenance of ENGINE DEPARTMENT the same, keeping the refrigerating plant and spaces Section 1. Arrivals and Departures on Saturdays. in a safe and sanitary condition, including keeping Upon vessel's arrival in port as defined in Article X, the spaces around the ice machines and their auxili­ Section 14, overtime shall begin when "finished v ith aries clean of oil, vrater and refuse, and take tempera­ engines" bell is rung. Upon vessel's departure for sea, ture of refrigerating machinery, fan rooms and boxes. (c) When required to paint, sougee, chip, scale, shine overtime shall cease when first "ahead" or "astern" bright work or do cleaning work other than as set bell is rung. forth in this section, he shall be paid overtime for Section 2. Setting Watches, (a) Sea watches shall be such work performed. set not later than noon on day of departure except (d) When no refrigerator cargo is on board the when vessels sail before noon, in which event sea vessel and the refrigerating plant has been shut down watches shall be set at the discretion of the Master, and secured, the Refrigerating Engineer at the dis­ but not- later than one (1) hour before scheduled Idecretion of the Chief Engineer may be assigned to parture. day work in the engine room in accordance with the (b) Sea watches for men standing "donkey watches" working rules for Junior Engineers on day work. shall be set at midnight prior to schedule sailing time. (e) The Refrigerating Engineer shall not be re­ Section 3. Breaking Watches, (a) When a vessel is quired to pull or shift ice without the payment of in port as defined in Article X, Section 14, and is overtime. scheduled to remain in port twenty-four (24) hours Seciion 11. Electricians, (a) The Chief Electrician or longer, sea watches shall be broken when "finished shall be responsible to and take orders from the with engines" bell is rung. Chief Engineer, or, in the absence of the Chief En­ (b) When scheduled stay of vessel is less than gineer, the Senior Engineer aboard; all Assistant Elec­ twenty-four (24) hours, sea watches shall be main­ tricians to be responsible to the Chief Electrician. In tained. the absence of the Chief Electrician, the Assistant (c) Sea watches for men who are to stand "donkey Electricians to take orders from the Senior Engineer watches" shall be broken at midnight on day of ar­ Officer aboard. In the case of Watch Electricians, As­ rival where stay of vessel is to exceed twenty-four sistant Electricians to be responsible to the Senior (24) hours. Watch Engineer. (d) On day of arrival any part of the sea watch (b) When required to do work other than electrical from midnight until 8 a.m. shall constitute a complete v.'ork, or when required to worjv on steam or diesel watch but this shall not apply to men who are to end of any machinery, they shall be paid for such work stand "donkey watch." When such arrival occurs on at the regular overtime rate. Sundays or Holidays, overtime shall be paid only for (c) When cargo is being worked with electrical hours actually worked on sea watches or "donkey winches after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m., or on Satur­ watch." ^ days, Sundays and Holidays, overtime shall be paid Seolion 4. Using Paint Spray Guns. When members to the Electricians on duty and they shall be re­ of the Engine Department are required to use paint quired to do any work necessary to keep electrical spray guns they shall be provided with masks. When cargo handling machinery in operation. using paint spray guns in confined spaces they shall (d) When Electricians are required to install any be paid at the penalty rate for such work performed. new or additional heavy equipment, they shall be Section 5. Tank Cleaning, (a) When members of the paid for such work at the regular overtime rate. This Engine Department are required to enter any tank in shall not apply, however, to removals or replacements which water is regularly carried for the purpose of or repairs to worn out equipment. cleaning or making repairs therein, they shall be paid (e) It shall be part of the routine duties of Electri­ for such work at the penalty rate. cians to do any and all running or breakdown repairs (b) When mefnbers of the Engine Department are re­ to electrical equipment. quired to enter tanks or bilges that have contained (f) On vessels where less than three (3) Electricians animal, vegetable, petroleum oil or creosotes, includ­ are carried, the Electricians shall be classified as day ing bunkers or molasses, for the purpose of cleaning workers at sea and in port. or making repairs therein, they shall be paid for such (g) Where three (3) Electricians are carried, they work at the rate of $1.59 per hour for such work per­ shall be put on regular .sea watches at sea for four formed. If such work is performed between the hours (4) hours on and eight (8) hours off for the perform­ of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., or on Saturdays, Sundays or ance of their duties. In port, the Electricians shall be Holidays, they shall be paid at the rate of $3.18 per classified as day workers. (h) Electricians will not be required to reline brakes hour for such work performed. In addition, $5.00 shall be allowed for damage to personal gear, for each on electric winches, anchor windlasses or capstans, cleaning or repair job, regardless of the time it takes which work is part of the routine duties of the Un­ licensed Junior Engineers. to perform such work. (i) It shall be the responsibility of the Chief Elec­ Section 8. Work Out of Engine Spaces. The Deck Engineer, Engine Utility, Unlicensed Junior Engineers, trician to keep inventory of all supplies and equip­ Electrician, Wipers and Machinists shall not be paid ment on hand, and subject to the approval of the overtime when required to work outside the engine Chief Engineer he shall make requests for all needed spaces. All other members of the Engine Department electrical supplies and tools. Taking voyage inventor­ shall be paid overtime when required to work out­ ies shall be confined to straight time hours of the Chief Electrician. side the engine spaces, which shall consist of fire(j) Refusal to do electrical work which would sub­ room, engine room and ice machine room. For the purpose of routine watch duties, the engine spaces ject an Electrician to electrocution will not be con­ shall consist of fireroom, engine room, ice machine sidered refusal of duty. room, steering engine room and shaft alley. Section 12. Unlicensed Junior Engineers, (a) On ves­ Seclion 7. Supper Relief, (a) At sea the 4:00 to 8:00 sels carrying three (3) Unlicensed Junior Engineers, watch shall relieve itself for supper and no overtime they shall be classified as watch standers and shall shall be paid. while at sea be put on regular sea watches of four (b) In port the man detailed to oil winches shall (4) hours on and eight (8) hours off for the perform­ relieve the fireroom watch for supper when cargo is ance of their duties. In port, the Unlicensed Junior being worked as part of his routine duties. When two Engineers may be put on day work and classified as or more men are standing fireroom and/or engine day workers. If required to stand "donkey watch" room donkey watches together, they shall relieve each in a port and cargo is being worked, no overtime will other as directed. be paid to the Unlicensed Junior Engineers if a FireSection 8. Work on Sundays or Holidays at Sea. man-Watertender is on watch. (a) It shall be routine duties for men standing regu­ (b) Duties At Sea. They shall assist in the operation •at .^1 1 I t .•(I' �Page Tea N- of the plant as directed by the Watch Engineer. Their routine duties shall consist of all maintenance and repair work in the engine room, fireroom, machine shop, storerooms in or adjacent to the engine room, shaft alley and ice machine room, as directed by the Watch Engineers, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m^ Mondays through Friday, and between the ho\u-s of 8 a.m. and 12 Noon on Saturdays. On Sundays and Holidays they shall receive the overtime rate for all work performed. They shall receive overtime when required to do general cleaning, painting, clean­ ing paint, polishing work, wire brushing, chipping or scaling. On vessels with small refrigeration plants which carry less than three (3) Refrigeration Engin­ eers, the Junior Engineer on watch shall not be paid overtime for taking temperatures between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. (c) Duties in Port. Subject to Article X, Section 32, their hours of work shall be between 8 a.m. and 12 Noon and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Mondays through Fri­ days. Their maintenance and repair work shall be confined to the engine department work, provided, how­ ever, if required to do work when an Electrician is on board, which has been herein specified as Electri­ cian work, they shall be paid at the overtime rate for such work performed. If required to replace another member of the unlicensed personnel, they shall be governed by the working rules covering the rating which they replace. It shall be routine duty for Junior Engineers to assist in taking on Engine Department stores, including fuel and water. (d) Wages. They shall be paid at the rate of $228.17 per month on vessels where three (3) Unlicensed Jun­ ior Engineers are carried, and at the rate of $255.99 per month on those vessels where less than three (3) Unlicensed Junior Engineers are carried and they shall be classified as day workers. Section 13. Deck Engineers, (a) It shall be the rou­ tine duty of the Deck Engineers to oil and maintain winches and do maintenance and repair work to <|eck machinery and deck piping, and mechanical repairs in deck housings, and when no Electrician is carried, to care for lights, fuses and overhaul electric fans. They shall be paid overtime for repairing drains in the galley, toilets and washrooms. (b) The Deck Engineer shall not be required to do any cleaning or repair work in the engine room, fireroom, or shaft alley without the payment of overtime. (c) The Deck Engineer shall not be required to do any additional work while oiling deck machinery while cargo is being worked except for running or break­ down repairs. (d) On days of arrival and departure it shall be the routine duty of the Deck Engineers to oil and maintain winches until midnight. An oiler or Engine Utility shall be assigned to these duties on all other days after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m., provided, how­ ever, the Oiler or Engine Utility when assigned to oil winches from 5 p.m. until midnight shall be allowed between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. for supper. (e) It shall be the routine duty of the Deck Engin­ eers to turn steam on and off deck machinery and to warm up same when deck machinery is needed to handle ship's lines, work cargo, etc. (f) In freezing weather in port if deck machinery is being turned over to keep from freezing, the Deck Engineer, or other competent member of the unlicen­ sed personnel, shall stand by on overtime hours to tui'n over winches or capstans. (g) The Deck Engineers shall be paid overtime when required to do any general painting, cleaning paint, Wirebrushing, chipping, scaling or polishing work. Section 14. Utility Men. (a) Utility Men shall be classified as day workers and have the same work­ ing hours as other day workers. (b) Utility Men shall be required to have endorse­ ments on their certificates as Oilers, Watertenders and Firemen. (c) Their routine duties are to assist the Engineers, Electricians, etc., in all Engine Department work. (d) When required to replace any watch stander in the Engine Department who is sick, injured or missihg, they shall be paid overtime for the first Saturday afternoon of standing sea watches. When standing such sea watches, the Engine Utility shall be classified as a watch stander. (e) All work classified as overtime for Wipers durtheir regular working hours, with the exception of repair work, shall also be classed as overtime for the Utility Men when performing the same type of work. Section 15. Oilers on Sea Watches—Steam, (a) Oil­ ers shall perform routine duties, oil main engines (if reciprocating), watch temperatures and oil- circula­ tion (if turbine), oil auxiliaries, steering engine, ice machine, clean lube oil strainers and lube oil purifier, pump bilges and tend water where gauges and checks are in the engine room and no watertenders are car­ ried. (b) Oilers shall leave their stations in a safe, clean and sanitary condition for their relief, but this does not include cleaning or station work. (c) On vessels with small cargo refrigeration plants. Oilers shall oil plant as part of their routine duties, but shall not be required to take temperatures when Junior Engineers are carried. On vessels carrying TUE SEAFARERS LO<t Watch Freezers, Oilers when required to handle refrig­ eration plant shall be paid overtime for such work. (d) Starting and blowing down evaporator equip­ ment shall not be part of the Oilers' routine duties on vessels that carry Junior Engineers, but shall be part of their routine duties when no Junior Engineers are carried. (e) When such equipment is placed in operation, it shall be the routine duty of Oilers to check the equip­ ment at regular intervals, make necessary adjust­ ments to insure proper and even flow of condensate and salt water, oil and tend any pump or pumps ope­ rated in connection with such equipment. (f) When Oilers are required to start or blow down evaporator equipment, they shall be allowed one (1) hour for each operation at the regular overtime rate only on vessels that carry Junior Engineers. (g) When ordered or required to do any painting, cleaning of paint, wirebrushing, chipping, scaling or polishing work, they shall be paid at the overtime rate for such work. Section 16. Oilers on Day Work—Steam. It shall be the routine duties for the Oilers to assist the Engin­ eers in maintenance and repair work in the engine room, machine shop, shaft alley, and storeroom when located in or adjacent to the engine room. Whenever the Oiler is required to clean boilers, paint, clean paint, do polishing work, wirebrushing, chipping or scaling, he shall be paid overtime for such work. Section 17. Working Cargo, (a) During such time as cargo is being worked with the vessel's winches be­ tween the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., and on Satur­ days, Sundays and Holidays, the Fireman-Watertender or Fire-tube Fireman on watch shall be paid at the overtime rate. (b) When cranes or other shore equipment is em­ ployed exclusively in the handling of cargo and if ship's gear and deck machinery is not being used, no overtime shall be paid to man on watch except on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. (c) When cranes or other shore equipment is em­ ployed in the handling of cargo and ship's gear and deck machinery is used to trim cargo, rig conveyors, etc., the Fireman-Watertender or Fire-tube Fireman on watch will receive overtime while the vessel's steam furnishes the power for such operations after 5 p.m. and befoi'e 8 a.m. Section 18. Combination Fireman-Watertender. Sub­ ject to Section 25 of this Article (a) it shall be rou­ tine duties for the Fireman-Watertender to watch and tend water, clean burners, strainers, drip pans, punch carbon, keep steam, watch fuel oil pressure and temp­ eratures, and oil fuel oil pumps located in the fireroom; (b) on all watches he shall clean up excess oil occasioned by changing burners and strainers and shall leave the fireroom in a safe and sanitary condi­ tion when relieved as part of his routine duties; (c) except as when otherwise provided, Firemen-Watertenders shall receive overtime when required to do any painting, cleaning paint, wire-brushing, chipping, scal­ ing or polishing work; (d) when on t(donkey watch," Firemen-Watertenders shall be required to keep steam, tend auxiliaries, and take care of entire plant as part, of their routine duties, and shall not be paid over­ time except as provided for in Section 17 of this Article; (e) if the vessel arrives in port after 5 p.m. and before midnight, the Fireman-Watertender shall continue on sea watch until nydnight, and if, in addi­ tion to maintaining steam, he is required to tend auxil­ iaries and water and ice machine, he shall be paid overtme for such additional work at the regular over­ time rate until midnight; provided, hovtrever, that no overtime shall be paid to the Fireman-Watertender when the Oilers remain on sea watches until mid­ night on day of arrival. Section 19. Firemea on Sea Watches—Fire-tube Jobs, (a) Firemen shall perform their routine duties, clean burners, clean strainers, clean drip pans, punch carbon, keep steam, watch fuel oil pressure and temp­ eratures. (b) On all watches they shall clean up oil occa­ sioned by changing burners and strainers, and shall leave the fireroom at the end of their watch in a safe and sanitary condition without the payment of over­ time. (c) Firemen shall receive overtime when required to do any painting, cleaning paint, wirebrushing, chip­ ping, scaling or polishing work. (d) If the vessel arrves in port after 5 p.m. and be­ fore midnight, the Firemen shall continue on sea watches until midnight; and if, in addition to maintain­ ing steam, he is required to tend auxiliaries and wa­ ter and ice machines, he shall be paid for such addi­ tional work at the regular overtime rate until mid­ night; provided, however, no overtime shall be paid to Firemen when Oilers remain on sea watches until midnight on day of arrival. Section 20. Firemen on "donkey watches"—Fire-tube Jobs, (a) It shall be routine duties for the Firemen to keep burners, strainers, and drip pans clean on all watches. They shall also clean up excess oil occa­ sioned by changing burners and strainers as part of their routine duties without the payment of overtime, and shall not leave this work for their relief to do. It shall also be part of their routine work to keep steam for the auxiliaries and safety of the vessel. Friday. Norember 28, 1947, and take care of the entire plant; provided, however, they shall not be required to do any boiler work. (b) Firemen shall be paid overtime when required to do ajjy painting, cleaning paint, wirebrushing, chip­ ping, scaling, or polishing work. Seclon 21. When Plant Is Shut Down In Port. When the entire plant is shut down, the Fireman-Water­ tender or Fire-tube Fireman may be placed on day work, and it shall be his routine duties to do repair and maintenance work on all boiler mounts and boiler auxiliaries. Section 22. Wipers' Duties, (a) Wipers shall be clas­ sified as day workers. (b) It shall be routine duties for the Wipers to do general cleaning, including oil spills on deck, paint­ ing, cleaning paint, wirebrushing, chipping, scaling, sougeeing, polishing work in the Engine Department, and to take on all stores, including standing by on water and fuel oil lines, and to clean up oil spills. (c) At sea. Wipers shall not be required to paint, chip, sougee, or shine bright work in fireroom fidley, but shall do this work in port. (d) It shall be routine duties of the Wiper to paint unlicensed Engine Department crew quarters, includ­ ing toilets, washrooms, and forecastles, for which no overtime sljall be paid. (e)" One (1) Wiper shall be assigned daily to clean quarters and toilets of the Unlicensed personnel of the Engine Department. Two (2) hours shall be al­ lowed for this work between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 noon; and he shall be allowed two (2) hours over­ time for doing this work on Sundays and Holidays. The unlicensed personnel of thq Engine Department shall keep their respective living quarters clean and tidy at all times. (f) Wipers shall be paid overtime for cleaning the fii^esides and steam drums of boilers, but they shall not be paid overtime when required to wash out steam drums with hose. (g) Wipers shall be paid overtime when required to clean tank tops or bilges by hand or when re­ quired to paint in bilges; but shall not be paid over­ time when required to clean bilge strainers or to clean away sticks or rags or to clean tank tops or bilges with hose. (h) It shall be part of the routine duties of the Wiper to assist Engineers in blowing tubes or putting XZIT and similar preparations and boiler compounds in the boiler. (i) It shall also be part of the Wiper's routine dut­ ies to assist in repair work but when assigned to a repair job by himself he shall be paid at the over­ time rate. Dismantling equipment in connection with cleaning, such as grease extractors, bilge strainers and evaporators, etc., shall not be considered as being as­ signed to a repair job by himself. (j) It shall also be routine duties for the Wiper to pump galley fuel tank during straight time hours. (k) While vessel is transiting the Panama or Suez Canals, one (1) Wiper shall be assigned to trim ven­ tilators to insure breeze for men below, regardless of whether it is outside of their regular working hours or not. He shall be paid overtime for this work when it is outside his regular working hours. Section 23. Hours of Work for Day Workers, (a) Subject to Article X, Section 32, the working hours in port for day workers shall be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Any work outside these hours or Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, shall be paid for at the applicable over­ time rate, except as provided for in Article X, Section 5. (b) Subject to Article X, Section 32, working hours at sea for day workers ^all be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. Any work performed outside these hours or on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays to be paid for at the applicable overtime rate, except as provided for in Article X, Section 5. • Section 24. New Equipment Not Carried At Pres­ ent. In the event the Company secures a type vessel different from those now operated and covered by this Agreement, or if the Company should install new or different equipment than that presently in use and covered by this Agreement, the Company and Union shall meet to consider working rules to cover such vessels or equipment. Section 25. Fireroom—Engine Room Boundaries. On vessels having no bulkheads separating engine room and fireroom, a line shall be deemed drawn at the end of boilers next to the engine room for the pur­ pose of defining engine room and fireroom boundaries. This imaginary line shall not exclude the Firemen, Firemen-Watertenders and Oilers from performing any work as part of their routine duties, as outlined in their resi^ective working rules. ARTICLE XIII STEWARDS DEPARTMENT Section 1. Wages of Chief Steward and Second Cook and Baker. Supplementing Article V, Section 1, and effective November 25, 1947, the wages of the Chief Steward shall be $250.00 per month and the wages of the Second Cook and Baker shall be $218.70 per month. Section 2. Routine Duties, (a) The regular routine �7" THE SEAFARERS Friday. Novamber 28. 1947 work shall be performed within the scheduled work­ ing hours of eight (8) hours in a spread of twelve (12) hours as specified by the Chief Steward and it shall be the duty of the Stewards Department to organize their work so that it is accomplished within their eight (8) hours per day; the hours to be posted by the Chief Steward prior to the time the vessel leaves the port in which shipping articles are opened. It shall be the routine duty of the Stewards Department to prepare and serve the meals, clean and maintain the quarters of the licensed personnel, including Radio Officers, Pursers, and passengers, all dining rooms, salons, messrooms, washrooms, galley and pantry. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, no over­ time shall be paid for the performance of any of the above routine work. (b) It shall be the routine duty for the Stewards, Utilitymen and Messmen to work in storerooms, linen lockers counting and bagging linen, toilets, and Stew­ ards Department passageways, and do general cleaning within their regular work day as directed by the Steward. Section 3. Number of Hours. Subject to Section 2 of this Article, no member of the Stewards Depart­ ment shall be required to work more than eight (8) hours in any day without payment of overtime. Section 4. Handling Stores. Members of the Stew­ ards Department shall not be required to carry any stores or linen to or from the dock. When voyage stores or linen are delivered on board the vessel and members of the Stewards Department are required to place same in their respective places they shall be paid overtime for such work. The Steward shall su­ pervise the placing of stores and linen during regular working hours without the payment of overtime; however, port orders and daily provisions shall be stored by Messmen or Utilitymen when placed m board without the payment of overtime, provided such work is completed within their eight (8) hour working day as specified by the Chief Steward. Section 5. Serving Meals Outside of Messroom. When any member of the Stewards Department is required to serve anyone outside of their respective mesrroom, he shall be paid at the regular overtime rate for the time required, except meals may be serv­ ed on the bridge to the Master * and/or Pilot without the payment of overtime whenever it ,is necessary for the Master and/or Pilot to be on the bridge for the safety of the vessel. The Master's quarters shall not be considered the bridge. This section shall not be construed to apply to passengers or licensed or un­ licensed personnel served outside their respective me5rrooms during regular working hours on account of illness or injury. £-.ciion 8. Late Meals. When members of the Stew­ ards Department are required to serve late meals due to ti.e failure of officers eating within the pi-escribed time, the members of the Stewards Department actu­ ally required to stand by to prepai'e and serve the late meals shall be paid the regular overtime rate. Section 7. Shifting Meals. iSubject to Article X, Seciion 32, when all of the unlicensed personnel are unable to eat within the regular prescribed time, all members of the Stewards Department required to stand by to prepare and serve the meals shall be paid at tiie regular overtime rate for the time the meal is extended. Section 8. Meals in Port, (a) When meals are pre­ pared and/or served in port to other than regular members of the crew, passengers and/or Pilot, 35c per* meal in lieu of overtime shall be paid. This sum is to be divided among the members of the Stewards Department actually engaged in preparing and serv­ ing such meals. (b) No extra meals are to be served without the authority of the Master or officer-in-charge of the vessel. Section 9. Carriage of Passengers. When passengers are carried, $1.06 per passenger per day shall be paid and divided among members of the Stewards De­ partment who perform the work or, at the Company's option, one (1) Utilityman for every one (1) to six (6) inclusive passengers, shall be added to the com­ plement of the Stewards Department. Section 10. Extra Persons Sleeping Aboard. When two (2) or more persons other than regular crewmembers or passengers sleep aboard, the member of the Stewards Department who takes care of the mom shall be^paid $1.06 per day per person. This Joes not apply when a ship carries the required complement to accommodate passengers and the number of extra persons aboard do not exceed the full complement of passengers allowed. Section 11. Cleaning Meat and Chill Boxes. When membei's of the Stewards Department are assigned by the Steward to clean the gratings and defrost and/or wash down the meat or chill'boxes, they shall be paid at the regular overtime rate for the work performed; provided, however, no overtime shall be ' paid for keeping the meat or chill boxes neat andorderly. Section 12. Shore Bread, (a) When shore bread is not available in any Continental United States port, the Second Cook and Baker shall be paid three (3) hours' overtime for each batch of bread he bakes. (b) When a new baker is employed, he shall be re­ quired to bake a batch of bread during regular work­ ing hours without the payment of overtime. Section 13. Oil Stoves. Members of the Stewards Department shall not be required to pump oil for the galley range. Section 14. Chipping, Scaling and Painting. Except as provided in Section 28(e) of this Article, (a) mem­ bers of the Stewards Department shall not be re­ quired to chip, scale, or paint; (b) when members of the Stewards Department are required to sougee, overtime shall be paid for the actual hours worked. Spotting up, such as wiping up fingerprints, grease spots, etc., shall not be considered sougeeing. Section 15. Hot Lunches at Night. Members of the Stewards Department actually engaged in serving a hot lunch at night as provided for in Article X,, Sec­ tion 34, shall be allowed three (3) houi-s' overtime for preparing and serving same. Section 16. Shifting Ship. When a vessel is making a shift as provided for in Article X, Section 15, it shall be considered "in port" and overtime shall be paid for all work performed by members of the Stewards Department on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Section 17. Working Due to Absent Members, (a) When a vessel sails without a full complement or be­ cause of Illness or injury the full complement is there­ fore reduced, the wages of the missing or disabled men shall be divided among the members of the Stew­ ards Department who perform their work until the shortage is eliminated, but no overtime shall be in­ cluded in such wages. (b) In port there shall be no division of wages be­ cause of shortage of members of the Stewards De­ partment but when the full complement of the Stew­ ards Department is not on the payroll, overtime shall be paid when members of the Stewards Department are required to work more than eight (8) hours in one day because of such shortage. Section 18. Minimum Overtime. When any mem­ ber of the Stewards Department is called out to work between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., a mini­ mum of two (2) hours' overtime shall be paid. Section 19. Full Complement. Except when a skele­ ton crew is aboard, a full complement of the Stewards Department shall be maintained. Section 20. Galley Gear. The Company shall furnish all tools for the galley, including knives for the Cook. FoFL • '.7- LOG ...q .. uV. . Page EleTea Section 21. Aprons and Uniforms. White caps, aprons and coats worn by the Stewards Department shall be furnished and laundered by the Company and white, trousers worn by the galley force shall be laundered by the Company. re ­ section 22. Entering Engine Room or Fireroom. Ex­ cept as may be required by Article X, Section 5, no . member of the Stewards Department shall be required to enter the Engine room or Fireroom. Section 23. Sundays and Holidays at Sea. All mem­ bers -of the Stewards Department shall receive over­ time for all work performed at sea on Sundays and Holidays. Section 24. Handling Food. No member of the Stew­ ards Department who is requii-ed to handle food shall be required to clean toilets or bathrooms. Section 25. Receiving Stores. It shall be part of the routine duty of the Steward to go on dock to check stores or linen, during his regular working hours. Section 28. Dumping Garbage. No member of the Stewards Department shall be required to go on the dock for the purpose of dumping garbage. Section 27. PasF.engers' Baggage. Members of the Stewai-d.s Department, exclusive of galley force, as­ signed to take care of pa.<^.sengers shall handle pass­ engers' hand baggage within their regular working hours without payment of overtime. Section 28. Day V/ork. (a) When the vessel is not feeding the members of the Stewards Department shall be classified as day workers. (b) When any member of the Stewards Department is on day v/ork, his routine duty shall include work in the storerooms, refrigeration and chill rooms, sub­ ject to Section 11 of this Article, linen lockers, toi­ lets, passenger and officers quarters, salons, messrooms, galley. Stewards Department passageways, handling stores and linen placed aboard the vessel and general cleaning. (c) When members of the Stewards Department are on day work they shall be allowed fifteen (15) min­ utes for coffee at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., or at a con­ venient •time near these hours. (d) When the Stewards Department is on day work one (1) full hour shall be allowed for lunch and subject to Article X, Section 32, it shall be from 12 noon until 1 p.m. This hour may be varied but such variation shall not exceed one (1) hour either way. If one (1) unbroken -hour is not given, the men involved shall receive one (I) hour's overtime in lieu thereof. (e) Extra members of the Stewards Department who are carried to take care of passengers may be as­ signed to day work when passengers leave the vessel. In this case such members shall work as directed by the Chief Steward. In addition to the work outlined in subsection (b) of this Section, such members may be required to sougee, chip, scale and paint in passen­ ger and Stewards Department quarters, including toi­ lets, washrooms and alleyways during their regular hours of work without the payment of overtime. Seciion 29. Prohibited Work. If any member of the Stewards Department is required to perform any work which has been specifically prohibited in this Article, he shall be paid overtime for the time required to p-erform such work. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY^ By M. A. WELLS President SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFI, By By By By By J. P. SHULER ROBERT MATTHEWS JOE ALGINA LINDSEY WILLIAMS PAUL HALL j �Page TW«1T« TBE SEAFARERS LOG Fridtty, Normmbdt 28, 1947 Report Of The SlU Negotiating Committee On The Newiy Signed Isthmian Agreement - Your Negotiating Committee, well as all other penalty car­ as all the day workers. This will the working rules, inasmuch as Conclusion acting on instructions from the goes, such work shall be paid constitute a new practice for this operator does not carry these the Isthmian fleet, where up till ratings. A provision is made, In conclusion, this committee membership, under the terms of for at the penalty rate. Your committee also agreec now, only the minimum of men however, in the Engine Depart­ wishes to point out that while the Interim Agreement, (pre­ that the rate for carrying penalty have been used for these jobs. ment working rules that in the this contract in the few in­ viously negotiated and signed cargo shall be $10 per voyage Your Committee accepted the event of addition of new type stances as noted in this Com­ August 21, 1947) between Isth­ inward and/or outward bound. West Coast rates for outside vessels or equipment negotiations mittee's report, is not on a par mian Steamship Company and The committee also agreed to spray gun painting of $0.25 per will start immediately to cover with the SIU General Agree­ ment, it is, in all cases, equal those points as raised. the Seafarers International Un­ raise the amounts from 1,000 to hour. We were able, however, to and in most cases, better than 3,000 tons for the following pen­ to force the inside spray gun ion of North America, has met alty items: Copra, Sulphur and Stewards Department any contract held by any othet painting rate to $1.15 per hour with the company's Negotiating Super Phosphates. maritime union. on watch, and $1.70 per hour CHIEF STEWARD & 2nd Committee for the purpose of The working rules contained in TJius, while the penalty claus­ off watch, which as previously COOK & BAKER'S WAGES — this contract wiU make a va^ pointed out, is an increase over finishing this contract. These es are not on a par with pre­ The Union was successful in ne­ difference, both in the work per­ the present SIU scale. gotiating a wage scale of $250.00 meetings have ranged over the vious SIU general contracts, they formed and the amount of mon­ In the past Isthmian Mates are still without exception on per month for Chief Stewards past nine weeks and have been the same level with other mari­ and Skippers were allowed to and $218.70 for 2nd Cook and ey paid to all SIU members rid­ for the purpose of reaching a time unions, and in some in­ work on Deck doing sailors' Baker. These new rates of wages ing Isthmian vessels. full agreement offering our mem­ stances, better. work as they pleased, without are now the highest paid by any The Isthmian Steamship Com­ bership protection in all three The various other points as the payment of overtime to the company on freight ships, re­ pany has been tough to crack. Departments, as well as under contained in this contract under Deck crew. That is now over, gardless of the Union to whom Throughout the organizing drive and all through the negotiations the heading of General I'ules and when any Deck Officers do they are contracted. the General Rules. contain the same conditions and sailors' work, overtime will be In addition, putting a 3rd Cook period, these people have been Your committee has reached established rates as carried in paid to the Deck Gang. on Victory and all C-type ves­ very difficult to deal with. They such an agreement and submits t.ne SIU General Contract. sels was agreed to. Up to this continually maintained, through­ herewith a report covering same. Engine Department point, this is a rating that the out the life of the negotiations, In reading this report, your that they should be able to ship, company has not carried. Deck Department WORKING RULES—The basic committee urges that the mem­ without regard to Union affilia­ In contrast to present SIU working rules and conditions of bership also have handy at the AB WAGES —Your Commit­ the Engine Department in the Stewards tion, any of their so-called "loy­ Department agree­ same time a full copy of this tee was able to eliminate the SIU general contract have been ments, a Second Cook and Ba­ al employees." newly negotiated contract for inequities between the wages included in this new agreement. ker will be carried instead of The Union's Negotiating Com­ paid to ABs in comparison with reference and comparison. mittee held firm on this point the Night Cook and Baker. The For instance. Oilers on day work For the sake of clarity, this the wages of Oilers, Firemen, will now be confined to repair wage scale as negotiated for and it is now thoroughly agreed committee's report will be brief and Wipers. This has been and maintenance work in the the 2nd Cook and Baker on and understood that every re­ and will deal with each section achieved by raising AB's wdges Engine Room, shaft alley, and these vessels will now be $13.70 placement in the unlicensed per­ as negotiated — General Rules, to $197.56 per month, effective machine shop. Any qualified En­ over and above that of any sonnel going on board Isthmian Deck, Engine, and Stewards De­ November 25, 1947. This now gine Room rating will be paid other Union in the industry for vessels shall be hired through puts AB's wages on a par with partments. the Union Hall. This means that tbose paid to Oilers and FWTs, overtime when required to paint, the same rating. fcT the first time in this com­ and puts the AB's basic wage soogie, or chip at any time. The EXTRA MEALS —The Union General Rules pany's entire history, it has sign­ 8 to 12 watch will be paid over­ has negotiated a figure of 35c to above that paid to Wipers. ed a contract with a Union and The General Rules, as nego­ BOSUN'S WAGES—In the SIU time whenever required to re­ be paid for all extra meals serv­ will now ship all its unlicensed lieve the 4 to 8 watch for sup­ ed, whether a man eats in the tiated by your committe, are, in general contract, the Bosun has personnel through the facilities per, saloon, messroom or on hatch. most cases, in line with those been allowed to work the equal of the Rotary Shipping System contained in the standard STU overtime as the highest man in To support the Union's posi­ The committee feels that con­ and the Union Hiring Hall. contract. The committee will try his Department. This is to be tion that the Oiler is to be con­ sidering the fact that Isthmian No Union is better than its and point out those points, how- done, providing the Bosun at fined strictly to mechanical work. vessels are in the Far East trade, membership and no ship is bet­ fever, which do differ materially no time refuses overtime work, where with the full majority of all ter than its crew. For this rea­ from the regular SIU conditions. To prevent beefs as to whether Engineers are not car- extra meals being served to na­ son, thi.s Committee points out ried. Oilers may be required to tives eating on hatches, this will The Wage Scale Reopening or not the Bosun may have re­ that to make Isthmian ships start and stop the evaporator as mean an increase in earning ca­ Clause in this new contract is fused this work, and at the same Union ships in every sense. Un­ part of their routine work. In­ pacity over the present SIU identical with that carried in all time to protect the earning cap­ ion men, when they take these asmuch as the big majority of contracted companies in the same iSIU contracts with the e.xception acity of the Bosun, this provi­ that the effective date for re­ sion has been dropped, and in­ Isthmian ships now carry, and type of trade. The SIU general jobs, must go on board and per­ opening the wage scale is May stead the basic pay of the Bos­ will continue to carry, Jr. En­ contract calls for 50c for inside form their ^ work in a Union­ 31, 1948. On and after that date, un has been raised to $245.00 gineers, the number of ships meals and 2 hours' overtime for like and efficient manner. totals approximately the first six meals served other A Negotiating Committee can we may, as in our other SIU per month, effective November affected six. than inside feeding. have no greater asset in secur­ contracts, open the question of 25, 1947. This is $17.00 over the This newly negotiated figure ing better wages and maintain­ To further support the Un­ wages at any time. present SIU scale and represents of 35c across the board is 5c ing conditions than to have crews ion's position that no qualified As pointed out later on in an all time high for Bosun's higher than what is paid other on board who know their jobs. man in the Engine Department various departmental reports, we wages in dry cargo vessels of maritime unions. For that reason, if we are to should be forced to paint and have increased the rate of pen­ the type which are in the Isth­ increase the wages and gains al­ soogie, which up to the nego­ EXTRA MEN CARRIED FOR alty to be paid to our member­ mian fleet. ready made in this outfit, all tiation of this contract, has been 1>ASSENGERS—Your committee ship from the present SIU rate CARPENTER'S WORK — The men going into Isthmian ves­ customary Isthmian practice, the has negotiated for two extra of $1.06 per hour for men on earning capacities of men doing sels must see to it that the ship Union has agreed that while on men in the Stewards Department watch and $1.59 per hour for Carpenter's work have been in­ men off watch to a newly estab­ creased since this work will be regular day work Wipers may be to be carried for each 12 pass­ is operating in SIU style in every lished scale of $1.15 and $1.70 paid for under the Isthmian con­ required to paint unlicensed En­ engers carried in the.vessel. This manner. respectively. tract at the rate of $1.06 per gine Department foc'sles and s a gain over our present SIU In addition to doing all your . showers as part of their routine contract which calls for only one work properly, make absolutely The question of transportation hour on watch and $1.59 per certain that every man shipped which is covered under the Gen­ hour off watch. This is an ad­ duties. This is a standard prac­ man. tice in contracts of other mari­ to your vessel, regardless of rat­ In forcing this issue of carry­ vance over standard SIU con­ eral Rules of the regular SIU time unions. ing, was secured from and ship­ ing an additional man, the Un­ tracts which call for $1.00 per contract is not dealt with at all The Deck Engineer's duties ion has agreed that once pass­ ped through the SIU Hall. in the Isthmian contract. So as hour for the watch on deck, and are confined to deck machinery engers are discharged, the men This Committee takes this op­ to avoid further delay of the $1.50 for the watch below. final signing of this full con­ WORKING RULES — Under and mechanical repairs around carried for the purpose of serv­ portunity to thank the many tract, the committee will deal this new contract, the basic the deck housing. They shall be icing these passengers may then SIU men composing the Isth­ with transportation separate from working rules of standard SIU paid overtime whenever required be put on day work. They may mian crews for the manner iu this contract. Announcement of contracts have been retained. In to repair plumbing facilities, such then be required, once passen­ which they conducted then-.selves such settlement will be made to some cases, other than the basic as galley drains, wash basins, gers are discharged from vessel, aboai'd vessels during the course to soogie and paint passengers' of negotiations. Their perform­ the membership later. wage increases, the earning ca­ and toilets. quarters. These extra men added ance was at all times first-rate The major difference in the pacities of the men in the Deck The new working rules of the when passengers are carried are and was in no small way con­ Isthmian Contract General Rules Department have been increased Fireman-Watertender are exactthe only members of the Stew­ tributory to obtaining this con­ and those contained in SIU con­ also. Under the terms of this ly as contained in standard SIU ards Department under this con­ tract. contracts. tracts is that of Penalty Car­ agreement, penalty work will be tract who may be required to Your Negotiating Committee goes. The Union has agreed that paid at the rate of $1.15 per The working rules governing do such work. recommends to the membership with the exception of Coal, Coke hour on watch, and $1.70 per the Reefer Engineer, the Jr. En­ and Cement, all penalty items hour off watch, as compared with gineers, the Electricians, Engine The other parts of the con­ of the SIU that this contract as provided in other SIU con­ standard rates of $1.06 and $1.59. Utilities, etc., are much the tract, such as Routine Duties, be ratified in its entirety. J. P. Shuler tracts shall be contained in the To give a few more high­ same as contained in the SIU Overtime for Cleaning Meat and Chill Boxes, Minimum Overtime, Robert A. Matthews Isthmian contract. It is to be lights of this section, when top­ general contract. etc., are identical with the stand­ Joe Algina pointed out, however, that in any ping or lowering booms, the The ratings of Plumber-Ma­ ard SIU agreement and its con­ Lindsey J. Williams event, cleaning of holds where operator will be required to call chinist and Evaporator Mainten­ ditions therein. Paul HaU these three items are carried, as the two watches below, as well ance were not negotiated for in .;J.;^ O...r-. �Friday* Kovemb^r 28* IW THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteea ixe^dC SBIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Ex-Seafarer Writing Story Of SIU Men, Ships In War; Asks Brothers To Help Him Made Knots John Bunker, former Seafarer and member of the LOG staff, and now shipping news reporter for the Chris­ tian Science Monitor, is engaged in writing the story of the role of SIU ships in World War II. He feels that many $eafarers are, like himself, interested in having the story told. 'Hoist Mainsail, Lads,' Cries Skipper — And Clay Makes Brindisi To accomplish this. Brother Bunker says "it would be most helpful if I could hear from SIU men who know the subject first hand. They could write to me care of the LOG. "There are four episodes of the war," Brother Bunker says, "in which I am especially interested." These he describes as follows: 1. I would hke io hear from any voyages in fhe ships' boats, such as James Denver, Star of Scotland, Prusa, ships. I'd like to have them Write me experiences as they can. men who made long the survivors of the Robin MOOT or other as much about these 2. The "road to Russia in 1941-42 and 43." If there are any SIU men who sailed in the famous 'Fourth of July" convoy of 1942, I'd sure like to hear from them, with all the incidents they can tell me of that trip. Any survivors of the Troubador or Iron Clad? 3. The early period of the war when the ships sailed ALONE is important, too. How about the City of Alma, Bienville, Coast Farmer and others. Write plenty, boys—the more the better. Johnny V/underlich, Ship's Delegate aboard the SS Alex­ ander Clay which lost her pro­ peller 20 miles off southeEist coast of Italy. Deck men rig­ ged sails and brought ship safely into Brindisi. Wunderlich's story appears on this page. Crewmen Mourn Passing Of The SS Stones River Her sails rigged, the windjammer SS Clay heads for Brindisi, minus her screw. Man on deck is Marcel Rialland, AB. By JOHANNES F. WUNDERLICH, JR. (Editor's note: Here is Johnny Wunderlich's account of a little adventure in the Adriatic Sea. This is the kind of thing we like to receive. When you have an interesting or amusing experience, put it on paper and send it in. Just jot down the true poop, v/e'll straighten out the punctuation.) It's just too bad they sold the SS Stones River, Pacific Tank­ ers, to the British. She was a BRINDISI, Italy—were steaming down the east 4. The Malta convoys. Only a few ships made it, but fine ship, according to the Crr v- coast of Italy in the SS Alexander S. Clay, South Atlantic, some SIU lads may have been among them and I'd like to members who came back State­ have their stories of the trip. bound for home after discharging our cargo of coal in side in a body by plane after the port of Trieste at the Ilvat' As Brother Bunker points out, the heroic story of turnihg the T-2. over to her new Iron Works. I thought so too. Finally some­ Seafarers and their ships during the most chaotic period owners in London. They collec­ • Everyone was busy cleaning body looked over the stern and of the war would make "a really great yarn." Brother ted a 30-day bonus when they up the decks which were litter­ where the screw should have been there was nothing but space. Bunker wants to tell that yarn to the public. Seafarers ed with coal and other refuse The Skipper had the solution, after our stay in Trieste. Mother who can help him will be making an important con­ however. We were only about Nature had provided a mode­ tribution toward that objective. 20 miles from Brindisi, and; he rate gale which was making this decided that we would attempt old tub of a Liberty roll lazyAll information of the kind requested by Bunker to sail in since there was more like in a deep swell off the should be sent to the Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver St., New than, enough wind. coast. York 4, N. Y. How about doing it now? The entire crew turned to, At 1400 hours I was aft us­ and not long thereafter the first ing the hose on the stubborn sail went aloft on the No. 2 coal which refused to be washed starboard boom and was shortly followed by another on the port From now on Seafarers who ion paper whilst in the port of boom. The Clay again got un­ find themselves in Rotterdam Rotterdam, but our patrolmen der way, and as she picked up will have no trouble keeping up don't all speak English and they steerage she fell out of the wind, paid off too which didn't do an> to the minute on all Union mat­ don't know how to find out if running free and heading for harm to their happy memories. ters because the LOG will be they are dealing with NMU or the lighthouse which could be Of course all oldtimers know available at two places in the SIU ships. seen faintly dead ahead. that any ship is a good ship if big Dutch port. "If you could mention in your As she took on a habit of fall­ it has a good Crew, which is •Whenever they want to find paper that the LOG can be ob­ ing off too fast, we hoisted a the kind of Crew the Stones out what's going on, all they tained in our office we believe third sail on No. 1 starboard River boasted on its last run. boom. have to do is drop in at the that after a short period of time Outstanding was the non-beef Dutch transport workers' union, the copies you send us will be Many humorous episodes could the Centrale Bond van Trans- used for the purpose they are Stewards Department. Brother be observed while we were rig­ Pappadakis, the Chief Cook, ging the sails. Slim, the Fire­ portarbeiders, at 78 Westzeedijk, intended." dished out a steady stream of or at the Pacific Bar, at 23 man, due to his height, was, of Yours fraternally, good grub. He also dished out com-se, top man on the gantline. Siimatraweg, Katendrecht. J. Buquet, a lot of gaff to go with it, a Shorty, his colleague, seemed al­ • The transport workers have Secretary point which . will be well un­ had the LOG on file for some ways to be trying to reach anderstood by the oldtimers who other few feet but continually time, but apparently Seafarers ASK CASEY have sailed with that old stump Elated over their success as fell short. have not known they could see The LOG is being sent to the jumper. In addition, the Steward sailing men. Deck Gang of the it there. In a letter to the LOG, CHEWING'S SAFER Pacific Bar in response to a plea himself was always around at Clay smile pretty for lensman J. Buquet, secretary of the un­ The Pantryman had to take a from Brother Kaj E. Hansen, meal time to see that everyone Rialland. ion, writes as follows: sniff of snuff just when the sail was satisfied. who writes: was half away and way up and, VALUABLE STUFF The mess hall and pantry were overboard. Suddenly I heard a "As far as I know there is no whuff, he got nearly the whole "Since a few months ago we place in Rotterdam where the kept spotless by the Night Watch light explosion imder water contents of his snuff box right received a number of copies of LOG can be had. The place I and there was always plenty of which sounded like one of the in his face. depth charges used in the war. your weekly paper for distribu­ mention here is visited by many fresh coffee day or night. All told, we had a good time Seafarers and 'Casey,' the owner, Moreover, the Bosun was a My first thoughts were of a exhibiting a very fair example tion on your ships. jolly good fellow who seemed mine, so I ran swiftly forward of seamanship which was, I "We hate to see this valu­ is an ex-seaman himself. "He asked me if I could have always to be able to keep every­ as I presumed we must be hit think, up to SIU standai'^s all able material go to waste and that is exactly what's happen­ JJje LOG mailed to him for dis­ body happy. Although he was around the bow. But she was the way. At any rate, we- ar­ tribution. I promised him to about the size and build of a not taking water anywhere. ing. rived safely in Brindisi, sailing Somebody shouted something smartly in to shore where we» "We are quite willing to help write the LOG asking you to young bull, the girls back in you in your efforts to ensure have him put on your mailing Port Arthur always said he did about the boilers, and, since the dropped anchor and feeling sat­ a mean jitterbug. ship was losing speed rapidly. isfied with a job well done. that your members get their Un­ list." 2 Rotterdam Spots Have Log •^1 �Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. November 28, 1947 ERSHIP SPEAKS 8§5:i: SIU CREWMEMBERS ON ALCOA CAVALIER f -WSHSW" First-Rate SIU Crew Shows Mate Life Can Be Beautiful To the Editor: spectful sailors so he took steps Tte cew of the Angelina, for- 1 whip was to be his -only means of gaining results. u n j • Naturally we rebelled against such an attitude and the crew formed a solid front of opposi­ tion. Every beef we raised was legitimate and at the end of the Thanks to the efforts of a sol­ voyage we proved to be trium­ id Seafarer crew during the past phant. voyages, Chief Mate Engleman A CHANGED MAN can be reported out of danger A second trip to France under and well on the road "to stabil­ the same Chief, using his same ity. tactics, showed a definite strain. We are sorry to say that a He was beginning to come out previous trip on the Ben F. Dix­ on with the Chief was a very MOT LKE HIS unhappy one. The poor fellow PICTURE AT ALL! had become very tired of sailing with irresponsible and disremerly the Ben F. Dixon, can claim great therapeutic powers. ^ We saved a man, a Mate at that, from a sure trip to a padded suite. The three Stewards Depart­ ment Delegates from left to right: Johnny Giordano, P. J. McCann and Tony Suarez. Get Your Story tn The LOG Some mighty interesting stories of shipboard meet­ ings, sea rescues and just plain every day goings-on have been coming in from SIU members out at sea. But the LOG would like to hear from more of the fellows, because there's more going on that's just as interesting and beneficial to the mem­ bership that we don't hear about. All it takes is for one or more of the crew to put it down on paper and send it to the Seafarers Log, 51 Bea­ ver St., New York 4, N. Y. We don't care if it isn't fancy, just jot down the facts and we'll set them up in your story. If you have any pictures, so much the better — send them along. Shown here from left to right are Chief Steward Joe Miller, Stewardess Hilda and Second Steward Johnny Gillette, who got into picture between duties on the passenger cruise ship. Both photos were submitted by Brother Suarez. Education Is Called A.n Important Weapon In Fight Against Shipowners' Propaganda To the Editor: Biggest reason for this is the clans, wi'iters and others who shipowners' public relations make the sea their lives a«d who Back in the days before unions propaganda which tries to keep are also experts at their particu­ the average sailor was consider­ seamen painted as irresponsible lar jobs aboard ship. Many col­ ed trash. Some people were of in order to justify their attempts lege grads and athletes have cho­ the opinion that only men with to fight improved conditions won sen our way of life and found shady pasts and hard hit finan­ by union action. it good, clean and well-paying. cially would consider going down Another reason is that we have to sea for a living. We members, of course, wish Later, when educated, honest allowed a few performers to give to thank every man, no matter and hard-working men who had our unions a black eye. who or what he is who has con­ Since the war, especially, there tributed to the advance of the united themselves in trade unions, undertook the task of has been a tremendous upward SIU. They are making the sea­ bettering the wages and living trend among the stable, hard­ men's reputation something to be conditions, harmony and stabil­ working men of our Union in proud of the world over. ity reigned throughout the ship­ educating the weak sisters to There is no use in kidding the fact that life is far better ourselves into believing that ping industry the world over. Today in the public's eye sea­ and more profitable by living whatever the public thinks is of men are seen as better behaved, clean-cut instead of drinking up no consequence. It is a big fac­ educated and industrious. Their all of their dough and letting tor. Because a few irresponsibles reputation as a group has im­ themiselves get run down at the are within our ranks we are still proved considerably but there heels. suffering to some extent. are still some who class them as Within our ranks now we have CLEAN-CUT MEN below the average citizen. guys with talent: artists, musi- A good crew respects its Mates and makes the Mates respect them in return. Every sailor has his duty to perform and every duty is a good sailor's respon­ sibility. We proved to Chief Engleman that everyone of us was more than willing to cooperate with him in any way to reach har­ mony aboard the Angelina. At the present time the Mate is a different man. A smile has replaced the smirk and all hands find it easy sailing. We give our whole-hearted thanks to Chief Engleman for his cooperation and we know the future crews under his supervision will be able to work without any inter­ ference with the principles and policies of the SIU. At the last meeting in New York, in checking the men. in at Webster Hall, I was gratified to note a vast number of clean-cut men—young and old—filing by. You couldn't ask for a finer set oi men. These men appeared Dedicated to Seafarer Jerry Palmer very angry at certain characters A good crew showed this Mate By DON BROWN trying to enter'' the meeting that men aboard ship can live in drunk, and felt they deserved harmony. Perhaps if a bum crew charges against them. had been sent to this ship the Here I am, on a ship once more. 'Swell," said she I "Let's have another before Mate might have been hauled Whenever the shipowners go Outward bound to a foreign shore. we go." away in a straight jacket. Any­ to Washington to argue against It was tv/o weeks today my ship came in. way, he's over the hump and all We were having another about a quarter to two our welfare, such as a five-day When I packed my gear—said "never agin." is serene on the Angelina. Me drinking one to her Usual two. week and conditions in general It was my last trip I believe I said. Suddenly, good night, says she, walking grace­ which set us up as equal so­ Julio Evans Mumbling t.o myself on the foc'sle head. fully away, cially with all others, they use To hell with this life, it's not for me, everything possible and this con­ "Shall we do it again, another day?" I want to live ashore—not on the sea. dition being discussed, may well Wants LOG Sent Home And so it went on, from day to day. be one of them. For Folks To Read So I went ashore, found myself a room. With my payoff rapidly fading away. I don't want any guy to think To the Editor: Not seeing, of course, the coming gloom. I'm saying we haven't got a Now said I, "A nice dinner and a show, right to get gassed up or per­ Would you please send me is­ "Tonight that's for me, that's where I'll go." I JUSr QjjE MORE form if we're so inclined. But sues of the LOG to my home On the way I stopped for a short one, or two. not in the halls or aboard ship. address, 97 Tillman St., Mem­ And before I knew it the evening was through; I like to blow my cork where phis, Tenn., so that I may keep Well, tomorrow, I said—tomorrow, I'll go it isn't going to hurt my job or up with the news and also for And have that dinner and take in that show. my union. my folks to r^ad it. For we all enjoy seeing it. It doesn't matter how old or Tomorrow came early—at 3 in the afternoon. new a Brother's book may be, My head was big—the size of a balloon, Here is a small donation which Always just leaving to go to a show. whenever he indulges in actions might help to keep it going,-_ . I went down to the bar to rustle a beer. But having another before I'd go. that hurt his Brother members, And there I met the "nice little dear." Benny W. Eaves then he is 'iguilty of actions un­ Then I began thinking this is not for me She wa,s cute and blonde and eyes so blue becoming a Union member and This life of the city—I crave the sea, (Editor's note: The Brother 'Tween drinks she'd look over, say "I like you," I think I will make just one trip more. should be dealt with as such. has the right idea. Have the So I suggested we have dinner and a show And raise a little money before I live ashore. Paul Parsons LOG sent to your family, too.) Log-A-Rhythms Next Trip Will Be Different ii?-. of his hard shell. Before the trip ended he came around complete­ ly. �THE Friday, November 28. 1947 Marcus Hook Shipping Still Slow But Longshore Johs Help Out By BLACKIE CARDULLO SEAFARERS Page Fifleen LOG Branch Meetings The next regular member­ ship meetings will be held Wednesday evening, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in all Ports. With the exception of New Yorlb all Branches hold their meet­ ings in their own Halls. New Yorl*: meetings are held in Webster Hall, 119 East 11 St., between 3rd and 4th Avenues. All Brothers must be pressent on time. Port Galveston Has Slow Week; Prospects For Future Are Dim By KEITH ALSOP GALVESTON—Another week ed after a short confab with the MARCUS HOOK—Shipping at type installed and in working of slow shipping in this port has Skipper. this port continues at a very slow order. One not so legitimate was the passed with no prospects of it In fact, there is one minor pace, but there is still quite a claim of the Steward who wanlspicking up in the near future. number ol ships entering Marcus drawback to having the television ed overtime for supervising a The shipping machinery has set: It's the only one in town, Hook in transit. been geared down considerably, messman who was painting the One thing that has saved us and we have quite a job on our but we are not without hope of bulkheads. He told the Skipper has been the amount of long­ hand» keeping some of the local a few good ships hitting port and the other officers that iS shore jobs turning up. In fact, people out. The thing sure has this was paid he had gained sometime. during the past month the Long­ attracted a lot of attention. something and if not he was pujt In anticipation of this we are shoremen's union has called for WORRIED BY SCALES nothing. gazing fondly at the horizon, but more men than the shipowners This is a rotten way to chisel so far no luck. have, and the longshore work What keeps me worried is that overtime. Such things as this Waterman has just passed has really been a help to men the Government's policy of prac­ cause Patrolmen a lot of trouble along the word that they will on the beach. tically giving away ships con­ in handling good beefs. load about ten grain ships here With men on the beach creat­ tinues at a mad pace. Oven a Will men who were crewmem- in December, but that is a long Another overtime beef came ing an unemployment problem. thousand ships have been sold bers on the MV Black Rock in way away. Right now we have up, which Ifil mention just ia Brothers Labrosse, Barron and since V-J day, and 50,000 Amer­ June 1944, please communicate about 300 men on the beach who case the situation ever comes up myself have taken some very ican seamen have been beached with Joseph Koslusky, at U.S. will be able to handle those jobs on your ship. One of the Messdefinite steps to find out just as a result. Marine Hospital, Ellis Island, when they come up. men claimed overtime for feed­ What form of compensation idle What's more, the minute one New York. ing a baby passenger during In the general area of Galves­ sailors could collect. of these ships is peddled it's put regular working hours. ton, three ships came in for pay­ % t> In this connection, the Chester .back on the same old run to offs. The utton Gwinett, South Will the man who was issued branch of the U.S. Employment compete with an American ship. NURSEMAID BLUES Service has been very coopera­ Steel is scarce, so if we think Great Lakes receipt No. 15355 at Atlantic, at Port Arthur; the Del Part of his claim was good, as tive and in a week or so a bona- we don't need the ships why the New York Hall, please call Santos, Mississippi, in Houston, several times he had fed the fide seaman on the Marcus Hook don't we scrap them to make- new at the 6th floor, 51 Beaver Street, and the Scotts Bluff, Pacific youngster after hours for which beach can expect to receive bene­ steel. New York City so that • your Tanker, in Baytown. he collected sixteen hours. May­ fits of a helpful sort. OVERTIME BEEFS name can be entered on receipt be he should conduct classes in That steel would be pretty Our new Union Hall is just and your dues properly recorded folding diapers. On these pas­ They were all contacted im­ handy in the next world con­ about completed and I must say senger ships it may come in mediately and the payoffs handl­ flict which, judged by the saber handy. ed in SIU style. There was quite rattling that's going on, must be The big thing here, aside from a bit of disputed overtime on right around the corner. the poor shipping, is the opening the Gwinnett, such as the Bosun In fact, I personally will wager of the hunting season. Already and Deck Maintenance doing car­ up to 50 cents that many of the JAMES McGHEE penter work n lower holds, and two members have bagged three very ships we are selling will be Your family has moved and used against us one day. Would request you to write them at the Wipers working in lower deer,, so there are venison steaks holds cleaning fuel oil out of for all who delight in that delanybody care to take this bet? 1015 East Chestnut Street lines and putting manhole plates icasy. Before you take me up, remem­ Springfield, Missoui'i. For those with other tastes, on deep tanks. ber the iron scrap we sold to the we have a good stock of rabbits It % Both of these items were clear­ Japanese before the sneak attack and other wildgame. ed up with the men colecting WILLIAM J. SHIELDS on Pearl ,Harbor. Maybe the For a couple *of weeks we will Contact your attorney relative their overtime. bureaucrats in Washington don' Aboard the Del Santos the have enough meat on hand to to your claim against the Abner remember, but seamen do. beefs, too, pertaind to overtime. beat the high prices at the but­ We see where some famous col Nash. The Fireman-Watertender had chers. we are very proud of it. We have umnist is offering a sable coat X % X This wild meat is supposed to been watching the auxiliaries in a complete strike set-up. More­ for the best definition of a com JENNING J. LONG bring out thhe savage in man. the Engine Room after sea over, we have a television set munist. Here goes my own ti-y Your baggage from the George watches had been set. For this so just to play safe we are taking of the latest and most modern A communist is one who believes Walton is being held for you at he claimed overtime and collectit in small doses. against anything that is on top the Baltimore Hall. and also against anything that is down. » » 3^ PETE CHANDLER BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St, Jacksonville. Fla. Calvert 4539 Formerly of the SS Benjamin BOSTON 276 State St. Bourn. Get in touch with Sonny Bowdoin 4455 BUFFALO 10 Exchangee St. Wall, P.O. Box 2564, Custom By SAL COLLS Cleveland 7391 House Station, New Orleans, La., CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. SAN JUAN — Even though ^ away. These Waterman outfits Indicative of the shipowners concerning money due you. Superior 5175 shipping has been very slow this ^ are the best we get to go aboard. CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. determination to drag seamen XXX past month, we have been kind Soon as we hit the messroom Main 0147 MARVIN CARYLE DODDS back to the days of blue linen of busy with the elections. Many there are three Delegates either DETROIT 1038 Third St. Please get in touch with your of the Brothers have come to with lists of the members of all Cadillac 6857 and long watches was a relative­ DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. ly unpublicized occurrence in mother, Mrs. Alma Dodds, R.F.D. the Hall to vote, and before the departments or with the books Melrose- 4110 Washington last week. No. 1, Dryden, Mich. end of the month we expect to all lined up for checking. GALVESTON 308Ve—23rd St. Appearing before the House have used all the ballots we The policy carried out by these XXX Phone 2-8448 Labor Committee, which is hold­ have on hand, and shall be call­ Waterman crews should serve HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BORJE G. ALMEN Phone 58777 ing hearings on minimum wage ing for more. as an example to crews of other Communicate with Mrs. Shir­ JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. and hour legislation, Frank J. Busini^s has slowed down in lines, since it makes things eas­ Phone 5-5919 Taylor, president of the Ameri­ ley Wessel, Seamen's Church In­ San Juan, since most of the ier both for the boarding official MARCUS HOOK 811 Market St. can Merchant Marine Institute, stitute, 25 South St., New York ships coming from New York Chester 5-3110 and the crew. City. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. mouthpiece organization for the have their books all paid up. I myself have had instances Phone 2-1754 shipowners, pleaded against in­ XXX On the other side, the beach­ when I have been aboard a Wa­ MONTREAL 1440 Bleury St. clusion of seamen in the benefits GORDON L. GASKINS combers report that the people terman ship a bare 20 minutes iWIAMI 10 NW 11th St. of the wage-hour law. You are requested to write to they see in the town are having to finish NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. up everything includ­ Taylor declared that a 56,-hour Eddie L. Grimmett, 814 Summit MagnoIia^ 6112-6113 a tough time making a buck. ing the squaring of beefs. That NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. week is essential to the proper St., Lawton, Oklahoma. Consequently, most of the beach­ must be close to the record. But HAnover 2-2784 manning and safe navigation of combers are showing up at the what of the Bull Line ships? XXX NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. American vessels. Hall to ship out, as we are fast Phone 4-1083 ROBERT VARNON Can't the crews on the Bull Nobody was reported as point­ PHILADELPHIA ...;.9 South 7th St. approaching Christmas. ships do the same? We have al­ Get in touch with John PopoLOitlbard 3-7651 ing out that under the pi*esent However, the fellows on the ways understood that on these vich, care of New York Hall, 51 PORTLAND .....111 W. Burnside St. 48 hour week at sea American Beacon 4336 ships are as competently man­ Beaver Street, New York, N. Y. ships stay on to get up a little ships there were a lot of mili-^ dough to have for the holidays. tant Union men, men who knew RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. ned and navigated as safely as i. it 4. Phone 2599 I liave covered all the ships in the score, men who have been tiiey were at any time before. JOSEPH P. BALLARD SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. port, and the first thing I hear in the SIU since it first started. Douglas 25475 Write tc W. M. Ballard, 1258 fram the boys is that as Christ­ Yet they don't seem to know SAN JUAN, P.R. ...252 Ponce de Leon Park Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. mas is pretty near they ai-e go­ San Juan 2-5996 that a little bit of cooperation .SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. ing to stay on. XXX on their part would help every­ Phone 8-1728 GEORGE MITCHELL Most of these men are natives body no end. SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Your sister requests that you of the Island so you see how Main 0290 Personally, I've noticed that contact her. The address is: Mrs. the Island shipping situation is. most of the ships we had - on TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Phone M-1323 Mary Leonard, 56 East Bellevue Moreover, it's no use thinlung | this run are being sold or sent TOLEDO 615 Summit St. Place, Chicago, 111. about shoregang jobs as by this to the junkpile. This stuff has, Garhold 2112 time you all' should know they cut out a lot of shipping. XXX WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. CYRUS CHARLES MCCLELLAN have slowed down too. Terminal 4-3131 I worry about this, especially VICTORIA, B.C. ,.602 Boughton St. Your mother urgently requests We haven't had many beefs when I see a lot of new mem­ Garden 8331 that you get in touch with her to worry us this week. However, bers coming over by plane from VANCOUVER 206 Abbott St. at 809 Forest Ave., Frankfoi-t, there was one on the Monarch the mainland to swell the ship­ Pacific 7824 Mich. of the Seas that we settled right ping list to 90 men on the beach. •••1 NOTICE! PERSONALS SlU HALLS Shipowners Still Looking Back Agooi tttHunt matt... San Juan Shipping Siows Down As Brothers Homestead For Xmas -I �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 28, 1947 Union Solidarity, At Point Of Production Above, Seafarers gather in the Baltimore Hall, ready to go out on the picketlines to assist their Brothers in the CIO Shipyard Workers Union. From the beginning of the action, until it came to an end 138 days later, white-capped SIU-SUP men could be found on Ship­ yard Workers' picketlines, not only in Baltimore, but in other cities also. "The scabs shall not pass," is the motto of the SIU-SUP pickets, upper right, as they seal­ ed off an entrance to one of the Bethlehem Ste3l Shipyards in Baltimore. Another picketline around another gate fo md white-capped Seafarers lending moral and physical aid to the CIO Shipmen. It was coope ation such as this, middle right, which won the beef. In the picture at the right. Jack Ciller, SI T picket captain, is shown shaking hands with a Shipyard Workers' official. Bethlehem Steel didn't realize that trade union solidarity would extend far enough to have AFL Seamen on th> same picket lines with CIO Shipmen. , After the announcement that the strike had been settled, jubilant CIO Shipyard Workers joined AFL Seafarers in a celebration. Here's the Start of the festivities, with the Shipmen thamking the Seamen for the aid they gave. In the center of the picture is Baltimore Agent William (Curly) Rents. To his right are Red G^>bs, A1 Stansbury, and Jack Ciller, SIU men who had jobs of respon-1 " v sibility during the picketing. Bethlehem Steel versus the Seafarers and dhe CIO . K Shipyard Woikers, and Bethlehem lost. Maybe they've learned. their lesson this < , time. � 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 November 28, 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. 48 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GET CONSULAR STATEMENT,IF DENIED LEAVE ISTHMIAN,LAST OF THE BIG OPEN-SHOP COMPANIES, SIGHS FULL SIU AGREEMENT JOBLESS SEAMEN CAN APPLY FOR UNEMPOLYMENT PAY ISTHMIAN,LAST OF THT BIG OPEN-SHOP COMPANIES SIGNS FULL SIU AGREEMENT PHILLU SEAFARESE ON PICKETLINES HELP AFL WAITERS TO WIN BEEFNORTHFOLF IS SLOW,BUT FORECAST IS EARLY UPTURN ADD SIGHS:SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE RUNS CRIMP HALL IN PORT MIAMI PORT BOSTON TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER FUTURE FOR SHIPPING LOOKS BRIGHTER,TOO NEW YORK SHIPPING CONTINUES TO HOLD FORM;JOBS FOR RATED MEN STILL IN FAIR SUPPLY JACKSONVILLIE PROSPECTS BRIGHTHER BUT DONT GO THERE FOR JOBS SEAFARERS IN MOBILE TESTINGB UNEMPLOYED INSIRANCR FOR SEAMEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF N.A AND ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY REPORY OF THR THE SIU NE NEGOTIATINGGG COMMITTEE ON THE NEWLY SIGHNED ISTHMIAN AGREEMENT EX-SEAFARERS WRITING STORY OF SIU MEN, SHIPS IN WAR;ASKS BROTHES TO HELP HIM'HOIST MAINSAIL,LADS', CRIES SKIPPER-AND CLAY MAKES BRINDISI CREWMAN MOURN PASSING OF THE STONES RIVER 2 ROTTERDA, SPOTS HAVE LOG MARCUS HOOK SHIPPING STILL SLOW BUT LONGSHORE JOBS HELP OUT PORT GALVESTON HAS SLOW WEEK;PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE ARE DIM SAN JUAN SHIPPING SLOWS DOWM AS BROTHERS HOMESTEAD FOR XMAS SHIPOWNERS STILL LOOKING BACK UNION SOLIDARITU,AT POINT OF PRODUCTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/28/1947 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/b63cac7847ff1bb34165fc1efd386890.pdf 2eb0359bf8bcec1d5943a36223229418 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS  LOG  Kov  1952  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   SlU­CO'S  HUDDLE  J  ^• ­'J  1  M  •   v  story On Page 3  BULLETIN—^Representatives  of  the  SIU  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District and its contracted dry cargo operators concluded late this  afternoon  negotiations  on  a  new  contract  embodying  increased  wages and overtime  rates and improved  working rules.  The agreement was signed by the majority of  the shipping com­ panies as the SEAFARERS LOG went to press. Among those sign­ ing were: Bull Line, Waterman  SS Co., Isthmian SS  Co., Victory  Carriers, Seatrain Lines, Seas Shipping Co., and the Orion agency.  I!  ^  The Union won an agreement that is, for the first time, uniform  for all contracted dry cargo companies in the industry.  Money pro­ visions are subject to WSB approval.  The full text of  the agreement and an analysis of  its provisions  will be published in the next issue of  the LOG.  Meanwhile, copies  of  the new contract will be dispatched to all affected vessels within  the next few days.  (For earlier story, see page 3).  I*  f%mm  Pictured  in  one  of  his  last  public  ap­ rOSSCS wlla  pearances at the AFL convention in NY  during  September,  AFL  President  William  Green  passed  away  last  week  at  his  home in  Coshocton,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  82.  The post  of  the Veteran  AFL leader,  head  of  the Fed­ eration  since 1924,  has  been filled  by  AFL Secretary­Treas­ urer George Meany  amid  reports of  renewed effort  for unity  between  the  AFL  and  CIO.  (Story  on  Page  3.)  ­• f,.  Die cA n #Ar  Stubbornly straddling the  l^iaaVfffVr*  channel  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  the  old  Lakes'  liner  City  of  Grand  Rapids,  formerly  manned  by  the  SIU  Great  Lakes  District,  "refuses"  to  be  sent  to  the  scrapheap.  Her bow mooring line parted when  she was tied up temporarily  on the way to the  boneyard.  • W:  W '"T  �Pare  Twe  Friday. November 28, 195F  SE^AFAM^RRS  LOG  BME Membersliip  Cool  To  Plan For  MMP, MEBA  Unity  SIU  Mon's  Ship Pluss Up Rotterdam  Case  Sets  Precedent  An  important  court  decision  establishing a  man's right to main­ tenance  and  cure from  a  company  even  though  he  may  have  shipped  on  another  vessel  after  the  injury  has  been  won  by  a  Seafarer.  The  case  involved  Seafarer  Bill  With the blunt statement  that the "BME is not going to al­^  Morris,  who  was  employed  by  low itself  to be  captured," the  membership  of  the SlU­affili­ Cities  Service  at  the  time  of  the  ated  engineers  union  served  notice  on  the  MEBA­CIO  that  injury.  Morris  was  represented  by  the  BME  would  be  the  final­*^  the  office  of  Seymour  W.  Miller,  general  counsel  to  the  Union,  in  judge  of  proposed  affiliation  part of  the Seafarers International.  his  appearance  in  the  Municipal  with  the  Masters,  Mates  and  We  won't say we're against  a imion  Court  in  New  York.  Pilots,  AFL,  which  would  involve  of  all engineers  because we  believe  most  engineers favor  that.  That  is  the BME.  Sprained  Wrist  Further,  the  BME  membership  the  role  the  BME  is  following—  Morris suffered  a  spraiijed  wrist  at  a  headquarters  meeting  on  No­ tl^at  of  a  national  union  of  en­ while  on  a  Cities  Service  Tanker,  vember  18  stated  in  a  resolution  gineers."  but  kept  on  working  after  receiv­ Left­wingers' Role  that  the  "MEBA  is still  to  be  con­ ing first  aid.  When  he  paid  off  the  Waterfront  observers  were a  lit­ sidered  a  dual  and  hostile  organ­ tanker  he  signed  on  a  Waterman  ization"  and  that  any  proposal  tle  sceptical  about  the  chances  of  ship  and  worked  the  whole  trip.  when  and  if  drafted  for  such  af­ the  merger  going  through  because  However, his wrist  still pained  him,  filiation  and  absorption  of  the  of  the  strong  left­wing  faction  in  so  after  paying  off  the  Waterman  BME  can't  be  put  into effect  with­ the  MEBA.  AFL  affUiation  is  the  The  Panamanian  freighter  Faustus  rests  on  the  bottom,  partially  ship  on  a  Friday  afternoon,  he  blocking  the mouth of  Rotterdam Harbon  She hit  the  breakwater  out  approval of  the BME  member­ last  thing: this  faction  is. likely  to  decided  to  go  to  the  USPHS  hos­ want.  The  group  that  pushed  Lee  while  entering  without  a  pilot.  Plans  have  been  made  to  under­ ship.  mine her  and sink  her deep  enough to reopen  the harbor  entrance.  pital  for  a  checkup.  (Continued  on  page 17)  Seeking  AFL  Charter  He  went  to  the  hospital  Tues­ The'BME  took  this  action  after  day  morning,  four  days  after  he  the official  publication  of  the  CIO  paid  off  and  about  three  months  engineers  union  revealed  that  they  after  he first  received  his  injury.  are  dickering  for  a  charter  from  At  the  hospital  he  was  marked  the  MM&P  which  would  bring  "unfit  for  duty."  them  into  the  AFL.  While  these  Company  Passes  Buck  negotiations  are  in  their  prelim­ He  then  claimed  maintenance  inary  stages,  the  obvious  objective  and  cure  for  Cities  Service,  since  is for  a  merger  of  the  MEBA  and  MOBILE—Contracts covering shoreside work  on  Waterman  and  Alcoa  ships  in  this  port  he  could  not  sail  without  a  "fit  BME.  BME  headquarters  revealed  that  have been signed  by  representatives of  the SlU­affiliated  Marine  Allied  Workers^ and  the  for  duty"  slip.  Cities  Service  told  at  no  time  has  the  BME  been  for­ companies  involved.  A  contract  covering  shoregoing  work  on  Mississippi  vessels  has  him that  Waterman was responsible  mally  approached  by  any  MEBA  • |also been  signed  in  New  Or­ since  that  was  the  last  company  he  worked  for.  Waterman  then  representative  with  a  proposal.  leans.  told  him  that  Cities  Service  was  BME  Secretary­Treasurer  Charles  Final details of  the arrange­ responsible  as  he  was  injured  on  King­Hsaid  that  "the  desire of  the  ment  providing  about  150  jobs  im  a  Cities  Service  Ship.  MEBA  for  a  merger  with  MM&P  Mobile  under  the  initial  operation'  and for  an  AFL  union  label  shows  of  the plan  were worked  out  under  Morris  then  brought  suit  against  that  these  fellows  are  really  wor­ terms  of  agreements  that  became  Cities Service  for maintenance  and  ried  about  the  rapid  progress  the  cure. The  court's decision  was  that  effective  in  October.  BME  has  been  making.  Now  Cities  Service  was  responsible,  The  new  shoregang  contracts  since  he  was  injured  on  a  Cities  they're throwing in  the sponge and  were hailed  by  SIU  Vice­President  Service  ship.  The  court  absolved  suing  for  peace,  hoping  that  they  Cal Tanner  as a  boon  to Seafarers  Waterman  because  the  injury  was  can  get  rid  of  us  and  be  free  to  on  the  beach  in  this  port.  Tanner,  in  no  way  aggravated  by  his  work  operate  as  before.  who  is  also  SIU  Port  Agent  in  on  the Waterman  ship.  'MEBA  StiU  The  Same'  Mobile  stated  that  already  more  Consequently  it  ruled  that  while  "As  far  as  we  are  concerned,  than 100 deep sea men  are engaged  he was  not entitled  to maintenance  the BME  is here  to stay.  We'd like  in  dockside  activities  which  cover  while  he  was  working  on  the  to see  the MEBA  and  MM&P work  all phases of  ship maintenance  and  Waterman  ship,  he  could  collect  out something  between themselves,  supply  for  Waterman  and  Alcoa  once  he  got  off  that ship. The  fact  but  we  are  not  going  to  be  swal­ vessels  calling  in  the  Port  of  that  he  took  a  job  between  the  lowed  up by  the outfit whose short­ Mobile.  comings  led  to  the  formation  of  time  he  was  hurt  and  the  time  Work  involved  includes  such  he  was  marked  "unfit  for  duty"  the  BME.  The  MEBA  is  still  the  operations  as  rigging,  chipping,  merely  suspended  his  rights  to  same organization  it was  when  the  scraping and painting in  the Water­ maintenance  but  didn't  eliminate  BME^was  formed.  man  repair  yards.  Alcoa  ships  on  them.  "Furthermore,"  King  pointed  the  bauxite  run  are  washed  down  In  addition,  the  court  ruled  that  out, "the BME  is already affiliated.  and  sougeed  by  the  MAW  shore  Morris was entitled  to maintenance  We're in  the AFL family  and we're  gang  after  the  ore  is  discharged.  from  the day  he  got off  the Water­ Joe Callahan (left), Alcoa snpt. of ship maintenance, and Cal Tanner  All  Waterman  and  Alcoa  vessels  man  ship,  four  days  before  the  (right)  SIU  Mobile  agent,  talk  over  shore  gang  operations  with  now are  shifted in  the harbor  from  doctor  certified  him  as  unfit  for  dockside to  repair yard  and  to ore­ duty.  The  court  said  that  obvious­ '  Nov.  28,  1952  Vol.  XiV.  No.  24  Connie  Knowles,  bosun  of  the  MAW­SIU  shore  gang  in  Mobile.  discharging  sites  by  SIU  or  MAW  ly  if  the  doctor  certified  him  unfit  crews.  As  r See  It  .....Page 13  four  days  later  for  an  old  injury,  Store  Ships,  To«  Burly  Page  16  he  must  have  been  unfit  at  the  Crossword  Puzzle  Page  12  Ships  of  both  lines  are  stored  time  he  got  off  the  ship.  Editorial  ..Page  13  by the MAW  shore gang  under the  Did  You  Know  Page  19  new  arrangement.  Much  of  this  Galley  Gleanings  Page  20  work  formerly  was  carried  on  by  Inquiring  Seafarer  Page  12  non­union  gangs,  but  none  of  it  is  In  The  Wakfe  Page  12  work  which  is normally  considered  Labor  Round­Up  Page  16  On the eve of  the completion of  three months of  successful  longshoring.  Under  the  Union  constitu­ Letters  ..Pages  21,  22  operation,  SIU  officials  this  week  announced  the  closing  of  Under  the  new  contracts,  juris­ tion  every  inember  attending  Maritime  .Page  16  ditcional lines of  other crafts which  a  Union  meeting  is entitled  to  the Seven  Seas Room  of  the Port  C Call tomorrow  night to  Meet  The  Seafarer  Page  12  had  established  valid  cohtracts  in  nominate  himself  for  the  On  The  Job  Page  16  provide the cafeteria and  oth­­*­ the  repair  yards  were  recognized  elected  posts  to  be filled  at  the  headquarters  cafeteria,  which  er  membership services fuller  Personals  Page  24  and  were not  interfered with,  Tan­ the  meeting—chairman,  read­ was  converted  into  the  night  club  Quiz  Page  19  operations.  Plans  call  for  re­ ner  said.  ing  clerk  and  recording  secre­ six  evenings  a  week.  It  was  noted  opening  the  club  in  the  proposed  Seafarers  In  Action  Page  18  Ship's  Minutes  Pages  24,  25  SIU  hotel  to  be  built  at  Union  too  that  the  Port  O'  Call  bar  will  "What  these  contracts  mean  to  tary.  Your  union  urges  you  continue  to  serve  Seafarers  at  the  SIU  men  in  this  port  is  that  men  to take  an active  part in  meet­ SIU  History  Cartoon  Page  6  headquarters.  on  the  beaCh  have  an  opportunity  ings  by  taking  these  posts  of  hall  day  or  night.  Headquarters  officials  revealed  Sports  Line  ­.Page  20  Ten  Years  Ago  Page' 12  that  the  bold  experiment  of  a  During  its  nearly  three  months  to  work  at  a  gainful  occupation  service.  And  of  course,  all  members  Top  Of  The, News  Page  7  Union  night  club,  which  was  orig­ of  operation,  the  cabaret  had  fea­ while  waiting  on  the  beach  for  an  Union  Talk  Page  6  inally  set  up  to  operate  only  for  tured  name entertainment  plus the  opportunity  to  ship  out,"  Tanner  have the right  to take the floor  and  express  their  opinions  on  Wash.  News  Letter  Page  5  the  duration  of  the  AFL  conven­ samd quality food  and drink  at low  safd.  Welfare  Benefits  ... Pages  26,  27  tion in  September, had  off  paid in  prices  obtainable, at  the  cafeteria  The new  MAW contracts  provide  any  officer's^ report,  or  issue  Your  Dollar's  Worth  Page  7  considerable  prestige  for  the  and  bar  during  the  day  and  eve­ a vacation  plan, overtime rates,  job  under  discussion.  Seafarers  Union.  ning.  It wound  up as  a  highly suc­ security,  grievance  machinery  and  are  urged  to  hit  the  deck  at  Publishtd  biweekly  et  the  headquertert  They  pointed  out,  however,  that  cessful  venture  which  the  Union  guarantees  of  improved  working  these  meetings  and  let  their  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  At­ shipmates  know  what's  on  lantic  A  Gulf  District,  AFL,  <75  Fourth  the  continued  operation  of  the  expects to  continue  when separate,  conditions.  The  base  rate for  jour­ Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  Tel.  STerlins  their  mind.  '  S­«7I.  Entered  as  second  class  matter  nightclub  forced  holding  back  on  more­adequate  facilities  are avail­ neymen  under  terms  of  the  first  at  the  Post  Office  In  Brooklyn,  NY,  contemplated  expanded services in  able  in  the  proposed  Union  hotel.  agreement is 81.87  an hour..  '  ^  under  the  Act  of  August  34,  1t12.  mil"  aiimjitilUUJIR  |a.j  a I ni  bvioouoi?  fclvoq'v,i,'C'iUV t  oi  'tihol  lesV/  fuU  'lu  hne  'TI  oJSf.q  iio  t'SuniJito'J)  i  'T­V  Shoregang Pacts  Provide  Jobs  For  Men On Beach  i  SEAFARERS LOG  SIU Nightclub  Closes,  Will Reopen  In Hotel  Speah Your Mind  At SiU Meetings  ^  ^  li­:  �Friday, November  1952  AFARERS  LOG  Face  nxem  Win. Green Dies,  New  Freight  Ship  SIU Pays Tribute  The SIU  this  week  joined  labor,  government  and  business  leaders in  paying  tribute  to William  Green, president  of  the  AFL since 1924, who passed  away a  week ago at  his home, his  birthplace, in Coshocton, Ohio>  until  he  went  to  Washington  in  His age  was 82.  1940  as  secretary­treasurer  of  the  Head  of  the  Federation  un­ Federation.  Taking  over  Meany's  Pact  Slated  For  Signatures Today  til  the  next  annual  convention  at  St.  Louis  in  September  is  George  Meany,  58,  AFL  secretary­treas­ urer.  A  New  Yorker,  Meany  was  an  officiai  in  the  Plumbers  Union  old  post  as  secretary­treasurer  is  Wiliiam  Schnitzler,  youthful  presi­ 'i  dent  of  the  Bakery  and  Confec­ tionary  Workers  International  Union.  Mining  Tradition  ,  A, miner  like  his  father  before  him. Green  joined the  United Mine  •  _  Workers  in  1890  and  eventually  rose  to  the  position  of  the  inter­ •  'Ji  national  secretary­treasurer  of  the  UMW  and  a  vice  president  of  the  Federation.  Active  in  Ohio  state  politics,  he  served  two terms  in  the Ohio  State  Senate  where  he  introduced  and  won  enactment  of  the  Ohio  Work­ men's  Compensation  Act  and  vari­ The  second  of  the  Mariner­class  ous  statutes  to  regulate  conditions  vesels  to  be  chartered  to  an  SIU  in  the  turbuient  mining  industry.  company,  the Cornhusker  Mariner,  Samuel  Gompers,  who  founded  will  be delivered  to the Robin  Line  the  AFL  in  1881,  became  its  first  on  or  about  Christmas.  Latest  president.  In  1894,  John  McBride  word  is  that  the  delivery  date  for  became  president  for  a  year,  and  the ship  will  be December  23, sub­ then  Gompers  again  was  elected  ject  to  change  if  the  ship  isn't  president and  held the  position  un­ ready  to  go  into  service  by  that  til his death. Upon Gompers' death.  date.  Green  was  named  president  and  The Cornhusker  was  built  by the  he  had  been  reelected  to  the  post  Robert Matthews, SIU assistant secretary­treasurer, supervises  as headquarters  employees  prepare final  Bethlehem  shipyards  in  Quincy,  every  year.  Ill  since  last  May,  he  copies  of  the  newly  negotiated  contract  so  they  can be  presented to the various SlU­contracted freight  Mass.,  and  is  now  undergoing  fin­ nevertheless  took  part  in  all func­ companies  for  their  signatures.  tions during  the national  AFL con­ ishing touches  there.  A  Robin  Line  official  said  that  vention  held  in  New  York  this  The SIU  and its contracted  companies met  today to  they  would  not  operate  the  ship  September,  which  chose  him  to  put their signatures to a brand  new dry cargo contract  in  the  South  African  run,  but  did  serve  again  for  the  1953  term.  not  know  on  what  route she  would  However, he  soon after determined  which  will  provide  considerable  monetary  and  work­ be  put. into  servic'e.  "We  will  be  he  needed  a  rest  and  returned  to  ing rule boosts for Seafarers.  Operators are expected  carrying  MSTS  cargo,"  he  said,  his  home  a  short  time ago.  to begin signing the agreement this afternoon, barring  "and  the  ship  will  go  wherever  Heart  Attack  MSTS  wants to  send  her."  —  His  death  on  November  22,  fol­ any last minute  hitches.  *  1st  Gets  Praise  •  overtime  rate  gains,  all  the  gen­ lowing  a  severe  heart  attack  36  The  new  agreement  is  eral  rules  and  working  rules  of  Those  Seafarers  who  crewed  up  hours  earlier,  came  just  12  days  the  Keystone  Mariner, first  of  the  after  the  passing of  CIO  President  the first standard dry cargo  the contract  have  been  revised and  Mariner  Class  vessels,  have  been  Philip  Murray,  a  lifetime  friend  contract of  its kind in  the SIU,  strengthened.  These revisions  will  enthusiastic in  their praise for  her.  who  also  came  from  the  ranks  of  and  the  Union  negotiating  mean  more  overtime  for  SIU  crews.  They  will  also  prpvide  a  They  report  that  her  speed,  her  the  UMW.  Murray's death  spurred  Beginning  next, week,  the  riding  capability,  and  the  quarters  a  wave  of  rumors  regarding  the  committee is determined to see  clearer  definition  of  duties and  re­ that  it  is  adhered  to  by  all  SIU Sea Chest  is going to sea,  sponsibilities  so as to eliminate  the  and  other  facilities  provided  are  chances  of  reuniting  the  AFL  and  the  best  yet  as  far  as  cargo  ves­ CIO  into  one  organization,  a  sub­ standard freight  operators.  If  confusion  that  has  arisen  in  the  The  Union's  Sea  Chest  serv.^  ices  will  be  extended  to  all  ships  sels  go,  and  come  close  to  a  sail­ ject  much  discussed  in  recent  approved by the operators and  past  from  time  to  time.  years,  qnd  it  is  expected  that  the  the  members  in  its  present  form,  Many  new  features  have  been  sailing  out  of  Northeast  ports,  by  or's dream.  As soon  as the ship  is completed  rumors  will  be  followed  by  some­ it  will  provide  sizeable  wage  inr  added  to  the  agreement  as  weli.  the  placing  of  Sea  Chest  merchan­ it  will  be  delivered  to  New  York  thing  more  substantial  as  the  AFL  creases for every rated and  unrated  Included  among them  in a  greatly­ dise  aboard  as  slopchests.  strengthened  clause  on  repatria­ Union­made  merchandise  of first  and  will  be  crewed  up  out  of  the  has  already  taken  steps  toward  re­ man  covered  by  the  contract. .  opening of  labor unity  negotiations.  In  addition  to  the  wage  and  (Continued  on  page 17)  quality  will  be  supplied  to  the  headquarters  hiring  hall.  ships  out  of  a  central  warehouse  that  has  been  established  in  New  York.  The  new  .system  is  expected  to  deal  a  body  blow  to  those  un­ scrupulous slopchest  suppliers  who  have  long  victimized  seamen  with  Failing  to make headway  with company representatives in  Seattle.  It  was  one  of  the first  shoddy,  low­grade  goods  at  exor­ repeated  negotiation sessions, the SIU  negotiating  committee  the  standard  freight  contract.  companies  to  be  organized  by  the  bitant  prices.  Prices  on  the  sea­ has served  notice on  Calmar Lines of  termination of  the con­ "The  Union's  policy,"  a  nego­ SIU  in  the  Union's  early  days.  going  slopchest  will  now  be  much  tiating  committee  representative  tract.  The  termination  is  ef­4  lower  than formerly  and  will  be in  said,  "has  been  to  insist  that  all  •  fective on  December 1.  the  company  fail  to  soften  its  freight  companies  comply  with  the  line  with  the  price  scale  main­ The  termination  notice  was  stand  by  the  December 1 deadline,  standard  agreement,  putting  them  tained  at  the  Sea  Chest  in  head­ quarters.  sent  out  after  the  headquarters  which  is Monday  morning, the  Un­ all  on  an  equal  footing.  The  com­ membership  meeting  of  November  ion  committee  has  the  authority  mittee  doesn't  intend  to  let  any  The  decision  to  extend  the  low­ 19  voted  to  authorize  the  Union  to  tie  up  the  ships  at  any  time  one  company  get  special  privileges  cost  Sea  Chest  service  to  the ships  negotiating  committee  to  strike  after  that  date.  proper  was  made  foilowing  the  for itself  at the expense  of  the men  this  company,  if  necessary,  to  se­ Aside  from  the  basic  contract  who  sail  the  ships.  strong response  of  Seafarers to  the  cure  a  contract.  The  notice  was  clauses  on  wages  and  overtime  Have  Had  Enough  Voting  in  the  Union  elections  Union­operated  service  ashore.  Up  based on  the written  memorandum  there  are  several  side  items  over  "Evidently  ihe  Union's  determi­ in  the  Port  pf  New  York  bids  fair  until  now,  the Sea  Chest  operation  signed  in  September  by  the  Un­ which  negotiations  have  been  nation  on  this  score  has  not  yet  to pass last  year's figures  by a  wide  had  been  confined  to  headquarters  ion  and  operators'  representatives.  snagged.  These  include  the  man­ been  realized  by  the  Calmar  Com­ margin.  Although  the  early  rush  and  to  ships  that  were  in  New  That  memorandum  extended  the  ner  in  which  the  ships  are  to .be  pany.  We've  asked  for,  and  re­ has  slowed  down,  the  vote  totals  York  harbor.  These  ships  were  contract, which  expired  September  provisioned  and  other  company  ceived, authority  to strike  the com­ have  topped  the  1,200  mark  with  being  visited  regularly  by  an  SIU  30,  subject  to  cancellation  by  ten  practices that  vary from  the stand­ pany  to  put  an  end  to  the  com­ over  a  month  yet  to go.  Sea  Chest  representative  who  took  days'  written  notice  by  either side.  ard  established  throughout  the  pany's  stalling  on  this  issue."  The  heavy  vote  thus  far  shows  orders  from  the  men  and  had  the  It  made  possible  continued  peace­ SIU  contracted fleet.  Here,  as  elsewhere  in  the  stand­ the  big  interest  among  the  mem­ merchandise delivered  to the ships.  ful  negotiations  with  the  operators  ard  dry­cargo field,  the  negotiating  bership  in filling  the  record  num­ Establishment  of  a  sea­going  SIU­ Standoff  Attitude  which  led  to  the  present  contract  committee  is  out  to  establish  a  ber  of  49  posts  in  the  A&G  Dis­ supplied  slopchest  will  guarantee  among  the  other  SIU  shipowners.  The  company's  attitude  is  high­ standard  agreement  and  standard  trict.  Seafarers  these services  on  a  year­ lighted  by  the^ fact  that  its  presi­ shipboard  practices  throughout,  in  Seafarers  began  voting  on  No­ round  basis  wherever  the  ship  Only  Holdout  Calmar  is  the  only  one  of  the  dent  has  up  until  now  refused  to  order  that  conditions  wiil  be  the  vember 1 in  the 60­day  referendum  might  be.  SIU's  standard  freight  companies  attend  any  of  the  negotiation  ses­ same for  Seafarers no  matter  what  which  runs  until  December  31,  The  new  SIU  service  has  caused  that  has  failed  to  agree  to  the  sions.  company's  ships  they  may  be  on.  1952.  At  stake  in  the  two­year  considerable  alarm  among  the  terms  of'  the  standard  agreement  Those  who  hava represented  the  The Calmar  Line has  eight  ships  election  are the  posts of  secretary­ waterfront ship chandlers and slop­ reached  with  all  other  operators.  company  in meetings  with the Un­ in  its fleet  and  operates  in  the  in­ treasurer for the  District; six assis­ chest  operators.  Members  of  the  Several  meetings  have  been  held  ion  negotiating  committe  have  tercoastal trade.  tThe  ships usually  tant­secretary  treasurers, nine  port  industry  have  banded  together  in  with  the  company  on  the  subject,  shown  no  disposition  to  meet  the  run  out  of  Baltimore,  through  the  agents,  and  33  patrolmen  in  the  an  organization  called  the  Slop  '  ­wWiout ­makim  ptugreactShPOW  terms  and  conditions  embodied  in <  Canal  and  up  the  West  Coast  to  various  ports.  (Continued  on  page 17)  •ife  mm  2nd Mariner  Due  In Dec.  For  Robin  if  SIU To Put  Slopchests  Aboard  Ship  Strike  Authorized  As Calmar  Balks  At  Contract  Union Vote  Still Heavy  �Prlday, November 28. 1852  Poor  .nv:.:"­'  But Who's Going To Count?  mrnm  rji  ,1  stM  CASH BENEFITS  SEAFARERS  WELFARE,  VACATION  FLANS  REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID  ilv­  ,jv  Seafarer  Moon  Kouns,  the  "ref,"  is  down  and  hanging  on  the  ropes after  Seafarers  Cosby  Linson  and  Joe  Nuccio ganged up on  him during  a match  in New Orleans recently for  the benefit of  the  family of  a  former fighter  who died  while working  as a  referee.  • I  11  Atlantic  Men Protest  Out­Dated 'New'  Pact  m.  i  '• •  '  i  ­ ^v.i  Falling  far  short  of  its  advance  notices,  the  so­called  "brand­new"  AMEU­negotiated  agreement  for  the  Atlantic  tanker fleet has  drawn sharp  protests from the crews of  over  a  dozen  ships  as  a  "water^­­*  down version of  SIU contracts  ard  Burke  on  the .SS E.  H.  Blum,  dating  as  far  back  as  the  be­ noted "there are still  the same  old  No. Seafarers  Receivine Benefita this Period!  Average  Benefits Paid  Each Seafarer  0  Total Benefits Paid this Period  1  9  I, a  WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD  Hospital Benefits  Death Benefits  DissbilitV Benefits  L  Lis  OCX  L  iA  O OH  4­^00  'oo  Vacation Benefits  Total  4­Jl  7^  p  WELFARE,  VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY  ginning  of  World  War  II."  phrases like 'at the  company's dis­ As  expected,  promised  gains  cretion  when  practicable'  which  failed  to  nmterialize  as  the  con­ take  away  the  little  bit  of  good  in  Hosoital Benefits Paid Since  Tulv 1. 1950 •   X43  /9,C  tract. the  product  of  two  and  one­ the contract  altogether. What  good  half  months of  AMUE  Fleet Coun­ is a contract anyway if  you can't  or  Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv  1.  1950 •   cil deliberations and secret huddles  won't  enforce  it,  and  we  know  o9o  Oo|  Disabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mnv  1.  1952*  with  management,  proved  little  from­  past  experience  that  the  more than a  rehash  of  a few  bene­ AMEU  won't  enforce  any  con­ 5­7 S^oo  fits  Seafarers  have  been  enjoying  tract."  for  years.  It  studiously  omitted  Delayed  Sailing  Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11.  1952 •   /sU ^3  99l  the  bulk  of  the  provisions  long  Total  bX933L4  since  regarded  as  model  clauses  The  major  item  in  the  "new"  and  subsequently  instaUed  in  the  AMEU  agreement  which  it  char­ * Date  Benefita  Becao  i  agreements  of  other  maritime  acterizes,  like  the  •   others, .  as  the "best  in  the  industry,"  is  con­ imions.  cerned  with  delayed  sailing  time,  No Safeguards  WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS  Reaction  to  the  AMEU's  brain­ although  the  SIU  has  had  provi­ child  came  quick  when  crews  sions  for  overtime  for  delayed  studied  the  text  and  found  it  pat­ sailing in  contracts since  the  early  Vacation  terned ,after its  predecessors, lack­ part  of  World  War  II.  However  Cash oo Hand  Welfare  the AMEU  even  watered down this  ing  even  minimum  safeguards  to  £i£  insure  against  bypassing  essential  clause  so  only  the  men  reporting  Vacation  aboard  at  the  posted  sailing  time  OLS.  clauses  and  the  enforcement  of  Estimated  Accounts ReceiTable  —  same.  Several  Atlantic  tankermen  get  paid.  Everyone  off  watch  gets  J5S2.  made  it  plain  that  the fleet  would  this OT  under  the SIU  contract.  US Government  Bonds (Welfare)  For  the  first  time,  a  clause  was  not "buy" the AMEU  package. The  meager  gains  they  had  received,  included  that  the  company  has  to  Real  Estate (Welfare)  tog'eoo  o Q  the  men  pointed  out,  were  includ­ furnish  boots  for  tank  cleaning.  Other  Assets r­ Training Ship (Welfare)  ed  only  because  of  the  SIU's  or­ The SIU had this provision in 1945.  J2C  OO  ganizing  campaign  and  the  pres­ On  OT  for  tank  cleaning  and  but­ TOTAL  ASSETS  sure on the  AMEU to  deliver some­ terworthing,  the  AMEU  claimed  "wonderful  gains"  this  year,  but  thing.  The overwhelming  sentiment was  the SIU  had these rates  during the  tinue  to grow,  even though  new  benefits  are being added  that if  not for  the comparisons  be­ war  and  they  have  been  consider­ ably  improved  since  that  time.  tween  SIU and  AMEU  agreements  from time to time and the old benefits­ increased.  The  pay­ appearing  in  the  "Atlantic  Fleet  Improved Constantly  The SIU  had  the AMEU's  "new"  ing of benefits  immediately the Welfare Plan Representa­ News" published  by  the SIU  Tank­ clause  on  "sanitary  work  and  gen­ er  Organizing  Committee,  which  pinpointed some  of  the gross  omis­ eral  cleaning"  during  World  War  rendered  by the Plan. sions  in  past  Atlantic  contracts,­ II and  has  been  improving  it  con­ stantly since  then. Atlantic  tanker­ the  AMEU  wouldn't  even  have  Vacation  benefits  have leveled off to about  four  thousand  men  fared  no  better  on  the  wage  known  where  to  begin.  One  tankerman,  a  three­year  question, as they finally  gained the  man  with  the  company,  OS  Rich­ increase Seafarers  won  in  Septem­ so far to one man, of  two hundred  forty­one  dollars  ber,  1951,  and  which  is  being  im­ proved right now in  the SIU tanker  Put Number On  negotiations.  In  all,  what  the  whole  package  Meeting Excuses  means,  the  SIU  Tanker  Organiza­ benefits  as soon as  they accumulate  ninety (90)  days. Seafarers sending  telegrams  tion  Committee  stated,  is  that  the  or  letters  tp  the  New  York  AMEU  "has  picked  up  some  con­ headquarters dispatcher asking  tract  clauses  that  the SIU  has  had  to  be  excused  from  attending  for  ten  years,  and  has  presented  Submitted  A1  Km, AtsisiH^Attministratw  headquarters  membership  them  as  something  brand­new  in  the  'best  contract  in  the  world.'  A  meetings must include the reg­ istration  number  of  their  study  of  the  'gains'  made  by  the  shipping  card  in  the  message.  AMEU  in  its  negotiations  shows  Prom now  on, if  the number  that  most  of  them  just  'won'  by  I  the AMEU have been in SIU  agree­ is not included, the excuse can­ ments  since  1946  or  '47.  Some  of  All these are yours without  contributing a single' nickel on  your piart—Collecting  _  SIU  bene­.  not  be  accepted  by  the  dis­ them  were  won  by  the SIU  during  fits is easy, whether it's for  hospital, birth, disability  or  death—You  get' first  rate  rat  personal.  patcher;  the early  days of  World  War  IL  service immediately  through your  Union's representatives.  4^  Commentg; The aesets of the Seafarers Welfare Plan con- I­  ­ ky  •   I­"'; ,  1  1^.'.  tives  in cash is also a big contributor to the services  ($4-yOOO.OO) per day pa:^ out  with the liargest  benefit  paid sixty-three cents  (1241.63)  having been paid in this twoweek  period. Ail  men are urged  to apply for their vacation • •  aftd, remember this. • .  •    A  '.­.V  �*!?'* r"  SE A FA ItJE n 5  Ir d C  The  nimoi­  is  that  Milton  Eisenhower,  brother  of  President­elect  Dwight  D.  Eisenhower,  has  some  ambitious  plans  that  will  affect  the'  American  merchant marine, if  he can  sell them  to Dwight  and the Con­ gress  next  year.  Although  he  is  now  President  of  Penn  State  Uni­ versity,  brother Milton  used  to  be  with the US Department  of  Agricul­ ture, one  of  the  biggest  shippers of  the  country, and  keenly  interested  ill  the  merchant  fleet.  ! Brother Milton is  thinking in  terms of  proposing that the  top Govern­ ment  maritime  agencies  (Maritime  Administration  and  Federal  Mari­ time Board)  once again  be made independent  agencies.  At the  moment,  these agencies are under the  jurisdiction of  the US Department of Com­ merce and, to  this extent, are somewhat submerged from the  public eye.  1s^  Fare Plva  NMU 'Sfarving Out' TB  Seamen, Ignores  Appeals  t>  This is not  a  joke. Barnacles, mussels, tube  worms, and  other fouling  organisms  cost  the  US shipping  industry  alone  more  than  $100,000,000  every  year.  For  hundreds  of  years  men  have  sought  a  preventive  for  Inarine fouling and corrosion.  Back in the days of  wooden ships, vessels  sometimes  fell  apart—riddled  by  sea  borers—even  before  they  com­ pleted  a  single  voyage.  As  of  now  the  cost  of  docking,  scr&ping,  and  bottom­painting  a  superliner  would  exceed  $75,000—^without  counting  the cost  of  loss of  her services during docking.  Because  of  this,  the  US  Naval  Institute  has  issued  a  new  book  en­ titled  Marine  Fouling  and  Its  Prevention,  the  book  representing  years  of  research  by  the  Navy's  Bureau  of  Ships,  and  Woods  Hole  Oceanographic  Institution.  4"  liH  ?  jl  4  4  On  the  subject  of  discharging  alien  crewmen,  the  new  Immigration  and  Naturalization  Act  (Walter­MeCarran  Act)  makes  it  unlawful  for  any owner  or*hiaster to  pay  off  or discharge any  alien crewman, except  an alien lawfully  admitted for  permanent residence, employed on  board  a US vessel without first obtaining the consent of  the Attorney­General.  Violation  is punishable  by  a  $1,000  fine.  A majority of  American steamship owners are now  putting on  a fight  to  eliminate  this  provision,  holding  that  its  enforcement  would  inter­ fere  with  normal  operation  of  vessels.  Tankers,  which  are  usually  in  port  for  very  short  periods,  would  be  particularly  affected,  because  many  are  obliged  to  employ  alien  seamen  as  replacements  while  in  foreign  trade,  and  upon  return  to  the  US,  many  of  these  vessels  are  immediatly  transferred  to  the  US  coastwise  trade  and  alien  seamen  must  be  promptly  discharged  as  re­ quired  by  law..  A similar  situation  confronts subsidized  vessels,  which  are required  under law  to  discharge,  upon  return  to the first  US  port,  any  alien  seamen  who  may  have  been  employed  as  replacements  in  foreign  ports.  Steamship  operators  are  arguing  before  the  special  Presidential  Immigration  Committee  that  since steamship  lines, under  existing law,  are  permitted  to  employ  aliens  as  crewmen  who  have  proper  papers,  the companies  should  also  be  permitted  to  pay  off  and  discharge  such  alien  crewmen  without  the  necessity  of  obtaining  the  consent  of  the  Attorney­General,  or  any  immigration  officer  to  whom  the  discharge  consent  has  been  delegated.  The  steamship  lines  also  are asking for  amendment  of  existing  law  to  provide  that  when  an  alien  seaman  is  signed  on  a  US­flag  vessel,  and  is  in  possession  of  a  valid  passport  or  other  travel  document,  to­ gether  with  the  required  Coast  Guard papers,  that  detention  expenses  and  expenses  incidental  to  detention  and/or  deportation  shall  hot  be  assessed  against the  vessel or  master if  the seaman is  detained  by a  US  immigration  officer  on  arrival at  a  US  port  for any  reason  other  than  a  medical  one.  The owners  hold  that  when  a foreign  seaman  has  been  permitted  by  an  immigration  officer  to  land  temporarily  in  the  US,  the  vessel  should  not  be  held  responsible  for  any  further  or  future  detention  or  deportation  cost.  4  4  4  The  Federal  Maritime  Board  now  has  paved  the  way  so  as  to  allow  • t  he  American  Export Lines to  purchase  two large  passenger liners for  tiie  Mediterranean  service  at  about  $14,000,000  each.  The  ships,  the  SS Constitution  and  SS  Independence  were  the  subject  of  much  con­ troversy  in  and  out  of  Congress,  after  the  former  Maritime  Commis­ sion  (now  replaced  by  the  Federal  Maritime  Board  and  Maritime  Administration)  offered  to sell  the  ships originally  at  a  price  of  about  $12  million  each.  The  General  Accounting  Office  (watchdog  of  the  US  treasury)  com­ plained  that  the $12  inillion  price was too  low whereupon  the  FMB,  in  February  of  this  year,  after  reviewing  the  case,  offered  the  ships  to  Expoi­t  at  a  price  of  $18  million  each.  Export  Lines  refused  to  buy  under  these  conditions.  Based  on  "new  evidence"  uncovered  abroad,  the  FMB  now  has  agreed'to  let  the  ships  go  at  the $14  million  price.  American Export  Lines has 30  days within  which  to elect  to buy,  but is  sure  to  snap  up  the  newest  offer.  4  4  4  Plans  for  a  $11,500,000  Mexican  freighter  line  to  link  Atlantic  and  Pacific  ports with  Latin  America, the  US and  Europe, have  been  made  known  in  an  announcement  from  Mexico  City.  The  new  line  will  be  named  the  Atlantico  y Pacifico,  and  has Mexican  Government support.  4  4  4  The  new  International  Conventiqn  for  Safety  of  Life  at  Sea,  1948,  came  into foroe  on  November 19, 1952,  between  the eighteen  countries  which  have  accepted  it.  ^  .  The first safety  conference was  held  back in 1914, largely  as a  result  of  the Titanic  disaster.  In 1929  a  second safety  at sea  conference met  in  London.  This  latter  Convention  is  now  to  be  superseded  by  the  1948 document.  Those  eighteen  countries  presently  parties  to  the  newest  Conven­ tion  include: Belgium,  Canada, Denmark,  France, Iceland,  Israel, Italy,  Japan, Netherlands,  New Zealand, Norway,  Pakistan, Portugal, Sweden,  Union of  South Africa,  United Kingdom,  United States  and  Yugoslavia.  e^_  A group  of  NMU  members at the Manhattan  Beach  TB  hospital  discuss  ways  and  means  to  get  some  monetary  help from  their  union.  They  are: (front, left to right),  Morgan  Lewis, Fred  Homeman, John  Hogan, who  is the  NMU  hospital delegate, and  Joe  Blackstone.  Seated in the  rear is SIU hospitai dele­ gate John  Driscoli.  Angered  at  the  NMU  officals'  callous  disregard  of  their  needs,  90  tubercular  seamen,  members  of  the  NMU,  have  planned  a  special meeting at  the Manhattan Beach hospital  to  take  action  on  their  plight.  Ever  since  December 31,1951, the NMU has cut these men olf  without  a  penny  of  aid,  by­*  ^  eliminating  the  $5  a  month  benefits where NMU men do  not  is  Further,  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  contained  in  the  differences  be­ set  up  a  special  list  at  the  very  benefits  they  used  to  get.  The  NMU  also  threw  the  $200  tween the two unions' welfare plans.  beginning,  to  take  care  of  Sea­ burial  benefit  out  of  the  window,  Under  the SIU  Welfare  Plan,  Sea­ farers  who  were  hospitalized  be­ so  that  men  who  have  died  at  the  farers  in  the  hospitals  receive  $15  fore the  plan went into effect. This  hospital,  many  of  them  veterans  a  week  and  death  benefit  coverage  covered  all  the  Seafarers  at  Man­ of  the  Union's first  struggles  for  for  as  long  as  they  are  hospital­ hattan  Beach  and  Ft. Stanton.  The  existence,  have  had  to  be  buried  ized, years  if  necessary.  Under the  SIU  was  able  to  do  this  because  NMU  plan,  benefits  are  paid  for  Union­administration  of  the  Plan  at  Government  expense.  Apparently  worried  by  develop­ 13  weeks  onlj'.  Long  term  cases  saved  the  heavy  cost  of  insurance  ments,  the  NMU  hurriedly  sent  a  are  out  of  luck.  (Continued  on  page 17)  "patrolman"  down  to  the  hospital  to  stall  the  meeting  plans.  The  "patrolman,"  who  was  somebody  without official  status in  the union,  held  out  the faint  hope  that  Presi­ dent  Curran  or  Secretary  Stone  of  the  NMU  would  come  to  the  hospital  to  "discuss"  tke  men's  problems.  He  said  they  "might"  come  if  30  men  signed  a  letter  re­ Taxi  drivers in  Venezuela  are  not  the only  ones  that  take  questing  them  to  appear.  Unrest  has  been  rising  at  the  advantage  of  seamen.  While  the  majority  of  drivers  in  the  hospital  ever sice  NMU  announced  States are  honest,Joes  pushing a  hack for  a living,  there are  in  thfe  "Pilot,"  the  unioimiews­ paper,  on  April  5,  1951,  that  it  quite a  few cabbies  who  have^'  Over  in  Bayonhe,  NJ,  another  would  discontinue  benefits  for  the  worked out  schemes for  milk­ long­term  patients,  because  its em­ ing  seamen  of  their  hard­ stunt  has  been  practiced  all  too  ployer­financed  pension  and  wel­ eai­ned  dough,  according  to  Sea­ often.  The  dirver  will  bring  a  man  fare  plan  was  going  into  effect.  farer  William  Calefato  in  a  com­ to  a  certain  spot  and  promise  to  wait  for  him.  There  the  man  will  As  this  plan,  unlike  the  SIU's,  munication  to  the  LOG.  does  not  cover  long­term  patients,  Calefato,  who  sails  regularly  on  be  slipped  a  mickey.  When  he  the  NMU  decided  it  could  not  af­ Cities  Service  tankers,  says  that  comes  to,  the  money  will  be  gone  ford  the  $450  a  month  that  these  tankermen  are  especially  subject  and  the  driver  will  be  on  hand,  to  be  being  bilked  because  of  the  with a  fat  bill for  a  meter that  has  men  would  cost  the  union.  rapid turnaround and limited shore  been  running all  along.  NMU  Ignores Appeals  The  unrest  has  been  fed  as  the  leave of  their ships.  Besides, many  Another  trick  practiced  by  cer­ NMU  National  Council  ignored  tanker terminals  are located  in  out  tain  unscrupulous  cabbies,  Cale­ several  appeals  by  the  men.  They  of  the  way  places  and  the  tanker­ fato  says,  is  the  planned  holdup.  These  drivers  will  wait  in  train  have  received  similar  silent  treat­ man has  to grab a  cab, or  walk.  ment  from  the  union  newspaper.  One  of  the  commonest  ways  of  depots, and  look for  a  seaman  car­ The  meeting  was  scheduled  after  taking  it  out  on  seamen  is  for  the  rying  a  duffle­bag.  As  soon  as  three  registered  letters  had  cabbie  to  overcharge  the  passen­ they spot one  they loudly announce  ger.  "But  that's  not  as  bad  as  the  their cab  and  offer their assistance  brought  no  results.  Seafarer  John  Driscoli,  SIU  mor^  audacious  ways  some  drivers  to  the  seaman.  hospital  delegate  declared:  "These  have  of  ro(}bing  innocent  seamen  The  driver  then  says  his  cab  is  fellows  have  the  idea  of  buying  a  who  are  ashore  for  a  brief  inter­ parked  down  the  street  (even  though  there  may  be  lots  of  room  full  page  ad  in  one  of  the  daily  lude."  to  park  nearby). On  the way  to the  WiU  'Hold'  Valuables  newspapers.  They  feel  that's  the  For  instance,  there  is  the  racket  cab,  the  driver  will  signal  a  con­ only  way  they  can  get  help.  "I  understand  an  ad  like  that  pulled  by  some  drivers  in  Lake  federate.  A  few  minutes later,  the  costs  as  much  as  $1,500.  I  haven't  Charles. They will  meet a  ship and  cab  gets  held  up  in  an  out  of  the  got the heart  to tell  them,  because  show  the  seaman  around  to  the  way place  and the  unfortunate sea­ that would  come to  better than $15  local  spots.  Then  they  will  join  man  is  relieved  of  his dough.  Travel  In  Company  a  man,  and  they  just  haven't  got  him  in  a  drink  and  while  they  are  in  the  bar  the  driver  will  suggest  The  best  way  to  avoid  such  tbat  kind  of  money."  that  he. holds  the  seaman's  valu­ traps, he suggested, is to  go ashore  All  Seafarers  Get  $ $  While  NMU  members  are  left  ables  until  they  get  back  to  the  with  another  shipmate.  Also,  he  warns  that  Seafarers  should  he­ penniless. Seafarers in the  hospital  ship.  have  bees  receiving  their  regular  Some  drivers  will  actually  per­ ware  of  the  driver  who  asks  too  $15  weekly  hospital  benefit,  plus  form  this  service  honestly,  but  in  many  personal  questions  of  the  most  such  cases  that's  the  last  the  passenger  as  well  as  questions  holiday  bonuses.  One  reason  why  Seafarers  get,  Seafarer  will  see  of  his  property.  about  other seamen.  Racketeering  Cabbies  Operate  In Many  Ports  '• •   I  • 1^1  �fy­ iMiay,'NMPMIfe«r tt, IMl  SEAFARERS  LOG  jlMtralii Memories. Racalled  UNION  TALK  Longshore  Pay  Boost  ~  J  ii.V.;  J­ A­.'­  .  |»fy  i''  !­  ]!  If  ii'  a  By  KEITH  TERFI  There  recently  came  to  the  attention  of  the  Organizing  Department  one  of  the  favorite  trick  '  ~  gadgets  foisted  on  the  unsuspecting  memberships  of  company­dominated  "union"  outfits  masqueraded  as  spectacular  An  award  of  a  17­cent  an  hour  gains.  One  of  the  most  often­resorted­to  arguments  pleaded  by  these  Increase  to  North  Atlantic  Coast  sham "unions" is  the device  of  offering  the men  "full  pay at all  times,  longshoremen  has  been  handed  365 days a  year."  Now at  the outset  this sounds like  a  very  good  deal,  down  by  Professor  Paul  R.  Hays,  arbitrator  of  the  longshore  wage  and  someone  would  have  to  do  a  lot  of  convincing  before  you'd  turn  dispute.  The  award  directly  af­ down  a  contract  gimmick  providing  for  something  like  that,  but  we  fects  longshoremen  employed  hope that for  the good  of  the  boys  in  the Socony  fleet, they  voted  this  along  the  coast  from  Portland,  idea  down.  Maine,  to  Norfolk,  Virginia.  It  is  expected  to  set  a  pattern  for  the  Their "union,"  one in  name only  just like  the Atlantic  fleet's AMEU,"  rest  of  the Atlantic and  Gulf  Coast  presented  them  with  a  brand­new,  sugar­coated  "package"  to  make  it  as  well,  and  will  eventually  in­ look  so  good  nobody  could  turn  it  down.  According  to  the  Socony  volve  60,000  workers.  Vacuum  Tanker  Men's  Association,  they  have  at  last  "negotiated  a  Professor  Hays  was  chosen  as  plan with  the Company  whereby ... every Socony  man will  be entitled  arbitrator  after  the  International  Longshoremen's  Association  and  to  60 days of  vacation or  paid leave  in  every  year.  They then  note that  employers  were  unable  to  agree  "to gain  this,  naturally  we had  to  give  up certain  things . . . (but)  this  on  settlement  of  wage  demands.  is  the  opportunity  to  move  ahead  in  the  direction  of  more  time  off  Arbitration  was  recommended  by  and  remaining  on  pay."  the ILA  wage scale  committee and  was  approved  by  an  overwhelming  But  let's  examine  this  so­called  "SVTMA  five  and  one  plan"  that  vote  in  a  membership  referendum  Seafarer  Stephen  Zavadcson  displays  two  of  his  latest  canvases  they'd have  everybody  believe is "the opportunity  to move  ahead ..."  conducted  among  all  of  the  local  painted  aboard ship to  record  his impressions of  the Seatrains he's  upions of  the ILA  that are  covered  sailed  on  in  recent years.  Zavadcson,  an  AB­deck  carman, is  now  What it means,  in essence,  is that  every  man  works five  months out  of  six  but  gets  paid  for  six.  So  far  it sounds  good,  but  look  what  these  by  this  contract.  on  the Seatraln  New  York after a  stint  on  the Louisiana.  fellows had  to give  up for  this  bonanza.  The SVTMA  concedes  that it  Employers  Offered  SVic  had  to give  up, for  example, Sunday  overtime  at sea  as Veil as  certain  The  award  is  considerably  more  than the 8V^­cent increase that  had  penalty  time  provisions,  in  exchange  for  the  full  60­day  vacation  been  offered  by  the  employers,  clause.  plus  the  12Vi  cents  proposed  for  Now without  getting  bogged  down on  the arithmetic of  this exchange,  overtime.  The  contract  involved  is  a  two­year agreement  with  this re­ and  basing  our  figures  on  the  base  rate  for  an  AB  under  the  SIU  opener  on  wages  only.  agreement,  just on  the issue of  Sunday  OT at  sea, we'd  say the average  As far as overtime  rates are con­ guy in the  Socony fleet  comes out  losing almost  $325  on  this deal over  cerned,  Professor  Hays  ruled  that  the year's  time.  This figure  is  based  on  the difference  between  what  the  time  and  a  half  provision  The  successful fight  of  SUP  men  to  quell  a  blaze  aboard  he'd  make  during  the regular eight  hours on  Sundays  at sea  and  what  would  be  retained,  which  means  the  tanker  Lompoc  has  been  rewarded  by  the  owners,  the  he  actually  earns  by  getting  the  regular'daily  rate  of  pay  throughout  an  overtime  increase  of  25  cents  Union  Oil  Company,  with  $1,000  checks  for  each  man  who  this  so­called  60­day  "vacation,"  plus  vacation  pay  for  the  full  year.  to $3.40^  an  hour.  Penalty  cargo  And  that's  only a  piece of  the dough  he'd  lose out  on  under this  gran­ •   diose  "five  and  one  plan."  rates  were  also  increased  by  17  stayed  aboard.  cents  for  straight  time  rate  for  The  Lompoc,  and  a  sister  SUP  deckhands,  with  the  remain­ As  we  mentioned  up  above  here,  this  thing  was  already  voted  on  longshoremen  is  now  $2.27.  The  ship, the Victor H. Kelly ,  were  der  being  ship's  officers  and  some  when  we heard  about it, and  we  can't  say for  sure it  got  the okay,  but  of  the  unlicensed  crew­members  it does illustrate the  type of  rotten dealing that characterizes these  out­ increase  and  other  terms  of  the  award  are subject  to  the  approval  alongside  the  company  pier  at  in  other  departments  aboard  the  fits  masking  as  legitimate  labor  unions.  For  the  benefit  of  the guys  of  the  Wage  Stabilization  Board.  Oleum,  California,  last  July  when  tanker.  affected, we  hope they  knocked  it down  good and  proper.  Incidentally,  Both  the ILA  and  employer repre­ fire  broke  out  on  the  pier  as  the  'Certificate  of  Honor'  it's  gadgets  like  this  that  are  causing  more  and  more  of  the  seamen  sentatives  expressed  confidence  Kelly  was  discharging cargo.  As a  The commendation reads, "Union  from  thhese  unorganized fleets  to  turn  to  the  SIU  where  they  that  the  WSB  would  rule  on  the  result  of  the  blaze,  the  Kelly  was  Oil  Company  of  California  awards  don't find  this  type  of  phony  dealing  going  on.  They've  been flocking  contract  sometime  during  the  gu<ted,  despite  firefighting  efforts  this  certificate  of  honor  to  (name  to  our  halls  because  of  disgust  with  the  way  their  present  "unions"  month  of  December.  by  the  crew,  and  three  lives  were  of  crewmember) of  the SS Lompoc,  are selling them, bag  and baggage, down  the river, maybe  because these  Meanwhile,  the  New  York  State  lost.  who  on  July  12,  1952,  and  in  the  "union"  hot  shots  think  it  will  get  them  a  bigger  slice  of  the  com­ Crime  Commission,  which  has  Crewmembers  of  the  Lompoc  finest  tradition  of  seamanship  pany  pie.  been  holding  hearings  in  New  succeeded  in  bringing  the  blaze  risked  his  life  to  combat  an  oil  But  all of  them—Socony,  Esso  or  Atlantic—go  in  for  the same  kind  York  in  recent  weeks,  announced  aboard  their  ship  under • c  ontrol  fire and  save  his vessel.  The  cour­ of  shenanigans  and  that's  why  their  biggest  supporters  are  becoming  it  would  turn  its  attention  to  the  with  the  ship's  firefighting  equip­ age and  presence of  mind displayed  more  and  more  disillusioned  about  them  every  day.  In  Atlantic,  waterfront  beginning  December  3.  ment, although  the tanker suffered  on  that  occasion  by  him  and  his  as  noted  elsewhere  in  this  issue,  the  AMEU  came  out  of  its  negotia­ Public  hearings  will  begin  on  that  heavy  damage.  As  a  result,  com­ fellow  crewmen  were  important  tions  with  a  really  fine  contract.  After  all, it  was  modeled  after  SIU  date  in  the  New  York  County  mendations  and  $1,000  bonus  factors  in  minimizing  property  agreements  of  1946  and  '47  which  have  been  considerably  improved  Courthouse,  dealing  with  condi­ checks  were  given  out  by the com­ damage  and  loss  of  human  life."  on  again  and  again  since  then.  Despite  this however,  the  AMEU  goes  tions  on  the  waterfront,  with  par­ pany  to "  the  15  men,  including  SUP  men  who  received  the  on  blissfully  proclaiming  it  has  the  "best  contract  in  the  industry,"  ticular  attention  being  paid  to  licensed  personnel,  who  stayed  checks­were John  Stiens, J. F. Kel­ forgetting for  the  moment  that in  a  fast­moving  world  like  ours, a  '46  midtown  west  side  piers  in  Man­ aboard  the  ship  to  fight  the  fire.  ly,  R.  M.  Taplyn,  George  Chatel,  model  is  okay  in  '46,  but  it  stacks  up  pretty  poorly  next  to a  smart  hattan.  Five  of  the  men  involved  were  and  Carl  H.  Lans.  new  '52.  SUP Men Given  $1,000  For  Fighting Ship  Fire  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  The Robin Moor lA Sunk  No. 25  i  > !!,^"  >1 • ­.  %  ;  [!• ­ In June, 1941, a  German sub sank  the SlU­manned  Robin  Moor,  first  US  ship  to  be  torpedoed.  The  crew  took  to  the  lifeboats  in  the  South  Atlantic.  Some  got  to  South  Africa,  others  to South  Amer­ ica.  The  SjU  immediately  began  a fight  for  bonus  and  insurance  protection  for  Seafarers,  The SIU  asked all  unions to  unite, but  found  unity  was  impossible.  The  NMU  began  endless  talks  with  admirals  and  played  into  the  hands  of  the  Maritime  Commission  with  political  maneuvers.  The  SIU  announced  that  only  adequate. cash  proi­ tection  for  seamen, would  be  acceptable.  '  'i  " t,"'•   yV,  The • SIU, fed  up  with  the  shipowners'  and  MC's  evasions,  hit  the  bricks  on  Sept.  13,  194L  The '  NMU called the strike a  bum  beef  and tried to take  scabs  through  the  Alcoa  picketlines  at  Wee­ :  hawken,  NJ.  The  SIU's  militant  action  won,  anj ,  the  government  an4  shipowners  finally  yieldedij  >  ,  �>  __  '  /'  ^  Friday, November .28,1952  r*  Paffe  jSevea  SEAFARERS  LOG  Union, Gov't Study  McCarran  Act  UN  SECRETARY­GENERAL  RESIGNS—Trygve  Lie,  the  Norwegian  >vho  has  served  as  UN  Secretary­General .since  the  organization  was  founded,  has  _turned  in  his  resignation.  Lie  was  originally  elected  for  a  three  year  term,  but  his  term  of  office  was  extended  for  two  years  by  the  General  Assembly  when  the  Soviets  and  Western  nations  were  unable  to  agree  on  a  successor.  The  Soviets  have  not  recognized  his  authority  since  then.  I.ie  announced  that  he  was  resigning  for  that  reason, so  that  the  UN  COT  get  a  head  that  would  be  recognized  by  all  members.  Another  reason  for  his  resignation  is  thought  to  be  the  current  Senate  subcommittee  investigation  into  the  loyalty  of  American  employees  of  the  UN.  which  has  led ^o  charges  and_ counter­ charges,  and  much  ill­feeling  between  Lie  and  the  committee.  it  it  t  EISENHOWER,  TRUMAN  MEET—President  Truman  and  President­ elect  Eisenhower  have  held  a  brief  meeting  in  Washington  along  with  their  advisors  to  prepare  for  the  banding  over  of  the  Govern­ ment  to  the  Republicans  in  January.  Following  the  meeting,  a  joint  statement  was  issued  in  which  they  said  that  the  President­elect  could  not  be  held  responsible  for  any  acts  of  Government  until  he  actually  took  over.  However,  one  result  of  ­the  meeting  was  a  strong  statement  by  Eisenhower  the  next  day,  supporting  the  US  stand  on  prisoners­of­war  in  Korea.  In  other  words,  Eisenhower  backs  the  pi'inciple  that  no  Chinese  or  North  Korean  prisoners  should  be  forced  to  go  back  to  Communist  control  if  they  don't  want  to.  The  General  also  announced  several  of  his  cabinet  appointments,  including  John  Foster  Dulles  as  Secretary  of  State  and  Charles  Wilson  of  General  Motors  Corp.  as Secretary  of  Defense.  t  4"  t  CLOTHING  PRICE  CONTROLS  ENDED—Tighe  Woods,  Price  Stabilization  Director  has  announced  the  suspension  of  price  controls  on  all  clothing,  soft  drinks,  women's  hats  and  wholesale  pork.  He  said  however,  that  Congress  should  extend  price  controls  on  other  Items  such  as  machinery,  milk,  bread,  gasoline,  oil,  and  essential  metals.  This  was  one  of  his  last  acts  before  resigning.  4>  4  4  TABER  SEES  815  BILLION  BUDGET  CUT—Republican  Represen­ tative  John  Taber  of  New  York,  who  will  be  chairman  of  the  House  Appropriations  Committee  in  the  next  Congress,  says  that  he  will  attempt  to  cut  $15  billion  out  of  the  budget  that  will  be  submitted  by  President  Truman.  The  law  requires  that  the  budget  be  submitted  by  January  18,  which  is  two  days  before  Eisenhower  will  take  office.  It  is  expected  that  the  budget  will  call  for  $85  billion.  Taber  said  that  a  considerable  part  of  the  proposed  $15  billion  cut  would  be  taken  in  the  proposed  foreign  aid  program  and  the  defense  program.  4  4  4  CZECH  RED  LEADERS  GO  ON  TRIAL—Fourteen  former  Commu­ nist  leaders  of  the  Czechoslovak  Communist  Party,  including  Rudolph  Slansky,  ex­Secretary  General,  and  Vladimir  dementis,  ex­Foreign  Minister,  have  gone  on  trial  in  Prague  on  charges  of  high  treason.  Slansky  was  the  leader  of  the  Communist  takeover  coup  in  Czech­ oslovakia  and  was  generally  regarded  as  the  hatchet  man  of  Moscow's  previous  purges  in  Czechoslovakia.  He  was  also  responsible  for  the  arrest  and  imprisonment  of  William  Oatis,  American  correspondent,  on  spy  charges,  when  Oatis  was  trying  to find  out  what  had  happened  to  dementis  who  had  disappeared  in  February,  1951,  Ironically,  Slansky  is' being  tried  by  the  same  judge  and  same  prosecuting  attorney  that  tried  Oatis.  He  has  already  "confessed"  a  variety  of  charges  including  being  a  Titoist,  a  murderer,  a  Trotskyite  and  a  supporter  of  "capitalist  Jewish  emigrants"  to  Israel.  Union  representatives have  held several  meetings  with  representatives of  the  US  Immi­ gration  and  Naturalization  Service  to find  out  how  the  McCarran­Walter  Act  will  affect  alien seamen  sailing with  the SIU. The Act, which  was passed at the last session of  Congress,  has  revised  this  country's im­­<  migration laws. It  will go into  who  had five  years sea  time  on  US  for  citizenship.  They  should  get  fiag  ships  before  September,  1950,  their  bids  in  as  early  as  possible,  effect  oh  December  24.  At  present  the  Department  of  Justice  of  which  the  Immigration  Service  is  a  part,  is  writing  up  the  regulations  under  which  the  Act  will  operate.  Other  regula­ tions  and  clarifications  are  being  written  by  the  State  Department.  At  present,  the  regulations  have  not. yeb* been  completed  but  when  they  are,  a  full  explanation  of  them  will  be  carried  in  the  SEA­ FARERS  LOG.  What  is  known  thus far,  is  that  the  McCarran  Act  revives  the five­ year  provision  under  which  aliens  can  qualify  for  US  citizenship.  This  provision  applies  whether or  not  the  men  involved  were  ad­ mitted  for  legal  and  permanent  residence  in  the  US.  The five­year  rule  was  knocked  out  of  the  law  on  September  23,  1950,  when  the  Internal  Security  Act  (also  called  McCarren  Act)  was  passed,  but  has  now  been  re­ vived,  effective  December  24.  Apply  Early  Consequently,  after  Christmas,  those  aliens  who  have  the  neces­ sary  seatime  will  be  able  to  apply  USPHS Tightens  Up  On Disease Carriers  The  US  Public  Health  Service  has  announced  that  it  is  setting  up  a  program  which  would  prevent  any  man  from  sailing  if  his  presence  aboard  a  ship  might  endanger  the  health  of  his  shipmates  or  himself.  The  USPHS  said  it  turbance,  active  tuberculosis  or  will  work  in  close  contact  other illness  that  renders them  un­ with  the  Coast  Guard  in  enforcing  this  program.  An  SIU  headquarters spokesman  pointed  out  that  the  program  al­ lows  for  an  appeal  procedure,  and  any  Seafarer  who finds  himself  listed  "unfit  for  duty"  and  prohib­ ited  from  sailing  by  the  Coast  Guard  should  immediately  contact  the  Union  if  he  wishes  to  appeal  the  ruling.  "Any  man  who finds  himself  unable  to  sail  because  of  this  ruling,"  said  the  SIU  spokes­ man,  "and  feels  that  the  ruling  is  unjust  should  immediately  get  in  touch  with  the  Union's  Welfare  Services  department,  and  the  Un­ ion  will  help  him  as  much  as  pos­ sible  in  making  an  appeal."  Shipboard  Hazard  The  USPHS  announced  that  it,  "has  been  seriously  concerned  with  the  problem  of  seamen  who  are  examined  or  treated  at  Public  Health  Service  hospitals  or  clinics  and  found  to  have  a  mental  dis­ fit  for  sea  duty  because  their  pres­ ence  aboard  a  ship  might  prove  hazardous  to  themselves or others."  •   In  such  cases,  said  the  USPHS,  it  will  notify  the  Coast  Guard  that  the  man  is  unfit  for  sea  duty.  It  will  not,  however,  disclose  the  na­ ture  of  the  man's  illness  to  pre­ vent  any  embarrassment,  it  said.  If  the  man  wishes  to  appeal,  he  files  ah  appeal  with  the  Coast  Guard,  The  USPHS  will  then  turn  over  the  complete  medical  records  of  the man  to the  Coast  Guard  and  a  public  hearing  will  be  held  on  the  appeal.  "This  action,"  said  the  USPHS,  "is  being  taken  solely  for  the  health  protection  of  the  other  members  of  the  crew  and  of  the  pasipengei­s  and  for  the  personal  safety  of  the  patient."  Meanwhile,  notifications  about  the  new  pro­ gram  have  been sent  to all  USPHS  hospitals,  and  the  program  is  al­ ready  going  into  effect.  YOUR  DOLLAR'S  WORTH  SEAFARERS  GUIDE  TO  BETTER  BUYING  Don't Get Hooked At Xmas  Working  families  toss  away  plenty  of  hard­earned  dol­ lars every  Christmas on  novelty  toys  that  have only  fleet­ ing  Interest  and  too  often  are shoddily  made,  but  invari­ ably  carry  high  price  tags.  Mothers  and  fathers  skimp  on  themselves  all  year,  but  when  if  comes  to  Christmas,  that's for  kids,  and  there's  no  skimping.  The  smart  way  to  give kids  good  toys  without  breaking  your  back  is  to  avoid  the  high­priced  novelties,  and  in­ stead  select  bread­and­butter  playthings.  The  kids  will  appreciate  it  more  too.  In  most  families,  eighty  per  cent  of  the  children's  toys  are  bought  for  them  at  Christmas,  so  they  should  be  the  kind  the  youngsters  will find  both  interesting  and  durable  the  rest  of  the  year.  If  you  do  want  to  give  them  some  mechanical  or  novelty  toys,  too,  then  buy  inexpensive  ones'in  the  five­and­tens.  Play  is  really  a  child's  way  of  learning.  If  a  toy  is  complicated,  or  doesn't  reflect  the  environment  around  him  that  the child  is trying  to  understand,  then  he  won't  play  with  it  no  matter  how  much  you  spent,  or  how  cute  you  think  it  Is.  A  child  living  in  a  harbor  or  port  city  will  have  more  fun  with  a  toy  vessel  or  truck  like  those  he sees  on  the  streets than  with a  toy  plow  that a  country  child  would  love.  Avoid  Tie­Ups  It's especially  Wise  to avoid  watches,  dolls or other  toys  that  have  a  TV  or  movie  star  or  cartoon  character  tie­up.  You  pay  extra  for  them.  :  Many basic  toys can be made  at home, especially  stuffed  dolls  and  playthings.  For  these, use . oilcloth  for  the out­ side; it's  easy  to  paint  and  is  washable.  (Use  non­poison­ ous  tftanium  paints.)  You can  also  cut  but  clowns, dolls,  animals  and  other  shapes  from, sponge  rubber.  >  Play  furnitui'e  is  another  basic  plaything  that  can  be  constructed at  home, from packing  cases or "bought" lum­ ber.  Be  sure  you  sand  it  down  smoothly.  If  you  buy  the  play  furniture,  avoid  those  that  are  highly­decorated  or  have  extra  gimmicks  like  musical  chairs.  Experts  recommend  simple  school furniture  in natural  finish, like  the  Phoenix  brand.  Here  are  other  tips  on  making  or  buying  basic  play­ things:  Blocks: Whether  you  buy  blocks or  make them  yourself,  avoid  the  traditional  cubes  and  Instead  get  sets  of  large  blocks  in  varied  shapes.  These  lend  themselves  to  con­ structing  different  objects,  and  so  have  more  play  value.  You  can  make  them  yourself  from  one  and  three­eighths  inch lumber, preferably  a hard  wood so they don't splinter.  Be  sure  the  set  has  paired  blocks  of  the  same  size  and  shape  so  they fit  together  and  make  a  third  block.  Dolls:  Undressed  dolls  cost  about  half  the  prices  of  the  same  dolls  dressed,  if  Mama  can  make  the  clothes  herself.  That  way,  you  can  give  a  bigger  doll  for  your  money.  Construction  Toys:  Intricate  construction  sets  are  not  advisable  for  children  under  eight.  One  reasonably­ priced,  simple  set  is  the  Lionel  Menagerie  which  costs  about  $1.  Another  good  set  for  young  children  is  the  Skaneateles set'of  wooden  train,  track  and  blocks  ($2.50).  Books:  Before  buying  books,  consult  these  two  pam­ phlets  in  a  local  library,  or  send  for  them.  Children's  Books  for  75  Cents  or  Less,  issued  by  /.ssn.  for  Child­ hood  Education,  1200  15th  St.  NW,  Washington  5,  DC  (35 cents), and  CMldren's Bookshelf,  published  by Govern­ ment  Printing  Office,  Washington  25,  DC  (Publ.  No. 304­ 1946^, Children  Bureau).  One  of  the  best  sources  for  worthwhile  playthings  is  the  Arts  Cooperative  Service,  340  Amsterdam  Ave.,  New  York  24.  This  is  a  non­profit  association  formed  by  nursery tekcher,  but  non­members can  buy  there and  take  advantage  of  their  reasonable  j^rices  too.  If  you  send  a  because  the  privilege  of  applying  will  run  out on  December  24, 1953.  The  Immigration  Act  contains  several other  provisions of  interest  to  alien  seamen,  and  details  of  all  requirements  that  have  to  be  met  by  aliens entering  the US.  ,One  provision  of  the  Act  per­ mits  an  alien  who  was  admitted  legally  to  this  country  for  perma­ nent  residence  to  count  sea  time  aboard  an  American  ship  as a  sub­ stitute  for  shoreside  residence.  However,  such  seatime  would  have  to  be  immediately  preceding  the  date  he  files  for  citizenship.  This  provision  will  expire  in  December  1955.  Quotas  Changed  The  act  also  affects  alien  sea­ men  in  that  it  changes  the  quotas  and  priorities  for  immigration  to  the  US.  (jonsequently,  aliens  from  certain  countries  will  have  a  bet­ ter  chance  of  obtaining  citizenship  than  aliens  from  other  countries  whose quotas  may  have  been filled.  Generally  speaking,  aliens  from  Scandinavia,  Northem  Europe  and  the  British  Isles  will find  it  easier  than  seamen  from  elsewhere.  The  Act  doesn't ­change  the  ex­ isting  law  as  to  the  number  of  alien  seamen  who  may  be  em­ ployed  on  a  US­flag  merchant  ship.  However  it  does  require  that  a  vessel  arriving  from  a  foreign  country  must  give  the Immigration  Service  a  complete  list  containing  the  names  of  all  alien  crewmem­ bers,  their  ratings,  where  and  when  they  signed  on  and  who  paid  off  in  the  US.  Similarly,  when  the  ship  leaves  it  has  to  supply  Immigration  with  another  list  containing  the  names  of  aliens  signed  on  in  the  US,  as  well  as  those  who  paid  off.  were  fired,  or  deserted  in  a  US  port.  Union  Protects  Aliens  Some  ship  operators,  in  an  at­ tempt  to  avoid  having  to  file  re­ ports,  are  ti­ying  to  discourage  the  hiring  of  alien  seamen.  However,  (Continued  on  page  17)  Written  exclusively  for  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG.  by  Sidney  Margolius,  Leading Expert  on Buying  stamped  self­addressed envelope,  the  Arts Co­op  will send  you  a  list  of  recommended  playthings.  Another excellent source for  well­made children's equip­ ment  at  reasonable  prices  is  the  Boy  Scout  trading  posts  in  each  town.  Their  equipment  is  well­made, like  the 14­ inch  camp  shovel  they  sell  for  50  centk,  with  hardwood  handle  and  riveted  steel  blade,  which  is  far  superior, to  the  shovels  usually  sold  for  children.  Other  good  gift  possibilities  at  the  Boy  Scout  posts  include  the  Scout  flashlight  camera  for  $8;  the  Pathfinder  compass,  which  combines  a  protractor  and  compass  for  map­making  and  direction­finding,  for  $1.95;  a  six­povver  telescope  with  precision­ground  lenses  for  $1.95  and  others.  Tips  on  Gifts  for  Adults  Very  often,  too,  gifts  for  adults  are  chosen  because  of  novelty  appeal.  But,  as  the. recipient  would  tell  you  if  good  manners didn't  pi­event, a  simple  usable gift  is better  than  one  chosen  with .the  notion  that  "this  is  something  she  wouldn't  buy  herself."  If  she  wouldn't  it's  probably  because  she  doesn't'want  it.  Here  are  some  suggestions:  Buy  well­made  tailored  lingerie  instead  of  the  fancily­ trimmed  but  non­durable  things  the  stores  promote  for  Christmas giving.  Give  a  man a  warm  flannel robe  rather  than  the  fancy  rayon  ones  which  have  little  usefulness.  Stick  to  solid  colors  in  shirts,  rather  than  stripes,  be­ cause  the  solids  offer  better  quality  for  the  same  money  and  have  more  versatile .uses.  Give  mercerized lisle $ocks  instead  of  fancy  rayons  which  don't  wear  well.  (Check  the  Seafarers. Sea  Chest  at  Union  headquarters  for  good  buys  in  haberdashery ^lems.)  Give  knitted,  wool,  or  silk  ties  rather  than  rayon,  which  wrinkles  easily,  or  at  leak  be  sure  that  any  rayon  tie  has  a  wool  lining  and  loose  hand­stitching  along  the  back  seam.  Give  a  woman  a  simply­made  housedress  of  basically  good  material  like  80­square percale,  with genei­ous seams and  good tailoring,  ratlier  than  a  fancily­trimmed  one.  �Pace Eidit  pin­ ifev'  [$i  ij':""  Kr.  V'.  m  I  "   ils>  h  NMU Dumps  Aliens  At Co's Order  Alien members of  the National Maritime Union  are  being  sliut  out  of  job  opportunities  aboard  some  of  that  union's  contracted  companies' ships with  the  permission  of  the CIO  tmion.  What's more,  aliens who  are already aboard ships of  these companies are being fired  as soon  as the ships reach  US  ports.  tatives  made  Inquiries  among  side  the  American  citizens  in  the  Now that the McCarran Act  various  shipping  companies  as  to  Union.  As  long  as  the  alien  quota  is  going  into  effect,  SIU  represen­ their  policy  on  aliens.  They  were  on  ship  is  not filled,  and  an  alien  told  by  United  States  Lines  and  member  has  the  oldest  shipping  others  that  from  now  on  they  card, that  man  is going  to ship.  not  hire  any  aliens  aboard  "Some of  our companies  had  the  DonH Send Your  wduld  their  ships.  same  idea  as  US  Lines,  but  they  Baggage COD  learned in short order that  the SIU  Possible  Penalties  is one Union that  doesn't step aside  Seafarers  have  again  been  The  reasons  given  by  the  com­ warned  not  to  send  their  bag­ panies are that  under  the new  im­ and  bow  meekly  every  time  the  gage  COD  to  any  Union  hall.  migration  law  they  will  be subject  shipowners  want­,  to  pull  a  fast  No  Union  hall  can  accept  de­ A display  of  Seafarer WiUiam  J. (Professor) McKay's  hobby  shows  to  considerable  red  tape  if  they  one."  Kings  Point  Reversal  livery  of  any  baggage  where  hire  aliens,  and  possibly  heavy  some of  his handiwork.  The ring­type  cigarette holden are shown  express charges  have  not  been  fines  and  penalties if  the Immigra­ The  spokesman  pointed  out  that  at  lower  left, one  with  a cigarette  and  the other  without  one.  pre­paid.  tion  Service finds  aliens  aboard  this  isn't  the first  time  the  NMU  Men  who send  baggage COD  who  violate  regulations.  has  permitted  United  States  Lines  to  Union  halls  face  the  pros­ An  SIU ^spokesman  charged  that  to  lead  it  around  by  the  nose.  As  pect  of  having  to  go  to  a  lot  "the  a^on  of  the  NMU  in  stand­ reported  in  the SEAFARERS  LOG  of  trouble  and  red  tape  with  earlier  in  the  year,  the  NMU  re­ the  Railway  Express  Co.  All  ing  by  idly  9nd  letting  the  ship­ versed  its  position  on  Government  owners  deprive  ar.en  members  of  COD  baggage—^regardless  of'  their  bread  and  butter  sits  pretty  training  schools  and  went  along  the port—goes to  the  local ex­ with  US Lines when  that  company  press  office,  where  it  is  held  poorly  on  a  Union  that  always  went  all  out  for  increased  appro­ by  the  express  company  until  boasted  about  the  way it  protected  priations for Kings Point  Merchant  the  rights  of  aliens.  claimed.  Marine Academy.  .  William  J.  (Professor)  McKay  is  one  Seafarer  who  has  Seafarers  who  want  to  be  SIU  Backs  Alien  Members  The  NMU has  also permitted the  found a way to beat  the long and lonely hours at sea.  "From  sure  of  getting  their  baggage  "For  our  part,  the  SIU  is  not  company  to  maintain  a  blacklist  when  they want it, can  send it  going  to  sit  by  and  permit  the  against NMU  members. Men on  the  experience, I know," he says, "that a long  trip c^ be a short  to  any  Union  hall  provided  shipowners  to  dump  our  alien  list  are  not  permitted  to  sail  the  one as well as a profitable one;|'  they  prepay  the  shipping  members.  These  men  helped  build  company's  ships,  unless  the  com­ vessel  and  another  of  a  palm  tree.  charges.  the SIU and  fought its beefs along­ pany decides to let them. The NMU  all  you  need  is  some  kind  of  "It's  easiest  to  work  with  copper  even  went  to  the  extent  of  print­ hobby."  coins," he said,  and "piercing  them  ing  these  blacklists  in  the  union  Using a  pair of  plyers, a fine saw  is  just  a  matter  of  some  patience  newspaper  when  the  company  and  a  hammer  as  his  principal  in  tracing  out  the  outline  of  the  lifted  some  of  them  so  as  to fill  tools,  McKay  has  turned  out  an  figure  or  picture  on  the  coin."  crew  vacancies  for  the  linera  impressive  array  of  metal  mono­ "Another  of  the  great  things  United  States  and  America.  grams and  decorative  pieces,  made  about this sort of  hobby is that  you  primarily  from  copper  coins  and  always  have  something  nice  to  show for  the  trip," said  McKay. "I  bits  of  copper  sheeting.  don't,  say  that  everyone  should  Among  his col­ adopt  metal­working  as  their  hob­ lection  are  two  by,  but  I  do  think  that  everyone  SIU  emblem  should  have some  sort  of  hobby  to.  rings  that  he  pass  away  their  spare  time  and  made  himself.  keep  their  mind  occupied."  '.'It's  simple  and  invigorating  t o  Another  of  McKay's pet  projects  Del  Norte  crewmember  Hal  have  some  sort  is a lady's  cigarette  holder  that  he  of  hobby  to  pass  designed  himself.  This  particular  Crane made a desperate  but unsuc­ the time whi^  at  holder, says McKay, "has a  ring at  cessful  attempt  to  save  the  driver  sea,"  he  said,  the bottom  that fits over  the finger,  McKay  of  a  wrecked  car  from  drowning  "and  I  feel  that  thus  holding  the  cigarette  up  and  in  the  Mississippi  River.  Crane  my  hobby  is  one  of  the  things  preventing  any  sort  of  tobacco  succeeded  in  pulling  the  driver  which  has  kept  me  young."  stain  on  the fingers."  out  of  his  car,  but. by the  time he  McKay,  who  admits  to  65  years,  was  brought  to  the  surface  the  has also  made suitcase monograms,  McKay  has  been  at  his  hobby  man  was  beyond  saving.  The  in­ and  watch  fobs  for  his  cidlection.  for naany  years now,  and  says that  cident  was  reported  in  the  Del  And one  of  the things  of  which he  he intends  to  keep at  it  for  many  Norte  Navigator,  crew's  news­ is  proudest  is  a  set  of  pierced  more.  He also says that  he intends  to  keep on  sailing for  many, many  paper en  the Delta  liner.  coins,  one  of  a  full­rigged  sailing  more years too.  The  incident  took  place  while  Crane and  his wife  were driving  to  his  parents'  home  during  a  blind­ Transport Damaged By Tanker  ing rainstorm.  When  they came  to  the  Bay  St.  Louis  bridge  he  saw  that"  the  bridge  railing  had  been  knocked  out  and  two  women  were  waving  francti­ cally  for  help.  Crane  got  out  of  his  car  and  Crane  saw  that  there  was  an  automobile,  completely  turned  over  in  six  feet  of  water.  He  quickly  pulled  off  his  shoes,  made  his  way  down  to  the  water  by  the  bridge  girders  and  swam  over to  the automobile.  By  diving  underwater  he  was  able to get hold of  the drivers body  and  pull  him  clear  of  the  wreck­ age.  The  body  was then  picked  up  by  an  outboard  motorboat­  that  came  on  the  scene.  With  the  help  of  three  other  Seofarcrs  Sea  Chest  men.  Crane  succeeded  in  turning  67^ 4tfa  Ave,  Bklyn,  NY  the car  onto  its side.  He  searched  for  other  bodies  but  found  none.  •   Please  send me  r.  CPO shirts  at $13.95  each.  Unfortunately, the man he had  res­ cued  was  pronounced  dead  when  Neck  sleeve.  the  body  was  brought  ashore.  Name ...  The Del  Norte Navigator  praised  Crane for  his  rescue  effort,  which  Cfewmen  inspect  the  20­foot  hole  ^om  in  the side  of  the  Navy's  Address  though  unsuccessful,  won  the  ap­ fast  attack  transport  Ruchamkln  after  a collision  with  the  plause  of  onlookers  for  his  fast  Washington off  Cape Henry. Five soldiers, who were asleep in their  City ..;  State  action and display of  courage under  bunks in  the troop  quarters,  were killed  in the  crash,  whkh  took  Make check or money  order payable  to Seafarers Sea Chest  trying  conditions.  place  in  a. heavy  fog.  Seafarer's  Rescue Try  Is Too Late  i.r  I  fe  0'#';  ;  WtUar, Nvrtmkv U, USS  Metalwork Helps  Pass  Idle Hours  :i  I  SMAFAMS,RS  L0C  '"v  •  <• ' • J'. ;• • • • • '  �'  '.  • • ;^;.­v\'­ • : • .; J­^  ,%.l:itv:^AV­  \i­:  .A^.jSTSr  .  ­.• ,I."'^­'Y;.V­VA"''r^ir­,».,.i­, ,  •  /:  ,  1­' V­  V.  ­.v'  • ' '•   V  ; ­ y­'W­ '• • y­  .'  y  •  ;.  Pare MM  :  SEAFARERS  LOG  .,  ­;  .,y.  r,  ..• i! ­< j  'l­^i  :  • ^1  '.X  9l  i  ­n  • • '• II  • il  ­• '4  Some  of  the men  who  idade  the  wheels go Xdund pose for  the camera  in  the  ship's  engine room.  Front,  left  to  right, ar* *ou Hong Kim,  Francisco  Ro­ tolo, wipers; Ah Pao Chang, FWT.  (Rear, left to ^ht)' are: Jack Millstead, 3rd  • • '• i  '  '  •   • :  .asst.; a j^SBkopmhmW9i^4Mm^kl^^  ^  M2.?^  Captain  John  M.  Cotter  and  a  local  pilot  keep  a  sharp lookout  while dock­ ; ,ing in Apr^ Harbor, Cruam.*.  Here's  bosun  Nils S. Lar­ son in his foc'sle. "A swell  fellow  to  sail  with,"  Ay­ f  5; •  •<!Ocfe W^XM^tSi­*    »­1 V<>  t M ?e  4>(^^  �Si'^WMesaFHaBiwiiiw  ..,. mr­'  fc  I  Vridl]^, Ifo^^r Hi,  ld52  SEAFARERS  LOG  l^e Tfe«  POttT REPORTS....  v..  hands  on  the  beach  on  Thanksgiv­ Mew  York!  patients  who  are  eligible  for  Galveston:  ing  Day.  It  was  a fine  party  and  passes.  ^everybody  enjoyed  themselves  to  Among the  highlights of  the past  the fill,  which  made  us  feel  that  week  was  the  fact  that  payments  all  the  work  that  went  into  it  was  in  this  port  under  the  Vacation  worthwhile.  Plan  passed  the  $200,000  mark.  H.  J.  Fischer  Down  yonder  here  things  have  Payment  to  Blackie  Bankston  who  During  the  last  two  weeks,  ship­ West Coast  Representative  Shipping  and  business  have  con­ just  left the  boatswain's  job on  the  ping  was  fair  here  and  continued  really  picked  up  and  put  new'hope  tinued  at  about  the  same  pace  re­ t  4;  into  the  men  on  the  beach.  All  of  Del  Norte  rounded  out  that figure.  to hold  its own.  ported  in  the  last  period,  not  Lindsey  J.  Williams  Twenty­one  ships  are  in­transit  a  sudden  up  jumps  the  grain ships  booming,  but  a  steady  turnover  New  Orleans  Port  Agent  here,  with  three  paying  off  recent­ Seattle:  and  practically  every  member that  in  all  departments  with  the  excep­ ly  and  no  sign­ons.  Paying  off  wanted  to  was  shipped,  with  a  4"  J*  t  were  the  Salem  Maritime,  Marie  total  of  268  men  shipping  since  Boston:  tion  of  Group  I  in  the  steward's  Hamil  Tainaron,  and  the  Margaret  the  last  report.  department.  Brown.  In­transits  were  the  Fed­ Outlook  for  the  coming  two  Chief  stewards  are  moving  sort  eral,  Del  Santos,  Potrero  Hills,  Most  of  the  men  who  want  to  of  slow,  which  means  that  the  boys  weeks  is  good  and  again  the  mem­ Seatrain  Texas,  Lucile  Bloomfield,  ship  from  here  have  been  able  to  bership  here  in  NO  is  thankful  for  Seatrain  Georgia,  Southern  Coun­ get  out  these  past  two  weeks,  with  are  holding  down  these  jobs  in­ the  wonderful  organizational  work  stead  of  jumping  from  ship  to  of  the  SIU  as  quite  a  few  of  the  "  Shipping  was  fair  and  continued  ties,  Royal  Oak,  Seatrain  Louisi­ shipping holding its  own and prom­ ship.  We.  paid  off  it  total  of  29  ana,  Julesbur'g,  Archers  Hope,  ising to  pick  up  a  little  during  the  ships  in  the  past  two  weeks,  and  ships  coming  in  were  not  of  the  to  hold  its  own  during  the  past  French  Creek,  Logans  Fort,  Mae,  next  couple  of  weeks.  regular  run  original  SIU  compa­ two  weeks.  signed  on  12  on  foreign  articles.  We  had. three'payoffs  with  the  There  were  also a  number  of  ships  nies  but  such  new  outfits  as  Isth­ Our  payoffs  during  the  past  two  Alawai,  Seatrain  New  Jersey,  mian, Bloomfield, Compass, Omega,  weeks  were  the  W.  E.  Downing  Strathbay,  Purplestar,  Seacomet,  same  ships  signing  right  on  again,  in­transit.  .  American  MM  Corp.,  Southern  (Mathiesen),  Tagalam  (Seatrade),  Quartet,  and  the  Wanda.  and  four  in­transits.  The  payoffs  The  ships  paid  off  were;  Kath­ Trading,  Epiphany,  and  due  in  Catahoula  (National  Navigation),  Sad  to  relate,  there  are  many  were  the  Gadsden  and  Alaska  Ce­ ryn,  Marina,  Elizabeth,  Suzanne,  brothers  in  the  marine  hospital,  dar  (Ocean  Tow),  and  the  Young  here  shortly  for  payoff  are  ships  Amberstar  (Triton),  Republic  (Tra­ Monroe,  Carolyn,  and  Beatrice  but  they  '  are  recovering  their  America  (Waterman).  They  all  from  Gulf  Cargo  Carriers,  Pan­ falgar),  and  Archers  Hope  (Cities  Oceanic,  and  the  Kea  Steamship  Service),  with  all  the  ships  signing  strength  after  various  illnesses.  signed  on again.  The  Mauldin  Vic­ (Bull);  French, Creek,  Government  Among  them  are  E.  J.  Kocano­ tory  (Mississippi),  Bienville  and  Camp,  Chiwawa,  Royal  Oak,  and  Corp.  on. again.  Council  Grove  (Cities  Service);  viski,  W.  C.  Brown,  C.  E.  Purvis,  14  In­Transits.  In  transit  were  the  Robin  Locks­ C.  Ingram,  C.  R.  Johnson,  Pat  Wacosta  (Waterman),  and  the  Robin  Kirk  (Robin),  Seaciiff  and  Paying  off  here  were  the  Alcoa  ley,  Robin  Kettering,  Robin  Wcnt­ Gi sen,  W.  W.  Currier,  J.  E.  Mark­ Pennmar  (Calmar)  were  in  tran­ Seapender  (Orion),  San  Mateo  Vic­ Planter (Alcoa),  Steel  Vendor (Isth­ ley  (Robin),  Antinuous,  and  Chick­ opblo,  J.  Peoples,  A.  J.  Menendez,  sits.  tory  and  Burbank  Victory  (East­ mian),  Del  Monte,  Del  Oro;  and  asaw  (Waterman),  and  Catherine  J.  E.  Brady,  H.  G.  Shartzer,  J.  B.  The  past  two  weeks  saw  the  be­ ern);  Golden  City,  Azalea  City,  ginning  of  a  dispute  involving  the  v  Del  Sud  (Mississippi),  De  Soto,  (Dry  Trans).  Mobilian  and  Afoundria  (Water­ Frage,  and  J.  F.  Roberts.  They  ILA  foremen  Fairhope,  and  Iberville  (Water­ Beefs  aboard  the  Amberstar  and  would  appreciate  hearing  from  around  this  area.  man);  Steel  Artisan  (Isthmian),  man),  Compass  (Compass),  Omega  the  Catahoula  are  being  dealt  their  many  friends  and  brothers.  Stratiicape  (Strathmore),  The  Cab­ It  seems  that  a  (Omega),  Seacloud  (American  NM)  with.  The  Catahoula  needs  to  have  ins  (Mathiasen),  Heywood  Broun  Keith  AIsop  group  of  these  and  the  Wanda  (Epiphany),  with  all  new  locker^  put  in  for  unli­ (Victory  Carriers),  Seatrain  Louis­ Galveston  Port  Agent  foremen  bought  the  Alcoa  Planter,  Del  Sud,  Fair­ censed  personnel,  with  the  com­ iana  and  New  Jersey  (Seatrain),  4>  a  bill  of  goods  hope,  and  Compass  signing  back  pany  claiming  they  were  waiting  and  Sand  Captain  (Const.  Aggre­ Son  Francisco:  fed  to  them  by  on  in  addition  to  the  Del  Santos  for  a  new  agreement  which  would  gates).  the  Commie  out­ (Mississippi).  Fourteen  in­transits  call  for  a  standard  type  locker  We  signed­on  the  Claiborne,  fits.  •  include  the  Clipper,  Corsair,  Pil­ for  our  contracted  ships.  Amber­ Golden City  and Hurricane  (Water­ Through  pres­ grim,  ancC  Polarus  (Alcoa),  Steel  star  promised  to  have  new  bed­ man),  the  Seaciiff  (Orion),  Louis  sure  from  the  Ferrara  Traveler  and  Steel  Vendor  (Isth­ springs  put  in  for  crews'  bunks  Emery  Jr.,  and  Hey3vood  Broun  gangs  of  long­ mian),  Sea train  NY  and  Seatrain  and  to fix  a  defective  stove  in  the  There  hasn't  bee^ much  activity  shoremen  and  others,  some  of  (Victory  Carriers),  San  Mateo  Vic­ Savannah  (Seatrain),  A1 a w a i,  next  port.  on  the  shipping  front  out  here  of  these  foremen  were  pressured  into  tory  (Eastern),  Sea  Gale  (Sea­ Morning  Light,  Warrior,  and  Mon­ Music  Festival  late since  we haven't  had our usual  changing  over  to  independent.  traders),  Puerto  Rico  (Bull),  Robin  arch  of  ifie  Seas  (Waterman),  Lu­ Semi­classical  music  is  invading  run of  ships for the  Korean shuttle.  Some  of  them  were  even  encour­ Trent  and  Robin  Mowbray  (Robin)  cille  Bloomfield  and  Margaret  the  domain  of  the  Mountain  style  Our  usual  load  of  in­transits  on  aged by  the companies,  which have  and  the  Steel  Worker  (Isthmian).  Brown,  (Bloomfield).  melodies  found  aboard  the  Cata­ the  intercoastal  run  has  been  played  patsie  with  the  Commie  Pay­Offs  Smooth  Beefs  were  of  a  minor  nature  houla  in  the  evening  music  festi­ taking  up  some  of  the  slack  and  with  the  exception  of  food  beefs  vals.  The  crew  has  a  new  phono­ the  men  out  here  are  taking  re­ outfits  for  a  long  time.  The  whole  thing  is  just  another  All  of  the  pay­offs  went  smooth­ on  the  Compass.  This  scow  had  graph  and  is. adding  records  to  a  placement  jobs  on  them.  attempt  by  the  Commies  to  cause  ly,  with  a  minimum  of  beefs,  and  sailed  short  of  stores  and. to  top  steadily  mounting  pile  of  platters.  We  paid  off  the  Seatiger  (Colo­ disruption  on  the  waterfront  and  all  the  beefs  were  settled  at  the  it  off  her  refrigeration  went  bad  Atlantic  Refining is  coming along  nial)  and  signed  that  vessel  on  to  stage  more  raids  on  legitimate  pay­off.  and  a  make­shift  rig  with  a  life­ well  with  an  occasional  Atlantic  again  for  another  voyage.  Our  in­ unions.  A  lot  of  the  boys  who  like,  the  boat  motor  had  to  be  installed  in  ship  coming  into  Providence  or  transits  included  four  Waterman  The  AFL  Maritime  Trades  De­ rum  and  coke  run  were  happy  order  to keep  all the  food from  go­ New Haven.  Atiantic men  are work­ ships;  the  Bienville,  Wacosta,  partment,  Central  Trades,  and  when  we  crewed  up  the  Puerto"  ing  bad.  We  made  sure  the  ship  ing  hard  for  union  representation,  Young  America  and  Fairport;  the  State Federation  of  Labor  have, all  Rico  (Bull)  last  week.  She  sailed  was  well  stored  leaving  here.  with  shoreside  organizers  contact­ Robin  Goodfellow  (Robin); Shinne­ gone  on record  to support  the  ILA  a  few  days  later,  and  has  now  All  stewards  are  instructed  to  ing  ships  as  they  hit  port.  cock  Bay  (Mar­Trade)  and  Liberty  right  down  the  line.  The  MTD  is  added  another  stop  to  her  sched­ contact  the  hall  when  they  are  Members  on  the  beach  here  in­ Bell  (Liberty  SS  Co.).  Ail  these  handling  the  beef  activity,  with  ule.  From  now  gn  the  boys  will  short  of  'stores,  but  should  do  so  clude  P.  Karas,  J.  McCarthy,  C.  ships were  visited by the  patrolman  the secretary­treasurer  of  the MTD  also  get  to  stop  in  the  Virgin  before  they  are  getting  ready  to  Myers,  W.  Prince,  C.  Dwyer,  R.  and  minor  beefs  were  squared  out  here  to  personally  supervise  Islands.  sail  in  order  that  the  beef  can  be  Howland,  and  G.  Lothrop.  away.  activities.  A  number  of  members  have  squared  away.  Some  stewards  are  In the  Brighton  Marine  Hospital,  We  have  been in  regular contact  Harvey  Medford,  a  winch  driver  been  asking  about  the  new  Mari­ in the  gin  mill  when  the  ships  are  D.  S.  White  has  given  up  his  chin  with  the •  Immigration  office  oyt  and  ship's  delegate  aboard  the  ner  Class  ships  and  when  we  ex­ being  stored  and  they  don't  know  foliage  for  the  sake  of  art.  His  here,  trying  to find  out  what  the  Gadsden,  stopped  in  at  the  hall  pect  to get another  of  these  babies.  what  they  have  until  ready  to  sail  beard  got  in  the  way  of  his  paints.  score  is  on  the  McCarran  Act  while  his  ship  was  in  port.  Some  The  crew  which  went  aboard  the  or  later  at  sea,  then  they  pass  the  He's cooier but  happier in his  ward  which  is  going  into  effect  next  of  the  other  oldtimers  who  have  Keystone  Mariner  was  very  much  buck  to  the  company  or  to  the  hall  which  looks  like  an  art  museum.  month.  So  far  we  haven't  learned  been  around  here  include  Jimmie  impressed  with  the  quarters  and  because  they  are  not  well  stored.  Other  members  in  the  hospital  are  very much  as the  Immigration men  Adams,  E.  Leikas,  A.  S.  Ferrara.  other facilities,  and  so some  of  the  ­  It's  no  trouble  to make  the  compa­ R.  P.  Bowman,  J.  J.  Flaherty,  themselves ai'e  awaiting word  from  R.  Sesseviile,  J.  Karpinsky  and  E.  dther fellows  are getting  interested  nies  put  stores  on  board,  but  they  J.  J.  Fifer  and  W.  Geradeau.  Washington  on  the  rules  and  reg­ Harriman.  now.  Well,  Robin  Line  has  in­ are  not to  blame  when  the  steward  Jeff  Morrison  ulations of  the  Act.  James  Sheehan  formed  us  that  they  expect  to  get  is  not  on  the  ball  and  waits  until  Seattle  Port  Agent  the  Cornhusker  Mariner  sometime  We  had a  big  turkey  feed for all  Boston  Port  Ageht  the  last minute  to  order  stores.  around  December  23.  Sad  circumstances  accompanied  Future'e  Bright  the recent  hospitalization of  Purvis  Blackwell.  Purvis  was  driving  Shipping  should  pick  up  consid­ home  after  paying off  the  Chiwawa  erably  between  now  and  the first  as  the  result  of  his mother's  death  of  the  year.  There  seem  to  be  a  when  he  met  with  the  accident  Ray  IVhIte.  Agent  Phone  2­1323  FORT  WILLIAM....IIS'A  Syndicate  Ave.  number  of  new  ships  coming  out,  SIU,  A&G  District  Ontario  Phone: 3­3221  WILMINGTON.  Calif... .440­Avalon  Blvd.  which  resulted  in  his  hospitaliza­ 103  Durham  St.  and  then,  of  course,  there  will  be  Terminal  4­2874  PORT  COLBORNE  14  North  Gay  St.  Sam  Cohen,  Agent  tion.  The  incident  prevented  him  BALTIMORE  Ontario  Phone:  5591  a  large  number  of  boys  piling  off  HEADQUART&S... .675 4th  Ave..  Bklyn.  Earl  Sheppard,  Agent  Mulberry  4S40  TORONTO.  Ontario  86  Colborne  St.  SECKErAHY­TREASUHEB  276 State  St.  from  attending  the  funeral.  He  BOSTON  Elgin  5719  ships  so  that  they  can  spend  the  Paul  HaU  Sheehan,  Agent  Richmond  2­0140  VICTORIA.  BC  617%  Cormorant  St.  holidays  at  home  with  their  fami­ ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  asked  that  his  sincere  appreciation  James Dispatcher  Richmond  2­0141  Empire  4531  Lloyd  Gardner  '  308>/a  23rd  St.  be  expressed  to  the  crew  of  the  GALVESTON  VANCOUVER.  BC  968  Hamilton  St.  lies.  Robert  Matthews  . Claude  Simmons  Keith  Alsop.  Agent  Phone  2­8448  Pacific  7824  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVE  Chiwawa  for  their  kind  remem­ LAKE  CHARLES.  La  1419  Ryan  St.  The  voting, on  officials  to  serve  SYDNEY.  NS  304  Charlotte  St.  Joe  Algina  Leroy  Clarke.  Agent  Phone  6­5744  brance.  Phone  6346  in  the  coming  two  years  is  going  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  BAGOTVILLE. Quebec  .  20  Elgin  St.  SUP  Brother  Gets  Well  Cal  Tanner.  Agent  Phone  2­1734  Phone:  945  at  a  very  good  pace  here  in  head­ 18  Merchant  St.  THOROLD.  Ontario  ORLEANS  923  BienvUlc  St.  HONOLULU  37  Ormont  St.  Sam  Marinello,  the  chubby  boat­ NEW  Phone  9­8777  Undsey  WiUlams.  Agent  Phone:  3­3202  quarters  with  the  majority  of  the  S23  N.  W.  Everett  St.  QUEBEC  Magnolia  6112­6113  PORTLAND  113 Cote  De  La  Montague  members  anxious  to  come  iip  and  swain, is  getting around  once  more  NEW  yORK  Beacon  4336  678  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  Quebec  .Phone:  2­7078  257 9th  St.  and  his  steady  improvement  indi­ STerling  8­4671  RICHMOND.  CALIF  JOHN  177  Prince  WiUlam  St.  cast  their  ballot  for  the  men  of  Phone  2999  SAINT NB  127­129  Bank  St.  .  Phone:  2­3049  their  choice.  We  urge  every  mem­ cates  that  anyone  tossing  in  for  a  NORFOLK  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  Ren  Rees. Agent  Phone 4­1083  Douglas  2­8363  Great Lakes  District  337  Market  St.  Mississippi  serang  job  will  meet  PHILADELPHtA  ber  who  can  possibly  do  so,  to  get  ;..2700  1st  Ave.  ALPENA  S. CarduUo,  Agent  Market  7­1639  SEATTLE  133  W.  Fletcher  Main  0280  with  some  added  competition.  Old­ PORT  to  the  nearest  SIU  hall  and  cast  ARTHUR  411  Austin  St.  Phone;  1238W  .....440  Avalon  Blvd.  BUFFALO.  NY  Don  HUton. Rep.  Phone  4­2341  WILMINGTON  180  Main  St.  his  ballot.  This  is  not  only  their  timer Tex  Liles is doing  nicely and  SAN  Terminal  4­3131  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  NEW  YORK  Phone:  Cleveland  7391  878  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  CLEVELAND  says hello  to  ail.  H.  J.  Fischer.  Agent  Douglas  2­9475  734  Lakeside  Ave..  NB  privilege,  but  it  is  their  duty­as  STerUng  8­4671  SAN  JUAN.  PR  252  Ponce  de  Leon  Phone; Main  1­0147  Harry  Goodwin  dropped  in  and  Sal  Colls.  Agent  DETROIT  .......1038  3rd  St.  g6od  Union  men  to  pick  the  men  Canadian  District  SAVANNAH  2  Abercorn  St.  Headguartere­ Phone:  Woodward  1­6857  they  want  in  office.  left  a  booklet  of  Shrine  Circus  E.  B.  Tilley.  Agent  Phone  3­1728  MONTREAL....  ...;.  463  McGUl  Din:.xjra.»,...931 W.  Michigan  St.  2700  Ist  Ave.  MArquctte  tickets,  now  showing  in  New  Or­ SEATTLE  Claude  Simmons  Jeff  MorrisolU  Agent  Seneca  4970  HAHPAX.  >  leans,'^br  distrlbdtioh  among  the  TffMPA.,...;..  y.­v  ..­i  , AEs't'­SOcr^liiii^­'lireasiiire^  1809­1811  N.  FrankUn  St.  New  Orleans:  Cornhusker Mariner  Due To Crew Up Soon  in­Transils Swell  Port, Three Payoffs  Steward Supervision  Of Sfores Heipfui  Raids 0(1 ILA Foremen  Being Fought By MTD  New Beds and Lockers  Slated fer 2 Ships  Union Requesting Info  On McCarran Ael Rules  i  1  I  I  SW  HALL  DtRECIOHY  l\  �mm*  ""i!  rrtday, NoTeailMr tS..lfn  lake Charles:  »e«  SEAFAREkS  LOG  "mm  fage Elerea  ...PORT lUSPORTS  sons,  J. Snell,  A.  Capote,  and  Bill  Eraser.  Brother  Capote will  be re­ membered  as the  old  faithful  who  is waiting  for the  old Seatrain  New  Orleans  to  come  out  at  the  weeds  over  in  New  Orleans  and  go  back  on  the  New  Orleans  to  Cuba  nin.  We  hope  his  wait  is finally  re­ warded.  .Leroy  Clarke  Lake  Charles  Port  Agent  were  no  beefs at all  on  the DeSoto  Baltimore:  or  the  Azalea  City,  and  we  man­ aged  to  straighten  out  the  few  beefs  that  the  crew  had  on  the  Ponce, so everything was shipshape  on  all  the  vessels  when  they  left  Shipping for  the  past  two  weeks  here.  Shipping has  been  excellent here  Shipping  In  this  fair  port  has  Labor  Front  Quiet  has  been  fair  and  will  continue  to  and  it  has  been  one  of  the  best  been  good  during  the  past  two  Things  on  the  labor  front  are  two  week  shipping  periods  in  the  be that  way for the  next two weeks  weeks  with  about  50  men  getting  with  11  ships  due  for  payoff  and  pretty  quiet  in  these  parts  just  pairt  two  years.  There  were  23  on  the various  ships  hitting  here.  now,  and  so  there  are  no  other  ships  paying  off,  12  signing  on,  replacements.  Causing  this  turnover  were  the  unions  which  might  need  any  and  11 in­transits.  Signing  of  the  new  shoregang  Archers Hope,  French Creek,  Lone  t.  contracts  with  Alcoa  and  Water­ assistance  from  us  at  the  present  Paying  off  were  the  Lone  Jack  Jack, Bents  Fort, Winter  Hill,  Chi­ Savannah:  man  has  helped  to  Improve  ship­ time.  As  is  the  SIU's  policy,  how­ (twice),  and  French  Creek  (Cities  wawa.  Government  Camp,  Cantig­ ping  in  this  port.  The  shoregang  ever,  we're  ready  to  lend  a  hand  Service),  Evelyn  (twice),  Edith,  ny,  and  Fort  Hoskins  (Cities Serv­ work  combined  with  job  openings  to  any  other  labor  outfit  that  finds  and  Mae  (Bull),  Afoundria,  Hurri­ ice),  Republic  (Trafalgar),  W.  E.  that  will  be  created  by  Seafarers  itself  in  a  legitimate  beef  and  can  cane,  and  Gateway  .City  (Water­ Downing  (State  Fuel)  Tagalam  coming ashore for the holidays  will  use  some  help to  straighten  it  out.  man),  Oremar,  Chilore,  Venore,  (Seatrade),  and  last  but  not  least  keep  shipping  going  at  a  lively  This  is  the  sort  of  policy  that  has  Cubore,  Santore,  and  Bethore  the. good  ship  Catahoula  (National  We  had  a  banner period  in  ship­ pace  until  next  year.  Gangs  pres­ helped  make  the  SIU  the  leading  (Ore),  Mary  Adams  (Bloomfield),  biavigation)  of  molasses  run  fame.  ping  these  past  two  weeks,  but  it  ently  employed  are  made  up  al­ union  in the industry,  and  we  plan  Catherine  (Dry  Trans.),  Robin  Ket­ All  of  the  above  listed  wagons  tering  (Seas),  Sweetwater  (Metro),  most  100  per  cent  of  SIU  men  of  to  follow  it  whenever  possible.  each  took  a  few  men  so  all  the  may  slack  off  a  bit  in  the  coming  What  with  the  elections  over,  it  Alamar,  Seamar  (Calmar),  and  the  SlU­affiliated  Marine  Allied  boys  were  made  happy,  rated  and  two  weeks.  Three  ships  paid  off  seems  as if  everyone is  just  taking  Amerocean  (Blackchester).  Sign­ non­rated  alike.  Shipping  for  the  and  signed  on  almost  immediately,  Workers.  We  have  kept  the  com­ it easy  and enjoying  the lovely  sun  ons  were  the  Sea  Vigil  (North  panies  satisfied  by  supplying  a  next  two  weeks  should  continue  with  11  in­transits  scheduled  for  steady  force  of  competent  men  now  that  the  cold  weather  is  hit­ Seas),  Steel  Maker  and  Steel  Arti­ very  good  as  we  have  a  lot  of  tirig  the  North.  san  (Isthmian),  Oremar,  Alamar,  through  the  Mobile  hall.  this  port.  coastwise  wagons  due  back  here  Of  course,  the SIU  elections" are  John  B.  Waterman,  Marore,  Ven­ Payoff  List  Paying  off  were  the  Southwind  on  their  two  week  run.  still  in  progress,  and  we've  been  and  Southland  (South  Atlantic),  Recent  payoffs  were  the Patriot,  getting  a  heavy  turnout  from  the  ore,  Santore,  Bethore,  Quartette  Awaiting  Contracts  (Carras),  and  the  Edith.  and  the  Seacomet  (Orion).  Ships  Corsair,  Polaris,  Cavalier,  and  Everyone  around  here "is  await­ in­transit  were  the  Marina  and  Ranger  (Alcoa),  PetroUte  (Mathi­ men  as  their  ships  hit  port.  But  In­transits  were  the  Edith.  Ar­ ing  the  printing  of  the  new  con­ Dorothy  (Bull),  Azalea  City  and  sen).  Morning  Light,  Monarch  of  that's  the  way  it should  be.  Every  lyn,  and  Jean  (Bull),  Yorkmar  tracts  as  reports  reaching  us  are  Yaka  (Waterman),  Michael  (Car­ the Sea, and  Maiden Creek  (Water­ Seafarer  should  cast  his  ballot  for  (Calmar),  Afoundria,  Iberville,  and  that  these  new  contracts are  really  ras).  Ponce  (Ponce  Cement),  Sea­ man).  The  Polaris,  Ranger,  and  the  men  that  he  wants  to  run  his  Azelea  City  (Waterman), Steel  Art­ the  berries,  and  clear  up  a  lot  of  trains . Savannah  ~ and  New  York,  Maiden  Creek signed on again.  In­ Union  during  the  next  two  years.  isan,  Pointer  and  Roamer  (Alcoa),  Ray  White  and  the  Robin  Kirk  (Seas).  points  of  irritation  that  have  ex­ Robin  Trent  (Robin), and  the Steel  transits  include  the  Chickasaw,  Tampa Port  Agent  Bids  Expected  Soon  isted  heretofore.  Worker  (Isthmian).  DeSoto, Marie  Hamil, Golden  City,  Plans  are  being  stepped  up  for  Another  point that has  the mem­ and  the  Steel  Maker.  Beefs  Settled  our  new  home  here.  The  finished  bers  wearing  smiles  is  the  prompt  On  the  beach  at  the  moment  is  Wilmington:  plans  for  the  renovation  of  the  way  that  the  welfare  benefits  are  Beefs  were  routine  with  a  food  Joseph  F.  Crawford,  who  joined  building  are  due  this  week,  to  be  handled.  During  the  past  week  we  beef  aboard  the  Seacomet  settled  the  SIU  in  1941  submitted  to  the  contractors  who  put  in  for  the  death  benefit  for  okay,  and  the  electrician  aboard  and  has  sailed  in  in  turn  will  submit  bids  for  the  the  widow  of  one  of  our  members  the  Ponce  replaced  by  a  new  man.  Pi  the  deck  depart­ renovation  of  Union  properties.  and  presto,  back  comes  the  check.  Several  days  after  returning  ment  ever  since  Shipping  was*  more  than  ade­ All  bids  by  contractors will  be sub­ This  was  noticed  by  a  lot  of  our  from  the  funeral  of  Brother  W.  C.  joining.  He  just  new  men  who  had  never  realized  Spivey  in  Douglas,  Ga.,  I attended  completed  a  trip  quate  in  this  port  in  the  past  two  mitted  to  the  membership for  their  how  fast  these  matters  are  han­ the  funeral  of  Brother  Spivey's  on  the  Golden  weeks,  with  one  sign­on  and  nine  approval  before  action  will  com­­ dled.  In  the  hall at  the  time  were  brother  who  passed away  while out  City  and  is  en­ in­transits  headlining  the  heavy  mence  on  the  building.  members  of  some  of  the  other  la­ at sea.  The latter was an  engineer,  thusiastic  about  action.  We  look  for a  slowdown  in  Beefs  have  been  mainly  routine  'bor  unions  in  this­area,  and  who  while  W.  C.  was  a  member  of  the  the  new  educa­ the  next  two weeks, so anyone look­ with  the  exception  of  the  Amer­ had  read  in  the  LOG  about  our  Union,  sailing  usually as  a FWT.  tional  program  ing  to  ship  immediately ' should  ocean,  where  the  captain  took  it  Crawford  upon  himself  to  write  a  new  con­ welfare  plans,  but  thought  that  it  The  new  State  Port  docks  have  offered  by  the  head  for some  other  port.  took  a  lot  of  red  tape  to  clear  it  just  been  opened  recently,  with  SIU.  Thinks  that  we  should  be  Signing on­ was  the  Brightstar  of  tract  and  to  declare  himself  lord  up.  They  remarked  favorably  on  many  of  the  prominent  people  in  proud  of  it  as  well  as  the  shore  the  Triton  Steamship  Co.,  with  in­ and  master of  all he  surveyed. This  the  speed  in  which  the  SIU  han­ the  state  government,  shipping,  gang  jobs  added  to  the  program  transits the  Raphael Semnies,  Fair­ beef  was  settled  to  the  crew's sat­ port,  Beauregard,  and  Stonewall  isfaction  and  the  master  is  now  dles such affairs,  and the  point was  and  various  other  big  shots  in  at­ by  the  union.  brought  out  to  them  that  no  laW'  tendance.  I was  invited  by  Gover­ Other  oldtimers  on  the  beach  Jackson  (Waterman),  Calmar,  Pen­ sailing  his  canoe  in  a  direction  yer  was  needed  to collect.  nor  Herman  Talmadge  to  attend  are F. E.  Hobin, S. Piner, J. Jones,  mar  (Calmar),  Cecil  N.  Bean  (tft­y  other  than  the  SIU.  Trans),  and  the  Tini  (Carras).  Earl  Sheppard  this affair,  but the  funeral of  A. F.  and  F. E,  Thompson.  Union  Gains  The  Union  will  be  moving  into  Baltimore  Port  Agent  Spivey  made  this  impossible  since  Cal  Tanner  We" nominate for our Seafarer  of  it  was  necessary  to  pay  my  re­ a  new  building  within  two  weeks,  i'  •  Mobile  Port  Agent  and  it  will  be  a  beauty.  The  new  the week.  Brother  Dennis  Downey,  spects  and  those  of  his  Union  Philadelphia:  4)  J.  t  who  joined  the  SIU  way  back  in  brothers.  SUP  hall  in  Wilmington  will  pro­ 1938  and  had  sailed  continuously  Tampa:  vide  recreation  for  the  members  The  polls  are  still  open  for  vot­ since.  Including  trips  made  to  with  plenty  of  parking  space.  •   every  war  zone during the  fighting.  ing  on  the  1953­1954  SIU  officials,  There  were  no  beefs  reported,  and  will  remain  sou until  the  end  Brother  Downey  remembers  when  with  all  ships  coming  in  with  a  we  were  in  No.  2  Stone  St.,  and  of  the  year.  It  is  the  duty  and  minimum of  trouble.  Minor squab­ For  the past  two  weeks shipping  \vhen  we  had  to  battle  all  the  way  privilege  of  every good  Seafarer to  bles  were  squared  away  with  ease.  in  this port  has  been  moving along  cast  his  ballot  for  the  men  he  Shipping  has  been  fair  around  Oldtimers on  the beach­are  John­ at  a  sprightly  pace,  with  prospects  to  make  the  owners  realize  that  a  new  and  militant  jpnibn  was  on  the  wants to run the  Union for the next  our simny  city,  but it looks  as if  it  ny  Bedner,  R. Packert,  Max  Byers.  for  the  future  even  mei;e  promis­ march.  At  present.  Brother  Dow­ two  years.  might  slow  up  a  little  bit  for  the  Johnny  Gural,  and  Johnny  Men­ ing.  ney  is resting  after having  been  on  A  point to  remember for all wise  coming  week.  Otherwise,  things  ville.  Red.  Armiger,  in  the  marine  Rated  men  who  are  looking  for  the  coastwise  tanker  run,  and  al­ Seafarers  is  to  keep  your  name  have  been  holding  their  own.  hospital,  is  resting  well  and  hopes  jobs  and  are  not  particular  have  though  he  will  not  let  us  know  out  of  the  ship's  log  book  at  all  We  had  three  ships  in­transit  to  hear  from  his  friends  for  a  bit  had  no  difficulty  shipping.  The  where  he  is staying  (little  does  he  times,  except  to sign  for  a  draw.  during  the  past  week,  the  DeSoto  of  extra  cheer.  outlook  for  the  future  is  bright  know  that  we  had  him  spotted  the  E.  B.  Tilley  Sam  Cohen  with  the Army  Base  going along  at  and  Azalea  City  (Waterman),  and  first  night),  for  fear  that  he  will  Savannah Port Agent  Wilmington  Port  Agent  full  swing  with  many  of  our  con­ the  Ponce  (Ponce  Cement).  There  be  shanghaied,  we  know  every  tract  vessels  leaving  from  there  to  move  he  makes, for  the  city  is  too  the  Far  East  and  ports  in  Europe.  small  to  hide  for  long.  But  don't  Our  tankers have  been  moving into  worry, Dennis,  your time  is up  and  this  port steadily  so  we  have a  fair  it's  time  for  you  to  get  some  salt­ choice  of  jobs.  water  under  your feet.  Happy voy­ Paying off  were  the  Winter  Hill,  age.  Fort  Hoskins,  and  Logan's  Fort  (Cities  Service),  Trojan  Trader  The  gashounds  and .  performers  Shipping Figures  November 5 fo  November  19  (Trojan),  Olympic  Games  (West­ are  giving  this  port  a  wide  berth  BEG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP.  TOTAL  em), Federal  (Trafalgar) and  Ocean  for  they  know,  that  although  it  is  a  small  place,  the  rules  of  tne  PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED  Ulla  (Ocean).  Sign­ons  were  the  membership  are  just  as strict  here  Boston .' 36 19 20 75 .14 22 14 .50 Jean  (Bull),  and  the  others  with  the  exception  of  the  Winter  Hill.  a&  in  any  other  port.  There  is  no  213 201 159. 573 145 153 171 469 welcome  here  pr  any  other  place  New York In­Transits  Heavy  45 43 25 113 * 51 39 131 41 for  men  who  foul  iip  either  our  Philadelphia Ships in­transit  were the  Carolyn  reputat'on  or  bur  contracts.  Baltimore..; 146 114 95 355 136 109 . 98 343 and  Inez  (Bull),  Steel  Admiral,  .  On  the  labor  front  all  is  well  Norfolk  ...................  Steel  Maker,  Steel  Artisan,  and  47  39  27  ^113  15  15  5 35 and good  with no  beefs of  any kind  Worker  (Isthmian),  DeSoto,  30  27  28  "  85  24  18  16 58 Steel  jat  present  and  everyone  working  Savanfaah  Yaka, Iberville,  Azalea' City, Mobil­ Tampa  ....i.,  14  ^  9  11  34  2  3  1 6 ian,  Antinious,  and  Hastings  • who wants to.  Among  the  old  timers  who  are  Mobile  ;  64  53  48  165  37  46  37 , 120 (Waterman), Robin Mowbray, Robin  either  on  the  beach  or  who  have  96 268 Wentley, Robin Locksley, and Robin  New  Orleans ...............  64  65  72  201  88  84  Kettering  (Seas), Seamar  (Calmar),  come  in  here these  past  two  weeks  48 173 and  Hey wood  Broun  (Victory  Car­  ­ Galveston  .................  •   67  "  61  37­  ,  165  68  .  SS  were  A1  "Red"  Hancock,  J.  Phil­ 52 144 riers).  West  Coast.^i.^i,i..­.i,^^,...  76  60  "63  199  51  41  lips,  M.  Henton,  "Tex"  Alexander,  ,  Steve  Cardullo  Karl  Hellman,  W­.  W. Hughes,  Ben  A1. r  b  P%i H.4  Prompt Benefit Glieelis  Impress Newcemers  Mobile;  Shipping Exeelieni,  BesI in Two Years  New Shoregang Pacts  Aid Port Shippiag  Shipping Tempo Good;  Now Siale Books Opon  Union Moving Into  Now SUP Hall Soon  Everything Quiel Now  Thai Eieellon's Over  ''­jr.  0^  !  H,'  I  • i  j  I  r'­'­'i  I  Rated Mea Are Finding  Jobs Plentifnl Here  m  �II.  IJl  iHjlHIBMII  I  I  I  SEAFARERS  LOG  Paee  Twelve  MEET  THE  F3  SEAFARER  ­mkgjm  IN  THE  WAKE  &;•  h  K:.  /;V.  i­ THOMAS  L. BOWERS,  steward  Few  Seafarers  know  that  the  skins  stretched  over  a  frame­work  SlU­contracted  Chiwawa  (Cities  of  whale­bone  Or  driftwood.  The  Life  on  the  seas  has  proved  to  of  people.  As a  result, the  French  Service)  is  named  after  an  im­ kayak is  a small  one­man canoe, al  be  a  happy  and  satisfying  lot  for  troops  guarded  the  house  and  portant  Mexican  town  which  has  a  most  entirely  covered  with  walrus  Tom  Bowers,  an  SlU  oidtimer,  didn't  let  any of  the Seafarers out,  Question:  If  it  were  possible,  who  made  his  first  trip  after  25­ not  that  they  wanted  to  go  any­ glorious  place  in  American  his­ ^in  so  that  the  opening  is  only  tory. It was  at Chiwawa  that Amer­ large  enough  for  the  body  of  the  would  you  favor  crewmembers  years  with  his  feet  squarely  on  where anyhow.  This trip,  his most  ican  troops  under  the  command  of  paddler.  It  is  useful  for  hunting  taking their wives along on.trips?  land  in  the  drug  business.  And  recent,  was  made  on  the  Jefferson  General  Winfield  Scott  routed  the  seals  and  walruses,  but  cannot  he's  not  sorry  either  that  he  left  City  Victory.  enemy  to  win  the  Mexican  War  carry,  heavy  burdens  like  the  the  toothpaste  and  shaving  cream  Prefers  Intercoastal  ,  of  1845­47.  This  happened  on  uipiak,  the  woman's  boat.  This  is  Frank Keelan, AB: Definitely not.  of  McKesson  & ,Robbins  .!or  the  I'm  mairied  myself  but  I  dbn't  Differing  radically  from  many  February  28.  1847,  six  days  after  a  rather  clumsy,  open­topped  ca  hard  and  often  lonely  existence on  believe  in  start­ ships,  but  nevertheless  the  com­ other  Seafarers,  Bowers  prefera  Scott  defeated  the  Mexican  Gen­ noe,  broad  in  the  beam  and  capa  • |  i n g  something  pensating  thrills  and  adventures  the  intercoastal  run  although  the.  eral  Santa  Anna  in  the  battle  of.  ble  of  carrying  the  women,  chil  that  would  be  of  seafaring,  strange  sights  and  chances  to  save  money  are  usually  .Buena  Vista  which  marked  the  dren  and  household  goods  when  ! hard  to  stop.  A  foreign  ports.  much  fewer.  But  he  doesn't  go  turning  point  in  the  war.  The  oc­ Eskimos  travel  by  water.  mancominghome  ashore  much  anyway,,  and  besides  cupation  of  Chiwawa  led  to  com­ 4i  4  4  from a ship wants  Bom  in  Tennessee  52  years  ago,  he  likes  American  ports  much  plete  victory  at  Sacramento.  The  to find  his  house  Bowers  got  his  first  job  in  1914  more  than  foreign  cities.  Two  theories  have  been  offered  ship was  purchased  by  Cities Serv­ in  good  shape  as  a  soda  jerk  while  going  to  Bowers  calls  the  Union  his "best  to explain  the origin  of  the  phrase  ice  in  1946,  after  service  during  Biid  his  kids  well  school."  In  those  days,  he  got .the  friend"  during  the.  past  II  years,  bitter  end" to  describe a  tight sit­ the  war.  cared for.  A wife  travel  itch  from  his  textbooks,  but  of  membership  for  having  enabled  uation,  as  where  someone  sticks  l"  4"  should  stay  home  couldn't  do much  about  it  because  to  a  course  of  action  regardless  of  Electric  eels,  which  are  to  be  the  consequences  and  is  said  to  and  look  after  the  house  and  of  family  obligations.  So,  he  kept  him  to  see  places  "I  would  have  going  behind  the  drug  counters  never  seen  otherwise.  I have  been  found  in  Central  and  South  Amer­ stick  it  out  to  the  bitter  end.  One  children.  ican  waters,  are  known  to  have  then  supposes  that  the  origin  is  and  advanced  slowly  but  surely.  all  around  the  world,  from  the  4  4  4  knocked  down  and  drowned  horses  He  worked  for  McKesson  &  Rob­ Persian  Gulf  to  French  Indo­ biblical,  but  there  is also  evidence  Joseph  Carl,  OS:  Yes,  I  am  in  while  fording  rivers  in  Braz'l,  and  bins  for  17  years  in  Chattanooga,  China  and shall  forever  be  thank­ to have  damaged  ships.  These  eels,,  that  it  was  merely  a  nautical  favor  of  it because  I would  like  to  and  finally  in  1939  decided  to  get  ful that  I chose this traveler's life."  some  of  them  are  as  long  as  eight­ phrase  pressed  into  use  ashore  as  take  my  wife  rid  of  the  "itch,"  to  throw  up  all  Among  the  ports  he  has  been  to,  feet  and  as  heavy  as" 50  pounds,  well.  In  "The  Seaman's  Griammar  along on a  trip to  of  his  past  background  and  to  he  was most  impressed  by  Durban,  published  1627,  Captain  John  start  life  over  again  on  the  sea.  South  Africa,  because  "it  came  are related to  the  catfish, carps and  Smith  wrote:  A  Bitter  is­  but  the  Italy.  We  both  nearest  to  our  American  customs  suckers.  They  generate  electricity  have  manly  rela­ Started Sailing in 1942  turn of  a  Cable  about  the Bits,  and  with  good  restaurants,  nice  stores,  in  their  bodies  and  the  shock  dis­ tives  there  that  After  getting^  his  iseaman's  etc."  charges  are  strong  enough  to  par­ veere  it  out  little  by  little.  And  we would  want  to  Ship Conditions  Better  papers. Bowers  was  called  one  day  alyze  and  kill  small fish  and  mam­ the  Bitter  end  is  that  part  of  the  visit  and  my wife  in  January,  1942  by  Carl  Rogers,  Among  all  the gains  achieved  by  mals  and  to  stun  even  human  be­ Cable  doth  stay  within  board.  is  anxious  io  go  former SlU  port  agent  in  Jacksoh­ the SlU  through  the years. Bowers  ings.  A  large  electric  eel  can  pro­ Likewise,  Daniel  Defoe  in  Robin­ there  and  see  ville,  Fla.  and  offered  a  job  as  appreciates  most  of  ali  the  im­ duce  a  charge  of  about  600  volts,  son  Crusoe  (1719)  wrote: "We  rode  them.  She  was  two  anchors  ahead  and  the  just  asking  me  galleyman  on  the  William  J.  Sal­ provements  in  living  conditions  enough  to  kill  a  man.  At  the  New  with  cables  veered  out  to  the  bitter  York  World's  Fair  in  1940,  one  of  the  other  day  if  it  was  possible.  mon.  "1  grabbed  this  break  in  aboard  ships.  "It  wasn't  too  long.  end."  view  of  my  lifelong  desire  to  sail  ago  when  we  had  to  wash  our  these fish  supplied  enough  current  ­  4  ,4  4  the  seas,"  he  said.  Although  he  clothes  in  old  buckets, but  now the  4­4  4  to send  a  telegram  to  Mrs. Eleanor  Nat  Debaggis,  3rd  cook:  No,  New  York  City's  Manhattan  Is­ went  through  the  perilous  waters  contract  provides  us  with  washing  Roosevelt  in  Washington.  land  is  said  to  mean,  in  the  lan­ dpn't  think  so.  I'm  not  married,  of  the  North  Atlantic  during  the  machines.  Living  aboard  ship  to­ i i t  but  if  I  was  war  when •  the  area  was  infested  day  is  much  cleaner  and  healthier  guage  of  the  Delaware  Indians,  In  much  of  modern  literature,  "the  place  where we all got drunk,  wouldn't  take  my  with  Nazi  subs, the  closest  he  ever  than  it  was  back  in  1942.  And  the  including  works  by  Charles  Dick­ in  reference  to  a  drinking  bout  in  wife  along.  It's  came  to  any  kind  of  trouble  was  Union  gives  us  greater  protection  ens,  sailors  are  often  nicknamed  which  the  natives  polished  off  a  not  the  best  kind  spraining  a  ligament  in  his  right  in beefs.  But  what  I like  most are  as  "Jack  Tar."  This  pseudonym  barrel, of  Henry  Hudson's  rum.  of  surroundings  ankle  which  still hurts  today.  the  plans  for  the  new  Baltimore  came  about  in  the  early  19th  cen­ However,  according  to  another  for  a  woman  to  At  one  time  during  the  war.  hall.  Because  I  ship  mostly  out  tury  when  sailors  wore  wide­ source,  the  name  has  the  more  be  where  thefe's  Bowers  added,  he  was  on  the  Al­ of  Baltimore, I  will  gain."  brimmed  storm  hats  made  of  oiled  sober  meaning  of  "town  on  an  is­ all  men  working.  coa  "Voyager  which  was  part  of  an  Bowers  is  married  and  lives  in  or  tarred  cloth.  In  those  days,  the  land" ... The  name of  the Barbados  I don't know  if  it  11­ship  convoy.  Two  shipj  were  a  trailer at  Sebastian, Fla.  His son  men  of  the sea  were  referred  to as  Islands ­means  "bearded,"  and  re­ would  make  hit  and  four  others  went  down,  is­ a  Lieutenant,  j.g.,  with  a  naval  tarpaulins ... A "dandy  funk" was  fers  to  the  bearded fig­trees  grbw­ trouble  but  that's  but  "downright  good  luck"  guided  squadron  in  North  Africa.  Who  a  man­of­war  pudding  consisting  |g there...A  section  of  what  we  something you'd have  to watch  for.  the  Voyager  to  its  destination.  knows,  but  maybe  there  will  be  of  broken  crackers  and  molasses.  call  Antarctica  is  called  Graham  Recalling  other  interesting  ex­ another  Seafarer  before  long  in  ­  •   4  4  4  periences,  Bowers  said  that  while  the family as  he also has  a  married  4"  t  4"  Land  by  the  British  and  O'Higgins  KaJ  Mort'ensen, ^  BR:  No  I  on  the  outskirts  of  Saigon,  Indo­ daughter.  He  Is  now  in  New  York  Kayaks and  umiaks are  the  boats  Land  by  the  Chileans,  who  named  used  by  the  Eskimos  of  the  Far  it  for  their  national  hero,  Ber­ wouldn't  ido  that.  A woman  has no  China, last  August, the  Communist  waitjng  to  ship  out  again  on  any  business  on  a  "rebel" forces  beheaded  a  number  kind  of  a  cargo  ship.  North.  Both  are  made  of  walrus  nardo  O'Higgins.  ship at all. I have  been  on  ships  where the captain  or  the  cliief  en­ gineer  ,.broufeht  12.  13.  14.  15.  17.  11.  21.  24.  29.  81.  i  33.  34.  36.  '>v  37.  39.  41.  S'"  .Vriday» November 28,1982  42.  44.  45.  47.  49.  Bl.  56.  57.  B8.  to.  ACROSS  Another  10.  name  for  Yale  Strikebreaker  61.  Bird  seen  at  11.  West  Coast  sea  union  16.  Have  your  rating  listed  DOWN  20.  here  Not  many  21.  Where  ore  Man's  name  22.  boats  ply.  Louse  egg  23.  Custom  British  coal  Port  en  boat  25.  Upolu,  Samoa  Island  W  of  'Beauregard  Indonesia  27.  operator  Our  nation's  Part  of  one>  initials  28.  gear  Of  punish­ African  worm  ment  30.  One  who  Famed  name  32.  copies  in  sports  35.  Vacation  re­ Bull  and  Tra­ sort  falgar  Out  of  date  Air  control­ 2  .  3  1  men:  Navy  abbr.  12  Another  name  for  Hebrides  Large  dam  tn  15  Canal  Zone  One  time  Agent:  Abbr.  Gulf  on  Mindanao  21  22  The  Atlantic  or  Pacific  i9  30  Ship  of  Bull  Line  Writing  im­ 33  plement  Make  happy  37  Soak  up  Inlet  on  N  coast  of  Crete  41  Label  Old  means  of  power  Very  exact  French  leave  49  50  Pronoun  ap­ plying  to  a  56  ship  On  sheltered  side  59  •  Siberia's  long­ ' 1  esti.tlyer :­:!*  ,  4  1  ../­.I;  Cargo  from  Aruba  Krazy  40.  of  the ""comics  43.  Kind  of  flower  Fasten  46.  Pounce  upon  Copper  coins  48.  Island  NW  of  49.  St.  Helena  Port  in  50.  Azores  52.  Memento  bought  in  port  53.  Poke  around  54.  for  info  Ceylon  export  55.  Old  wine  cup  Port  of  Kyoto  Boy's  nick­ name  Burn  Machine  shop  tool  Ocean  (Ocean  Trans)  Any  vessel  Maglie  of  the  Giants  Great  wonder  Daughter  of  Loki  Rubber  tree  German:  Abbr.  and  Chickens  Is­­ land  (Answer  on  Page  25)  TEN  YEARS  AGO  their  wives  along  A  large  part  of  the  French fleet  Senate,  the  Vice­President  had  to  and  it  always  was  blown  up and  scuttled  by  the  issue  warrants  of  arrest  which  caused  a  lot  of  French  officers  and  crews  as  Ger­ brought in  eight Senators  and gave  bad  feeling  man  forces  moved  in  to  occupy  the  Senate  a  qUhrum.  among  the  crew­ Toulon  and  take  over  the  vessels.  members.  No,  I'm  not  married  The  Nazis  ordered  immediate  de­ 4  4  4  myself.  A fire  sweeping  through  the  Co­ mobilization  of  all  French  armed  4  4  4  forces . . . The first  announcement  coanut  Grove  nightclub  in  Boston  Robert  Bowley,  cook  and  baker:  that  American  ground  forces  were  and  the  panic  that  resulted  ended  I'd  guess it  would  be all  right once  in  actual  contact  with  enemy  with  a  total  of  493  persons  killed  in  a  while  but  it  forces  was  made  by  President  and  168  injured  .  .  .  American  would  cause  Roosevelt  along  with  the  an­ forces  on  Guadalcanal  advanced  trouble  if  it  be­ nouncement  that  Free  French  slowly  while  the  US  announced  came  a  regular  troops  under  General  Giraud  had  that  half  of  1,500  Japanese  troops  practice. It would  oined  the  Allied  forces  on  the  landing  near  Tetere  in  the  Buin  i :|  be  like  too  many  desert . . . The  SlU opposed  a  bill  area  were  destroyed  by  aircraft  families living to­ proposed  in  Congress  which  would  . . . Seafarers in  all SIU  ports cast  gether  in  the  have taken  away  the rights  seamen  their  votes  in  the  regular  A&G  same  apartment  enjoyed  under  the  Jones  Act  . . .  elections . . . Three  persons  found  and  arguing  all  The  ceiling  on  farm  wages  was  guilty  of  treason­sabotage  in  con­ the  time.  I'm  lifted  to  encourage  recruitment  of  nection  with  aiding­Nazi  saboteurs  who landed  here were sentenced  to  farm  labor..  single  myself  so  I  don't  care.  death.  •  4  3;  4.  4  4  4  The  Nazi  desert  legions  con­ 4  4  4  Harry  Mrva,  DM:  Positively  no.  tinued  to  withdraw  and  the  Aliied  Fierce  naval  battles  off  Guadal­ :'ve  been  on  ships  that  carried  a  forces kept  pushing ahead  in  North  canal  resulted  in  a  Japanese  bat­ e w  passengers,  Africa  . . . Nine Axis  supply ships  tleship, five  cruisers, five  de­ maybe  eight  or  were  sunk  while  trying  to  slip  stroyers  and  eight  transports  sunk  ten, some of them  across  the  Mediterranean ... The  in  two  days.  We  lost  two  cruisers  women.  The  iftrst  Alaska­Canada  International  High­ Md  eight  destroyers  . . . German  thing  you  know  way  was  officially  opened  . .  .  torpedo  boats  sped  into  the  Eng­ there's  a  lot  of  Fighting on  New  Guinea  reached  a  lish  coast  and  sank  four  merchant  petty  jealousy  new height  with a  number of  Japa­ ships  out  of  a  heavily  protected  and  hard feelings  nese  counterattacks  . , . The  SIU  convoy  just  as  it  was  making  port  between  the  offi­ backed  a  bill  which  would  have  . . . The  SIU  backed  a  proposal  cers  and  crew.  prevented  the drafting  of  any mer­ that  merchant  seamen  be  trained  All  it  does  is  chant  seamen ... In  order  to stop  in  gunnery  and  replace  Navy  gun  make /or  an unhappy  crew.  a filibuster  oh  the  jiolt  tax  in' the  6rews  aboard  merchant .ygssels.  • j[^/');J} 9'/11 Kr,  11 j7/>f!  �_  Frldasr, Novepber SB, 1952  _•   5 E  '• •   • • ... o(.:  Pare  Thirtem  PA RER S  LOG  SEAFARERS ^ LOG  Novafflbw  21.  1tS2  Vol.  XIV  N«.  24  Published  biweekly  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  Tel  STerJing  8­4671.  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  EdttoT,  Htataan  BRAND­  Munaaing  Fiiitnr,  BAY  DENISON;  Art  Editor,  BERNAM  AAMAK;  Photo  Editor,  DANIEL  NILVA;  Staff  Writers,  UEHMAN  ARTHUR,  IRWIN  SPIVACK  IART  PEitPALL,  JERR*  REMER:  Gtitf  Area  Reporter,  BILL  MOODY.  12«  f ri«>nd Of The Sill  The death  of  William  Green,  AFL  president, at  the age  of  82, deprives Seafarers of one of  their many staunch friends in  the AFL.  In the early days of  the SIU when it was struggling  There^s Hope For  against  odds  to establish  itself  on  the  waterfront,  the  Union  Unioit'E  Scholars  received  effective  cooperation  from  President  Green.  That  To tiie  Eflitor:  As  parents,  my  husband  and  1  cooperatioii  continued  down  through  the  years at all  times.  naturally  welcomed  the  news  of  Since 1924 when Green  was first  elected AFL presidmt, the  the  Union  Scholarship  Fund,  even  AFL has almost  tripled its membership and  won  tremendous  though  our  prospective  contestant  gains.  The  accomplishments  of  the  organization  under  his  for  the  scholarship  is  only  four  leadership are  the  best  monuments  to  Green's  services.  j'ears  old,  and  at  the  present  is  simply  a  kindergarten  "student."  i  t  I  %  During  one  of  our  discussions,  my  husband  mentioned  that  at  the  Barring  an  unexpected  development,  the  new  agreement  last  Union  meeting,  a  question  with  SlU­contracted  operators should  be all  wrapped  up be­ arose  as  to  the  three­year  seatime  fore the day is over.  When  the Union  negotiating committee  requirement.  Some  claimed  that  entered  into  contract  talks  with  the operators,  it  was  deter­ when  the  three  years  are  up,  they  mined  to establish  a standard  contract  to apply  to all stand­ will  forget  all  they  knew.  ard  freight  operations. ''^To  accomplish  this  the  contract  had  When  a  student  has  the  intelli­ to  be  rewritten  completely  from  top  to  bottom.  This  huge  gence  and  perseverence  to  excel  by  PAUL  HALL  scholastically,  he  need  not  worry  job has been  handled  with complete success.  *  about  forgetting  all  in  three  years  As  a  result,  the  new  contract  will  emerge as  the finest  of  of  sailing.  Facts  we  learn  and  A  NY  MAN  WHO GOES TO  SEA  is  going  to  take  effect  soon  and  its kind.  Wage scales have  been  improved  considerably  and  know  well  we  never  forget.  We  for  a  living  has  seen  how  a  will  make  a  lot  of  changes  in  the  the general  rules  and  working  rules  have  been  revised  and  may  shove  tftem  away  in  the  base  lot  of  small  countries  have  been  present  set­up  for  aliens.  Right  now,  nobody  knows  just  how  it  is  clarified, assuring more overtime and  less disputes  over  their  of  our  minds,  but  they  are  always  meanings.  Many  new  features  of  value have  been  added  as  there,  for  future  reference,  and  getting  into  the maritime  business.  going  to  work  out.  Chances  are  The  latest  country  to  consider  that nobody will know for sure until  well.  only  a  mild  review  is  necessary  to  the  law  has  been  in  effect  for  a  In  addition,  the SIU has obtained  additional employer­con­ bring  them  out  clearly  and  ­defl­ building  or  buying  a  merchant  while  and  some  of  its  rules  arc  fleet  is  Venezuela.  tributions to the Welfare and  Vacation  Plans which  were not  nietly.  clarified.  The  Venezuelans  figure  that  granted  to  other  East  Coast  unions.  This  will  mean  bigger  Keading Helps  Anytime that  you get a big  piece  • and better  vacation  and  welfare  benefits  under  the  existing  other  countries  have  been  sending  of  legislation  like  this,  there  are  Reading  is  the  greatest, educa­ plans,  which  are already superior  to anything  else operating  tankers  there  to  carry  the  oil  pro­ bound  to  be  some  differences  of  tion  of all.  Many great  men  of  sci­ in  tbe  industry.  duction  away,  and  that  these  opinion  among  the  (Sovernment  ence  and  letters  had  almost  no  taiikers  have  proven  to  be  quite  a  men  in  charge  of  it  as  to. how  it's  Most  of  the clauses  in  the  contract  include  the  ideas  that  formal  education—but  they  read,  profitable  operation.  They  argue  going to  be  used.  That's  especially  working  Seafarers  submitted  to  the  negotiating  committee  true  of  this  immigration  law  be­ last summer.  In  this way  the contract  represents the condi­ and  read  and  read...and  what  that  it  isn't  good  business,  or  good  cause  there  are  so  many  regula­ for  the  safety  of  the  country,  to  tions  that  Seafarers  themselves  wanted  to  sail  under.  And  better  opportunity  has  a  man  to  be dependent  on  outside  countries  tions  involved.  just  to make sure that the membership  has  the last  word  on  read  than  at sea?  ^our  Union  is  fully  aware  of  to  handle  their  imports  and  ex­ the  issue,  once  the contract  has  been  signed  it  will  be  sub­ Travel  educates  and  broadens.  ports.  So  influential  people  down  the  problems  that  alien  seamen  mitted to the  membership for action  in  regular SIU meetings  Travelling, a man  teams about  life,  there  are  proposing  that  Venezu­ face.  It  is  trying  to  get  all  the  in­ sees the  world, and  when he spends  ela  operate  its  own  tanker  fleet.  formation it  can possib'\  secure, so  in all ports.  three  yeats at  sea,  before  entering  as  to  pass  it on  to  these  men.  The  i  1.  X  college,  he  is  not  just  a  wild­eyed  Just  a  few  weeks  ago.  the  same  alien  seaman  in  the  SIU  can  rest  youngster  out  of  high  school  with  type of  story appeared  about  Cuba.  assured  that  the  Umon  will  do  a  little  book  learning  and  a  lot  of  That  country's  government  also  everything possible  to protect  their  feels  that  Cuba  should  have  some  New agreements that  have been  signed  with Alcoa, Water­ confused  ambitions  and  vague  ships  of  her own  to  handle  part  of  welfare.  ideas of  life,  but a  man  who knows  man and  Mississippi on shore gang work will mean  additional  life  iir  tr  ir  and  knows  what  he  wants  out  her  foreign  commerce.  And  we  all  know  how  the  merchant fleets  of  • ^HE LAST  ISSUE  OF  THE  jobs  for  Seafarers  on  the  beach  waiting  to ship  out.  These  of  it.  some  small  countries,  like  Panama,  Better  Prepared  agreements are another step forward in the Union's campaign  SEAFARERS  LOG  . ontained  Liberia  and  Costa  Rica,  have  to assure  greater security  for Seafarers  through  our  affiliate,  He is better  prepared  to face  life  swelled  up  tremendously  in  the  an  interesting suggestion  by Broth­ when  he  is graduated  from  college  last  half­a­dozen  years.  er  George  J.  Smith.  He  believes  the Marine  Allied  Workers.  since  he  has  saved  some  money  Along  with  this  news,  we  have  that  ships'  payoffs  could  be  made  'Khe agreements signed thus far  affect  the ports of  New Or­ from  sailing  for  three  years,  his  repoi't  that  new  ship  construc­ easier if  the  crew  had  a  logbook  of  leans and  Mobile, home  ports for  these companies.  They  in­ education  is  paid  for  and  he  has  a  a  tion  in  this  country  for  our  mer­ volve  those  types  of  shoreside  maintenance  and  ship  supply  feeling  of  having  earned  it,  and  chant  marine  is hitting a  new  low.  its  own  to  keep  all  the  records  of  work that  do not  infringe on the work  of  ship repair  yards or  during  the  summers  he  can  sail  Aside from  the Mariner  ciass ships  the  voyage.  According  to  Brother  for two  or three months,  again sav­ being  built  by  our  Government,  Smith  the  book  could  list  tbe  min­ on  longshore  work.  also  studying  while  at  sea.  there  isn't  a  single  standard  dry  Since MAW  jabs are  shipped  off  the  board  in SIU  halls in  ing and  When  he receives  his degree,  he  is  cargo  ship  under  construction  for  ufbs,  repaii  lists,  disputed  over­ thdse  ports. Seafarers  are  now  being  shipped  to  them  while  ready  to start  on  his  own,  and  in­ lime, ship's fund and similar  items.  deep  sea  use.  waiting for  the deep  sea  runs  they  like  to  come  along.  dependent  of  liis  parents'  support.  It  would  be  a  permanent  feature  As your  Union  has said  time  and  i,  X,  t  And  lastly, but  perhaps most  im­ again,  we  are  drifting  into  a  very  of  the  ship so  that  both  the  patrol­ portant,  the  man  has  a  position  dangerous  position  if  we  let  our  man  at  the  payoff  and  new  crews  assured  him,  for  the  Union  needs  merchant  fleet  grow  old  and  wind  coming  aboard  would  know  what  accountants,  doctors,  lawyers,  busi­ up  depending  on  foreign  ships  to  The  recent  court  decision  won  by  a  Searfarer  on  a  main­ ness  the  score  was.  managers,  etc.,  constantly.  our  goods.  If  our  country  tenance and  cure claim  involved  a  small sum  of  money,  but  And  whom  would  the  SIU  prefer,  carry  Obviously  Brother  Smith  appre­ took  one­tenth  the  interest  that  may  have far­reaching  consequences.  In  this  particular  case,  if  not  men  whose  intelligence  and  other  countries are  taking  in  mari­ ciates  the  need  for  orderly  proce­ character  are  evident  in  their  re­ time matters,  most of  our problems  dure.  In  headquarters  and  all  the  the  principal  was  established  that  a  man's  right  to  mainte­ ceipt  port  branches,  complete,  up­to­the  of  scholarships,  and  who,  be­ nance as the result  of  an ihjury doesn't  vanish if  he takes an­ sides  that,  through  constant  con­ cculd  be  settled.  minute  records  are  a  baTsic  part  of  That  being  the  case,  your  Union  SIU  operations.  Tiiis  is  important  tact  an(l,  their  own  experience  other  job  before  he is  certified  "unfit  for  duty."  As  lon^ as  and  understand  the  prob­ intends  to  keep  spotlighting  this  in  a  large  and  responsible  Union  the original injury is responsible for his being unable to work,  know  issue  until  we  get  a  positive  pro­ like "our  own  with  many  ships  to  lems and  needs of  a  seaman.  gram  to  assure  this  country  the  man.  Something along  the  lines of  is responsible  to him for  maintenance and cure.  the compar^y  Mrs.  John  Tarkov  kind  of  merchant  fleet  it  needs.  the  suggested  crew  logbook  might  From  now  on  then,  there  should  bl  no  buck­passing  on  (Ed.  note:  Mrs.  Tarkov's  hus­ be  very  useful.  Your  Union  would  4"  4­  4­ cases  of  this  kind.  However,  the  wisest  thing  to  do  in  the  band,  John,  is  a  crewmember  like  to  see  other  brothers  pick  up  event  a  Seafarer  is  injured aboard  ship is  to report  it imme­ aboard  the  Alcoa  Ranker.  We'll  (n^E HAVE RUN INTO  ANOTH­ the  idea  and  kick  it  around  a  little  diately  on  the ship  and  have  it  checked  with  equaPrapidity  be  looking  ­for  their  daughter's  er difficult problem  in  recent  bit  and  let  the  rest  of  the  mem­  ,  by a ySPHS,doctor when, he gets.off.,  Th,at,w,ay,, the Seafarer  scholarship  application  about  four­ weeks  over  tJie  question  of  alien  bei­ship  know  what  they­tiiink  of  is assured he will receive the  protection he's entitled  to.  teen  years  from  now).  seamen.  The  new  immigration  law  ...  The New  Contraet  As I See It  bihore Gang Jobs  •  i  '  ?  •  ;|  "I  Important Decision  • • "It?  �• s^MsassiesiM  Face Foarteea  «j­­  , 7iiiTi lorlPiPWlWM  '• '"H  SE^FilHERS  LOG  Friday. November 2M95J  Friday, November tS, 195t  SEAFARERS  lOI?  Pare Fiffeea  ­ J ' \r­t^\:.,  •  {  * A­  ­.r'  jjgi;?;­ 'A  ,.• <  ktF  ih I  *  • ''• Sifi'i  .f  K^•   i  :V'­ ­  .  ­  .  H:­  i  li  ;  ­I  te'ri  lU  Here's « hondsome  shot  of  a  well­known  SlU  ship,  the original Calmer.  She  was one of  the first  under  the SlU  banner and  was ridden by a great  many of  the Union's charter  members.  The ship  was built  in  Okayama,  Japan,  in  1920  qs  the  Eastern  Importer  and  was  also  known  as  the  Albert  Jeffries  when  operated  by  the  Garland  Steamsbip  Company,  (Peabody  Museum photo.)  MMK: '  '  i  •  '..  m<­^:  if9.:'^«'''"  • ­  *!  ?­l  pfc:  A KfAm­dUlLrSHlP  Tif; '  r •   ­ 1 ^: •  ••  Real  oidlimers  will  remember  this  big  windjammer  as one of the four most barks operated by the famous  "Flying  P"  Line  of  Hamburg.  This  was  the  3,000­ ton Peking, shown  running down the  English Channel  with  almost  all  her  sail  set.  These  ships  sailed  on  the Chilean  nitrate run,  and  two of  them,  the  Pdmir  and  Passat,  are  still  in  use,  carrying  cement  from  Germany to  South America.  .  **  The  famed World War I shipyard at  Kearny, New  Jersey,  was  the  origin  of  the  "Kearny"  ships,  like  The Lambs,  shown  right.  She was  launched in  1919  for the old US Shipping Board and was subsequently  operated by  severaj  outfits,  including  Export  Ship­ ping.  Later on the Weyerhouser Company used her  in  the  intercoastal  lumber  trade  under  the  name  Winona.  (Peabody Museum  photo.)  '  SJWS  ^06 iSLAHOee.  When  men  talk  about  riding  a "West  Coast  ship"  this  Is  the  type  of  vessel  they  mean: a  three­island  design  with  quarters  dft  as  in  the  "Hog  Islanders"  and  "Kearny"  ships.  This  is  the  steamer  Golden  Sword,  of  the  Sword  Line,  built  at  Alameda,  Cali­ fornia, in  1918.  She also  sailed under  the names  SS  Delecto  and  SS  Redondo.  (Peabody  .Museum  photo.)  %  The  Half  Moon  is  typical  of  dry  cargo  ships  that  made up the American merchant fleet before World  War  II.  She  was  built  ifor  the  old  US  Shipping  Board in  1920 at Newburgh, NY, part of  the  World  War  I  emergency  fleet  which  was  completed  too  late.  She's shown here at Boston in  1922.  Many old­ timers  rode her  to  eastern Mediterranean  ports un­ der the old Export Line.  (Peabody Museum photo.)  m WB WfS:i^S  Wi  One .of  the  never­to­be­forgotten  "Hogs"  was  the  Black Heron of Black  Diamond Lines.  She sailed  to  north­Europe ports in  the  '20's and  '30's,  a favorite  run  for  low­paid  seamen  who  found  their  dollars  went  far  in  Germany  and  Belgium.  Built  during  World War I at the huge  Hog Island  shipyard near  Philly, she had the  typical oblong box shape but was  staunch  and very  seaworthy.  Shown alongside  at  the Boston Army  Base about  30  years ago  is  the  Wheoton,  which  later  became  the  Alaskan  of  the  American­Hawaiian  SS  Company.  Like  many  other  ships,  she  was  sent  to  the  bottom  by  a  German  torpedo  in  the  Caribbean  Sea,  No­ vember,  1942.  The  Wheafon  was  built  in  1918  at  the  Bethlehem  shipyard,'Sparrows  Point,  Md.  and  measured 415  feet in overall  length.  mil­ • •'.ifB    J  ­i.' • •    �Page  Six^ii '  SEAFARERS  FiMay. Neveiulter 28. 1952  THE  Ship  construction  in  US  yards  has  hit  a  new  low  for  the  year,  with  the  number  of  sea­going  vessels  of  1,000  tons  or  more  on  order  or  under  construction  as  of  November  1,  falling  below  the  2­million­ ton  mark. ' Some. 92  ships  were  under  construction,  including  50  tankers, S2  freighters. 8 ore  carriers,  1  Navy  transport and  1 passenger­ railway  ferry  making  a  total  of  1.873.450  deadweight  tons.  Although  some  deliveries  were  made,  no  new  orders  were  placed  during  the  month  period.  Chicken  Every  Sunday  There  Ai'e  few  men  aboard  ship  or  off  who  won't  go  for  a  good  chicken  dinner.  Chicken  is  the  traditional  mainstay  of  the  Sunday  menu on  many ships,  just  as  turkey  was  the central  attraction  for yes­ terday's  Thj^nksgiving  Day  dinner  and  will  put  In a  second  appearance  ,  .  The  CIO  Utility  Workers  balked  this  Christmas.  at signing a new contract providing  Whether  it's chicken,  duck,  goose or  tarkey. all  of  tlie  birds  require  t  t  4.  The  rulings  of  the  1948  International  Convention  for  the  Safety  of  a  14­cent  package  increase  .  and  as  much  careful  handling  and  storage  as  tlie  eggs  they  came !fix>m.  Life  at  Sea,  which  was  approved  by  the  US  and  17  other  countries,  thus  ending  a  23­day  strike  by  perhaps  more.  Chickens  can  spoil  even  faster  than  eggs  if. they  are  went  into  effect  last  week.  Generally,  it  provides  for  Improved  safety  4,000  members  against  the  Detroit  cmditions  regarding  ship  construction,  fire  protection,  lifesaving,  Edison  Company  when  it  learned  not­Stored  under  proper  conditions  and  handled  property.  radio, handling  dangerous cargo  and  navigat^n.  Among  the  equipmmit  that seven  members  were fired  for  The  Fresher ihe  Better  required  are  portable  radios,  mechanical y  yihonelled  lifeboats,  pumps,  "destructive acts" during the strike.  Poultry  of  any  kind  is  one  food  that  tastes  best  if  it  is eaten  fresh  first aid  ki's, buckets,  buoyant heaving  lines, a  Jacfcnife, buoyant  smoke  The question  of  the seven men  was  immediately  after  it  was  killed.  For obvious  reasons,  this  Isn't  prac­ settled  when  the  company  agreed  signals,  and  three quarts  of  water  In  lifeboats for­each  person.  to  arbitration,  and  the  strike  was  tical  aboard  ship,  unless  It  happens  to  be  a  coastwise  run  where  she  t  4­  t  •  ended.  is  in  port  every  couple  ­of  Maritime  circles  are  awaiting  the  appearance  of  a  new  type  vessel  4  4  4  days  rand  the''.steward  can  RAIOlVIDllALLy­ 8F StME­ bein^ built  in a  Swedish  shipyard  for Skibs  A/S JVIalmtransport,  a  sub­ Some  12  part­time  maids  in  the  pick  up  fresh  poultry  en­ sidiary  of  the  Norwegian­American  Line.  The  vessel  is a  combination  Hotel  Lombardy  in  New  York  won  wnAppeii  TO  KEPP  ore  carrier­tanker.'It  is  designed  so  that  it  can  carry  ore  one  way  $2,500  in  back  pay  when  the  AFL  route.  On  an  off­shore  run  90)( CLOSED  and  eariy  oti  on. tlie  return  trip  to  eliminate  profitless  trips  "in  Hotel  and  Restaurant  Employes  it's  necessary  to  buy  frozen  A«E­  8BST  AT AU TIMES  ballast"  Holds  running  down  the  center  of  the  ship  will  hold  the  ore,  Union  found  out  they  were  not  poultry  in  order  to  be ­able  to  keep  it  aboard  ahip  for  wlule  the  tanks  will  be  along  the  outside  and  the  bottom  of  the  hull.  getting  time and ­a  quarter  for  the  It  could  carry  both  cargoes, at  the  same  time,  but  the  company  said  first 20  hours'  work  as provided  by  any  length  of  time.  While  this  wou'.d  be  impractical  because  of  load  considerations ­and  possible  the  contract.  The  hotel  then  tried  this  involves  ­a  small  sacri­ Hce  of  flavor,  it  is assurance  seepage.  to  abolish  part­time  maid  service,  that  the  bird  will  be  usable  but finally  agreed  to  pay  the  con­ at  any ­stage  of  the  voyage.  4.  t  4  The  British  passenger  vessel  Karanja  picked  up  11  passengers  from  tract  rate.  Even  if  poultry  is  bought  4  4  4  the  522­ton  ship  Isle  of  Mabe  in  the  indiau  Ocean.  The  Isle of  Mahe  unfrozen  and  put  into  the  had  drifted  helplessly  for  t^vo  days.  Her  crew  stayed  aboard  to  await  The  CIO  United  Auto  Work­ ship's  freezer  immediately  the  freighter  Palikanda  which  was  heading  for  her  to  tow  her  into  ers'  Local  59  in  Chicago  netted  it  would  be  subject  to  spoil­ port  .  .  .  The  Panamanian  freighter  Faustus  which  sank  und  blocked  $8,098.23  for  the  Chicago  Com­ age  during  the  few  days  it  takes,  to  freeze  thoroughly  through  and  munity  Fund  when  the  members  the  entrance  to  Rotterdam  Harbor  was  blasted  with  depth  charges.  The  exp osions  broke  up  the  clay  bottom  on  which  the  ship  was  worked  an extra  four­hour  shift  at  throu^.  Anyway,  chances  are  unfrozen  poultry  is a  few  days old  at  the  time  it  was  bought  and  can't  be  kept for  any  length of  time­ resting  and  dredges  sucked  away  the  bottom  until  the  wreck  sank  the  Chicago  Screw  Co.  one  Satur­ The  practical  thing  to  do  aboard  ship  then  is. to  buy  poultry  that  day,  with  all  tlie  wages  going  into  far  enough  to  open  up  the entrance  with  no  danger.  the  Community  Fund.  The  com­ was  frozen  immediately  after  the  bird  was  butchered.  Tliis  is  usually  4>  4'  4*  pany  held  an  "open  house" featur­ done  by  chilling  the  poultry  with  cold ­air,  or  crushed  ice,  and  then  The  Federal  Maritime  Board  has  set  the  sale  price  for  the  liners  ing  tours  of  the  plant  during  the  placing it  in a deep freeze  where  it  is kept at  below zero  temperatures  Independence  and  Constitution  at  $14,036,751  and  $14,436,956  respec­ four  hours.  which  make  It  hard  as  a  rock.  tively.  The  American  Export  Lines  has  30  days  in  which  to  decide  4  4  4  Keep  Below  Zero  whether  to  buy  the  ships  or ­turn  them  back  to  tlie  Government.  The  The  AFL  Chicago  Teachers  Un­ Similarly,  when  stored  on  board  ship  the poultry  should  be  kept at  actual  cost  of  the  Independence  was  $26,479,000  plus  2715,000  for  ion  has  rejected  as  "ridiculously  defense  features,  and  the  Constitution  cost  $27,218,000  plus  $715,000  low"  a  school  board  proposal  for  zero degrees or below.  At these  temperatures it  can iceep  up to a year  for  defense  features.  The  original  price  agreed  upon  had  been  set  at  a  single  1953  salary  schedule  in­ or more  without ­any ­signs ­of spoilage.  But  just raise  the temperature  stead  of  separate  schedules  for  of  the  box  to  ten  above,  and  the  bird  will  start  smelling  and­ tasting  $11,856,285  each,  but  the  Government  revised  this  estimate.  elementary  and  high  school  teach­ rancid  in  about  five  months  from  the  time  it  was  placed  in the  fi­eeze  4  4.  4  »  ers.  The  teachers are now  on ­a  10­ box.  .  The  privately­owned  American  Flag  merciiaut fleet  dropped  to  year  graduated  scale  calling  for  For  best  preservation,  poultry  should  be  packed  in  closed  boxes,  1,273  ships  totalling  15,264,666  deadweiciit  tons  as  of  November  1.  $5,890  after  10  years  for ­ high  with «ach individual bird  wrapped  tightly in  paper.  If  the birds are re­ The  Govemment­owued  defense  reserve fleet,  meanwhile,  increased  school  teachers.  The  board  has  from  1297  vessels  in  October  to  1,907  ships  in  November  .  .  . The  proposed  a  14­year  scale  giving  moved  from  the  box,  taken  out  of  their  wrappings,  and  left  in  the  freezer  without  protection,  white  spots  are  likely  to  appear  on  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  has  placed  an order  in  a  Scottish  $6,100  after  14  years.  meaty  parts  indicating  freezer  bum.  These  areas  will  quickly  turn  shipyard  for a  22,500­toB  passenger liner.  It said  it will  order  a .second  4  4  4  rancid,  rendering  the  bird  useless for  consumpticm.  ship  in  the  near  future.  The  two  vessels  will  replace  the  24­year­old  John  Schoen,  secretary  of  the  The slickest way of  getting frozen,  packaged poultry is in  eviscerated  Empress  of  Canada  and  Empress  Of  France.  Sioux  City  Trades  and  Labor  As­ form,  with  all  the  waste  parts  (head,  feet  and' entrails)  already  re­ sembly  and  the  Iowa  Council  of  4  4  4  moved.  In  these  cases,  the  birds  have  to  be  very  carefully  wrapped  State,  County  and  Municipal  Em­ The freighter  J.  N.  McWatters  was  towed  into  drydock ­after  damag­ in  ceUophane,  or some other  moisture­resistant  material.  The giblets,  ing  34  plates  when  she  went  aground  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River  .  .  .  ployes,  was fired  from  the  city  liver  and  heart  are  wrapped  separately  in  paper  and  placed  inside  job  he's  held  in  Sioux  City  for  35  The new ore  ship Ernest T. Wier,  the largest  ore vessel  ever constructed  the body  cavity.  on  the  Great  Lakes,  was  launched  last  week  in  Lorain,  Ohio.  Dis­ years  on  the  complaint  of  Rep.  Pop  Into  Freeier  Charles  B.  Hoeven,  Iowa  Republi­ placing  21,500  tons,  she  is  690  feet  long  .  .  .  The  new  Norwegian  can,  who  said  Schoen's  agnature'  Eviscerated  poultry  should  be delivered  to the  ship hard  frozen,  and  motorsliip  Tabor  arrived  in  New  York  on  her  maiden  voyage  last,  ueek.  The  8,340­deadweight­ton  vessel  will  go  into  service  to  the  appeared  on  a  letter  from  Labor's  should  be  placed  in  the  freezer­as  fist  as  possible.  The  packages  League  for  Political  Education  ad­ should  be  hard  around  the  edges,  as  any  softness  will  show  signs  of  Belgian  Congo.  vising  AFL  members  to  vote  the  thawing.  In  such  cases,  it  is  de­ 4.  4  4  Democratic  ticket.  Schoen's  two  slrafole  to put  them  up close  to the  USE POULTR/  The  American  Association  of  Port  Authorities  held  its  41st  annual  organizations  are fighting  the fir­ IMMEOlATEi:/  convention  in  Savannah,  'ilie  main  discussions  centered  around  ways  ing  on  the  grounds  that  Iowa's  battens  which  cover  the  freezer  and  means  to  improve  port  facilities  and  speed  cargo  handling.  The  civil  service  law  provides  a  maxi­ coils­SO  that  they  will  freeze  hard  AFTER  convention also expressed  its "alarm" over the lack of  plans for keeping  mum  of  a  $100 fine  for  political  again m  jig time.  OEFROSTINQ  Where  ihe  birds  are  not  evis­ small  por.s  in  o ­eraiion  in  the  case  of  an  enemy  attack  upon  any  of  activity.  cerated,  it is  desirable to clean ­out  the ma„'or  reports. The  association  pointed  out  that the  large  ports  will  4  4  4  be among  the first  targets for any  enemy bombers,  and that  the smaller  As  a  result  of  arbitration,  mem­ the  entrails  before  they  are  thor­ bers of  the  CIO Textile  Workers at  oughly  thawed  out.  The  poultiy  ports must  be  kept  in operation.  the  Pequot  Mill  of  the  Naumkeag  should  be defrosted  in a cool  place  4  4  4  Steam  Cotton  Co.  at  Salem,  Mass.,  like  the  chill  box,  not  in ­a  heated  The  United  Fruit  Company,  after  a  month  delay,  opened  its  $1  have  jumped  from  a  20  to  a  40  galley.  Once  the  birds  are  de­ million  terminal  in  Weehawken,  NJ.  Especially  designed  to  handle  loom  schedule.  The  company  had  frosted,  they  should  be  popped  cargos  of  bananas,  it  will  be  the  largest  mechanical  banana­handling  requested  a  50  loom  schedule  to  into  the  oven  as  soon  as  possible,  terminal  in  the  world  .  .  .  Four  vessels,  including  the  American  match  the  50  loom  schedule  fol­ for  letting  a  cleaned  out  bird  tanker.  Camas  M.  Meadows,  collided  in  the  Elbe  River  Estuary  in  lowed  in  Southern  mills,  which  with  an  opened  body  cavity  a heavy  fog.  The others  were  British,  Norwegian  and  German  vessels.  also  have  lower  wage  scales.  stand  around  only  invites bacteria  and  rapid xpoilage.  ;  li  11  l?'i  I' li  Burly  ll­ |i:  »i  LABOR  ROUND­UP  1  Modeain Pay#  Bernard  Seaman  7Ti  �Friday, November it, Uft  Paye Seventcea  SEAFARERS  LOG  on Workers Visit Port C Call  New Freight Ship  Pact  Slated  For  Signings Today  clothes  when  ship  is damaged  but  not  lost,  due  to  fire  or  accident;  provision  for  draws  In  American  currency;  strengthened  transpor­ tation clause;  holiday  pay  on  Mon­ day  where  holidays  fall  on  Satur­ days;  new  and  revised  clauses  on  launch  service,  penalty  cargoes  and  handling  of  explosives;  a  new  international  dateline  clause  and  many  others.  All  in  all,  there  are  14  brand  new  provisions  that  were  never  in  the contract  before, as  well as  con­ siderable improvements in 21 other  provisions.  These,  coupled  with  wage  gains  and  standardization  of  A  group  of  oil  workers  from  the  Cities  Service  refinery at  Linden,  NJ, enjoy  a  visit  to  the Seafarers  the agreement  for all  freight  ships  Seven Seas  Room wfith  their  wives. Mike  Mroz, the president of  their local, Local 337 of  the Oil Workers  will  make  it  by  far  the  best  con­ International  Union,  CIO  is  seated  in  the  foreground  at right.  tract  ever,  if  approved  by  the  op­ erators  as  it  stands.  (Continued  from  page  7).  Many  of  the  clauses  included  in  the  SIU  is  insisting  that  the  ship­ the new  agreement  were suggested  owners live  up to  thC; rotary  hiring  by  Seafarers  themselves  when  the  (Continued  from  page  5)  that  if  a  man  dies  here,  the  Gov­ 23,  1950,  when  NMU  President  system,  and  that  as  long  as  the  ships'  crews  were  polled  on  the  company  premiums  which  run  up  ernment  has  to  bury  him  unless  Curran  reported  to  the  National  alien quota  on the ship is  not filled  subject  last  summer."  These  sug­ to $250,000  a  year  under  the  NMU  he  has  a  family  that  has  some  Council  that  after  the  plan  began  that  aliens  be  hired  off  the  board  gestions  were  combined  with  the  dough.  operation,  "we  will  then  be  able  when  they  have  the  oldest  ship­ ideas that  headquarters  had  on  the  plan.  subject  to  make  up  the  demands  to  amend  the  Constitution  to  ping  cards.  "We've  written  to  the  National  The  only  retroactive  feature  of  that  were'  originally  submitted  to  When  an  alien  crewmember  ar­ eliminate  some  of  the  drain  which  the  NMU  plan  covered  members  Council  trying  to  get  them  to  do  the operators.  rives  in  a  US  port.  Immigration  has  been  placed  on  our  treasury  something.  They've  had  council  back  to  August  1,  1950,  a  few  The  full  text  of  the  agreement  will  give  him  a  conditional  per­ months  before  the  plan  went 4nto  meetings and  the reports  never say  by  this hospital  benefit . . ." name­ mit,  allowing  him  to  remain  up  to  will  be  printed  in  the­  next  issue  ly  the $5  a  month  paid  to  the  old­ effect.  NMU  members  have  to  a  word  about  us.  We've  tried  to  29  days  in  the  US.  This  doesn't  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  along  have  20  days  seatime  in  the |jre­ write  to  the  ships  too,  but  that  timers.  apply  to  aliens  who  have  been  ad­ with  the  report  and  recommenda­ The  NMU  president's  concern  vious six  months,  compared  to one  costs  money.  mitted  on  a  visa  for  permanent  tions of  the negotiating  committee.  about  the  $450  a  month  "drain"  day  in  the  previous  year  in  the  NMU  Members  Don't  Know  The  membership  will  then  be  able  residence.  SIU  to  qualify  for  benefits.  "The  trouble  is,  most  of  the  on  the  treasury  was  acted  on  at  a  The  Immigration  Service  can  to take  action on  it in  regular SIU  One  of  the  Manhattan  Beach  NMU  members  don't  know  we're  later  Council  meeting.  In  the  the  permit  to  less  than  29  membership  meetings  at  head­ patients  affected  by  the  NMU  ac­ • not getting  anything.  The  "Pilot"  "Pilot" of  April 5, 1951,  Neal  Ham  limit  days  or  restrict  the  man  to  the  quarters  and  the  outports.  ley  and  Hedley  Stone,  reported,  tion  is  Joe  O'Brien.  He  was  one  doesn't  tell  them  that  you  only  ship. Or  the  Attorney  General  can  of  the  original  members  of  the  get  benefits  for  13  weeks.  If  you  "With  the  adoption  of  the Pension  revoke  it, if  he feels  that  the  man  Union,  having  been  active  in  the  read  the  "Pilot"  you  get  the  idea  and  Welfare Plan . . . your officers  doesn't  intend  to leave  within  that  recommend  that  this  burden  of  1936  strike.  In  June, 1940,  he  was  that  a  man  gets  benefits  as  long  period.  The  alien  can  then  be  ar­ taken  oft  a  ship  with  TB  and  has  as  he's  in  the  hospital,  which  isn't  hospital  benefits  be  deleted  from  rested  and  deported.  the  constitution."  been  in one  TB  hospital or another  so."  Any alien  who stays  in  the coun­ ever  since.  The  NMU's  move  to  cut  off  the  This  was  done  by  a  resolution  try  more  than  29  days  can  be  He  explained  that  originally  an  TB  patients  began  in  June,  1950,  changing  Article  16,  Section  5  of  fined  up  to  $500  and  imprisoned  NMU  man  got  benefits  up  to  the  when  agreement  was  reached  with  the  NMU  constitution  dealing  with  up  to six  months.  '  total amount  of  dues paid  in all  his  the  operators  on  a  welfare  plan.  splitup  of  dues  to  read:  "Pilot  All  entering  the  country  years  of  membership.  After  that,  At that time  the "Pilot" announced  Fund  5  Percent,  General  Fund  must  aliens  be  registered  arid finger­ the  National  Council  went  on  rec­ that  "the  pension  and  welfare  95%."  The  benefit  fund  wSk  sim­ printed. This  is one of  the  proced­ 'ord to give  $5 a  month  in "tobacco  clause  will  help  old  seamen  and  ply  dropped.  NMU  members  vot­ ures  that  the  Immigration  Service  money."  give  aid  for  the sick  and  injured."  ing  on  these  amendments  had  no  now  working on.  "Now  they  even  cut  off  the  $5  Just  how  the  plan  was  going  way  of  knowing  from  the  face  of  is As  soon  as  the  Union  leams  (Continued  from  page 3)  a  hionth,"  he  said.  "They ,  took  to  help  old  seamen  was  partially  the resolution  that  this  meant  cut­ what  all  of  these  procedures  are,  away  the  death  benefit  too,  so  revealed  in  the "Pilot"  of  October  ting  off  benefits  for  sick  seamen  a  report  will  be  made  on  them  in  Chest  Dealers  of  America.  They  have  established  offices  at  165  since  the  resolution  did  not  state  the  SEAFARER!^  LOG.  Broadway,  New  York  in  order  to  in  So  many  words  that  the  benefit  fight  the  Union's  entry  into  this  was  being  discontinued.  field.  Heading  up  the  organization  As  soon  as  thie  men  in  the  hos­ is  one  Nathan  M.  Silverman  who  pital  got  wind  of  the  action,  they  acted  as  a  slop  chest  organizer for  sent  a  vigorous  letter  of  protest  the  Government  during  the  war.  to  the  National  Council  and  to  A  Seafarers  LOG  representative  some  of  the  ships.  This  letter  was  got  in  touch  with  several  dealers  signed  by  16  NMU  boofcmembors.  TOLEDO—Judge Frank L. Kloeb, blasted the First National  on  the  waterfront  all  of  whom  Bank of  North Baltimore, Ohio, for  paying "pitiful wages" to  It  was  ignored  by  the  NMU.  were  upset  over  the  Union's  move.  a man  who had  worked at the bank  for 32  years.  The  judge  Since  that  time, twq^of  the sign­ They  admitted  without  exception,  ^^  '• 'blamed the  bank  for  assistant  ers,  Laurance  Logan,  No.  17183,  that some  of  them  had  been taking  and  George  F.  Gibson,  No.  6342,  the  seamen  for a  ride,  palming  off  passed  away  and  were  buried  ^QDiP^liy  Told  embezzlement  George  of  W.  Sponsler's  cheap,  shoddy  merchandise  on  $7,500  of  have  by  the Government. A  third signer,  (Continued  from  page  2)  them  at  extravagent  prices.  None  bank funds.  John  Hogan,  No.  20691,  is  cur­ Pressman,  former  front­man  for  of  them  would  admit  that  they  "If  I  had  the  authority,"  the  rently T.  NMU  hospital  delegate  and  Communists, into the  job of  MEBA  were personally  responsible for the  Judge  said, "I  would  sentence  the  bank  officials  to  read  the  story  of  is  active  in  the  campaign  to  win  attorney,  would  get  its  wings  clip­ situation.  aid  for  the  nien.  ped  in  the  AFL.  This  would  be  ­  The  slopchest  dealers,  who  pre­ Scrooge  at  Christmas  time."  particularly true if  a national union  viously  ignored  all  complaints  as  Sponsler,  who  is  53  years  old,  were  set  up,  because  the  left  wing  to  their  sharp  practices  now  say  had  been' working  for  the  bank  faction  retains  influence  and  pow­ that  "something  should  be  done,"  since  1920.  He  started  off  for  $20  er  because  of  the  MEBA's  many  to  eliminate  the  dishonest  mem­ week.  Seven  years  later,  during  The  manufacturers  of  Jeris  An­ a  autonomous  local  unions.  bers  in  the  Industry.  They  moan  the  peak  of  the  "prosperity"  days,  tiseptic  Hair  Tonic  and  the  shav­ he  was  getting  $27  a  week.  By  Nor  has  any  change  been  noted  that  they  should  have  formed  this  Under  the  rules  of  the  Va­ ing  lotion  Fore  have  made  false  1942,  when  he  had  been  working  cation  Plan as set forth  by  the  in  the  MEBA  since  the  BME  was  organization  yearL  .''go  to clean  up  formed.  The  reasons that  led  rank  the  industry.  claims In  their advertising,  accord­ for  the  bank  for  22  years,  his  pay  trustees,  a  Seafarer  must  ap­ and file  engineers to  set  up a  new  ply  within  one  year  of  the  'Clean  Up  Industry'  was up  to $36.50 a  week.  ing  to  charges  made  by  the  Fed­ union—a  do­nothing  policy  on  or­ payoff  date  of  his  oldest  dis­ Present  plans  for  the  construc­ All the  money  was taken  in small  eral  Trade  Commission.  The firm  amounts  between 1920 and  1941 so  charge  in  order  to  collect  his  ganization, the division of  the union  tion  of  n^w  halls  in  the  outports  wias  given  20  days  to  answw  the  that  Sponsler  coufd  meet  family  full  vacation  benefits.  If  he  into many  petty locals  and  the dis­ call  for  the  installation  of  Sea  presents  any  discharge  whose  regard for working  engineers—still  Chest  branches in^all  of  them. The  FTG  charjges.  bills.  payoff  date  is  more  than  a  exist^in  the  MEBA.  new  Baltimore  hall  will  have  a  Judge Kloeb suspended sentence  According to  the FTC  the claims  In  any  case,  as  the  BME  mem­ sizeable  two­level  store  carrying  that .the  tonic  is  a  cure  for  dan­ on  Sponsler,  who  has since  repaid  year  before the  date  of  his va­ cation  application,  he will  lose  bership  resolution  points  out,  any  the  same  wide  variety  of  sea  geai*  druff,  will  relieve  itchy  scalp,  will  all  the  money.  pirevent  excessive  falling  of  hair,  "If  the  bank  was  decent  when^  out  on  the  sea  time  covered  proposal  made  by  the  MEBA  will  and  shore  wear that  is supplied  in  will nourish  hair roots if  lised  with  this  shortage  was  discovered,"  the  by  that  particular  discharge.  have  to  be  submitted  to  the  BME  New  York  and  similar  stores  will  massage,  will  promote  or  cause  judge said,  "it would  have^ marked  Don't  sit  on  those  discharges.  and  will  be  passed  on  by  a  mem­ be  established  in  other  branches.  healthy  hair  growth  or  will  result  off  the loss from  its surplus  funds,  Bring  them  in  and  collect  the  bership  secret  ballot  vote.  A  %  Plans  are  nOw  going  ahead  to  en­ money that is due  to you.  majority  will  be  needed  for  ap­ large "the  New  York  store so  as to  in a  healthy scitlp  are aU  false and  without any publicity  or embarrass­ ent  tp  this  man."  |,  misleading.  (Continued  from  page  3)  tion  which  should  once  and  for  all  eliminate  abuses  inflicted  on  sick  and  injured  seamen  in  foreign  ports.  Other  Improvements  in  th«  agreement as it  now stands  inclujje  provision  for  payment  for­., loss  of  NMU Ignores Pleas of Sick Members  Union,  Govt  Study  New  Alien Law  Ships  Will  Carry  SIU  Siopchests  t)hjo Judge Rsips Bank For  Low­Pajd Cashier's Thefts  To  Hair Tonic Ad  . 1,  ;  BMECoolTo  MMP­MEBA  Merger Talk  DonH Waiti Get  Vacation Pay  e ij  {[  i'.  fl)  ••'•^ ,. 1  i"  ... ?  '• • ii  Xi  s ^  �'V  •  Face  EicUeen  SEAFARERS  IPG  Friday, Noyember 2t. 1982  Captain Landed For Delay  Seafarers In Action  r  ; I"­­'  To Protect Crew In Stor  When a ship's been on idle status  brought  in clean  with most  repairs  Whenever  a  crew  doesn't  have  a  beef  about  the  ship's  officers,  but  rather  commends  for  a  while  and  a  new  crew  goes  taken  car*  of  and  hardly  a  beef  them,  then  news is  made.  So  it  was  in  the  case of  Seafarers aboard  the Marina  (Bull Line)  aboard  the  delegates  usually  have  aboard  her.  With  very  little  dis­ who  hailed  their  "good  skipper,"  Captain  Colis  for  delaying  the  trip  from  Puerto  Rico  to  themselves  a  headache  because  puted  OT  to  speak  of,  the  whole  gang  was  looking  forward  to  get­ ~  '  • • ^Jacksonville, Fla.,  for  three  there is bound  to be a considerable  ting  their  dough  in  jig  time.  amount  of  sougeelng,  chipping,  Fox  has  been  an  SIU  member  —  '  cane  in  order  to  protect  the  since  April  1943,  having  Joined  in  life  and  limb  of  crevmien  and  the  painting  and  repair  work  to  be  the pert of  Baltimore. He  was bora  done  boUj  in  crew  quarters  and  in New  York in  July 1909  and sails  good  of  the  ship.  elsewhere  on  the  ship.  That's  what  in  the  engine  department  as FOW.  According  t o  happened  on  the  a  report  received  Burbank  "Victory  J,  J,  by  the  SEAFAR­ (Eastern),  which  One of  the men  handling  the re­ ERS  LOG  from  was  idled  on  the  ship's  delegate  sponsible  job  of  balloting  commit­ West  Coast  for  a  John  W.  Parker,  teeman  in  New  York  is  Joseph  A.  while.  Conse­ deck  delegate  Falasca.  Joe  is  on  the  job  several  quently  the  crew  Arthur  L.  Fricks,  hours  each  day  found  themselves  engine  delegate  making  sure  that  with  quite  a  Job  James  W.  Sweat  only  eligible  on  their  hands  and  steward  Fricks  members  vote,  and  worked  Meshefsky  delegate  Juan  and.handles  pretty hard  whip­ Hernandez,  the  captain  sailed  the  the  ship  into  shape.  Ship's  other­  details  of  Marina  twice  from  San  Juan,  but  ping  delegate  Anthony  Meshefsky  got  a  the  secret  ballot  when  storm  signals  came,  prompt­ vote of  thanks for a  job well done,  procedure in­ ly  turned  the­ ship  back  into  port.  because  he saw  to  it that  the  okay  volved  in  the  "While  other SIU  ships  braved  the  was  given  for  painting  practically  election  bf  Union  storm  and  took  their  chances  with  all  of  the  crew's  quarters  with  the  officials.  Falasea  the  raging  Atlantic  waters,"  the  rest  to  be  cared  for  oh  the  next  When  not  on  delegates  said,  "Colis  placed  the  the  job  in  New  York,  Joe  sails , in  These fellows seem to be  in the stewards  gang, although we haven't  welfare  of  his men  above  commer­ voyage.  the  engine  department.  He's  25  •   been  told.  We  don't  know  their  names  either.  All  that  is known  cial  interests,  and  came  out  with  Meshefsky is  a New  Yorker, hav­ years old,  having been  bora  in this  is  that  they  are  on  the  Northwestern  Victory.  Photo  sent  by  all  three—ship,  ing been bom here 28 years ago. He?"  crew  and  cargo  Charles  Welhom.  —  joined the SIU in New York in  1944  city,  and  joined  the  Union  in Nor­ safe and sound."  folk  in  1949.  At  present  he  makes  and sails  on deck.  More  feathers  were  added  by  his  home  in  Yonkers,  NY,  just  the  delegates  to  Colis'  cap  with  4­  4­  4­ north of  the  Ijig  town.,  the  following  statement:  "There  Another  delegate  to  draw  his  ­  4­ '  4­ are  too  many  bull­headed  skippers  shipmate's praise  was  Jeff  Gillette  that  would  do  the  opposite  come  Harvey  Morris  of  the  Olympic  During our recent  trip on  the Marymar,  as I mentioned  in  hell  or  high  water.  It  Is  gooa  to  of  the  Catahoula  (National  Navi­ Games  (Western Tankers)  came up  be  able  to  compliment  a  decent  gation).  Gillette  was  reelected  to  with  an  interesting  suggestion  re­ a  previous letter, I stopped  off  at  a floor  show  in Baltimore.  captain  who  has  the  good  of  his  the  job,  which  he  has  held  for  a  cently.  He  proposed  to  his  ship­ This place was operated  by a lady  who received  quite a  plug  crew  and  ship  always first  in  his  few  months,  because  of  the  good  mates  that  the  Union  and  compa­ heart  and  mind.'  ­ in  the  Baltimore  section  of •   representation  he  has  been  giving  nies get  together and draft a stand­ another  bottle  of  Schlitz,  Slim?  "Washington  Confidential."  the  crew.  Jeff  hails  from  Florida,  having  been  born  in  Ruskin  in  ard stores list  for all  off­shore trips.  Rather  timidly,  I  asked  the  He  knew  me  too.  We  sat  together  throughout  the  1919,  and  lives  with  his  wife  Mary  That  way,  he  says,  there  would  be  bartender  for a  glass  of  beer.  "We  show  and  that  lady  was  the  very  in Tampa  at present.  He joined the  no  beefs  coming  up  about  some­ got no  draft Leer,  Bud," he sneered  essence  of  Southern  hospitality.  Union  in  Tampa,  November,  1944,  thing  available  on  a  previous  trip  through  his  moustache.  Game  to  Before  the  evening  was  half  over,  and  sails  with  the  black  gang.  being  missed  on  the  current  one.  ,  the  core,  I  ordered  a  bottle  of  she  introduced  me  to  every  girl  $1  jji'  ^  Morris was born  in  the  wheat coun­ Schlitz.  Sipping  on  my  beer  in  the  show,  and  do  you  know,  For  the  guidance  of  all  seafar­ If  the  Ocean  Ulla  (Ocean  Trans­ try,  out  in  Kansas  in  1912,  but  each  one  of  them  sat  down  and  watched the  show. More girls, more  had  a  drink  with us  just  as friend­ ing  shutterbugs,  interested  in  get­ portation) had a  real speedy  payoff  lives  with  his  wife  in  Brooklyn  epidermis,  more  gyrations  plus  ly as you please.  No sir,  you don't  ting  the  best  quality  when  buying  at  the  end of  her last  voyage,  part  now,  which  is  closer  to  the  water.  He's  been  an  SIU  member  since  bulk  roll  film,  the  Eastman  Kodak  bumps.  Burlesque  was  never  like  have  to  be  lonely in  Baltimore.  of  the  credit  should  go to  delegate  September  1942,  and  ships  in  the  CoiJipany  of  Rochester,  NY,  re­ this.  Customers Are  Rats  cently released  the  facts  on  these  Patrick  G.  Fox.  The  ship  was.  stewards  department.  Later she  told me  about some  of  films  and  places  where  they  can  A  lady  sat  on  the  troubles  she  had.  "You  know  be  purchased  in  New  York  City.  the  next  stool.  I  the  trouble  with  a  place  like  this?  The  Kodak  Company  wrote  to  knew  she  was  a  It's  the  customers,  Doll.  They're  Seafarer  William  Calefato  of  the  lady;  s h &  was  The "garlic situation" on  the Steel  Chemist  (Isthmian)  has  rats,  every  last  one  of  them.  Of  SS  wearing  an  even­ Royal  Oak  in  connection  with  course,  you're  different,  Doll.  his letter  ing  gown.  She  been settled to the satisfaction of all hands^ according to latest  published  in the  October  You're  a  gentleman.  Knew  it  the  17  issue  of  leaned  toward  the  LOG  wherein  he  reports, but  the crew has chosen  to keep the  solution a secret  minute  I  looked  at  you.  But  the  complained that  me  at  imminent  twp rolls  of  Plus­'  —for  a. while.  others—if  you  don't  watch  them  peril  of  popping  X 35mm  film which  he had  bought  The  situation  aboard  'the  But  Thomas  Purcell,  ship's  del­ like  a  hawk,  they're  liable  to  try  out  of  her  gown  in  New  York,  later  turned  out  to  Steel  Chemist  was  becoming  egate,  decided  that  the  time  had  and  sneak  out  of  here  with  four  and  in  a  husky,  bits or a  dollar left  in their pocket.  be  no  good  because  the  emulsion  serious,  for a  time,  with  the  crew­ come for action.. He stepped in and  whiskey  contral­ had  come  off.  The  company  ex­ to said:  "Want  to  buy  me  a  drink.  It  spoils 5'our  faith  in  human  na  plained that  the film  had  probably  members  getting  to  a  point  where  discussed  the  situation—at  length  they  were  ready  to  run  and  hide  —and reported that everything had  ture.  Rats,  that's  what  they  are.  Slim?"  •   b^n  outij^ted  and. rejected  by  the  if  they saw a  shipmate approaching  been settled.  The solution?  Well,  Give  me  another  of  the  same,  Where  Did  We  Meet?  US  Government t>r  Hollywood.  them.  Giuseppe."  he  didn't  say,  but  some  have  •   I couldn't  for the life  of  me  un­ This  rat  excused  himself  to  go  added  that  such  reject  film  is  Some  crewmembers. were  even  guessed  that  maybe  chlorophyll  . derstand  how  she  knew  my  name,  to  the  head, returned  by  the  other  bought  by»  many  camera  shops  heard suggesting that only one man  chewing  gum  and  mouth  wash  are  without  any  examination  of  the  at a  time should  be allowed in  any  now  being  served  after  each  meal  but  I  suppose  these  people  in  the  side  of  the  bar,  and  sneaked  out  condition  and  is  sold  at  cut­rate  room.  aboard  the  Chemist.  big cities  have  sources of  informa­ while  the  lady  was  arguing  with  prices.  the  bartender  about  getting  his  The company  advised  that  "de­ tion  the  same  as  Walter  Winchell  fingers caught in the  damper. Safe­ Paali Guys Enroute To Japan  and  Drew  Pearson.  ''Surej"  I  said,  ly around  the corner,  I counted my  pendable"  Kodak  bulk  35mm  film  known as  type  No.  410,  is available  "Bartender, give this lady  a beer—  money.  I  had  four  dollars  and  in 271.^­foot and  50­foot rolls priced  I  mean­a  bottle  of  beer."  I  guess  some  change  left.  I'm a cad  too.  at  $2.15  and  $3.50  respectively.  he  didn't  hear  me,  though,  for  he  Baltimore  is  justly famed  as the  The  former is notched and tongued  home  of  BromorSeltzer  and  that  for  loading  in  35mm,  36­exposure  put  a  highball  in  front  of  her.  product  advertises  that  its  tablets  While  she  drank  I  tried  to  place  will  dissolve  more  rapidly  when  cassettes.  The  50­foot  roUs  are  frame­numbered,  except  in  the  her.  A light dawned on me. "Say,"  immersed  in  a  glass  of  water.  case  of  fine  grain  positive  known  I  asked,  "Are  you  the  mother  of  I'm willing to  bet six, five and even  as  type  No,  401.  Both  types  are  the girl  in  the  picture  out  front?"  that they  don't dissolve  half  as fast  available in any emulsion—Plux­X,  as  a  $20  bill  on  E.  Baltimore  St.  Super­XX, Micro­File, etc.  "Mother,  schmother,"  she  an­ swered,  "that's  my  picture  out  In  connection  ,with­the  forego­ The  following  are  some  of  the  ing, I  would have liked  to have had  recognized­  Kodak  dealers  in  New  there."  the  Brorao­Seltzer  concession  on  York  City:  Peerless,  128  E.  44th  "Then  you're—" ,  *  the  Marymar  the  morning  after  St.;  Penn  Camera  Exchange,  126  "Yep,*  that's* me,  Doli.  How  sailing.  AB  "Blackie"  Rubin  car­ W.  32d  St.;  NY  Camera  Ex­ about  another  drink?"  I  nodded  ried  a  bushel  basket  around  the  change,  116  Fulton  St.;  Eastman  assent  and  the  bartender fixed  her  whole  day  just  in  case  his  noggin  Kodak, 1 W. 39th  St.; Willoughby's,  another.  Funny  thing,  he  didn't  really  did  fall off.  There  was gen­ 110  W.  32d  St.;  Haber  &  Fink,  12  take  any  time  about  it.  Seemed  erally  much  groaning,  vows  of  Warren  St.;  and  Medo  Photo  Sup­ almost  like  he  had  it  waiting.  I  "never  again,"  and  gnashing­  of  ply,  15  W.  47th  St.  The  company  reached  for  my  beer  bottle  to  re­ teeth  by  those  who  had  the  teeth  added  the  assurance  that  if  a  film  fill  my  glass  but  it  was  gone.  I  and  the  nerves  of  steel  required  is  bought  at  regular  prices,  not  Third  assistant  Linder  (left)  and  fireman  McLaughlin  are  some  of  didn't remember  emptying it.  The  to stand .the noise.  cut­rate,  "it  is  pretty  sure  to  be  the gang aboard the Paoli  (Cities Service)  now  on  a trip  to Japan.  bartender  leered  ^ ipe..  Slim  Uiff  J  ^  Jgnl  Hary^,  stewards Of  Northwestern Victory  (c:  • V • :  a/ecent  hum­ .­/.• .• /.v.­.­.­...  Taken For  Sucker in Balto  Bar, But  Fame Oat Winner  Buy So Balk  Film Cul Bale  Kodak War as  |;^v  •   I, iic  «Garlic Situation' Is Solved  :^.L  mm  w  �f^lday. November 28,  1952  SE AFARERS  taG  Pate  Nineieei  SI i] Crews Hit  Army Brass Ban  On Shorn Leare^  Alaii ln Korea  Charges  have  been  made  recently  by  Seafarers and  SIU ship crews  that  the Army  high  By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  brass in  Korea  is  making life miserable for  them  by  banning  shore  leave,  mail  deliveries,  Although  this column  is primarily  devoted  to  the  problems and  tech­ medical  care,  purchases  of  cigarettes  and  other  necessities,  and  by  casting insults  in  pub­ niques of  still photography,  a recent  development in  the  movie industry  lic  about  seamen  generally.t  is of such importance  that  it  deserves some  comment  and  explanation.  All of  these abuses stem  from  Cinerama,  as  the  new  technique  is  called,  made  its  debut  about  two  the  main  trouble,  the  shore  months  ago  in  New  York  with  a  two­hour  program  of  short  subjects,  leave  ban,  which  has  been imposed  ranging  from  a  in  places far  away  from  the  battle­ roller­ coaster  fronts,  and  despite  the  lifting  of  ride  to  the  ballet  martial  law.'  from  Aida,  If  Orders to  keep SIU  men o.i  their  present  plans are  ships  while  in  the  ports  of  Pusan,  completed,  Cine­ Suyong,  Ulsan,  Masan,  Koje­do,  rama  theaters  Cheju­do  and  Yencho­do,  were  soon  may  be  in­ issued  last  July  28  by  the  7th  stalled  in  sixteen  Transportation  Major  Port  head­ other  cities  from  quarters.  Copies  of  the  order  coast  to  coast.  have  been  posted  in  all  ships  and  Cinerama  ere­ provide  that except  for movies  and  mites  the  illusion  sports, to  be arranged  by the  brass,  of  three  dimen­ and  visits  between  adjacent  ships  sions.  It  uses  alongside  piers,  all  during daylight  An  American  soldier  stands  watch  on  the  gangway  of  the  Seanan  "peripheral­  vis­ hours  only,  seamen  can't  go  any­ in  a  Korean  port  to  keep  the  Seafarers at  right  on  the  ship.  The  Ion"— the  fringe  where  in  Korea.  photo,  taken  by  ship's delegate  Collins,  shows how  the  high  brass  zone  of  human  is  enforcing  its  "no  shore  leave"  orders  to  the  detriment  of  SIU  Soldiers  Stand  Watch  eyesight  sur­ members.  Ship's  delegate  Thomas  Collins  rounding the cen­ of  the  Seanan  (Orion),  reported  to  tral area  of  sharp  human  beings,"  Harrison  con­ sentative  is  now  meeting, with  De­ the  LOG  that  armed  soldiers  have  focus.  Cinerama  fense  Department  officials  to  end  cluded.  been  stationed  alongside  ships  to  blankets  a  field  All letters  to the  LOG about  this  the  shore  leave  restrictions  and  enforce  this  order..  He  disclosed  of  vision  of  al­ Korean  mess  have  been  turned  straighten  out  this  beef.  The  that  SIU  piembers  became  so  en­ over  to  headquarters  representa­ Korean  Government  announced  most  the  same  raged  with  this  drearj'  grind  that  area  covered  by.  sometime  ago  that  it  is  all  for  the  crews  of  the  Seanan,  Choctaw  tives  in  New  York.  It  was  learned  letting  Seafarers  come  ashore.  normal  human  that  the  SlU's  Washington  repre­ and  Fairhope,  the  latter  two  both  eyesight.  Since  Waterman  ships,  and  the  .\lami  no  single  lens  (SUP)  met  to  talk  over  the  mess  could  include  and  to  ask  the  Union  to  intercede  such  a  wide  area  with  Army  authorities.  Don't  tell  the  local fire  marshals  of  San  Pedro,  Calif.,  but  without  distor­ "The  hard  part  of  this  mess  to  that fair  city  could  have  had  the  worst fire  in  its  history  re­ tion,  Cinerama  understand,"  Collins  said,  "is  that  cently  and  the  credit  would  have  gone  not  to  "that  d ­ ­ n  requires a  special  up  in  Sorchireri,  only  12  miles  movie  camera.  ^  An  illustration  of  the  Cinerama  technique  of  from  the  front  lines,  the  Army  not  crew" as "Port  Hole" Warren,"^  This  camera  has  off  in  plenty  of  overtime  work  for  the chief  mate of  the Hey\yood  filming  and  projection.  only turned  us loose  in  their camp,  three  27mm  the  crew.  but  gave  us  fi'ee  movies  and  all  Broun  calls  his  "slaves,"  but  lenses  set  at  48­ Oiled  Up  Overtime  rather  to "Port  Hole" himself,  who  degree  angles,  each  lens  covering  about  one­third  of  the  total  area.  the  drinks  any  man  could  want.  lighted  a flaming  torch  on  the deck  For,  a  tremendous flood  devel­ The  lenses  have  individual  35mm  magazine  backs  and  shoot  in  On  top  of  that,  you  had  to  fight  while  high­test  gasoline  was  being  oped  in  the  hatch.  For  a  couple  of  like  hell  to  pay  for  a  drink.  The  synchronization.  weeks,  the  hatch  boards were float­ Gl's  wanted  to  buy  us  every  one."  loaded  on  the  ship.  The resulting  three films are  projected at  the same  time on  a concave  ing  in  oil  in  the  'tween  decks  and  Fortunately  for  everyone  con­ there  was  far  more  oil  in  the  low­ Refused  Medical  Care  screen.  Each  film  is  in  a  separate  proMctor;  the  left  projector  fills  cerned, the  Seafarers on  the  vessel  er  hole,  all  of  which  had  to  be  the  right  side  of  the  screen,  the  right  one  fills.the  left  side  and  the  Collins  also  reported  that  two  center  unit shoots  straight ahead.  A  projection  engineer  with  a  remote  Seanan  crewmen,  John  Zohi!  and  reminded  the  chief  mate  of  his  cleaned out.  According  to  Roy,  the  control  panel  near  the  screen  makes  any  synchronization  adjustments  John  Sokolouski,  got  the  old­fash­ "slight" error and  the torch was put  wipers,  daymen  and  bosun "had  to  that  are necessary.  ioned  Army  runaround  when  they  out  promptly.  But  this  harrowing  work  like  hell"  in  the  hole,  but  •   The screen Iself  measures 51 feet wide and 26  feet high, and is  curved  asked  for  blood  tests.  They  were  experience and  many  others on  the  they  enjoyed  every  minute  of  it.  to  lessen  image  distortion.  It  is  made  of  vertical  slats  of  perforated  refused  permission  to  see  private  Broun's recent  six­month  trip were  They  pulled  up  25  drums  of  oil  in  plastic  tape  arranged  something  like  the  slats  in  a  Venetian  blind.  doctors  ^nd  were  told  to  go  to  the  "enough  to  make  any  bosun's  hair  the first  week,  the  last  time  we  These  strips  bounce  off  reflections  behind  the  screen  where  they  can  Army  hospital  under  escort.  turn  gi'ay,"  let  alone  stand  on  heard  from  our correspondent,  and  do  no  harm;  otherwise  stray  light  might  hit  the  opposite  side  of  the  "Army  doctors  told  them  that  'this  edge,  ship's  delegate  Arthur  O.  there was  still a  long  way  to go.  screen  and  interfere  with  the  image.  is  not  a  merchant  seamen's  vaca­ Roy  told  the  LOG.  After  this  profitable  venture  Commenting  on  the  mate's  un­ ($600  in  overtime  pay  was  distrib­ The  stereophonic  sound  track  for  Cinerama  is  equally  interesting.  tion  spot  but  for  emergency  treat­ During, shooting, six  highly  directional  mikes are  spotted  at  key  points  ment  only.'  They  did  get  aspirin  quenchable  drive  to  save  some  uted  in  the first  week  alone),  SIU  around  the scene  of  action.  Each  records on  an  individual sound  track  though.  Everyone  always  gets  money  for  the  company.  Victory  men  walked  around  half­dazed  the  noises  picked  up  in  its  area.  The  resulting  tracks  are  imprinted  aspirin,"  Collins  said.  He  added  Carriers,  the  delegate  recalled  an­ with  a  triumphant  "1 told  you  so"  side  by  side on  a single  strip of  magnetic .film  which  feeds  eight loud­ that  all  PX  stores  are  closed  to  other  interesting  incident  that  look  on  their  faces  always  harass­ speakers  placed  behind  the screen, at  the sides  of  the theater  and  even  merchant  seamen  and  that  ciga­ happened  at  San  Pedro.  It  turns  ing  Mr.  Warren.  All  of  this  testi­ out  that  the  chief  mate  and  the  mony  from  Brother  Roy  came  by  behind the audience.  Consequently, sound comes from  its original direc­ rettes  can't  be  had.  chief  engineer  rejected  advice  of  way of  warning to other  SIU  mem­ tion—the  screen,  the  sides,  above  and  behind.  This  adds  tremendous  Meanwhile,  Earl  Harrison,  an­ impact  to  the  projected  image,  be  it a  symphony  orchestra  or  a  racing  other SIU member  aboard the  Sea­ the  Seafarers  to  keep  a  man  on  bers  not  to  get  on  the  same  ship  motprboat.  pender,  also  an  Orion  ship,  wrote  watch  over  the  No.  4  deep  tanks  with  "Port Hole"  whose  license, he  The  special  equipment  required  still  remains  one  of  Cinerama's  the  LOG  that  mail  deliveries  were  while  the ship  was taking  on  bunk­ said,  "could  have  been  gotten  any  biggest  handicaps.  Normal  projectors  cannot  be  used  because  Cine­ cut  off  completely.  "We  were  at  ers.  "They  wanted  to  be  stub­ day  of  the  week  from  Sears  Roe­ rama  employs  a  larger  frame  size  and  more  frames  per  second  (26  Inchon  for  12  days' without  as  bom,"  Roy  said,  and  it  sure  paid  buck  &  Co."  instead  of  24)  than  does  conventional  film.  Cinerama  film  is  loaded  much  as a  postcard,  and  the  same  on  enormous  8,0b0­foot  reels,  instead  of  the  usual  2,000­foot  ones.  applied  at  Kunsan.  The  MSTS  Also,  special  editing  and  viewing  equipment  is. needed  on  the  produc­ told  us  our  mail  was  in  Pusan  and  tion  end.  we  couldn't  get  it  until  we  arrived  Sometime  after  January  if  you're' in  New  York  and  have  a  couple  of  at  Sasabo,  Japan."  He complained  hours  to  spare  (they're  sold  out  until  then),  drop  in  at  the  Broadway  also  that  just  10  seamen  are  al­ (1)  If  a man  plans to start  out on  a 450­mile  auto  trip at 10 AM  and  Theater.  lowed  to  attend  the  movies  twice  can  average  60  MPH,  what  time  will  it  be  when  he  reaches  his  des­ a  week  despite  the  nuniber  of  tination  if  he  has  to  make  an  hour's  stopover  on  the  way?  Will  it  be  ships  in  port.  (5:30),  (6:30),  (7:30)  or  (8:30)?  Seamen  Insulted  (2)  Which  are  the  two  cities  involved  in  Dickens'  novel  "A  Tale  of  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  To add  insult  tO injury,  Harrison  Two  Cities?"  (3)  The  state  which  is  the  chief  milk  producer  of  the  USA  is  (Illi­ said.  Colonel  E,  H.  Tinkham,  com­ mander  of  the  Kunsan  post,  told  nois),  (New  Jersey),  (Wisconsin),  (California)?  (4)  Twice  a  certain  number  equals  three  times  another  number,  the  soldiers  at  two  meetings,  that  By  M.  Dwyer  "seamen  are  the  lowest  form  of  and  the sum  of  both  numbers is 15.  What are  the numbers?  (5)  Which  US  Government  agencies  do  the following  abbreviations  humanity  and  they  shouldn't  asso­ ciate  with  us." Apparently  this  was  stand  for;  FTC,  AEC,  FSA,  RFC?  But  many's  the  tale  I've  spun  the  Army's demonstration  of  grati­ When  I  am  dead  and  gone,  (6)  Yorktown,  Appomattox,  Versailles  and  the  USS  Missouri  all  That  would  make  the  blood  run  tude  for  the  meals,  showers  and  have  something  in  common.  What  was  the  event  which  marked  the  Weep not  for  me  and  wail.  cold.  Just  remember,  I  loved  old  ships,  other  favors  given  the  doughboys  feature  they  have  in  common?  Of  bye­gone  days  of  yesteryear.  by  SIU  members on  the ships,  and  The  thunder  and  the  gale.  (7)  Where  are the  "Benelux countries"  and  which  nations are  they?  Of  pirates  and  of  gold.  (8)  A  man  decided  to  donate  $300  to  five  organizations  to  be  split  the  oft­hailed  contributions  of  For  many's  the  storm  I  tveathered,  And  many  a  ship  I've  whittled  SIU  crews  to  the  war  effort  in  up  in  portions  of  one­third,  one­fourth,  one­fifth  and  one­sixth,  with  bringing  the  vitally­needed  sup­ the remainder  going  to  the  fifth  organization.  How  much  did  the fifth  And  many  a  deck  I  trod.  For  a  smiling  little  lad.  organization  receive?  Nov)^  I  sail  with  the  greatest  And  now  I  go, but  you  must  know.  plies  and  troops  to  the  fronts.  (9)  You  be  the  judge.  Should  a  man's  alimony  to  his first  wife  be  skipper,  • "We have  always  been  brought  My  life  was  full  and  glad.  My  Master  and  my  guide.  up to  believe  that the  US Constitu­ reduced  because  it  doesn't  leave  him  enough  to  suppoii:  his  second  So  weep  not  for  me,  I  say.  tion  declare,  that  all  men  are.  wife?'  (10)  "The  Montagues  and  the  Capulets  were  the  names  of  the  twO  And  my  words, , nay,  do  not  created  equal,  but  evidently  that  What  use  ts  an  old  sea  buzzard  doubt.  In  this  modern  day  and  age.  equality  ceases  for  merchant  sea­ feudin'  families  in  Shakespeare's  play  about  two  young  lovers.  What  When  sails  have  been  forgotten  Just  remember  I  loved  old  ships  men who  go to Korea as the  Army's  was  the  name  of  the  play?  'Wh^n^ my beacon  H^hh gocs  out.  Wg  brass "Sure  don't  ti­eat  us  as  And  speed  is  all  the  rtsge^.'^  *  (Quiz  Aiisv­ers on  Page  25)  T  'I Told ¥a So^ Beats Mate  Quiz Corner  To  An Old  Seaman  &j.;i  0  ,V: '•   ii­ fl  �'•  '\­.­ V:­ Bi  See That Wonderful Crew7­From The Dei Norte  Bp  Spike  Marlin  When  we  came  up  to  the  door  here  and  let  her  rip  into  the  pil­ we  heard  a  peculiar  thud  followed  low.  The  mirror  is  for  checkin*  by  a  sprinWe  of  plaster.  Brushing  my  form  so  I'll  get  a  real  smooth  it  off  our  shoulders,  we  rang  the  delivery.  .  Watch."  No Spares  bell.  The  door  opened,  revealing  He  let  her  rip.  Some  moro  Focus  Coyle  adorned  in  an  ill­fit­ ting  baseball  uniform.  The  pants  plaster  sprinkled.  What  happens,  ends  didn't  quite  meet  each  other  we  asked,  if  he  misses  the  pillow.  around  the  middle  and  the  spikes  Is  there  a  spare  mirror  in  the  Were  off  the  shoes  out  of  consid­ house?  "I  ain't  broke  nothin'  yet,"  he  eration  for  the  floors.  Otherwise  muttered,  but  we detected  a  slight  it  looked  pretty  authentic.  We  asked  him  if  he  was  buck­ down­curve  in  confidence.  We  explained  gently  that  while  ing  for  a  job  as  first  base  coach  Shantz  was  peanut­sized  compared  with  the  Cardinals.  "Coachin'?  Not  on  your  life," he  to  others,  he  had  been  giffed  by  snorted.  "If  that  Bobby  Shantz  nature  with  a  large  pair  of  hands,  is  the  best  player  in  the  AL,  then  plus that  extra­special coordination  there's  a  spot  for  a  little  guy  like  and  speed  of  reflex  that  is  the  me.  So  I'm  gettin'  my  old  buggy­ trade­mark  of  the  professional  whip  into shape.  Maybe he's  gotta  athlete.  We  didn't  think  the  pil­ Reading from  left to  right, this aggregation  from  the  Del  Norte  (Mississippi)  comprises  Brotheit;  Free­ coupla  inches  height  on  me,  but  low  on  the  wall  or  any  other  kind  manis,  Mistich,  Browning,  Buzz,  Number,  Garlaza  and  Worrell.  In  the  back  row,  same  order,  are;  of  practice  could  develop  It.  got  the  weight."  Brothers  Torzell,  Lyles,  Hancock.  Lewis,  Swain,  Cheramie,  VonLofton,  Banning and  Coe.  Full of  Tricks  Indoor  Training  You  sure  have,*  we  answered,  To  top  it  off,  we  added,  he  has  poking  a  finger  into  the  cushiony  been  in  excellent  condition  at  all  mass  that  blossomed  over the  belt­ times,  and  made  up  for  lack  of  Corfu,  Greece,  an  island  in  the  Ionian  Sea, off the coast  of Albania,  is a very quiet place,  line.  But  how  could  a  pitching  beef  by  using  his  noodle  to  good  especially  in  the  winter  time  when  all  tourists are  gone and  only about  one ^nerican ship  arm  be  conditioned  in  the  living  advantage.  He  had  a  tricky  deliv­ ery  and  concentrated on  surprising  room?  comes in  each  month.  '  He  glared  at  us  for  a  few  sec­ the hitters,  rather than  smothering  We  were  there  for  22  days  main  industry.  It's  very  pic­ to  do  but'Teiax  and  enjoy  it.  I  onds  while  he  panted  to  regain  them  with  a  high,  hard  one.  Even  at  anchor  last  February.  We  turesque  and  urban.  They  grow  don't  know  if  it  was  the  wine  or  his  wind.  "Awright,  wise  guy," he  so,  he  needed  plenty  of  rest  be­ had  bum­boat  launch  service,  much  garlic,  citrus  fruits  and  my  extreme  hunger,  but  the  fried  said.  "Ya  won't  think  it's  funny  tween  starts.  We  concluded,  in  a  squids  were  good.  We  also  had  next spring  when  I'm  out  there  on  gentle  vein,  that  we  doubted  and  at  times  this  was  discontinued  grapes.  due  to the  rough seas.  Once  some  All  of  this  sightseeing  and  tour­ pickled  octopus  (ugh)  and  greasy,  the.  hill.  But  if  ya  really  want  Focus had  the  stuff  to make  it.  of  us  v. : re  forced  to  stay  ashore  ing  worked  up  our  appetites.  So  fried  potatoes.  We  topped  this off  t'know  there's  the  whole  works."  "If  ya'  ask  me,"  he  sneered,  for  two  d­'.vs.  As  there  was  very  we  told  our  pilot  that  we  wanted  with  Greek  coffee  (grounds  and  He  pointed  to  an  overstuffed  sofa  "you're  just  jealous  o'  me."  He  little  activity  and  almost  no  places  foqd  typical  of  the  area  and  not  all)  and  cognac.  It  was  a  rare  pillow  hanging  on  the  wall  next  went  into  the  full  wind­up  and  of  amu­^ement,  we  toured  the  cosmopolitan  tourist  fare.  We  experience,  very  cheap  and  typical  to  a full­length  mirror.  We  shook  threw.  We  ducked  out  the  door  just in  time. Those mirror splinters  our  head,  puzzled.  island.  Our  party  comprised  AB  walked  through  an  area  which  of  the  area.  Ted  Schultz  "All  ya  gotta  do  is  stan'  ovet  certainly  flew  all  over  the  place.  Donald  Hicks.  AB  Boots  Puera.  from  its  aroma  and  looks  must  steward  Ed  Laurent,  and  deck  have  been  built  before  the  year  1.  We  came  to  a  small  cafe.  One  mainterance  man  Hanks.  large  table,  built  with  benches  we  A  "must"  for  sightseers  on  Corfu  is  a  castle  once  lived  in  by  usually  find  at  picnic  places,  was  Kaiser  Wilhelm  of  Germany.  It  is  the  only  place  to  sit.  There  were  The  mails  recently  have  brought  forth  news of  several models'of  the old SIU ship­shape  really a  beautiful place  and  is open  huge  wine  casks  with  spigots  in  cleanliness  v^hich  deserve  to  be followed  by  all crews not  only to keep  the Union's relations  to  the  public.  There  is  also  a  one  corner,  and  in  the  other  a  with  the companies  in  sound order, but  also to  make the  work  easier for  all  Seafarers.  place  a  few  miles  beyond  this,  on  small  brick  stove.  The  place really  At  a  shipboard  meeting  on"*"  the  top  of  a  mountain  where  the  had  atmosphei­e,  if  nothing  else.  the  Seapender,  an  Orion  ves­ serted  in  the  ^ship's  minutes  to  ported  that  the  crew's  quarters  Kaiser  had  a  perch  built  to  drink  Ancient  Cook  his coffee  every  afternoon.  sel,  delegate  James  check thoroughly the  bottom of  the  "were  left  in  a filthy  and  deplor­ It  was  quite  cold  outside  and  in­ Kelley ship's  urged  the  crew  to  go  out  hull  before  sailing  again  as  the  able  con iition  by  our  previous  Medieval  Relics  side.  I  noticed  our  pilot  talking  of  their way  and  show a  little  con­ ship  ran  aground  at  Inchon,  Ko­ brothers.'­  Thus,  having  gone  The  island's  history is  quite  old.  to  an  ancient  native  with  about  sideration  for  the  next  crew  com­ rea.  through  the  mill,  these  Seafarers  Down  through  the  centuries,  it has  three  weeks'  growth  of  beard  and  ing  aboard.  Thus,  the  steward  cleaned  up  the  entire  ship,  and  Meanwhile,  on  the  Fairlsle  been  in  many  different  hands  be­ dark  gnarled  hands.  A  woolen  was  instructed  to  maki  certain  (Waterman),  ship's  delegate  How­ left it  immaculate at  the payoff  re­ cause  of  wars  and  conquests.  Each  stocking  cap covered  his head,  and  that  there  were  ample  supplies  of  arth  made  it  a  special  point  to  cently.  Smith  commented  that  it  new  con~ueror  added  his  bit  to  an apron,  that  had  been white  long  soap  bars  and  powder  as  well  as  ask  each  man  "not  to  leave  his  was a  "completely cooperative  trip  the  area's  general  make­up.  There  ages  ago,  was  tied  around  his  all  foods  left  by  payoff  time.  He  filth  for  his  successors."  Record­ with  no  gashounds,  performers  or  are  monasteries  dating  back  to  the  middle.  I  realized  we  were  truly  was also  told to  dispose of  all  eggs  ing  secretary  George  D.  Smith  re­ trouble  makers."  year  1?00  and  fortresses  much  "going native."  This was the  ship's  left  after  the  trip  as  they  had  older  in  the  midst  of  centuries­old  cook.  picked  up  a  strong  ice­box  taste  olive  groves  that  form  the  island's  Well,  we asked  for it.  So, what's  and  were  hardly  edible.  Everything  Checked  The  black  gang  delegate  volun­ The  LOG  opens  this  column  as  an  exchange  for  stewards,  cooks,  teered  to  see  that  enough  plumb­ ing  supplies  were  brought  aboard  bakers  and  others  who'd  like  to  share  favored  food  recipes,  little'  for the  ship's next  trip.  All of  the  known  cooking  and  baking  hints,  dishes  with  a  national  flavor  and  Uke,  suitable  for  shipboard  and/or  home  use.  Here's  Pete  Gon­ men who were  getting off  were told  the  zales*, recipe  for  "lasagna  rupiene."  to leave  the foc'sles clean  and ne%t  and  retum''all  the  soiled  linen  to  Italian,  French,'  Spanish  and  add  a  pint  of  olive  oil,  a  half­ the  steward  so  that  it  could  be  even  Jewish  dishes  are  the  speci­ pound  each  of  onions  and  green  sent  to  the  laundry.  They  were  alties  of  Pete  Gonzales  who  has  pepper  and  four  heads  of  garlic,  also  asked  to  return  foc'sle  keys  been  the  chief  cook  on  the  Puerto  all  chopped  very  finely.  Braise  the  to  the  chief  mate.  As  added  ges­ Rico  for  the  past  three  years.  Be­ vegetables  to  a  nice  brown  color.  tures  of  cooperation,  a  properly  fore  joining  the  SIU  in  1942,  he'  Then,  add  tomato  paste  and  sim­ worded bulletin  board  with  correct  worked  at  the  New  York  Athletic  mer  for five  minutes.  The  toma­ sailing  times  was  set  up,  and  a  Club,  the  Waldorf­Astoria  and  toes,  tomato  sauce,  and  three  warning  to  the  new  crew  was  in­ other  noted  culinary  spots.  He  tablespoons  of  salt,  pepper,  ore­ hails  from  Tampa,  Fla.  gano,  and  rose  marie,  all  together,  Pete's  recipe  should  now  be  added.  Also,  put  in  for  lasagna,  two  spoons  of  sugar  and  three  or  which  is  one  of  four  bayleaves.  the  most  famous  Place  the  entire  mixture  on  the  Italian  dishes  fire  for  three  hours  and  boil  slow­ SIU  Headquarters  urges  all  looks  and  sounds  ly.  The  meats  should  be  braised  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be  complicated,  but  very  well.  Add  the  meat  to  the  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ he  claims  it's  sauce  and  let  it  simmer  for  one  lective  Service "boards  posted  really  quite  eaSy.  hour more.  Then  boil three  pounds  on  ' all  changes  of  address  For  a  total  of  40  of  lasagna  and  let  it  cooi  off  with  through  the  use  of  the  ­post  servings, you  will  Gonzales  cold  water.  The final  operation  is  cards  furnished  at  all  SIU  need  three  dif­ to  build  up  four  layers  of  meat  halls  and  aboard  ships.  ferent  cheeses—two  pounds  of  ric­ sauce,  cheeses  and  lasagna  inter­ Failure  to  keep  >our  draft  cotte,  three  pounds  of  musserela,  mingled  in  that  order.  Put  oiled  and  a  pound  of  parmiggiane—15  board informed  of  your where­ up  waxpaper  around  the  entire  abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  pounds  of  lasagna  paste  or  nood­ combination  and  place  it in  a slow  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  les,  six  cans  each  of  tomatoes,  to­ oven  at  300  degrees fahrenheit  for  mato  paste  and  tomato  puree,  two  hours.  Well,  now  you're fin­ drafted  into  the  services  with­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  three  pounds  eaCh  ­of  pork,  beef  ished.  Wasn't  it  easy?  Pete  recom­ such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  and  vejaL  mends  that  veal  scalloppini  be  aid  Seafarers  who  fail  to com­ The i  first  operation  is  to  grind  served  together  with  the  lasagna  ply.  all  the meats  together not  too fine.  and  that  Italian  wine  top  off  the  s^hOT,  ])ut th^jipi^li^lja,*  ' *  '•  T!'  St*ufarprH Go ^NtUive^  fit Greece  I  'Clean 'Em  lip' Is Their  Motto  • •  .  f  isAlafiTiSLEANmGS  :  ii­ • i..  ii;'>'  DKRADING  BOOKLEIS  AVAILABLE/  THE UNION NOW  HAS AVAILABLE  BOOKLETS WITH  (QOESnONSANO  ANSWERS EiOR  SEAFAf^RS,  GBEKiN&'TO  OfBRABe THEM­ 'EELVESONIHE^  0O8;  \  •u;;­  ^V­ •;   ^ *1  M  Keep Draft  Board Posted  �Frtiir.  n,  WamtB IscUerE  From SMpmimtes  SE A FA RE » S  Z  Fawe 1%eii^­«M»  L  E  T  T  EES  Thanhs Brothers  For Sympathy  To  «h«  Ediiotl  To  the  Editor:  .  In  recent  Issues  of  the  LOG  I  is  the  best  there  Is  and  ever  will  and  was  very  lucky  he  grabbed  While  in  the  port  of  Baltimore  Nice Catch,  Boy!  onto a  have  noticed  the  names  of  many  be.  Thank  you.  boom, as  he only  broke  two  on  November 11th, I received word  a  shipmate  of  mine.  Not  knowing  John  A. Hoffman  ribs.  thai my  mother  had  died. Through  their  whereabouts,  I  would  like  to  (Ed  note:  You  brother's  name  After  leaving  port,  our  steward,  the  LOG,  I  now  have  you  put  this  note  in  your  has  been  added  to  our  mailing  Fred  Havard,  became  very  sick.  want  to thank  all  most  convenient  issue  of  the  LOG  list.)  We  pulled  into  Norfolk  to put  him  of  my  friends  in  in  the  hope  that  someone  may  in  the  ho.spital.  All  the  ship's  ^  Baltimore for  notice  it  and  drop  me  a  line  or  crew wishes  him a speedy recovery.  their  kindness  two.  I  would  mostly  like  to  hear  Buys Projector,  C. (Butch)  Wright  and  sympathy.  from  Brothers  John  Mahoney  Films For Crew  J.  Their under­ (Mother Mahoney) and William  Mc­ standing  feelings  Wants Answers  Donald,  both  from  New  Orleans,  To  the  Editor:  and  condolences  and  to  extend  my  regards  to  the  Several  weeks  ago,  before  I  To OT Queries  sailed  on  the Steel  Surveyor  as its  helped  me  out of  numerous  others  whose  names  I  To  the  Editor:  chief  electrician,  I came  into  New  a  hard  time.  I  HaU  can't  reclilL  I  would  very  much  appreciate  on  the ^crew's  assignment  to  especially  thank  Thank  you for  whatever you  can  York  your  help  in  getting  the  questions  my friends  at the  Victoria  Bar and  get  a  movie  projector  and  some  do  for  me  along  this  line.  My  films in  order  to  make  this, three­ below  clarified.  These  questions  Club  Diamond.  address  is  US  51119374,  Co.  C  month  have  been  in  dispute  for  quite  trip  more  pleasant  and  in­ Charles "Red"  HaU  7780  CSB,  APO  742,  c/o  P.  M.,  teresting.  some time.  If  the LOG would  print  New  York,  NY.  ^  4)  4>  I want  to  thank  This five­pound  squaretail was  and clarify  some  of  these disputed  Pfe.  Nicolas  Papathanasion  the LOG  staff  for  caught  by  George  Dinas  in  questions,  I  am  sure  it  would  be  Thanhs Wacosta  ^  of  great  help  to  all  the  members.  making  my  task  Moosehead Lake, Maine.  Use  your  best  shirt­sleeve  English,  Crew For Help  easier.  From  a  Seafarers Meet  so  that  all  will  understand:  To  the  Editor:  collection  taken  up  among  the  Rates Captain  1.  When  a  wiper,  engine  utility  I  wish  to thank  each  member  of  After MO Years  or  any  other  member  of  the  un­ the  crew  of  the  SS  Wacosta  for  men  as  well  as  To  the  Editor:  the  ship's  fund,  licensed  personnel  helps  the  elec­ being  so  considerate  in  helping  ^Tops In Boole'  I  have  been  in  coastwise  Cities  I was able  to  buy  To  the  Editor:  trician  install any electrical equip­ me  reach  my  sick  wife  here  in  Service  tankers  for  the  past  year,  not  only  a  good  ment  during  regular  working  Mobile,  Ala.  When  I  received  a  and  in  my  opinion  this  is  one  of  There  comes  a  time  in  every  hours, is  projector but also  this considered  overtime?  wire  of  her  illness,  it  would  have  our  best  contracts.  I  urge  some  Moore  five  full­length  seafaring  man's  career  when  he  (Ed. note:  No.)  of  you other oldtimers, who haven't  been  impossible  to'get  home  with­ comes in contact  with a ship's mas­ already, done so, to try one of these  motion  pictures  and five  more  ter that  he  likes to  boast  about as  2.  Is working  below floor  plates,  out  the  help  of  the  crewmembers.  films,  musicals  and  newsreels.  In  packing  a  main  circulator,  hand  During  my  shipping  with  the  ships.  being  tops  in  his  book.  addition,  we  borrowed  two  good  hole  plates  on  boilers  (Victory  Union  I  have  never  shipped  with  This  Is  an  exceptionally  good  movies  from  the  Union.  I have  found  one  who,  to me, is  ship), condensate.pumps  and other  a  better  crew.  It  is  with  regret  ship.  The  master  and  all  officers  I  am  siu­e  that  these films  will  in that  category.  His name is Cap­ machinery  below floor  plates "con­ that  I  left  the  Wacosta.  help  make  our  voyage  much  hap­ tain  Bernard  Brennan,  at  present  sidered  overtime?  M. J. Berry  pier. We are  going to  India, Singa­ master  aboard  this  fine  vessel,  a  (Ed. note:  This is  overtime  if  a  4^  4!>  4<  pore  and  Indonesia.  I am  making  Liberty,  of  course.  The  ship  in  man  is  working  alone.  If  he  is  question  is  the  SS  Marven,  now  working  under  the  first  or  second  One Copy Of  lAMG  this trip for the  bricklayers. They­ 're putting  up a  new  garage  at my  returning  from  a  voyage  to  Civi­ assistant, no.)  house  in  Florida  City.  I have five  tavecchia,  Italy,  where  we  carried  3.  When  cargo  is  being  worked  Read  By Three  acres  of  land  down  there  and  ev­ a  load  of  coal  from  Norfolk.  This  at  intervals  dunnage  is  loaded  on  To  the  Editor:  erything  else  a  man  could  desire  captain,  in  my  opinion,  did  every­ deck.  When  a  sufficient  amount  is  I  would  like  to  cancel  the  LOG  except  a  wife.  Well,  here's  to  thing  possible  to  cooperate  with  accumulated  to  load  on  a  dock  or  that  is  being sent  to  J. T.  Sigmon  happy  sailing for all  my friends  in  the  delegates  and  to  make  it  a  carrier,  cargo  time  for  the  FWT  in  care  of  Jean  La  Corte  because  truly  great  SIU  ship.  He  rates  a  is  stopped  until  all  dunnage  is  we  got  married  last  February  and  the SIU.  "Dutchy"  Moore  salute  from  all  hands  afloat,  for  discharged.  Has  the  company  the  are  moving  down  South.  My  hus­ he,  as  well  as  the  rest  of  the  of­ right  to  do  this  (5  PM  to 8 AM)?  band's  mother  and  father  are  al­ %  ^  i.  ficers  aboard  the  vessel,  are  truly  (Ed. note: Yes, the company has  ready  the  LOG  there, so  Returning To Sea  SIU.  Never  have  I seen  any  crew  the  right. The  FWT  collects  over­ I  will receiving  have  a  chance  to  read  it  or  bunch  of  officers  get  along  as  time  when  he  is  loading  or  dis­ while my  husband  is at  sea.  May  I  After Army Hitch .harmoniously  as  do  the  men  charging  cargo;  dunnage  is  not  add that  I think the LOG is  a won­  \  To  the  Editor:  aboard  this ship.  considered  cargo.)  derful paper and I enjoy  reading it  Please  discontinue  sending  the  Fred  R.  Hicks,  4.  When cargo is being unloaded,  Tommy  Scoper  (left)  and  LOG  to  me  at  Camp  Polk,  La.  Chief  Steward'  there  is  a  period  of  time  waiting  very  much.  Mrs. J. T. Sigman  • 'Whltey" Stewart,  old  ship­ I will not  be here any  more after  4.  t  4^  for  barges,  railroad  cars  or  other  mates  of  the  torpedoed  Robin  the  tenth  of  November.  I will  be  4i  4i  4  carriers.  Is  overtime  broken  dur­ ship,  Seattle  Spirit,  met  re­ getting  out  of  the  Army  and  will  Atlantic Rough  eently  for  the first  time  in  a  go  back  to  sea.  I  wish  tp  thank  After Caribbean  ing  these  periods  fop  FWTs  and  Busy Stewards  electricians?  (Longshore  time  is  decade.  you  very  much for sending  me  the  To  the  Editor:  running.)  Longshoreman  time  is  Stop For Photo  LOG  and  tell  you  that  the  new  After  sailing  in  the  Caribbean  stopped.  To the Editor:  are  gentlemen  and  square  shoot­ LOG is  really great.  for  two  years  on  the  Jeff  Davis,  (Ed.  note:  Electricians  collect  It  is  a  rare  occasion  when  the  ers.  The  ship  has  the  best  gro­ Thanks  very  much.  Atlantic  seems  to  be  a  little  overtime if  they are asked  to stand  Royal  Oak  stewards  department  ceries  I  have  seen  served  on  any  PFC  Homer  A.  Turpen  this  rough  out  here.  We  sailed  from  by.  FWTs  do not, since  they  have  assembles  for  a  group  picture.  ship,  thanks  to  Thomas  France,  t  4.  t  New  Orleans on  November 17,  and  to be  there whether  they are  work­ Usually  the  steward  keeps  them  the fleet's  best  chief  steward.  All  the  only  smooth  sailing  we  have  ing  or  not.)  hands  are on  the  ball  at  all  times  Seafarer Going  aU  so  biisy  that  they  don't  have  had  was  when  we  went  into  Nor­ Harold  R.  Welch  time to enjoy this luxury. The gang  in  true  SIU  fashion  with  never  a  folk.  Well,  I  guess  it  does  a  guy  beef—truer  Union  brothers  can't  West, Not East  wore  the  best  whites  that  were  4.  4^  4.  good  sometimes to  come  back over  To  thTEditor:  be  found.  here  once  in  a  while  to  brush  up  Oldtimers Bach  Recently,  I  sailed  with  an  old  When  the  trip  on  Waterman's  on  his  seamanship.  >  On The Evelyn  shipmate  whom  I hadn't seen  in 10  famous  mistake,  the  Fairisle,  was  completed,  I spent  a  few  days  on  We  started  off  with  a  bad  trip  To  the  Editor:  years,  ever  since  we  were  tor­ pedoed  and  sunk  on  the  Robin  the  beach  and  my  funds  were  but  it  seems  to  be  improving  as­ It's  like  old  times  again  on  the  time  goes along.  One  of  our  good  Evelyn.  We  have  such  men  back  Line's  old  Seattle Spirit.  Inciden­ depleted—as  usual.  tally,  brother  "Whitey"  Stewart  is  What  should  come  easing  into  friends,  Frank  Coggins  from  Mo­ as  bosun  Marple,  AB  Eddie  Vail  the  only  shipmate  from  that  ill­ 'Frisco  but  this  big  aluminum  and  bile,  took  a  spill from  the  rigging  and  FWT  Charles  Schrunk.  An­ other oldtimer  back  here  is  broth­ fated  voyage  to  Murmansk  whom  white  Robin  Hood.  After  nothing  er  Gross,  who  is  making  his fifth  but  Libertys  and  C­2s,  this  thing  I have  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  this  vessel  in four  years.  Proper Repair ­ trip on  again.  Needless  to  say,  we  cele­ seems  like  a  monster.  The  day  I  We  still  have  chief  cook  Frank  came  aboard  in  the  Oakland  Army  brated  the  occasion.  I  hope  I  Lists Help All  Antonette and  his wonderful  chow.  shall  have  the  pleasure  soon  of  Base  my  eyes  fell  on  the  gear,  The  settlement  of  repair  Also  back after taking  the summer  meeting all the  other  brothers who  which was  all topped. Whew! What  a  mess of  booms  and kingposts.  lists  means  a  lot  to  the  men  off  is  chief  steward  Eddie  Dacey.  were  on  that  voyage.  Now,  on  behalf  of  the  crew  of  But  with  the financial  situation  who ­stay  aboard a ship, and  to  All in all,  we're well satisfied  with  this vessel, I want to  extend  a vote  what  it  was,  my  name  scratched  the  new  crew  that  comes  the cleanliness  of  the ship  and  the  This gang is the Royal Oak's  of  thanks to  Leroy Clarke,  the port  its way  onto  the articles  in a  rush.  aboard,  just  as  the  repair  list  great  chow.  We  also  have  a  new  radio,  which  I  bought  out  of  the  stewards  department.  Left  to  made  out  by  the  previous  agent  in  Lake  Charles,  for  the  Today I found out—the Robin Hood  ship's  fund.  A  special  rack  was  right,  front:  pantryman  Tom  many  favors  and  accommodations  was  not  going  back  to  Japan  or  crew  means  a  lot  to  you.  Because  repairs  mean  h  lot  made  and  put  up for  the radio  by  Madison  and  saloon  messman  received from  him  beyond  the line  Korea,  but  was  headed  for  France  AB Dugan  and Marple.  What  more  A1 Martinez.  Back  row: Mess­ of  Union  duties.  with  Army  cargo.  I had  to  believe  to  your  comfort  and  living  could  make  a  happier SIU  crew.  man  Frederick  Behrend;  chief  conditions  aboard  ship,  they  J  Tommy  Scoper  the  awful  truth  when  this  up­hill,  All in  all, it  sure looks  as if  the  cook  George  Llebers;  third  should  be  handled  in  the  down­hill  canal  c^e  in  sight.  ,  4^  t  Evelyn  is going  to  be  a  good  ship  cook  Earl  Mathews;  second  fashion.  the  only  West  Coaster  in  proper  to  sail  on,  with  a  friendly  and  cook  Anacleto  Doromal;  and  Requests lAMG Be  the Being  Each  department  delegate  deck  gang  brings  forth  quite  must  make out  three copies  of  heads­up crew. There's nothing like  BR  WiiUam  Calefato.  Mailed To Korea  a  bit  of  chatter  about  California's  his  repair list.  sailing  aboard  a  ship  that's  good  beverages  and  women.  Luckily,  To  the  Editor:  and  clean  and  kept  in  real  heads­ available,  and  George  Liebers,  The  ship's  delegate  should  Could  you  please  send  the  LOG  I've  been  holding  my  own  with  gave  one  copy  to  the  head  of  up  style,  along  with  good  cooking  chief  cook,  who  organized  the  to  my  brother  in  Korea.  He  is  these gws  from  Philly,  New  York  the department concerned, one  and  good  shipmates.  That's  really  picture  upon  the  occasion  of  his  interested  in  the  SIU  and  would  and  Baftimore.  They  make  good  copy to the company  rep|esen­ sailing  in  true  SIU  style,  a  clean  leaving  the  ship,  wore  his  teeth.  like very  much  to learn  all he  can  shipmates  —  Bill  Logan,  Eddie  tative,  and  one  copy  to  the  ship  and  a  happy  crew.  Most of  the crew warned each other  about  it.  He  is  on  the  front  lines  Tesko,  Oscar  Blaine,  Eddie  Con­ But  we  did  have  a  bit  of  bad  to  eat  while  the  cooking  was  good  Union  patrolman.  and I would  be immensely grateful  trell and Smitty, the Serang. Ralph  In  this  way,  everyone  has a  news.  Chris  Dacey,  the  brother  of  (some  ate  as  many  as five  minute  to  you  if  you  would  take  care  of  Maisant is  putting out  great chow,  copy  of  the  repair  list  and  our  chief  steward,  died  of  a  heart  steaks),  because  who  knows  when  this, as the LOG is excellent  read­ so  I  can't  think  of  anything  to  there  is a  check to make  sure  attack  in  New  York,  and  we  sent  there  will  be  good  eating  again,  ing.  I would  also  like  to add  that  beef  about..  like we  had.  a flower wreath  to  his  family.  the  work  is  done.  Teny  Paris  the. Seafarers  International  Union  r, J. Bmggner  T­X'T ^  ' ­  '  I  �Paffe Twenty­twa  Had GreatTime  At Port O' Call  Fddiy. Novamber 28, 1982  SEAFARERS  LOG  X  E  T  T  E  R  S  Gives Advice On  Cure Mdkey  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  deck  engineer  sheets  and  by  the  A  lot  of  guys  in  the  hospitals  ly  necessary  and  something  should  This  letter  is  in  appreciation  of  be  done  to  correct  it.  log.  talk  about  maintenance  and  cure  Ship's  Crew  ..  ..  The  tbird  mate  injured  himself  and  think  that  it  will  be  an  easy  the fine  time  shown  the  crew  of  .  Binghamton  Victory  To  the  Editor:  doing our  work  one night.  I had  to  thing  to  collect  subsistence  from  the  Robin  Doncaster  when  we  had  (Ed.  note:  Your  letter  has  been  miss  several  watches;  he  told  me  our  ship's  party  prior  to  our  sail­ turned  over,  to  the  patrolman  jor  In  this  pow­wow  from  the  Chris­ he'll  support  my  claims and  so will  the  steamship  company  in  whose  employ  they  were  when  they  had  ing from  New  York  on  October  26.  action.)  tos M  in Pusan, I first  wish to bring  the  second.  I  need  your  good  ad­ their  accident.  Our  thanks  are  extended  to  the  you up  to date  on our  little bucket.  vice  on  the  deal.  I  am  keeping  all  However, many  of  them find  that  staff  of  the SEAFARERS  LOG  who  We  left  Portland,  Me.,  on  Au­ the  times  down  that  I  can,  na­ after  they)re  discharged  and  told  once  again  have  gust 2  bound for San  Francisco, via  turally.  I  don't  get  it  all.  Despite  to  go  back  to  the  hospital  for  shown  their  will­ every  difficulty  we  are  in  the  best  Providence,  Jacksonville,  Panama,  of  spirits.  So far  we  have  the  full  treatment and  checkups, it's  not so  ingness  to  cover  To  the  Editor:  stories  of  SIU  This  is  my  first  letter  to  the  and finally  Alameda, Cal.  The mate  crew  we  left  Stateside  with.  The  easy to  collect from  the companies.  I  would  like  to  men  at  any  hour  LOG,  so  try  to  bear  with  me.  I  turned  the  radio  man  to,  chipping  chow  is  the  best  and  SIU  spirit  warn  alj  Seafar­ of  the  day  or  look  back  to  the  time  when  I  was  predominates.  ers right  now  not  night. We  also ap­ laid  up  in  the  Manhattan  Beach  and  painting,  but  after  seeing  an  I  will  await  your  advice  on  Mr.  overtime  sheet  favoring  the  deck  to  sign  anything  plaud  the  efforts  Marine Hospital—October  28, 1949,  Taylor,  our  chief  mate.  Thank  you  with  the time,  he reluctantly  prom­ that  the  company  of  Ed  Mooney  to  be  exact.  I  was  discharged  on  gives  them  with­ and Joe DeGeorge  January  1,  1951,  on  out­patient  ised  this  would  not  happen  again.  for  the  LOGs.  We  are  certainly  out  studying  it  in  operating  the  treatment  and  am  now  back  at sea  We allowed  him one strike  and for­ making  advances.  Colder  Fred Boyne  got  same.  We  were  in  Alameda  very  carefully.  In  Port  O'Call  nite­ again,  on  the  good  ship  Del  Norte.  (Ed. note:  Your  letter  has  been  fact,  it  would  be  club  and  selecting  such fine  enter­ This  is  my  second  trip  trying  to  about 12  hours; there  were no long­ shoremen  and  the  crew  took  on  turned  over  to  headquarters  and  a  good  idea  for  tainers.  We  thank  Howard  Bennett  get  the  old  feel  again.  four  months'  stores—no  time  off,  you  should  receive  a  letter  shortly  them  to  let  the  Farrell  for  giving  us  the  best  table  for  I  have  some  good  friends  in  on  this  matter.)  naturally.  The  mate  went  log­hap­ Union  Welfare  our party  of  20,  and  Charlie  Gedi­a  Manhattan  Beach—^Vic  Millazzo,  if  il  Plan representatives look over any­ for  his  capable  and  attentive  serv­ Rupert  Blake  and  John  Driscoll.  py  and  some  men  were  stuck  for  thing before  you  sign  it.  ice  till  the  wee hours  of  the  morn­ One  oldtimer  I  saw  listed  in  the  over a C­note  for obscene language.  When you get  out of  the hospital,  A  25­day  trip  brought  us  to  LOG,  as  I  recall  a  few  issues  ago,  ing.  you're  told  to  tell  the  company  Pusan and eventually Inchon.  There  was  Brother  Driscoll,  who  wrote  In . general  the  staff  of  the  nite­ about  being  an  out­patient.  The  club  in  throwing  out  the  welcome  the  article,  "No  Forgotten  Men  we  discharged  grain,  which  took  To the  Editor:  companies look  over your  abstract,  27  days  with  no  Here."  I  really  enjoyed  reading  mat  did  an  exceptionally fine  job,  shorie  leave.  We  We  the  crew  of  the  SS  Arizpa  and  then  usually  ask  you  to  make  especially  considering  that  our  that  article,  as  it  brings  back  mo­ broke  watches  respectfully  request  that  copies  of  a  statement  about  how  your  acci­ "farewell  party"  was  held  on  a  ments  when  I  first  went  in  the  and  the  deck  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  be  sent  to  dent  happened.  This  is  where  you  Friday  night  when  the  house  was  gate.  Joe  Volpian  was  visiting  the  crowd  settled  us  so  that  we  can  keep  up  with  have  to  be  careful.  boys  then  to  pay  us  off,  and  spent  packed.  'Usual  Routine'  down  all  Week  to  a  lot  of  time  with  us.  I remember  current  Union  activities.  The  reactions  of  crewmen  who  The  company  lawyer  or  claim  day  work.  It  was  we  went  into  our  late  brother  Joe  attended  were filled  with  over­ a  pleasant  We  have  been  away  from  the  agent  will  tell  you  that  the  state­ wheifSiing  satisfaction.  The  typical  Lightfoot's  room;  he  was  very  sick  change,  all  hands  States  for  three  months,  and  have  ment  is  just  the  usual  routine  and  at  the  time.  A  very  good  friend  remark  was:  "All  crews  should  do  out  together  with  not  received  any  word  from  the  then asks  you to  tell your  story. As  of  Joe's  forgot  all  about  being sick  the same  on their last  night in  port  himself  when  he  saw  Joe  and  they  one  interest—^the  Union  in  the  way  of  letters  or  you  tell  it,  he  puts  the  story  down  Boyne  as  it  is  a  nice  send­off  and  the  discussed  old  times.  If  Joe  was  work.  Saturday  circulars  concerning  the  recent  on paper, often  using legal  phrases  women folk  appreciate it."  A  typi­ thinking  what  I  was,  and  I  believe  came  along.  The  mate  took  over  strike­ or  its results.  that  you  can't  understand.  cal  remark  of  the  fellows,  who  he  was,  we  knew  that  his  trip  was  the  keys  and  from  there  on  in  we  Thank  you  for  your  time  and  Then he'll  get real  friendly  after  weren't  able  to  attend,  was:  "I  ending.  you finish  the  story  and  give  you  watched  Koreans  doing  our  work,  consideration.  can't  believe  the  prices  are  so  I see where  Brother Walter Siek­ with  our  gear,  stages,  lines,  paint,  Donald  Wagner  the  statement  to sign.  As  I've  said,  cheap,  but  brother,  with  that  kind  mann  is doing  a  good  job, although  rollers, brushes,  saws and hammers.  (Ed.  note:  Your  copies  of  the  he's  the  one  who  has  written  it  of  reception  and  entertainment,  I  have  never  met  him.  I  do  want  The  mate  supervised  and  issued  LOG  have  been  sent  to  you  regu­ down,  using  his  own  wording  and  you  can  count  me  in  for  the  next  to  say  this:  Treat  the  guys  right  necessai­y  equipment.  Then  on  larly  all  the  while  you  have  been  catchy  phrases.  one."  and  you  will  never  be  forgotten.  Monday  the  bosun  worked  the  out  of  the  States..  The  Union  is  Brothers,  if  you're  smart  you  Looking  forward  to  a  quick  re­ Thanks.  Koreans.  Then  there  was  a  repeti­ checking  toith the  company  to  find  won't  sign  it right  away.  If  you  do  turn  from  South  Africa  and  an­ William  A.  Fadgett  tion  when  Saturday  came  along.  out  why  your  mail  has  not  been  you  may find  yourself  with  noth­ other  such  party.  Eddie  Noonie  ing.  The  smart  thing  to  do  is  to  delivered.)  Crew  Is  Tops  joins  me  in  this  letter.  get  a  copy  of  the  statement  and  The  reason  for  mentioning  this,  X  X  X  Jimmie  Colder  take  it  wth  you.  Take  it  to  the  is,  we  have  a  first­class  crew.  We  Union  and  ask  the  Welfare  repre­ 4­  4"  are  three  months  out  and  have  To  the  Editor:  sentative  to look  it over first.  '  called  in  to  Yokohama.  All  is run­ Here  I  am  again.  I  guess  you  ning smooth.  The chief  and second  At  the  same  time,  watch  your  To  the  Editor:  might  call  it  a  bit  of  bragging  or  money  while  you're  in  the  hospital  come  in  for  special  thanks.  something, "but  knowing  that  you  cook  They  are  both  "gas  free,"  and  Sometime ago  I read  in  the  LOG  and  on  the  beach,  otherwise  you  To the  Editor:  like  to  have  pictures  for  the  LOG  really  on  the  ball.  You  know  how  a  lady's  plea  as  to  why  our  mail  may find  yourself  with  no  money  This  letter  is  being  submitted  to  I  am  enclosing  one  of  my  bride,  much  this means  to  a  ship.  We  are  doesn't  get  forwarded  to  our  men  and  then  wl­<;n  you're  refused  the  maintenance aiid  cure,  you  may  be  inform  headquarters  of  conditions  Vesta,  and  me—in  uniform.  I  guess  most  of  my  old  ship­ weli  represented  by  oldtimers  like  by  the  steamship  companies.  No  willing  to  "settle"  the  thing  for  a  in  the  deck  department  aboard  the  Don  Hodge  and  Joe  Fawcett  fi­om  doubt  it  was  written  by  a  lonely  few  dollars.  SS  Binghamton  Victoiy  (Bulli.  males  are  going  to  be  surprised  at  seaman's  wife.  I  meant  to  write  Jim Sheahan  country.  the  way  things  have  happened  to  which  are  not  up  to  par.  I've  had  these  tricks  pulled  on  you  at  the  time  and  tell  you  also  When  I  gave  the  mate  the  over­ me,  so  I  know  what  goes.  One  of  the  beefs  concerns  the  me  all  at  once.  First,  nearing  the  how  I  admired  her  courage.  time  sheets  with  the  questionable  Paddy  Farrell  chief  mate,  who  insists on  working  draft,  I  joined  the  US  Air  overtime  on  them  (such  as  his  do­ Now  my  husband  is^gone  again.  Force,  and  while  taking  training  XXX  on  deck  continually.  The mate  has  ing  our  work  and  one  instance  He  was  in  Galveston,  New  Orleans  been  quoted  as  saying  that  he  will  at  Kessler  Air  Force  Base,  I  was  where  the  chief  and  deck  engineer  and  around  the  coast  of  Florida  bitten  by  the  love  bug  and  got  work  on  deck  at  any  time,  regard­ rigged  gear  on  all  masts  and  took  for  a  month  before  his ship  sailed.  less  of  the  warning  given  him  by  married  July  6,  1952..  down  permanent  cargo  lights)  he  I  know  he  would  have  enjoyed  To  the  Editor:  I  would  like  to  hear  from  any  the  patrolman  the  trip  before.  He  blew  his  top  and  returned  the  getting  the  mail  that  I  sent  to  the  and  all  of  my  old  shipifiates,  espe­ continually  refrains  from  turning  sheets.  I  sent  them  back  up  with  New  York  office,  but  he  did  not  We  of  the  Seatiger  are finishing  cially  those  from  the  SS.Mobilian.  all  liands  to  when  securing  more  up  a  trip  from  »San  Pedro  which  than  one  set  of  booms  for  sea.  I  expect  to  be  at  my  present  ad­ the  deck  delegate  and  he  was  sent  get  it.  I  do  not  think  this  is  fair  took  in  Ei  Segundo,  Hawaii  and  When  the  ship's  delegate  saw  him  dress  for  as  long  as_ anyone  in  a  back  with  them  and  with  the  mes­ to  the  seamen  or  their  families.  Sumatra.  Everything  is  running  about  this  he  said  that  Liberty  military  organization "can  expect  to  sage  to  keep  overtime  on  a  separ­ My  husband  likes  to  hear  from  along  in  good  SIU  fashion.  We  He  is a  chief  cook and  also  ships  only  carry  one  day  man.  The  be  stationed.  My  address  is:  ate  sheet,  as  he  would  not  even  home.  have  a  wonderful  stewards  depart­ has steward's  papers.  mark  it  disputed.  Of  course,  this  Route  1,  Box  20  C/o  Co.  B.  Gib­ delegate  answered  that  this  ship  ment  with  plenty  of  good  food  o^n  easily  be  refen­ed  to  both  on  bens,  Gulfport,  Miss.  Could  you  tell  me  if  mail  is for­ which  is  well  cooked  and  served.  was  a  Victory.  The  mate  said  that  Joseph  M.  "Kelly"  Worsley  warded  on  board  by  States  Marine  There  are  so many  ships  that  have '  being  two  or  three  men  short  was  Corporation  at  New  York  City?  I  so  many  beefs  on  food  that  It's  a  nothing.  The  ship  was  four  men  would  very  much  like  to  get  some  pleasure  to  praise  this  one.  short  by  that  time.  This  has  hap­ Christmas riiail  to  him.  pened twice  sp far.  There's a  good  crew  in  all  three  I  read  the  LOG  from  start  to  departments;  topside  isn't  bad  No  Other  Crews  Restricted  finish  whenever my  husband brings  either.  Hawaii  is still  paradise,  but  Crewmembers  from  American  it  home  and  really  enjoy  it.  I  am  the  boys  were  disappointed  in  Su­ and  Canadian  ships  have  been  go­ a millinery  saleslady.  My  husband  matra.  No one could locate Sumatra  ing ashore,  but  we  were  restricted  will  ask, "Well,  skipper,  what's the  Sue.  Our  most  serious  beef,  to  the  ship  from  our  arrival  here  news  in  the  LOG?"  We  live  in  though,  was  the  hot  weather.  All  in  Goose  Bay,  Labrador  on  Octo­ Portsmouth, so  of  course  our home  hands  will  have  a  nice  time  for  ber  28 until  November 4.  This  is a  port  is  Norfolk.  I  am  writing  as  Christmas.  I  bet  you ^lew  Yorkers  Canadian  port,  and  the  only  notice  if  I  know  you,  but  that's  the  way  would  appreciate  some  of  our  sun­ given  us  was  typewritten  on  com­ I  feel  since  reading  your  friendly  shine  at  this  time  of  year.  pany  stationery  and  signed  only  paper.  To  back  up  the  food  statement,  by Captain  Olsen. So  we have  been  Mrs.  M.  R.  Friddle  cast  youi  eyes  on  the  enclosed  standing  gangway  watch  in  the  (Ed.  note:  Unfortunately  States  menu.  Buffet  supper  consists  of;  usual  way—12­4, 4­8,  and 8­12, etc.,  Marine  Corporation  is  not  one  of  Stuffed  deviled  eggs,  mixed  pick»  but  the  chief  mate  wants to  change  our  contracted  companies,  and  les,  green  olives,  chilled  fruit  bas­ this  in  order  to  save  a  few  hours  since  we  do  not  know  the  name  kets,  sliced  tom  turkey,  sliced  overtime  on, the  day  of  departure,  your  husband's  ship  there  is  baked  ham,  sliced  prime  rib,  po­ when  sea  watches  are  not  set.  Th^  very  little  we  can  do.  We  have  tato  salad,  aspic  aux  primei*e,  fruit  found,  however,  that  slowly  the  deck  delegate  saw  him  about  this,  mailing  service  to ships  is  improv­ jello  decoree,  cocoanut  cream  pie,  but  to  no  avail.  ing and  we  hope  some  day  to  have  dutch  cocoa  cake,  inardi  gras  cake,  Boat  drills  have  been !held  on  jolted  . the.  companies  enough  so  candied  apples,  assorted  nuts,  cof­ board  in  all  weather,  with fish  oil  "Kelly"  Wo»sley  is shown  with  his  wife,  Vesta  in  F^Qto  taken  at  that  problems  like ..this  .do  not  fee,.:tea  and  punch.  their  wedding last  Julf.  on deck,  and  we feel this was hord­ arise, f  Okay  Jones ..  Asks Advice In  Beef  Over Mate  Recalls Stretch  In Hospital  i  I­ • g'  Arizpa Men Fail  To Get Mail  Enlists in uhAF^  Gets Married  Crew Bids  Action  On Chief  Mate  il'  n  ;;gi  •   V"'  tiSi:  Ivi:  i'­i  '.'J  ij;',  Jr  Seaman^s  Mail  Not  Forwarded  Food  Is Tops  On Seatiger  /  ~  �'' ' ­rl>v­j:­7r  Ftl^y. Kwwbir n, itw  SKAFAttBms  tee  Face Twoity­ttirM  A SECOND 'JONAH AND THE WHALE' LEHEND  One of  the things that has  always fascinated landsmen andt  sailors  alike  has  been  the quality  of  the  unknown  that still  surrounds  the  sea.  Even  with  the  advent  pf  the  various  scientific  devices  which  claimf­ to  probe  the  very  depths  of  would  serve  to  keep  alive  these  the  sea,  there  have  always  discussions.  The  central  figure  in  been,  and  perhaps  always  will  be,  certain  questions  about  the  sea  that cannot  be  answered.  Since  the  days  when  the  early  seamen  went  down  to  the  sea  in  vessels  that  were  just  slightly  larger  than  a  present­day  lifeboat,  the  real  or  imagined  monsters  of  the  deep  have  been  subjects  of  discussion  and  speculation  by  both  sailors  and  landsmen.  Speculation  about  how  a  man  would  fare  in  relation  to  one  of  these  monsters  is  a  topic  that  has  appealed  to man's imagination, and  has  been  spurred  by  the  biblical  story  of  Jonah  and  the  whale. The  size  of  these  ocean  goliaths  has  made  man  wonder  whether  he  could  actually  live  within  their  bodies.  Recent Case  However,  there  is  one  case  on  comparatively  recent  records  that  Olde Photos  Wanted by MMG  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.  the drama  was an  unknown whaler,  James  Hartley.  Hartley was a crewman on  a typi­ cal  nineteenth  century  whaler,  the  Star  of  the  East.  He, was  serving  aboard  her  in  the year 1891,  when  the  event  that  caused  the  entire  world  to  wonder,  took  place.  At the  time, the  Star of  the East  was  "earching  the  South  Atlantic  for the  valuable blubber  and  whale  oil.  Her  lookout  up  on  the  mast  sighted  the  large  rounded  black  back  of  a  whale  breaking  the  sur­ face  of  the  sea  off  the  Falkland  Islands,  and  hurried  preparations  were  made for  the  attack.  As the Star of  the Sea got  closer,  the  crew  determined  that  they  were  closing  on  a  Cachalot  Whale,  the  largest  type  in  the whale  fam­ ily,  and  that  this  particular  whale  was  a  giant  among  giants.  The  hulking  back  looked  more  like  a  fair­sized  island  there  in  the  sea,  He  remembered  almost nothing'kt all about  his short  trip  inside  the  whale's  stomach,  but  there  was  and  when  the  monster  spouted,  no  doubt  in  the  minds  of  the  shipmates  who  opened up the stomach  and found him inside, all cramped  "the fountain of  water that shot sky­ up and  unconscious but still alive and breathing.  ward  resembled  a  large  geyser.  and  blubber off  in strips  that  were  whatever  was  inside.  When  they  very  little  of  what  had  happened  Hartley  Lost  hoisted  aboard  the  ship  by  heavy  finally got  the stomach open, there,  to  him  after  he  had  been  washed  As  the  vessel  approached,  a  tackle.  •  was  a  man!  over  the  side  of  the  Star  of  the  heavy  sea  hit,  and  Hartley  was  More  time  went  by  as  the  huge  inside,  His  knees  were  pressed  up  East.  washed  over  the  side.  He  didn't  whale  was  slowly  cut  in  strips.  up against  his chest, and  his  whole  The  only  thing  that  he  remem­ reappear  on  the surface, and  after  Then the stomach of  the whale was  body  had  been  forced  into  a  ball  bered,  according  to  the  reports  making  a  quick  circle,  the Star  of  cut  out  and  hoisted  to  the  ship's  by  the  cramped  space  inside  the  handed  do\vn,  was  going  over  the  the  East  continued  to  stalk  the  deck.  side,  and  then,  shortly  after  that,  stomach.  huge whale.  Her boats  closed in  on  'Something'  Seen  The  man  was  James  Hartley.  being  suddenly  wrapped  in  a  sort  the  monster, only  to  have  him  get  As  the  hoist  was  swinging  the  He  was  unconscious,  but  still  of  soft,  mushy  substance  that  kept  away  time  after  time.  whale's  stomach  over  the  side  of  alive,  and  was  quickly  carried  to  pressing on  him  from  all  sides. He  A  harpoon  hit  him,  but  he  man­ the ship,  the crewmembers  noticed  a  bunk  and  given  what  medical  remembered  trying  hard  to  aged  to  break  away  again.  Finally,  that  there  was  something  large  in­ attention  was  possible  with  the  breathe,  and  getting  almost  no  air,  some  hours  after  their  initial  try,  side. Originally, it  had  been swung  small  store  of  medicine  available  and  then  he  passed out.  the  whale  was  killed  and  towed  to  aboard  the  vessel  so  that  it  could  aboard  the  vessel.  When  the  Star  of  the  East  put  the  side  of  the  ship.  The  carcass  be  searched  for  ambergris,  the  Remembered Little  back  into  port.  Hartley  became  a  was  tied  to  the  side,  and  then  the  substance  found  inside  the  stom­ According  to  the  statements  of  sort  of  international hero,  a second  work  began  in  earnest.  ach  at  times  and  which  is  worth  the  crew.  Hartley  stayed  uncon­ Jonah.  Hut  shortly  afterwards,  he  Wielding  long­handled  knives,  its  weight  in  gold.  scious  for  well  over  a  day  after  was  completely  forgotten,  so  com­ with  blades  about  two  feet  long,  Now,  however,  the  crew  slowly  he  was cut  from  inside  the whale's  pletely­that  the  records  do  not  in­ the  men  walked  along  the  back  of  and  carefully sliced  open  the stom­ stomach.  When  he  finally  did  re­ dicate  what  happened  to  him  after  the  dead  monster, cutting  the hide  ach,  being  very  careful  not  to  cut  gain consciousness,  he remembered  his  great  adventure.  $4 MOlion  In Sunken Gold—Where? In  NY Basement  .fwalk  right  down  to  the  bottom  of  Although  he  doesn't  know  it, some  homeowner  tonight  is­*  the  harbor.  probably  sleeping  over  a  $4  million  treasure  in  gold,, if  his  After careful  preparation, the ex­ home is in  the vicinity  of  Port Morris near  New  York  City's  pedition  got  under  way.  Lake  and  +­ his  divers  scoured  the  whole  area.  Hellgate.  Using  his  staircase,  and  using  been  aboard  her  when  she  went  Authorities on  buried  treas­ divers with conventional gear. Lake  covered  every  foot  of  the  bottom  ure now seem  to feel  that  the  down.  It  was  on  September  13, '1780,  within  the  area,  but  he  found  no  wreck­of  the  Hritish  frigate  Hus­ trace of  the  wreck  of  the Hussar.  that she started to shift her anchor­ sar  is  now  located,  because  of  the  After  giving  up. Lake  and  some  age  after  arriving  from  England.  shifting  shoreline,  somewhere  un­ other  authorities  spent  their  time  She  had  not  been  In  port  long  der  dry  land.  poring over  charts and  maps of  the  enough  to  discharge  any  of  her  whole section.  They studied  charts  But  the  story  had  its  start  172  treasure  and  was  heavily  guarded.  from  the  time  the  Hussar  sank  years  ago,  when  the  Hussar  sailed  While  moving,  the  28­gun  vessel  right  up  to  the  most  modem  they  Up the East River into Hellgate  and  could  locate.  struck  Pot  Rock  and  began  to set­ dropped  anchor.  She was  the  pay­ tle.  Frantic  attempts  to  keep  her  Announce  Theories  —  Finally, tliey  announced  that one  master  vessel  for  all  the  British  afloat  succeeded  until  she  floated  of  two  things  had  happened  to  the  forces  in  America,  and  is  said  to  to  a  position  just  off  Port  Morris.  Hussar  and  its  $4  million  cargo.  have had "a cargo of  gold that would  There,  she  went  to  the  bottom  in  Either  the  strong  currents  had  be  worth  over  $4  million  on  to­ picked  up  the  wreck  and  had  car­ 16 fathoms.  day's  market.  The  British,  pre­ ried  it some  distance away,  or else  Guard  Mounted  she  was  now  under  dry  land.  sumably  to discourage  any  salvage  They  pointed  out  that  it  was  It  was  then  the  British  made  attempts,  have  announced  a  num­ more  likely,  that  she  is  now  under  ­ber  of  times  since  she  sank  that  their first  announcement to  the ef­ dry  land, and  pointed  out  that  the  fect  that  there was  no gold  aboard  The  treasure,  still  guarded,  perhaps,  by  the  spirits  of  the  crew,  currents  in  that  passage  are  con­ she  had  no  treasure  aboard.  her.  A  heavy  British  guard,  how­ is  on  the  bottom,  perhaps  covered  by  the  swift  current,  perhaps  tinually  shifting  and  moving  the  Announcement  Unlikely  shoreline,  and  that  if  the  Hussar  ever,  was  immediately  set  up  by  the. heavily­populated  dry  land.  However,  it  seems  unlikely  that  went  down  near  the  shore,  as  is  around  the  spot  where  the  top­ the  paymaster  vessel  would  have  masts  of  the  "empty"  paymaster  much  of  a  menace  to  navigation.  Hellgate's  currents,  and  both  ex­ supposed, then  the shoreline might,  by  now,  have  moved  enough  to  sailed  all  the  way  to  New  York  vessel  were  still  showing.  A  British  group  made  a  valiant  peditions  ended  in  failure.  cover  the  wreck.  Lake  Tries  from  England  carrying  no  cargo.  The strong currents that  brought  salvage  attempt  in  1832,  but  the  The  next  known  attempt  to  get  So,  perhaps  somewhere  in  that  Particularly  when  her sole  mission  Hellgate  its  name  prevented  any  currents  defeated  them.  Captain  the  treasure  cargo  was  made  in  area,  some  homeowner  is  living  George  Thomas  and.  later.  Judge  salvage  attempts,  and  the  guards'  was to  bring the  pay for  the troops;  were  soon  taken  away.  The  wreck  Nelson  Cross  both  tried  to salvage  1937  by  Simon  Lake,  a  noted  pi­ on  top  of  $4  million  in  gold.  The  In  the  New  World.  Her  usual car­ stayed  where  she  was,  but  the  the  cargo  of  the  Hussar  in  later  oneer  in  submarine  development.  treasure  may  very  well  be  lying  go was  about $4  million  in. gold, so  masts  were  cut  and  broken  off  so  years,  Jjut  this  time  the  US Treas­ Lake  had  designed  a  special  en­ under  somebody's  lawn  or  cellar  that  is  what  is  thought  to  have  that  she  would  not  be  quite  as  ury  Department  teamed  up  with  closed  stairway  that would  let  him  floor,  just  waiting  to  be found.  <  >• > a  Si?  '• ­I k  •  H  •  vllj  �Fare TwentT­fonr  Friday, NoTember 188.  )l95ji  SEAFARERS  Lite  . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS  ­»S  uH  STEEL  SEAFARER  (Isthmian),  October  1—Chairman,  Edward  Wends;  Secretary,  Fioyd  C.  Noian.  Jeff  Davis  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  There  are  18  new  innerspring  mattresses.  Six  go  to  each  department,  and  each  depart­ ment  will  draw  for them.  Bed  sheets are  too short;  ship's  delegate  will  contact  the  patrolman  on  this.  Steward  agreed  to  put  out  fresh  fruit  at  night.  Combination  lock  for  night  lunch  in  the  pantry  will  be  obtained  by  the  ship's  delegate.  MARY  ADAMS  (Bioomflaid),  September  28—Chairman,  "Red"  Fink;  Secretary,  Robe^  M.  Oougias.  Repair  lists  will  be  made'  up.  Thomas  Lowe  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Discus­ sion  was  held  on  the  delayed  sailing.  Brothers  were  asked  to  return  books  to  the  library.  October  12—Chairman,  T.  D.  Smith;  Secretary,  Robert  M.  Douglas.  Delegate  will  look  into  the  matter  of  the  water  being  shut  off.  Repair  list  suggestions  should  be  handed  in.  Brothers  were  asked  to  be  quieter  at  night.  consular  passenger  Brother.Charley  Nor­ ris  of  Mobile  who  was  hospitalized  in  Germany.  Unanimous  vote  of  confidence  went  to  the steward,  cooks  and  the  whole  stewards  department  for  a  job  well  done.  She's  a  feeder.  ^Can'Shahers^  *  Have iVo OK  The  membership  is  again  cautioned to beware  of  persons  soliciting funds on  ships in  be­ half  of  memorials or any'other  so­called  "worthy  causes."  No  "can­shakers"  or  solici­ tors  have  received  authoriza­ tion  from  SIU  headquarters to  collect  funds.  The  National  Foundation  for  Infantile  Pa­ ralysis  is  the  only  charitable  organization  which  has  re­ ceived  membership  endorse­ ment.  Funds  for  this  cause  are  collected  through  normal  Union  channels  at  the  pay­off.  Receipts are issued on the spot.  ANN  MARIE  (Bull),  October  31—Chair­ man,  Jack  Farrand;  Secretary,  George  H.  Seeberger.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  $39.  In  case  the  ship  is  laid  up  all  hands  are  in  favor  of  crating  up  the  radio  and  electric  iron  and  sending  them  to  the  Boston  hall.  Eeach  department  will  make  out  a  repair  list.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  stewards department  for fine  feeding  and  service  rendered.  SEACORAL  (Coral),  October  12—Chair­ man,  Thomas  Lyons;  Secretary,  P.  J.  St  Marie.  E.  F.  Goodwin  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Steam  line  into  the  washing  machine  will  be  taken  care  of  by  the  deck  engineer  by  order  of  the  Wilming­ ton  patrolman.  This  work  is  payable.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  stewards  de­ partment  for  the  way  the  food  and  han­ dling  of  same  has  been  done  so  far  VENORE  (Ore),  October  26—Chairman,  this  trip.  H.  B.  Caskill;  Secretary,  E.  J.  Ponisi  There  is $15  in  the  ship's  fund.  Disputed  overtime  will  be  taken  up  at  the  payoff.  Each  new  crewmember  will  donate  50  cents  for  the  washing  machine  repair.  Ship's  fund  should  not  exceed  $25.  Food  is  very  poorly  prepared;  there  is  not  enough  night  lunch.  Steward  says  not  enough  food  was  put  on  board.  Crew­ members  voted  to  have  something  done  about  the  food.  Members  agreed  to  have  better  shipboard  harmony.  I'­.  I  I'  :|.'  '• • I  u  It;  NEVA  WEST  (Bloomfield),  October  26—  Chairman,  S.  J.  Anderson;  Secretary,  D.  B.  Pattersdp.  H.  E.  Nichols  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Discus­ sion  was  held  on  the  repairs  listed  last  trip  which  were  not  taken  care  of.  Cap  tain  wiU  get  discharge  blanks  from  the  US  consul  in  the  next  port.  The  caP'  tain  does  not  want  soiled  linen  thrown  down  the  ladder  leading  to  the  linen  locker.  Steward  will  hang  linen  bags  outside  the  linen  locker.  Refrigerator  and  coffee  and  cream  will  be  locked  up  in  port,  with  the  gangway  watch  holding  the  keys.  FAIRLAND  (Waterman), September  1—  Chairman,  Orville  Payne;  Secretary,  Wil­ liam  Saltrez.  BiU  Taylor  was  elected  DOROTHY  (Bull),  October  12—Chair­ ship's  delegate.  Department  delegates  were  elected  also.  One  man  left  the  man,  J.  Brady;  Secretary,  N.  Matthew.  Disputed  overtime  will  be  taken  up  with  ship  in  Galveston,  Tex.,  and  was  re­ placed.  Motion  was  passed  to  get  new  the  patrolman.  mattresses  in  New  Orleans,  but  they  could  not  be  gotten  in  time;  they  will  LOISANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Octo­ picked  up  next  trip  out.  Water  ber  IS—Chairman,  A  M.  Bartiatt;  Secre­ be  will  be  checked,  as  well  as  New  tary,  Don  E.  Osborne.  Sailing  board  dis­ cooler  pute  and  repair  list  will  be  mailed  into  Orleans  supplies.  Octeber  12—Chairman,  Vie  D'IndIa;  New  York  for  approval.  Delegates  re­ Secretary,  F.  Blumenberg.  BoUed  eggs  ported  no  beefs.  and  sardines  were  requested  for  night  ABiQUA  (Cities  Service),  September  II  lunch.  Question  was asked  why the  stew­ —­Chairman,  Steve  Senak;  Secretary,  R.  ard  checks  the  linen  when  he  changes  M.  Latterty.  Captain  will  contact  the  and  why  he  keeps  his  toUet  locked  up  company  about  forwarding  LOGs  and  Un­ and  does  not  let  the  stewards  depart­ ion  mail  promptly  to  the  ship.  Captain  ment  use  it.  Steward  says  he  wUl  leave  will  be  asked  why  doors  leading  to  the  it  open  unless  the  men  do  not  keep  it  engine  and  boiler  rooms are being locked,  clean.  as  this  is  a  safety  hazard.  Suggestion  DEL  RIO  (Dalta),  Septambar  28—  was  made  that  all  crewmembers  donate  to  the  ship's  fund  at  the  draw  in  Levan­ Chairman,  J.  Tuckar;  Sacratary,  Ray  Casanova.  There  is  stlU  no  Ice  water.  sea,  to  be  used  for  repairing  the  radio  and  washing  machine.  Steward  will  be  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  There  is  asked  about  a  possible  ship's  recreation  $22.75  In  the  ship's  fund.  Steward  wUl  fund.  There  is  a  shortage  of  soap  chips.  type  up  a  schedule  for  cleaning  the  laun­ dry  room  CLAIBORNE  (Waterman),  October  26—  Chairman,  Ceerge  Clark;  Secretary,  6.  R.  Ketch.  Crew  went  on  record  not  to  ac­ cept  Spencer  rolls,  beef  for  steak  meat  but  to  get  a  six  weeks'  supply  of  steak  meat  only.  Steward  said  that  40  gallons  of  fresh  milk  were  on  board  when  the  ship  left  Rotterdam.  ROYAL  OAK  (Cities  Service),  October  SO—Chairmen,  Oeorge  Lelberi;  Secretary,  George  Petrovlch.  Ship's  delegate  should  see  about  repairing  the  washing  machine.  Milton  was  elected  new  ship's  delegate.  No  action  has  been  taken  on  the  paint­ ing  which  was  brought  up  at  two  pre­ vious  meetings.  CHRISTOS  M.  (Marina),  Nevambar  3—  Chairman,  C.  Damaras;  Sacratary,  Tany  Wailluk.  Complaint  was  raised  aboi|t  no  shore  leave  in  Inchon.  No  heavy  win­ ter  gear  was  bought  there,  but  this  may  be  taken  care  of  in  Yokohama.  OS  wiU  make  the  3  FM  coffee.  Fred  Boyne  was  elected ship's  delegate.  EVELYN  (Bull),  Novambar  2—Chair­ man,  Frad  J.  Bruggnsr;  Sacratary,  Ed  JULESBUR6  (Methiasen),  Octeber  26—  Dacay.  Delegates reported  no  beefs.  Chairman,  Seldle;  Secretary,  S.  F.  Schuy­ ler  Lawson  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Saatrain),  Oc­ Each  man  should  donate  $1  voluntarily  tabar  23—Chairman,  R.  W.  Swaanay;  Sac­ at  the  payoff.  ratary,  E.  M.  Auar.  New  television  an­ tenna  put  the  ship's  fund  in  the  hole for  AFOUNDRIA  (Waterman),  October  S—  $10.  Steward  was  elected  ship's  delegate  Chairmen,  J.  M.  O'Nell;  Secretary,  John  by  acclamation.  Company  wUl  be  asked  W.  Williams.  J.  M.  O'Nell  was  elected  to  make  a  treadway  for  the  gangway  ship's  delegate.  Stewards'  utility  re­ while  in  New  Orleans.  Motion  was  quested  that  face, towels  not  be  used  to  passed  that  each  crewmember  donate  $1  shine  shoes.  One  washing machine  should  to  the  ship's  fund  at  the  payoff.  Repair  be  kept  for  work  gear  and  one  for  white  list  WiU  be  made  up  by  each  department  clothes.  After  quarters  should  be  painted.  before  arrival  in  Edgewater.  October  26—Chairman,  Oscar  Williams;  Secretary,  T.  M.  O'Nell.  New  chief  mate  EDITH  (Bull),  November  1—Chairman,  seems  to  be  making  efforts  to  clean  up  Robert  Brock;  Secrotery,  L.  Rlzzo.  Bosun  the  ship.  Two  deck  foc'sles,  alleys  and  will  be  asked  to  make  racks  for  the  messroom  have  been  painted  so  far.  percolators  for  rough  weather.  .  Crew  More  painting  will  be  done  this  trip.  messman  asked  the  crew  to  show  more  Move  was  made  to  contribute  money  for  courtesy  in  keeping  butter,  cream,  etc..  Editor,  SEAFARERS.LOG.  675  Fourth  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32,  NY  ll'l  Iff..  •  l>^' '  m  is''':'­­''­ in  the  ice  boxes.  Crew  passageways  need  sougeeing.  Stewards  ­department  heads  and  showers  need  painting.  Fresh  vegetables  should  be  omitted  from  the  night  lunch.  SEAPENDER  (Orion),  October  19—  Chairman,  James  Kelley;  Secretary,  Earl  Harrison.  Properly  worded  sailing  board  with  correct  time  of  sailing  should  be  put  up.  STEEL  KING  (Isthmian),  October  27—  Chairman,  E.  Torres;  Secretary,  P.  J.  Harayo.  J.  F.  Santos  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  MAE  (Bull),  October  19—Chairman,  F.  Hipp; Secretary,  F.  Bona.  There  is $20  in  the  ship's  fund.  $5  was  spent  for  play­ ing  cards.  OS  missed  ship  in  Galves­ ton,  as  well  as  messman.  Post, steward  says  he  won't  put  the  new  sink  near  the  ice  box.  Steam  pipe  should  be  installed  in  the  galley  stove.  • URBANK  VICTORY  (Eastern),  Sep­ tember  21—Chelrman,  D.  Catey  Jones;  Secretary,  George  Frank.  Anthony  A.  Meshipley  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Each  department  should  turn  in  a  repair  list  upon  arrival  in  the  next  US  port.  Ship's  delegate  should  get  a  new  library  in  the first  port,  using  the  ship's  fund  to  defray  transportation  expenses.  Each  brother  should  donate  $1  to  the  ship's  fund.  Longer  hose  should  be  installed  on  the  crew's  washing  machine.  Each  department  delegate  should  c.beck  to  see  what  painting  and  sougeev ug and  scraping  is  needed,  as  the  ship  has  just  come  out  of  idle  status.  October  19—Chairman,  Dav  Casoy  Jonas;  Sacratary,  C.  Beguckl.  AU  hands  donated $1  to the  ship's fund.  AU  foc'sles  have  been  sougeed  and  wiU  be  painted  from  topside  to  bottom,  including  mess­ rooms,  pantries,  showers  and  toUets  of  licensed  and  unUcensed  personnel.  $8.85  was  spent  on  library.  There  is  $28.15  left  in  the  ship's  fund.  Steward  said  that  all  suggestions  for  improvements  In  the  menu  wlU  be  gladly  accepted  and,  car­ ried  out.  Jamas  Bailey.  There  was  no  milk  aboard  in  Norfolk  for  about  three  days.  Milk  finally  arrived.  Salad  was  absent  from  the  menu  for  a  few  days  at  sea.  WARHAWK  (Wata.man),  October  27—  Chairman,  H.  L.  Meacham;  Secretary,  J.  Puglisi.  Captain  thinks  he  has  a fine  crew.  Each  man  will  be  given  one  chance  only  to  foul  up.  even  the  cap­ tain.  Laundry  should  be  kept  ship­shape.  One  man  from  each  department  should  clean  the  laundry  each  week.  Unfinished  repair  list  wlU  be  turned  over  to  the  patrolman  in  the  next  port.  Patrolman  should  correct  slopchest  sizes  and  exor­ bitant  prices.  Men  should  be  quiet  in  the  passageways.  NAME  STREET  ADDRESS  STATE  Signed  V­>'  ADDRESS  CITY  • m    .814(1  ViiTn  qt'  w ­ ­ —  ­ ­  ZONE  —  —  —  —  .njrhi  »»ti»  s.O  BULL  RUN  (Mathlasen),  October  26—  Chairman,  Anthony  Dabchlch;  Sacratary,  KIrby  DIgman.  There  is  $11.41  in  the  ship's  fund:  every  man  will  donate  $1  in  the  next  port.  Washing  machine  should  STATE  be  cared  for.  There  should  be  more  .vodtu'i i'i'.ayii.t; tl  b.iiil  K''ii>U.  s d  M­  ia! f­St  w  '  — W — —  — — ­ —­ ­  LAKE  GEORGE  (USPC),  October  I—  Chairman,  David  Pair;  Secretary,  Edward  V.  Smith.  Arthur  Seago  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Motion  was  passed  to  start  a  ship's  fund  with  a  dollar  dona­ tion  from  each  man.  Delegates  will  see  about  getting  a  radio  speaker  for  the  messroom.  Delegates  will  draw  up  a  re­ pair  list.  October  24—Chairman,  Edward  V.  Smith;  Secretary,  William  Kehrwieder.  Captain  said  radio  will  be  repaired  if  possible.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  the  captain  about  an  awning  for  the  aft  poop  deck.  Union  will  be  contacted  about  get­ ting  the  company  to  forward  mail  to  Port  Said.  Heads need  repairiffg.  Glasses  should  not  be  put  in  the  sink.  An  iron  is  needed;  ship's  delegate  will  see  the  captain  about  this.  Steward  will  try  to  get  more  cots  and  pillow  cases  in  Italy  as  well  as  soap  trays  for  the  showers.  WW  WW—  — ——  — — — ^  . — — — w  —— — — —* —  W W  — —«W — w  ROBIN  GOODFELLOW  (Seas  Shipping),  April  13—Chairman,  E.  W.  King;  Secre­ tary,  J.  Stefanlk.  Stewards  department  was  congratulated  on  the  meal  just  served.  Cups  and  spoons  should  be  re­ turned  to  the  pantry  sink.  Those  return­ ing  to  the  ship  should  refrain  from  ex­ cessive  noise  and  hilarity  while  in  port.  Departments  will  rotate  the  cleaning  of  the  laundry.  AU  books  should  be  re­ turned  to  the  Ubrary  when finisiied.  Ef­ fort  will be  made  to exchange  the  library  with  another  vessel's  while  in  port  along  the  coast.  Members  should  wears  shirts  in  the  messhaU.  October  19—Chairman,  E.  W.  King;  Secretary,  J.  Stefanlk.  Captain  keeps  meddling  in  deck  and  stewards  depart­ ment  affairs.  25  tons  of  smaU  arms  are  being  carried.  The  old  man  had  been  after  the  bosun  because  he  is  dissatisfied  with  the  deck  gang  work,  but  the  bosun  feels  the  work  is  satisfactory.  Delegates  will  make  out  repair  lists  before  reach­ ing  port.  SEAMAR  (Calmar),  September  21—  Chairman,  John  R.  Marshall;  Secretary,  Beb  Berbott.  Thomas  L.  Tuars  was  elect­ ed  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Action  should  be  taken  on  stopped­up  drains.  Crew  should  cooperate  more  with  the  messman.  Men should  not enter  the  mess­ haU  at  any  time  in  their  underwear.  Octeber  2S—Chairman,  J.  Mershalli  Secretary,  Black.  Repair  list  should  be  prepared  for  drydock.  Wiper  is  not  car­ ing  for  engine  department  heads  as  ha  should.  Steward  suggested  that  the  cap­ tain  should  be  contacted  about  painting  aU  quarters.  Discussion  was  held  on  dirty  water  in  the  water  tanks.  Members  should  take  better  care  of  the  reaillng  material.  TAINARON  (Actlum),  September  ,4—  Chelrman,  Theodore  James;  Secretary,  H,  K.  Smith.  Flour  Is  contaminated  and  un­ fit  for  use.  This  matter  wiU  be  taken  up  In  MobUe  with  the  port  officials.  Crew  MARINA  (Bull),  October  26—Chairman,  should  use  their  respective  heads  and  James  W.  Sweet;  Secretary,  Jehn  W.  showers.  Starboard  door  to  the  saloon  Parker.  There  was  not  enough  fruit  juices.  Motion  was  passed  to  provide  hot  (Continued  on  page  25)  meals  at  night  for  the  deck  department.  Repair  list  will  be  turned  over  to  the  patrolman  in  Savannah.  NOTICES  BINGHAMTON  VICTORY  (Bull),  Octo­ ber  26—Chairman,  not  listed;  Sacratary,  Psdorsen.  One  man  went  to  the  captain  Over  the  delegate's  head.  One  brother  paid  off  in  Honolulu.  Steward  asked  all  to  cooperate  in  keeping  the  coffee  urn  ^led,  so  that  it  does  not  burn  up.  Wash­ ing  machine  should •  be  taken  care  of.  Discussion  was  held  on  cleanliness  and  food  preparation.  September  28—Chairman,  Harman  Pad­ arsen;  Secretary,  Pat  Rebartson.  Washing  machine  should  be  repaired  and  a  new  motor  installed  in  the  galley  blower  sys­ tem.  H.  Pedersen  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Ship's  fund  should  be  started  for  the,  purchase  of  magazines.  Saptamber  29—Chairman,  P.  Robartsan;  Sacratary,  H.  PadarseiT.  $26.70  worth  of  magazines  were  purchased.  Care  of  magazines  and  washing  machine  were  TO  AVOID  DUPLICATION:  If  you  are  an  old  tubseriber  and  have  a  change  discussed.  of addrets,  please give  your  former'^address  below:  ALCOA  PURITAN  (Alcoa),  November  1  —Chairman,  John  Mehalov;  Secretary,  J.  Arnold.  Master  was  displeased  over  per­ formance  of  two  men  in  the  deck  depart­ ment.  No  one  is  to  enter  messhall  in  undershorts at  any  time.  Discontinue  the  practice  of  dumping  mop  water  in  the  sinks.  SOUTHLAND  (Seuth  Atlantic),  Novem­ ber  2—Chairman,  James  Hanners;  Secre­ tary,  E.  L.  Baker.  Brothers  should  coop­ erate  with  the  messman  and  leave  the  messhall  after  eating.  Port  steward  will  check  all  linen  upon  arrival  in  the  US.  No  one  should  sign  on  again  until  ade­ quate  heating  equipment  is  instaUed  in  REPUBLIC  (Trafalgar),  October  26—  the  bosun's  room.  Chairman.  Josopiv  Thomas;  Sacratary,  WINTER  HILL  (Cities  Service),  Nevam­ John  W.  Pleou.  Ship's  ^und  was  started,  bar  9—Chelrman,  A.  G.  Alexander;  Sec­ with  contributions  totaling  $19;  Ben  Kori  retary,  J.  Leavens.  Most  repairs  have  was  elected  ship's  treasurer.  Washing  been  taken  care  of.  The  rest  will  be  machine  and  wash  room.should  be  kept  clean.  ,  I  would  like to receive  the SEAFARERS  LOG—please  put  my  name  on  your  mailing  list.  (Print Information)  ZONE  SEAPEARL  (Colonial),  August  22—  Chairman,  Dominic  Di  Sei;  Secretary,  Ar­ turo  MarlanI,  Jr.  New  toaster  should  be  obtained  if  possible  for  the  crew  mess­ room.  Cups  and  glasses  should  be  re­ turned  to  the  pantry.  Stewards  depart­ ment  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  a  well  done  job.  October  I—Chairman,  Dominic  Di  Sel;  Secretary,  Arturo  Mariani,  Jr.  One  oiler  was  hospitalized  in  Las  Palmas,  Canary  Islands.  A fireman  was  taken  sick  near  the  Island  of  Dominica.  New  brand  of  coffee  should  be  purchased  if  possible.  A  toaster for  the  crew  will  be  purchased.  Assistant  engineer  did  >york  that  should  have  been  overtimd'  for  men  off  watch.  M.  SIMMONS  VICTORY  (Bull),  Soptsmbor  1<—Chairman,  J.  Rodder;  Secrotary,  H.  CITY  night  lunch.  Recreation  room  should  be  taken  up  with  the  patrolman.  One  man  left  clean.  Deck  department  rooms  was  injured  loading  stores  in  Lake  Charles.  Richard  Koch  was  elected  treas­ should  be  painted.  urer  by  acclamation.  There  is  856.24  in  REPUBLIC  (Trafalgar),  October  21—  the  ship's  fund;  $2  was  spent  transport­ Chairman,  Frank  DamasI;  Sacratary  ing  the  television  set  for repairs.  $12  was  John  W.  PIcou.  Delegates  reported  all  collected  from  the  deck  department  for  well.  $24.65  was  collected  for  the  ship's  the  fund; the  rest  of  the  crew  will  donate  fund.  Iron,  checkers,  boards,  cribbage  SI.  at  the  payoff.  set  should  be  purchased  in  Port  Arthur.  MARGARET  BROWN  (Bloomfield),  Oc­ Roach  powder  should  be  sprinkled  all  tober  26—;Chairman,  Morgan  Harris;  Sec­ over  the  ship.  retary,  B.  F.  Grice.  Discussion  was  held  BALTORE  (Ore),  September  14—Chair  on  bringing  members  up  on  charges  for  making  statements to  the  master  without  man.  Mack  Singleton;  Secretary,  J.  H.  Parker.  R.  J.  Scruggs  was  elected  ship's  first  consulting  the  crew.  All  informa­ delegate.  At  least  one  key  should  be  sup  tion  on  this  will  be  turned  over  to  the  plied  for  the  oiicrs  room.  Electrician  patrolman.  Dishwasher  should  get  on  thb  said  washing  machine  will  be  repaired  ball  and  db  a  better  job.  Glass  breakage  Monday.  Black  gang  rooms  need  painting.  has  been  excessively  high  this  voyage  October  19—Chairman,  Eugene  Conrad  due  to  rough  weather.  Stewards  depart­ Secretary,  George  Prota.  All  engine  de  ment  got'  a  vote  of  thanks  for  doing  •   partment  rooms  were  painted  out  this  good  job.  trip.  Keys  to  oilers'  room  have  not  been  supplied.  Crewmembers  should  not  slam  doors  late  at  night.  Please  leave  the  laundry  room  shipshape  for  the  next  man.  Don't  leave  cots  on  deck  when  not  in  Use.  Wipers  want  to  know  why  they  can't  have  cleanser  for  sanitary  work.  PERSONALS  Norman  Keating  Please  write  or  telephone  your  family  at  91  Selwyn  St.,  Roslin­ dale,  Mass.,  or  call  PAikway  7­ 0865.  4  4  4  Fred  Wray  You  can  get  in  touch  with  me  at  957  Woodycrest  Ave.,  or  call  CY  3­7547.  I  recently  moved.  Mother.  4  4  4  ­ Johnny  "Ski"  W.  Czajkowski  Fred  M.  Donaldson  Get  in  touch  with  E.  T.  Laws,  John  M.  Burk  c/o  Bailey,  27  Esplanade,  Sharp  Please  get  in  touch  \vith  the  Park,  Calif.  Welfare  Department  at  SIU  head­ 4  4  4  quarters  in  Brooklyn  as  soon  as  William  E.  Hart  possible.  Please  contact  William  E.'Ken­ neidy,  78  Old  Annapolis  Road, Lin­ 4"  4  4  thicium  Heights,  Md.  Juan  O.­ Otero  Please  contact  your  local  draft  4  4  4  Frank  S,  Borkowska  board.  This  is  urgent.  It  is  urgent  that  you  contact  .4  4  4  The  Cities  Service  Oil  Co.  at  70  your  sister,  Mrs.  Helen  Canas,  75  Pine  St.,  NYC,  advises  they  are  South Bt.,  Newark,  NJ,  as  soon  as  holding  checks,  which  can  be  possible.  Alberto  Carrion  claimed  by  writing  to  the  above  address, for the following  men: W.  Regarding your  message, no  sea­ Carney,  Yourick  Guillory  and  men's  papers  were  found  in  the  oilers  foc'sle  on  the  ship.  H.  M.  Daniel  Sheehan.  Connel,  delegate,  SS  Cantigny.  4  4  4  4  4  4  In  order  for  headquarters  to  is­ Albert  GapinskI  sue  new  books  to  the  following  Get  in  touch  with  your  attorney  members,  it  will  be  necessary  for  at  42  Broadway,  NYC.  them to come  in to  headquarters or  4  4  4  send  in  four  (4)  passport  size  Harold  K.  Bonne  photos:  Please contact Thomas  N. Breen,  W. T.  Ammermann,  39585;  W.  T.  Baker,  23946;  W.  D.  Burke,  100755;  C.  Gawrych.  220  Broadway.  NYC,  regarding  50854;  L. J.  Goodwin,  3764; C.  T.  Graham,  claim against  SS Marymar.  51577;  J.  Jordan,  10999;  H.  L.  LoU,  41027.  J.  F.  Moore.  102573;  L.  Nelson,  1171;  E.  P.  O'Brien,  21788;  C.  M.  Ponce,  28254;  L.  McSchroeder,  50821;  M.  J.  Slinski,  51139;  H.  A.  Thomsen,  46181;  H.  K.  Vaib  4895aL;  ^  ^  '  • '[.Hi  a'quli  «j)  IK  Oit  io  TJ.'ii  — W  *' —  ¥•   , ^  :  4­ Joseph Ruppc  Contact  Murray  Rosof,  10  East  40th Street, NYC.  Very important.  �Friday, November  28.185*  v­^  jg E A  PA R  E R S  I O G  F^e Tweaty^  ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ...  (Continued from page  24)  nen ihould  be  doeed during  meal boura  Oue  to the  captain's  wife  being  on  board.  Sailors can  then  get  to  the  showers  with­ out  dressing.  November  *—Chairman,  Charles  Mots;  Secretary,  Herbert  Kennedy.  Repair  lists  will  be turned  over  to  the  ship's delegate  and  posted.  There  should  be  more  quiet  in  the  messhaiis.  Stewards  department  got  a  vote  of  thanks.  MOBILIAN  (Waterman),  November  9—  Chairman,  W.  B.  Andersuc; Secretary,  Al­ bert  e. Ependa.  Beef  about  the  chief  en­ gineer  and  captain  scraping  and  painting  their rooms  as  weU  as  overtime  beef  will  be  referred  to  the  patrolman.  Steward  was asked  to  put stew  and  pot pie  on  the  menu  once  a  week.  Messhaii  should  be  kept  clean;  crew  mess  wiU  sougee  mess­ hail  and chairs.  Department  heads should  make  out  three  copies  of  their  repair  lists—for  department  head,  patrolman  and  the  ship.  cause  the  chlU  box  was  broken  and  sup­ plies  wouldn't  keep.  Everyone  should  be  sober  for  the  payoff  and  clean his  foc'sle  before  leaving.  Stewards  department  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  their fine  work  un­ der  adverse  conditions  during  the  past  six  months.  STEEL  ADMIRAL  (Isthmian),  October  20—Chairman,  Steve  Deri;  Secretary,  Charles  Hartman.  Steve  Deri  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Steward  turned  over  the  S91  in  the  ship's  fund to  the  ship's  delegate.  Motion  was  passed  to  use  the  fund  for  repairing  the  crew's  washing  machine.  Crew  was  asked  to  help  keep  th^  messhaii  clean.  Stewards  department  got a  vote  of  thanks for  their  good  work.  GOLDEN  CITY  (Waterman),  October  9  —Chairman,  Joseph  Ryan;  Secretary,  J.  E.  Hennen.  .Joseph  Ryan  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Delegates  reported  every­ thing  okay.  November  2—Cheirmen,  Joseph  A.  Ry­ JOHit  B.  KULUKUNDIB  (Mar  Trade),  en;  Secretary,  J.  M.  Hannon.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  October  S—Chairman,  W.  V.  Click;  Sec­ retary,  C.  F.  Aycock.  Linen  wiil  be  KATHRYN  (Bull),  November  1—Chair­ changed  once  a  week;  extra  linen  will  be  in  the  laundry  bag.  Old  razor  blades  man,  A.  Melendei;  Secretary,  N.  La­ should  be  placed  in  the  can  provided  for  chance.  Washrooms  were  cleaned  and  that  purpose.  Everybody  turned  to  and  painted.  Situation  on  cigarettes  has  been  helped  to  sougee  the  recreation  room.  partially  clarified.  Brother  Glicfc  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  getting  a  good  library  for  this  voyage;  WILD  RANGER  (Waterman),  October  he  spent  his  time  and  money  to  secure  2<—Chairman,  A.  R­  Busso; Secretary,  W.  same.  Bennerson.  Motion  was  passed  to  put  October  29—Chairman,  William  V.  Yale  locks  on  each  foc'sle  door.  Ship's  delegate  will see  the  patrolman about  the  Click;  Secretary,  R.  Crant.  Food  aboard  this  ship < is  not  prepared  to  the  satisfac­ ship's  fund,  which  was  in  the  care  of  the  tibn  of  the  crew.  According  to  the  stew­ brother  who  was  taken  sick  to  the  hos­ ard,  we  were  given  a  suitable  amount  of  pital.  Port  captain  wiU  be  contacted  stores  and  there  is  no  reason  why  it  about  getting  a  new  Ice  box.  cannot  be  cooked  right.  Ship's  delegate  WiU  see  the  patrolman  about  the  chief  SUZANNE  (Bull),  November  S—Chair­ cook  at  the  payoff.  Swearing  at  brothers  man,  .Jim  Murphy;  Secretary,  L.  B.  by  any  member  of  the  crew  wiU  not  be  Gooch.  Beef  about  the  quantity  of  meat  tolerated,  nor  wiU  the  constant  missing  brought  on  board  at  sailing  will  be  taken  «f  the  shift.  up  with  the  patrolman.  Seafarers  who  applied  for  new  membership  ^oks  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  Intfolved  will  write  to  headquarters  and  tell  the  Union which  port they  are  sailing  out  of,  the  Union  wUl  forward  the  book  in  care  of  the  port  agent.  Under  no  circumstances  however,  will  the  books  be  sent  through  the  mails  to  any  private  addresses.  for  the  messhaU  wiU  be  requisitioned  again  at  the  end  of  this  trip.  Stewards  department  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  a  job  weU  done  in  the  gaUey.. Crew  was  asked  to  take  care  of  the  new  washing  machine  and  to  keep  the  messhaU  clean.  YORKMAR  (Calmar),  November  9—  Chairman,  Walter  H.  Szeczepanski;  Secre­ tary,  Frank  O'Neill.  Joe  Brooks  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Messman  was  asked  to  leave  out  more  glasses  and  cups  until  the  drinking  fountain  is  repaired.  AU  hands  should  close  doors  and  lockers  when  the  ship  is  in  port.  Temporary  repair  list  wUl  be  turned  in  at  the  end  of  the  trip.  SEAGARDEN  (Orion),  August  5—Chair­ man,  J.  Bracht;  Secretary,  Kenneth  Col­ dins.  Ice  machine  in  the  messroom  and  MONROE  (Bull),  October  19—Chairman,  washing  machine  are  not  working.  Show­ man,  G.  Bonafont;  Secretary,  R.  Rivera.  D.  PIccereill;  Secretary,  J.  E.  Townsend.  ers  should  be fixed;  stores  should  be  or­ CANTIGNY  (Cities  Service),  November  Awning  for  back  aft  wiU  be  brought  to  John  Klemowlcz  was  elected  ship's  dele­ dered  In  Yokohama.  Repairs of  ice  boxes,  11—Chairman,  J.  M.  Chsmpiln;  Secretary,  the  of  the  patrolman  and  put  gate  by  acclamation.  Bosun asked aU deck  stewards  toilet,  fans  are  needed.  Vote  Vernon  Manuel.  There  is  $22.87  in  the  on  attention  the  repair  list.  F.  Camacho  was  hands  to  be  on  deck  at  all  times  when  of  thanks  went  to  the  baker  for  bis good  ship's  fund;  $10  was  spent  on  a floral  elected  ship's  delegate.  Doors  should  be  the  ship  has  to be  secured  for  sea.  Stew­ wreath  for  the  late  wife  of  the  radio  kept  elosed  in  port.  ards  department got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  pastry.  September  5—Chairman,  J.  Bracht;  operator..  Arthur  Wilfert  was  elected  ALEXANDRA  (Carras),  November  2—  the  good  chow.  Secretary,  Kenneth  Collins.  Nothing  has  ship's delegate.  Rotary  list  for  the  clean­ SAN  MATEO  VICTORY  (Eastern),  Oc­ Cheirmen,  Steve  Beregeria;  Secretary,  done  about  the  repairs.  Captain  ing  of  the  recreation  room  by  the  three  tober  12—Chairman,­  A.  Thome;  Secre­ Thurston  J.  Lewis.  Since  the  captain  was  SEACLIFF  (Orion),  October  5—Chair­ been  will  be  posted.  Suggestion  departments  with  us  in  our  good  beef  against  the  man,  R.  Profoxich;  Secretary,  J.  Bernettl.  does  not  seem  to  want  to  do  anything  was made  that bound  volumes  of  the  1951  tary,  J.  B.  Griswoid.  Steve. Prokopuk  was  them.  CSiief  engineer wiU  not  hear  elected  ship's  delegate.  Garbage  should  chief  mate,  we  got  rid  of  him  in  Dakar.  Repair  Ust  will  be  taken  care  Of  in  the  about  of  rotating  the  watch  to  give  other  men  and  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  be  procured  be  dumped  aft  to  keep  the  deck  clean.  We  now  have  a  new  chief  mate.  We  first  US  port.  All  hands should  cooperate  a  for  the  ship's  library.  chance  to  get  ashore  to  do  shopping.  Steward.r  department  was  commended  on  now  have  a  beef  with  the  messman  who  on  cleaning  the recreation  room,  laundry,  One  man  missed  the  ship  when  leaving  the  chow.  Something  should  be  done  wants  to  pay  off.  Crew  feels  that  dis­ foc'sles,  washing  machines  and  refrain  Yokohama  for  Korea.  Vote  of  .thanks  about  cleaning  of  the  laundry:  delegates  ciplinary  action  by  the  Union  should  be  from  putting  their  feet  on' the  chairs.  went  to  the  baker  and  suggestion  made  WUl  decide  about  this.  taken,  since  the  messman  knew  this  Crew  was  asked  to  take  it  easy  on  all  would  be  a  long  trip  when  he  signed  on.  types of  noise, especially  slamming  doors,  that  he  make  apple  turnovers.  OLYMPIC  GAMES  (Western  Tankers),  October  5—Chairman,  J.  Staebler;  Sec­ Stewards department 'got  a vote  of  thanks  as  there  seems  to  be  more  of  this  going  November  11—Chairman,  Ed  Callahan;  for  their  good  work.  «n  than  there  was  on  the  previous  trip.  retary,  Kenneth  Collins.  AU  repair  work  Secretary,  J.  T.  Leilnski.  Vote  of  thanks  has  been  done.  Man  who  missed  the  went  to  the  skipper  for  aU  he  did  in  vessel  last  time  has  rejoined;  bosun  paid  HEYWOOD  BROUN  (Victory),  Chair­ AFOUNDRIA  (Waterman),  November  search  of  our  missing  brother.  D  Brown­ off  sick.  A  new .  oiler  was  picked  up:  man,  William  Alvaro;  Secrotary,  Ceorge  Captain  should  get  a  fuU  deck  crew  as  17—Chairmen,  Leroy  A.  Williams;  Secre­ ing  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Place  at  Lothrop.  Steward  said  that  fresh  vege­ soon  as  possible.  Ship's  delegate  sug­ tary,  Carl  Simpson.  Membership  does  the  end  of  the  table  should  be  left  for  tables and  ice  cream  weren't  ordered  be­ gested  that  the  crew  be  more  on the  Job.  not  have  any  place  to  dry  laundry  now  the  watch  at  supper.  Repair  list  wiU  be  Medicine  chest  should  be  checked  and  that  cold  weather  is  here  and  the  chief  given  to  the'  patrolman.  Ship's  fund  supplied  in  Japan.  Letter  should  be  sent  englneeer  does  not  allow  anyone  to  dry  stands  at  $52.  Radio  wiU  be  taken  Quix  Angwera  to  headquarters  about  the  men  who  laundry  In  the  engine  room fidley.  Mo­ ashore  for  repairs.  :  (1)  6:30.  The  actual  travel  BEAUREGARD  (Waterman),  Novombor  missed  the  ship,  as  ihey  have  plausible  tion  was  passed  to  ask  for  some  space  9—Chairman,  R.  Ramsey;  Secretary,  Al  excuses.  to  dry  laundry  without  waiting  two  or  SAN  MATEO  VICTORY  (Eastern),  Octo­ time  is  IVi  hours,  plus  the  hour  Do  Forest.  Letter  was  sent  to  the  hall  in  three  days for  it  to  hang  out  some ­place  ber  29—Chairman,  A.  Thome;  Secretary,  lost  stopping  on  the  way.  connection  with  restricted  shore  leave  in  FORT  HCSKINi  (Cities  fervlce),  No­ on  the  deck.  Chief  cook  and  night  cook  T.  Duncan.  Safety  suggestions  were  dis­ Korea.  Disputed  overtime  will  be  taken  vember  *—Chairman,  Honest  Ai  Whit­ and  baker  are  now  sleeping  in  one  room  cussed  and  improvements  recommended  (2)  London  and  Paris.  up  with  the  patrolman.  Chief  engineer  mer;  Secretary,  David  Baugh.  There  are  that  isn't large  enough  for  two  peopie.  to  the  captain.  (3)  Wisconsin.  will  be  asked  about  getting  an  agitator  about  a  thousand  hours  of  disputed  OT  November  1—Chairman,  W.  Johnson;  for  the  washing  machine  in  California.  since  there  was  no  shore leave in Bremer  AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  October  Secretary,  not  listed.  Repair  lists for  aU  (4)  Six,  nine.  Bunks  should  be  stripped  and  foc'sles  haven;  this  wiU be  taken up  at  the  payoff  22—Chairman,  A.  Poppas;  Secretary,  departments  wiU  be  turned  in.  Bunks  (5)  Federal  Trade  Commission,  cleaned  before  the  payoff.  Repair  list  is  with  the  patrolman.  '  Ship's  delegate  Peter  VIcere.  Beefs against  the  mate  will  should be stripped  down  and  ship  cleaned  ready for  typing,  so any  additions  should  thanked  the  crew  for  their  exceUent  cO'  be  turned  over  to  the  patrolman.  All  before  the  payoff.  Vote  of  thanks  went  Atomic  Energy  Commission,  Fed­ be  turned  in  as  soon  as  possible.  All  operation  at  aU  times—one  of  the finest  crew  lockers  should  be fixed;  chairs  are  to  the  stewards  department  for  good  eral  Security  Agency,  Reconstruc­ books  ^ould  be  returned  to  the  library.  crews  in  the  SIU.  Bosun  has been  doing  needed  for  the  messman's  rooms.  Iron  and  service—particularly  the  baking.  PUlowa  and  mattresses  should  be  re­ crew's  work;  this  wiU  be  reported  to  the  will  be  taken  care  of  by  the  steward.  tion  Finance  Corporation.  patrolman.  Communication  was  sent  to  Each member  wiU  donate $1  to  the­ ship's  .OCEAN  LOTTE  (Ocean  Trans.),  Novem­ (6)  All  were  the  scenes  of  the  placed.  headquarters  on  the pumpman who miraed  fund.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  stew­ ber  9—Chairman,  E.  Rosa;  Secretary;  M.  surrenders  in  wars  involving  the  ROBIN  WENTLEY  (Seas  Shipping),  Oc­ the  ship.  Members  were  asked  to  turn  ard  and  his  department  for  good  food  Lipkln.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  the  21—Chairman,  Leonard  Wright;  repair  lists  over  to  delegates.  Stewards  and  service.  ship's  delegate  request  the  captain  to  US.  Yorktown­American  Revolu­ tober  Secretary,  H.  McAleer.  More  port  screens  department  was  given  their  second  vote  take  on  four  months'  worth  of  cigar­ tion,  Appomattox­Civil  War,  Ver­ should  be  added  to  the  repair  list.  De­ of  thanks  for­the  trip.  KATHRYN  (Bull),  November  11—Chair­ ettes  in  Yokohama  and  replenish  the  man,  Anibal  Albl;  Secretary,  Felipe  slopchest.  There  are  not  enough  lights  will  take  turns  keeping  the  sailles­World  War  I  and  the  USS  partments  CHIWAWA  (Cities  Service),  November  Aponte.  Ship's  delegate  had a  beef  about  in  the  passageway.  GIs  in  Korea  have  laundry  and  library  clean.  Blowers  in  Missouri­World  War  11.  9—Chairman,  M.  O.  Brightwell; Secretary,  non­'crewmerabers  hanging  around  the  been  raiding  the  ice  box.  They  are  wel­ foc'sles  should  be  turned  on..  A.  Phillips.  Report ^on  two  men fired  messhaU  eating  during  the  crew's  mess­ come  to  coffee,  but  that  is aU.  AU  hands  (7)  "Benelux"  is  the  name  ap­ ' November  9—C h  a i  r m a  n,  Harold  J.  Secretary,  Leonard  Wright.' Re­ was turned  in  to ][^ke  Charles patrolman.  time.  Steward  and  messboys  refuse  to  are  satisfied  with  the  bacon.  Coffee  cups  plied  to  a  defense  treaty  set­up  McAleer;  Ship's  fund  stands  at  S12.32.  $21.60  was  take  the  responsibiiity  of  keeping  them  are  not  being  returned  to  the  sink.  Care  pair  list  was  turned  in.  Coffee  grounds  between  Belgium,  Netherlands and  should  be  dumped  in  garbage  cans,  not  spent  on  a  funeral  wreath  for  P.  M.  out. ­ This  beef  was  settled  at  the  payoff.  of  washing  machine  was  discussed.  waste  paper  box.  Extra  linen  will  be  BlackweU's  mother.  Patrolman  should  be  Luxembourg,  all  located  in  West­ in  DE  SOTO  (Watarman),  October  12—  turned  in  to  the  steward,  as  well  as  cots  contacted  about  men  having  to  serve  GEORGE  A.  LAWSON  (Pan­Oceanic),  Chairman,  Joe  Cave;  Secretary,  Philip  November  ern  Europe.  and  mattresses.  Repair  list  should  In­ themselves.  2—Chairman,  A.  G.  Burke;  Reyes.  New  repair  list  should  be  made  Secretary,  V.  L.  Giiliiond.  Soap  and  soap  clude  sougeeing  of  foc'sles and new toast­ (8)  $15. The  portions of  a third,  ers.  Patrolman  didn't  square  last  trip's  JEFFERSON  DAVIS  (Waterman),  Octo­ out  for  the  new  men.  Motion  was  passed  powder  should  be  put  aboard  when  the  fourth, fifth  and  sixth  respectively  beefs.  ber  22—Chairman,  J.  C.  Christian;  Secre­ to  form  a  ship's  fund,  to  be  used  only  vessel  reaches  Puerto  Rico.  Oscillating  E.  C.  Craddock.  C.  Wright  was  for  Union  activities.  Every  member  will  fans  should  be  instaUed  in  the  messhaii,  yielded  $100,  $75,  $60  and  $50  to  MAIDEN  CREEK  (Waterman),  August  tary,  elected  ship's  delegate;  H.  H.  Pierce  was  donate  50  cents  untU  the  fimd  has  a  bal­ recreation  room  and  crew's  quarters.  the  first  four  organizations,  leav­ 30—Chairman,  Barney  Kister;  Secretary,  elected engine  delegate.  Washing machine  ance  of  $30.  Steward  offered  the  crew  Mushroom  vents  should  be  inspected  and  J.  McCallum.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  should  be  kept  clean  and  the  drain  hose  the  use  of  his  iron  but  asked  that  every­ repaired  or  replaced  where  necessary.  ing  $15  as  the  remainder.  stewards  department  for  their fine  repaired.  Deck  watch  was  asked  to  leave  one  retiurn' this  after  using  it.  Vote  of  Refrigerator  system  should  be  checked  (9)  No,  ruled  the  Supreme  the  work;  the  crew  hopes  that  things  con­ a flashlight  in  the  messhaii  for  the  look­ thanks  was  given  to  the  steward  and  his  and  repaired  before  the  next  crew  signs  Members  were  asked  to  keep  their  department  for  the  good  food  and  serv­ on.  Committee  will  inspect  food  stores  Court  of  Florida.  A  man  doesn't  tinue  the  same  for  the  balance  of  the  out.  feet  off  the  chairs and  return  aU  cups  to  ice  rendered.  for  the  next  trip.  Patrolman  should  have  the  right  to  marry  a  second  voyage.  September  21—Chairman,  Barney  Kin­ the  pantry.  Engine and  deck heads  should  check  slopchest  to  make  sure  that  heavy  BEATRICE  (Bull),  July  7—Chairman,  be  sougeed.  wife  at  the  expense  of  his  first  ter;  Secretary,  Charles  Merrill;  Library  weather  gear  is  carried,  as  well  as  a  November  1—Chairman,  H.  M.  Lamm;  Dl  Chark;  Secretary,  Rafael  Santos.  Ra­ better  class  of  merchandise.  wUl  be  boxed  up  and  traded  for  a  new  one.  one.  Steward  asked  aU  men  getting  off  Secretary,  H.  H.  Pierce.  Washing  ma  fael  Vidal  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  November  18—Chairman,  James  Stogal­ wUl  check  the  springs  in  each  tis;  (10)  Romeo  and  Juliet.  Romeo  at the  end of  the  trip to  strip  their bunks  chine  should  be  kept  clean.  Chief  engi­ Steward  Secretary,  Keith  M.  Cola.  Refrigera­ bed.  Ship's  delegate  will  ask  the  1st  as­ ner  will  be  contacted  about  a  drain  pipe.  and  turn  in  aU  dirty  linen.  Vote  of  tor  system  is  still  fouled  up.  Patrolman  was  a  Montague.  thanks  went  to  the  stewards  department.  Tables  will  be  checked  by  the  steward  sistant  about  cleaning  gear  for  the  wip­ wUl  check  this  at  the  payoff,  as  well  as  November  I—Chairman,  Norwood  Geno;  before  each  meal.  Loud  talking  and  ra­ er's  sanitary  work.  October  28—Chairman,  William  Ortlz;  the  slopchest  supplies.  Secretary,  Barney  KInter.  Each  depart­ dio  playing  must  be  stopped  at  night  Secretary,  Leroy  Johnson.  Beef  about  while  men are  sleeping.  New  mattress  is  ment  should  draw  up  a  repair  list.  Laun­ ALCOA  POLARIS  (Alcoa),  November  9  feeding  of  customs  in  Santo  Domingo  —Chairman,  dry.  pantry  and  messhaU  should  be  kept  needed  for  the  8­12  oiler.  Kyter;  Secretary,  J.  P.  will  be  referred  to  the  captain  and  pa­ Morris.  Two Leon  cleaner.  Crew  should  try  to  clean  up  men  missed  siiip.  Delegates  McKETTRICK  HILLS  (Western  Tank­ trolman.  Crew  would  like  to  know  if  reported  no  beefs.  after  themselves.  ers),  September  12—Chairman,  M.  Pler­ such  persons can  be  kept  out  of  the  crew  FAIRFORT  (Waterman),  November  14—  plrskni;  Secretary,  John  Fee.  Dollar  do­ InesshaU.  MAFYMAR  (Calmer),  September  21—  Chairman,  W.  E.  Morse;  Secretary,  M.  nation  by  each  man' will  be  used  to  buy  Cummins;  Secretary,  James  F.  CAROLYN  (Bull),  November  1—Chair­ Chairmon,  Deo­Tiska.  Men  paying  off  should  turn  records  in  Montreal.  This  donation  will  Byrne.  Crew  messhaii  needs  sougeeing  man,  Freddie;  Secretary,  not  listed.  Stew­ be  voluntary.  New  reading  material  will  keys  over  to  the  department  heads.  New  and  fumigating.  Beef  was  made"  about  mattresses .should  be 'put  aboard.  Chief  also  be  bought.  Repair  list  will  be  posted  ards  department  repair  list  wiU  be  re­ the  dishes  not  being  very  clean."  New  engineer  should  put  more  pressure  on  for  that  work  that  can  be  done  at  sea.  ferred  to  the  patrolman.  Second  mate  coffee  urn  should  be  instaUed.  Each  de­ toilets  aft  and fix  showers.  Motion  was  Any  member  guilty  of  destroying  or  wUl  be  asked  to check  clocks more  often.  partment  WiU  take  turns  cleaning  the  passed  that  anyone  caught  steaUng  from  stealing  ship's  gear  will  be  brought  up  recreation  room.  SEATRAIN  LOUISIANA  (Seatrain),  No­ the  ship  be fined  by  the  Union,  as  this  on  charges.  Black  gang  was  cautioned  November  14  —  Chairman,  Joseph  pilfering  is  getting  to  be  quite  a  habit.  about  slamming  engine  room  doors  while  vember  IS—Chairman,  Walter  Beyeler;  McCabe;  Secretary,  James  F.  Byrn*.  Fan  Secretary,  William  J.  Stephens.  Five  A  vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  stewards  going  to  and  from  watches.  is needed  in the  laundry  room.  Old  wash­ members  are  getting  off  in New  York.  department  for  a  Job  weU  done  and  the  ing  machine  should  be  dismantled  and  ' ROBIN  KIRK  (Seas  Shipping),  Novem­ good  chow  being .put  out.  BURBANK  VICTORY  (Eastern),  no  used  for  spare  parts.  There  was  no  hot  ber  2—Chairman,  Fred  Israel;  Secretary,  in the  crew  showers  for  about  two  ROBIN  HOOD  (Seas  Shipping),  Novem­ W.' Messenger.  Water  tanks  are  to  be  date—Chairman,  D.  Casey  Jones;  Secro­ water  weeks.  Crew  messroom  and  recreation  ber. 10—Chairman,  Bill  Logan;  Secretary,  cleaned, tiles in  heads checked,­ all  rooms  tary,  Chuck  Boguskl.  Most  of  the  paint­ room  have  not  been  painted  for  more  W.  Terry  Farrit.  After  a S37.S0  donation  and  showers  painted.  No  one  Is  to  pay  ing  has  been  done.  Patrolman  wiU  be  than  14  months.  Department  delegates  to  the  March  of  Dimes,  there  was  a  bal­ off  without  the  patrolman's  okay.  There  asked  at  the  payoff  to  get  after  the  wUl  make  up  repair  liata.  purser,  who  delays the  draw  until  It fits  ance  of  $30  In  the  ship's  fund.  Chairs  is  $24.30  in  the  ship's  fund.  JSmergency  ArZ:  • !£>  :  •  ic  I  Get New Books  Through Agents  .^1  Ughts  should  be  placed In  the  galley  and  his  humor ^d  convenience  and  opens  in  the  engine room.  Vote  of  thanks went  the  slopchesl  when  he  gets  ready.  Lack  to  Smoky  for  Miowing films  to  the  crew.  of  cooperation  of  the  rest  of  topside  will  also  be  reported.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  Patrolman  should find  out  why  TAINARON  (Actlum),  September  21—  $28.15.  electricians'  foc'sle  was  not  sougeed  Chairman,  H.  K.  Smith;  Secretary,  Her­ the  before  being  painted.  Drain  hose  on  the  bert  (Tiny)  Kennedy.  Three  new  men  washing  machine  should  be  replaced.  All  came  aboard  in  Norfolk,  Va.  New  lock­ foc'sles  be  left  clean  when  leav­ ers  are  being  put  up  by  the  deck  engi­ ing  the should  Dirty  linen  should  be  neer  and  bosun.  One  man  missed  ship  turned  In ship.  to  the  steward.  Crew  voted  In Port  Sulfur.  Old  flour  was changed  for  unanimously  to donate  ship's  fund  to  new.  Charges  on  man  who  missed  ship  the  patients in  the Fort the  Stanton  Hospital.  were  dropped,  in  accordance  with  Union  NM.  agreement.  Fan  in  dry  store room  needs  fixing.  Cooks  should not  use  old  potatoes  ETRATHCAPE  (Etrethmore),  no  date­ from  the  night  before.  Crew  should  not  use  dishes  for  ash  trays.  Crew  should  Chairman,  Lew  Meyers;  Eeeretary,  J.  Os­ return  books  to  the  Ubrary  as  soon  as  borne.  Although  the  repair  list  was  turned  in  in  plenty  of  time,  the  captain  they  have finished  them*  isn't  going  to  have  any  work  done  be­ cause  he  doesn't  know  if  the  ship  is go­ THE  CABINS  (MathUsen),  November  1  ing  to  lay  up  or  not.  Captain  is  running  —Chairman,  W.  J.  Wolfe;  Secretary,  W.  the  stewards  department,  turning  only  J.  Prince.  Steward  should  get  a  new  man  to  sougeeing  topside  passage­ chief  cook  on  return  to  the  States.  Dis­ one  breathing down  his neck  aU  the  cussion  was  held  on  cold  drinks  and  ways and  while  he  is  working.  J.  E.  Gray  was  keeping  the  washing  machine  ciean.  elected  ship's  delegate.  Patrolman  wiil  make  sure  all  repairs  are  done.  All  we  FAIRISLE  (Waterman),  October  Si­ have  got  so  far  is a  growl  and  the  state­ Chairman,  M.  A.  Machelle;  Secretary,  ment  that  he  hasn't  got  the  parts.  Dis­ George  D.  Smith.  Brother  Howarth  was  cussion  was  heid  on  why  we  ran  out  of  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  all  sanitary  supplies.  Shipmates  have  been  leaving  the  washing  machine  dirty.  Also,  there  is  no  place  to  AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  November  hang  clothes  to  dry.  2—Chairman,  Robert  Hufchins;  Secretary,  David  B.  Sacher.  Ship's  fund  was  re­ SOUTHERN  DISTRICTS  (Southern  ported  at  $39.  M.  Arroya  was  elected  Trading),  October  12—Chairman,  A.  H.  ship's  delegate.  Something  should  be  Anderson;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Thompson.  done  about  the  heat  and  water  cooler  A.  H.  Anderson  was  elected  sliip's  dele­ aft  once  and  for  aU.  Bread  should  gate.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  the  captain  back  be  put  in  a  bread  box  instead  of  the  ice  about  having  the  ship  carry  cigarettes,  box.  Ship's  meeting  should  be  caUed  in  tooth  paste,  gloves  and  other  items  for  Tampa  with  the  patrolman  present  to  do  the  crew.  Galveston  agent  will,be  con­ something  about  the  chief  mate.  tacted  about  showers,  heads  and  gratings  in  the  crew's  bath.  Library  should  be  ob­ tained  in  Galveston.  November  7—Chairman,  A.  H.  Ander­ son;  Secretary,  Steward.  Galveston  port  agent  settled  the  hot  water  beef.  Nor­ folk  agent  wiU  be  contacted  about  the  member  who  is  not  living  up  to  his  agreement.  Locker  repairs  are  needed.  The  messroom  should  be  kept  clean.  ELIZABETH  (Bull),  November  9—Chair­ \  Puzzle Answer  iFlllNiK  • BD  HSH  aaas  „  caaaQsaci  aQagg  amBa  QBO  caaaa  sBaQBD  aaaQBgg  BSCS  BBESaa  BOB  amaH  mmum  • • aSBIZIESS] [5][lll  SQIIB  DBBBBBaa  Q[!Z]g]B  aaB  QBaa  BB!2ia  aan  HBHca  ,  I  �F*ee Twenty­^'  i95<j'  SEAFARERS  LOG  A Little Remembrance For Thanksgiving Day  in the HOSPITALS  The  following  list  contains  the  names  of  hospitalized  Seafarers  who  are  being  taken  care  of  by  cash  benefit^  from  the  SIU  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  hospitals  allow  plenty  of  time  for  visitors." If  you're  ashore  and. you  see  a  friend's  name  on  the  list,  drop in  for a visit.  It  will  be  most  welcome.  USPHS  HOSPITAI.  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  Eustace  D.  BaU  F.  iTues  N.  R.  Cartwright  S.  Marinello  OUver  Celestine  S.  W.  Martin  RogeUo  Cruz  W.  L.  HcLellan  John  F.  Dixon  John  H.  Parsons  Thomas  L.  Dugan  Edward  Poe  B.  D.  Foster  Karl  Raana  CharUe  .  Givens  Abram  A.  Sampson  Joseph  A.  Gomez  Wilbur  H.  Scott  Elmer  L.  Harvey  Charles  M.  Silcox  Sam  Henry  A.  P.  Tschlrin  Leo  H.  Lang  »•   Cartons of  cigarettes and smokes  are distributed  to  the  patients  at  the  Manhattan  Beach  hospital  by  SIU  representative  Walter Siekmann.  The smokes  were  given  out  in  the  hospitals  as  a  little  extra  added  bonus for the  holiday on top  of  the regular $15  weekly  benefit  which  is  given  to  hospitalized  Seafarers  for  as  many  weeks  as  is  necessary,  up  to  years  in  the  case  of  long­term  patients  such  as  those here and  at  Fort  Stanton.  ^• 7'  •   •  Nf:  • ;.j I  • Ji  Who Gets SiU Benefits?  Mofernity;  Any  eligible  Seafarer  becoming  a  father  after  April  1,  1952,  will  receive  the  $200  maternity  benefit  payment,  plus  the  Union's  gift  of  a  $25  US  Treasury  Bond  for  the  child.  Needed  is  a  copy  of  the  marriage  certificate  and  birth  certificate.  If  possible,  a  discharge  from  his  last  ship  should  be  enclosed.  Duplicate  pay­ ments  and  bonds  will  be  given  in  cases  of  multiple  births.  Disability;  ­i.'/  •  kir  m  I'JiL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FORT  STANTON.  NM  Donald  McDonald  Jack  H.  Gleason  Adlon  Cox  Thomas  Isaksen  John  G.  Dooley  A.  McGuigan  Otto  J.  Ernst  Renato  A.  VlUata  F.  I.  Gibbons  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH.  BROOKLYN.  If*  Robert  Atmore  Leo  Kulakowskl  Carl  S.  Barre  Frederick  Landry  Rupert  A.  Blake  James  J.  Lawlor  Claude  F.  Blanks  Martin  Linsky  E.  C.  Blosser  Francis  F.  Lynch  Walter  Chalk  Claude  A.  Mardell  C.  M.  Davison  Harry  F.  McDonald  Emilio  Delgado  Vic  Milazzo  John  J.  Driscoll  John  R.  Murdoch  Enrique  Ferrer  Pedro  O.  Peralto  Leonard  Franks  G.  E.  Shumaker  Robert  E.  Gilbert  Robert  Sizemora  Bart  E.  Guaranlck  Henry  E.  Smith  John  W.  Keenan  A.  D.  Thompson  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FORT  WORTH.  TEX.  Joseph  P.  Wise  MASSACHUSETTS  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  BOSTON.  MASS.  Lawrence  DuBeau  BELLEVUE  HOSPITAL  NEW  YORK.  NY  Anton  J.  Kuna  USPHS  HOSPITAL  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  David  C.  Archia  Ludwig  Kristlansen  Victor  Arevalo  Charles  KurU  William  Atchason  Chester  Krupinskl  Paul  Babyak  Florian  Kubickl  T.  E.  R.  Bach  E.  JS.  Kunchich  Joseph  Beary  Thomas  J.  Kustaa ­ Joseph  T.  Bennett  James  R.  Lewis  Julio  C.  Bernard  I.  McCormlck  Maurice  Burnstlna  Erllng  Mello  George  Canning  P.  Merto  Wilson  Cara  Alfred  Mueller  Enrique  Carreraa  Herbert  Muncle '  Carl  Ernest  L.  G.  Murphy  H.  E.  Forrester  Kurt  A.  Nagel  John  Galvln  William  E.  Peppsg.  Frank  E.  Gardner  Robert  E.  Quinn  Robert  F.  Gribben  Oliver  W.  Richard  Howard  L.  Halley  Howard  E.  Rods  Ogul  C.  Harris  Virgil. Sanberg  William  Herman  C.  B.  Sawyer  Fred  Hohenberger  Frank  Soriano  Juan  Hopkins  August  Steinman  Chester  B.  Jensen  Frank  J.  Taggart  Thomas  P.  Kenny  W.  F.  Vaughan  Robert  H.  Kilns  A.  Wheaton  Phillip  Korol  Benno  Zlellnskl  LONG  ISLAND  COLLEGE  HOSPITAL  NEW  YORK,  NY  Jens  C.  Madsen  ST.  VINCENT'S  HOSPITAL  •   NEW  YORK.  NY  Joseph  A.  Pllutis  METROPOLITAN  HOSPITAL  NEW  YORK.  NY  Herbert  WlUlama  All  of  the  following  SIU  families  ison  Avenue,. Saddle  River  Town­ Mrs.  Jay  C.  Steele,  Box  45,  Bayou  .La  Batre,  Ala.  will  collect  the  $200  maternity  ship,  NJ.  3^  3>  3>  benefit  plus  a  $25  bond  from  the  3^  3^  3^  Mark  William  Todd,  born  Octo­ Nancy  Barbara  Cataudella,  born  Union  in  the  baby's  name.  ber 24,  1952.  Parents, Mr. and Mrs.  November  3,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  Iris  Mae  Goodrum,  born  August  William  M.  Todd,  29  Laidlaw  Ave­ and  Mrs.  Frank  Cataudella,  356  19,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  nue,  Jersey  City,  NJ.  Henry  Street,  Brooklyn,  NY.  Dewitt  D.  Goodrum,  Box  1096,  3^  3!'  3^  4>  3>  3>  Bayou  La  Batre,  Ala.  Carmen  Nilda  Velasquez,  born  Carlos  Alton  Roberts,  born  No­ vember  5,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  November  11,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  4"  3^  Mrs.  Charlie  A.  Roberts,  1602  Me­ and  Mrs.  William  Velasquez,  159  Richard  Raymond  Holman,  born  chanic,  Bond  Street,  Brooklyn  2,  NY.  Galveston,  Tex.  \  August  14,  1952.  Parents,  Mr,  and  3^  3^  3^  4"  4"  3^  ^  Mrs.  Lawrence  Holman,  1126  En­ Anthony  George  Guerriero,  born  gleside  Avenue,  Baltimore  7,  Md.  Billey  Frank  Sanchez,  born  Oc­ tober  7,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  November  2,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  3^  3>  Mrs.  Aurelio  Sanchez,  520  SW  and  Mrs.  Francis  Guerriero.  763  VETERANS  ADMINISTRATION  Broadway,  Somerville,  Mass.  Dale Martin Lewis,  born  July 25,  Third  Street,  Miami,  Fla.  HOSPITAL  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  WU­ CORAL  GABLES.  FLA.  3^  3^  3^  3ji  4>  4>  Robert  C.  Bennett  liam  Lewis,  Jr.,  Parksley,  Va.  Evelyn  Fumero,  born  October  TuUos  M.  Steward,  Jr.,  born  No­ Julius  Atweli  USPHS  HOSPITAL  vember  2,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  27,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  3^  t  3^  BOSTON.  MASS.  Mrs. Tullos  M.  Steward,  259 Broad  R.  P.  Bowman  W.  Girardeau  JacQuelyn  Donald,  born  October  Ignacio  Fumero,  159  Baltic  Street,  Street,  Mobile,  Ala.  John  P.  Fifer  J.  E.  SennevUle  11,  1952.  Parents,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Brooklyn,  NY.  John  J.  Flaherty  Donald  S.  White  3^  4i  4'  3j>  4  3^  Leroy  Donald,  2809V&  Willow  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Michael  Bruce  Mercier,  born  Michael  David  Evans,  born  July  Street,  New  Orleans  15,  La.  SAVANNAH.  GA.  August  23,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  25,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner  W.  Allred  J.  M.  HaU  3^  t  3^  H.  Ashurst  Louis  C.  Miller  Mrs.  Joseph  L.  Mercier,  210  West  Roy B. Evans, 224  D, Tensas  Street,  J.  George  O.  Corbett  J.  T.  Moore  Daniel  W.  Alexander,  Jr.,  born  Camden  Street,  Baltimore,  Md.  Prichard,  Ala.  James  E.  Garrett  Jack  D.  Morrison  August  12,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  4'  4"  t  3i  t  t  Mrs.  Daniel  W.  Alexander,  Sr.,  James  Miles  Nish,  born  Novem­ Richard  Roberts,  born  October  WILMINGTON.  CAL.  556  State  Street,  Mobile  16,  Ala.  ber  5,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  5,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  M.  Armiger  USPHS  HOSPITAL  James  L.  Nish,  840  ­  20th  Street,  Rexford  L.  Roberts,  74  West  176  3^  3^  i"  SAN  JUAN.  PUERTO  RICO  San  Bernardino,  Cal.  Street,  Bronx,  NY.  Elmer  B.  Frost  Elsie  Annie  Norris, bom  Novem­ ber 10,  1952. Parents,  Mr. and Mrs.  3>  4i  3i  3^  3>  it  Raymond  J.  Norris,  1216  Bain­ Richard  Lamar  Colvin,  born. Oc­ Jacquelyn  Ann  Craven,  born  Getting The Good News  bridge  Boulevard,  South  Norfolk,  tober  26,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  aihd  May  27,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Va.  Mrs.  Stanley  H.  Colvin,  247  C.  Mrs.  Jack  W.  Craven,  217  Aber­ 4>  3!'  3^  Tensas  Street,  Prichard,  Ala.  corn  Street,  Savannah,  Ga.  '4"  if  i  Edward  Joseph Barnes,  born  Oc­ ­4'  3^  4'  Ethel  Ann  DeCosta,  born  No­ tober  7,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Eunice  Irene  Steele,  bom  Octo­ "•   Mrs. Sylvester  T. Barnes,  226 Mad­ ber  27,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  vember  15,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Antone  DeCosta,  1127  East  Adams  Street,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  4i  3^  3^  Ellis Boyd  Gaines, Jr.,  born Sep­ Following  are  the  requirements  for  two  of  the  benefits  under  tember  21,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. Ellis  B.  Gaines, Sr.,  1754 Lim­ the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan:  erick  Street,  Mobile,  Ala.  i  li'i'  '  ii:  USPHS  HOSPITAL  BALTIMORE.  MD.  Antonio  Alcain  Anthony  Klavins  Earl  A.  Bink  Marvin  F.  Kramer  Louis  A.  Brown  L.  G.  Liiithicum  William  W.  Brown  John  G.  Macchia  Henry  K.  Callan  Edward  Molineaux  John  R.  L.  Dodds  Michael  J.  Murray  Thomas  Downie  J.  Oehlenslager  Oscar  Garcia  Ramon  Ramirez  Gorman  T.  Glaze  A.  B.  Seeberger  Walter  C.  Gray  L.  G.  Sheehan  Peter  Gvozdlch  E.  R.  Smallwood  Jose  A.  Griffith  ...  Clarence  Tingle  N.  T.  Jackson  A.  A.  Voyevotskl  Stamatios  Kazakos  Joseph  Zeschitz  B.  Kiakowitz  USPHS  HOSPITAL  GALVESTON,  TEX.  ­W.  C.  Brown  E.  Kocanoviski  Warren  W.  Currier  J.  E.  Markopolo  Patrick  J.  Green  A.  J.  Menendez  Charles  T.  Ingram  J.  Peoples  Carl  R.  Johnson  Carey  E.  Purvis  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NORFOLK.  VA.  Harold  J.  GiUan  C.  L.  Massey  Fred  Havard  Arthur  Ronning  Roger  W.  Morton  S.  E.  Roundtree  Leslie  M.  Jackson  WiUiam  A.  Rows  Thomas  J.  Kustas  H.  R.  Whisnant  LuU  Lopez  Edgar  WlUia  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL.  George  W.  Crosby  Earl  J.  Sillin  Andre^  Franklin  Peter  Smith  L.  M.  Henrequez  D.  K.  T.  Sorensen  Eddie  Ho  Robert  Verney  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SEATTLE,  WASH.  Anatrio  DeFlUppie  Marcel  J.  Jette  S.  Heiducki  WUliam  J.  Meehan  F.  W.  Henderson  VETERANS  ADMINISTRATION  HOSPITAL  BRONX.  NY  Salvatore  Legayada  SAILORS  SNUG  HARBOR  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  Joseph  Koslusky  .  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MEMPHIS.  TENN.  Virgil  E.  Wilmoth  Bormar  R.  Cheeley  USPHS  HOSPITAL  DETROIT.  MICH.  Tim  Burke  p  Any  totally  disabled  Seafarer,  regardless  of  age,  who  has  seven  years  sea  time  with  companies  participating  in  the  Welfare  Plan,  Is  eligible  for  the  weekly  disability  benefit  for  as  long  as  he  is  totally  unable  to  work.  Applications  and  queries  on  unusual  situations  should  be  sent  to the  Union  Welfare  Trustees, c/o SIU  Headquarters,  675  Fourth  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  • 4"  3^  4"  ­ 4>'  3*  3^  4"  3^  4*  3^  Richard  Thaddeus  Doyle,  bom  October 10,  1952.  Parents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Doyle,  3103  R.  Moun­ tain  Drive,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Shelley  Beth  Beaver,  born  Octo­ ber  29,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Beaver,  4800  Piety  Drive,  New  Orleans,  La.  Deborah  Hyde,  born  November  13,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  R.  Hyde,  3215  Dauphine  Street,  New  Orleand,  La.  3^  Jezelle Marie  Kleiber,  born June  Ignacio  Fumero  (left)  reads  letter from  Union  congratulating  him  14,  1952.  Parents,  Mr./ and  Mrs.  on  arrival  of  his  new  daughter  Evelyn;  also  Informing  him  that  Melvin  C.  Kleiber,  Box  344,  New­ $200 maternity  benefit  and $25  defense bond  is enclosed.  Holding  port,  Orci  •  >  •   Hmessage  is  Paul  Sanford.  �Friday. November it, 195S  SEEIN' THE  SEAFARERS  r —­ SEAFARERS  • Fare Twenty­sevca  Double Blow  Hits SIU  Family  Wifh  WALTER  SIEKMANN  (News  about  men in the  hoapitals  and  Seafarers  receiving  SIU  Wei­ 'fare  Benefits  will  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.)  Seems  like  the  thing  that's  tops  in  the  minds  of  the  guys  over  in  Staten  Island Hospital  is "how's shipping?"  At least  that's the question  they all psk  whenever  we walk  into any  of  the  wards to hand  out some  of  the  Welfare  Plan  cash.  One  of  the  guys  who  is  real  interested  in  the shipping  picture is Leonard S. Bugajewski.  He's  just in  the hospital  for  a  short  while,  and  figures  he's  going  to  grab  a  ship  just  as  soon  as  he  gets  out.  August  W. Steinman,  is coming  along  real well  over  at  Staten' Island  now.  He's  been  through  three  operations  so  far,  and  is  picking  up,  August  is  one  of  the  oldtimers  in  the  SIU.  Every  once  in  a  while  he  gets  talking  about  the  old  days,  before  the  SIU  was  organized  and  when  the  SIU  was  started.  He  sure  can  spin  some  interesting  yarns,  and  it  might  help  some  of  the  newer  men  understand  the  background  of  the SIU if  they heard  Pallbearers  at  funeral  of  Seafarer  W. C. Spivey  are shown behind coffin  of  accident victim.  They are.  some of  these stories. The fact that the SIU has some­ left  to  right:  E.  B.  Tilley,  Savannah  SIU  Port  Agent;  Frank  Brazell,  Jimmie  Littleton,  C.  E.  Mosely,  body  to  visit  Seafarers  in  the  hospital  personally  Claude  R.  West,  Bob  Moglan.  Anchor­shaped  wreath  was  sent  by  Spivey's shipmates  on  Strathbay,  is something that sure is  different from the  old days,  the  ship  Spivey  died  aboard.  according  to August.  We  ran  into  a  problem  the  other  day,  when  one  Archia  The  way  the  SIU  Welfare  Services  are  set  up to aid  the family  was highlighted  recently  of  our members  who could  speak little English  came  in.  It seems that  he could  understand English  well enough  to get along  when a double tragedy struck  the Spivey family  of  Nicholls,  Georgia.  Two  brothers, one  a  aboard  ship,  but  otherwise  he  had  trouble  understanding  people  and  Seafarer'and  one  a  licensed  engineer  died  aboard  ships  within  one  week.  The first  death,  making  them  understand  him.  He  explained  the  trouble  he  had  been  that  of  Seafarer  William  C.4—  =  having,  and  so  we  went  alonii  with  him  up  to  the  company office,  and  Spivey,  took  place  on  the  on  the case  from  that  CIO  Union.  over  $70  which  was  used  to  buy  helped  him  collect  his  earned  and  unearned  pay  from  a  ship he  had  When  this  recourse  failed,  she  left  a  few  weeks  ago.  As  a  result,  he  walked  out  of  the  company's  Strathbay.  He  was  killed  in  a  huge  anchor­shaped  wreath  of  an  accident  aboard  the  ship  on  flowers, and  the remainder donated  once  again  turned  to  the SIU.  Al­ office  just  about  $900 richer  than  he was  when  he  walked  in.  though  the  other  brother  was  not  ,  They've  fitted  Morris  Bernstein  with  his  artificial  legs  now,  and  October 31 while  it  was in  the port  to  the  family  to  help  them  out.  he  figures  he'll  be  getting  out  of  the  hospital  pretty  soon.  First,, he's  of  Philadelphia.  Seven  days later,  Several  SIU  men  served  as  pall­ an  SIU  member,  the  Union  felt  in  A.  F.  Spivey  died  aboard  the  An­ bearers.  Crews  of  other SIU  ships  this  case, as  in  others,  that  to  help  got  to  get  some lessons  on  how  to  use  the new  legs,  droil.  sailing out of  Savannah, the South­ out  would  fulfill  the  intent  and  and  practically  learn  how  to  walk  all  over  again.  Bill  Spivey,  who  sailed  in  the  port,  Southland  and  Marina,  sent  spirit  of  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  David  Archia's  sure  been  having  a  string  of  bad  black  gang,  was  well­known  to  a  flowers,  as  did  the  Union  and  which  was  designed  to  help  the  luck.  He is in  the Staten Island  hospital now,  pretty  great  many  Seafarers  who  passed  friends of  the deceased.  Seafarer  and  his  family  while  he  sick, and  now his  wife has  just  been taken sick  down  through  the  port  of  Savannah.  As  Just  two  days  after  the  funeral  was  alive,  and  to  aid  the  fahiily  in  Philadelphia.  soon  as  his  mother  learned  of  the  took  place on  November 5,  at  Pear­ after  he  was  gone.  '  Thomas  Kustas  got  himself  transferred  to  Staten  death,  she  immediately  got  iii  son,  Geprgia,  the  Spivey  family  Consequently,  SIU  Agent  Tilley  Island  Hospital.  He  was  down  in  Norfolk,  but  his  touch  with  E.  R.  Tilley,  Savannah  were  notified  of  the  death  of  an­ again  stepped  into  the  breach  wife  is  expecting  a  baby  sometinpe  this  month,  so  port  agent  of  the SIU.  Meanwhile  other  son,  engineer  A.  F.  Spivey.  and  made  all  the  ­necessary  ar­ he  got  sent  up  here  so  that  he  could  be  closer  to  the ship's delegate  had  notified  the  Since  the  latter  was  a  member  of  rangements on  behalf  of  the family  home when  the  big  event  happens.  Kustus  Philadelphia  SIU  hall  and  they  in  the  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  so  that  they  would  recover  the  A* lot  of  guys  have found  themselves  being  taken  over  the  coals  by  some  sharp  claim  agents  lately  when  they  tried  to  turn  notified  Welfare  Services  at  Association,  CIO,  his  mother  at­ body  and  hold  the  funeral  cere­ tempted  unsuccessfully  to  get  help  monies.  give, statements about  an  accident  they  witnessed.  ­These  sharp opera­ headquarters.  Union  Action  tors  seem  to  make  it  their  business  to  try  to  twist  words  around  and  Immediately,  the  smooth­func­ confuse  the  fellows  until  they  say  just  what  they  want  them  to.  In  many  of  these  cases,  the  fellows  have  found  themselves  so  confused  tioning  SIU  machinery  swung  into  action  at  all  three  ports  under  the  they  said  almost  the opposite  of  what  happened.  Our  advice  is  to  be  very  careful  about  giving  a  company  any  sort  direction  of  headquarters.  The  of  signed  statement  or deposition.  Your  best  bet,  particularly  in  view  Union  called  funeral  homes  in  of  the  many  phony  operators  around,  is  to  contact  Philadelphia  and  Savannah,  ar­ the  Union's  Welfare  Services  Department  before  ranging  for  the  body  to  be  sent  you  agree  to  talk  to  any  investigator  or  to  give  any  back  home  in  the  first  instance  Only  the fact  that  his  Union  administers  its  own  Welfare  statements.  Most  of  us still  remember  the LOG  ex­ and  for  the  funeral  services  in  Plan saved  Seafarer Frank  Cataudella from  a delay  of  weeks  pose on  the way  a  private eye  was  trying to  rope in  Georgia.  The  Union  guaranteed  or  perhaps  months  in  collecting  his  $200  maternity  benefit  witnesses  in  Brother  Philip  Pron's  case.  To  guard  payment  of  all  bills  and  expenses  and  $25  baby  bond.  ­•   against  this sort  of  thing,  contact  the  Union  first.  including  transportation  so  that  application  for  the  $200  maternity  Cataudella  recently  signed  Julio  Bernard,  who  was  an  AB  on  the  Kathryn  there  would  be  no  hitch  in  the  benefit  and  the $25  SIU  baby  bond  off  the  Paoli  (Cities  Service)  (Bull)  is  out  of  the  hoapitdl  now,  and  is  taking  it  proceedings.  for  little  Nancy  Barbara.  a little bit  easy for a  while.  He says that  he'll prob­ The  crew  of  the  Strathbay  held  where  he  was  an  AB.  His  However,  because  of  a  mixup  on  wife,  Ursula,  had  a  daughter  On  j.  ¥  ably  be  shipping  out  in  the  next  couple  of  weeks,  a  tarpaulin  muster  and  collected  November 3,  so  Cataudella  filed  an  his  birth  certificate,  the  papers  he  Bugajewski  but  figures  he  still  wants  a  little  bit  inore  filed  had  different  names  on  them.  time ashore.  Some  had  Cataudello,  while  others  had  the  name  Frank  Cautello  on  them.  No  Delay  With  'some  of  the  other  union  welfare  set­ups,  administered  by  • The  deaths  of  the  following  in  Staten  Island,  NY.  Born  in  the  an  outside  insurance  company,  the  Seafarers  have  been  reported  to  Philippine  Islands,  he  joined  the  papers  would  have  been  turned  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  and  SIU  in  Philadelphia,  and,  since  back  to  the  man,  and  he  would  $2,500  death  benefits  are  being  1939,  had  been  sailing  as  an  FOW  have  been  told  to  straighten  the  paid  to  beneficiaries.  in  the  engine  department.  Burial  thing  up  and  then  come  back.  took  place  at  Silver  Mount  Ceme­ Louis  A.  Welch,  64:  Brother  Since  many  of  these  other  plans  tery, Staten  Island, NY.  Welch  was  drowned  off  Fief  12  in  are  administered  by  outside  com­ t  4.  4  New  York  Bay  on  May  26.  A FOW  panies  which  don't  care  about  the  in the engine department, he  joined  Raymond  E. Greene, 29:  Brother  individuals,  they  wouldn't  have  Greene  was  fatally  injured  in  an  the SIU  in  New  York  on  April  18,  cared  about  the delay  caused.  1941,  Burial  took  place  at  Rose­ automobile  accident  on  May  28.  Cataudella's  case  was  taken  up  He  was  buried  in  Cedarwood Cem­ hill  Cemetery,  Linden,  NJ.  immediately  by  the  Union's  Wel­ etery,  Halifax,  NC.  Surviving  is  t>  ii>  ti  fare  Se^ices  Department.  A  his  father,  Samuel  L­.  Greene,  check  was  made  on  social  security  Oscar  Irvine  CNeil, 28:  Brother  i t  i  Aumbers,  and  Z­numbers,  and  it  O'Neil  was  killedTTin  October  9  as  Charles A.  Hartman^  43: Brother  was  soon  proven  that  Cataudella  a  result  of  an  accident.  He  had  and  Cautello  were  the  same  man.  joined  the  Union  at  Lake  Charles  Hartman  died  on  September  12  In fact,  the thing  was handled  so  in  1951,  sailing  as  an  OS  in  the  when  he  drowned  in  the  East  quickly  that  Cataudella  was  given  deck  department.  He  is  survived  River  off  Pier  19.  Borjn  In  North  his  $200  check  and  $25  bond  with  by  his  wife,  Jackie  Marie  O'Neil,  Carolina, he  had  joined  the SIU  in  no delay  at all.  He  got  the  money  ^448  Fifth  Avenue,  Port  Arthur,  1949,  and  had  sailed  in  the  engine  department  as  FQW  and  deck  en­ within  a  week  after  his  applica­ Tex.  •   .  •  gineer.  Burial  was  In  the  Rosehill  tion  had  been  filed,  in  just  about  .  ­  l"  .ii.  t  With the  mix­up about  his name squared  away. Seafarer. Frank  Ca­ .  Alejandro  Banes,  61;  On  Octo­ Cemetery, Linden,  N. J.  He is sur­ the  same  length  of  time  that  it  ber  30  Brother  Banes  died  of  nat­ vived  by his aunt, Mrs. Lee Elliotte,  taudella  (left),  is  told by  Walter  Siekmann,  welfare  services  direc­ takes  for  other  Seafarers  to  get  tor, that  he can  now  collect. S^O materni^ benefit  coiplpg  tp him.  • their,  ural causes  at the  USPHS Hospital  RFD  i,  jchecks.:  Name  Mix­up  Cleared  Up;  Seafarer  Collects  Birth $$  �I..,  SEAFAREKS « LOG  •  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  IN IE Jl N ATI O N A L  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   «h.  1  •  • •  "   a positive  program  of  self­reliance  and  self­improvement/*  '  —New York Herald Tribune  ipsiwi  The  SIU  scholarship  owords,  among  the  Who  is  eligible?  ­ Seafarers  under  35,  with  three  years  on  SIU  ships,  or,  sons  and  daughters  of  living"  or  deceased  Seafarers  whose  fathers  have  or  had  three  years'  seatime.  What  is  needed?  The  candidate  must  have  been  in  the  upper  third  of  his  or  her  high  school  graduating  class.  He  or  she  must  submit  a  ti^an­ script  of  the  high  school  record  and  three  letters of  reference, one  from  the  principal  of  the  high  school.  Proof  of  seatime  must  be  en­ closed.  The  candidate  must  take  the  standard  College  Entrance  Board  tests  given  up  to  five  times  yearfy  in  hundreds  of  US  and  overseas  cities.  For  next fall's  awards, tests  must  be  taken  on  January  10,  or  March  14.  Who  will  judge?  Winners  will  be  selected  by  a  panel  of  professors  from  five  dif­ ferent  universities.  largest of  their  kind  anywhere  in the  country,  will  be  given  to  four  wipners  annually  at  the  rate of  $ 1,500 a  year.  These  awards  are  designed  to  provide  college  educations  for  those  Seafarers  and  children  of  Seafarers  who  are  capable  of  attending  college  and  benefiting  from  col­ lege  instruction.  If  circumstances  warrant,  they  may  be  extended  for  those  going  on  to  professional  schools,  like  low  or  medicine.  Any  individual  who  has  done  reasonably  well in  high school  and  is  otherwise  qualified  under  the rules  should  consider  himself  in  the  running.  *  Applicoi^ions  should  be  mode  as  soon  as  possible  to  the  Seoforers  Welfare  Plan,  at  11  Broadway,  New  York  City.  ' .  518® 1  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 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 November 28, 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. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BME MEMBERSHIP COOL TO PLAN FOR MMP, MEBA UNITY SIU MAN'S CASE SETS PRECEDENT SHOREGANG PACTS PROVIDE JOBS FOR MEN ON BEACH SIU NIGHTCLUB CLOSES, WILL REOPEN IN HOTEL WM. GREEN DIES, SIU PAYS TRIBUTE NEW FREIGHT SHIP PACT SLATED FOR SIGNATURES TODAY 2ND MARINER DUE IN DEC. FOR ROBIN STRIKE AUTHORIZED AS CALMAR BALKS AT CONTRACT SIU TO PUT SLOPCHESTS ABOARD SHIP UNION VOTE STILL HEAVY ATLANTIC MEN PROTEST OUT-DATED NEW PACT NMU STARVING OUT TB SEAMEN, IGNORES APPEALS RACKETEERING CABBIES OPERATE IN MANY PORTS AWARD 17C LONGSHORE PAY BOOST UNION, GOV'T STUDY MCCARRAN ACT USPHS TIGHTENS UP ON DISEASE CARRIERS NMU DUMPS ALIENS AT CO'S ORDER METALWORK HELPS PASS IDLE HOURS SEAFARER'S RESCUE TRY IS TOO LATE FRIEND OF THE SIU THE NEW CONTRACT SHORE GANG JOBS IMPORTANT DECISION OLD TIMERS OHIO JUDGE RAPS BANK FOR LOW-PAID CASHIER'S THEFTS COMPANY TOLD TO STOP PHONY HAIR TONIC AD CAPTAIN LAUDED FOR DELAY TO PROTECT CREW IN STORM TAKEN FOR SUCKER IN BALTO BAR, BUT CAME OUT WINNER BUY NO BULK FILM CUT RATE, KODAK WARNS SIU CREWS HIT ARMY BRASS BAN ON SHORE LEAVE, MAIL IN KOREA 'I TOLD YA SO' BEATS MATE SEAFARERS GO 'NATIVE' IN GREECE 'CLEAN 'EM UP' IS THEIR MOTTO A SECOND JONAH AND THE WHALE LEGEND $4 MILLION IN SUNKEN GOLD - WHERE? IN NY BASEMENT DOUBLE BLOW HITS SIU FAMILY NAME MIX-UP CLEARED UP; SEAFARER COLLECTS BIRTH $$ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/28/1952 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/3aa025b2594b52c57536be4deadfd064.PDF 6dca79e6dcb2ebeff2d1b8e59527317b PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District» Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1946 Vol. VIII. NMU's Phony Protest Keeps Isthmian Men In FInky Conditions With nothing else to recommend its case except the willingness to deprive Isthmian seamen of union represen­ tation, the NMU continues delay and final accounting of votes in the election to determine a bargaining agent for Isthmian men. Basing their action on wild charges of con­ spiracy, collusion, and unfair labor practices^ the NMU has protested the entire election and is making every effort to have the whole election set aside. While there is little Next Week, We Hope The shortage of newsprint still has us down, but we are no worse off than the other newspapers. By next week, however, we hope that the situation will have eased off somewhat and that we will *be able to come out with the usual IS page edition of the Seafarers Log. None of the regular fea­ tures have been omitted this week, and our coverage of major stories, interesting to seamen, is as complete as possible, under the circum­ stances. • No. 48 Four More Companies Sign SIU Contracts Covering Conditions NEW YORK — Contracts covering working condi­ tions on freight ships have been recently signed with the few companies not partie,^ to the agreement signed on October 23. The most recent additions to the operators^ who will institute the new SIU working conditions on their ships are the Overlakes Freight Corporation and the NewTex Steamship Company, both signed on November 25. These followed close on the heels of the contracts signed chance that this move will sue-* ceed, nevertheless, it proves that the NMU will stoop to any depth to either rule or ruin. SIU Calls Upon U.S. Public Health Service To Rectify Poor Conditions In Galveston 4'between the Union and the Miss­ issippi Steamship Company and the Waterman Steamship Companj', both of whom came into the fold on November 7. All four companies involved signed the identical agreement. SIU AHEAD Of the 1745 votes which have already been counted, the SIU NEW YORK, Nov. 20 — The $100,000 cooking and baking unit cern the food, although other Only Working Rules and Gen­ garncrcci 957 while the NMU points also come in for comment. eral Rules for freighters are cov­ installed in the Neponsit Marine Seafarers International Union to­ picked up only 724. This means The men complain that the food ered bj' these contracts. Wage^ that only 167 of the 502 votes day, in a letter to Dr. Thomas Hospital, Long Island, the letter is poor, inadequate, and what had already been settled in Aug-; expressed the appreciation of the Parran, Surgeon General, United which the NMU contests must be there is of it is badly prepared. ust—the same wages that were Union for those corrections so far States Public Health Service"; decided in favor of the SIU to Diets are not adhered to and turned down by the Wage Stabil­ give this Union a majority, and called upon him to rectify com­ made in some Marine Hospitals; many men have been discharged ization Board and which lead to but asked that the Surgeon Gen­ power to bargain for the men plaints of poor food, and lax from the hospital weaker than a General Strike that tied up the eral take steps to alleviate the medical attention in the Galves­ who sail Isthmian. ton Marine Hospital. This action poor conditions that now exist in they were when admitted. This entire shipping of the United The NMU hopes that the elec­ follows complaints of 63 seamen the Galveston Marine Hospital. situation, coupled with indiffer­ States. tion will be set aside, and that and veteran patients in that hos­ The letter sent by the SIU Spe­ ent treatment, and lax medical Passenger ship agreements for the whole procedure will be gone pital transmitted to the SIU by cial Services Department is as standards has made the stay of the Mississippi Steamship Com­ throuigh again. The SIU can most of the men a nightmare. D. L. Parker, Galveston Agent. follows: pany were also signed on Novem­ easily weather any such eventu­ We are now in receipt of a let­ ber 7, and these add up to the Following on the heels of the Dr. Thomas Parran ality, but the Isthmian seamen, ter from 63 men confined in that best passenger ship contracts in forced to continue,sailing under SIU success in having a new Surgeon General the field. U. S. Public Health Service poor conditions and with lower (ContinueJ on Page 11) All of the above contracts were Washington, D. C. pay", are the real sufferers. negotiated and signed, for the. The arguments put forward by Sir: Union, by John Hawk, Secretary- • The Seafarers International the NMU in its official paper, the Treasurer; J. P. Shuler, Assistant Union has for some time been re­ Pilot, are that the SIU is guilty Secretary-Treasui-er; Paul Hall, ceiving complaints from its mem­ of collusion with the company in Director of Organization; and bers in the various marine hos­ placing SIU crews aboard their Robert Matthews, Headquarters* pitals around the country con­ ships while NMU crews were re Engine Dept. representative. cerning the* treatment adminis­ fused employment. Another passenger company tered, the food served, and var­ This argument falls of its own An overtime dispute involving ious other conditions existing in still to be negotiated with is the weight because all waterfront NEW YORK, Nov. 27— With 850 hours of work pei"formed by those institutions. P&O Steamship Company. workers know of the difficulty the nation's soft coal strike en­ the Deck and Engine departments Bargaining sessions will start • We believe that your office has encountered by SIU volunteers tering its eighth day John L. the week of December 2, and ; aboard the SS J. B. Hamilton was at heart the welfare of the men in getting on Isthmian ships. transformed into cash for Sea­ confined to these hnspitals as you Lewis, United Mine Workers lead­ there is little doubt that negotia- ' " NMU FORGETS farers at the vessel's payoff in have corrected certain faults that er, goes to court to face charges tions will move along smoothly. , The alleged bias which the New York early this week. Provisions for passenger veshave existed in some of these in­ of contempt for violation of the Isthmian officials expressed tow­ The Hamilton, an American stitutions. federal injunction filed against sels belonging to the Eastern : ard NMU men is only an expres­ Pacific lines ship, had made its Steamship Company and Alcoa We realize^ that you recently him and his 400,000 miners. sion of the bias which this com­ first trip manned by an SIU crew, had installed at the Neponsit MaIn his fight against the injunc­ also are on the agenda and this • pany has against any attempt to after having been turned over by i-ine Hospital a $100,000 cooking tion leveled against his union by will be done in the very near fu- 1" organize its employees into the NMU. The dispute arose when and baking unit which will as­ the government, Lewis goes to ture. Union which can fight for its the Skipper refused payment, sure the patients of receiving hot Last but not least. Isthmian • court with the full backing of own rights. arguing that under the terms of food. Also we appreciate the co­ AFL and CIO unions. Lines' contract lies ahead. Once During the war years, the the NMU agreement no overtime operation given our representa­ In this battle against the "gat- the NMU's stalling tactics have yeai's in which the NMU follow­ would be paid for the work im tives who have visited these hos­ been overcome. Isthmian will be ling gun on paper," as it has been ing the communist pai'ty line, volved. another company that will be pitals in correcting minor griev­ called since its first use in 1894, collaborated with the shipown­ The payment was made when ances and making certain changes Lewis is fighting a battle against forced to institute SIU wages . ers, they forgot how to face the Skipper recognized that the in the menus, all of which make what may be a precedent where­ and conditions on the many ships the opposition of companies vessel was now operating with for a more enjoyable stay and a in that fleet. by labor unions can be sued and which' will not play ball with an SIU agreement. ' The signing of these contracts , quicker cure and discharge for their leaders imprisoned for call­ unions—for their own ends. winds up many months of inten­ The Patrolmen also succeeded the seamen concerned. ing a strike. The NMU has definitely lost n cancelling most of the logs sive negotiating on the part of all However, we feel that we must The NoiTis-LaGuardia Act of top of'icials of the Union. Inter­ the seamen who sail Isthmian made against crew members. They call upon you and request that 1932 clearly forbids private em­ rupted as they were by the strike" • ships. Victory for the SIU is only said that the Hamilton men were steps be taken to remedy the ployers to obtain Federal Court action taken by the SIU, the bar- a matter of time, and the NMU "darned good crew." situation that exists at the Gal­ injunctiojis against unions. Also gaining sessions went along as is winning the undying hatred SIU Patrolmen handling the veston, Texas Marine Hospital. court decisions have held that it well as could be expected, with of hundreds of Isthmian seamen payoff were Jimmie Drawdy, Bill For some time we have been re­ forbids the government to obtain the shipowners having the knowl­ who sees in that organization a Hamilton and Lou Goffin. They ceiving complaints from that hos­ injunctions against unions involv- edge that the Union, held the balbar against their realizing union were assisted by Brother Armr pital. ance of power. wages and conditions—right now. strong of the SUP. Most of the complaints con­ (Continued OH Page 4) Seafarers Wins 850 Hours For Hamilton Crew All Labor Backs Lewis Against Govt. Injunction �SOLIDARITY ON BCflH StOES 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 2.27«4 X ^ t- HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. V. O. Bos 25, Station P., New York C-ify 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 A Dangerous Weapon All over the United States soft coal miners are refusing to work under the terms of the so-called Lewis-Krug agree­ ment signed on May 29. Their reasons for abstaining from work are simple, and are included in the terms of that agreement. In plain and simple words, that agreement gives both parties the right to ask for changes in terms. • during the life of the contract, and if negotiations failed to result in satisfactory changes, either party could declare the entire agreement void. In the face of rising prices, the wage gains made by the miners have been entirely wiped out. As a result, the miners asked that the agreement be reopened so that wages in the mining industry could be increased to a living level. This request was flatly turned down by the government, and that left the miners no alternative other than to con­ sider the contract terminated. But the Government is used to having all the marbles, and this case is no exception. In contradiction to a law of the land — the Norris-La Guardia Act, passed in 1932 —• which prohibits the use of injunctions against unions, the Government has asked for an injunction and has requested that Lewis be held in contempt of court because he refused to compel his union members to stay on the job. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital The miners are therefore in the position of obeying the law, while the Government is in the position of chang­ ing the rules of the game after play has already started. That sort of action may fool some of the people who don't work with their hands for a living, but the mass of Amer­ These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, ican w^orkers are behind the United Mine Workers in this as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find lime hanging fight for justice. heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ Men Now In The Marine Hospitals ing to them. The use of injunctions against a labor union in its fight for an equitable share of the wealth they help to produce STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL is a dirty tactic that smacks of fascism. Workers have the C. G. SMITH right to refuse to labor under conditions that enslave them T. WADSWORTH and for pay that keeps them on a poor economic level. S. G. LOPEZ Their labor is the only thing they have to sell -and they can R. G. MOSSELLER W. SMITH abstrain from putting it on the market unless the price is •C. J. H. HARE reasonable and just. W. G. H. BAUSE W. B. MUTR Government injunction against strikes forces the L. A. CORNWALL workers back into the slavery they are trying to escape. It L. L. MOODY ' is a dangerous weapon because it can be used to coerce men H. BELCHER C. M. LARSEN into doing anything that they honestly oppose. Totalitarianism comes disguised in just such a harmless sounding move. Now the pressure is for the mining of coal to continue and some people are mistakenly in accord with the Government's move to use the courts as a coercive force. If we allow this to happen, in the near future we can look forward to injunctions as a rule rather than as an ex­ ception. As always, the labor movement is in the forefront of the defense of our liberties. The man who works for a livelihood is quick to recognize the tactics of those who > would make him a slave. In this case we see the well-known I' symptoms, and that is why labor is united in the defense of ' the miners right to strike, and in the battle against the use of injunctions in labor^disputes. is v.jt' C. L. JACQUES L. KAY R. J. BLAKE J. B. PORTER J. H. DANIEL S. INTEGRA V. RODRIGUEZ ' S. RIVERA C. R. POTTER J. HALL J. M. FORD B. F. TROTTIE W. R. WELCOME P. DOMICA % % % GALVESTON HOSPITAL LONGKEMPT PAURGASON—SUP ALDERHOLDS KING MITCHELL DOWELL DEETRECH SWENSON CASTAGNERE—B.C. MULKE 4* S" 4* BALTIMORE HOSPITAL RAYMOND VAN DREELE PETER LOPEZ WAYNE TROLLE MAX FINGERHUT RALPH FREY BUCK SHERWIN MOSES MORRIS MANUEL ROMERO FRANCES O'BRIAN X X % NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL JOE TAYLOR M. W. LOMBARD MAX SEIDEL LEONARD' MELANSON EDDIE MAHL CENTRAL MASON E. BROCE JR. P. HAWKINS J. SNELL H. G. DARNELL You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) JAMES CANARD ALBERT BOUDREAUX W. QUARLES CHARLES TILLER J. W. DENNIS R. M. NOLAN FRED GANDARA JR. H. C. MERTSCH NORMAN PALLME DONALD BELL J. SCOTTY) ATKINS . FRANK GARRETSON KARL PETTERSSON EDWARD CUSTER F, J. SOSS R. E. FRINK ROBERT OGLETREE XXX NEPONSIT HOSPITAL H. BURKE J. S. COMPBELL B. BRYDER B. LUFLIN E. VON TESMAR G. P. McCOMB : . : E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY ' , J. PIQUEROA �Fridsy. November 20. -1946 THE SE AFAR ESS 1. O (i Page Three Seafarers' Organizing Campaign Must Be Intensified In Future By STEELY WHITE At the same time we must give them a constructive pro­ gram to follow that will teach them true trade unionism. In addition to this we must get to the rank and file within the un­ ions which the commies control from the top, and make the membership in these unions aware of the activities of their leaders. arises. We will need the aid of all members in the Gulf to assure the success of this drive. We will have plerity of literature avail­ able and the patrolmen will be around to the ships at the signon to distribute the literature to the ship's delegates. NEW ORLEANS—In the past few weeks events have taken place that will go down in Mari­ time history. Things have taken place that are going to be instru­ mental in determining the future of our union. Also events are in the making Make use of it by giving it out that are going to influence our fu­ in every port you hit to all nonture as to whether we, the SIU, The hot spot for all the beefs SIU ships and in the places fre­ are going to remain in the field with the oil companies is going quented by seamen. This will as a strong economic trade union to be the Gulf district and we not entail any great labor and or whether we aie going to be bottled up, and our potentiali­ must be ready for anything that will pay dividends in the end. ties as a trade union neutralized to the point that we will be a tool in the hands of a political faction, or a combination of a political faction and shipowner collaboration. Further evidence of rank and and file in the NMU: If you want STRUGGLE FOR POWER file dissatisfaction with com- to read the news pertaining to the At the present time within the niunist control of the National welfare of seamen, you've got to maritime industry we are caught in a whirlpool of ideologies that Maritime Union came to light look in the SIU's Log. SIU WATERFRONT can very easily lead to our de­ this week, with the receipt of a letter to the Log pointing out I, and the greater part of the struction as a legitimate trade that NMUers are looking hope­ NMU, would like to see the water­ imion and place us under the in­ fully toward the SIU for water­ front 100 per cent under the lead­ fluence of powers seeking poli­ front leadership. ership of the SIU. tical domination. The letter, from a member of At our meetings at Manhattan Once these groups seeking the NMU, gives support to the Center, only the commies get the power gain control they will sac­ deck. When a non-commie does Seafarers' contention that the rifice trade union principles and gains to advance their own poli­ majority of NMUers are nut com- get the deck, the commies boo tical programs and ambitions. 1 mics, and that the policies of the him down. I have a lot of friends in the don't have to tell you what hap­ NMU leadership do not express the will of the membership. SIU and every time they see me pened to the NMU, MEBA, ILWU The writer of the letter, who they say, "When are you going and the MC&S. for obvious reasons prefers to to get wise to yourself, and come COMMIE DRIVE remain anonymous, sounds off on over to a real union?" The commies are at present the widening breach between the It's ti-ue enough that the SIU driving hard on the MM&P and rank and file and the commies is a good union, and I would like ILA; and the Seafarers Interna­ points out that democratic rights to be over there, pronto. tional Union cannot ignore these aj-e denied all those who remain COMMIE SHEET campaigns, by sitting back idly outside the communist party's I hope that in the future you while this commie faction takes ranks. Criticism is taboo, even will continue to send the Log to conti'ol of the waterfi'ont unions. at closed membership meetings. the Y M C A Seamen's House. If we do they will turn on our When you see an NMU man THEY READ LOG Union next and they will be in a reading the Pilot at the Seamen's The NMUer adds that members House, he is only looking "at the position to squeeze us off the waterfront by their control of of his union are reading the Personals column, and the list of the other unions. This manuever Seafarers Log in order to get back pay due. When finished is shown very plainly by their news pertaining to the welfare of with that, he throws it down in actions fostering the Coos Bay all seamen, and that they would disgust. All • they print in the beef, the Steam-schooner beef, prefer a waterfront solidly united Pilot is the usual run of commie the Gulf Oil Tug beef, the Texaco under the banner of the SIU. propaganda.. The letter follows: Tanker beef, and now their at­ Again I thank you for telling tempts in, the Cities Service fleet. Dear Brother: the membership in the SIU that We must combat these forays I am an NMU member and I we are all not commies in the on the rank and file seamen with wish to thank you very much for NMU. I will be looking for this a program of action, and to do telling the membership in your article in the Log. it successfully we must contact union that we all are not com-, Please do not print my name as all imorganized seamen and ex­ mies within the NMU. there is such a thing as being too pose to them the phony programs I, like many, mapy others, read brave. that the commies ai-e attempting the Seafarers Log. It is a common Very sincerely yours, to sell them. A Real Union Seamen saying now with the real rank NMU Seamea Resent Communism Of Leaders, Read Log For News THANKS A MILLION By PAUL HALL The Seafarers International Union cannot be accused of not learning from what has happened before. In the organizational jobs which have gone before, we have learned many valuable lesspns, les.sons which will come in handy in the times which lie ahead of First and foremost, the Union must establish itself on a firm financial basis. Not that we are crying poor mouth now, but wp should be prepared for the fact that we will have to retrench, fin- rj ancially and otherwise. Strikes, and job actions, take money. We have had our share of both and it is now our duty to put the SIU in a good, sound con­ dition so that it can weather any storms that might lie ahead. j From now on, we must be ready for the slow shipping, scarcity of jobs, and months on the beach that go with peacetime operation. War Babies It seems a shame that the only time merchant seamen are at a premium and fully employed is when the nation is at war and sup­ plies are needed in foreign lands. During peacetime we could all starve to death and the Government and the people would not give one single damn for us! The lessons we have learned from our recent beefs must be put to good use. We know now that we are a match for any raiding by the communist dominated unions, that we can hold our own against: the Washington redtape artists, and that we have the strength to battle the shipowners for the finest contracts that ever protected the merchant seamen of any country. From now on we have the duty to consolidate all the gains we have made during the last year or so, and besides that we must keep our apparatus strong .so that we can be on the lookout for any attempts to weaken us—whether it comes from the operators or their stooges, the commie controlled waterfront unions. Union Solidarity All of us remember that when the Seafarers International Union and the Sailors Union of the Pacific went on strike against the dictatorial ruling of the Wage Stabilization Board that robbed us of gains we had made in fair negotiations with shipowners, the United Mine Workers and John L. Lewis were among the first to offer us aid. At the very start of our beef, Lewis wired Harry Lundeberg that the AFL seamen could have any or all of the UMW funds, if needed. That is real union solidarity. Now the Government and the operators are out after Lewis and the members of his union. They are ti-ying to whip up public senti­ ment against him, and they are threatening him with jail, and everything else up to and including hanging from his toes. Lewis only represents the miners who elected him to lead them. If the Government want.s to be consistent, then they should bring court action against all UMW members who support Lewis in this attempt to get more wages for them in this period when all prices are going sky-high. We Are Ready If John L. and the miner's ask us for support, we will go aH out to help them. They were ready and willing to come to our aid; W'e in tui-n ar'e ready to stand by and assist them. The miners are fighting the fight for all of us. In the face of Governraent intimidation, such as we faced in our own strike against the bureaucrats, the UMW men are holding steadfast to their time honored formula, "no coijtract—no work." With just reason, they believe that their contract is no longer | in effect since the prices which were in effect at the time it was signed have been increased by leaps and bounds. Therefore they have asked for a new contract. A contract that will enable them to earn enough money to keep body and soul together in these trying times. NMU StoQging A group of ILA men being thanked by Philadelphia Agent Red Truesdale for their 190 per­ cent cooperation during the SIU strike. Looks like quite a party. Isthmian Steamship Company is in the limelight, but this time it's not because of anything the company has done. If the company was paying the NMU a flat salary, the NMU could not serve tke operators better. The Isthmian seamen are crying for union representation, and •the NMU is playing right into the company's hands by contesting an election which they know was fairly and squarely won by the SIU. One thing you can be sure of, and that is that the Isthmian sea­ men don't go for the NMU way of trying to hold up elections when they see that the coimt is going against them. Seamen fight fair, and they don't cotton to the NMU dirty fighting. We'll win this one, as we have all the other fights we have participated in. But the NMU is losing more than the Isthmian election. They are losing what little respect they still retained along the waterfront. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Pagt Four ITHMTK QUESTION:—A New York Patrolman says that the characters he has met have made his years at sea enjoyable. What characters have you met that stick in your mind? GUY WHITEHURST. Elect: Well. I'm pretty much of a character myself. Bui I won't talk about me. I've been going to sea for 20 years and I sure have met some peculiar guys. One Bosun was a fellow they called Cyclone because he always hol­ lered. He could be standing right next to you and he would yell at the top of his voice. Before the trip was over the whole crew was wearing cotton in their ears. An­ other character was a Skipper they called Two for One. What­ ever happened, he would log a man two for one. Yelled it in his sleep all night. R. A. STUART, Oiler: The screwiest character I ever met was a Wiper on the SS Ven­ tura Hills. He was lazy and care­ less. but he was such a happy-golucky kind of guy that nobody really could stay angry with him. I remember one day he was down below painting, and they told him to throw some trash overboard. He had his paint brush in one hand and the trash in the other. Soon he returned with the trash, but his brush had been thrown over the side. He did the same thing another time when he threw slops, can and all. over­ board. i:-, MARCEL MITCHELL. Ch. Cook: I sailed with one Skipper that I sure thought was whacky. He had five dogs in his stateroom, and almost drove the Bedroom Steward wild on that trip to South America. Even in the middle of the night the Captain would go to the galley to get food for those pooches. The crew was well on the way to going nuts, especially the Stewards Depart­ ment. We complained, but the Old Man only told us that he knew what he was doing. Acted very mysterious. Well, he was sane and we were nuts because he sold those dogs at a nice profit la S. A.. '• 'A It;;'.:- If FREDERICK NEELY. Steward: A couple of trips ago we had on board an AB who had once been in vaudeville. He was the funniest man I ever sailed with, and he had a way of telling a story that those of us who were on that trip will never forget. But he had one screwy habit. When he was on the wheel, he wouldn't allow anyone of the unlicensed men to come near him. He even wanted the Mate on watch to stay away from the wheel. He was as bad as the OS who used to wake up everybody each night because he couldn't remember who his relief was. Friday, November 29, 1946 Challenges Will Not Help NMU, Isthmian Seamen Want Seafarers government. The newest addi­ when the government'rcpre.senttion is the Sea Phoenix which has ativo refused to reopen the wage There is nothing new to report been renamed the Steel Artisan, question. So, the miners have no on Isthmian because the NLRB and is now loading for Red Sea contract, and they never work hearing to decide what to do with and Indian ports. without a contract. the 502 ballots challenged by the ANTI-LABOR LAWS NMU APOLOGIES NMU has not yet been held. How­ We can expect a wave of antiIn order to alibi their company ever, the SIU is trying its utmost stooge tactics to the Isthmian labor laws soon after the new to bring about an immediate de­ seamen and their own rank-and Congress meets. Big business cision in this outfit without any file members, the NMU Pilot of loudspeakers in Congress have more delays. Neither the NMU last week screamed frantically been sounding off lately about nor the Isthmian Company is go­ that the NMU was only challeng­ the big bad boys from the unions ing to succeed much longer in ing the 502 valid ballots because having too much power. Now, denying Isthmian men the SIU they charged the SIU and the they intend to clip the wings of representation that they so well Isthmian Company with collusion, the entirpi labor movement. There deserve and need. conspiracy and unfair labor prac­ is no doubt that we will have to As revealed in last week's Log. tices. They also wildly accused fight harder in the next few the Seafarers garnered approx­ the SIU of making backdoor months to preserve labor's hardimately 55 percent of the 1745 "deals" with the Company. v^on gains than we have in a long time. valid votes counted. This was These wild charges are not even 233 votes over what the NMU dignified by the SIU with a denial Not only will our Union and secured.' We also expect to take because they are so fantastic. Re­ our AFL affiliates tave to fight a large majority of the challenged member these charges come from against government regimenta­ votes when they are finally the commy-dominated NMU„ an tion, but we will have to battle counted. outfit which only recently tried the hate-labor shipowners and the This means that the final results to make a deal with the Texaco sell-out artists of the communist can give the SIU a vote of from Company while the SIU was in party as well. As long as we keep 55 to 60 percent of the total bal­ the process of organizing it. They our Union as strong as it is today lots cast. Only the, NLRB cert- didn't get away with the attempt­ and build it even stronger, we are ifiication and the NMU's stalling ed Texaco grab, and they won't not afraid of these bogey-men tactics prevent the SIU from im­ get away with their desperate at­ and their threating chains. We Seafarers, and many before mediately starting contract nego­ tempts to nullify the Isthmian us, have fought to gain the hiring election. tiations with the Isthmian Com­ hall, rotary shipping, and many Isthmian seamen and SIU mem­ pany. bers know only too well how other advantages we have won Recent reports regarding Isth­ many SIU volunteer organizers over the years. Now, we're not mian state that they are going to were fired by Isthmian. They going to let any Johnny-Cometake over some 24 surplus ships also know how SIU ships' organ­ Lately's, or anyone else, take from the Maritime Commission izers were intimidated and ham­ away by means of laws or in­ for the rebuilding of the Isth­ strung at every turn by Isthmian junctions our Union conditions. mian postwar fleet. At present, stiffs and NMUers working hand We fought to gain these condi­ Isthmian owns 9 vessels, accord­ in hand. The NMU's Isthmian tions, and we'll fight till hell ing to the repol't, and operates recoi'd is one of all-out duplicity, freezes over to keep them. 64 others under charter from the lying, cheating, and goon squad terrorism. In spite of their con­ niving, Isthmian men chose the Seafarers. It's plain to see which union they want to represent them. MINERS' STRIKE The entire U.S. labor move­ ment is watching the struggle One of the striking differences going on between the Washing­ of the advantages of SIU mem­ ton bureaucrats and the United (Continued from Page 1) Mine Workers. More than 400,000 bership as compared to NMU ed in bona fide disputes with soft coal miners are out and some membership was revealed Wed­ private employers. 60-70,000 hard coal miners are nesday, when the recently real­ The government maintains, in out in sympathy. It all resulted located SS Am-Mer-Mar signed this case, that the government is from the miners attempts to open on an NMU crew. the employer and the strike is up their wage agreement at the The NMU crew boarded the against the people. The point present time and the govern­ vessel between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. not mentioned by the Attorney- ment's denial of their right to ask Nov. 26. They signed articles at General's office is that while the for a raise. 1:30 p.m. But the articles were government may be technically Washington wise guys pulled dated Nov. 27, which means that the employer, the profits and an old trifck out of the bag by the NMU crew will not be paid gains from these mines have never threatening John L. Lewis, presi­ for Nov. 26, a loss of a day's pay been held by the government, dent of the mipers, and all of the to all hands. but have and still remain with men who stayed away from the Under terms of SIU agreements the private operators. mines, with injunction procedure. with all contracted companies, Lewis is basing his demands AFL president Green has pledged pay starts accruing to Seafarers for a reduction of the 54 hour the entire resources of the AFL from the moment articles are week while keeping the same behind the miners in their battle signed. It was reported by SIU men on take-home pay, upon the provi­ against the government's getstandby as the ves.sel was turned tough-with-labor policy. Many sion of the old contract, which over that the NMU crew was dis­ other AFL unions including the "Was carried over, stipulating that satisfied with the procedure. A SIU have also pledged their sup­ either party could ask for changes day's pay is a day's pay, no matter port to the miners, and it looks in terms during the life of the what union you belong to, they like a tough battle. Labor is unit­ contract, and if negotitations fail­ said. ed though, with even the CIO ed to result in satisfactory changes, could declare the' whole backing Lewis. Organized labor is forced to contract void. battle against rule by injunction All of organized labor in Amer­ once again. In the early days, ica is. watching the battle lines this was a favorite company trick shaping up inr Washington, and against the unions. However, it in this struggle the house of was outlawed by the Norris-Lalabor is united in opposition to G u a r d i a Anti-Injunction Act. the government's attempts to Now, government bureaucrats in­ TORONTO—For the first time, squash the miners. sist that they are above the act, workers in Canada's pulpwood In the light of the far reaching and that they are within their will be covered by a union con­ effects of the government's action, legal rights to force the miners tract following a 3-week stop­ American labor, both AFL and back to work through the use of page by 12,000 members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers CIO, have forgotten their quar­ the injunction weapon. In analyzing the entire mine Union (AFL). ' In addition to rels, and are backing Lewis and his miners to the limit in their situation, the miners were cer­ their main objective, union recog­ fight against the stifling of labor's tainly within their rights in deny­ nition, the workers were granted right to strike by an injunction ing that any contract between a $5 daily minimum wage and them and the-government existed improved working conditions. writing government. By EARL SHEPPARD SIU Crewmen See Difference in Contracts All Labor Backs Lewis Against Govt, injunction Canadian Lumbermen Get First Contract After Work Stoppage ' '1- �y ^ Pas* n<v» TBE SEAFARERS LOG Piiday, Iffoyember 29, 1946 ^ ^ ^ A*' / * ^ Vyy ^ / '^i '' '^/ Marcus Hook Seafarers After The Many Unorganized Tankermen By BLACKIE CARDULLO New Gag Would Put Convalescents NO NEWS?? Right Behind The Eight Ball Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing potts: By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK — Shipowners and the United Seamens Service never out some Stop, trying to figure way to complicate the life of a working seaman. This time they have come up with a daisy that Will top all the other dodges they have tried. Here's the way it works. If a man is hurt aboard ship, he is entitled to $3.50 per day after he leaves the hospital. This pay­ ment is supposed to continue until such time as he is able to go back to work. Now the Ship­ owners, the USS, and their fellow conspirators, the insurance com­ panies, have a new plan that will eliminate this payment. They want to establish conval­ escent camps for men to stay in until they aro able to ship out. None of the men I have spoken to are in favor of this scheme. They see it for what it is — a chiseling proposition that will save the company money at the expense of the comfort of the man v/ho actually was injured. Not only that, but they realize that acceptance of such treatment would hurt their cases if they were going to sue the company for any injuries sustained while aboard ship. ON OUR TOES The three groups who are try­ ing to put this over must have low opinion of seamen's mental­ ity. We have no intention of • letting them get away with this trick. We're damned if we want to see merchant seamen sent away to camps, away from home and family, for a long time just so that some fat boy can naake a little extra money each year. Even though the entire strike picture, as far as it concerns sea­ men, is cleared up now, never­ theless we still have plenty of men on the beach in this port. We hope that shipping will pick up soon, but right now it is only fair. That isn't good enough to take VOTED YET? . From all indications so far. it appears that more votes will be cast in this election for officials than were ever cast in the SIU before. This is a good sign and shows thai the members of our Union are interested in electing only the best men to lead the or­ ganization. Now is the time to vote. Have you voted yet? care of all the men who want to ship. Feeding ended on Monday, November' 25. It Was a very help­ ful thing while it lasted, and there are some men who miss it even now. We hope that it won't be necessary to use our strike kitchen agaiii, but it has been put away carefully and can be set up in short order. CHARLESTON PORT ARTHUR HOUSTON NORFOLK JACKSONVILLE BALTIMORE GALVESTON TAMPA MOBILE Seafarers Must Take Time Out To Take Stock For The Future By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH—We are getting back to normal. Now we can catch a breath and write a few lines to the Log. Believe me, we had our hands full at the end of the last strike. Eighteen ships in port at one time, and everyone wanting at­ tention is not. easy with the staff we have. We somehow managed to get by though, and at this writing we have only one ship in port with the exception of a few bound for the boneyard. The SS James Swan just paid off, and is undergoing repairs which should be completed in about a week. The Swan came in as clean as a private yacht. There were no beefs at the payoff and the ship was unique in that the crew liked that officers and the officers liked the crew. Chief Mate Hyers has a retire­ ment card in the SIU and that accounts for part of it; one of the engineer's is a graduate of ours and that also means something. Captain Hubbard had no logs and no bad reports. Half of the crew is staying on for another trip, and some of these had al­ ready made two or three trips be­ fore. If every ship was like this we wouldn't need any pie-cards. SOME MONEY DUE We'll probably get most of the ships back in port just before Christmas, and then we'll have the same trouble getting crews. Most people want to be home for Chirstimas and jobs are usually plentiful around that time. We have vouchers in the Sa­ vannah Branch for Raymond J. Wells, Charles Kimbrough, Rob­ ert H. Robbins, Garland T. Floy and Flody McCleUan. We had a beef pending for the Deck Engineer of the SS Daniel Williard, John Marciano. He can collect by writing to the South Atlantic SS Co. We voted the last Isthmian .ship last Sunday. By the time this is out the entire results of the election should be known. TIME TO ACT It's up to us now to take stock of ourselves and prepare forwhat may happen next year. With the new government set-up pre­ dominantly anti-labor, we can ex­ pect to have some tough fights on our hands. Every member should make it his business to keep informed and also to inforjn others in the industry that only by solid unity can we keep the gains we've alreadj'^ made. Our last fight was no eaSy one, although we came out on top. What we have in store for us will be tougher and we'll have to fight harder. We should start preparing now. One way of preparing is to keep the public informed of develop­ ments from our point of view to counteract the unfavorable publicity we can expect from most other sources. Every time a strike is called industry is up in arms about it. The strikers are always in the wrong, according to them, and a good deal of the public be­ lieves them because they never get a clear picture of the causes of strikes, and they can't get all the facts. MARCUS HOOK—During the past week shipping has been slow around here—almost at a stand­ still, in fact. I guess it is the same story up and down the coast right now with no port en­ joying a boom and having to call for men. The fact that .shipping is so slow is point enough to show the need for driving in on the un­ organized tankers. As fast as the Liberties are tied up, the laidup tankers come out. During the lull in shipping, we have been doing a lot of organi­ zational work in this port. In the last week we had eight unor­ ganized tankers in port. All in all, it keeps up right on the ball. The second edition of the SIU Tanker News is now out on the waterfront and is going over 100 percent with all the seamen in this port. worked under open shop condi­ tions back in the days preceding the formation of the SIU and here is the way it worked: A seaman came into port, and after receiving the few dollars he had earned, he went up to the local shipping crimp. He paid him two weeks room and board, drank the rot-gut whiskey he sold, and if the seaman had any money left the charming hags that the crimp had hanging around would soon relieve him of that. COULDN'T SQUAWKAll in all, if the seaman spent al his money there and was a good boy, and didn't squawk about getting robbed, he was given a ship within a week with no refund on the remaining week's room and board. If this method was not appeal­ ing, another way of getting a job was to get a newspaper and lo­ ATTACKS ON UNIONS cate the pier of an incoming ship. Now that the miners are out Then the seaman would stand on strike, the newspapers are around at the pier until some making the most of it by attack­ company stooge came out and ing John L. Lewis and unions in picked the men he wanted from general. his friends and relatives. One of the blasters is, of course, The abuses and inequalities of' our friend "Pegleg"' Pegler who this method are apparent; some states that the working man punk would come along and hand should have the right to choose the company stooge a letter from or reject a union as he sees fit, Joe Blow and get the job while and should not be compelled to j the real seamen would be turn­ join a union under the closed ed down. .shop .set-up: knowing full well Of course the men chosen were in his twisted mind that the wel­ alwaVs company .stooges who fare of the worker is his least would never squawk about the concern and the desire to see or­ slop they were given to eat, or ganized labor smashed through the open shop his primary aim. -mAfsTue^^ For the information of Mr. WAV IT SH0\)lO Pegler (though it would never, BE.' * penetrate his labor-hating brain), y quite a few of us seamen have Corpus Christi Has Good Week By J. S. WILLIAMS CORPUS CHRISTI — Business has impi-oved to such a degree COMPANIES OKAY this past week in Corpus Christi Not so long ago, when the that we have very few men on the UAW went on strike, they had beach at present waiting for ships,a legitimate reason. Their of­ ficials saw how prices were in fact; there are no AB's, FOW's,' or Cooks. steadily rising and controls were During the past week we had being removed, largely through the Midway Hills, American Pac­ the machinations of the very ific Steamship Company, tied up same people who were keeping here at Harbor Island with a good wages down. SlU-SUP crew aboard her. The only alternative for the poor working stiff is to strike. If- She was the best looking ship he fights any other way he goes that has hit this area in quite to jail. If he takes it without a some time, with everything clean struggle he and his dependents and painted, and no beefs hang­ go hungry. In this case the ing fire. workers went out. Another ship that was clean in the beef department was the Wolf Now let's look at the effects of Creek that paid off here the other this strike. The workers as usual day. It was a quick payoff with took a hell of a beating before they got any gains. After the everything running off smoothly. strike was ended they were still A good crew and good delegates the losers, since their increased had everything in order when I wages were eaten up by high went aboard. prices and their hours were cut Right now the Cape Corwin, down. Bull Line, is in port with all quiet Now, how about the companies?. in regards to beefs so that we During the war the companies can't report any beefs being set­ paid an excess profits tax. This tled or disputed. was the government's way of While everything is quiet on keeping the cost of the War down the SIU ships, we have been busy a bit. Any profits over a certain chasing down the unorganized amount , were turned back to tankers and towboats as they hit Uncle Sam. the port, and there is alwaysNow there is no more such tax, plenty of activity in that depart­ but there ie a way for the com- ment to keep us from getting^ rusty. (Continued on Page 11) the conditions they were forced to work under. The shipping laws that were on the books then are the same as we have today, but they were never enforced. Those were the conditions we seamen had under the open shop, Mr. .Pegler. Is that what you would want us to go back to? Oh yes, it Would make wonder­ ful material for a movie, but as a means of livelihood it stimk! It seems that people the world over think of merchant seamen as human derelicts and drunks, but as soon as they fight to get decent living and working con­ ditions, and bring themselves out of the conditions forced upon them, they are immediately criti­ cized from all directions. However, the SIU in the past has weathered all storms of this kind, and we are well able to weather them in the future. ATTENTION! If you don't find linen when you go aboard your ehip, notify -the Hall at oneOb A telegram from Le Havre or Singapore > won't do you any good. It's your bed and yutt iiavd to lie ba It. > �THE SEAFARERS LO€ Six Labor's Strength Is In Itself, And Not With Phony Politicians By LOUIS GOFFIN Every election year the profes­ sional politicians hit the deck with their phony promises and ballyhoo, calling upon organized labor to put them in office whei-e they will promote the best in­ terests of labor and labor unions. And just as regularly after the campaign has ended and the tal­ lies counted, Congressman Doakes rushes off to dream up his own special plan for the destruction of the labor movement. I believe that the workers should vote in spite of all the 1?aloney and false promises thrown at him, but I wouldn't be so naive as to expect anything constructive to come of it. While our boy Doakes in Wash­ ington is doing nothing con- have never seen such high morale and such close cooperation among the maritime unions as was ex­ hibited in the last beef. The determination on the part of all maritime workers to see it through to a successful conclu­ sion was the finest display of teamwork I have ever seen. It was teamwork that won the strike in short order and it is teamwork that will maintain la­ bor's hard won gains. We did it during the strike; lets keep it that way for the greater beefs ahead. Lakes Organizes Through Winter By STANLEY WARES structive, and plenty destructive, the worker will as usual be mak­ ing. all his gains through his union. ONLY THROUGH UNION It is through his union that he benefits the most in better wages and living standards. The high living standard and wages of the American worker gained through collective bargaining were not ac­ complished by political promises, but by the strong united efforts of the unions. The first thing on Congressman Doakes' agenda is anti-labor leg­ islation. He is hiding nothing, as he and his friends are coming out with proposals to amend the Wagner Act and ban the closed shop. These "friends of labor," work­ ing overtime for the employer's interests, are going to do every­ thing in their power to disor­ ganize labor and try to revert to the "good old days" of low wages, long hours, and working conditions. These jokers must be fought, and as we cannot-do an effective job at the ballot box we must turn to our unions. During the recent strike we had the greatest backing of any union involved in a dispute. Our AFL affiliates went down the line 100 percent for us, just as we went down the line for the AFL unions who needed our as­ sistance. UNITED AS ONE Our agreements and wage scales are the best this industry has ever known. We have com­ plete cooperation from all the AFL maritime unions. Today we are as one; united and determined to stay that way. Yet we must be ever on the alert. We must keep a weather eye on those that would do any­ thing in their power to try, not only to destroy us, but all labor tuiions. In all my past experience in seamen's strikes since 1921, I Bill Brady "I started out by working at most anything," says Bill Brady, AB, "and I ended up by decid­ ing to go to sea where I would be happy, and where I could do a job I was fit for." Bill knows what he is talking about. He was born in Philadel­ phia, the well-known city of Brotherly Love, but Philly has no love or brotherhood to offer to an orphan. Until he was 13years-old he lived ia an orphan­ age, but in 1017 he ran away and has been on his own ever since. "I found that men who work for a living have more brother­ hood in their hearts than the peo­ ple who are supposed to do good professionally," he says with a wry grin. Friday, Novenaber 29, 1949 Seafarers Leads Among Seamen On Great Lakes By HENRY CHAPPELL • TOLEDO — With the exception of the Lake Seamen's Union, a company sponsored and control­ led set up mailing literature to Great Lakes ships, there has bedh no competition for the SIU in the Great Lakes District. The NMU remains strangely silent since the results of their untimely strike has begun to show its affects, and the true facts of this strike, as the SIU bought to the attention of Lake Seamen, has come to light. The SIU officials and commit­ tee members are now busy in drawing up new amendments to our 1947 contracts. These SIU contracts are already the best of any on the Great Lakes and our purpose is to improve them with "I'm just a lucky Irishman," is any amendments and re-wording the way he explains it. "I sailed the membership desires. And all in all war areas, but I was never of our contracts are negotiated in torpedoed." an amicable manner with the companies whenever possible. NEAR MISSES TURNING POINT CLEVELAND — The cool breezes blowing in off Lake Erie In 1926 Bill tried the life of a at present signal to all us Lakes seaman for a period of close to Seamen that the close of navi­ a year. As a coalpasser on the gation on the Great Lakes is SS Johansen, he visited foreign Threats of force are never used That doesn't mean that he was drawing near. countries, and at that time, even unless it is a necessity. And when It has been an eventful season if he didn't realize ii then, the not close to danger many times. the SIU does have to use labor's here this year after a late stai't sea got into his blood. Shipping When the Robin Linos' Grey only weapon, the strike and picket due to the coal strike last spring. was pretty bad however, and in Lock went down, the ship Brady line, then the entire membership" Things started to go along well order to eat he had to work. was on was right next to her in votes on this issue. until the commies tried to force So the next 15 years of his life In our constitution the officials the convoy. Rules prohibited the unorganized seamen into their he spent working at any job he stopping to pick up survivors, so of the union do not assume the way of thinking by pulling off a could get, any place in the coun­ the men of the Grey Lock had role of a dictator and call strikes try. He worked as a harvest strike on the Lakes. to wait for the Navy destroyers at their own personal fancies or hand, longshoreman, construction MAGNIFICENT FLOP whims, as did the NMU in their to pick them up. laborer, and at any other job that As we all know the attempt was Great Lakes smoke screen of a On this trip, 25 ships out of a magnificent flop, because it came along. While distributing strike this year. the 55 that started were sent to didn't take the seamen long to telephone books for the Reuben the bottom as a result of enemy COMPANY CONTRACTS get wise to what they were really H. Donnelly Company, in New action. York in 1937, he was a member trying to do. If the commies The LSU has its contracts hand­ In 1944 Brady made a trip to ed to them on a silver platter by didn't know then, they sure found of the rank-and-file committee out that seamen aren't as dumb that negotiated terms with the Russia, landing at Odessa, and the Cleveland Cliffs Company, company after a strike had been was in port there for 24 days, as they would like them to be. and the only gains they can pos­ won. waiting for return orders. What sibly win are the gains and con­ With the coming of the winter The years of the depression, he saw theie was enough to turn ditions that the SIU fights for, season and the end of navigation, the SIU on the Lakes does not in- were bad ones, but Brady did not him against the communist way and wins — then Cleveland Cliffs tend to just sit and wait for the waste the opportunities that pre- of life. comes through with the same spring and renewed shipping to | sented themselves. In Chicago "I could see that the workers thing. roll around. No — we intend to there was in existence a Hobo were police-ridden," he says. "It But any thinking person can see intensify our organizing activities College, founded and operated by seems that the individual doesn't their purpose, which is to keep a ' right on through the winter until Hoboes. Here men who could not count. The only ones who do real union out of their company. all the unorganized fleets on the afford schooling were taught. As count are members of the NKVD, A company as big as Cleveland Lakes are flying the SIU banner. Brady puts' it, "I learned every­ the secret police, or big shot bu­ Cliffs can always find stooges on thing from calculus to Dante's reaucrats. They are a law unto ALL YEAR JOB Inferno before I got out of there." themselves. Workers who un­ their ships to act as officials when Our men will be out there con­ they want to start one of these loaded our cargo labored 12 hours company unions. FIRST LOVE tacting the seamen in all the His return to the sea was the per day, without union condi­ ports, but the only way the imBut think these questions over result of two things. First and tions or the right to protest. They organized seamen can find out — who elects the LSU officials? how the SIU operates is to drop foremost, he had a "natural in­ were treated like cattle, not men." In the vent of a labor dispute into any of our halls for a look clination that stemmed from the STRONG FOR SIU who can they appeal to for aid? around, meet the Union repre­ year at sea in 1926." Second, the Why is a lawyer necessary to run For the short period of time sentatives and get the answers to prospect of the United States get­ union affairs? ting into the war in 1941 was on that Brady has been a member all their questions. / The only inducement I've read So, to you imorganized seamen everybody's mind, and Brady of the SIU, he has ben an active in Grady's form letters to Great participant in Union affairs. Dur­ realized that if it happened, a who wish to learn the make-up, Lakes men in appealing to them ing the Longshore Beef he was a sli'ong merchant marine would be and operation of the one demo­ to join the LSU is the cheapness member of the strategy commit­ cratically run union on the Lakes a necessity. of dues, initiation fees, etc. tee. In the General Strike, Brady I extend an invitation to drop into So, in April, 1941, he presented was an area commander along Well, you only get what you our Halls and get acquainted. himself at the SIU Hall, then at the East River. Just recently he pay for in this world. And when 2 Stone Street, and after joining You will find that the Union served as a member of the Cre­ you pay anything into the LSU, Officials speak the same language the Union, he resumed shipping, dentials Committee for candi­ you still don't belong to a union, you do, as they are all seamen after a lapse of 15 years. dates in the election of 1947 of­ but an agency designed and con­ like yourselves. Just drop in and Sailing during the war was not ficers. trolled by a company. So re­ say hello, so we can get acquaint­ a picnic. Every voyage was full At seq as well as ashore Broth­ member, when you pay even 50 ed. of dangerous incidents, and the er Brady does not shun hard jobs. cents into the LSU, you are not Murmansk run was the hardest He has served as Delegate for his joining a union but are paying of the lot. This was the run that Department or for the entire money to an already wealthy Brother Brady was on for most of crew on many occasions. The shipowner to finance the cost of the war, and in spite of the sub­ men know that in him they have fighting a real sailor's union, the In Louisville, Ky., the presi­ marine menace, the dive bombers, a representative who will fight SIU. dent of an asphalt company mis­ the mines, and aU other weapons for them aginst any odds. takenly gave one of his^employes of war, Brady was never wreck­ The SIU maintains separate a $10,000 bill which he was tak­ ed *or injured. Brady, like others in the SIU, districts on the Gulf and Atlantic ing home to show his wife. A is a credit to the Union and to coasfs and on the West Coast. We frantic search for the high-digit the entire labor movement. The are operating as separate groups green stuff was unsuccessful. The labor movement made him the but in the event of disputes or next morning it was returned by militant fighter that he is, and financial difficulties, we are as the employee who explained that he, and others like him, have one body and we have the full he had figured up his overtime made the trade union movement support of the American Federa­ for that week and it just didn't a strong, vital force in our way of tion of Labor whose membership amount to that much. is 7,500,000 Vorkers. life. NOT QUITE THAT �Friday. Kovember 29. 1946 THESEAFARERSL0G Page Seye» SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS MONUMENT TO HITLER 3 Alcoa Ships To Make Trial Runs With trial runs scheduled for the middle of next month, three new passenger-freight vessels for the Alcoa Steamship Company are nearing completion at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corpora­ tion's yards on the Willamette River in Portland. These are the scenes that greet you as you walk through the streets of Germany's port city of Bremerhaven. The photo is one of many taken by Seafarer Harvey Hill on a recent voyage . to the war-torn continent. The three ships will operate on regular runs to Caribbean ports starting in early February. The Alcoa Clipper and the Alcoa Cor­ sair will sail out of New Orleans, while the Alcoa Cavalier will have New York for its home port. The Cavalier is tentatively scheduled to make 17 cruises The crew of the SS Cape Fal-1 from New York to Trinidad, with con, which just wound up its seven ports of call in the Lee­ last run for the Waterman outfit, ward and Windward Islands. The is somewhat dejected these days. cruises will be of 17 days dura­ The Falcon's transfer to another tion each. company means she'll no longer Displacing 14,870 tons, the new be crewed by Seafarers, and the ships will have a normal cruising lads vigorously proclaim the speed of 17 knots. They are 455 whole thing is a blow aimed at feet in length, with a 62-foot their well-rounded waistlines. beam. Their justificable dejection Accommodations have been stems from the fact that they are provided for 98 crew members being separated from the Fal­ on the ships, which will carry an con's Chief Steward, Pedro O. equal number of passengers. Peralta. In the several months Each ship will have a cargo the Falcon men have sailed with capacity of 8,500 deadweight tons, Brother Peralta, they have de­ with a cubic capacity of 418,900 veloped a genuine admiration for feet, a sacrifice of less than 25 him. The satisfying Steward had per cent of the potential carrying carved" a permanent spot for him­ capacity of a freight ship the self in the crew's hearts — and same size. stomachs. All's Well On The Frazer Despite Skimping Skipper Chalk up a noteworthy trip for the SS Alexander PVazer. The vessel's recent run was tops in smooth sailing, according to a report issued by John Schilling, Steward Department. Delegatp. Brother Schilling's report stresses the remarkable amity which existed among the crew, with absolutely no evidence of "discrimination or dissension of any kind among the crew mem­ bers for the whole p«n of the trip. "Food was of high quality and each department carried out its work effectively and efficiently," the report, attached to the ship's minutes, says. Good Feeding Chief Steward Wins Hearts And Stomachs Of Shipmates On SS Falcon War Dangers Stalk Seafarers Seafarers sailing in European waters are still exposed to war­ time hazards. This fact received corrobora­ tion this week in the bulletin issu­ ed to shipmasters by the Hydrograph Office of the Nav5^ The bulletin warns of mine fields and other war-created dangei's which have not been swept from the Atlantic and adjacent waters. The office has published a series of pamphlets and charts which it advises masters to obtain before leaving for Europe. The warn­ ing bulletin emphasizes that ships should not enter the Mediterran­ ean unless they are in possession of the latest data on that area. There have been "numerous instances," the bulletin says, of ships leaving for Europe without having acquired late information. In the past several months, there have been cases where ships carrying Seafarer crews have been struck by floating mines, particularly in Italian waters. "The officers were a sweU bunch, with the exception of the Old Man," Brother Schilling con­ tinues. The rest of his report points up the reasons for the crew's altitude toward the Old Man. TELLS ALL Here it is in Schilling's own words: When two cases of cigarettes were found by the Holland customs men, the owners could not be located, the company had to foot the fine. A few days later the old man generously offered to let the crew pay the fine, so there would be "no trouble." (For himself, of course, though he forgot to add that). When the crew refused, he steamed. After that he was always snooping around, look­ ing for something to gripe about, which wasn't much, and that made him all the madder. Speaking for the entire crew, Milton said that Peralta was tops. He unfailingly pleased the men, going to bat for them on innum­ erable occasions. The payoff came when the Brother Peralta apparently sub­ ship reached Bermuda and new scribes to the theory that "the .stores were ordered from the waj' to a man's heart is through agent who came aboard. Then his stomach." Delegate Milton the Captain really blew his said that when it came to feeding cork, but it didn't do any good of the crew, Peralta didn't have because the Steward, S. J. to take a back seat for nobody. Luper, had already given the agent the order. "Peralta was a good feeder, Milton said. "And his whole de­ The Old Man then went partment cooperated to the ful­ ashore and came back with the lest. Everyone of the crew is report that no stores were * mighty sorry we had to be separ­ available. The crew put up a ated from Peralta— a good Stew­ kick because we were pulling ard and a good Union man." out the next day for New Or­ Though our sympathies are leans. The Delegates went up with the crew of the Falcon, we're to see the Old Man, and he told PEDRO O. PERALTA consoled by the fact that their Not wishing to keep their sen­ ed an all-out plug for the Stew­ loss will be another SIU crew's I eSTCHA foo GoiS I gain. timents secret, the crew designat- ard Seafarer. WOUUO JUST Digested Minutes Of SIU Ship Meetings DANIEL WILLARD, July 7 — Chairman C. C. Comeit; Secretary T. M. Jones. Discus­ sion on tripcard dishwasher, who later promised to do better job. A vote of thanks extend­ ed to Steward and his depart­ ment for the- good and wellprepared food. Motions car­ ried: to be as quiet as possible in the passageways while watch below is sleeping; that each department take turns keeping recreation hall clean; that all hands vreai at least a Tee shirt while in the messhall. XXX FOLLANSBEE. Aug. - 24 — Chairman Ronald Chalecraft; Secretary George Shaughnessy. Delegates reported everything okay in their respective de­ partments. M o t i o ns carried: that Delegates obtain informa­ tion on negotiations under way and report to crew at next meeting; to obtain library for crew; that new percolator and pitcher be obtained for crew's mess; that last standby of each watch is to clean tables for messmen. All hands gave an unanimous vote of thanks to Capt. M. J. Powell, and E. N. Lynch for their cooperation in making days aboard pleasant. XXX New Luxury Ship In Crescent City A highlight of the city of New Orleans' observance of Interna­ tional "Week, which wound up early this week, was the arrival in port of the SS Del Norte, the new 17,000-ton luxury vessel of the Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany's Delta Line. The streamlined Del Norte re­ cently completed her trial run in the Gulf of Mexico after the fin­ ishing touches in her construction were made at Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel will shortly begin pa.s,senger and freight service to the east coast of South America. FALMOUTH. Sept. 8—Chair­ man Joseph Wilkinson; (Secre­ tary not noted). Delegates gave their reports—all departments operating okay. Motions car­ ried: that each crew member donate one carton of cigarettes to men standing picket duty; that we condemn WSA and any other agency attempting to tear down living and working conditions of American sea­ men. One minute of silence observed for departed Broth­ ers. XXX FAIRPORT, Sept. 1—Chair­ man H. Parsons.- Secretary W. N. Satchfield. New Business: Motions carried: that shore gang install steam line in laun­ dry at first port of discharge; that quarters be investigated. Bosun and Deck Engineer quar­ ters too small; that ceiling fan be installed in crew's recreation room; that all departments have overtime sheets in order for delegates; that hospital be (Continued on Page 8) kove To FAV L-. TKATT/We... us if we wanted food to go ashore and biij' it ourselves. HE LOSES Then it was our turn to blow off. Words flew thick and fast for the next half-hour, and it wound up with the Captain promising to get stores the next day. It's too bad we sailed. I would have liked to see the guy's face when hp signed the bill of sale. The purser was his number one side-kick. He really was a first-class company stiff. When the overtime was turned in he nearly had convulsions. Imagine, 400 hours for a little over five weeks. It almost broke his heart. Winding up his report. Brother Schilling says that Seafarers coming "across a strong smell like bilge water" will probably find these two characters close by. ':A �. "•= : _•» '•-.e. — TBE SEAFARERS LOG rags £ighl I-'-' Friday. NiSyeinber 29, 1316 Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings ((Jimtimtcd from Page 7) moved from aft to midship and that it Jbe turned over to the Bosun and Deck Engineer; that All crew members remove caps during mealtime; thcit more ventilation be installed in messmen's quarters; that wedches make coffee in um instead of ailex; that anyone leaving cof­ fee bag in urn after making coffee be fined 50 cents, money collected to be donated to Log. 1 a OREGON FIR. Aug. 11— Chairman Billy Harrison; Sec­ retary Kenneth Persons. All books checked and foimd in good standing. Motions car­ ried: that Patrolman see Chief and First Assistant about work­ ing rules for Oilers and Elec­ tricians; Patrolman see Capteun about catwalk when deckload is carried; to have ship's radio repaired; Patrolman to see Captain about getting ship to shore launch service on time, when anchored out; and Patrolman to see Mate about a more equal distribution of overtime. , , have new and larger icebox in­ stalled when ship reaches States; to have a new clock in messhall: to have Quarter­ master strike bells; to install condiment shelves in messhall; to send a telegram to New York Hall letting them know we back them up 100 per cent in strike. t X X TOPA TOPA. Oct. 13—Chair­ man P. Bethiaume; Secretary Scott Thomatra. Delegates re­ ported everything okay. Mo­ tions carried: that department delegates turn in repair lists to Secretary for submission to Patrolman upon arrival; that deck hands who lost clothing in oil spill in Honolulu submit report to Ship's Delegate so it can be turned over to Patrol­ man; that each crew member clean his quarters before leav­ ing ship. It was agreed that Chief Steward had served crew best of his ability. XXX i X t ZACHARY TAYLOR. Aug. 18 (Chairman and Secretary not listed). Motions carried: for the three delegates to write letter asking why this ship was al­ lowed to sail from the States with conditions aboard as they are; that delegates see Chief Engineer about having steam in laundry room; to disconnect coffee urn and install electric per­ colators; that delegates notify the Master for the ship to be fumigated; to put meat in sink and to keep sink clean; that the second cook be brought up on charges because of poor cook­ ing; amendment: If proper foodstuff is brought aboard in Fernandina the second cook will have a chance prove himself as a cook and baker from Fer/ andina to Savannah. If he does so charges will be dropped. i Crew wants a complete payoff in the first port of call. f I \ \ GEORGE E. PICKETT. Aug. 19—Chairman Joseph Malazinsky; Secretary H. R. Welsh. Steward department Delegate reported that since there are some supplies needed for cook­ ing. the Steward will make out a requisition to give to Cap­ tain before reaching next port of call. Agreed that all depart­ ments cooperate in keeping messhall clean and those not aiding to be subject to charges. Motion carried to make a list of repairs in all departments. CAPE PILLAR, Aug. 20— Chairman E. Paul; Secretary W. Fagan. Minutes of previous meeting read emd accepted. Delegates reported smooth sail­ ing in their departments. A motion carried that all fines be brought before the membership for approval. It was suggested that all hands turn to and rig tarpaulin over No. 5 hatch as messhall is too hot. Also that Electricians install light and radio speaker at No. 5 hatch. One minute of silence observed for Brothers lost at sea. i X i VENORE, Sept. 21—Chair­ man Taylor; (Secretary not noted). Minutes of 'previous meeting read and accepted. Delegates gave departmental reports—all okay. Motion car­ ried to turn into Patrolman hours worked on deck by Mate, who was doing sailor's work from 8. m. to 12 noon daily. Water fountain has been out of order for two trips without being repaired. Repairs needed on the following: wind chutes, wash boards, and ringer. Mem­ bers urge a better variety of food. One minute's silence ob­ served for departed Brothers. i XXX GEORGE E. PICKETT. Sept. 29 — Chairman James Shelnut: Secretary Joseph Malazinsky. New Business: Deck dele­ gate reported that the deck gang had no brown soap all trip while the Chief Mate slates that it came aboard but someone stole it. The next crew is to be informed that they should check on the deck Supplies before signing on. Good and Welfare: Chief cook reminded the three delegates that they inform the next crew to check all Steward's supplies because although the Steward had ordered the supplies they never came aboard, making it necessary for him to use sub­ stitutes for coking. One min­ ute of silence for our fellow brothers lost at sea. XXX MEREDITH VICTORY, Sept. 8 — Chairman Maurice Bumstein; Secretary W. Lachance. Good and Welfare: It was agreed that all beefs be settled aboard and all disputed over­ time be kept on separate sheets by the delegates to be turned over to the patrolman on ar­ rival. The question of missing keys to be bought to the atten­ tion of the company because there have been articles mis­ sing from some rooms. The question of the drinking water being dirty and bad tasting to be teJcen up with the Chief En­ gineer. It was agreed by the book members to have the younger members accept nom­ inations for Chairmaui and Sec­ retary with help from the book members so that these men and win familiarize themselves with proper union meetings, etc. Portrait < ALCOA PILGRIM. Sept. 9 —Chairman Charles Lee; Sec­ retary L. W. Highsmith. Stew­ ard Delegcite requested crew not to be hard on crew messman. Crew also requested to allow men going on watch to eat first. Brother Pattefson gave Brothers a little talk on unionism. Motions carried: to station between the Azores and Bermuda after refueling at Ar­ gentia, was ordered to proceed to aistressed vessel. The Peckham, a Bull line freighter, was only 40 miles from the scene, however, and immedi­ ately set out for the position given by the Parker. She cover­ ed the distance rapidly, plowing through heavy seas in extremely bad weather, but it was impos sible to take the disabled ship in tow. It was reported by the Parker's master that his ship was in no immediate danger. IvERV SHOULO tCMoW 'APLiAMeNTARY PROCEOURe AMO •How T& SPEAK OA) His FEET- UJiLiZP iHe SHIPBOARD MEETING^PTHESP fURpoSES. "^oTATF -fHE Ct^AlR/^Af^<SMiP SO THAT EACH MA^/ CA^/GFT iHf EXPERiEf^CE -AKJD ABoi/EALL HiTiHe'DeoKAAJO SAY YoJR PIECE/ CUT and RUN By HANK With happy wedding bells still ringing in our ears we are still turning to on another Friday column of gossip about this and tliat.^ little items which we are glad to pass along, hoping it gives some­ body that good old tickle in the laugh muscles. Well, a big, swell guy named Fred Barthes, nicknamed Lil Abner i ' who sails as Electxacian, just went into the voyage of matrimony like a sucker— sorry, we heard ourselves called that so many linies—we mean, Lil Abner went like a sailor. With a smile and a shake of the handswe wished him luck and happiness—before he went up to the state of Maine—where they grow some kind of good stuff—to get spliced. One more thing about Lil Abner which is rather humorous. He asked us if he had any chance of collecting unemployment insurance—and we assured him he probably had a darn good chance now—since he was getting married—and that he could get the details from Joe Volpian's Special Service Department . . . Rusty Swillinger, rusting away while he's waiting for that good old South African trip tells us most confidentially that his pal. Nick Calzia. is engaged to a gal in Port Elizabeth down in South Africa . . . Brother Vic Milazzo. who sails as Steward, is anchored here in the big town, mustache and all? What are you waiting for. Vic—anything special? Brother Edwin Edginton, who is another juice doctor, meaning of course, that he's a Electrician (and one of the best), celebrated bis birthday last week with Patrolman. Johnnie Johnston, who also had a birthday. Then they began remembering the days of Nicaragua, etc. Brother Edginton, who has a dog named Midnight, also carries a mustache of about the same color with him . . . One of the best I Stewards, little Fidel Lukban, a good militant oldtimer, is in town right now all dressed up—^i-eady to ship out, we presume . . . Little Joe Ryan, that happy go lucky Steward, is ready to ship out after | several trips on a tug. • One of the best stamp collectors we've heard about is Frank Gardner, who is either a Steward or Chief Electrician and who is supposed to be on the SS Belle of the West right now. Well, we collect stamps, too, but since they are sugar stamps, we never have any luck . . . WelL here's a letter to us from our pal. Tommio Murray, the beachcomber of the islands: Choppy Seas Thwart Rescue Despite the vigorous efforts of the SS Rufus W. Peckham's SIU crew, an attempt to rescue the disabled Liberty ship Theodore Parker early this week met with no success. Heavy seas prevented the Peckham men from putting a towline aboard the stricken ship 340 miles southeast of Argentia, Newfoundland. The Parker, en route to Port­ land, Me., from Bremerhaven, Germany, ran into difficulties, when boiler trouble cut her en­ gines. She sent out distress sig­ nals. The Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, bound for a Weather LEARN WHIL-E YOU This excellent study .of Sea­ farer Milton WilliamSf Bosun aboard the MV Coastal Defen­ der. was "shot" by a shipmate, Richard Pinckney, OS, with a candid camera. No special lighting was used for the in­ door picture, taken in a thvem at Seven Islands, Ontario. Brother Williams, by the way, no longer sports the beard. "Well, I guess by this time you figured I'd lost my hand. So here goes that letter I promised Jast June. Things were pretty good on the Island but why the heck I left I'll never know. Bob Belevedu and myself canxe in off the Davidson Victory and naturally got to drinking when we found ourselves in a bet that we wouldn't hitch hike to Frisco. (You'll do most anything for a Cuba Libre when you're used to them.) Well, here we are in Wilmington. California. We didn't get to Frisco because- of the strike and lack of cold weather gear. We expect to get but as soon as the strike breaks. So! I guess we'll be seeing you around New York because from New York is the only way of getting down to the Island and my C&ledonia. 1 sit over here on the coast and wonder who's kissing her now. Ah, for the land of light rUm and dark senoritas." �;; ;vr^i-.-- T BIB SB AP ARERS LO€ Friday, November 29, 1946 Page Nlse THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Brother Bids Hospitalized Men Act To Uphold Union Prestige Dear Edilgr: All these good men, and the good men of the membership, however, have had to suffer a certain amount of defeat through no fault of their own, by having to represent the few bad ele- All men holding books in the SIU, and other unions as well, know that the Marine Hospitals have at times been pretty rough and negligent in caring for the seafaring man. We also know that there have been places that have treated our men in the SIU with good care. The men of the Special Serv­ ices Department, the Agents and the Patrolmen of the SIU have been spearheading the drive to­ ward improvement in care and food in these hospitals. They have been leaving no stone un­ turned to bring about treatment ashore after the 90-day period, ments in this union. They have as well as before. had to take the blame for things that never .should be blamed on WAGE INCREASES the SIU. HAVE BIG-WIGS What I mean by the bad ele­ ments are those that do not act CRYING IN BEER as gentlemen and good seamen Dear Editor: should act in hospitals. I don't Now that the SIU and the think the members as a whole MM&P have won their strikes propose to protect bedroom the boys over at the Merchant wolves, habitual drunks and per­ Marine Institute have figured out petual grouches, and I hardly right down to the nickel just what think we have many of these in the increase in pay will cost them. our midst. However, it is far According to their figures, the easier to progress whenever all liberty ships will now cost them concerned in the hospitals do not $11,850 per month in wages yell, curse or make passes at the whereas they got by before on nurses. $8,888; roughly a $3,000 a month increase in wages. Also they shipowners are casting loving have figured out that overtime, glances at Panama arid other which used to average about countries. The only answer to the $1,650 per month will now cost whole mess is to start woi-king for an international scale of them $3,300 per month. ' They are really crying in their wages for all seamen or if the beer about how much it is cost­ ship is owned by a United States ing them to run their ships and corporation the foreign crew , you can take it from me that they must be paid the same scale of don't like it and are looking for wages as the Americans. Joe Grimes something to do about it. When they released the figures on their increased operating costs Phony Raps Beat they showed their dislike to pay By Patrolmen higher wages by sticking in the operating costs of foreign flag Dear Editor: ships for comparison. No doubt We would like to say a few this was done to get sympathy words about how we were taken for the poor bleeding shipowners. care of in Baltimore when we According to their figures a had a few logs against us. Johnny British ship of the same tonnage and Ray, the Patrolmen were and complement costs about right in there pulling for us un­ $2,735 per month, a Dutch ship til we got clear. Believe us, we $3,417, and a Greek ship $2,150. had a long string of phony raps According to these figures if against us and the Patrolmen every man on a British ship from really did themselves out in fix­ the Captain down divided the ing things up. If you are in Bal­ wages equally they would each timore look them up if you need receive $72.00 per month each. aid in getting out of a phony log. These low wages of foreign sea­ John J. Gala men have come in for a lot of Buddy Howard discussion lately now that our SB Alex S. Clay THE LADY WATCHES Seafarer Ralph Swillinger, OS, caught this'serene shot of two idle vessels being watched over by the 'Lady' of Liberty, as his ship, the Sea Dolphin, was steaming out to sea, bound for South African ports. Please remember, Brothers, that whenever we enter a hos­ pital we do so for medical care and rest. So let your special serv­ ices department and officials take care of anything that is be­ yond your cohtrol without wav­ ing your arms arid yelling, which only makes matters worse. You and I know that the mem­ bership stands 100 per cent be­ hind the sick members of this union, but we also know that more can be accomplished through gentlemanly conduct and level tempers than by blowing your top all over the place, and saying things that are later re­ gretted. P. H. Parsons TAMPA BRANCH RATES HIGH WITH MEMBER Dear Editor: OUW?"-" Here goes congratulations to our Tampa branch for the way they handled the payoffs and beefs coming in and paying off The World 'Saviours' during the MM&P and MEBA strike and for the way they got By TOP N'LIFT the men off the ships and down to the hall lu legisler. Log - A - Rhythms At all times, our agent and pa­ trolman were in touch with the strike committee getting infor­ mation for our brothers. Sleep­ ing facilities were provided and subsistence given to the men off the ships. I think we have one of the finest halls in the or­ ganization. So Brothers, drop in down this way sometime and keep her on the course. John M. Lopez Farfufnick Breaks Pledge; Log Withdraws Its Support After this week, space in the Seafarers Log will be closed to, and no further mention made of, Orson Farfufnick, discredited candidate for President of the United States, or his opponent. Filthy McNasty. An apology is due our readers for having espou.sed the cause of a man who beti-ayed the trust put in him. Farfulnick, when he first came into the Log office, based his candidacj"^ upon the fact that he l-oNG, 1 was not "Labor's friend," and it was as such that we gave him our backing. Labor, we felt, had too long supported their self-avowed "friends" who, when elected, pro­ ceeded to enact laws thoroughly detrimental to Labor's interest. CHANGE NEEDED The time had come, we felt, when Labor should no longer~be fooled by every politician that came along. If we could not elect one of ourselves, one whom we could unconditionally trust, then the next best thing was to have an avowed enemy in office —one whose prorriises were not lies and whose actions were not completly unpleasant surprises. From the beginning, Farfuf­ nick filled this requirement. He gave out no cigars and bought no drinks. The sight of the New York Hall and the smoothly func­ tioning Union apparatus made him intensely sick. Only the presence of the Masters at Arms prevented him from desecrating the building. We hailed him with joy: Here was the perfect man for Presi­ dent, a candidate who was so much a non-politician that he made no bones about being antilabor. We pledged him our sup­ port on the understanding that •• - Here's to the NMU fakers. The Party Line handshakers. The Slogans and their makers. Who plague the seamen's name— With Causes never ending. With mystic-eyed pretending. Their spurious Contending ! There's millions in the game. Here's to the Union wreckers. Their Union Square muckraker^ Professional can shakers. All in the Seamen's name. Here's to their screaming presses^ Their headline-twisted stressec. Which cover up their messes. Their sellout and the frame. he maintain his position. And to Here's to the crops of Visions, this he agreed. Seen thru their cockeyed prisma But no sooner did Farfufnick With ever changing "isms" get out into the world, than he In their Unholy fame. began to welch on his word, and made at first sly and then quite Here's to the Bosses' favor. open advances to organized labor, Where Profits add their flavor as has been reported by the Log Their Commie line don't waves In the secret backdoor game. correspondent, Ropej'arn. Though alarmed, we made no comment, hoping that Furfufnick LE ENVOI: wbuld come to his senses. But May Truth and Right destroy now it is quite obvious: Farfuf­ you. nick had become a politician! The May Human Wrath pursue yov^ White House pie had become so May Hell engulf and claim yoi^r alluring that ho was willing to There you may stake yoire lie to get it! claim. Because of that, the Log is withdrawing its support from this man, who has turned out to Call of the Sea be just another politician, and who contrary to his pledge has By Duke Himler proclaimed himself to be "La­ bor's friend." The sea is enchanted, it calls The Log believes that Labor is from home. tired of being raped by its The music I hear is the song oS friends, and with no further word the foam. is withdrawing its support from And when out there with on^ Farfufnick and closing its pages water to see. to him. The beauty of nature seems closev As for McNasty, he is a vile to me; creature, who has never once With only the lapping of wavq^ bought us a drink, no matter to hear. what his press agent says, and It makes me feel that God Is out he goes, too; The Editors ' near. FILTHY McNASTY'S END "With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk to journey's end," The father was happy and wanted to shout. The dog looked around, wondering what it was about. The neighbors dropped in and stayed up 'til dawn On the night that Filthy McNasty was born. Little Filthy grew up and started to school. He learned also how to plow with a mule. At cutting his classes he became quite adept While mom took in washing, and pop loafed and slept. When Filthy was older he tired of this strife. And came to Augusta to try city life. Though he tried several times, no work could find. And though his rent went unpaid, he just didn't mind. I'm telling you this, to show you the man We're running for president of this fair land. When you vote at the polls in the presidential race. Put Filthy McNasty in McNasty's right place. —EpWARD R. KAHRS, Augusta, Ga. "Ill �•,V THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Ten Friday. Nsrember 29, 1846 ANOTHER PRESENT Shipping Ruies Come Up On Deck For Discussion in Port Boston By JOHN MOGAN 1 BOSTON—After reporting last would like to pass on to the compli­ week that the port was in the membership some fine ments I've received with refer­ doldrums, it is gratifying to be ence to their behavior. able to report now that there are A representative of the local definite signs that we are snap­ business men appeared at the of­ ping out of it. fice recently to state in behalf of Three tankers and a couple of our neighbors on State Street coastwise Victorys pulled in with­ that they had viewed our coming in 48 hours. Ordinarily these to our new Hall with fear and vessels would have provided jobs misgivings; that they had waited for about a hundred men; but it patiently for the fireworks to seems that one of the tankers startC especially during the strike, and one of the Victorys are des­ when 800-odd men were registtined for roallocation and, as a ezxd for picket duty); and that result, did not pay off or crew up finally they realized, with appre­ here. ciation, that our membership con­ •However, the Bents Fort (De- sisted of orderly, respectable conhil tanker) took practically a workingmen. One more knot bocud is presented to the SIU by Chuck Allen, center, who enjoys a repu­ full crew, with a few jobs on the tation as an outstanding specialist in tying knots. Accepting the board for the SIU are Paul HaB. THEY LIKE US Fort eiatsop (L.A. tanker). left. N. Y. Port Agent, and Harold Banks, in charge of organization for the SIU on the West Coast. They felt it was only fair that On the way in, at this writing, are the Grange Victory and the we should know they were now Midway Hills, but the outlook for pleased to have us as neighbors. jobs on both of these vessels is This sort of feeling doesn't do poor, inasmuch as both are coast­ our organization a bit of harm, Voting for officials for the for good will is an invaluable as­ wise. Atlantic and Gulf District. Waterman's Berea Victory is set, the effect of which is to Seafarers International Un­ being turned over to the Mari­ spread and multiply; and in our ion, will continue until the time Commission for reallocation. case it has spread the length of end of December. But don't The Samuel Parker (Am. Mail), State Street to the shipping com­ put off voting until the last tied up here during the strike, panies and agents. minute. Something might with most of its SUP deck crew happen that will prevent Some of these latter, not en­ standing by for the end of the joying contractual agreements your exercising your right. By JOE VOLPIAN strike, now goes to the boneyard. with the SIU, have repeatedly " and your vote will then be The crew members who waited stated that they wished they did. lost. It is your duty, the duty The only reason why ships are poses or might help save a hu-| in vain now must start looking So, once again the membership of all Seafarers, to vote for built and sail is for the purpose man life. for a new berth. of the SIU can take a bow for the officials of your own of transporting cargo and pas­ It has now reached the poiiitl choice. being standouts in the maritime SHIPPING RULES sengers from one place to an­ where three or four times a week! labor field. other. To prove the point, one men come into our office andl When shipping is poor it is a industry that made England such ask to be defended for broachingj foregone conclusion that the ship­ a world power and made us as cargo. ping rules will come in for some strong as we are, is the fact that criticism. We had a session of it SMALL MINORITY both of us are Maritime Nations. at our last regulai- business meet­ The peculiar part of the wholel This was proved in the last war. ing, with it being argued that a thing is that the small minoi-ityj If it weren't for the ships and member slrould be entitled to of men who do broach the cargol By J. (RED) TRUESDALE the men who sailed them, trans­ register for any job in his partic­ are not really vicious, they arel « porting cargo of all types all ular department. PHILADELPHIA — With the ship meeting the attendance was: over the world, we might still be •not looking to make money; it isl Of course, this argument met way the shipowners and other rather gratifying, with quite a just, a laik or endeavor to get a| fighting the war. with plenty of opposition for the few full book members at the couple of free drinks. However,! bosses are stepping all over the When a seaman signs articles, reason that long ago the mem­ meeting. That's the way we like the consequences that might re-j he takes an oath that he will working stiff today, when you bership of this port had voted suit are too severe for just a| to see it. safeguard the ship, the cargo, that a member must register for hear the word "rat" mentioned, Philly is still a soctai point, the passengers and his fellow little fun. you immediately think of one of a particular job. although little by little, the regu­ When you see or hear of pnyl those birds. For a ghange, here's lars are leaving for other ports shipmates. one who is about to broach caigoj It was pointed out that Permit In all the years men have oeen beef about four-legged rats. stop tliem because if that hap-| of call. Book members would never get a going down to the sea in ships, The Robin Wentley came in job if full book rated men were Brother Ecro Bentley shipped there have been many instances pens, the entire crew is blapiec last week and paid off here. As on the Little Smokey Marsh, and for the acts or one or two iiTegoing to sail in lesser ratings. far as collecting pay and over­ Blackie Gardner is rapidly reach­ where men. have sacrificed their sponsible crew members. MenJ Nothing was accomplished by time, there was no trouble, but ing the shipping point. There are lives for the above ideals. It is don't forget the duty you pwc this discussion except to give a the men had a few complaints a few others who will be gone not unusual for our boys to stick your Union, besides saving your-| public airing to some widely dif­ to make about the condition of by the time the next report is to the ship until the decks are self a lot of headaches. ferent opinions held by the mem­ awash. All of this leads us to a the ship. The irresponsible performancesl sent from this port. bers. However, if the same sub­ very touchy proposition and one of the few work untold hardshipl First of all, they claimed that ject should be argued at all which I do not like to bring up in on the large mass of honest trade! Branches at coming meetings, it the rats outnumbered the crew this column. unionists who carry on the fighll will be a sure sign that our of­ two to one, with the rats mul­ to make "going to sea" a goocf PETTY THIEVERY tiplying day after day. We took ficial shipping rules still require job. this up immediately, and told the some study. During the war we had oc­ casion to appear before the Coast "Voting is going pretty fair at company that no SIU crew would OUR RESPONSIBILITY NEW YORK CITY—State and the Branch. The fact that the sign on until the matter was city leaders of the American Fed­ Guard, literally hundreds of Contracts must be bilateijal ir number of votes cast this year taken care of. They saw that we eration of Labor strongly regis­ times, when complaints were order to be valid. Unilateral eon so far already equals the 60-day meant business, so a fumigation tered their opposition to the Tool made against seamen for stealing tracts are void. The master of ; ship's supples and for broaching total for last year can be attri­ squad set to work. Owners Union hfere, describing cargo. ship signs a contract with you ii buted to poor .shipping also. COMPLETE WIN the new group as "a labor unionWe were told that in one year which he agrees to pay you : It seems that none of the old Then we discussed the other busting organization." alone over five million dollars specified sura of money for worl crowd is missing at the present work that was necessary before The attack by the AFL officials, worth of articles were stolen performed. time, whereas last year there the ship could be considered fit which embraced a request for The steamship company signs : from American ships. These in­ were plenty of occasions when for habitation. We won on this investigation by the Federal Bu­ clude bed linens, blankets, medi- contract with the Union in whicl we could not dig dp five full book point, also, so it looks the next reau of Investigation regarding •cines and did not include cargo it agrees to pay extra money fo members for a special meeting. crew of the Robin Wentley is the new vmion's source of funds, that was broached. When a case extra work performed. Whej With all the strikes cleared going to have a decent ship to was made at a hearing before the of this type came up, it was al­ they fail to pay as agreed, wi| away, we can start winding up sail out on. State Board of Standards and most impossible to beat the case call them chiselers and tie up thei our affairs, and among these will The militant crew of this ves­ Appeals on whether the T.G.U. and to put in a proper defense. ships. have to be closing out our ac­ sel typifies the true spirit of the should be granted a charter to You, also, sign a contract witl The above figures do not in­ count at the seaman's club. Oxdy SIU, aiid we would like to see operate in New York State, for clude cargo that was broken into, the mastei' of the vessel and witl a handful of members are still more men like these. which it had applied. as there was no check made of the company through your Uniorj on the food and lodging account, Now that the West Coast strike William C. CoUms, AFL region­ what was taken. The boys might It is inherent in the contract tha and these are the men affected is over, we will have plenty of al director, told the board legal think it is funny to break into a you will perform your-work, obe; by the Licensed officers' strike. jobs. Members need not by pass "vei'oiage" in the T.O.U.'s appli­ cargo of beer and liquor, think ­ the law, and protect the lives ani Perhaps it will be a hardship on Philly any longer. Even in the cation for a charter "covers its ing that one or two cases cargo aboard. j some on account of the poor past few weeks things have starte- real purpose, which is to acquire wouldn't hurt anybody, but make In order to have your Unioi shipping situation; therefore each ed to pick up, and plenty of old- gifts., of money from corporate them feel good. As a matter .of gain the best possible .wages an case will have to be treated in- timers have made their way to sources, to propagandize and fact, .one doesn't know if the working conditions for you, it • dividually. this port lately. press a campaign of anti-un- liquor that was broken into is go­ essential that you live up to you ing to be used for medicinal pur- end of the contract. Before ending this article," I At the last regular member­ lomspa. VOTING CONTINUES Philadelphia Branch Makes Sure Rohin Wently Is Fit To Sail Federation Assails Tool Owners Union \ •" . . �Friday. November 29. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven :Vf BIJIJJ]TIN js > T I -k .. Seafarers Must Take Time Out To Take Stock For The Future NORFOLK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS C. P. Wingfield, 50.00; C. G. Spar­ row. $2.00; E. D. Mannzen, $12.00; L. Thomas, $12.00; J. J. Coogan, $10.00; J. E. Towsend, $6.00; B. Turk, $12.00; R. E. Smith. $12.00; E. C. Hyatt, $3.00; I. L. Alrgood, $8.00; H. C. Green, $12.00; D. Pool, $10.00; R. Dethlefs, $10.00; E. Johnson, $12.00. H. O. Carney, $2.00; J. P. Johnson, $12.00; H. L. Harris, $2.0; J. B. John­ son, $10.00; E. Blevins. $50.00; J. J. Kempt, $2.00; I. H. Benke, $11.00; E. Jacobs, $13.00; R. Haymer, $11.00; J. Cnlton, $11.00; L. E. Wagner, $11.00; K. Anderson. $13.00; J. Sutoni. $13.00; H. Bnand, $10.00; R. Murray, $13.00; M. A. Bray, $1 1.00; H. A. Thorpe, $10.00; O. W. Emig, $154)0. PHILADELPHIA INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS L.. Coates, $1.00; C. S. White, $1.00. 33 Carlsbad—$19.00. NEW YORK SS COASTAL ARCHER' T. B. Smith. $2.00; F. B. Huston, $2.00; S. Walker, $1.00; F. J. Lilly, $1.00; T. H. Woods, $1.00; L. R. Ed­ wards, $1.00; D. P. Gelinas, $1.00; R. Neisler, $1.00; M. Santa, $1.00. SS w. MCVEIGH William Torres, $1.00; G. L. Paroubeck, $1.00; R. M. Kraljevic, $1.00; G. Forwood, $1.00; T. Martinez, $1.00; A. L. Buckworth, $1.00; M. A. Kennedy, $1.00; R. R. Majer, $1.00. R. $1.00. SS CAPE FALCON Sasseville, $2.00; Clyde L. (Continued from Page f) panies to yet this luuiiKy back again. During the strike the com­ panies claimed they lost 74 V2 million dollars. But they fail to make known the fact that the government paid them some 88 or 89 million in tax rebates. So for nine months while the working man was pulling his beit in the companies made a clear profit of 14 million bucks. WAGES DOWN Today that strike is past his­ tory, and the general public thinks everything is rosy until some radical union leaders get together and decide to pull an­ other strike. They don't, won't or can't realize that today Ihings are happening, beyond the workers' control, which will bring ^bout more strikes and unrest. We all know how prices arc going up. No one would attempt to deny it. Not the wages, how­ ever. This is one cause of strikes. Another cause is that the com- ypuRA/ioAigy. 6/ACIC- WITH/ iNlBReSr/l Still, SS WALTHAM VICTORY J. Kulakowski, $1.00; R. Belloty, $1.00; P. Hendersen, $1.00; J. W. El­ liott, $1.00; B. F. Chapman. $2.00; R. B.' Dougherty, $1.00; F. L. Verner, $1.00; H. Holloway, $1.00; C. Merritt, $1.00; G. R. Rood, $1.00; D. Walker, $1.00; R. W. Elkins, $1.00; J. R. John­ son. $1.00; A. S. Melson, $1.00; J. Blanchard, $1.00; L. Stone. $1.00; E. C. Craddock. $1.00; R. J. Council, $1.00; J. N. Atchison, $1.00; J. S. Holley, $1.00; G. E. Taylor, $1.00; B. C. Jor­ dan. $1.00; E. H: Belz, $1.00. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS H. E. Jenkin. $2.00; Clint Robinson. $1.00; James Flanagan, $10.00; Wil­ liam Guenther, $1.00; Donald Lewis, $1.00; Charles Henard, $1.00; Donald Martin, $1.00; Robert L. Kennedy, $1.00; B. C. Blair, $1.00. NOTICE! Anyone having infoi'mation as to the whereabouts of Daniei Hunt's seamen's papers which were sent to the Philadelphia Hall, notify him at 477 Medilian Stret, East Boston, Mass. Let Us Have 'Em The Log wants at once the names and addresses of bars, clubs frequented by seamen, particularly in foreign ports, 80 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 membershipe hands. So do it today—«end us the namei and correct addresses of your favorite places all over the world, with an esestimation of the number of Logs they can use. Seafarers Demands Changes Be Made In Galveston Hospital stayed at home and drew unem­ ployment compen.sation. LET'S TELL *EM False impressions and lack of knowledge such as this is what puts us behind the eight ball. We should nlake known to as many people as possible what our cir­ cumstances are. We have just been given pretty good wage increases but how far ahead are we than a year ago? Or should I ask how far behind? The average seaman works about nine or ten months in the year. With ships being sold to foreign countries, or sent to the boneyard, we'll probably work less this year. And the ever increas­ ing prices are sucking us dry. I believe that we should take a survey of our own members and make make known how hard it is for them to get along. The Seafarers Log could use their in­ quiring reporter to check on members at random. Only by bringing such matters to our own attention can we spread the information around. This is only a suggestion and I'll leave it up to the editor to take it from there. (Editor's Note: Very good idea —will do!) (Continued from Page 1) hospital, which has been con­ firmed by our Agent in Galves­ ton who himself has been a pa­ tient there, complaining of the above conditions. These men are members of the Seafarers International Union; the National Maritime Union; the Masters, Mates, and Pilots; the Marine Engineers Beneficial As­ sociation; the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, and Wipers; and the Canadian Seamens Union. Also among the signators are un­ organized seamen, Army, Coast Guard, and veteran patients. We believe that sorqething should be done to correct the situation existing there to bring about better treatment and food for the seamen, servicemen, and veteran patients in that hospital. We hope you will concern your­ self with the conditions in the Galveston Marine Hospital and take the steps necessary to remedy the situation which now exists. Respectfuly yours, JOSEPH VOLPIAN Special" Service Representative Seafarers International Union Pass Lakes Seamen The SlU Word, They Need Seafarers Conditions By HERBERT JANSEN panies don't have" to keep their workers on fuil time. The auto industry can break even without producing a single ear. They not only can, they did. The tax rebate takes care of them —your money and mine. The poor sucker who only makes 20 bucks a week has to help fill the already bursting coffei-s of the big industrialists. - The September issue of Am­ munition (UAW) discloses fhat a survey was taken covering 150 governmeni; officials, reporters and editors. They were asked what they believed was the aver­ age tal^e-home wage of the auto workers for the third week of August. One official guessed $85.00. We assume he really believed this. The average guess was $50.10. At the $1.33 per hour rate the full time workers couldn't have made over $48.00. Most of the workers only worked three days in that week, however, so the average pay was less than they would have made if they had CHICAGO — With the season almost at an end, the ships plying the Great Lakes will soon be looking for their winter berths in the various ports where they will tie-up until the flowers bloom in the spring, and Lakes shipping comes to life once more. Reports coming in from SIU men sailing the unorganized Lakes vessels sound very favor­ able, with excellent response to­ ward the SIU from almost all ships being worked upon. The Lakes seamen are seeing the light and finding out that tho SIU is a rank and file union not overlorded by a few, selfish, po­ litical minded individuals. They are beginning to see that the ma­ jority rules on every proWem that arises including the accep­ tance or rejection or new con­ tracts. NEW SEAFARERS All of you seamen who recent­ ly joined the SIU have demon­ strated your preference for the best Union on the Lakes and by your joining you have shown that you want other Lakes seamen to do likewise; therefore you have a job to do in talking to your shipmates who do not know the score, and who are still under the impression that the Lake Car­ riers Association will take care of them by giving them better wages and conditions. If you new Seafarers sailed in the thirties, tell them about the conditions you worked under, and impress upon them the fact that whatever improvement in conditions they have I'eceived was fought for, and won by, the rank and file members of the SIU. Show the still unorganized sea­ men that the Lake Carriers Asso­ ciation is working overtime and spending huge sums of money to keep the Union off their ships, because they are expecting to get men dirt cheap by playing them off against one another when jobs get scarce. LCA RECORD Have them look back at the rec­ ords and they will see that every time a wage increase was won by the SIU, the Lakes Carriers ships came up to the same level. Their slogan was, "You don't have to belong to a Union to re­ ceive an increase in pay," but they never mention of course, that they would have never granted an increase if the Union hadn't won it elsewhere. To insure the high wages and conditions won for seamen, it is necessai'y that all seamen be under the SIU baner. Come into the SIU hall and join up in the fight for the maintenance of the high labor standards and at the same time fight for an election on your ship. SIU HALLS BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 453» BOSTON .; 276 State St. Boudoin 4455 BUFFALO 10 Exchange Cleveland 739$ CHARLESTON 68 Society 91 Phone 3-3€W« CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior S17S CLEVELAND . . 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Main 0147 CORPUS CHRIST! . .1824 Mesquite Sfc Corpus Christi 3-1509 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Cadillac 68S7 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 GALVESTON 305Vz 22nd Si. 2-8443 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. HOUSTON 1515 75th Street Phone Wentworth 3-3809 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone S-S919 MARCUS HOOK iVz W. 8th SE Chester 5-31IQ MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127.129 Bank Street 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Phone Lombard 3-76Bt PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave, Phone: 2-8532 PORTLAND Ill W. Bumsido St. RICHIVIOND, Calif. 257 Sth St. SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Douglas 5475 . 8363 SAN JUAN, P. R. . . 252 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5999 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 3-1723 SEATTl-E 86 Seneca St. Main 0293 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. M-1323 TOLEDO WILMINGTON VICTORIA, B. C VANCOUVER 615 Summit St. 440 Avalon VIvd. Terminal 4-313$ 602 Boughton St. 144 W. Hastings St. MONEY DUE Vouchers are being held in the Savannah Branch Hall for the following men: Raymond J. "Wells, Charles Kimbrough, Robert H. Robbins, Garland T. Floyd and Floyd Mc Clellan. X X % SS DANIEL WILLARD John Marciano, Deck Engineer, who had a beef pending aboard this vessel, can collect by writ­ ing to the South Atlantic Steam­ ship Company. -PERSONALSFRANCISCO MARTENS Your clothes off the Richard S. Ewell are being sent to tha New York Hall collect. Please come down and arrange for them, XXX OTTO CHKADE HENRY M. CONNELL Contact the Marcus Hook Hall at once. XXX BLACKIE B. HOFFSTEIN Get in touch with your sister, Marion, who is ill. She has some mail for you. XXX FRANK RAKAS. Jr. Get in touch with your mother. W. W. ROBERTS Get in touch with your mother, XXX JOHN WILLIAM JUSTICE Contact your mother, or Robert J. Moore, Giuck Bldg., Niagara Falls, N. Y. It is very impor­ tant. •si. �THE SEAFARERS hOG Friday, November 29, 1946 Mississippi's Del Norte Crews Up in N.O. The Iwo Jr. Engineers on ihe Del Norte are a brother act, and we don't mean Union Brother. Gletm, right, and Allen Young, are twin brothers who like to sail together. Even on a fine ship there is work lo be done. Here the Deck Gang is hard at work remov­ ing the hatches. But it is an SIU crew and so they know their stuff. Below decks, and in the Stewards Department, the story is very much the same. These men are sailing under a new contract, signed on November 7, which gives them the best wages and conditions in the passen­ ger field. On freight and passenger ships, the SIU continues to lead the way. Above, Robert Johnston', As­ sistant Electrician, watches the dials as the ship heads out on a shape up trip. l.eft, some of the Black Gang pause for a pic­ ture before going back to work. Left to right, D. E. McHam, Oiler; P. M. Lylell, Fireman; and O. Madere, Oiler. All are set for a fine trip, and we join in wishing happy sailing to thic newest addition to the fleet. ji-'' ^ The most popular spot on shipboard, and staffed by com­ petent SIU members. Hugh McKenzie behind the bar is an excellent mixologist (bartender to you) and Ed Shaffer is the Steward. / . - � 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 November 29, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 48 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: NMU'S PHONY PROTEST KEEPS ISTHMIAN MEN IN FINKY CONDITIONS FOUR MORE COMPANIES SIGN SIU CONTRACTS COVERING CONDITIONS SIU CALLS UPON U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO RECTIFY POOR CONDITIONS IN GALVESTON SEAFARERS WINS 850 HOURS FOR HAMILTON CREW ALL LABOR BACKS LEWIS AGAINST GOVT. INJUNCTION A DANGEROUS WEAPON SEAFARERS' ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN MUST BE INTENSIFIED IN FUTURE NMU SEAMEN RESENT COMMUNISM OF LEADERS, READ LOG FOR NEWS CHALLENGES WILL NOT HELP NMU, ISTHMIAN SEAMEN WANT SEAFARERS SIU CREWMEN SEE DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACTS CANADIAN LUMBERMEN GET FIRST CONTRACT AFTER WORK STOPPAGE MARCUS HOOK SEAFARERS AFTER THE MANY UNORGANIZED TANKERMEN NEW GAG WOULD PUT CONVALESCENTS RIGHT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL SEAFARERS MUST TAKE TIME OUT TO TAKE STOCK FOR THE FUTURE CORPUS CHRISTI HAS GOOD WEEK LABOR'S STRENGTH IS IN ITSELF, AND NOT WITH PHONY POLITICIANS LAKES ORGANIZES THROUGH WINTER 3 ALCOA SHIPS TO MAKE TRIAL RUNS ALL'S WELL ON THE FRAZER DESPITE SKIMPING SKIPPER GOOD FEEDING CHIEF STEWARD WINS HEARTS AND STOMACHS OF SHIPMATES ON SS FALCON WAR DANGERS STALK SEAFARERS CHOPPY SEAS THWART RESCUE SHIPPING RULES COME UP ON DECK FOR DISCUSSION IN PORT BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BRANCH MAKES SURE ROBIN WENTLY IS FIT TO SAIL FEDERATION ASSAILS TOOL OWNERS UNION PASS LAKES SEAMEN THE SIU WORD, THEY NEED SEAFARERS CONDITIONS MISSISSIPPI'S DEL NORTE CREWS UP IN N.O. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/29/1946 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/2b878cd0ed377de306b10ea44a0cc66e.PDF 6eaba661e274205e1066b76ecb09738e PDF Text Text Vol. XXV No. 14 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO li -4 •U v• p 'f \• • t • •i i ' ti M �nL SEAFARERS Pace Twe Noyember 29, 19<S LOG SIU Crew Safe After Blast, Fire SI U Co's Planning 4 Bulk Carriers Seek US Assist WASHINGTON—SIU operators have filed applications with the Maritime Administration for US construction aid to help build four huge bulk carriers for worldwide trade under the American flag. Two of the ships would be the largest of their type in US-flag service, with a cargo lift of 58,000 tons of grain, ore, coal or liquid bulk cargoes. One of the applications was'*' filed last week by the Hudson riod of several years. Federal con­ Waterways Corporation and struction and operating subsidies calls for two bulk carriers of 60,800 deadweight tons each. The other, filed earlier by a new company, Overseas Transportation, seeks Federal aid on construction of a pair of 30,000-ton bulk ves­ sels. Overseas Transportation is part of the SlU-contracted Mari­ time Overseas shipping interests. Still pending is a separate ap­ plication put in last May by the SlU-contracted Penn Shipping in­ terests lor Federal assistance toward the construction of three smaller bulk carriers. The Penn application calls for three 25,400ton general purpose bulk carriers. The HuGson Waterways' con­ struction program would supple­ ment its present fleet with two 806-foot bulk carriers capable of hauling grain, ore or coal. With some modification, the vessels could also carry liquid bulk car­ goes such as crude oil. If the ships are built, they would cost some $37 million. Company officials have reported that they have not yet asked for Federal ship mortgage and construction loan insurance. The bid by Overseas Transpor­ tation for special tonnage calls for two $10 million ships to carry grain, minerals and other bulk cargoes. The company has already asked for Government mortgage and construction loan aid in addi­ tion to construction subsidy. Under present maritime law, construction aid may be provided for any ship to be operated in the nation's foreign tra^e. It is not available for coastwise or other domestic operations, and has never been given for bulk vessels. Applications of all three com­ panies are being watched with in­ terest to see if there will be any shift in the Government's attitude regarding bulk cargo carriers. Bulk cargoes account for most American foreign trade tonnage today, since the US gathers most of its basic raw materials and ores from overseas sources. Although this reflects a change in American foreign trade patterns over a pe­ are still based on the package cargo concept incorporated in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act US subsidy aid Is so far avail­ able to only 15 companies engaged in regular liner and berth opera­ tions, with nothing set aside for tramp vessels, tankers and bulk cargo operations. Tramps Are Old A recent report by the Maritime Administration points out that the US tramp fleet as of September 30 was composed of 135 vessels. All of them were originally designed and built just before or during World War II. Of the 135, converted T-2 tank­ ers and Libertys account for 22 vessels. The balance was com­ posed of Libertys, C-types and Victorys, some of which are in­ active. The US tramp fleet does not have a single vessel whose keel was put down later than 1945. Seafarers, Ships Mark 'Turkey Day' Tradition Seafarers and their families were preparing to attend Thanksgiving holiday dinners arranged in.all SIU ports for Thursday, November 28, as the LOG went to press. The huge "Turkey Day" fete has^^^ become a family tradition in day fare—the big bird and trim­ New York and all the out- mings, together with other main ports. Where Union facilities could not handle the service of a large Thanksgiving feast, arrangements were made with nearby restau­ rants to serve Seafarers and their families the traditional meal of thanks—with all the trimmings. The elaborate menus in the vari- Urges Foreign Aid Tie To Shipbuilding NEW YORK—A plan to stimulate US shipbuilding and other industries by tying US foreign aid payments to pledges that would give US industry the first crack at filling a foreign nation's shipbuilding and* other needs was outlined at could have applications to indus­ the recent AFL-CIO Mari­ trial and agricultural goods as well. time Trades Department conven­ "Many of this country's major tion here. The suggestion was problems—the need for more jobs, our overwhelming agricultural sur­ pluses, the need to restore the For a report on US vs. Soviet shipbuilding develop­ capabilities of our naval and ments, see Page 16. merchant fleets to adequate levels and our continuing balance of payoffered by Edwin M. Hood, presi­ inents deficit—could perhaps be dent of the Shipbuilders Council of remedied in large measure by a America. more realistic formula for dispens­ The proposal was made pri­ ing our annual multi-billion dollar marily to stimulate the depressed foreign aid largesse," Hoed said. US shipbuilding industry, but Action By MTD The MTD passed a resolution calling on Congress to initiate a ship construction program of 140 i^ips a year. The resolution speci­ fied that 80 of the ships should be naval and 60 merchant vessels. This program is vital to replace "block obsolescence" of the present fleets, the resolution said. It pointed out that the "derelictions of Govern­ ment and shipowners have brought rampant unemployment with re­ sultant misery and despair to thousands upon thousands of American shipyard workers and their families." In another speech at the MTD convention, John L. Weller, presi­ dent of SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines, called for greater shipbuild­ ing activity by the US, and pointed to the vast shipbuilding drive un­ derway for some time in the Soviet Union. We know for a fact, he First man to register for shipping at the new SIU hall in said, "that they are developing a modern merchant marine . as- fast Norfolk this month, Seafarer William Donald helps to record as they can do it, while we are the event with dispatcher Charjie Moser. All shipping was letting, ours decline as fast as we transferred from the old Cofley Street Kali a few weeks ago. can do it." Number One Man In Norfolk f' Readying • stack of big birds for tho ovon at SIU headquar­ ters cafeteria, chief cook A1 Clark gets set for Thanksgiving. All ports served over 4,500 dinners last year. dish courses' and a variety of soups, salads, vegetables, pies, des­ serts and beverages. Aboard ship, SIU stewards and galley departments whipped up similar special dinners for the hol­ iday, whether the celebration came in port or at sea. Due to their voyage schedules, many ships had to stock up months ago with turkey, cranberries, etc., in order to have the traditional fare avail­ able. Christmas dinner will also be held in the siune hardy soup-tonuts fashion next month on De­ cember 25 in all ports, and aboard all SIU vessels wherever they happen to be at the time. NEW YORK—The Hercules Vic­ tory (Sea Tramps) reached port here on Monday, November 25, following a tube fracture in her port side boiler which disabled the SlU-manned freighter about 300 miles northeast of Bermuda. There were no injuries reported aboard the explosive-laden Vic­ tory ship, which had left here about two weeks ago bound for Cadiz, Spain. The master of the Hercules, Capt. Christopher Foros, reported all hands safe 90 minutes after the boiler explosion and the discovery of a fire which had developed in the starboard boiler. The fire was reported under control shortly after the mid-ocean mishap on November 12. Two Coast Guard planes and the cutter Yakutat were dispatched from Bermuda to aid the stricken ship, with the cutter standing by until a commercial tug reached the scene. The deep-sea tug Es­ ther Moran had been dispatched from Boston to tow the ship back to New York. She had been limp­ ing along at four knots after temporary repairs. By the time the tug reached the Hercules, she was reported to be about 600 miles east-southeast of here. The tow which ended this week was apparently uneventful. The Hercules is the former US Lines' ship American Jurist. She is currently idled in the harbor here while the company determines necessary repairs on the engineroom damage and con­ ducts a thorough inspection of the possible causes of the explosion and fire. COPE Lists Choices In N'Orleans Voting NEW ORLEANS—The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education for the state of Louisiana has announced its choices of candidates for this area in the primary election slated for December 7. The state COPE"*" did not endorse any of the Mollere. St. Tammany & Washing­ five candidates for governor, ton Parishes: B. B. (Sixty) Raybut it did urge defeat for two of them. COPE announced that guber­ natorial candidates Gillis W. Long, John J. McKeithen and deLesseps S. Morrison were all favorable to labor, and that any of the trio was acceptable. It did officially state, however, that Robert Kennon and Shelby Jackson, two of the candi­ dates, did not deserve labor support. Endorsements were also given to most incumbents seeking re­ election to state offices, except candidates for lieutenant governor, comptroller, commissioner of agri­ culture and commissioner of in­ surance. William J. Dodd was backed for state superintendent of public education, since the incum­ bent is not seeking reelection. The following is a list of endorsements by COPE in the New Orleans area: For State Senate. Orleans Par­ ish: Wards 1, 2 & 15, Olaf J. Fink; Ward 3, Charles E. Deichmann; Wards 4 & 5, Michael H. O'Keefe; Wards 6 & 7, Adrian C. Duplantier; Wards 8 & 9, Theodore M. Hlckey; Wards 10 & 11, Frederick L. Eagan; and Wards 14, 16 & .17, John D, Tamberella. Jefferson,, St. Charles A, SI. Johii'th^ Baptist Parishes: Jples. G. burn. For Hoose of Representatives, Orleans Parish: Ward 2, Patrick B. McGittigan; Ward 3, Vernon J. Gregson; Ward 4, Joseph S. Casey; Ward 5, Anthony J. Vesich, Jr.; Ward 6, Thomas J. Meunier; Ward 7, Salvador Anzelmo & Rodney A. Buras; Ward 8, Arthur A. Crais; Ward 9, Philip C. Claccio, Edward L. Boesch & Ernest J. Hessler, Jr.; Ward 10, Eugene G. O'Brien; Ward 11, Edward F. LeBreton, Jr.; Ward 12, Maurice E. Landrieu; Ward 13, Peter W. Murtes; Ward 15, John (Continued on page 12) SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 29,1963 Vol. XXV, No. 24 PAUL HALL, President HBRBCRT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, ALEXANDER LESLIE, THOMAS LAUGHLIN, Staff Writers. PublithRd bIwMkly at tha hcadquartar* •f th« S««rar«rA IntarnallonsI U'nien, At­ lantic,' Gulf, Lahas and Inland Watari District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avamia, Brooklyn ?2, NY Tol HYaclnth 9-6M0. Sacond class postage paid at tha Fast Ottico In Brooklyn. NY undar tha Ai* at Aug. 1*. Itia , -J 1 . 1120 to; f[.j �NoTembw t9, ll6t SEAFARERS LOG Page Three AFL-CIO Mourns Kennedy, Backs Pres. Johnson WASHINGTON—^The AFLrCIO Executive Council, in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy, pledged "unstinting devotion to the building of the world of which he dreamed—a world in which mankind can be free yet safe, a world in which brother­ hood is fact for all men/' To President Lyndon fe. Johnson, "in this most tragic hour in the history of our great republic," the Council extended "our warm, understanding and sympathetic support. On behalf of millions of American workers and their families, we pledge to the new President of the United States of America our complete backing in the dark and dangerous days that lie ahead." The statements were adopted and issued at an emergency meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Cotmcil here on Tuesday, Final appearance by President Kennedy at a labor gathering was this appearance at the AFLCIO convention in New York just seven days before his death. The late President had come to greet the delegates and to ask support for his pending legislative program. AFL-CIO CONVENTION VOTES PROGRAM OF LABOR ACTION NEW YORK—The 5th biennial convention of the AFL-CIO ended here last week after mapping out a broad program to provide economic security, equal rights for all workers and a strong political action program to stem anti-labor forces in the 1964 elections. Delegates to the convention-t voted unanimously to open a erated," the convention said. Ne­ shipbuilding program and urged major drive for a $2 minimum gotiations toward reduced working Congress to set up a construction hourly wage and extension of minimum wage average to 16 mil­ lion low-paid workers presently exempted under the law. They also gave their vigorous approval to a resolution calling for a cut In the workweek to 35 hours and to set up a standard of double time for" overtime. The shorter workweek, without reduction In take-home pay, was proposed as a means of coping with dwindling job opportunities. "Chronicaliy high levels of un­ employment can no longer be tol- Ships Dip The Colors A 30-day period of national mourning began on Saturday, No­ vember 23, after the death of Presi­ dent John F. Kennedy on Friday from an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas. Gov. John B. Connally of Texas, who was riding in the same car with Kennedy, was wounded but is recovering. Joining the rest of the nation in final tribute to the slain President, all US merchant ships lowered their flags to half-mast as news of the tragie event reached them in ports all over the world and on the high seas. Business activity all over the US and in many foreign countries ceased as news of the President's death reached them, and shut down as a sign of i-espect and mourning until after the solemn funeral serv­ ices on Monday, November 25. All SIU halls were closed for the entire day Monday, in response to a proclamation by President John­ son for a national day of mourning. Work on the US waterfont was at a virtual standstill' during the three-day period!from the death to the buriaL time can proceed in many direc­ tions, it was suggested, including more holdays, longer vacations, earlier retirement, sabbatical leaves, and strict overtime con­ trols during periods of joblessness. Minimum Wage Of $2 The setting up of a $2 minimum hourly wage and extension of the Fair Labor Standards Act were urged as a major part of the Fed­ eration's economic platform. "The present unfair exemptions from the Act should be removed so that all workers are accorded the safe­ guards of the law," the delegates declared. The present $1.25 minimum wage for workers in interstate commerce was labeled as "inade­ quate," and even this amount is postponed until 1965 for workers newly-covered by the Act's 1961 amendments. The 15-point eco­ nomic program approved by the convention also included strong support for passage of the $11 billion tax cut bill still before Congress. Civil Rights' Drive In the field of civil rights, the convention delegates dedicated the full resources and strength of the trade union movement to "the eause of freedom and equality for all Americans ... to assure every American the full rights of citizen­ ship." A call for greater effort and fuller utilization of trade union manpower was stressed by the Federation's General Board, which met to decide on how best to meet the political issues of 1964. It cited the need for intensified political education and action to stem anti-labor forces in the 1964 elections. Convention delegates ' pledged fuU backing by the AFL-ClO's resources in meeting labor's great­ est challenge—the organization of the unorganized—and also voted to use all their force to defeat any impending "light-to-work" legislation. On other issues, the delegates: • Called for an ftxpanded US program to modernize America's naval and merchant fleets. • Went on record as "deter­ mined to oppose" the continued diversion of ocean-going trade to ships flying so-called "flags of convenience." • Urged a massive Federal in­ vestment in education because America's schools are in a state of crisis. • Called for a number of im­ provements in the social security structure, and stressed priority treatment for passage of the KingAnderson bill to provide a hos­ pital care program for the elderly as part of the Social Security System. • Asked for additional Federal standards to extend the duration and raise the level of benefits to unemployed workers. (Continued on page 5) November 26. -f"The incredible loss of President Kennedy has put a stunned world in mourning," the Council said. "Aside from his immediate family, none mourn him more than the working people of this world . . . He was their leader, champion, their friend." The Council asserted that Presi­ dent Kennedy had "brought homes within the grasp of many, deplored and detested the slums that de­ grade our land; sought the aboli­ tion of exploitation and suffering and misery. And those for whom he fought will be eternally grate­ ful. "Most of all," the Council said, "John Kennedy understood the degradation and humiliation that millions of Americans of different race and religious belief know in too many parts of our land . . . Lyndon Baines Johnson, tha President Kennedy put his heart 36th president of the and strength into the struggle for United States. civil rights." Recalling the late President's firmness in winning withdrawal of clearly a partner in its design and Soviet missile bases in Cuba, the scope." Calling for the fulfillment of this Council said he won respect from the Communist world and our program as one of "primary im­ allies as well. The slain President portance to our own country and was "not only a national leader but to the cause of freedom," the a world leader and he bequeathed Council said the new President this nation "a program, a practical "will prove equal to the problems •dream, whose fulfillment will be a and challenges which await him" lasting monument to the leader and pledged him its full support. who conceived It." The Council also issued a state­ The Council, in behalf of mil­ ment asserting that "hatred is on lions of workers everywhere, ex­ the rise in America" and that it tended to Mrs. Kennedy and the "pulled the trigger" in the assassi­ Kennedy family "our most pro­ nation of President Kennedy. found condolences." In a special message to a joint In its statement on President session of Congress on Wednesday, Johnson, the Council said the November 27, President Johnson "nation and the world are fortu­ promised to pursue the policies of nate to have a man who has acquit­ the late President Kennedy. He as­ ted himself" with distinction as signed top priority to two im­ an experienced legislator and as mediate legislative requests—^pas­ Vice-President. "He Is deeply com­ sage of a civil rights bill and the mitted to the program of his pending tax cut bill—both recom­ martyred predecessor and he was mended by his slain predecessor. VI News of the President's assassination shocked Seafarers as It did the rest of the world. Scene here is at SIU headquarters on November 22 shortly after the first bulletins came over the air via radio and TV. Among the many struck by the fateful news was SIU pensioner Jpe Malone, 75, at far right. �Paee Four SEAFARERS Nftmhtt t», IMS LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Report Period; November 9-November 22, 1963 SIU shipping showed an increased pace during the past two weeks, rising to a total of 1,268 jobs dispatched from all ports. The increase reversed the downtrend of the past few periods. In the last period, the number of jobs shipped was down to 1,070. The registration figures for this period also posted a rise that was evenly spread among the three shipboard de­ partments. Total registration was 1,353, as compared to the previous total of 1,128. The number of men on the beach at the end of the two-week-period was 3,661, about the same as the last time. Most of the shipping gain was in the deck department, which handled about half of the increase. Steward de­ partment activity showed the smallest gain. In the various ports. New York, Baltimore, Jackson­ ville, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston handled almost all of the pick-up. Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, San Francisco and Seattle all listed declines. Tampa and Wil­ mington reported small boosts in job activity. The ship activity chart (see right) shows there were minor gains in the payoff and sign-on columns while the number of in-transit visits and the total number of ships in port declined. There were ten fewer in-transits, but the five additional si^-ons this time apparently made the difference by providing a boost in shipping. Among the seniority groups, there was some change, again involving class A men. The class A portion of all shipping dropped to 53 percent from 59. It has been in the .57-58-59 percent range since August. Class B shipping accounted for 34 percent, a rise from 31, and class C shipping was up to 13 percent again. Ship AcfiWfy Pay Si9« i» Offi OM Tram, TOTAL ImfM 3 Mow Torfc * • • • If Philadolyhla.. 3 •aMoiora .... 8 Norfalk 4 Jackfoavilla .. • Taoipa • 5 Mebila Naw Ortoam.. 16 Hemton 6 Wllmioytoa .. 1 Saa FraociKa. 2 Soattla 3 0 8 0 4 3 1 1 2 6 2 0 2 3 3 21 S 16 ' 4 6 f 2 16 22 5 5 3 60 32 117 TOTALS 6 48 i 25 11 7 10 9 32 29 6 f f 20f DECK DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS - CLASS A GROUP 3 Ai.L 1 2 6 3 2 1 94 35 49 10 18 5 11 2 49 20 4 25 12 4 6 2 6 0 1 5 3 8 0 5 8 0 21 13 74 26 39 9 39 23 5 11 8 3 0 5 25 5 11 9 13 2 7 4 129 200 44 1 373 Shipped CLASS A • CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 75 0 40 26 39 10 20 20 10 6 2 1 3 6 10 2 33 7 0 6 15 7 19 9 3 2 1 0 0 4 4 0 8 0 9 1 6 3 10 1 1 2 5 1 2 4 2 1 11 7 19 0 26 4 7 1 0 43 21 38 10 69 14 29 52 10 20 11 31 10 1 9 5 4 8 0 2 3 3 1 5 2 12 2 5 12 5 5 7 0 3 11 3 8 3 1 7 79 100 I 186 90 178 46"| 314 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 S ALL 0 0 1 1 0 8 11 19 0 4 5 1 5 10 1 4 0 0 2 2 6 11 1 4 0 0 1 1 13 0 9 4 2 20 18 40 16 1 9 6 2 7 2 3 2 5 2 1 0 3 1 4 55 70 1 134 9 GROUP 1 2 0« 0 0 6 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 3 29 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 2 1 5 1 1 7 6 1 14 0 4 4 3 2 5 7 13 75 19 13 107 89 145 37 271 5 38 54 97 5 10 3 5 5 20 12 8 43 1 23 6 14 21 0 5 31 10 46 - 38 76 5 63 8 109 0 19 51 0 1 3 2 6 17 39 . 0 1 3 11 20 2 14 3 9 3 23 10 1 11 17 29 2 16 2 5 9 2 4 5 10 3 12 1 1 4 7 2 1 4 6 0 13 2 26 2 41 32 60 1 4 18 24 1 16 0 40 2 60 2 111 64 73 11 148 3 31 80 114 1 2 52 16 70 51 2 76 12 139 2 29 28 59 1 4 8 7 19 12 33 0 4 17 4 4 10 14 0 1 12 5 18 32 32 69 5 17 15 1 5 37 4 20 18 7 '4 9 5 21 44 0 10 19 29 20 1 52 312 134 52 1 498 384 522 104 11010 20 176 304 1 866 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington. San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 3 37 15 0 8 6 24 0 2 2 2 0 2 8 1 12 28 3 19 8 2 2 17 1 12 44 170 Registered CtASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 0 0 0 57 5 5 32 3 11 . 0 4 35 1 5 12 0 2 0 3 0 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 11 1 6 5 45 2 21 23 2 12 1 13 0 3 4 2 21 1 2 1 14 2 2 27 1 241 18 102 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 39 7 25 62 11 4 23 10 40 24 8 1 8 0 4 6 1 0 2 2 22 5 16 2 23 2 9 9 11 22 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 8 2 1 5 3 16 2 1 11 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 12 2 5 15 2 17 11 2 8 7 44 11 21 40 1 25 4 19 21 41 7 21 3 21 5 37 29 1 20 16 0 4 1 3 1 5 0 4 2 2 7 3 4 5 12 0 4 1 3 4 3 7 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 82 1 202 39 118 :26 1 183 17 96 79 1 192 GROUP 1 2 0 0 3 12 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 4 39 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A n C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 6 2 8 40 23 102 50 23 39 9 155 12 96 44 52 108 30 0 2 • 4 8 2 14 2 25 3 14 4 8 6 81 3 0 4 23 22 49 9 65 4 65 • 7 37 25 5 3 26 0 13 0 1 1 3 1 19 4 10 3 7 2 3 0 4 5 16 25 2 3 6 11 4 5 7 0 8 0 0 3 3 0 1 3 8 2 2 4 3 15 35 4 28 0 0 17 3 5 17 19 12 5 0 3 40 84 31 41 3 43 62 113 71 10 112 8 3 29 74 7 0 37 3 69 25 47 2 88 31 50 24 2 0 2 11 3 5 2 5 4 16 10 21 9 7 12 3 48 3 4 7 23 9 17 35 4 7 7 3 5 2 41 1 5 11 5 ' 31 5 16 7 8 4 19 1 62 183 192 62 1 437 143 443 54 1! 640 39 216 238 1 493 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil .... Nor Jac Tam Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALI. 1 2 1 2 3 ALL 1-8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 57 8 30 17 2 3 0 18 21 10 7 0 0 1 5 1 10 0 1 9 3 20 3 6 3 8 17 7 0 14 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17 0 3 3 4 4 1 9 0 3 53 1 10 9 2 32 38 7 2 35 30 1 6 7 13 4 0 8 12 7 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 4 11 25 1 4 2 6 4 3 0 3 6 2 1 2 3 5 10 2 55" 28 33 113 229 13 8 101 1i 122 51 l-fl Shipped CLASS A t;BOUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 28 1 14 0 0 1 1 1 3 14 25 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 15 4 6 2 2 23 34 3 3 17 35 0 0 3 4 0 7 1 12 1 1 7 3 14 15 91 1 171 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 7 0 0 6 6 1 0 18 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12 0 1 30 31 0 0 18 18 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 _2 _ 2 3 103 I1 110 4 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A C ALL 1-8 1 3 ALL 1 2 B 3 ALL 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 4 65 52 20 26 28 11 26 30 25 80 187 48 ^ 9 7 32 6 6 1 6 13 4 10 6 4 10 22 1 0 4 9 0 25 19 0 44 14 66 6 0 43 14 13 25 2 35 6 8 16 2 1 2 4 0 2 0 5 3 3 11 16 0 4 0 5 0 9 5 28 1 2 1 20 2 3 6 6 2 3 2 3 1 3 0 12 0 1 9 1 2 1 5 5 15 12 32 20 51 0 5 5 7 19 0 13 13 6 34 31 6 71 27 23 23 75 148 2 6 4 86 92 0 35 18 53 10 71 8 36 0 0 26 11 24 1 27 0 4 2 6 4 5 17 0 0 7 0 0 4 4 7 61 0 6 12 3 15 16 10 8 27 2 10 0 0 12 17 11 5 1 6 5 4 6 19 29 2 2 7 2 2 33 28 257 1 318 45 1 52 171 110 52 1 333 169 120 109 302 r7oo SUMMARY Registered CLASS A liBOVP DECK ENGINiE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 1 2 3 ALL 128 200 44 I 373 44 170 27 I 241 83 33 113 I 229 256 403 184 J 843 Registered Registered On The Beach SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL _1 2 3 )^L 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL I 7 79 100 I 186 90 178 46 I 314 9 55 70 I 134 52 312 134 52 I 498 384 522 104 |1010 20 176 304 I 500 20 20 18 102 82 I 202 39 118 26 I 183 17 96 7b I 192 62 183 192 62 I 437 143 443 54 | 640 3^ ^16 238 1493 39 19 13 8 ibl j 122 65 15 91 171 4 52 171 110 52 I 333 289 100 302 I 700 33 28 257 I .318 3 103 I 110 6 1 45 38 189 283 J 510 194 311 163" 668 30 154 ZSZ j 436 13 69 84 166 666 436 166 11268 816 1074 460 12350 92 420 199 jlSll �Korenlier 2f, Ult SEAFARERS Seafarer Throws In For Texas Sheriff QUESTION: How often should meetings be held aboard ship? Ray Walker: I think It's a good idea to have a meeting going out and coming in and then when­ ever a beef comes up during a trip that needs im­ mediate a 11 e ntion. When you first leave on a trip you have to elect your de­ partment d e 1 egates so you have to hold a meet­ ing a few days after leaving port. 3. 4. Pve Five LOG JASPER, Texas—Seafarer Herbert (Tex) Strickland»has thrown his stetson into the political ring here in a bid for the post of sheriff for Jasper County. Strickland is running in the upcoming Democratic primary, and is seeking support by Seafarers and friends in the area. Situated in the southeast comer of Texas, Jasper County has been Strickland's home for many years. He lives in Kirbyville, almost in the dead center of the county, with his wife, Cleo. A member of the deck department, Strickland has been shipping with the SIU since 1952 and holds a bosun's rating. He generally ships out of Houston. Jasper County is a narrow area sandwiched be­ tween Orange, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Angelina, Tyler and Hardin Counties in the south­ eastern part of the Lone Star State. The county area begins about 20 miles north of Port Arthur, and is even closer to some of the other tanker ports. Strickland is a native Texan, born in 1920 at near­ Sfrielcfand by Pineland, in Sabine County. He's an Army vet­ eran of World War II and served as an SIU organizer in one of the non­ union tanker fleets several years ago. His campaign literature naturally labels him as"Tex" H. Strickland, a tag that the 6'2" native son hopes will help spur him to his first public office. NMU Charges Rejected Labor Board Upholds SIU Manning Rights NEW YORK—A new attempt by the National Maritime Union to upset an established collective bargaining relation­ ship held by the SIU was rejected by the regional director of the National Labor Relations'* Board last month. The case last March, during which time the involved manning and con­ giant vessel has been alternating tractual rights covering the 106,000-ton supertanker Manhattan (Hudson Waterways). The dispute developed from the purchase of the stock of the Man­ hattan Tankers Company by an SlU-contracted operator last De­ cember, 1962, from the Niarchos shipping interests. Seafarers have been manning the big tanker since between the oil and grain trades. Hudson Waterways has been un­ der an SIU contract for several years, operating a number of tankers and specialized ships. Reversed Stand In seeking to upset the SIU pact which went into effect for the Manhattan after the change in ownership, the NMU took a posi­ tion directly opposite to its stand in the Robin Line-Moore-McCormack case. The NMU has been under AFL-CIO sanctions for some time as a result of its attempt to raid SIU jobs in the Robin Line 18 months ago. Due to its role in several other disputes involving the Marine En­ gineers Beneficial Association, the AFL-CIO has also invoked sanc­ tions against the NMU and its af­ filiates on three separate occasions in the past. At the time the Manhattan changed hands, the NMU had in­ dicated it would press the dispute over manning by the new owners, but then appeared to drop the matter. This was apparently be­ cause of the contradictory position it was taking in regard to the Robin Line case. Then, in September, the NMU filed charges with the labor board, alleging that the Manhattan Tank­ ers Company had acted unfairly. These charges were rejected by the NLRB's regional director, who refused to issue a complaint and dismissed the charges. The labor board ruling held that no violation of the law had been shown, that the charges were filed too late un­ der a six-month statute of limita­ tions provided by law, and that the mode of transfer of the ves­ sel, through the purchase of stock, as opposed to a transfer through the sale of a vessel, was insignifi­ cant. Joseph Raymond: 1 think it's important to have a meeting when you first leave port and then again on the re­ turn trip. The first meeting should be used to get things or­ By Robert A. Matthews, SIU Vice-President, Contracts & Contract Enforcement ganized and the (This column will be a regular feature of the SEAFARERS LOG to deal with contract matters meeting on the and job issues in the SIU and maritime that dex^elop from time to time. Seafarers are urged to return trip write directly to the SIU Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or sug­ should be to air gestions on these issues.) the beefs to the ship's delegate so that he can work out something on From time to time, this column will present various letters which have been received at headquarters, these complaints before you reach and the clarification or the answer to the problems posed by these communications. Since many of the same the States. issues come up on many ships quite regularly, the circulation of this information will be helpful to all con­ i 4" 4" cerned. — — Mike Hamboussy: I think a Recently, headquarters received copy of the government restriction was enforced by the government meeting at the beginning of a trip a letter from Brother M. C. order when the crew is paid oif. of the port visited, the company is enough unless Cooper, delegate on the SS Alcoa Will we be entitled to overtime for will produce a copy of the govern­ some special sit­ Runner, who posed the following being restricted?" ment restriction order when the uations come up question; crew is paid off. A letter from ANSWER: Unfortunately, you during a trip. QUESTION: "Since the Mate The most import­ has turned the day workers to have given us no information as to the company's agents will not be ant meetings that on the weekend, do the watch- whether the ship had passed quar­ sufficient proof of the existence are held other standers have the right to the antine or whether or not the ship of such an order. If the company then the regular same amount of overtime, exclu­ had been granted pratique. Due is unable to produce such an of­ to this lack of information, your ficial order from the government shipboard meet­ sive of the weekend overtime?" question cannot be properly an­ of the country involved and is un­ ings are the ANSWER; The watclistanders do safety meetings. have a right to expect to be swered at this time. You are cor­ able to satisfy the Union of the 1 think these should be held more worked on overtime on main­ rect in your statement, however, validity of such restriction, the often. There are always some un­ tenance work so as to equal, as about the company having to pro­ crew shall be compensated for hav­ safe conditions on a ship that close as possible, the overtime duce a copy of the government re­ ing been restricted to the ship by striction order when the crew is the payment of overtime for the should be discussed at a meeting. earned by the dayman. period of the restriction. paid off. 4i 4. 3^ REFERENCE: Article III, Sec­ "When a restriction occurs be­ The Standard Freightship Fawzl Hamboussy: On most of tion 2, of the Standard Freightthese points I agree with my ship Agreement, which reads as Agreement, Article II, Section 36 cause of quarantine, immigration or custom procedure, a letter from brother Mike. follows: "DIVISION OF OVER­ —RESTRICTION TO SKIP, very such government agency shall suf­ clearly specifies"'life type of But I think that TIME—All overtime shall be di­ letter which is required in order fice." you need at least vided as equally as possible among two meetings a settle the dispute. This section P.S. It developed at the payoff the mehibers of the deck crew." to trip to keep is reproduced below: that the crew was restricted to the 4" 4' 4" things straight. "When a vessel has been in a ship because there had been an A letter from Brother S. M. The first meeting foreign port where the crew was outbreak of cholera at Pusan, and Bell, delegate on the S T ORION you have to elect PLANET some time ago, requested restricted to the ship and the com­ the captain had a proper letter to all your dele­ information on a matter concern­ pany claims that this restriction this effect. gates. On the re­ ing the steward department. A turn voyage, it's important to hear any complaints portion of his letter is reproduced that crewmembers have so the below. QUESTION: "I have been butch­ Union can know about them. ering carcass beef without the pay­ 4> 4^ 4^ (Continued from page 3) ment of overtime and this carcass Max Fingerhut: Twice a trip Is weighs from seventy (70) to ninety • Urged appointment of a com­ plenty. The first one is important mission on automation and crea­ so that you can (90) pounds. Please send clarifica­ tion of a technological clearing elect the dele­ tion on the butchering of same." ANSWER: You are entitled to house to gather information on gates from the planned technical changes. various depart­ overtime for this work. REFERENCE: Article V, Section ments. A lot of Officers Reelected 20, of the Standard Tanker Agree­ meetings on a AFL - CIO President George ship turn into, ment—"OVERTIME FOB BUTCH­ Meany and Secretary-Treasurer bull sessions and ERING — When carcass beef, in Williani F. Schnitzler were unani­ you don't get eighths or larger, is carried, the mously re-elected for a two-year much accom­ man required to butcher this beef term, along with all other mem­ plished. The only shall be paid a minimum of six bers of the AFL-CIO Executive time you should call a meeting is hours overtime weekly for butch­ Council. SIUNA President Paul when something really important ering., This shall not apply when Hall, Herman D. Kenin of the a butcher is carried." has to be discussed. Musicians union and John J. 4 4 4» 4> 4> 4^ Grogan of the Shipbuilders were Not long ago, a letter came from Jose D. Bonefont: One meeting elected to the Executive Council at the beginning of the trip is the SS Norberto Copay seeking by convention action for the first information about a restriction to plenty. Once you time, since all three had been the ship at Pusan, Korea. In this get things or­ named to vacancies on the Council instance, we were not furnished ganized and have after the last convention. the delegates ap­ with adequate information on The SIUN.\ was also the winner pointed, there's which to base a decision. However, of a COP'S award for meeting its really not that the letter was answered. quota in raising voluntary dollar much to discuss QUESTION: "The ship arrived donations two years in a row for Smiling group represents the latest SIU lifeboatmen's train­ unless a special at Pusan, Korea, anchorage at the AFL-CIO political education ing class in New York, after all received Coast Guard tickets. situation comes 2:30 PM on September 27, 1963 program. Similar awards were Pictured (front, l-r): James Born, J. Steven; middle, Jon up. But most and the crew was restricted to the presented by Alexander Barkan, Smith. L. A. J. Nicves, Fred Debille, Guy Keane; rear. Bob trips run pretty ship until 9:00 PM on September director of the AFL-CIO Commit­ smoothly and you really don't 28. 1963. The contract provides Reed, Charles Campbell, B. F. Armos and instructor Arne tee on Political Education, to a need more than one meeting, , that the company will produce a Bjornsson. number of unions. SIU CONTRACT DEPARTMENT Ready To Man The Boats Convention Sets Goals �Pwe Six SEAFARERS Pacific SlU Set To Open First West Coast Clinic Norember 29, 1992 LOG Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Alaska Fish Union Asks Japan Curb SAN FRANCISCO—With the selection of a site and a med­ ical director, trustees of the SIU Pacific Distrjct-PMA Sea­ One More Reason For 'Medicare' men's Medical Examination Center hope that a clinic will be The failure of Congress to pass a medicare program left a Milwaukee in operaion here aroimd the-*^SEATTLE—^In a, speech before woman destitute when confronted with $1,737.15 In medical bills fol­ ice. Combining the talent of a first of the year. the Chamber of Commerce here, The medical center will be good and experienced administra­ lowing her husband's death after an illness of 24 hours.' This almost- SlUNA Vice-President George located at 50 Lansing Street, with­ in easy walking distance of all three Pacific District union build­ ings, on the lower floor of a rein­ forced concrete building con­ structed in 1951. Ample space will be provided for a fuUy-equipped medical examination facility once remodeling is completed. Neces­ sary equipment is being installed to suit the needs of the center and in line with good medical practice. For medical director of the new clinic, trustees for the unions and the Pacific Maritime Association have chosen Dr. John L. Wilson, who for 31 years has been an offi­ cial of the US Public Health Serv- Rail Labor Total Dives —Execs Up WASHINGTON—While the rail­ roads have slashed rail worker em­ ployment to the lowest point since 1889, the number of executives re­ ceiving more than $25,000 a year has steadily increased, according to two reports just issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Total employment on all rail­ roads now stands at 730,617, about 14,300 less than a year ago. In 1962 as a whole, the rails cut their labor forces by 17,000, on top of a 62,000 slash in 1961 and a stag­ gering 500,000 job slaughter over the past ten years. Employment is at the lowest mark since the ICC started keep­ ing records on rail jobs back in 1889. In the current reports, the ICC set the number of executives draw­ ing over $25,000 a year at 635. This is an increase from 607 in 1961 and 585 in 1959. The average salary of the 635 executives was $40,187 in 1962. Twelve of them are earning sal­ aries of $100,000 or more. Most of them also received "other compensation" in addition to their salaries. Highest paid was the president of the Union Pacific Railroad, who received a salary of $145,000. What's New? of th LOG posted in handy rack provides a quick fill-in for Seafarer J. W. McNelkige on the latest news about shipping and the SIU. The scene was pictured recently at . J ih», ^obile hall.^ • f j; • unbelievable story came to light after Mrs. Theresa O'Connor Schultz wrote to Rep. Henry S. Reuss (D.-Wis.), seeking help and the story was publicized by the "Milwaukee Labor Press." Mrs. Schultz, 66, lost her husband, Peter, last April 5. He became ill on April 4 and spent 22 hours in the hospital before his death. Dur­ ing these hours he underwent a heart operation. Peter Schultz was 67 and had recently been refused medical or hospitalization insurance by the Blue Cross and two other private companies. Shortly after his death, Mrs. Schultz was presented with bills total­ ing $1,737.15—$545 for one doctor, $123 for another doctor, $105 for the anesthetist, $21 for a nurse, $38 to the Cliilic of Internal Medicine and $907.15 including $405 for blood for St. Michael's Hospital. Reuss sent out a call to members of the Democratic party and organ­ ized labor for help in reducing the staggering bill for blood. A group joined Reuss to give a pint of blood each at the blood bank. The rules of the blood bank allow a reduction of the hospital bill through replace­ ment of blood. Reuss said; "This (reduction of taken care of this problem years the bill for blood) will help some, ago. but Mrs. Schultz was left only a "The accumulation of $1,737.15 small amount to supplement her of debt in less than one day would Social Security payment. At 66, be as back-breaking for the vast she expects to encounter difficulty majority of American families as in getting a job. So I feel badly it was for Mrs. Schultz. Cases like that we're not able to do more to that of Mrs. Schultz—and dozens help her through this tough situa­ are brought to my attention—make tion. me even more determined to fight Case Is Common for a decent well-thought-out sys­ "Unfortunately, Mrs. Schultz' tem of medicare." case is by no means unusual. It The "Labor Press" quoted a highlights once again the acute Milwaukee labor official as say­ need for a program so that all ing: "This case is an unanswerable Americans can have the advan­ argument for the enactment of the tages of modern medical wonders King-Anderson bill now before in their old age without impover­ Congress. This bill would pro­ ishing themselves or their families. vide medical care for the aged and Every other civilized country has would prevent such financial trag­ edies as in this case. "It is hard to understand just how such a high medical bill could be accumulated in one day and one can only surmise what the to­ tal would have been had Mr. Schultz lived for several more days. Joe Aigina, Safety Director "It is easy to see how a small insurance policy and life savings of an older couple can be wiped A ship can be a safe place to spend your working hours or it can be out overnight. This is not mere one of the most dangerous places in the world, depending on how you speculation but can be an absolute go about your shipboard labors. Safety, in all shipboard departments, certainty, as shown in this case. depends on how much and how carefully you use your head and how "We cannot understand how the much care you take in going about your business. medical profession, sworn as it is For the deck gang, working over the side or in unprotected and haz­ to the principle of aiding human­ ardous positions aloft can cause trouble, so what precautions should ity, can oppose legislation such as be taken? the medicare bill." The primary precaution applicable during such work is the use of (Comment and suggestions are safety belts or safety lines which allow for a minimum of slack. These invited by this Department and lines should always be made fast, independent of the staging. It is im­ portant to remember that for maximum safety, the safety belt should can be submitted to this column be put on before going over the side or aloft, as a slip might occur at in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) any time and safety precautions can't wait. It follows then that the safety belt should not be removed until you are safely back on deck once more. The process of getting to and from the actual work area can involve as many dangers as the work itself. tor with a brPad understanding of seamen and their particular prob­ lems in the med­ ical field. Dr. Wilson already has begun work­ ing with the trustees on final establishment of Wilson the center. Dr. Wilson's experience includes work in the Medical Department of the US Navy during the war, and he has served as director of the Public Health Service hospi­ tals at Staten Island, Baltimore and New Orleans. Familiar to Seafarers, he was medical officer at the now-closed Manhattan Beach (NY) special TB hospital be­ fore his service at Staten Island, which ended in 1957 with a shift to New Orleans. Negotiations for the Pacific Dis­ trict seamen's medical center be­ gan some time ago, but the final settlement was delayed by dis­ agreement on the functions and powers to be vested in the center, notably by union insistence that the rights of the seamen would be protected. Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine Firemen's Un­ ion and the Marine Cooks & Stew­ ards will be serviced by the new center. Safety Means Using Your Head Johansen, who is secretary-treas­ urer of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, scored the existing treaty between the US and Japan on fish­ ing regulations in the Pacific. Speaking to the group on possi­ ble revisions of the treaty, Johan­ sen pointed to several loopholes in the present pact which allowed the Japanese to exploit the halibut, salmon and herring stocks which have been protected by US laws. "Unfortunately, the language in the treaty was ambiguous in some respects and thus allowed the Japanese to place different inter­ pretations on certain sections," Johansen charged. Protection One-Sided After the US rebuilt the Japa­ nese fleet following World War II, Johansen said, the US, Japan and Canada joined in the treaty. The treaty allowed the Japanese to de­ plete great numbers of the fish which the US and Canada inten­ tionally allowed to escape in order to preserve the species for the future. "Due to different interpreta­ tions placed on the treaty, it was not possible for the United States and Canada to fully protect salmon stocks of North American origin," he said. It was particularly true, Johansen continued, of the Bristol Bay salmon, which the Japanese have taken by the millions west of the provisional line sent up by the treaty. Johansen called for sacrifices by both the US and Japan. "We are not asking for any sacrifices on the part of the Japanese, which we ourselves are not willing to carry out," Johansen- told the group. Future Benefits He said that the necessary sac­ rifices of limiting the catch of both the Japanese and American fleets would not only be of future bene­ fit to us, but would also protect the future of the Japanese, who depend much more on their fishing industry for their livelihood than does the US. He pointed out that only 20 per­ cent of Japanese soil is tillable, and that, other than their imports, fishing provides the only means for Japan to obtain enough food for its growing population. Shelter Supplies For Puerto Rico In any department, a Seafarer's hands are his most important posses­ sions and deserve the most careful precautions to keep them safe. Preventing hand injuries often boils down to a matter of main­ taining the proper clearance while carrying objects through doorways, around obstacles, etc., or while operating equipment such as opening or closing valves aboard ship. Doorways are a particular hazard in this matter. When opening a watertight door, or any other type of door, hold onto it until it is secured. Always be sure to hold on in such a way that the doof cannot slam shut on your hand if the ship should roll suddenly. When carrying bulky items through doorways, make sure you don't smash your fingers between the item you are carrying and the sharp edge of the doorway. This is a frequent source of painful mishaps. About the best safety advice anyone can give is contained in a poem printed recently in a publication called "Safety Review," titled "The Trouble With Safety Is People." It goes like this: "It's not the wrench that slips and strikes "Or the circuit you thought was dead: "It's not the machine that grabs your hand "Or the stairs with the slippery tread; "It's not the hole that you fall in, "So please don't be misled; "The thing that causes the accident is YOU "Not using your head." (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and C09 be submitted to this column in care of tlie SEAF^REI^S LOCf.^, . ^ ^ N Trailer loaded with first emergency civil defense fallout shel­ ter supplies for Puerto Rico is hoisted aboard' Sea-Land's Gateway City for shipment to San Juan. Eight trailers were shipped recently from Brooklyn Army Terminal. Sup­ plies for 264,000 publ^ic fallout shelter spaces in 600 buildiijgs^will be.moyipg to tHe island in the'cginjng months. �i§, itM SEAFARERS Ask 9ovlVal Of Titanic Inquiry LONDON—For Leslie Harrison, general secretary of the Mer­ cantile Marine Service Association here, the clearing of Capt. Stanley Lord's name has become a crusade. Lord was the master of the ship Californlan whose course was near that of the Titanic on April 15, 1912—^the night the "unsinkable" luxury liner struck an iceberg and went down. Harrison thinks he has some new facts on the hearing held in 1912 which branded Lord as a ship's master who either steamed away from a fellow ship in distress or as one of gross incompetence. Lord died in February, 1962, believing to the end that his name would somehow be cleared. Lord had testified at the original hearing that he had no know­ ledge of the Titanic's distress at that time. Now, Harrison says, he has uncovered the presence of the Norwegian sealing vessel Samson a scant ten miles from the Titanic. The discovery came two months after Lord's death last year. Heinrich Naess, first officer of the Samson, reported privately to the Norwegian consul in Iceland that he had seen the flares and lights, but thought they were warning the Samson that she was violating territorial waters. Hence, Naess said, he turned and steamed away. Harrison contends that the ship the survivors of the Titanic said they saw steam away was the Samson and not the Californian. The Ministi*y of Transport has steadfastly refused to re-open the hear­ ings on the Titanic, which sank with a loss of 1,517 lives on its maiden voyage to the US. Delta Line Maps Latin Trade Run NEW ORLEANS—Delta Line's SlU-manned passenger ship Del Sud will reportedly be turned into a floating trade fair next May, to bring samples and exhibits of various Mississippi Valley industries into ports along its route to has indicated it will not make any Brazil, Uruguay and Argen­ charge for the freight costs and tina. The idea of the ocean-going trade fair will stimulate interest in American goods among the South Americans. Although relatively new scheme, the mobile trade exhibits have been catching on since they were started recent­ ly by the Japanese. Plans are to have the Del Sud stop at various ports along its route to the East Coast of South America, where exhibits and dis­ plays will be set up in pier areas to advertise American wares, Delta Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to assist each other in their cam­ paign for decent wages and better conditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Dbtlileries "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys • (Distillery Workers) J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) ?t Kingsport Press c'World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing. Pressmen) (Tv;>ographers, Bookbinders) (Jlachinists, Stereotypets) ' will offer a reduced rate for pas­ sengers. Interest in the sea-going trade propiotions grew after the Sakuru Maru, a vessel jointly operated by the Japanese government and private industry, returned to Kobe from a four-month trip to Africa and the Middle East. The special­ ly-built vessel came home with contracts for $15 million in Jap­ anese goods. A plan by Japanese interests to charter an old American sternwheeler for a floating trade show on US waterways has run into a storm of opposition, however. The Japanese government has sought to take over the 1914-vintage Belle of Louisiana as a show vessel in ports along the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Labor and business groups have objected to the planned promo­ tion for Japanese products because of its possible affect on jobs and sales.of US-made goods. At least three ship fairs are an­ nounced for early next year in addition to the one by Delta Line. LOG Fate F«mm 5 SlU Oldtimers Retired Another group of oldtimers has been named to receive monthly pension checks of $150 for life by the joint panel of SlU-shipowner trustees for the Union's retirement program. Of the five Seafarers named, four went on disability pensions because they are no longer able to work, and the fifth re-> tired on a normal pension. A native of Puerto Rico, Toro home is in the Bronx, NY, with The new list brings the shipped in the black gang. His his wife, Luz Maria. number of veteran Seafarers re­ tired this year to 98. In addition to Jose Collados, 65, who went on a normal pt.nsion, the list includes: Natale Favaloro, 62; Joseph W. Taylor, 48; William Vidal, 65 and Edwardo S. Toro, 53. Collados began sailing with SIU in 1941 in the steward depart­ ment. At the time of his retire­ ment, the Spanish-bom seaman held the ratings of chief cook and steward. Last signing off the Detroit (Sea-Land), Collados will make his retirement home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with his wife, Francisea. Favaloro has been living at home with his wife Josie in New Orleans, after having signed off his last ship, the Del Campo (Delta). His last trip wound up a career with the SIU dating back to 1950. He is a Louisiana native who sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A deckhand aboard SIU ships since 1941, Taylor is retiring in Pennsylvania with his wife, Ann. He is a native of Kentucky and First check to mark start of new pension is received by Seafarer William Vidal (right) from SIU welfare rep. John Dwyer at headquarters. Vidal, 65, has shipped with the SIU in the steward department since 1942. Cliff Wilson. Food and Ship Sanitation Director Norwegians Try Pre-Cooked Meals Norwegton ^ seamen will be getting pre-cooked, deep-frozen meals aboard ship in the future as the result of an experiment conducted aboard six Norwegian vessels by a British catering firm. The innovation in shipboard feeding was reported recently in the "International Transportworkers Federation Journal." If it works out, Collados Favaloro the new feeding method will cut down considerably on the workload of the steward departments aboard Norwegian ships. The ITF Journal reports that a test of the new technique was car­ ried out recently at an Oslo, Nor--f way, hotel, at which representa­ with the food. The meals them­ tives of the Norwegian Seamen's selves are also planned to be some­ Union, the shipowners and of the what larger than normal shoreside Norwegian shipping authorities portions, taking account of sea­ were invited to try out the pre­ men's appetites. cooked dishes. The dishes are to be prepared The pre-cooked deep-frozen under the control and supervision shipboard diet consists of different of the head of the Oslo College of Taylw Toro menus for 28 days. Each day's Cookery, and distribution is last shipped on the Steel Recorder menu consists of hot midday and planned in all large ports through­ evening meals. Breakfast, how­ out the world. Normal portions of (Isthmian). Vidal, a native of Spain, will ever, will still be prepared each the deep-frozen menus contain live with his wife, Mathilde in day aboard ship by the steward soups and desserts as well as main Brooklyn, NY. His last ship was department. dishes. The total of 56 different menus the Seatrain Savannah, on which he finished 21 years sailing with was reportedly decided on after a The problem of staffing hotel SIU in the steward department. long study of the normal diet on The Alcoa Polaris was Toro's board Norwegian vessels. It is said and restaurant "galleys" ashore is last ship, ending a career aboard to provide enough mealtime variety still plaguing US hotel and restau­ SIU ships that goes back to 1938. so the crews will not become bored rant men, according to an article in the "Wall Street Journal." Just as the quality of its steward department has a lot to do with the reputation a ship has among sea­ men, among hotel men it's a maxim that "the quality of the food makes the reputation of the hotel." The lack of first-class chefs is hurting US quality hotels where the pain is felt most seriously—on corpo­ rate balance sheets. This problem was described in some detail last April in the LOG. At that time it was pointed out that a training course for shoreside chefs has been instituted in Dallas, Texas, which is very similar in intent and operation to the SIU steward department training school, the food program and up­ grading training, which have suc­ cessfully brought about improved feeding aboard SIU ships. Some hotel owners are now re­ portedly opening their own chef schools to help improve shoreside feeding. In effect, they are adopt­ ing, more and more, the methods pioneered by the SIU and its opera­ tors to improve shipboard feeding and service. Group gathered before the start of last month's informational meeting for Seafarers in San (Comments and Suayestions are Francisco includes (l-r) Seafarers Bill Freixa, Thomas Self, W. Strike, Jr., Herb Knowles, Tom tnwtcd by (his Department and Delaney and SIU West Coast rep, .E. B. McAuley. Meetings are held for Seafarers in West can be submitted to this column Coast ports each monfhV The meeting schedule is on Page 15. ' ' in care oj'tVfe SEA^AkERS'LOG.J SIU Meeting Group in 'Frisco �SEAFARERS NsTMDbcr t», Ita LOG .-^Vv Acting on a wide range of Issues effecting maritime and related industries, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, including the SlU and 28 other member unions, concluded its fifth biennial convention in New York on November 13. In adopting its program, MID convention dele­ gates heard addresses by a number of Govern­ ment, industry and labor speakers from many areas, who set forth the need for joint action on maritime and general labor problems. Job issues in a period of rising national unemployment set the keynote for the MTD gathering, held in ad­ vance of the regular AFL-CIO convention. Pictured here are some of the delegates, speakers and guests who participated in the 1963 convention. 1963 MTD CONVENTION Longshoremen's trio included Pres. Thomas Gleason and VicePres. Clarence Henry, with Chuck Connors of New York ILA. AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany hits union curbs. J i*- A. F. Young of Boilermakers gives a committee report. Top: R. Ivloore of US Ivied. Service, MTD Vice-Pres. J. McDonald; Carpenters' W. Johnson, R. Livingston, with S. Leslie. Below: Sheet Metal Wrkrs.' E. J. Carlough, MTD Sec. P. McGavin; McDonald, Distillers' Pres. M. Brandenberg. NY Marine Comm. Leo Brown offers greeting. Brooklyn Cong. Hugh Carey waits turn to speak. Union Label Dept. Pres. Joe Lewis at rostrum. �Tagt Nine SEAFARERS LOG Ww—liw »t, IMt Attentive to proceedings, delegation from United Brotherhood of Carpenters is pictured in foreground of larger group. Haruo Wada, gen. sec. of the Japanese Trades Union Congress (left), addresses delegates with aid of Interpreter. Pres. G. Baldanzi of Tex'i Workers presented flao. NY Port Council Pres. Anthony Scotto (right) presents gavel io MTD Pres. Paul Hall after opening convention. ILA Vice-Pres. George Dixon takes notes as Pres. Thomas Gleason, Vice-Pres. Dave Connors listen to speaker. Shipbuilders' Council Pres. E. Hood proposed ship plan. Rep. L. Farbstein of NY was Congressional visitor. NY State AFL-CIO Pres. Ray Corbett gives greeting. Public works plan was cited by NY Cong. C. Buckley. Gen. Sec. Omer Becu, ICFTU, an overseas visitor. SlUNA Vice-Pres. Morris Weisberger, Steve Leslie of Operat­ ing Engineers and Canada SlU Pres. Hal Banks meet on floor. US Labor Sec. W. Willard Wirtz outlined policies. Pres. Peter T. Scheomann was Plumbers' delegate. US Sen. Jacob Javits of NY discussed trade problems. Cong. Joseph Delaney of NY hits the deck. �Page Tn SEAFARERS V^reMbvt «#. 1*«S LOG Ship Nurses Get A Topside Rating snr MBDICA.X. Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director . WASHINGTON—For the first time in US maritime his­ tory, women aboard ship can be registered as staff officers in the merchant marine. Proposals that originated at the start of the present Congress to have professional nurses Gulf passenger ship fleets. There carried on a ship's roster as are no lady officers on US mer­ Diabetes Detection For The Famiiy Last week was designated "Diabetes Detection Week" by the Ameri­ can Diabetic Association. Throughout this period, affiliates of the Association participated In publicity through - newspapers, radio and television to urge people to have a diabetes test. Although the oneweek campaign is ended, the job of fighting this disease goes on 52 weeks a year. Diabetes does not produce symptoms until It has progressed to an advanced stage. The early, pre-symptomatic stage may cover several years, and is characterized only by a limitation in the amount of car­ bohydrates (sugar) that can be consumed and disposed of without an increase in the blood sugar above the normal level. In this early stage a simple restriction of carbohydrates intake and weight control may be sufficient to protect the vulnerable function against further deterioration and prevent progression of the disease. Unfortunately, diabetes is detected at this early stage only by finding an abnormally high blood sugar after a high carbohydrate diet. Glycosuria, or sugar in the urine, may be absent in this, early stage, especially after middle life. For the above reasons diabetes may not be discovered in this early stage where it can most easily be treated and controlled. Early diabetes will not be found unless looked for and many of the pre-clinical dia­ betics are not discovered until the disease is far advanced. Not only daring Diabetic Week but throughout the year this program should be pursued. This is especially important to persons who are overweight, who have diabetes in their famiiy or, who are habitual overeaters. The test is simple: It requires only a single blood sample taken one hour after a meal supplying about 100 grams of mixed carbohydrates. This is what you do. Have a breakfast of eight ounces of orange juice, a portion of a cereal with sugar and milk or cream, three slices of bread or toast, and coffee with a teaspoonful of sugar. Report to the clinic for the blood sample one hour after breakfast. A blood sugar following this meal of 150 mg% is considered ab­ normal; between 130-150 are suspect and should be repeated and fol­ lowed up by retesting at Intervals, observation, attention to diet habits and stresses that affect carbohydrate tolerance. It is essential for proper evaluation of blood sugar findings for one to be specific about the type of food, amount of food, and the time food was consumed. Otherwise a normal blood sugar report Is of little value. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) siaff officers have been written chant ships today in any ship­ board department, although many into law. There was no recorded opposi­ women do serve in the steward tion to the bills in Congress. The department as stewardesses, wait­ House version was adopted last resses and beauticians. Failure to adopt the proposed July and the parallel Senate bill law would have left nurses in the passed in September. A Senate report on the proposal general classification of steward said that "statutory registry of department personnel. Under the new legislation, ap­ professional nurses as staff offi­ plicants for registry will not be cers would reflect the recognition as professional people accorded required to take an examination MTD picket {oins with registered nurses in the medical to qualify, but would have to fur­ Ward striker at one of the nish the Coast Guard with proofs profession and in the various Gov­ store locations struck by ernment defense services, the of experience, minimum periods of service, citizenship, good char­ company's workers. Sea­ Public Health Service, etc." farers and member*' of A hearing witness estimated acter, etc., as well as a valid li­ there are about 20 professional cense issued by any state or ter­ other unions took part in nurses on both the East and West ritory. labor protest. -f t oasts available for ship duties. He said there are about 70 on call and a total of 200-300 ready to come back to sea when and as needed. The law is apparently an out­ growth of the Coast Guard's job r^-classification program and study of the various categories of work DETROIT—^Workers at six Montgomery Ward stores in in the maritime industry. In 1939, legislation was enacted to provide this area returned to work early this month following a 49for the registry of pursers and day strike to win basic improvements in hourly pay rates surgeons as staff officers, but the plus union security providistaff side was disregarded in sions. Members of Retail other statements with the object the bill. Store Employees Local 876 of undermining local unions at The .SIUNA pursers' union, the ratified the strike settlement by the stores. Pending a final decision Staflf Officers* Association, has inafter hearings, the NLRB has dis­ d cated plans to organize profes­ a vote of 442-46. missed the decertification petitions A new four-year pact calls for sional nurses in all Atlantic and immediate wage increases covering encouraged by Ward. both part-time and regular, em­ ployees, many of whom had been receiving less than the $1.25 minimum wage. Guarantees for commission employees have also been raised. The contract provides for time and a half pay for scheduled Sun- j By Sidney PHILADELPHIA, October •—Chairmen, Frank Droiak; Secretary, Charles Stans- dpy work and double time when bury; Reading Clerk, Steven Zubovich. overtime work is unscheduled. The Ail minutes of previous port meetings accepted. Port Agent's report on ship­ striking workers were reinstated wiicn yuu shap for Christmas gifts this Decmnping. sugar workers' strike, blood bank, with all welfare and job security ber, you will find two trends: Many of the more and hotei workers and retail clerks' beef was accepted. Reports of the President rights protected. Some 1,200 work­ staple and useful gift ideas actuaiiy cost less this and Secretary-Treasurer for September ers at six Montgomery Ward year. But many of the commercial novelty toys are accepted. Quarterly financial commit­ tee's report accepted. Auditor's reports stores were involved. more expensive, war-like and violent than ever, and accepted. Total present: 56. Unions in the area, including ;t. 4. the SIU and the Maritime Trades the biggest potential waste of a working family's money yet observed. BALTIMORE, October t—Chairman, Rex E. Dickey; Secretary, Thomas Pons; Department, joined in supporting The big toy manufacturers (such as Remco, Mat­ Reading Clerk, Tony Kastina. Minutes the strikers and in publicizing a tel, Ideal and Marx) have outdone themselves this of previous meetings in all ports were a-cepted. Port Agent's report on ship­ cimsumer boycott of the struck year with high-priced war toys and pseudo-elec­ ping, training, sugar workers' strike, stores during the lengthy dispute. tronic playthings. The horror and war ^emes even blood bank and organizing was accepted. Contract talks in Chicago, which President's and Secretary-Treasurer's re­ have invaded such innocent children's playthings ports for September accepted. Quarterly ended in the new contract, drew as art materials, with a new "House of Horrors" financial committee's report accepted. Meeting excuses accepted. Auditor's re­ to completion at the same time paint-by-number kit, including Dracula, and a that the National Labor Relations "Combat" painting set with pictures of bayonetports accepted. Total present: 220. i 4* Board formally charged the com­ wielding soldiers which advertises, "Watch your HOUSTON, October 14 — Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Paul Dro- pany with violations of the Taft- little boy's eyes sparkle . . ." zak; Reading Clerk, Tom Gould. Minutes Hartley Act against the Retail It's also interesting to see how many of the toy of previous meetings in all ports ac­ Clerks in a complaint involving a cepted. Port Agent's report on shipping, US Air Force bombers that drop bombs on tanks organizing and money due various mem­ number of Ward locations through­ that explode, are made in Japan. The Japanese bers was accepted. President's and out the country. Secretary-Treasurer's reports for Sep­ manuTacturers even provide extra bombs if the Company representatives and tember were carried unanimously. Quar­ terly financial committee's report ac­ agents were said to have exercised American bomber misses the first time. In guns, the manufacturers have gone far-beyond cepted. Auditor's reports presented and coercion through speeches and the toy rifles of yesterday's kids. This year they accepted. Total present: 340. offer missile-firing cannon; rapid-fire rat-a-tat ma­ chine guns powered by batteries, paratrooper out­ fits with shell-ejecting burp guns and hand grenades, and jungle combat outfits with bazooka guns that lob rockets. Besides the questionable educational value of such toys and their his[h cost (a missile-firing toy cannon can cost $12 and more), they have short­ lived play interest. Since their chief appeal is nov­ elty and noise, children soon tire of them. Many of today's battery-powered "action" toys really are manufactured for television selling, since they can be made to look realistic on TV. Actually, they do not always perform by "voice command" in quite the way television commercials have shown. The Federal Trade Commission last year cited several of the big toy manufacturers for exaggerated TV commercials. More constructively, many gift items of enduring value are available this year at no more cost than that of the battery-powered action toys. Some now cost even Ifei^s than last year. Especially notable Dehoit Labor Aid Spurs Ward Clerks' Strike Win SIU MEMBERSHIP IMEETINGS Margolius December Buying Calendar: Good Gift ideas Are Cheaper are reductions on cameras and some sharp price cuts on bicycles this year. The fixed-focus box cameras, which are very sim­ ple to use, are available for as little as $5 this year, including even flash-holders. Even box cameras with adjustable lens openings and adjustable focusing for taking pictures from a distance, are available for as little as $12 to $15. Record-players, both stereo and the simpler monaural .type suitable for children, have been re­ duced and improved in quality. Prices of the popular miniature dolls also have been reduced slightly by some sellers this year. Tags on popular apparel gift items in general remain low this year, and some of the styles have been improved. Keep in mind that there is actually no need to "shop early," unless you need to mail gifts. Re­ tailers usually do some of their sharpest pricecutting on toys and other gift items starting in mid-December. Here are tips on other December buying oppor­ tunities: SNOW TIRES: These are becoming big sellers. They are simpler to use now that extra wheels are available for most models of cars at a cost, usually of $6 to $12 per wheel. Thus you need merely change the entire wheel when the seasons change. Nor are snow tires necessarily an added expense, except for the one-time purchase of extra wheels. The life of your regular tires is conserved while your snow tires are in use. But beware of ads for "bargain" snow tires with narrow width and shallow tread. Look for a heavy, wide tire with a deep tread . which provides better traction in, snow as well as longer wear. The chief advantage of snow tires is in snow or mud. For ice and slick, hard-packed snow you still need chains. FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: Your food bill can be relatively reasonable this month if you watch for the specials on meat and poultry. Beef, poi k and turkey all are in seasonal heavy supply. Beef especially is the buy. Among popular cuts stores are featuring at special prices ire chuck and'fdund roasts, pork loin roast, fresh hams and rumj)' rodstis of veal. : . • • '' ' ' " ' �1 NoTemlMr tf. If H SEAFARERS LOG Face Eleven 'A Scab Is A Scab!' €OPS REPORT iwCATION HALLOWEEN HAHI-RAISER. The kids were out in their costumes, and a few witches on broom-sticks may have been seen silhouetted against the moon, but the real hog-goblins Halloween night were the 150 percent, super-duper patriots of the John Birch Society. They played tricks on little kids who expected treats. Even Halloween, you see, is part of the "Red Plot" in the mixed-up reasoning of JBS boss Robert Welch. Accordingly, Welch in the JBS magazine issued a directive to mem­ bers. If your homes are invaded Halloween night by kids out trick-ortreating for UNICEF—the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund—^Welch told members, instead of the penny they are asking, hand the kids a printed blast at the UN. Somehow, the Birchers got wind of the fact there are Communists in the UN who participate in UNICEF. They have made it a target of bitter attack for years. They seem to be ignorant of the fact only a tiny part of UNICEF aid goes to Communist nations. They seem unaware, too, that whatever nation receives such aid, it is in the form of milk, food and medicine for undernourished little kids—or they don't care. Ironically, one of the big boosters of UNICEF is conservative former Rep. Walter Judd (R-Minn.), himself popular with the rightist crowd. Judd introduced legislation years ago to provide American aid for UNICEF. 3^ it 1964 REGISTRATION DRIVE. A five-cent per member voluntary assessment has been approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council to finance an all-out register-and-vote campaign for the 1964 elections. The non-partisan drive will concentrate on major industrial states. Its goal: to increase registration and voting performance of union members. AFL-CIO President George Meany announced non-partisan registra­ tion drives will become a permanent program of the labor movement. 4- 4" 4" END OF POLL TAX IN SIGHT. The death knell of the poll taxthat ancient and dishonorable device for restricting voting—may sound in time for the 1964 elections. So far, 36 state legislatures have ratified the proposed amendment to outlaw the poll tax, still imposed as a requirement for voting in Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Of the state legislatures convening next year, those con­ sidered possibilities to approve the amendment banning the poll tax In Federal elections are South Dakota and Arizona. The amendment will become effective immediately after the 38th state ratifies. The Textile Workers Union of America said it "welcomes" an an­ nouncement by leading Southern textile manufacturers of a forth­ coming wage boost for production workers, but warned that even if all workers get raises textile wages in the South still will lag some $30 a week below average pay in other numufacturing industries. The warmth of the union's reaction to the reported raises, said the TWUA, will depend on how the companies carry out their an­ nounced intentions. At the time of the last increase announcement, many employers either undercut the published figure or failed to give any raise at all. 4' 4» 4" A Presidential emergency board has recommended a gradual cut in the workmonth for members of the Sleeping Car Porters, coupled with a retroactive hourly pay raise. Pro­ posed job stabilization guarantees were rejected by the board, how­ ever. Porters presently work a basic 205-hour month and are paid at straight-time rates for up to 35 hours of overtime before receiving time-and-one-half premium pay. Under the board's recommenda­ tion, the workmonth would drop by gradual steps to 180 hours, be­ ginning with an initial cut to 195 hours. Overtime rates would apply after ten hours of straight-time overtime. 4" 4- 4" An order restraining a runaway garment firm from committing un­ fair labor practices against em­ ployees who have joined the Inter­ national Ladies Garment Workers Union has been issued in New Bern, NC, by a Federal judge. The court order bars the company from recognizing a company union, spy­ ing, on ILGWU meetings and threatening pro-ILG workers with reprisals. The firm originally had a plant in Philadelphia, but went South in 1959, violating an agree­ ment to open a new plant only if its Philadelphia location was work­ ing full force. 4 4" 4" Merger talks between the Inter­ national Chemical Workers Union and the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers have been launched in joint meetings between six-man committees representing members of each union. The two AFL-CIO affiliates are seeking a means to consolidate within a single struc­ ture covering major parts of the oil and chemical industry. Further meetings are to be held on a specific method of unification. 4 4" 4 The tinkle of silver dollars helped Local 83 of the Boilermak­ ers at Boone, Iowa, win a strike against the Quinn Wire and Iron Works. The strikers received their strike benefits in silver dol­ lars. Once the dollars began cir­ culating in the town, communitywide support was drummed up by merchants and others to get nego­ tiations started again as a means to end a five-month-strike. A set­ tlement was reached after two tons of silver dollars had been dis­ tributed in union strike benefits. 4' 4 4- Struck by the Communications Workers of America, the General Telephone Company in Los An­ geles has found out that it un­ intentionally contributed to the lo­ cal union's strike fund. The com­ pany had offered a $25 reward to anyone caught cutting phone cables. Two pickets pounced on a man chopping wires in a street telephone booth, so the company had to fork over $25. The money went into the strike fund. , , AFL-CIO Some barbed comments about strikebreak­ 300 Canadian Seafarers from their jobs and ers and scabs are often ascribed to Jack Lon­ replaced them with crews recruited through don, a world-noted author, adventurer and the CMU. seaman in his own right, who died in 1916. The strikebreaking apparatus was com­ London is once said to have likened the pleted when the government of Canada was strikebreaking breed to something a degree led to name' commission of inquiry into the or two lower on the ground than the rattle­ dispute. Theaone-man commission proceeded snake, and as a lot more evil and dangerous. to sweep aside the legitimate trade union Nothing in the years that have followed dispute and, in its place, concentrated an has changed this image of a strikebreaker, attack on the union. and surely nothing will. Inevitably, as an outgrowth of the com­ No matter what motives are attached to mission's recommendations, a government scab actions, and the occasional effort to trusteeship was imposed on all maritime un­ shroud then with some form of respecta­ ions in Canada last month. bility, the foul taste still remains. The implication of this pattern of events for seamen and all workers is sharply de­ Strikebreaking: "The practice of at­ fined from the standpoint of the trade union tempting to or of succeeding in terminat­ movement. Canada, and Canadian labor or­ ing or to render a strike ineffective ganizations, on behalf of a Canadian em­ against the will of the majority of strik­ ployer, have engaged in scabbing and strike­ ing employees. Strikebreaking may in­ breaking operations for the express purpose volve the use of violence in breaking of destroying one union—the SIU of Canada. through picketlines, in hiring SCAB LA­ BOR, in arousing public and government The fact that there is American ownership opinion against the strike, and in hiring of the Canadian company, and that the Can­ LABOR SPIES to break the strike from ada SIU is linked to the SIU in the United the inside by promoting internal dissen­ States is not at issue. The issue, purely and sion among the union members or strik­ simply, is strikebreaking. ing workers." Thus, in denouncing the strikebreaking Ironically, such is the definition of maneuvers and the Canadian government's "strikebreaking" offered in a "Labor Dic­ curb on maritime unions, AFL-CIO Presi­ tionary" which was compiled some years dent George Meany expressed the revulsion ago in Canada by P. H. Casselman, professor of the entire labor movement over what has of industrial relations at the University of transpired. Ottawa, and published in New York. Speaking to delegates from the MTD's 29 Virtually all of the elements cited in the member unions at the convention of the professor's definition of strikebreaking have Maritime Trades Department two weeks their parallel in the long-standing contract ago, Meany made the trade union position dispute between the Seafarers International stand out: Union of Canada and Upper Lakes Shipping "The cardinal principle of the trade union Ltd. movement," he declared, "is that it is free, In 1962, Upper Lakes arbitrarily broke a it is controlled by its membership, it is not ten-year collective bargaining • relationship controlled by any outsiders." "As far as I am concerned" Meany added, with the SIU and signed a "sweetheart" agreement with the Canadian Maritime Un­ "a strikebreaker is a strikebreaker, a scab ion established by the Canadian Labor Con­ is a scab, and it doesn't change it by putting gress. The conipany then loejccd out, spnjo, ^ union labql, pj^ it.",,,,., i < i �SEAFARERS Pace Twelre All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: July 23, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Randall Waynes Bigby, born James Sumpter, Slidell, La. Carl V. Dennis, New Orleans, La. August 30, 1963, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Milo Patrick Bradley, born July Mrs. Bill Bigby, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 31, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kevin Paul Frarck, born Sep­ 4" 4" 4* James D. Winstor, born Sep­ Kevin L. Bradley, Wayne, Mich. tember 10, 1963, to Seafarer and tember 1, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dennis Frarck, Barrett, Minn. 4 4 4 Nacy Lynn Flade, born Augurt Mrs. James Dlllworth Winstor, Jr., 4 4 4 20, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. New Orleans, La. Robin Wiliiams, born August 16, Louis Flade, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 i t 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. CarSonny Rex Adams, born Sep­ 4 4 4 mond L. Williams, New Or­ William David Fitzhugh, born leans, La. tember 6, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lovic E. Adams, Tampa, Fla. August 9, 1963, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. R. L. Fitzhugh, Arcadia, Mich. 4 4 4 Sharon Tnilock, born July 31, to Michael Sumpter, born Decem­ 4 4 4 ber 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs.' Patrick Benjamin Dennis, born Seafarer and Mrs. M. H. Trulock, Hillside, New Jersey. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ 4 4 4 Edward'Werda, born August 17, ported to the Seafarers Welfare Flan (any apparent de­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John lay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, Werda, Alpena, Mich. lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the 4 4 4 disposition of estates); Jean Mladek, born October 12, Jacob L. Zimmer, 54: Bronchial 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard Jefferson D. Brigham, 56: A heart attack was fatal to Brother asthma was fatal to Brother Zim­ J. Mladek, Bronx, New York. Brigham on Sep­ mer at his home 4 4 4 tember 19, 1963 in New Orleans, Helen Aquio, born September in San Diego, La., on Septem­ 26, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calif. He had ber 10, 1963. He Hilarion Aquio, San Francisco, been s a i1 i n g in had shipped with Calif. the steward de­ SIU since 1947 4 4 4 partment since in the steward Timothy Alien Wild, born Octo­ 1945. He is sur­ department. Sur­ ber 9, 1963, to the late Seafarer vived by a sis­ viving is a daugh­ and Mrs. Elmer Wild, O'Fallon, 111. ter, Mrs. Gertie ter, Mrs. Faye 4 4 4 Bunch, of San Zimmer TeiFrancisco, Calif. Burial was in the Curtis Wayne Wilkins, born Sep­ Oakwood Cemetery, Santa Cruz, mann, of Gretna, La. Burial was in tember 5, 1963, to Seafarer and the St. Roch Cemetery, New Mrs. James A. Wilkins, Belhaven, Calif. North Carolina. Orleans. 4 4 4 William Lynn Dunnam, 26: Brother Dunnam died of injuries have to go to the shipping com­ he received in an missioner when we do sign off automobile acci­ and have him obtain our dis­ dent near Neely, charges from Seattle. As I have To the Editor: Miss., on March applied for the course offered I wish to acknowledge my 15, 1963. He had by the SIU, I may need my dis­ sincere thanks for all the kind­ shipped since charge in the near future in ness and attention by our Union order to sit for a third mate's 1962 with the SIU officials and welfare representa­ ticket. in the engine de­ tives in helping to bring about partment. There However, I don't want to sign my SIU pension. were no sur­ off the articles until I'm sure I remember very well the that the beefs are all settled for vivors listed. trials, troubles and battles we Place of burial was the Neely had in the old days, as I have Cemetery, Greene County, Miss. been a union man since the old 4 4 4 ISU days. And nothing we have Michael J. Kennedy, 75: The today in wages and benefits USPHS Hospital on Staten Island, came easy. NY, was where For the new generation that Brother Kennedy is coming in to fill the retired died of natural members' jobs, I offer the re­ All letters to the Editor for causes on Novem­ minder to protect your Union ber 22, 1960. He publication in the SEAFARERS and your Union membership. As LOG must be signed by the sailed in the you go along through the years writer. Names will be withheld engine departthe way we oldtimers did, you upon request. men since 1947. will never have cause to regret He is survived it. by a daughter, Mrs. Steffy EschAnytime I can be of assistance all hands, including overtime and so on. I would sure appre­ bach, of Brooklyn, NY. Place of to the SIU in anything, I sure ciate it if you would let me burial was the Rose Hill Cemetery, will be proud to be there. know if it is all clear to sign off. Linden, New Jersey. At present, I am enjoying my­ I have applied through the self by really taking it easy for 4 4 4 Emelio S. Lerma, 59: Cancer the first time. I've been having port agent to attend the naviga­ was fatal to Brother Lerma in the a chance to rest, visit my old tion school here. He said I USPHS Hospital, buddies and take in a lot of didn't need any discharges for the application and he sent it in Galveston, Texas, things I never did before. to New York. I'm hoping this on March 5, 1963. I wish all of my brothers, application goes through soon Shipping in the wherever they are, happy land­ as I want to get started as soon steward depart­ ings, safe sailing and a lot of as possible. ment, he had good luck as they go along. been with SIU If this beef over the Rye is Harry J. (Popeye) Cronin since 1946. He is completely settled, then it cer­ 4 4 4 survived by a sis­ tainly was some fast action. ter, Mrs. Ger­ Even if only the transportation trude Armstrong, and room and meal allowances of Brownsville, Texas. Burial was are settled, to me this denotes in the City Cemetery, Brownsville. representation of the finest and. To the Editor: 4 4 4 I have just been told here in most efficient quality. I feel it George Hobbs, 50: Brother the Baltimore hall that the SIU rates a hats off to headquarters. Hobbs died at the New Orleans I have had a notice put in the has brought one of our com­ USPHS Hospital panies around to our way of LOG explaining to the other of natural causes thinking and that our money crewmembers the situation con­ on January 21, due from the Rye is waiting for cerning our communications 1958. Sailing in us. The port agent has already with headquarters during the the engine de­ sent to New York for mine and voyage and I'm sure they all partment, he had it should be here within the will understand that there was first signed on next few days. Frankly, under no laxity in New York. with SIU in 1947. the circumstances at the time Again I thank headquarters He is survived of payoff, I had expected this for its militant attention on this by a son, Marvin to take much longer to settle. matter and concern shown in E. Hobbs, New As you know we have not yet our behalf. Orleans. Burial was in New signed off the articles and we Clark Inman Orleans. ii I'" ^ Pensioner Sends Good Wishes Praises Union's Prompt Action r/> Norember St. IHt LOG All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAt, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK John Aba Paul Llotta Corned Amelihck Dennis Lloyd Francisco AntonettI Millard Locklear Anthony Malello Pedro Arellano John Attaway Joaquin Maidonado Thomas McGurn Thomas Clark William Morris Dan Covaney George Daniels George O'Rourke Jacques Rion Alfred Deagro Nicholas Demarco James Rist Well Denny Mohamed Said Joseph ScuUy Charles Ferial Jose Garcia James Sherlock Edward Garrity James Shiber Manuel Silva Theodore Gerber James Gillian Francisco Sortillo Richard Green Thomas Stafford Gunnar Hansen Lester Sturtevant Julius Swykert Edwin Harriman Ralph Hayes Ernest Tatro Eladlo Torres Ward Hosklns Waiter Karlak Julian Vista William King Ernest Vltou Arch Volkerts WiUiam Leonard Arthur Wiifert Sulo Lepisto Ladisiaus Ziembka B. Lerwick USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Ray Miller Richard Barnes Leon Morgan Robert Adams Clinton Newcomb John Burchinal Wilbert Burke Alfred Norman Byrd Buzbee Ciincy Ordoyne Philip Cajiao Charles Parmar George Perei Steve Crawford Ralph Pleket Julius Ekman Junius Qulnn, Jr. Ramose Elliott Richard Rackiey Anton Evenson William Roberts James Finiey George Flint John Smith Nolan Flowers Aristides Soriano Carlos Spina Joseph Fort una Eugene Gallaspy Raymond Steele Sanford Gregory Ruffin Thomas Franklin St. Mary Mark Haireison Raymond Vaughan Seifert Hamilton Herbert Hart James Walker Charles Hooper Leon Webb Ramon Irizany Waiter Johnson Foster Junean John McCasiin Advocate Asks Pension Change To the Editor: We, the crewmembers of the SS Steel Advocate on voyage No. 24, feel that the SIU Pen­ sion Plan should be revised as follows: After 20 years of full mem­ bership in the SIU and 15 years s e a t i m e on SlU-contracted ships, a member shall be en­ titled, if he so desires, to retire regardless of age or physical condition at no less than $200 per month. The members who take their retirement after be­ coming qualified shall no longer take a job of any type under an SIU contract. Further, we feel this letter should be referred to the Nego­ tiating Committee or any per­ sons or committees required to take action on it. Further, that action shall be taken on the above recommendations or some similar plan according to the membership's wishes no later than at the next contract nego­ tiations or at the expiration of our present contract on mid­ night, June 15, 1964. Crew, Steel Advocate 4 4. 4 Seaman's Friend Dies in Frisco To the Editor: A lot of SIU men all over the world will be saddened to learn that Mike Markota, affection­ ately known as Papa Mike, who ran "Mike's Tavern" at Mason and Eddy in San Francisco for many years, died recently. ~ Mike was a real friend to the seafaring man and gave many a helping hand in time of need. His place has been a meeting spot for years for many of our SIU brothers on the West Coast. The only time that Mike ever tried to take the seaman was in a game of cribbagc and he was real rough-then. Mike will be missed by his many, many friends. Nell Lambert Jamea Lala WtUlam Woolaey Claude Lomera David Wright CorneUus Martin Herbert Young Robert White USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA John Fltchette Llnwood Munford BiUy Henderson Dallas Newsome Talmadge Johnson Vincent Sherwood James Marks Jessie Vollva William Mason Hildred White USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON TEXAS George Arnold George" Little Raul DeLos Santos Leonard Martin Leslie Dean Aouad Massondy James Egan Andrew Monle Hugh Grove Knute Olson Rune Gustafsson Johnnie Salinas George Howard W. R. Thompson Roy Justice VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS WllUam Forrest Joseph Pawlak USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Alfred Bamett Milledge Lee Charles Bush Mike Oreline Sisco Escobar Truman Patrlquln Robert Galas Henry Schorr Fedll Lagrimas USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Edward Bate D. Rose R. L. Fields Joseph Trawick L. C. Middlebrook J. M. Watklns Gerald Perdomo USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Harry Acosta James Kendall James Archie Paul Kersey Gorham M. Bowdre George Kontos Leo Broussoul Peter Losado William Davis Cecil Manning Freidof Fondila George Marcotlo Gorman Glaze Roy Newbury Thomas Gutierrez En OS Ott Nelvin Hamilton Wallace Perry. Jr. John Hannay Bryon Rlcketts Harold Hess William Sawyer Harold Jaynes WiUiam Sprole Larry Jones George Warren MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON, MARYLAND Hector Duarte USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Thomas Connell John Kennedy Wilbur Coutant Fox Lewis, Jr. Henry Davis, Jr. Sixto Lopez Patrick Donovan Richard Shaffner Charles Dyer USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS, Harry Davis Martin Mason Joseph Carey USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Charles Brooks James LaGosh George Bryant Clarence Lcnhart Fred Clhak Ejner Nelsen Steve Fortine Anthony Pace James Galloway Otto Pollaczek Robert Gentry Harris Stlckel Denver Hoilis Jack Wiley USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Colon BoutweU BiUy Lynn Benjamin Deibler Samuel Mills Adrian Duracher Max Olson Willie Young Abe Gordon SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS" HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thom.soD New Orleans (Continued from page 2) P. Sullivan; Ward 16, Kenneth C. Barranger; Ward 17, James H. Pfister. Jefferson Parish: James £. Reason, Bruce D. Burglass, Sidney G. LeBIanc, Charles W, Miller, & A. (Jim) Ward. St. Tammany Par­ ish: Jesse D. McLain. For Sheriff, St. Bernard Parish: John F. (Jack) Rowley. For the Democratic State Central Committee, Orleans Par­ ish: Ward 3, George H. Van Kuren, Ward 5, Francis S. Rutledge; Ward 6, Michael J. Cusimano; Ward 7, Ralph N. Jackson & Llewellyn J. Scanlon; Ward 8, Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.; Ward 9, Joseph G. Landrieu, Jr., Michael George Markay, Jr., & Louis Pomes; Ward 10, Carolyn Gay Labouisse; Ward 11, John M. Freeman; Ward 12, Ethel I. Mann­ ing; Ward 13, Roger B. Jacobs; Ward 14, Theodore Dennery; Ward 15, Joseph C. Cadro; Ward 16, Nat Gros; Ward 17, E, Henry H e a t o n. St. Bernard Parish: Richard H. .Gauthier. �SEAFARERS Norenber 29, 196S 'Sea-Views' Pare Tbirteca LOG —By Jesaph L Tramblay A discussion aboard the Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mariners) about the expected new galley stove had its comic moments for just about everybody but the chief cook. He pointed out that even though there was a beautiful colored picture of a new stove being circulated around the ship, he can't cook' a beef stew on a picture—and the color makes no difference to him. The talk at the meeting, on the way to Rotterdam, dealt with many a promise from topside In addition to the long-promised new stove. Henry J. Principe was meeting chairman and Max Lipkin was sec­ retary. Principe "I've asked you a hundred times .. . Can't you find some­ thing else to do . . .?" Delta Skipper Plugs Vital US Ship Role The importance of a strong and healthy merchant fleet was the subject of a personal message delivered by Capt. James L. Cox, master of the SlU-manned cruise ship Del Mar (Delta), on a recent outbound voyage competition with other nations of to South America. living standards." According to ship's delegate lower "If you compare the pay of an Johnny Johnston, the skipper's remarks were well received by the crew. Capt. Cox gave his speech at the first general SIU shipboard meeting for voyage 114, emphasizing the vital role each man plays in the life of the mer­ chant marine with a special mes­ sage on ship safety. Seamen Unprotected In his address, Capt. Cox ridi­ culed attempts to blame the ills of the American maritime in­ dustry on seamen's wages and conditions. He stated that "Amer­ ican ships and seamen are a part of our economy that is automati­ cally placed in an unfair position with the other nationals." They are protected by our tariff and immigration laws "while our ships and seamen are thrown in direct The Wild Ranger (Waterman) offers a blunt, brief bit of advice to all ships and crews that may be heading for Formosa. "Beware of the rickshaw boys in Keelung . . . You know what I mean," warns ship's delegate Joseph L. Somyak. The Ranger was returning to the States from the Far East at the time. 3^ 4 "One of the best ships In the fleet" is the Verdict on the San Francisco (Sea-Land), according to P. M. Rivero, ship's delegate and meeting chairn>an. He cites the fact that the skipper and crew get along well, there is plenty of OT work and that routine sanitary and painting work is proceeding well. The steward department rooms al­ ready have been painted out, part of the deck rooms have been painted and the rest should be finished next trip. Necessary fans have also been installed in the gal­ ley and pantry. "We have a good ship here," adds meeting secretary J. Henauit. American sailor to his Japanese, German or British counterpart," Cox declared, "then you must com­ pare the wages and salary of the American coal miner, brickmason, carpenter, electrician, plumber— yes—lawyer and doctor, to their 3^ i 3« The Potomac (Empire Transport) equal in London, Berlin or Tokyo." He told the men that the US is trying to figure out what hap­ merchant fleet accounted for more pened to all the ice cream on a than 200,000 jobs on ships and recent trip. Although 100 quarts shore, and the economic impact were taken aboard, there was none of these jobs and the job the fleet available on the way home—to the itself does reflects "in every state chagrin of many with a sweet tooth. J. Murray and J. Lamb were of the Union." "Now ponder this crucial fact," meeting officers during the crew Cox asked the crew. "If we had debate on the sugary subject. no American-flag ships, all these 3^ 3« First ship to report In to the sales of our own produce and service would be forever lost. You LOG on its plans for this week's know very well that no German, Thanksgiving holiday is Water­ British. Scandinavian, Japanese or man's Hurricane, which supplied a Italian ship is going to make these copy of a printed menu prepared purchases in our country. They for the occasion. Chief steward will continue to use their own Gene Ray has set up a menu that nations as they do now to supply will do full Justice to the holiday. A Florida fruit plate with cottage their needs." During his address. Cox also cheese has even been arranged as stressed the Importance of safety a possible entree for those who aboard ship. He said It was im­ choose to watch their calories. portant for the men to perform all j;, 3!> 3^ SEATTLE—"Mike Danguvich, shipboard tasks without accident Heading for Bangkok and get in touch with your sister. or injury. Saigon, the Anji (Seafarers, Inc.) Urgent." Five days after those words ap­ peared in the LOG, Danguvich did call his sister, Mrs. James M. Halverson, of this city, which led to a happy family reunion after a year's separation. In a letter to SIU headquarters, Mrs. Halverson said she had last heard from her brother over a year ago, when he had left a ship in Honolulu. After writing the Missing Persons Bureau In New York, Mrs. Halverson wondered aloud in an urgent letter to the Union about where her brother might be. The LOG ran the plea in the "Personal and Notices" column in the edition of October 18 and, on October 23, the three were re­ united when Danguvich called Mrs. Halverson and their mother. Mrs. Halverson told the LOG that the notice was what made the difference. "Needless to say," she wrote the LOG, "you made my moth's and myself very happy by giving those results." Seated in his foc'sle, Seafarer Duke Wilson, AB, makes a Danguvich has been sailing call on the citizen's band radio set he operates as a hobby aboard SIU vessels in the engine while aboard the New Yorker (South Atlantic & Carib­ department out of New York and bean). Photo by D. C. Jones, AB and ship's delegate. West Coast ports since 1952. LOG 'Ad' Pays Off 'Hello Out There' Somyak Wheeler Wiiloughby uses the outside marine female plugs to tie in with the ship's electrical circuits. They urged that the covers be hooked over the plugs after every use, and for good reason. As chief John G. Damstedt and 2nd electrician Price C. Wii­ loughby pointed out, there is On the Steel Fabricator (Isth­ danger of electrocution when the mian), the electricians added a decks are washed down and the word of caution to everyone who plugs aren't properly covered. writes thanks to the LOG for the good service on the mail and for keeping the ship in touch with home during all its travels. Ronald Wheeler, as ship's delegate, drew thanks on his own hook for a good job- on behalf of all hands. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Scatrain), Oct. 20—Chairman, N. J. Mouton; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. Ship's delegate reported that the ship l» running very smoothly. S24.72 in ihip'i fund. S70 balance due on TV will be paid off within the next 60 days out of ship's fund. Jimmie L. Jackson resigned as ship's delegate. Joseph A. Rusheed was elected to serve in his place. All crewmembers were urged to keep sinks in laundry room clean. PUERTO RICO (Motorshlps), Oct. « —Chairman, A. Aragonssi Secretary, A. Ferrara. Delegates have been hav­ ing trouble getting repairs done. Most repairs involve water running only 60 days' stores. Waste baskets and ash trays needed. Aug. 25—Chairman, Anthony Scaturo; Secretary, John Klinke. Motion made to request Union to check the manning scale. Suggestions made re­ garding manning scale among engine department crewmembers. Beef with steward department regarding un­ sanitary drinking fountains and pas­ sageways. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Sept. 30 —Chairman, W. Tatum, Jr.; Secre­ tary, C. Turner. Ship's delegate re­ ported on the progress he had made on regaining the ship's fund that had been taken from the ship. Said he would know more after the ship arrived In port. All repairs and beefs squared away. Motion that ship's delegate take up the matter of delayed saUing in Trinidad at pay­ off. Vote of thanks to the official who gave Brother Tatum the two libraries for the ship. Vote of thanks to the steward department. OVERSEAS REBECCA (Maritime Overseai), Oct. 6—Chairman, Paul J. Franco; Secretary, John H. McElroy. too hot in tropics and too cold in cold weather. Vote of thanks to steward department for the good food cooked and served on board. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Oct. 7—Chairman, W. A. Schlecht; Secre­ tary, M. S. Sosplna. $10.46 in ship's fund. $280 safety kward money in captain's safe. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. New washing machine to be ordered. Suggestion made to have telephone connected from the bridge to recrea­ tion room instead of having bell. Discussion on work by tiie cook and baker. Suggestion made that anyone getting off ship should strip bunks and clean up for the next crew. TRANSEASTERN (Transeastern), Oct. 25—Chairman, F. E. Otto; Secre­ tary, C. R. Dammeyer. Ship's dele­ gate reported that transportation due crewmembers will be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Two day's lodg­ ing disputed. One man massed ship in Baltimore. Motion made to have headquarters negotiate for a raise in wages. All in favor. The matter of rooms not being sougeed in about ten months will be taken up with patrolman. Crewmember advised that it is the policy of the steward de­ partment to leave the galley open at night. However, If the men who use it do not keep it clean, this policy shall be discontinued. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), Oct. 20—Chairman, Hugh D. Curran; Sacretary, Stan Sllverstein. Ves.sel had 24-hour delay upon arrival due to Immigration. Brother Red Shaw was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $20 left in ship's treasury. Pressure tanks to be cleaned to try to eliminate cloudy water problem. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion to request negoti­ ating committee to work out an in­ crease in retirement fund and raise pensions from $150 to $200. Sugges­ tion that safety meetings be held since a number of improvements are needed. Members cautioned about drinking. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Oct. 7 —Chairman, Joseph Coude; Secretary, Fred Shala. Sinks in the bosun's and daymen's room need to be re­ paired. One ffreman still has lodging money coming from last trip to the Orient. This will be squared away at the payoff. $28 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Motion made that if the payoff is going to be on a Sat­ urday or Sunday, the men should collect four hours OT as call-back time. Motion made to allow class B and class C men to collect vac.ition pay' after 60 days. Suggestion to change retirement plan. Fred Shaia was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Steward asked crew to be a little more careful with ship's linen. The entire crew voted to donate $4 per man towards television for the messroom. A A J FAITH (Pacific Seafarers), Sept. 11—Chairman, M. S. Trahman; Secretary, John Klinko. $30 in ship's fund. Beef regarding wiper taking a deck department job. Deck depart­ ment is putting in OT. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Mo­ tion that college students should sail coastwise If they can't make long trips. Beef on sanitary because of shortage of wipers. The engine de­ partment requests the delegate to check why the new washing machine has not been installed. Keef with steward for buying foreign lunch meats. JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Oct. 23—Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secre­ tary, Edward Tresnlck. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Life­ boat on starboard side to be repaired. Discussion on retirement. The ship goes on record to obtain retirement for those with 20 years in the' SIU and 12 years seatime regardless of age Vote of thanks to the steward department. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 3— Chairman, J. Maytum; Secretary, D. Messimer. Motion made that the Union negotiate for wage increase across the board, and that this be voted on in all ports. All port vote asked on plan for construction of upgrading school in Port of New •York, which will only help members in that area. Discussion held regard­ ing transfer of ship's radio to new vessel in case of lay-up. A A J FAITH (Pacific Seafarers), June I—Chairman, Mike Reges; Sec­ retary, James Keenan. Ship's delegate advised crewmembers who are get­ ting off the ship on the Lakes to give captain 24 hours notice. The chief cook was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ship has MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Oct. i—Chairman, L. Hopkins; Secretary, W. E. Morse. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything is running okay. $9.80 in ship's fund. Steve Bergeria was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. L. Hopkins, former ship's delegate, commended for a job well done. �SEAFARERS Fonrteea LOG I^OTember 29, LOO-A-RHYTHMi My Island Of Reverie By Harry N. Schorr I am a meandering sailor. On my island I sail so serene; Through winter storms and summer warmth Depending on Providence to oversee. With the distant stars to guide me. There are no problems to beguile me. And life's tribulations cause no concern For they don't affect me. f,. When restless feelings cause discontent, - . '•vvm New people and places I crave to see. From East to West, from the least to the best. Few places or people are strangers to me. New people or places have meaning, new people have feeling. They soon mean something to me; •ii r Then life's tribulations cause some concern. For they do affect me. Aboard the Alcoa Polaris in the Caribbean, Seafarer Clifford Donalson, 45, is committed to the deep in final rites conducted by ship's master, Capt. J. Bulla. In foreground, Sea> farer L. Ruii, OS; A. Deglons, mate; Seafarer J. Moyhim, ship's delegate; Capt. Bulla; Sea< farers A. Anevitarte, AB, and A. Molina, MM, assist in the sea burial. Seafarer's Last Wish Fulfilled In mid-afternoon of a sun-sprinkled day, .28 miles southeast of Great Inagua Island in the Caribbean, Seafarer Clifford Donalson's ashes were scattered to the winds and the sea —^just as he had wanted. who called thee, receive thee; Lord. Because with the Lord Although Donalson died on there and may the Angels lead thee is mercy; and with Him the beach in New York City, plenteous redemption. And into the bosom of Abraham. Eternal rest grant unto him, he had loved the sea so much He shall redeem Israel from ' '.'4c- that he asked to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered in the open sea. A native of Honoluiu, Hawaii, Donaison was 45 years old when he died last month. The cremation was by the Green­ wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, after which an SIU patrolman made the sea burial arrangements. Capt. J. Bulla, master of the Alcoa Polaris, agreed to comply with Donalson's last request on the next voyage of the Alcoa freighter. Then, on November 16, attend­ ance by the ship's crew and passen­ gers, at position 20-36N. and 7250W., the skipper conducted the ceremony. Bulla told the crew that although they could not bury Donalson near his birthplace in the Hawaiian Islands, he would be buried in the waters of the Spanish Main, where Columbus discovered this part of the hemisphere. In the tradition of the sea passed down through generations from the days of the sailing ships to the present, Capt. Bulla read the fol­ lowing prayer: "Out of the depth have I cried unto Thee, O Lord: Lord hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities. Lord who shall stand it? For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness; and by reason of Thy law, have I waited for Thee. O Lord. My soul hath hoped in the Lord. From the morning watch even " until night; let Israel hope in the all his iniquities. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Come to his assistance, ye Saints of God. Meet him, ye Angels of the Lord. Re­ ceive his soul, and present it to the Most High. May Christ O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. After the prayer was completed, a last lonely salute from the ship's whistle pierced the air, a flagdraped board was tilted, and the last remains of Clifford Donalson were committed to the deep. ANTON BRUUN (Alpine Ceophyilcal), Sept. 7--Chairman, Terrlll Lee Raseley; Secretary, Robert T. Axtman. No definite word received from headquarters pertaining to issuance of membership books and repatria­ tion of crew. Albert Prejean re­ signed as ship's delegate and Brother Henry Pierangelino was elected to serve In hls_ place. Motion made to have master supply each crewmember with written form of actual earn­ ings and deductions at each threemonth payoff. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Oct. 13— Chairman, James Pulliam; Secretary, Johnny P. Ballday. One man missed ship in San Francisco and another in Pusan. Korea, but the possibUity exists that this was not Intentional since no sailing time was posted when men went ashore. $8.65 in ship's fund. The matter of class B man making three trips in succession was brought up and discussed. Ship's delegate will confirm the statement that there were no takers when the Job was caUed. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for a job weU done. ACHILLES (Newport Tankers), Oct. 16—Chairman, Jack Trosclair; Secre­ tary, Roy Roberts. Three hours dis­ puted OT in deck department. Mo­ tion was made to have committee look into possibility of a new pension plan such as other unions have in effect to cover a certain amount of seatime at any age. Vote of thanks to steward department for work well done. TRANSYORK (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 6—Chairman, Chuelt Hoststter; Secretary, Louis E. Meyers. No beefs reported by department delegates. Louis E. Meyers was elected to serve as ship's delegate. All men requested to stand their gangway watches in alert condition. Complaint made that potatoes are greasy and soggy. SANTORB (Marven), Aug. 4—Chair­ man,, James Aherni Secretary, Sam K. Eddy. Henry A. Abel was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Several resolutions offered for action by membership at meetings ashore on Union elections, appointive jobs and qualifications for same. Deck main­ tenance was taken off ship to be hospitalized in Aden. No beefs re­ ported. Everything running smoothly. ATLAS (Tankers A Tramps), Oct. • — Chairman, Maxwell; Secretary, Mills. $27.37 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Short one deck maintenance. Chief cook hospitalized, so messman was promoted. Headquarters to be noti­ fied of needed crew. Crew requested to turn off washing machine after use. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Sept. 28—Chairman, Harry K. Kaufman; Secreetary, R. Morgan. Everything running smoothly. $4.41 in ship's fund. Quesliuii raised on disappear­ ing speakers from messhall. Messhall to be sougeed. Discussion on mem­ bers paying off and leaving a lot of personal debts. Then the scream through the night Of the ship's steam whistle. Reminds me there are other places to see. So I'm going back on my island Where I sail so serene. Away from doubt and uncertainty. Soon the port and its people Mean nothing to me. And life's tribulations cause no concern. For they don't affect me. Around, around and around 1 go. For there are other places to see. Oh, how nice if I could be, someplace with someone Who would mean something to me. Where life's tribulations begin to perturb. And they do disturb me. A letter from home is brought to my island. And I am in my reverie. The joy and sorrow so vividly relayed Makes me aware— That someone meatus something to me, So I torite a long letter That has so little to tell. Then it's back to my island for me. And life's tribulations do not perturb. For they don't disturb me. IN6ER (Reynolds), Oct. 13—Chelrman, J. R. Prestwood; Secretary, W. E. Coutant. $32 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made tliat this ship carry a third cook and pantryman because of too many extra hours for the present personnel. ACHILLES (A. L. Burbank), Aug. 19—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, R. J. Burnt. Captain reque.sted to have money on hand for draws. Beef about forward portholes being closed at sea while butterworthing. Ship's delegate Jones resigned and Brother J. Parker was elected to serve in his place. No beefs reported. Motion that negotiating committee be in­ formed of the injustice of Article lU, Section 21. regarding tank clean­ ing, and that In the next negotiations of the contract, steps be taken to equalize the OT provision for Satur­ day, Sunday and holiday work. Bnsun requests crew to use slop chute for rubbish. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. PILOT ROCK (Columbia), Oct. 27— Chairman, B. J. Clamant; Secretary, Frank Kustura. Ship's delegate re­ ported that captain is wcil satisfied with crew. No beefs aboard. All hands asked to cooperate in keeping pantry and messroom clean. Captain to give a blanket draw In Aden and draw at port of entry in US. Vole of thanks to steward department for fine food and service. Vote of thanks to Capt. Morris for his dealings with the crew regarding draws, siopchest and other items. TADDIB VILLAGE (Consolidated Mariners), Sept. 28—Chairman, I. Mil­ ler; Secretary, William Swartout. Union to be contacted about man missing ship In New York, One sick WAT vyoUTHIbiKOFYBAHiYcvkB A PBLLCM/CXBVMEM9BR. Rie/Iri HOLD ITWMO WONYD AEAJD ME How fi&DUT ) HOLD IT, FIVE? HE'S A RATFA/VKI -t.-- ' T V 1'. f ..... crewmember taken off ship in Canal Zone. Gear of man who missed ship was left In Fernandina. Florida. Mo­ tion made to check medical supplies on ship before leaving States. Broth­ er I. Miller was elected to serve as ship's safety director. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), ne dale — Chairman, Sokol; - Secretary, SInlard. $21.60 In ship's fund. AU delegates reported that everything was running smoothly. Motion sub­ mitted that only English be spoken in messroom. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. Crew asked to turn in all linen and not use excess for shine rags. Crew requested to bring In all cots from deck when ship is in port. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Oct. 21— Chairman, Lawrence P. Contlcelloi Secretary, Jose Cubano. Ship's dele­ gate reported that the captain has not put out a draw as he was sup­ posed to. Deck department rooms need to be sougeed. Chuck Demers was eiected to serve as new ship's delegate. NIAGARA (Sea Transport), Oct. 12 —Chairman, Richard B. Jones; Sec­ retary, Lawrence B. Kelly. Ship's delegate reported 4 men hospitalized and 1 man missed ship in Calcutta. Patrolman to be notified about draws in regard to OT and to check on stoppage of allotments. Request for Food Plan representative to be on board for next sign-on. Crew asked to keep messhall tables clean. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Oct. 13—Chairman, Paul McNabb; Secretary, Juan Cruze. $2.28 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Letter sent by the crew of the Azalea City con­ cerning pension plan was posted for action at the next meeting. �Novembw X9, 196S SEAFARERS Pagt Flfteea LOG Schedule Of SlU 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: Detroit December 6 New York .. December 2 Houston December S December 9 Philadelphia New Orleans December 10 December 4 Baltimore .. December 11 Mobile .... West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through January, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings In Wilmington are on Monday. San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows; WIImlngloB San Francisco Seattle December 16 December 18 December 20 January 20 January 22 January 24 Move Over, Columbus— Lief WAS Here First WASHINGTON—To a growing number of scientists, there IS no longer any question as to who was here first. They've decided that Lief Ericson and a band of Viking explorers did beat Columbus to the New^ The walls of the buildings, of World—by almost 500 years. course, were no longer standing, A husband and wife team of but indentations in the ground explorers, Drs. Helga and Anne Ingstad, had traced the voyage of Lief Ericson as it has come down in saga and song from Greenland. Figuring they had hit about where Lief had landed, the team started digging. It is near the northern tip of Newfoundland outside of the town of L'Anse aux Meadows. They had no sooner started dig­ ging when they came upon a ruined settlement which bore the external clues of a typical Norse community of that era: Nine houses and a smithy with a great hall in thg center. A stone hearth in the middle of the hall rounded out the romantic picture of Norse life. SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Skiepard LIndscy Williams AI Tanner Robert Mattbews SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Hooney Ered Stewart BAL.1TMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Asent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St John PWy, Asent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10229 W. Jefferson Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .. 673 4th Ava., Bklyn HYacinth 0-6600 HOUSTON 9804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAInut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Uorria. Agent El.gin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St Ben Onnzales, Agent . FRanklin 7-.3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Louia Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Buck Stephens. Agent . Tel 529-7540 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 119 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 RAN FRANCISCO ... 490 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE. PR 1313 fernander Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, H<i. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SEA TTLB ^ ... ^9' lat Ave Ted BahkowskL Agent ^Aln 3-4334 TAMP!A ; ^ ... . 312 Harrison St Jeh diUetU^ .; Agent > 329-8788 WILMjlNiiiON 'Callt 909 N Murine Aye GehrM McCartney. Agent -TErminal 4-2928 gave them their theory. And radio­ carbon tests on the charcoal in the stone hearth ember pit and the smithy set the date of life in the village about 1000 AD. Experts from the Smithsonian Institution and the American Mu­ seum of Natural History studied the site and supported the Ingstad theories without question. "Until now, no one uncovered incontrovertible proof — ruins or burials — of Viking visitors to North America before Columbus' voyage in 1492," the National Geo­ graphic Society said. But, now even that august group is going along with the Ingstads. Ingstad said that certain details of the structure? and the presence of iron in the smithy which had been extracted from bog deposits cinched the proof. Apparently neither Indians nor Eskimos — both prehistoric and modern—had knowledge of the system of extracting the metal from the bog, a common practice of the Norse. Later Europeans, he added, never bothered using the technique. But, just like Columbus, Dr." Ing­ stad is also not the first. 'Way back in 1914, a Newfoundland scholar, W. A. Munn, said the Vi­ kings had probably come ashore at —.yep, you guessed it—^L'Anse aux Meadows. Glyn H. Stephens You are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Gerald Stephens, of Watertown, Minn. 4- 4- 3« John Kennedy Contact Mae Chasin as soon as possible at 1140 NE 200th Terrace, North Miami Beach, Fla. 4- FIHANCIAL REPORTS. The CMatltution Of tbo SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and In­ land Watara Diatrict nakaa apaclfic provlaion for aafeguar^ng tha •eaberahip'a Boney and Union financea. The conatitution requirea a detailed CPA audit every three nontha by a rank and file auditing coBnittee elected by the Benberahip. All Union recorda are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any BSaber, for any reason, be refused hia constitutional right to in­ spect these recorda, notify SIU Prsaident Paul Hall by certified Bail, return receipt requested. TRUST niNDS. All tmat funds of tha SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters Diatrict are adainiatered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreeBenta. All these egreeaenta specify that the -trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and BsnageMnt repreaantativea and their alternates. All expenditures and diaburasBenta of trust funds are Bade only upon approval by a Bajority of the trustees.. All trust fund financial recorda are available at the heedquartera of the various trust funds. If, at any tine, you ars deniad infonetion about any SIU trust fund,' notify SIU President Pnul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. RHTPPTwn RKaiS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively hy the contracts between the Union and the ahipownera. Get to know your shipping rights.. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Uhlan halla. 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 nail, return receipt requested. The proper addjieaa for this ia: Max Harrison, Chalraan, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, Haw York U, NY Also notify SIU Preaident Paul Hall at Utioa headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either hy writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halla. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your, contract rights, as well aa your obligations-, such as filing for or on the-proper ahieeta and in the proper Banner. If, at any tlae, any SIU patrolBan or other Union official. In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Pnul Hall by certified Ball, return receipt requested. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFAREKS LOG. The IXX3 has traditionally refrained fron publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or ocinber. It has also refrained from publishing articles deeBed harmful to the Union or Its collective Bembershlp. This established policy has been reafflimed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy la 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. f iliP PAYMEMT 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 saBe. Under no clrcurastanco 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 la given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. COKSTITUTimiAL RIGRTS AND OBLIOATHWS. The SIU publishes every six months In the SEAFARERS LCXi a verbatlB copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available In all Union halla. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to fsBlllarlza tbsBselves with its contents. Any time you feel any meBber or officer ia atteaptlng to deprive you of any constitutional right.or obligation by any methods such aa dealing with charges, trials, etc., aa well as all other datalla, than the mamber so affected should immediately notify SIU Preaident Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diaabillty-penaion bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union, activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meatlnga. And lika all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including aarvlca on rank-and-fils commltteaa. Bacauae these oldtlmara cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has raaffixmed the long-standing Uhion policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution 'and in the contracts which the Uhlon 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 SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters "by certified meiil, Ireturn receipt requested. l" James Martin Ex-Young America Write to Dick Green at the Seattle SIU hall. Urgent. SIU hall. He has lost your home S, Houston, Texas. It contains 4i> 4'' 4> address and has no way to keep photographs and othcf personal Mason R. Scott belongings. If possible, the finder in touch. Contact your brother, Elmer C. is asked to call Mrs. Pierce at WA 4. 4> 4> 1-1030 in Houston. Scott, at his home, 3115 Houston Ex-SS Almena Avenue, Houstoh. Texas. Crewniembers of the above 4i> 4^ $• Paul B. Morgan vessel are asked to forward a small Milton G. J. BrbussaI'd The above-named or anyone brown bag left aboard the ship Get in touch with Ken KiTkin at by Walter J. Pierce and to send knowing bis whereabouts is asked his home or via the Philadelphia it COD to his wife at 6705 Avenue to contact his daughter, Mrs. Eve­ lyn M. Davis, 912 Simonton St., Key West, Fla., as soon as pos­ sible. 4i' 4> 4^ Earl J. Fuller, Jr. Your mother asks you to write and let her know what you did with the car you used to leave Florida. She sayis it's Urgent for you to write and let hler 'know.- �Agrainst the backeronnd of the great strides made by the Soviet Union in maritime strength, there does not seem to be any logic which would justify the apparent lack of concern by the US Government to­ ward the steadily-diminishing sta­ ture and capabilities of the Ameri­ can-flag merchant fleet. This is one of the major conclusions drawn in a "Staff Study" released In Wash­ ington on November 7 by the Inter­ nal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Currently, the study declares, Russia is engaged in a merchant ship construction program designed to double the size of its 1960 fleet by 1965, triple it by 1970 and achieve a five to six-times increase by 1980. It adds that through the end of 1962, the Russian fleet posted a gain of nearly one million tons, while the United States lost over a half-million tons of shipping. Excerpts from the Senate study fol­ low: LTHOUGH we now view soviet ac­ complishments more soberly than in the past, it is all too evident that the executive and legislative branches of our great country have not yet turned sufficient attention to several important Russian developments. "SOVIET OIL OFFENSIVE — One such development ... is the growing impact of Russian oil on the economies of the free world nations ... It was pointed out that while US oil production of 7.5 million barrels per day last year was nearly double the USSR's output of 4 million barrels per day, this US out­ put was considered to be at its peak, while Russian production was growing at an incredible rate. Expert authority revealed that Soviet oil production was expected to reach 7.8 million barrels daily by 1970 and increase to 13.8 million barrels per day by 1980. "More importantly, it was shown that, although Russia exported only 222 mil­ lion barrels of oil to the free world in 1961, the Soviet Union achieved con­ siderable economic and political advan­ tages in return. Because Red oil exports were pegged at prices 10 to 20 percent below those of free world suppliers, it dislodged Western suppliers from longestablished markets, gained important political inroads in the so-called noncommitted and newly emerging nations, and obtained from industrialized free world cmmtries strategic industrial and technological equipment . . . ". . . It was noted that the expansion of the Russian tanker fleet and pipeline network was proceeding at an accele­ rated pace. This, of course, is a neces­ sary prerequisite if our adversary is to be able to carry out his ambitious oil export plans in future years. "While Russia's expanding tanker building program is significant in itself, it is but part of a major maritime ex­ pansion program of incredible size which in but a very few years will make her one of the foremost seapowers in the world. "RUSSIA'S SEAPOWER BUILDUP— The Soviet Union already possesses a strong navy and is recognized as being second only to the United States in naval strength. It currently is engaged in an enormous merchant ship construc­ tion program which is programmed to double the size of its 1960 fleet by 1965, triple it by 1970, and achieve a five to six-times increase by 1980. In addition, it possesses one of the world's largest and most modern fishing fleets, and is Vol. XXV No. 84 SEAFARERS-^LOG [I^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATUNTIC, CULf. lAKEt ANO INLAND WATEBS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO unsurpassed in the important field of • oceanographic research. It is all too evi­ dent, then, that the Soviet Union recog­ nizes the importance of the sea and seapower in all its many facets figures prominently in its plans to dominate the world. . . The Russian merchant fleet has been undergoing sustained growth since 1950, while the US merchant fleet has contracted steadily since 1946. As to the future, the USSR shows evidence of assigning high priority to its ambitious fleet expansion program, in contrast to relative neglect of the merchant fleet in this country. "STATISTICAL ANALYSIS—In 1939, Russia's 1.5 million tons of merchant shipping not only was insignificant in world standing, but also consisted pre­ dominantly of ships of ancient vintage. In contrast, the United States with 11.6 the years 1963, 1964, and 1965 . . . Rus­ sia currently has over 3 million dead­ weight, tons building or on order—all of which seems certain to be delivered prior to the end of 1965. Therefore, it seems quite probable that the goal will be met. ". . . Russia has 236 ships building— or five times as many as the 47 which were being constructed in US shipyards. In terms of tonnage, Russia's tonnage was over four times greater than that of the United States. ". . . Russia wants to increase its mari­ time stature as quickly as possible. Its own yards, which are believed to be heavily engaged in naVal • construction, could not produce the large amount of tonnage needed in the required timespan. Therefore, Russia is relying heavily, not only on the yards of its satellites, but also has contracted for A 'HOT WAR AT SEA... million tons of merchant shipping ranked second only to Great Britain. "Because of the prolific output of the US shipyards during World War II, the US fleet by 1946 had grown to a phe­ nomenal size—4,861 ships aggregating over 50 million deadweight tons. The great bulk of this tonnage was either laid up or sold abroad to nations which were in dire need of tonnage to cover their wartime losses. By the end of 1948, the United States had a fleet of 16.6 million tons in active peacetime service. "However, this fleet size underwent steady reduction in subsequent years, except for a brief respite in 1955 when a slight temporary increase was achieved. It then resumed a downward slide which is expected to continue un­ checked unless strong remedial steps are taken by the Government to pro­ vide the financial assistance needed by American-flag competitors. At present, only 15 American steamship lines re­ ceive operating differential subsidies which permit them to compete on an equal footing with their foreign com­ petitors. "In the period 1954 through 1960, the buildup of the Russian fleet got un­ derway, with a net annual increase of 442,500 deadweight tons during this 6year period. In sharp contrast to this expansion experienced by the Russian fleet is the decrease in the size of the American merchant fleet, which suf­ fered a rate of contraction averaging 310,000 deadweight tons per year over the same period. ". . . In the period December 31,. 1960, through December 31, 1962, the Rus­ sian fleet posted a gain of nearly one million tons while the United States lost over a half-million tons of shipping. "The average rate of increase of the Russian fleet during this recent period was* 64.5 ships and 491,500 deadweight tons per year. The annual decline in the US fleet averaged 55 ships and 267,500 tons per year. ' "For the year 1961, Russia's actual net gain was 22 ships of 355,000 tons. However, during the year 1962, her ac­ tual net gain was 107 ships of 628,000 tons. "By 1970 the Russian fleet is to be three times the size of the 1960 fleet. The 1980 goal is to have a fleet five to six times larger than the 1960 fleet. "To fulfill the requirements of the current 7-year plan, the Russian fleet will have to grow to an average annual rate of 1.3 million deadweight tons for large amounts of tonnage from free world yards. In one single contract recently placed with Japan, it ordered $100 million of ships. "US ATTITUDES—In view of the ac­ celerated pace of growth of the mer­ chant fleet of the USSR it is important to examine the apparent iack of con­ cern of the US public and the US Gov­ ernment toward the diminishing stature and capabilities of the US merchant fleet. This is particularly important since it is certain that a strong, modern American merchant marine is essential to provide logistic support to our Armed Forces in time of national emergency and to insure that the United States has access to world markets and vital raw materials in time of peace. "From a military standpoint, the les­ sons learned from two world wars and more recently from the Korean conflict show that this country must rely on its own shipping in times of national emer­ gency. "Yet, public and governmental indif­ ference to important wartime and peace­ time roles of the US merchant fleet has permitted its steady contraction over the past 16 years. More alarming, being predominantly a World War Il-built fleet, it is approaching the end of its economic life virtually en masse. "The contraction of the US merchant fleet has had adverse effect on another vital segment of the nation's seapower resources — the US shipyard industry. Shipyards are the taproot of a nation's seapower. Over 20 American yards have gone out of business during the past 15 years because of insufficient work vol­ ume. "SIZE AND QUALITY OF US FLEET —^The deterioration of the US merchant fleet has not yet been sufficiently rec­ ognized by the Government, let alone dealt with. To date, only US Navy of­ ficials and a few Congressional sup­ porters have shown appropriate alarm over the shrinking American fleet and the rapid buildup of the Russian fleet. "The Honorable Kenneth E. BeLieu, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, last year stated: " 'The Communist expansionists have come to a turning point. There is no easy way to expand their Influence much further without use of the seas ... At last our opponent must come out of his landmass and face us in our own ele­ ment. The struggle will take place at sea. . "'The peaceful looking Soviet-bloc merchant ship as an instrument of de­ cisive military, political, or economie Importance now looms large and lethal. Our merchant marine is not prepared to meet the challenge, and worse, it gives little sign of improving.' "Vice Adm. John Sylvester, US Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), only months ago made a de­ tailed appraisal of the US merchant fleet. (SEAFARERS LOG, May 31. 1963 —Ed.). This study, 'Ocean Shipping To Support the Defense of the United States,' was made to determine whether this country's sea transportation require­ ments. could be filled in the event of war. Here are some of the conclusions and recommendations contained In his report: "'Previous evaluations of shipping re­ quirements and availabilities have shown that the United States does not have sufficient active merchant shipping to meet national security needs for gen­ eral war, even when we combine the total of US-flag and US-controlled for­ eign-flag shipping. "'The vast proportion of our US-flag merchant tonnage was constructed un­ der the World War II building programs. Approximately 94 percent of our dry cargo and 57 percent of our tanker ton­ nage is in the 15-year and older age bracket . . . They have long been out­ moded from the standpoint of modern design, are nearly to the end of their useful life, and are long overdue for replacement.' "As to the possibility of this nation relying on the shipping of our allies in time of national emergency. Admiral Sylvester states: "'It is probable that the total com­ bined shipping requirements of the NATO nations will exceed total shipping capabilities available. "'Of utmost significance is the fact that the interests of the United States are global, and emergencies may well ari.se wherein our interests would not be identical with those of our European allies. " 'The present rate of new shipbuild­ ing will not offset the rapidly approach­ ing block obsolescence of the vast pro­ portion of US-controlled merchant-type tonnage — both active and reserve. There is an urgent need for increased emphasis on orderly ship construction.' "CONCLUSIONS — The outcome of the Soviet Union's rapid maritime ex­ pansion program cannot but have seri­ ous repercussions on the free world. Shipyards of our allies actively solicit Soviet shipbuilding orders despite the future ramifications of the important military, political, and economic advan­ tages the Soviet Union gains from each ship delivered. "It seems all too apparent that pro­ prietary motivations are stronger than those which deal with national security. These same commercial attitudes are permitting Russia to obtain from the free world the other needed equipment such as pipelines, chemical plants, and other facilities which measurably in­ crease its industrial and military capabil­ ities. "Against the background of Russia's ;reat strides in maritime strength there oes not seem, as has been said before, to be any logic which would justify the apparent lack of concern of our Gov­ ernment toward the steadily diminishing stature and capabilities of the US mer­ chant fleet. Not only is the national se­ curity of the United States of America at stake, but so too is the collective security of the entire free world." � 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 November 29, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CO’S PLANNING 4 BULK CARRIERS – SEEK US ASSIST SIU CREW SAFE AFTER BLAST, FIRE AFL-CIO MOURNS KENNEDY, BACKS PRES. JOHNSON AFL-CIO CONVENTION VOTES PROGRAM OF LABOR ACTION LABOR BOARD UPHOLDS SIU MANNING RIGHTS PACIFIC SIU SET TO OPEN FIRST WEST COAST CLINIC DELTA LINE MAPS LATIN TRADE RUN 1963 MTD CONVENTION SHIP NURSES GET A TOPSIDE RATING DETROIT LABOR AID SPURS WARD CLERKS’ STRIKE WIN DELTA SKIPPER PLUGS VITAL US SHIP ROLE 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 11/29/1963 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. 24 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9f0666e6215a5f76d54e97eed33a4fb2.PDF 5efb43da5ac22129559cac61b3a2c8b3 PDF Text Text 7he Seafarers^ Log  Seafarers'  International Union of  North  America  Official Organ of the Atlantic^ Gulf and Great Lakes Seamen  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y.,  FRIDAY,  NOV.  3,  1939  VOL.  I  >446  •  "iiii  NO. 21  DIES  COMMITTEE  QUIZZES  Voting On Officials  COMMIES  PUN TO  TAKE  CURRAN  ON  NMU  COMMIES  Gets Under Way  OVER  ALL  SlU  SHIPS  Denies  Party  Membership, and  Disclaims  Knowledge  oL Control  PHILLIPS  AND  MeCUISTION  ALSO  GIVE  TESTIMONY  Space Provided  For  Write­ins on  Ballot  TWO MONTH'S  VOTE  New  Yoi k,  Nov. 1—Balloting  on  the election  of  officers  for  the com­ ing  year  was  started  today,  and  considerable  interest  is  being  shown  by  the  men  on  the  beach.  In  line  with  tiiis,  we  ,feel  that"  a  word  or  two  to  the  membership  will  help  out.  It  will  be  noted  that  for  each  position  on  the  ballot  there  is  a  blank  space.  The  rjason  for  its  presenee  l.s  for  the  purpose  of  writing  in  the  name  of  some  per­ son  whose  name  does  not  appear  on  the  haliot,  and  foi'  whom  you  wish  to  vote.  You  can  write  in  any  name  you  wish, and  when  the  balloting  is  finished  on  December  31,  and  all  the  votes  have  been  counted,  any  man  whose  name  has  been  written  in,  and  who  has  polled  a  majority  of  the  votes,  will  stand  elected.  Provided,  how­ ever,  that  he  can  fill  the  qualifi­ cations  as  set  forth  in  the  Con­ sctitutlon.  Namely:  He  must  have  three  years  service  on  mer­ chant  vessels  in  his  particular  de­ partment,  must  give  proof  of  citi­ zenship,  and  have  been  a  mem­ ber  of  the  Atlantic  District  for  at  least  six  months.  Last,  but  not  least,  he  must  also  be  In  good  standing.  J  • • 4 .  "  I, • '.Jl  Phoney "Reorganization" Scheme  To Entice  Memberi^  From SIU  INSULT  TO  INTELLIGENCE  The  NMU  Coininis.sur.s  are  apparently  de.sperateiy  doing  everythifig  that  they  pos.sibly  can  to  divert,  attention  from  the  inner  .strife  in  their  organization,  and  now  they  have  come  lip  tvith  the  phoniest  plan  of  fill.  The  plan  referred  to  is,  of  course,  the  one  for  the "reor­ ganization" of  SIU ships  into tlie  NMU, as  proposed  by  Com­ missar  "Rasputin" Lawrenson.  This  Avonld­be  saviour  of  the  seamen,  wlio  has  proven  liimself  idiofiey  so  many  tim^s  that  .^they  can't  be  counted,  has devised  i  a  scheme  whereby  he  thinks  SIU  I  members can  be  pereuadedTo line  i  up  with  the  Commy­I­6  NMU.  Joe  Cumin's  bright  remark  to  the  Dies  Committee  tliat  he  wouldn't  knoAV  a  eommuuist  if  he  saw  one,  reminds  us  of  tlfc  backwoods  sluiup­.jniu{>er  who.  upon  first  viewing  a  locomotive,  vocitei*ated,  "1  don't  believe  it!"  VV^hat  witii  commies  all  around  him  in  the  guise  of  "union  leadei's",  fattening  themselves  on  the  pork  chops supplied  them  by  the  poor  deluded  NMU  mmebers,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  Ihat  practically  everyone  else  on  the  waterfront  knows  just  who  are  the  comrades,  the  big  oaf  has  •   ^  the  supreme  gall  to  say  such  a  rine, and  "could  sabotage shipping  thing  to  the  Dies  Committee.  t'p  such  an  e.xtent  that  the  Navy  Phoney  Books  That  certainly  is  a  laugh.  would  be  powerless."  Let's  look  it  oA'er.  The  commis­ Denies  (!linrge,  It  is  our  belief  that  the  state­ sar  plans  to  issue  to SIU  members  tiis  denial  thiit'  he.  himself,  is  ments  of  both  McCuistion  and  —Avho  will  take  them—what  are  Captain Takes  Biast  a  communist,  is  another  laugh,  Phillips  are  undeniably  true,  and  to be  known  as "Preliminary Mem­ because  even  if  he  i.sn't,  he  most  the  pity  of  It  Is  that  there  does  At CIO­NMU Crew  bership  Books,"  at  a  cost  of  one  certainly  does  follow  the  Party  not  seem  to  be  any  documentary  dollar  per  copy,  witli  dues payable  line,  and  takes  his  orders  from  'evidence  to  back  them  up.  That  GLAD TO  BE  BACK  at  tlie  rate  of  twenty­fiA^e  cents  a  the  commissars.  He  did  admit  all  these  things  are  true,  most  of  month.  This  book  will  entitle  the  that  the  Communist  Party  con­ us  know,  but  we  would  like  to  New  York,  Nov.  1—The  SS  St.  bearer  to little or  nothing. It docs,  tributed  food,  money,  and  the  see  them  proven.  Communist  John  returned  to  the  Port  of  New  howeA'er,  grant  him  the  more  or  use  of  cars  during  strikes,  but  control  of  the  NMU  Is  a  well  York  on  October  27th,  manned  by  less  dubious  privilege  of  visiting  says  the  NMU  president;  known  actuality,  and  there  Is  no  a  crew  of finks  shipped  through  ail  NMU  halls,  and  the  right  of  "When  I'm  on  the  picket  line  doubt  of  its  efisteTuce.  ,  the  NMU  hall.  Much  to  the  sur­ consultation  Avith  NMU  officials  and  my  stomach  needs  a  pork  No  C^oniiuiy.s, .I<H??  prise  of  all  concerned,  there  were  regarding  organizational  prob­ chop,  I don't  know  whether  it  wa.s  no  reports  of  insolencte  of  the  lems.  What a  laugh  that is!  What  To  get  back  to  Curran—we'd  paid  for  with  a  green  or  Red  dol­ crew  to  the  passengers,  as  had  sort  of  advice  are  they  qualified  like  to  know  a  lot  about  some  of  lar."  What  we  would  like to  know  been  the  ease  on  the  SS  Acadia  to  give?  Of  course,  they  are  past  is  how  long  Joe  ever  was  on  the  his  actions,  and  we.^wogid  begin  just  a  week  previously.  by  asking  what  he  knows  about  Vote  Carcfull,v  masters  of  the  art' of  boring­froni­ picket'  line.  We  know  that  he  the  alieged  misuse  of  seamen's  Perhaps  the  hush  hush  policy  within,  sabotage,  and  just  plain  Romombei­  that any  names  writ­ doesn't care  who  pays for  his  pork  pasaport.s  for  the  purpose  of  get­ ten  in  must  be  either  in  indelible  of  the  Maritime  Commission  had  chicanery.  But,  with  their  own  chops,  just  as  long  as  lie  gets  ting some  of  the comrades  over  to  pencil  or  ink.  If  they  are  written  more  than  a  little  to  do  with  the  organization  crumbling  about  them—and  believe  us—he  gets  (Contimti'tl  oil  Fai/f  .?)  in  lead  pencil,  your  ballot  will  be  fact  that  there  was  no  loud  their  very  ears,  how  in  Hell  can  'em!  of  no  value.  ALSO  REMEMBER  squawk.  As  in  the  case  of  tlie  they expect  to  do anything for  tlie  Hct'utc.s (hiriaii'.s Testimony  THAT  YOU  CAN  NOT  VOTE  Acadia,  the  St.  Johu  was  also  members  of  a  real  Union?  The  Then  McCuietion,  a  former  FOR  MORE  THAN  ONE  NOMI­ manned  by  plenty  of  men  Avho  phoney  book, also entitles the hold­ party  member,  went  before  the  NEE  ,  FOR  EACH  OFFICE  EX­ had  never  seen  a  ship  befbre, and  er  to attend  NMU  meetings, where  Dies  Commitee,  and  practically  CEPT  AS  OTHERWISE  NOTED.  whose  papers  had  been  issued  to  he  Avill  have  a  voice,  but  NO  called  Curan  a liar.  He  is a  NMU  Do  not  make  any  other  marks  on  them  at  45  Broadway,  when  the  VOTE.  member, and  stated  that  the  NMU  the  ballot,  and  do  not  write  either  NMU  couldn't  persuade  a  suffi­ No Sliipping  PriAllege  is  controlled  by  the  Communists,  your  name  or  book  number  on  it.  cient  number  of  their  own  mem­ Calls for $40 Raise  The  book  does  not  allow  the  and  that  90  percent  of  its  oflicials  bers  to  fink,  and  deliberately  re­ Ballots  marked  in  this  manner  holder  the  privilege—if  jmu  can  Af+er Ocf. 31 s+  are either  Party  members,  or  "fel­ cruited  non­seamen.  will  be  voided.  call  it  such—of  registering on  the  low­travelers." He further declared  Tlic  Skipper  Speaks  crew.s  are  advised  that  NMU  shipping  list!  Their  lists  that  Curran  is  a  Communist,  and,  INSURANCE  CLAUSE  if  Ships'  they  wish  to  vote  they  must  AnyhoAV,  although  there  was  no  are,  of  course,  so  oveicrowded  indirectly,  takes  ^lis  orders  from  visit  the  Union  Halls  to  do,  so.  squawk  from  the  passengers  on  Moscow,  Herewith  is  printed  the  War  THERE  WILL  BE  NO  BALLOT­ the  St.  John,  the  skipper,  Captain  that  they  can't  afford  to  put  any  Bonus  agreement  with  the  Water­ NIG  ABOARD  SHIPS.  As  long  as  Crosby,  reported  that  there  had  more  men  on  them,  as  it  takes on  Fingered  by  Ctirian  man  Steamship  Corporation,  as  there  are  enough  members  on  the  been  plenty  of  beeflug  on  the  an  aA'er^ge  of  four  or five  months  Apparently. •   iV^cCuistion's  evi­ now to  ship out  from  a  NMU  hall.  dence  proved  rather  damaging  to  negotiated  in  Mobile,  and  we  defy  beach,  balloting  committees  will  eastward  passage,  and  that  five  In  LaAvrenson's  report  to  the  tlie  NMU  commissars'to match  it!  Curran  and  the  rest  of  the  NMU  conduct  voting  each  day.  The  members  of  the  crew  had  wound  NMU  meeting  he  submitted  a  list  commissars, as Curran  immediate­ This  is  just  another  example  of  hours  in  New  York  will  be  be­ up  In  chains  in  the  ship's  hoose­ of  companies  controlled  by  the  ly  notified  the  New  Orleans  police  what  can  be  accomplished  in  a  tween  11:00  A.M.  and  1:00  P.M.  gow!  Said  the  skipper:  SIU,  and  stated,  ". . .  here's  the  authorities that McCuistion  was in  real  Union,  and  we  point  to  it  "IF  WHAT  WE­  HAD  WAS  A  number  of  jobs  . . . which  the  Give  Sufficient  Notice  Washington,  It  is  said  that  he  is  with  pride!  SAMPLE  OF  THE  C.I.O.  NMU  hasn't  got  and  we  should  wanted  in  connection  with  the  WHEREAS,  a  condition  of  war  Should  an  entire ship's  crew  de­ UNIONS,  I  AM  GLAD  THAT  have."  Openly  admitting that  it  is  slaying  of  Philip  Carey,  but  prac­ exists on  the continent  of  Europe,  sire  to  vote,  it  is  requested  that  THE  EASTERN  STEAMSHIP  the  jobs  tliey  are  chiefly  interest­ tically  ever  seaman  who  was  in  iu  which  a  number  of  nations  en­ they  give  the  Union  Hall  at  least  COMPANY  RECOGNIZES  THE  in,  and  NOT  the  men!  New  Orleans  at  the  time  of  that  gaged  in  the  shipping  trade  are  two  hour's  notice,  so  that  every­ OTHER  UNION,  WHICH  IS  A  How  Plan  Work.s  killing  was  questioned  by  the  po­ involved,  which  has  greatly  in­ thing  will  be  in  readiness  by  the  BRANCH  OF  THE  A.  F.  OF  L."  Need  we  add  that  we  agree  Now,  the  way  this  plan  of  the  lice.' The .funny  part  of  it  is  that  creased  the dangers  to seamen,  IT  time  they  get  to  the  Hall.  There  Curran  even  had  the  commy  beef­ IS  THEREFORE  HHREBY  STI­ is  no excuse  for  members on  ships  with  liim,  absolutely  and  without  high  commissars  is  scheduled  to  work  out  is  as  follows:  squad  out  after  him one  night last  PULATED  AND  AGREED  by  and  not  to  vote,  and  it'  is  hoped  that  reservation ?  week  up  on  Twepty­Tliird  Street,  between  the  undersigned  Water­ al  liands  will  make  it  their  busi­ After  you  are  issued  one  of  Plioney  Promise  these  "Preliminary"  books,  you  and  he  was  warned  against  i*f«ti­ man  Steamship  Corporation,  as  ness  to  cast  their  ballots.  Just  in  case  any  of  you  may  As  the voting  will  be  carried  on  fying  before  the Committee,  i' ;Xv­ • owner or  operator  of  the  Steam­ have  forgotten,  the  St.  John  i.s  keep  on  holding  the  bag—er,  par­ ever,  nothing  was  done  about  it  ship  "  "  and  through  the  months  of  November  one  of  the  two  ships  ­.vhich  Avere  don—book,  until  the  NMU  is  in  a  until  he  did  go  before  the  Com­ the  entire  personnel  of  her  crew,  and  December,  there  will  he  am­ chartered  from  the  Eastern  position  to  take  over  the  entire  mitee,  an(r''then  Curran  put  the  acting,  by  the  undersigned  Busi­ ple  time  for  practically  every  eamship  Company  by  the  U.S.  fleet  of  the company  in  which  you"  linger  on  him,  in  an  effort,  no  ness  Agent  of  the  Seafarers'  In­ member of  the Union  to vote. Very  ines  for  the  purpose  of  repatri­ are  sailing.  Then,  and  only  then  doubt,  to  discredit  his  damaging  ternational  Union  and  the  under­ few  ships are  gone  from  the  East  Lines  for  the  purpose  of  repatri­ will  you  be  allowed  the  supreme  testimony.  signed  a.s  Chairman  of  the  Sea­ Coast  for longer  than  two  months.  in  Europe  by  the  war.  When  SIU  privilege  of  becoming  a  full­ men's  Committee  of  said  Union's  There  are,  of  course,  some  excep­ members  i­efused  to  sail  these  fledged  member  of  the  NMU.  Now,  Phillips  Testifie.s  tions,  but  they are in  the minority.  ships  on  the  strength  of  a  phoney  ain't  that  somethin'?  You  go  on  On  Thursday,  Frederick  Phil­ Local, that the  sum of  Thirty  Dol­ SO,  COME  ON  FELLOWS,  promise  of  a  retroactive  bonus,  paying  your  two­bits  each  month  lars  (?30.00)  per  month  shall  be  Ups,  a  former  NMU  official  who  added  to  the  wages  of  each  mem­ LET'S  ALL  CAST  OUR  BAL­ the  NMU  commissars  went  to  no  until  the  commissars  take  over  \yas  ousted  because  of  his  ­anti  Communist  views,  testified  before  ber  of  her  crew,  payable  at  the  LOTS,—DON'T  WAIT,—DO  IT  end  of  trouble  to  ship  all  sorts  cimtrol  of  a  certain  company—  the  Committee  that  80  percent  of  same  time  as  the  payment  of  NOW,  AND  HAVE  YOUR  SAY  of finks  to  man  the  ships.  They  wliich  may  take months,  and  even  even  sold  some  of  their  member­ years,  and  then  you  can  get  your  the  NMU  officials  are  Commun­ wages  upon  discharge, to continue  IN  RUNNING  THE  AFFAIRS  OF  ship  on  the  idea  of  finking  by  NMU  book, register  on  their  ship­ ists,  and  stated  that  the  commies  so  long  as  said  war continues.  For  {Vontinued  OH  Page  3)  YOUR  OWN  UNION!  _(Gontinue(l  on  Page  3)  (Conthiued  on  Page  3)  plan  to  control  the  mercbaht  ma­ SlU Agreement Witli  Waterman for Bonus  "1  "J  SS St. John Arrives  With Finks Quiet  t­ I:  �T H K  SEA F A R  E R  S^'  L O G  •  "'''.CV  Publlsh6u 1)y tbe  ^  Seafarers^  International  Union  of  North  America  It  ­ r"  Friday, ISov.  3, 1939  MefSislni)  SOCIAL SECURITY FOR SEAMEN  PfelB idiEMlDUS  • 1  Peace  and Harmony  .9  Ihilt imorc,  Md..  Oct.  27—Of  inlcrc.st  to  the  memhcrship  of  the  HIU  and  all .seamen  in  geiioriil  are  the  recent  ariicnd­ Affiliated  with  the  Ameriom  FedcrrnUtm of  L»hor  ­ ment.s  to  the  Social  Security  Act  Avhieh  proA'ide  for  the  pay­ In Ranks  of  S!U  ment  of  oTd­age  heiefit.s  to  .seamen.  These  amendments  to  — HA«IIY  LUmSEBERG, Acting'  President  110  Market  Street, Room  402, San  Francisco,  Calif.  the  origijtal  aet,  Avhieh  made  no  provision  for'the  scafainhg  COMMIES SELL OUT  man.  Aveik'  obtained  by  repreRentatioiis  by  the  SUP­SIU  and  Atlantic  District  other  honafide  maritime  organizations.  They  Avore  obtained,  New  York—Due  to flie  proposed  ­  H£ADQUAR1­ER8  ingenious  methods  by  whicli  the  of  conrso,  oA'er  the  usual  opposition  put  up  by  the  speeial  New  York  (Phone:  BOwling Green 9­3437)  ......2 Stone Street  Comniunazi  controlled  National  interest  groups,  inclnding  the  .shipoAvners,  Avho  Avantod  to  he  BRANCHES  ^  —  Maritime  Union  plans  to  absorb  spared  the  trouble  of  going  to  the^ ——  Boston  ....330 Atlantic  Avemie  Providence  465  So.  Main  Street  the  rank  and flie  membership  of  necessary  book­keeping,  and  that  he  has  earned  at  leaat  Philadelphia  .6  North  6th  Street  tlie  Seafarers'  International  Un­ other  group  • aho seem  to  consider | j200.(K).  Baltimore  North  Gay  Street  ion,  it  is self­evident  ttiat  some ac­ the seamen  ns something less than  KxaiiipIcM  '  Norfolk  •  60 "Commercial  Place  tioft  shonld  be  taken  to  show  Imnuin  and  therefore  not  entitled  EXAMPLE:  .Suppose  a  man  San  Jua7Puerto Rico  8 Covadonga  Street  these  phonies  that  we  are  not  as  to  tlie  benefits  generally  accorded  ignorant  as  their  idle  chatter  the  shore­worker.  Tlie  following  haa  been  receiving  an  average  •G   ulf  District  monthly  wage  of  $100.00  since  the'  seems  to  Indicate.  The  b^t  Avay  examples  of  tlie  working.of  the  HEADQUARTERS  ebginning  of  1937  and  ehoose,s  to  to  do  this  is  to  handle  any  so­ Act  will  give  the  seaman  an  ld(;a  New  Orleans  309  Chartres  Street  retire  when  lie  reaches  t'lie  age of  of  what  to  expect  from  Social  Se­ called  "good­will  messenger"  as  BTTANCHES  i­afs  of  their  sort  slionld  be  han­ curity  ami  clarifications  can  be  65  at  the  beginning  01  1^40.  He  Savannah  218  Ea.st  Bay  Street  had  from  Agents  or  Patrolmen  would  receive  40  percent  of  $50.00  dled.  'Jacksonville  .186  Bay  Street  who  are  familiarizing  themselves  which  amount.s  to .$20.00  plus  10 '  Miami  .­..809  N.  E.  First  Avenue  When  one organization  attempts  percent  of  the  remaining  $50.00  Tampa  206 Franklin  Street  to  sell  themselves  to  the  nienibers  with  the  new  regulations.  which  Is  $5.00;  plus  S  percent  of  Mobile  i  ;  55 So. Conception  Street  of  another  organization,  they  How  Aet  Works  the  basic  benefit  of  $25.00  which  Houston  1712  •  75th  Street  shonld  have  many  points  and  ar­ Beginning  January  1,  1940,  one  is  0.75,  making  a  total  of  $25.75  guments  in  their  favor  to  show  percent  of  the  wages  earned  will  Great  Lakes  District  per  month  whicli  he  will  receive  HEADQUARTERS  .iusf  why  these  meinher.s  should  be  paid  by  botii  employer  and  em­ for  the  balance  of  his  life.  Detroit  1038  Third  Street  • desert a  set­up  that  has proven  it­ ployee;  therefore,  you  may  expect  self  to  be  a 4>ona  fide  and  indns­ a  deduction  of  1  percent  from  EXAMPLE:  A  inuii  who  has  ADDRESS  ALL CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNING  THIS  trial  organization,  for  one  that  your  monthly  Avage  to  coA'er  the  earned  $150.00  a  month  for five  PUBLICATION  TO:  has  its  very  foundation  eaten  provision  of  the  Act".  Two  percent  years  and  reaches  the  age  of  65  away  because  of  the  n.se  of  propa­ will  be  deducted  in  1943;  2'/  iier­ and  retires^in  1942  will  receive  "THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG"  ganda  issued  by  the  Coinmunazi  ceut  will  be  deducted  in  1946;  3  $31.50  per  month  for  the  rest  of  P. O.  Box  522,  Church  St.  Annex,  New  York,  N.  Y.  heads,  with  it's  atendant  unfavor­ percent  in  1919.  A  minimum  his life.  If  his  wife is  65, she  will  receive a  monthly  benefit  equal  to  able  publicity.  monthly  benefit  of  $10.00  and  a  one­liiilf  of  the  amount  which  the  BlU  Has Peace  arid  llurniony  niaxinnmi  of  $85.00  is  provided  by  husband  receives.  In  this  case  The  rank  and file  members  of  the  act.  Benefit  payments  begin  she  would  receive  $15.75,  making  the  No­More­Union  set­up  are  con  ­ at  the age  of  65  provided  the  bene­ a  total  of  $47.25  per  mouth  for  stantly  bickering  and  arguing  ficiary  retires  at  that'  age.  Gon­ the  couple  for  the  lest  of  their  SEAFARERS'  FIRST  ANNIVERSARY  tinuous  employment  at  any  defin­ This  iiioiitli  marks  llio  first  anniversary  of  the Seafju­ers'  amongst  tbem.selves.  How  in  Hell  ite wage  i.s  not  required  under  the  lives.  do  they  expect  to  sell  tiioniselveH  Tiie  above  examples  cover  men  Internuliuuiil  Fnion  of  Xorlli  America.  In fact,  if  we  rchiem­ to  a  group  of  hien  who  have  had  act.  Your  average  wage  is  deter­ her  riylitly.  oniiie  ni<i:lit  of  November  15,  1939,  here  in  New  peace  and  harmony  between  their  mined  by  computing  the  total  ui)  in  years,  but,  it  can  be  seea  that  younger  men  paying  into  tlie  Y'ork,  we  Avent  on  record  to  accept  the Seafarer.s',  and  to  go  Union  ofllcials  ami  all  members,  amount  earned.  Payments'  are  plan  for  a  longer  period  of  time  based  on  tlie  following  formula:  down  the  Tine  Avith  the  jxtlicy  onllined  by  the  Sailoi's'  Union  since  its  inception?  Being  used  to  competent  olllcials  wlio  have  prov­'The  insured  seaman  will  receive  will  consequently  receive,  greater  benefits.  However,  irrespective  of  of  the  Pacific.  en  themselves capable  of  liandling  as a basic  bene'fit. 40  percent  of  the  Since  1937,  wlien  the  old  International  Seamen's  Union  each  and  every  emergency  which  first  $.50,00  of  his  average  month­ how  little  a  worker  may  earn,  or  folded  np,  the  seamen  wlio  had  remained  loyal  to  the  A.  F.  has  come  up,  and  who  Jiave  pi ov­ ly  earnings  plus 10  percent  of  his  how short  a  time  he  has  paid  into  4,lie  plan,  the  benefit  will  not­be  — of  L.,  were sort.of  left  in  nud­air,  and  were  in  turn  members  en  themselves  to  be  working  for  average  wage  over  $50.00  and  up  less  than  $10.00  per  month,  while  to $250.00  per  month.  He, will  also  of  the ILA, Reorganization  Committee and  the  AFL Seamen's  the  interest  of  the  membership,  receive  an  additional 1 percent  of  oh  the  other  hand  no  matter  how  Union.  Then  alo,n<r  eamo  the  Rll^,  led  by  Harry  Ijiimleberg.  rather  than  for  trying to  establish  his  basic  benefit  each  year  in  much  you  earned  and  how  many  an  agency  for  collecting dues  that  years, yon  paid  into  the  plan,  the  There  was  considerable  anIi­SUP  sentiment  at  fir.st,  but  the  have  to  be  split  too  many  ways,  more  clear  thinking  mend)ers soon  stamped  that  ont,  and  the  they  could  hardly  bo  expected  to  were  given  despite  the  fact  that  benefit  will  not  exceed  $85.00  per  month.  men  who  liad  been  sent  here  from  the We.st  Coast  .soon  dem­ have  any  confidence  in  .so­culled  all  Scandinavian  ships  are,  and  ' Ht)\v  to fiet  Nmnhei'  onstrated  that  there  would  not  be  any  such  thing  as  SUP  appointed  ofijcia'is  who  have  been  liave  been  receiving a  daily  bonus  for  sailing  ships,  to  the  tpne  of  Members  may  obtain  Social  Se­ caught  in  sell­ov ts,  while  the  SIU  .  domination.  They  pitehed  in  and  wont  to  work  and  fonght  laughed  at  them.  150  per  cent  over .their  base  pay.  curity  numbers  by  making  appli­ for  the'improvemont  of  conditions  foi'  seamen.  Speaking  of  sell­outs—^let's  take  'Wlieii  are  these  phonies  going  cation  at  the  nearest  Social Secur­ tlie  tanker  strike. That  was  mere­ to  get  Avise  to  themselves  and  ity ofiice.  Members already  having  CONSIDERABLE  ACCOMPLISHED­ Tn  this first  year  of  onr  existence,  much  has'been  accom­ ly  an  attempt  to  get  at  the strike  wake  up  to  the  fact  that, ­the  men  a  number  retain  the  same  num­ fund  that  had  been  built  np. After  going  to  sea  are  after  a  demo­ ber.  Members  who  have  had  a  plished,  and  we  feel  that  no  small  measure  of  onr  success  the  haze  had  lifted,  the  net  re­ cratic  organization  interested  in  number  and  lost  their cai d  should  must  be  attributed  to  the  efforts"of  those  West  Coast  men  sult's as  presenteH  to  the  member­ their  welfare,  and  not  one  that  is  make  application  for  a  duplicate  Avho  were sent  here to  organize  the SlU.  A  remarkable  spirit  ship  were  these:  going to  dictate orders  on  a "take­ but  not  tor  a  new  number.  The  original  number  issued  an  em­ it'­or  else" basis.  of  militant  solidai­ity  has  been  hnilt  np  within  our  organiza­ What  .Sell­outs  Did  ployee  remains  witli  him  as  long  ,  tion,  and we  have  taken  no  baekAvard  steps.  The  agreements  The  men  had  lost  their  jobs,  af­ Crowning  Insult  as he  lives.  Requests  to  the Secuf.  AA'hich  haA'e  been  signed  have been  improATments  over  the  old  ter  walking  th  e  streets  for  Now  comes  the  crowning  in­ ity  Board  for  application  blanks  ones,  and  conditions  IUIAT  been  established  aboard  ships  months,  and  the  only  retaliation  sult:  After finking  on  the  mem­ are  bejng  made  by  your  officiala  greatly  superior  to  those  previously  existing.  Onr  mcinbcr­ to  take  was  to  boycott  the  Rocke­ bers  of  this  Union  in  the  P  &  0  and  it'  Is  hoped  that  we  will  be  • ship has  groAvn  by leaps  and  hounds,  and  many  militant  men  feller  oil  products — whfcli  must  strike,  they  now  try  to  tell  us  able  to  obtain  a  supply  of  these  have  scared  that^great  coporation  that  we  Avill  be  able  to  have  full  have  deserted  the  N^IU  to  .join  our  ranks.  We  ai'C  free  of  a  great deal.  Next, we  come to  the  books  in  their  now  practically  de­ blanks  for  distribution  among our  political  inti'igne,  and  have  managed  to  keep  clear  of  Com­ Lykes  Brotliers  ships,  where  in­ funct  machine.  You  fellow  mem­ members.  stead  of  trying  to cut  down  on  the  bers  can  see  just  why  it  is  neces­ munist  influence.  We  have  pur  OAVU  'Con.stifntion.  recently  adopted,  and  it  work,  they  cut  down  oh  the  help,  sary  to  handle  the  great  (?)  or­ is  as  democratic  a  document as  it  could  possibly  be.  liaA'ing  by  eliminating  the  watertendere  ganizing  machine  of  Curranski,  on  these  scows.  Their  latest  sell­ Smith,  Myers  and  Lawrenson  been  pattei'ued  on  the  SUP  Constitution.  Right  at  present  out  wa.s  tlie  bonus  proposition  without  kid  gloves  when  they  ap­ All  members  are  cau­ "AA'e  are  voting  for  onr  OAA'U  oflScial.s,  just  as  we  had  been  that  the  NMU  members  had  to  proacli  you  on  the matter  of  "Pre­ tioned  to  get  Social  Secur­ .  promised  Ave  Avonld.  swallow,  or  leave  the  ships,  be­ liminary  Memberaliip  Books,"  If  ity  numbers  before  Janu­ Creat strides  Avere  made  on  the Lakes this year,  and  many  cause  the  llnk­berding  specialists  we  are  to  walk  along  without  be­ had  already  managed  to find  full  ing afraid  to hold  our  heads  up  as  ary 1,  1940.  companies  signed  on  tiic  dotted  line  of  a  contract  Avith  the  crows to  replace tliese  men  if  they  GOOD  UNION  MEN!  Apply  to  your  Iocal;^6­ SHT.  Next  year  there  Avill  ho  more.  didn't  take  orders.  These  d. dors  Don  Ronan,  No.  1374  cial  Security  Board for  ap­ .  CONTINUE  GOOD  WORK  plications  as  soon  as  possi­ All  this  good  Avork  must  he  continued^­ and  Ave  ean  not  they  break  ns.  We, AVIIO  are alrcaily  SIU  meniber.s,  know that  ble,  and  don't  wait  until  afford to  cease  onr effprt.s.  nor take  one hackAvard  step. When  Ave  bavo  an  organization  siiperior  to  the  NMU;  bnt­it  is  np  the last  minute.  our  ncAv  o.^iui.<irs"­are  elected,  let's  give  them  the  same  sup­ to  ns to prove  that  to  the  rank  and filc  of  the  NMU.  Members  in  New  York  Upoi­t  as  we  have  given  onr  officials  for  the  pa.st  year.  Let's  BE  LOYAL  TO  YOUR  UNION,  AlTD  TAKE  PRIDE  IN  can  get  their  applications  ,  not  have  any  internal  dissension,  and  personal  squabbles.  ITS PROGRESS.  YOU HAVE HELPED TO BUILD IT, AND  at  the  office  of  the  Social  Let's remember  that  we  all  have to  stick  together,  and  work  MUST  eONTINUE  TO  HELP.  AN  ORGANIZATION  IS  . together towards one  common end; —  the perpettiation of  the  ONLY  AS  STRONG  AS  ITS  MEMBERSHIP,  AND  THE  Security  Board  at  45  Broadway.  Seafarers'  International  Union!  MEMBERS  ARE  THE  UNION.  WORK  TOGETHER  IN  If  yoji  do  not  have  your  TOUGH  BATTLE  AHEAD  HARMONY,  SUPPORT  YOUR  OFFICIALS,  MAINTAIN  number by January 1, 1940  We  still  haA^e  a  tough  baltle  ahead  of  ns,  Avlion  AVC  Avill  THE  CONDITIONS  YOU  HAVE  GAINED,  AND  NEVER  it  is  very  likely  that  you  ,  perhaps  have  to fight  for  onr­wery  existence.  It  is  no  secret  ABUSE  A  PRIVILEGE.  will be  unable  to  sign  on  a  that  the  NMH  commisrjars  are  out  to  break  us,  and  AVill  re­ LET'S  ALL  GET  TOGETHER,  AND  MARCH  FOE­ vessel.  sort,  to  any  methods  to  accomplish  their  purpose.  We  must  WARD  TO  ONE  BIG  UNION  FOR  ALL  SEAMEN.—THE  Get  your  number  NOW,  hx2  ever  on  the alert,  and  not  relax  our  vJgilaJiee for  a  single  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OP  NORTH  and  avoid  confusion.  jnoroent.  We  miust fight fire  with fire,  and  break  therg  before  AMERICA!  '  EDITORIAL  m  • ir: «  fo«• '•   iitl  NOTICE  i&t­ mz:­. • J •  W $y  .'.• fi  'J­I ' • : .N  U'i; .r­­;;..  r.*  'A:­­• ­v '  • :7­.  7'  ,  .­....,,..="1.,  ­  ­•   v. ',: ­­If'­­.I  —.,4  ­ • I 'im'­Y'iiiiiiiiif• a   hil  ­  ­  • ­*  .  t  �­ ^  Um'fftj.­r­  ­  Friday,  Nov,  3; 1939  '  ­ THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  MOBILE BRANCH REPORTS ON  WATERMAN BONUS PACT  I  Full Support to  Cetitfal Trades Council  Gives  Seafarers  PREDOMINANT  AFL  MILITANCY  SS  ST. JOHN  {Contimicrl  ­from.  Parjc  ])  falsely  promising  them  that  thoy  would  keep  their  Jobs  AVlien  the  ships  were  returned  to  the  East­ ern  Steamship  Company.  Khips  NOAA­  .SIU  Manned  However,  just,  as  a  matter  for  the  records,  both  the  Acadia  and  the  St.  John  are  now  majined  by  loo  percent  SHI  crews,  .nnd  are  back  in  the  service  of  the  East­ em  Steani.slijp  Company.  All  the fliik.s  were  paid  off  both  these  ships  Avhen  the  U.S.  Lines  fin­ ished  Avith  them,  and  you  can  take  our  Avord  for  it  that  they  will  stay  off.  Just for  the soke  of  a  fOAV  meas­ ly  dollars,  these  finks  scabbed  on  their  brother  seamen,  and  we  predict  that  the  day  will  come  when  they  Avill  seriously  regret  ever  having  done  so.  PROBATIONARY  MEMBERS  Tlie  folloAviiig  letter  ha.s  been  sent  to  all  Atlantic  district  agents:  You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  proposed  Con.stitiition  Avliich  AA'as  .snbinitted  to  the  inenibership  for  their acceptance  or  rejection  tiirough  the  jnedium  of  a  referendum  A'ote  is  noAv  in  effect  having  been­ olficially  accepted  by  the  member­ ship  through  a  majority  A'ote  of  acceptance.  Mobile,  Ala.,  Oct.  23—This  area  i.s  getting  back  in  the  gi'oove  iigain,  and  all  is  peace  and  harmony.  Most  of  the  I Avish  to  call  your  attention  to  Ai'tiele  IV  of  this  ncAvly  bbys are  pretty sore  about  the  way  the  NMU  scabbed  on  the  adopted  (Jonstitutiou  Avhich  deals  Avith  Probationaiy  mem­ P &  0 ships, and  are' in favor  of,treating these  birds like  the  bers.  All  those  joining  tlie  Union  from  October  9th,  1939*  rats  they  are.  It's  funny  how  the  commies  will  Avait  until  on  Avill.  be  required  to  serve  a  probationaiy  period  of. six  the  ITnion  .Seamen  have  gained  good  Avorking  and  living  con­ months;  Hucli  prubaiionary  period  to  commence  from  the  diition.s,  and  then  they  jump  in  and  try  to  Avreck  those  con­ ditions.  But  that  is  the  chief  aim  of  the  fkminuinist  Party  date  of  joining.  to  tear  doAvn  the  structure  that  has  been  built  by  militant  All  ncAV  members  Avili  be  issued  the  usual  blue  member­ men,  and  in  its  place  put  a  bunch  of  stooges  AA'IIO  have  no  .sliij)  book  but  they  Avill  bear  the  Avords  "PROBATIONARY  more  voice  in  the  affairs  of  tlie'fr  MKMBKR  UNTIL  (date)"  on  the  inside  of  the  front  coA'er.  organization  than  a  bunch  of  cat­ In  any  event,  the  traveling  pub­ tle.  Excuse me­r­I  really shouldn't  lic  ia  now  assured  that  they  can  Ujxm  tlie  completion  of  their  probationary  period  of  six  compare  the  membership  of  the  sail  on  these  ships  without  fear  moutlis  (this  is  determined  by  the  date  stamped  under  the  {Continued  from  Puij'e  ])  NMU  with  a'herd  of cattle.  The  or  trepidation.  They  are  manned  owner  of  a  herd  will  fatten  his  a  period  less  than  a  montli  such  by  members  of  the  Seafarers', in­ words  "UNTIL"  of  the  jirobationary  stamp  placed  on  the  cattle  before  he  is  ready  for  the  amount  sliall. be  reduced  or  paid  ternational  Union,  whose  reputa­ in.sidc  cover),  and  providing  they  have  taken  the  obligation  ­  slaugliter,  but  the  top  fraction  of  pro  rata.  Should  sucli  Avar  con­ tion  for  efficiency  and  courtesy  to  the  Union  and  have  paid  six  month's  dues,  they  are  then  the  Communist  Party  is  driving  tinue  after  October  31,  1939,  the  has  never  been  challenged.  to  be considered  as fuU  niemberS as  per  the Constitutio.n  Avith  the  common  herd  of  the  seamen  amount' of  such  bonus  shall  be  in­ full  A'oicc  and  vote:  they  Avill  also  then  be  entitled  t,q  nil  to  slaughter  without  any  fatten­ creased  CO  Forty  Dollars  ($40.00)  benefits  as  prescribed  by  the  UCAV  Constitution,  providing  ing. Something  like being  skizzled  per  month. Should  there, however,  become fixed  and  prevailing  they  are  members  in  good  standing.  '  Avitliout  being  kissed!  (Continued  from  Page  J)  among  well  regulated  shipping  As  per  the  Constitution,  Probationary  members  ard^  to  Watei nian  War  Bonus  concerns  a  materially  higher  bo­ ping list,  and  sit  around  on  your  The  big  question  uppermost  in  nus,  then  sucli  higlier  rate  sliali  fanny  for  six  montiis  Avaitiiig  to  have  voice  but  no  vote.  They  are  also  not  entitled  to  any  the  minds  of  the  majority  of  the  accordingly  become  the  amount  ship  out  again.  What  we'd  like  to  benefits  (hospital,  etc.)  until  they  have  passed  the  required  know  is  what  benefits  anyone  iiiembera  around  here  Is  that  of  payable  hereunder.  six  months  probationary  period  and  have  taken  the  obliga­ "War  Bonuses."  We  are  sending  In  consideration  of ­  such  in­ would  get  out  of  the  one  buck  for  along a  copy  of  the  agreement  we  creased  hazards, IT  IS FURTHER  the  bobk,  and  the  twenty five  tion  and  have  paid  six  month's  dues.  have  at  present  with  the  Water­ STIPULATED  AND  AGREED  by  cents  per  month  dues  you  will  Probationary  mcmiicrs  may  take  the  obligation  anytime  man  Company.  We  believe  it  is  and  between  the  parties  hereto,  pay  Into  this  phoney  outfit?  For  during  their  probationary  period;  sueli  obligation  to­  be  the  best  in  the field  today.  There  that  the  company  undersigned  wliat  purpose  is  the  money  to  be  is  a  provision  for  increase  in  the  Avill  obtain  and  keep  in  full  force  used?  To  pay  salaries  for  such  taken  at  a  regular  business  meeting  as  is  HOAV  the  eustom.  event  any  other  company  pays  during  the  continiiation  of  the  as  Lawrenson,  Haniey  and  Meers?  When  any  I^robationary  member  takes  the  obligation,  your  more  than  is  herein  ­contained.  voyage  a  policy  of  life  insurance  We  predict  that  if  these  vultures  regulatio  n  Branch  obligation  stamp is  to  be stamped  directly  (We  like  that!)  There  is  no  for  and  on  behalf  of  each  such  are  going  to  have  to  depend  on  under  the  Probationary  Member, stamp  Aviiicli  ahvays  Avill  chance  of  it being  decreased,  even  member  of  tlie  crew  in  the  sum  the  income  from  this  source  to  be  found  on  tlie  inside  of  the  front  eoA'^er  of  the  membership  if  any  otlier  line  stops  paying  of  $5,000.00  and,  in  \ddition  to  buy  their  pork  chops  for  them,  book.  Sueh  obligation  must  be  recorded  in  the  meeting  bonuses.  (We  like  that  too!)  such  bonus,  should  the  clothing  they  will  sooner  or  later  die  ef  starvation!  >.ninute«.  Instruet  all  probationary  members  to  be  sure  and  and  effects  of  any  member  of  the  Cooi<erativc  Spirit  WliitcAvasliiiig;  Finks  take  their  obligation  before  their  probationary  period  ex­ crew  be  lost  to  him  as a  re.sult' of  Tlie  members  here  believe  in  such  war  hazard,  the  company  Also  included  in  the  statement  pires.  • ,  solidarity,  not  only  in  our  own  Avill  pay  him  tlie sum  of  One  Hiiii­ to  tiie  liolder  of.  flie  book  is  tlie  Probationary  members  who  have  fulfilled  their  proba­ ranks,  but  with  all  of  our  afflli­ died and  Fifty Dollars at  the time  following:  ates.  The  Bi ahcb  is  well  repre­ his  wages  become  payable.  Fur­ "4.  The  National  Maritime  tionary  period  and  have  not  taken  the  obligation  nor  have  sented in  tlie Central Trades Coun­ ther,  should  any  member  of  tlie  Union  admits  a,number  of  ncAV  paid  six  months  dues  are  not  to  be  recognized  as  full mem­ cil.  The  SIU  has  the full  consent,  crew  be  captured  or  interned  as a  members per  month, provided sucli  of  the  Council  in  all  of  tliejr  result  of  such  war  condition,  or  members  have  six  months  sea  bers  until  such  obligation  has  been  taken  and  six  months  beefs—Avhicli  lias  proven  a  very  hazard,  the  company,  in  addition  service, such  service  to liavc  start­ dues  are  paid;  they  are  also  to  be  denied  all  benefits  until  valuable  asset  in fights  against  to  such  bonus  and  for  tlie  loss  of  ed  prior  to  April  17,  1939."  The  the  obligation  has  been  taken  and  six  months  dues  paid....  the  union  busting  tactics  of  the  his  clothing  will  continue  to  pay  idea  behind  the  service  being  Please instruel  all  your  Patrolmen to  this etfeet  and notify  employers,  and  also  against  unfa­ each  member  of  the .crew  so  in­ prior  to  Ajii ll 17,  is tliat  they  will  them  to  make  certain  that  every  Probationary  member  takes  A'orable  legislation.  This  support  terned  his  wages  at  tlie  then  pre­ exclude  all  new­comers,  especially  and  cooperation  lias  been  won  vailing  rate  until  he  shall  be  re­ those wlio  finked  during the floppo  tlie  obligation  before  bis  six  moutlis  probationary  period  ex­ through  the  ready  response  of  the  turned  to  an  American  port.  A  tanker  strike.  However,  although  pires.  Trusting  tiuit  you  Avill  give  the  above  your  .strict  at­ Seafarers  whenever  any  AFL  copy  hereof  shall  be  attached' to  they  Avill  keep  out  men  wlio  start­ tention, 1 remain.  group  sends  out  the  call  for  help.  and  form  a  rider,  or  a  part' of  all  ed  to  sea  during  tliat.  time,  they  Fraternally, yours,  They liaA'e  always stood  ready and  shipping  articles  herein  after  en­ Avill  still  not  exclude  those  experi­ MATTHEW  DUSHANE, ,  willing  to  do  their  part,  whether  tered  into,  enced  seamen  wlio also fluked  dur­ it  be  a  matter  of finance,  walking  IN  WITNESS  THEREOF,  Ave  ing the same  strike.  Their  plan  is  Chairman  picket  duty,  or  what  have  you.  not  aimed  only  at  SIU  members,  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  but'  also  at  the  men  on  unorgan­ 12th  day  of  October,  1939.  IVIilltaiicy  In  AFL  ized  ships,  particularly  those  in  held  fast  in  their  demands,  and  fore  they even  get started.  Be ex­ Waterman  Steamship  Corp.  This  is  the  spirit  that  has  held  By  N. Nicholson  the  tanker fleld.  They  are  delib­ stood  pat  on  the  question  as  did  tremely  wary  of  constant  disrupf­ the  AFL  together  in  spite  of  the  erately  planning  to  whitewash  all  tlie  SIU,  those  ships  would  never  ors,  and  tlie  characters  Avho  are  Commies,  or  perhaps I  should  say,  As Chairman  of  such  Committee  the flnks  who  sailed  ships  during  liave sailed  for  a lousy  tAventy­five  continually  starting trouble aboard  O.  BankSi  because  of  the  Commies.  The  CIO  6liips._  percent'  bonus.  the  tanker strike!  has  never  been  a serious  Uireat  to  Business  Agent  as  Aforesaid.  Wm. R. Ross  No  Unity  With  Coniniies  Deliberate  Fliikuig  Insult  to  Intelligence  this  militant  spirit  which  is  so  We  AVill  agree  AAith  Lawrenson  The  main  point  in  Lawrenson's  predominant in  the A.F. of  L.  The  In  conclusion,  we'd  like  to  say •   argument  in  favor  of  tlie  "reor­ that  the  seamen  would  get  much  that  this latest  plan  is suspicious­ little  squabble  Ave  have  gone  ganizing  plan"  is  that  due  to  tlio  further  if  they  did  have  a  real  ly  akin  to  the  old  plot'  that  the  through  since 1936  lias  done  more  existence  of  the  SIU,  and  also  of  national  organization — but  there  commissars  tried  to  put  over  on  to  bind  together  tlie  real  Union  (Continued  from  Page  J)  men, than  it will  ever  do  to separ­ Spain.  But, of  course,  he  wouldn't  .AUiorganized  seamen,  there  can  be  can  never  be  such  a  thing  as  a  the  Waterman  ships,  with  the  ex­ ate  them,  .The  only  thing  separ­ know  any tiling about  that—much!  no  such  thing  as  unity.  He  con­ real  one  with  the  NMU!  That  ception  that  you  will  now  be  ated  was tiie sheep  from  the goats,  We  would  like  to  know  how  Jack  tends  tliat  if  the  seamen  were  to­ Commy­lnfested  outfit  is  so  rot­ obliged  to  pay  for  the  "privilege"  the  chaff  from  the  grain,  and  we  Lawrenson  managed  to  muscle  gether  in a  real national  organiza­ ten  with  political  intrigue,  seii­ of  being  eventually  eased  out  of  have a better, cleaner  organization  hack  into  the  picture,  when  lie  tion  there  AAoiild  be  no  need  for  .out  artists,  and  other  phonies  your  jobs.  Such  a  scheme  could  because  of  it.  was  voted  out  at  the last  election.  quibbling  witli  the  Maritime  Com­ that  It  can  never  be  acceptable  to  have  been  spaAvned  only  in  a  per­ J,  K.  Shaughnessy,  No.  118  Lawrenson  has, on  occasion,  open­ mission  over  such  things  as  the  right­thinking  American  seamen!  verted  mind  such  as  LaAvrenson's,  ly  admitted  that  he  is  a  commy,  twenty­fiA'e  percent  bonus.  We  The  SUP  wants  no  part  of  such  and  it' is  a  direct  insult  to  the  in­ and  if  Curran  isn't  aware  of  that  would  like  to  point  out,  here  and  a  set­up,  as  they  have  clearly  telligence  of  the SIU  membership.  fact, he must  be even  dumber  than  now,  that  if  the  NMU  had  backed  demonstrated  on  more  than  one  As  most  of  you  Avill  recall,  when  up  the SIU  in  their demands for  a  occasion.  How  then,  can  the  the  commisars  started  their  so­ Ave  thought  he  is!  NMU  ever  hope  to  bring  about  called  drive  on  the  Waterman  Joe  can  deny  to  the  Dies  Com­ decent  Avar  bonus,  and  war  risk  the  realization  of  a  real  national  ships,  their  main  objective  was  to  insurance,  the  question  would  Will  any  of  the .seamen  who  mittee  the  fact  that  he  Is  a  iiave  been  ironed  out  to  the satis­ organization?  The  answer  is  ob­ get  AFL  men  lined  up  with  the  Avere  employed  on  board"'the  commy,  but  we'll  keep  on  believ­ faction  of  all  a  long  time  ago!  vious—they  can't!  NMU,  chase  tliem  off  the  sliips,  SS LOSMAR  on  or  about  April  ing  that  he  is  until  vye  find  out  But.  no—when  tlio  SIU  Avent  on  In  fiirtlicranco  of  this  phoney  and  then  take  their  jobs.  That  Is  1>  1939  and  Avho  are  familiar  differently.  And,  by  the  way,  "reorganization"  plan,  the  com­ the  exact  intention  of  this  latest  with  the  accident  in  which  why  was  Curran  not  elected  a  record  to  refuse  to sail  either  the  Robin  Adair,  Acadia  or  St,  John  missars plan  to get  NMU  members  move,  and  we'll  come  right  out  vice­president  of  the  CIO?  He  MORRIS  CHERTOV,  O.S.,  was  across  unless  tliey  Avere  guaran­ aboard  SIU  ships—through  any  and  predict—without  any  fear  of  injured  on  board  said  vessel on  was  prominently  mentioned  for  teed  a  bonus,  and  insurance  com­ method.s  possible—with  instruc­ having  put  ourselves  out  on  a  the  post,  but  when  the  vote  came  said  date,  kindly  communicate  mensurate  Avitli  the  risk  involved  tions  to  carry  on  the  well  known  limb—that  It  will  suffer  the  same  off,  he  wasn't  e\(en_  nominated.  with  Frederick  R.  Graves,  At­ —the  NMU  doliberat'ely  sliipped  commy  policy  of  boring­from­with­ fate  as  did  the  NMU  Waterman  torney­at­LaAV,  of  44  Whitehall  Coming  at  a  time  when  CIO  chief  flnks  on  tliese  ships!  This  was  a  in.  As  a  consequence,  Ave  must  be  "drive"—and  the  comrats  will  John  L.  Lewis  had  announced  Street,  New  York  City,  Attor­ direct  blOAV  fo  anything  eA'cn  re­ on  the alert  for  any of  these^ char­ once  again  wind  up  behind  tiie(  that  his  organization  would  be  ney  for  Morris  Chertov.  oemhliug  unity!  Had  the  NMU  acter, and  take  care  of  them  be­ well  known  eight  baH!_  _  ^  purged  of  Party  members,  BONUS  NMU  PLAN  •  ".­f  • '?[ I  /:  I  DIES COMMITTEE  NOTICE  • 'J'­;,V.V­"'''  V  •  •   '  V  •   �.  4  s=  r.  ''  ­­l.  .  •   ..'i'  m  5 a  ii"­  •  |.t 'i  V;  :•   its  P  TJV;:  '  • "  \  <  T  • •   '|i;­Cf>«*T!  ,  : X 1^1^  B  SEA F  A U  F  F  B­l  ^OQ  • .TV:'  Chailanges Pilot to  Names Omitted From  ATTENTION  Print True Facts  Ballot Due to Lack  Kentucky Red No "Hero"  Of Proper Evidence  DUKE" DUSHANE DRAFTED  W\  We.  the  undersigned  members  of  the  Committee  Investigating  All  members  whose  name  ap­ pears on  this list are  asked  to con­ qualifications  of  ^iqmiuees  for  otfice,  have  unanimously  agreed  to  tact  their  Agent  or  Patrolman  as  submit  for  your  approval  the  following  jesolution:  WHEREAS:  We  are  unanimous  in  our  high  esteem  and  ap­^  soon  as  possible,  so  that  all  dis­ preciatlon  of  the  wonderful  performance  of  Brother  Matthew  crepancies  can  be  straightened  Dushane  in  his  work  In  organizing  for  the  past  year,  and  New  Orleans,  La.,  October  18,  It  seems  that  some  of  the  boys  out:  were  a  bit  vague  regarding  the  WHEREAS:  It  is  our  opinion  that  a  man  of  his  calibre  Is  1939.—That  short  article  in  the  Book  qualifications to send  in wijli. their  No.  strongly  needed  to  assist  in  administering  the  affairs  of  the  yiime  last  issue  of  the  NMIT  Pilot,  with  acceptances  of  nominations,  and,  Atlantic  District  for  another  year  at  least,  and  7  II.  J.  Dulileld  the  heading "RIVERMAN  BEATS  as  a  result,  a  few  were  disquali­ WHEREAS:  Due  to  the  fact  that  the  number  of  men  accept­ 38  B.  Castillo  BACK  TWO  GOONS,"  if  read  by  fied  by  the  Committee.  ing  the  nofrj'nation  for  Secretary­Treasurpr  was  yery  small,  and  59  Ramos  Francisco  the  average  wick,  would  be  taken  Two  such  unlucky  ones  were  79  W. lona  WHEREAS:  Brother  Dushane  has  clearly  demonstrated  to  for  granted  that  this  Kentucky  Roberts and  Bombardier, wlio were  9.3  E.  B.  Barfu'ld  the  membership  of  the  Atlantic  District  his  competence,  ability  and  honesty,  and  his  sincere  desire  to  better  conditions  for  the  Red  Marshall  was quite  a  "Hero,"  nominated  for  Patrolmen  in  the  102  Clu'Bler  Mosher  port of  Boston.  Roberts  neglected  seamen  on  this  coast,  and  which  is  evidently  the  opinion  to  send  in  piuof  of  his citizensiilp  122  F. Albertson  147  A.  C.  Banc  WHEREAS:  He  has  proven  by  his  actions  that  he  Is  fully  the  Editor  of  the  Pile­It  wishes  with  his  acceptance,  and  Bombar­ 184  B. C,  Hill  acquainted  with  the  needs  and  wants  of  the  seamen  on  this  to  impress  upon  all  who  read  but  dier  didn't  send  in  sufficient  aea  197  Raymond  Hillery  coast,  and  is  fearless  in  his  dealings  with  the  shipowners,  there­ don't  quite  understand.  service  disciiarges.  However,  they  198  Jo.seph  M.  Daselva  fore  be  it  This  Kentucky  Red  entered  did  send  In  the  necessary  data  207  Lewis  Jones  RESOLVED:  That  the  members  of  the  Seafarers'  tnterna­ what  is  known  as  Boot.s  Bar  on  later,  but  nothing  could  be  done  228  MatI liew  Stevene  tlonai  Union  of  the  Atlantic  District  go  on  record  as  being  in  Conti  St.,  inquiring for  the where­ about  it,  due  to  the  fact'  thpt  the  248  J.  A.  Moran  favor  of  either  drafting  Brother  Dushane  to  the  position  of  Sec­ abouts  of  Curly  Rentz  and  Joe  Committee  had  already  submitted  265  Louie Pugh  retary­Treasurer  of  the  Atlantic,  or  of  petitioning  President  Tirrell,  left  this  place  and  shortly  tiieir  report,  and  had  been  dis­ 269  E.  Y.  Bevis  Harry  Luhdeberg  to  keep  Brother  Dushane  hqyc  for  another  year  after  returned,  and  upon finding  banded.  as  International  Representative  in  charge  of  the  affairs  of  this  278  Raymond  M.  Forns  Rentz  and  Tinell  in  tlie  Bar,  For  the  information  of  aii  cou­ 298  L.  A.  Holbrook  organization,  and  be  it  further  pulled  a  gun  and  without  the  oerned.  the  names  of  either  ­of  306  Cliester  Capers  RESOLVED:  That  we  also  petition  Brother  Dushane,  himself,  slightest  warning, siiot  Rentz once  these  men  may  be  written  in  on  337  Vincente  Fernandez  not  to  refuse  this  urgent  request  of  the  membership,  as  his  in  the  stomach  and  foui­  more  the  ballot, and  if  they  ai e elected,  365  Tiioma.s  Rowe  services  are  needed,  and  necessary  tor  the  preservation  of  the  times  while  he lay  helple.ss  on  the  and fill  the  necessary  qualifica­ ,370  L,  O.  Brothers  Atlantic  District,  and  be  it  further  floor.  Terril,  who  tried  to  de­,  tions,  it  will  be  peifectly  legiti­ 365  Thomas  Rowe  RESOLVED:  That  this  resolution  be  particularly  brought  to  fend  Curly,  was  shot  in  the  leg.  mate.  If  there  were  otheis  whose  370  L.  O.  Brothers  '  the  notice  of  the  members  at  aii  Atlantic  District  Branches,  and  Both  Rentz  and  Terrill  were  un­ acceptances  were  tossed  out  by  371  A.  J. Cobb  acted  upon  favorably,  and  be  it  finally  armed;  in  fact,  to  my  best  knowl­ the  Committee  because  of  neglect  385  V.  Van  Amburge  RESOLVED:  That  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  printed  in  the  edge,  I've  never  known  of  either  to  send  in  all  the  neceaiiiary  391  Oscar  A.  Rosman  •  Seafarers'  Log,"  and  that  it  be  given  widespread  pubilcity.  ever  packing  weapons  of  any  de­ papers,  their  names  may  also  be  393  Ed  Holt  (Signed):  W.  L.  Mason,  No.  60  written  in,  if  they  can fill  the  396  A.  Magapagal  spription.  A,  G.  Alexander,  No.  2686  qualifications.  Foi'  instance,  ,some  423  Willie  Siaimons  Benigno  Lopez,  No.  5766  Rentz  Threatened  IR­fore  who  accepted  nominations  had  A.  J.  Klippberg,  No.  2257  Thls Kentucky  Red  was  later  to  not  been  members  of  the  Union  427  S. E.  Culotta  confess  to  the  police  that  he  was  for  the  required  six  months,  but  460  Cliarles  E. Seymor  merely a  dupe  in  the  hands of  the  will  probably fill  that  qualifica­ 476  S.  Williams  pi­esent  Comminazi  officials  of  the  tion  by  the  time  the  voles  are  498  J.  A.  Vernay  now  defunct  NMU.  It  is  well  re­ cnunted.  Their  names  can­  also  516  John  Montevede  membered  by  many  rank  and fil­ be  written  in,  but  we  want  to  534  N.  Cumming  ers  in  this  port  of  New  Orleans  caution  you  once  more  NOT  TO  591  Robert  Williams  SS  Cassimir  Will  the  following  members  that  Curly  was  threatened  by  VOTE  FOR  MORE  THAN  ONE  617  J.  Calahan  New  Orleans,  La.  call  at  the  Hail  in  Philadel­ Commissar  Ed.  Piatt  last  year,  MAN  FOR  EACH  POSITION,  637  William  Love  October  23, 1939.  phia,  or  write  for  their  Union  when  even  then,  Rentz  was  bat­ EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE  641  Luke  Greer  Dear  Brother  Dushane:  books:  647  Bud  Ray  tling  to  expose  the  phony  Commy  NOTED  ON  THE  BALLOT.  We,  the crew  of  the  Cuba  Distil­ Roland  Weiks—E­2714  680  Willard  Stokes  set­up  within  the  NMU.  ling Company tanker  SS Cassimir,  Charles  H.  Smith—S4959  689  Horace  Farley  wish  to  extend  our  heartfelt  This  Kentucky  Red  is  well  Eugene  H.  Dawson—D­5663  692  E.  Badual  thanks  to  you  and  the  SIU  offici­ known  to  many  Union  men  as  a  Wiiilam  Merrick—D.5873  708  Hugli  P.  Walsh  als  for  securing  the  new  agree­ Weed  Head,  and  sometimes  a  William  P.  Nogiee—D­5185  741  Harry  Wilson  ment  calling  for  an  Increase  in  Main­Liner,  the  type  of  peison  David  Lathrop—E­2800  786  A.  A.  St'ypzznnskl  wages  and  overtime.  We  are  al­ who  is  capable  of  being  used  for  Bo  Powell—D­2191  769  M.  J.  Kennedy  ready  getting  the  increase,  start­ most  any  purpos,e  in  the  hands  K.  Bateman—D­2672  884  George  Libby  ing October  22.  of  a  shrewd  person.  The  I­ilot  al­ Reno  Hughes—E­5108  We  hope  that  the  labors  of  the  so  forgot  to  mention  that  the  Providence.  Oct.  24—When  the  926  Hans  L.  Oleen  O.  W.  Austin—S.5260  men  who  drew  up  this agreement,  weapon  used  in  this  cowardly  at­ SS  David  H.  At water  came  into  1024  M.  Qnioncs  Paul  Clark—S­4996  and  secured  same  from  the  com­ tack  was  later  found  in  Andy  lliis  port  last  week,  all  overtime  1042  H.  Preble  ­ Joseph  H.  Smith  8 4832  Colls  bar,  next  door  to  the  NMU  due  the  black  gang  was  collected.  1067  James  A. Walcolt  pany,  will  not  go  un­notlced  by  Russel  Lowery—0­2193  hall  on  Decatur  Street;  this  bar­ Most  of  this  time  was  for  oiling  1184  Ben  Wilson  the  rest  of  our  brother  members.  Earl  Dan ley—E­5768  We  also  hope  that  our  fellow  room,is  known  as the  Communiazi  winches  on  the  last  trip  South  1190  J. Davis  W.  H.  Moore—S­5950  1190  'j. Davis  hangout  in  the  Port  of  New  Or­ seamen  in  the  National  Maritime  C.  H.  Dennard—E­3678  during, the  montii  of  August.  Two  1230  H.  Jones  leans.  Union  will  take  notice  of  a  real  Joseph  Handflnger—S­4958  of  the  oilers  were  not  tiiore,  and  1236  Fred  K.  England  denidcratlcj  bona fide  Seamen's  C.  C.  Hamby—E­4742  \  Lies  Pi'inted  in  Pilot  they  can  get  the  oveitime  due  1253  E.  V.  Gallop  Union.  Henry  W.  Smith—S­3351  "Will  the  Editor  o.f  the  Pile­It  them  by  contacting  the  Atwat'er  1260  Carl  Kurtz  Thanking  you  sincerely,  Charles  Stokeiy—E­3117  dare  deny  these  charges,  or  will  Coal  Company •   at  1  Broadway,  1305  Joseph  Kicklighter  (Signed):  Alex  Cameron,  Deck  Giovanni  Milanto—E­1465  he,  in  the  usual  lying  manner,  at  New  York  City.  Brotiier  Geo.  1329  JOSEPH  McBrido  R.  R.  Price—E—5760  Delegate,  SUP  No.  2482;  Andrew  tempt _j;p  cover  up  his stupid  slan  Brown,  No.  639,  has 13  hours  due  1335  C.  Preclaro  Gabiel  Fratus—D­838  E.  Keyaer,  Eng.  Delegate,  SIU  No.  der,  ^gainst  real  honest  Picket  for  oiling  winches.  Brother  H.  1339  A.  Monreal  James  Smith—S­5009  2570.  Card  men  who  have  been fighting  Arneson,  No.  2592,  has  14  hours  1345  J.  Maldonado  with  sincerity  to expose  to  the  due  tor  the  same  work.  Tliis  time  1347  C. Kolste  workers  the  rotten  corrupted  offi  was  put  in  from  August  13  to  1348 ­ James  Nieves  Book  cials  who  now  control  the  NMU?  August  23.  1939.  1480  Louis  Boudreau  No.  Name  Even  to  the description  of  these  The  present  Afwater  agreement  1498  Heni­y  Tatman  2036  Phillip  L'.  Sullivan  two  Militant  Union  men  has  the  expires  on  November  1st,  and  the  1499  J. J. Sullivan  2037  B.  DeSouza  Editor  of  that  Commy  rag  at  crews  on  both  ships  in  the  port  1504  Alfred  C.  Nade. a  GULF  DISTRICT  tempted  to cover  the  truth. He  de  this  week  have  been  contacted  re­ 1530  James  Sweeney  2081  W. A.  Tapley  MEMBERS:  scribes  them  as  two  six­footers.  garding  opinions  on  a  new  agree'  1567  Joseph  M.  Marino  2122  Henry  Williams  1.  Members  holding  Gnlf  Terrill  is  a  mere five  foot  seven  ment. Today,  the  deck  crew  in  the  1578  Joseph  Ramos  2170  Leon  Eudinskl  District  membership  books  weighing  about  145,  but  as  good  Wm.  C.  Atwater  voted  to  take  1585  James  McCormlck  2195  Alex  Abram  must  first  obtain  an  Atlan­ as  any  man  six  feet.  This  has  straight  overtime  instead  of  the  1606  Domingo  C.  Aguila  been  the second  attempt  upon  the  two  dollars  they  have  been  get­ 1610  Norman  CliadertoU  2259  NIartin  Bqtler  tic District  number in  their  lives  of  Rentz  and  Terrill.  Once  ting  for  eacli  bulk  cargo  loaded.  1620  Antonio  Santiago  2410  Gusavo  Nichols  book.  before,  three  main­liners  of  the  Brother  Arthur  Kelcey  was  up  1658  Eddie  P.  Robinson  2414  Cleveland  Culllns  2.  At  least  three  months  party  pulled  guns  on  these  two  from  New  York,  and  contacted  1668  Arthur  LeBeau  2421  Ernest  Oxley  dues of  their last dues paid  rank  and fliers,  but  got  their  ears  both  crews  legardiiig  the  agree­ 1677  Gibbs T.  Silverman  must  have  been  paid  into  2534  Filtz  Kraul  beaten  off,  and  in  tlie  excltemenl  ment'.  1682  John  Sullivan  of  the  battle,  one  commissar  Atwacoal  lias started  to  chartei  1692  Clarence  Thompson  the Atlantic  District  before  2576  Joseph  Powers  pulled  the trigger  and  injured  two  Munson  ships,  and  as soon  as  the  1699  G.  W.  Christian  they are eligible to vote for  2584  R.  J.  Fredrlcksen  innocent  bystanders.  One  whose  ships  come  in,  .this  Agent  will  1724  Jerry  Owens  Atlantic  District  Officials.  2585  W. S.  Maurice  leg  was 60  badly  shattered  that  it  contact  the  crews.  The first  ship  1760  John  W.  Burke  2630  M.  Hugglns  may  be amputated  to save  the life  In  will  be  the  MS  Munmotor. The  i785  Erwln­ Madden  Editor, the  "LOG":  2651  Gerald  F.  Hickey  '"of  tire  person  injured.  Atwacoal  is  also  buying  a  barge  1790  Guy  Merleson  Dear  Brother:  3702  Robert  C.  Lewis  Did  any  of  you  NMU  members  in  the  Gulf,  and  we  are sure  that  1791  William Fraser  Will  you  please  publish  the  ever  see  any  story  printed  about  the  Seafarers'  will  be  able  to  im­ 1831  Norman  C.  Macken  3703  Joee  Qulapo  followng  notice  In  the  next  is­ that affair?  Yet  the three  involved  prove  the conditione  on  the  barges  1843  William  H.  LaRue  sue  of­the  "Seafarers'  Log."  4003  Byron  Ricketts  In  that  shooting  are  well­known  with  a  little  cooperation  on  the  1853  William  Grlffen  Members  of  the  crew  of  the  4139  Albert  Graham  party  men,  also  officials  of  the  part  of  the  crows.  1902  George  Brown  SS  Hamakua,  on  December  3,  4170  Thomas Anderson  The  SS  Olga  of  the  Carter  Coal  1926  Wilson  Morton  NMU.  1938,  please  get  in  touch  with  4327  Henry Childs  Why  haven't  these  Party  men  Co.  Is  also  in  this  port,  and  will  1958  Dayton  M. iBogart  my  attorney,  Silas  B.  Axtell,  been  apprehended?  Surely  they  be  ready  to  sail  by  December  1st.  1963  Richard  Pitts  15  Moore  Street,  New  York  4369^  Manual  Bernardez  could  not­by  any  chance  be  un­ She  has  been  given  a  complete  1973  John  R.  Johnson  City.  4398  H.  Mosshage  Thomas  E.  Carpenter  der  the protection  of  the  New  Or­ overhauling, and  should  be  a  good  2002  M.  G.  Parker  4734  Daniel  Buckley  job  when  she starts  up.  2005  Stewart  Coull  SUP,  No.  3124  leans  Police  Dept.  6000  Edward  B.  Blavas  Frank  Berry,  Agent  2006  Basil  B.  Nobicon  ­  J,  Buckley  NOTICE  Agreement Praised  Providence  \ews Items  f  NOTICE  ,  ir  ifviSS  •   I  sfiti r.:''  • A  Mi  • mr  i­TT  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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 3, 1939 Description An account of the resource Headlines: DIES COMMITTEE QUIZZES CURRAN ON NMU COMMIES VOTING ON OFFICIALS GETS UNDER WAY COMMIES PLAN TO TAKE OVER ALL SIU SHIPS S S ST. JOHN ARRIVES WITH FINKS QUIET SIU AGREEMENT WITH WATERMAN FOR BONUS MEMBER CALLS NMU PLAN RIDICULOUS SOCIAL SECURITY FOR SEAMEN EDITORIAL: SEAFARERS' FIRST ANNIVERSARY MOBILE BRANCH REPORTS ON WATERMAN BONUS PACT PROBATIONARY MEMBERS CHALLANGES PILOT TO PRINT TRUE FACTS NAMES OMITTED FROM BALLOT DUE TO LACK OF PROPER EVIDENCE "DUKE" DUSHANE DRAFTED AGREEMENT PRAISED FOUR WATCHES? 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 11/3/1939 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. I, No. 21 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/0037d0c86d15b96cdca9768141301c3a.PDF 2866894644a3d3b9d8648d57e4876d1c PDF Text Text ,,•' T^:- >,• 1]'',': v.-'"-' •f'Tf."'':'. :;l Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America V Vol. VII. No. 48 NEW YORK, N. Y» FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1945 m NMU National Director Resigns; Says Offlcials Coiiaborate With Shipowners, Sell Out Membership ATTENTION! Matthew D u s h a n e, SIU Washington, D. C. representa­ tive has resigned and the Sea­ farers International Union office at 424 Fifth Street, N.W„ Washington, D. C. has been closed. The SIU's often repeated ac-* cuslations that the officials of the the NMU since the strike of 1936, National Maritime Union have has always been popular with been collaborating with the ship­ that union's rank and file. He owners and selling out their was known as one of the few membership were substantiated by Rob Rogers when he resigned officials who would go to bat last month as National Director for the membership. However, when pressure was put on him, of the NMU. Rogers, an original member of he would bow to the anti-rank and file policy of the ruling clique. Evidently, he now can no longer take the finky policy of the NMU—and the point is that if anyone knows the inside of the NMU sell-outs, Rogers, as heard Police Court Magistrate W. one of the officials, surely knows. Mclnnes sentence E. L. Larsen, Rogers submitted his resigna­ T. J. Cibien and S. W. Haigh to tion on October 13th, and his twelve weeks in jail. Other men letter was sent subsequently to from the Westbank Park, G. I. Joe Curran because he felt "that Davig and W. G. Hay, were sen­ the membership that elected me tenced to six weeks, and J. R. ... is entitled to an explanation." Wallace, R. T. Clarkson, L. T. The letter, copies of which are Tyerman, and C. I. Palmer were circulating around the water­ given suspended sentences. front, was read before the NMU G. Tellier, Union representa­ National Office Meeting because, tive aboard the Cromwell Park, as Curran phrased it, according was singled out for eight weeks to the minutes, "If we don't bring at hard labor, while suspended this in, it will come out from sentences were handed out to ten some place else." (Continued on rage 12) The resignation was not ac­ cepted by the NMU. However, as he did not report for work, PICKETLINE he was taken off the payroll as of November 3rd. Roger's let­ ter which, we feel, is of interest to the entire waterfront is jwrinted below: •A' Canadian Seamen Jailed Under Anti-Strike Laws m-caSB=a// DETOUR!i// Detroit Police Commandos Train To Protect GM Plants By MANNY LASHOVER DETROIT — The "commandos" of the police force here, so-called PICKET LINE because of special training they LINDEN, N. J. — Former received in the doubtful art of servicemen, members of the using tear gas and clubs on strikLinden Local 595, staged a •' ers, had a practice alarm at 6 a. m. demonstration in front of the today which was ordered by General Motors plant here in higher-ups to see how fast they support of the UAW demands cSould swing into action. for a 30% wage increase to The general opinion among the meet the rise in the cost of business people that I have talk­ living. ed to indicates a suspicion that On the regular picketlines, GM wants the strike to last until many members of other un­ after the first of the year so that ions joined the UAW men they won't have to pay any more (and women) in a show of excess profits tax for 1945. Next labor solidarity. A resolution year the rate goes down and they passed by the Seafarers In­ Stand to make still more profit ternational Union which de­ on the stuff they sell. clared support for the UAW So far everything on the picketdemands, was read to the line front remains quiet, and will Strike Strategy Committee. remain so as long as the manageThe Committee indicated rpent does not start its expected their appreciation of the SIU "rank and file" movement among support and asked for copies their stooges and strike breakers. of the resolution for distribu­ There are a lot of johnny-come- tion among the pickets "as a l^itely unionists around here, and morale builder." that's where the GM outfit will Start its boring from within. The Body, the picketline .^was orderly Corporation is on the radio try­ and quiet. Plant No. 10-49 had ing to arouse public opinion few pickets, but everything was against the strikers, and spread­ in good shape. Detroit Transmis­ ing the usual hooey that the sion pickets told me that they A strike is keeping the public from felt their demands were complete­ getting "that wonderful GM ly justified, and they were ready ^product." to fight it out with the GM com­ P Talking to men on the Die and pany. Detroit Stamping men said Machine picketline, I was given the company was denying them the impression that they are pre­ a decent living wage and trying pared for a long battle. At Fisher to break the back of their union. VANCOUVER — A strongly worded protest to Canadian Transport Minister Chevrier at Ottawa, was sent by Hugh Mur­ phy, Canadian SIU Agent, con­ cerning the severe sentences re­ cently passed out to six merchant seamen convicted under' the ob­ solete Canada Shipping Act. "The sentences were too severe," said Murphy. "The men were convicted under the anti­ quated Canada Shipping Act which we have asked many times to have repealed." Weeping wives and relatives JOINING GM Dear Joe (Curran): On October 13th I submitted to the National Office my resignation as National Director of the Union. It is my feeling that the membership that elected me to that high post is entitled to an explanation for my action. That is. the reason for this letter. My decision to resign was not made on the spur of the moment. It does not come about through any desire on my part to stop working for the Union. On the contrary, I want to continue to work, to contribute in whatever way I can towards building our organization, and towards im­ proving the wages and conditions of the seamen and river workerst My decision to resign was forced upon me by a series of events over the past year. Tied Pickets march in front of Chevrolet plant in Toledo. 0« as together, these events form a workers leave their jobs to join nation-wide strike against General; ^ no longer Motors by United Auto Workers. After months of company stalling remain. As long as this situation on union's 30% wage demand. 115 GM plants shut down as union ®*'sts, I cannot, as an official, took wage fight to picketline. (Federated Pictures) (Contimircd on Page 12) . AAFI 1*' f' I't-- 'f - ' • .-'iy.illi'.'fti:-•''.i' •iStifl-.v'-Vil.tfVaJ 1 •;nnSii .i iir"--,. i '!l : Ml i: ,'vj| �mm m m. Page Two m mmm THE SEAFARERS lOG Friday, NoTember 30, 1945 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 » » 4^ » HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President lOJ Market Street, San Francisco, C^f. 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 The Time Has Come From all signs the nation's industrialists have em­ barked upon an all-out offensive against labor. No other conclusion can be drawn from the statements and actions of the men who are normally looked upon as the spokesmen for industry. Take, for example, the attitude of General Motors, speaking through the person of its vice-presi4ent, Harry iW. Anderson. GM absolutely refuses to reopen negotiating with the striking United Automobile Workers, unless the union modifies its "unreasonable" demand for a 30 per cent wage increase. In other words, General Motors insists that the union give in to it—since the wage demand is the bone of contention—and then go through the motions of negotiating. The crux of any wage-increase demand rests, in the final analysis on the ability of industry to meet rise in costs. iThe union insists that General Motors can meet the higher ,wage demands, and still make a reaspnable profit. HoWever, recognizing the possibility that they might be wrong, "Wal­ ter Reuther, on behalf of the UAW, promised to lower the demand if GM could prove, with figures taken from its books, that it could not pay the 30 per cent increase. To this the corporation refused to accede. "We will not ne­ gotiate," said Mr. Anderson, "with your union regarding our selling prices and profits." FRANKFURT, Germany — Workers have shown a surprising In addition, president Charles E. Wilson categorically energy in the task of rebuilding refused to join in any joint conference called by Secretary their unions had been of Labor Schwellenbach, without any qualifying ifs or huts. smashed by thewhich Nazis. Immedi­ So much for industrial cooperation. ately after permission for the re­ The steel workers are meeting much the same response construction of the unions had from their employers. The corporations deny that they been given by the military gov­ ernment, factory workers organi­ made the tremendous profits that the impartial government zed voluntary fund-raising cam­ agencies say they did. They plead poverty — meanwhile paigns for the reconstruction of spending thousands of dollars on newspaper ads to an­ their unions. nounce their msolvency — and are prepared to lose the The 400 workers at the munici­ tremendous amounts that a strike will cost them to defeat pal power plant, for example, con­ tributed 1000 marks, 200 postal the union. But they refuse to negotiate. workers raised 990 marks, and a So much for collective bargaining. shop of the Opel Automobile In Washington, the Labor-Management Conference, Works gave 1000 marks. All from which those professional Pollyannas, who seemingly this money was given spontane­ by the workers, when they never get tired of being ravished by the stern industrial ously received word that funds were realists, had expected so much in the way of industrial needed to take the first steps in peace, seems to be stymied by the unreasonable attitude on organization of a new imion the part of the Labor delegates who selfishly refuse to per­ movement. The problem of accepting mit themselves to be legislated out of existence. former Nazis as members in the So much for Labor-Capital partnership. new unions does not exist among We don't think we are giving away any secrets but the workers because none of them we, like the industrialists, think this is the perfect time for were Nazis. Hardly any dis­ an anti-union campaign. The operators are holding back cussion took place on the type of union setup, since all agreed on on their production, anyway, until next year when the industrial organizations. surplus profits tax will be lowered. Then, next year the % % % corporations will get refunds in their war taxes from the NEW YORK—Maurice Dollfus, government if there are any losses due to reconversion— president of the Ford Motor to, of France who arrived here last even if it's the unions which are being "reconverted." stated in an interview that We're not trying to be alarmists. That is just the way week, the French workers are under­ iwe read the signs. Can't you hear the Wilsons and the paid and that one of the main Averys shouting, "To the barricades. Comrades, the unions problems is to get sufficient food. "The average American has at are coming. i. CET THE LOG least 3,500 calories a day," he commented, "which is enough to live on.. Under the coupon system in France, the average worker gets about 1450 calories, which is just about enough to die on." "On the basis of 100 francs to the dollar," said Mr. Dollfus, "the American workman is paid on an average about $1.25 an hour; British 70 cents, and French 40 cents. Computing on the 5-day week, the Frenchman gets $16 a week. The lowest priced suit of clothes in Paris seUs for $75. Therefore the worker would have to invest ahnost 5 weeks wages to get a suit." ^ 4" 4- 4The minister of Foreign ^ffairs of the Indonesian Republican Government, Dr. Soedbardjo, has Sent the following message to Fenner Brockway, political secre­ tary of the British Independent Labor Party: "Having learned of your protest to Premier Attlee against the Labor Government's measures to re-erect French and Dutch governments in the Far East, we Indonesians express gra­ titude for your kind gesture on behalf of the Far East people. Indonesians' only aim is inde­ pendence and the right of selfdetermination. "We assure you that the Re­ public of Indonesia will be based on democracy and socialism. "However, the former Dutch authorities are still trying to re- The Seafarers Log is your Union paper. Every member has the right to have it mailed to his house, where he and his family can read it at their leisure. If you haven't already done so. send your name and home address to the Log office, 51 Beaver Street, New York City, and have yourself added to the mailing list. establish the Dutch colonial gov­ ernment. They are using the Red Cross and other charitable organ­ izations to foster their aims." Since this telegram was sent, British troops have engaged in large-scale actions against the Indonesian freedom movement. Dock workers in a number of Pacific ports have stated their unwillingness to transport ma­ terial which could be used by the Dutch or the British against the Indonesian fighters. The New Zealand Labor gov­ ernment has been called upon to take further steps toward the de­ velopment of cooperative owner­ ship in industry. The annual con­ ference of the New Zealand La­ bor Party, meeting in Welling­ ton last week, voted to urge the labor government to give work­ ers a more active share in the management of industry, as well as to create cooperative farms. They also demanded that the gov­ ernment take all farm lands no^ now in full production and turn them over to retiu-ning war Vet­ erans. (Labor Press Associates) �Friday, November 30, 1945 |S! THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three I il '1 >• NO HELLO Performing Mate's Papers Lifted For Three Months m '-i By J. P. SHULER , V- Vr." By PAUL HALL The absolute necessity of the SIU expanding on the waterfront has become more obvious than ever this week. The Port of Phila­ delphia, where the NMU has just tried to scab out on the tugboat workers (see Log of last week), is an example of things to come unless we move in to this particular field. In Philadelphia, at one time, the NMU had the tugboatmen under contract. Then, due to the fact that the basic demands and conditions were subordinated to meet the political needs and neces­ sities of the NMU, the tugboatmen revolted and left the NMU ranks and went into an independent union. After being an indepen­ dent union for a period of time, they went into the Harbor Workers Union, affiliated with District 50 of John L. Lewis' United Mine 3/Vorkers. Then the UMW next tried to take over the MMP on these vessels as well. As a result of their activities, one of the organizers One of 8.700 telephone opera­ on board one of these tugs was fired. The Harbor Workers Union then not only threatened to walk out because this man was fired, tors who struck Illinois Bell Tele­ phone Co. following breakdown but did. of wage negotiations. Donna Bir­ At the time of walking out and during the period of walking mingham of Illinois Telephone 8c out, the NMU encouraged them 100% to walk off their ships, and Traffic Operators Union (unaffili­ expressed itself in support of the beef. The NMU even went so far ate), braves chill rain to picket as to buy a nice white boat for $750, with which it ran around the company's Chicago office. Port of Philadelphia calling out on a loudspeaker "Pile off of her, men. Pile off of her." The Harbor workers naturally expected support from the NMU in the event that they did walk off, in view of their so-called "co­ operation" and "unity." However, they were in for a bad, bad fooling—^for no sooner did they walk off these tugs to gain their demands, than the NMU shipped 4 scab crews to sail on them. Williams, their Agent in Philly, announced to the public via the press that the NMU would sail all of them. There are so many jobs in the Union Hall in the Port of New York that you can't see the black­ board for crayon marks, and still the ships keep coming in. We paid off a total of 29 ships for the past week. I don't know where in the hell the crews go to when they get here, but they dis­ appear. So, if there's anyone hav­ ing a bad time shipping out any place, please come to New York immediately. The manpower shortage here is making it difficult to keep the Isthmian ofices flooded with men. But Joe Udiljak and Dull Shepard have turned into first-class shanghai artists and are doing pretty good. Bull will probably be able to get a job with the South Atlantic SS Co., as they are going to need a shanghai ex­ pert to get their ships crewed up—if they inais.t on putting such characters as Capt. Augusen and Chief Mate Puckas aboard their vessels. Chief Mate Puckas will not be making any more trips soon, due to the decision of the Merchant Marine Hearing Unit of the FORE 'n AFT By BUNKER I Coast Guard. South Atlantic SS Co. has been informed that no crew will ride a ship with Capt. Augusen, and South Atlantic has promised to pull him off. This was one of the most interesting cases before the Merchant Marine Hearing Unit that I have heard. The Hearing Chamber was never emptied of spectators throughout the trial. The ex­ amining officer who prosecuted this character was a young guy by the name of Cohen. I hope that guy never picks up my papers. He really seemed in earnest. He examined six witnesses appearing against this Mate; all of them gave direct evidence and the counsel for the defense could not shake their testimony in any manner. The defense had two witnesses —one, the skipper of the ship. Cohen confused him so in the cross-questioning that he forgot completely how to lie and made the statement that he didn't think he had any more to say. On cross-questioning the other wit­ ness, the Bosun, Cohen brought the truth out of him, so that the defense refused to ex­ amine him except as a hostile witness. Throughout this trip, this Mate was drunk, shooting at the crew and performing in general. The Examining Officer asked for a permanent revocation but the Hearing Officer only suspended his papers for a period of three months — such is Coast Guard justice. An unlicensed man would have been hung. South Atlantic SS Co. took the Skipper off the ship and promised not to ship him on an­ other one of their ships. Coasjt Guard charges wUl be pressed against the Skipper. Capt. Perkins of Waterman SS Co. is again on another red pen­ cil spree. As a result a lot of Waterman ships are laying' around with no crews because the men don't want to sail on them, knowing that they can't collect their legitimate overtime when they pay off. Of all the ships that sailed hands in lusty Windward Islands Thus, we see to just what steps the leadership of the NMU under the banner of the SIU, invective. When the senoritas and their will sink to seize control of the waterfront. They would force their certainly none has been more own members to scab on legitimate workers, simply to serve their famous, or had deeper signifi­ escorts hurried ashore, the crew political ambitions. To this date, outside of approximately 3 of the cance in the memories of the of the Kofresi sallied forth to en­ larger ports, the Seafarers has limited its activities to off-shore men who sailed her, than the gage the crew of an NMU scow laying astern. The NMUers soon vessels. Now, in hte face of the commies' attempt to scab on the Kofresi. tugworkers in Philly, it has become vitally necessary that the Sea­ Originally the Konowis, she put to flight and, several more farers become active not just in one port, but in every port, to was christened the Kofresi be­ bottles of Kofresi firing their guard against such things happening. cause, so it is said, the Waterman missionary zeal, the lads headed Steamship Company had an eye for town. on the Puerto Rican rum trade Progress townward, however, MEN WANTED and wanted to please the manu­ was unfortunately questioned by The response to our recent appeal to our membership to go facturers of Kofresi rum, that two Puerto Rican cops, who, after out on Isthmian ships has been overwhelmingly well-received. powerful and delectable bever- being rendered hors de combat, More and more SIU members are cooperating, and showing great ag brewed down in the palm tree recovered sufficiently to summon interest in the Seafarers drive to unionize Isthmian, one of the latitudes. reinforcements. Reinforcements few large operators still outside the protecting (for the maritime The re-christening of the arrived in the form of two trucks workers) cover of a union contract. / Konowis to the Kofresi was a full of Puerto Rican cops. The drive to organize Isthmian is one of the biggest the Sea­ signal event that took place in STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL farers has ever been, and one of the most important. The SIU Ponci, with two orchestras mak­ And then, under a tepid island has made great strides on the waterfront since its inception but a ing a fiesta day of it and open sun, took place the famous battle ON THE BEACH few years ago; and its members enjoy better conditions than any house announced for everyone on of Ponci, a battle fought with other maritime workers. However, the real future of the Union does the "Pride of the Islands." The bricks, stones, fists and odd pieces not depend so much on the contracts we already have with ship­ countryside for miles around, of wood against Puerto Rican riot owners, but on what happens with those companies that are still they say, trekked rum that was sticks that are unequalled any­ outside the trade union fold. promised free to all hands. where in the world for effective . As long as there is still an unorganized outfit, of any particular DOUBLE DISTILLED head-bashing. size, just so long must the Seafarers consider itself open to a pos­ The orchestra made nice music, The battle raged for an hour sible rear-guard attempt at shipowner, retrenchment. Until the time the company representatives shook or more, during which the crew when all operators are under an iron-clad contract with the SIU, hands with local dignitaries and succumbed one by one to superior we cannot consider ourselves secure. everything was going fine, till the numbers, better armament, and At this time, organizing Isthmian under the SIU banner is our hot sun started to percolate the the potencies of island rum. major concern. After that job is finished, we shall turn to the Kofresi rum that had been gur­ Casualties included broken hands, others. Meanwhile, we must leave no stone unturned, no weapon gling out of tall bottles all after­ broken noses, broken ribs, crack­ ed skulls, lacerations and bruises. untried, until Isthmian is signed and delivered. As was pointed out noon. Stimulated no doubt by the Veterans of the battle, who still last week, the election will take six months to be completed. That love potion reputed to be in Puer­ foregather when their trails ci'oss means for six months we cannot let down in our efforts. For six to Rican rurn, some of the Koto talk over this epic engagement, months we must plug, speaking to Isthmian seamen, giving them fresi's crew started chasing senoinclude brothers Red Simmons, our literature, answering their questions, and, most important, ritas around the deck. Amorous Dexter Worrel, Paul Hall, Her­ working with them aboard their own ships. glances became passes, to which man Johnson, Don Foltz and As we have said, the response to the call for volunteer organ­ a few senoritas countered witK Frenchy Armingen. izers has been we^-answered. But, more men are needed—^men will hefty slaps. A fight started. One Incorrigible as "Dog-Face" Mobe needed for the duration of the campaign. This job that has to of the orchestras saw the trend line's foc'sle hands may have be done, must be done for the most selfish of reasons—for yourself. of events, packed up their pre­ been, they did, however, make the Although Isthmian seamen will be the immediate beneficiaries cious instruments and hurriedly trim Kofresi the smartst ship in Just returned from a three of unionization, by getting what they haven't got now—^job security, decamped, while the other or­ the island trade. Her boiler month trip to Rio De Janeiro* ^higher wages and better conditions—^he membership of the SIU, chestra took refuge on the bridge. fronts shone like Park Avenue Montevideo, and Buenos Aires too, will reap the great benefits that come from the stabilization of The after deck took on the ap­ brass, hei* bright work was spot­ abord the SS Henry Lomb, Broth" . the waterfront. An outfit as large as Isthmian, still unorganized, is pearance of a Roman arena, while less; every splice was perfect, er Juan F. Velez, OS, is now a threat to everyone's security—so. for your own sake, ship Tsthmian officials, ships officers, and Skip- and her running gear was clean waiting for a vessel going to Eng> and organize. Iper (Dog-face) Moline, fired all as a Yankee clipper's. land. t �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG The Felix Grundy Crew Squares Beefs With Its Bucko Skipper ITHIIVK QUESTION: — The Hog Island ships were produced at the end of World War I, and the Liberty ships during World War II. Which is the better boat, in your estimation? JOE C. REYES, BOSUN— I've been sailing for a number of years now, and was on the Exmoor (now fhe Robin Moor) when she was torpedoed near Capetown in the summer of 1941. In my opinion, there is no com­ parison between the two types, as the Hog Islander is much su­ perior to the Liberty. The Hog really plows through any kind of water, while the Liberty rolls like a drunken sailor even in the mildest sea. Gear on the Hog Islander is also much easier to handle, and the work in general much lighter. I like the quarters aft as they are: and even though they're smaller, they are cooler. Steward dept. delegate John gested that inspection be held at Flynn, Cook Eugene Crescitelli, 10:00 a. m., or later, as the Stew­ and Chief Steward Joseph "Doc" ards had to be on duty at 6, the Sussman of the SS Felix Grundy captain replied, "I'm running this had some tough experiences with ship and any man, including you, the Skipper of that vessel which when I say frog, jump!" He also merit being brought out into the warned Doc that before the trip light of day. On your list of was over, he would be broken in bucko masters add the name of rank. Captain Wade—another high fly­ Sussman immediately contacted ing lad who had his wings clip­ Delegate Flynn, and explained ped by the SIU. the entire matter to him. They After leaving Baltimore, Wade both went to the captain, and started right in to discriminate Flsmn requested that he stop per­ against the stewards dept. by secuting the steward dept. Cap­ holding inspection in their foc'sle tain Wade shouted, "Before I'm as early as 7:00 a. m., and lectur­ through with you, you'll be a ing them gbout cleanliness. He Wiper aboard this ship." When remarked, "I'll lower the boom Flynn wanted to know why, the quietly on anyone who hasn't skipper replied, "No delegate their bunks made up when I in­ from any union can come and talk spect." to fne when he wants to. When When the Chief Steward sug­ I'm on the high seas, I'm master. HE DIDN'T GO FREE JOSEPH PILUTIS, FWT— As one who works below decks, I prefer the Hog Islander. She has low pressure turbines, which are better than the reciprocating type on the Liberty, and provide much more room for the black gang. I also think thcd in com­ paring the structure of the two vessels, the Hog Idander is more sturdy on account of being a rivetted ship, while the Liberty is all welded. The crew quarters on the Hog are much cooler, prob­ ably on account of being located aft, and at a fairly low level in the water. This makes it much nicer for sleeping conditions. STEVE CARR. AB— The Hog Islander is really para­ dise for the deck gang on account of the more easily handled gear. I've only been sailing four emd a half years, but during that time was torpedoed while on the Alcoa Victory coming through the Per­ sian Gulf on July 4, 1943. The Liberty rolls all over the water, and the Hog Island goes through any kind of weather riding a lot easier. Some defects in the Hog are the steering gear aft, and the smaller, more crowded quarters. However, even though crowded, the quarters on the Hog sleep a lot cooler. Friday, November 30, 1945 iiiiiiisji lliiii Dangling from gallows in Bruschal, Germany, is the body of Joseph Harlgen, one of five German civilians hanged for the murder of six U. S. fliers who parachuted from a disabled plane in 1944. (Federated Pictures) Future Looks Good In Savannah By ARTHUR THOMPSON F. TOMAS, AB­ AS a seaman who has been sail ing for over nine years now, I've sailed on both the Liberty and the Hog Island. Seems to me that there is a lot less work on the Hog Island. The rigging is a lot easier to handle, and she steers better than the Liberty. Sleeping quarters are cooler even though a little cramped. The Liberty stands higher in the water, and as a result rides rough even in fairly smooth water. On the other hand, the Hog ships go through almost any kind of weather riding smoothly. 1 think the Government should have learned a lesson through the Hog's superior performance. SAVANNAH—We paid off the Augustus P. Loring of the East­ ern SS Co. in Charleston, and it was another clean payoff. There were no beefs at all. The dele­ gates were Leslie Rut for the deck department, William Maddox for the engine department and Lanty Green for the stew­ ards department. They had every­ thing lined up and ready when I came aboard. There are a couple of ships due in Charleston for next week, but they are in transit and are al­ ready on articles. One other is in the stream waiting to be un­ loaded, and should payoff in about a week. We have only one ship in Sa- vannah, the SS Ira Nelson Morris, which is in transit. So far no replacements have been called for her. There are stiU plenty of jobs down here, and things are still looking good for the futtire. Quite a few of the oldtimers are coming back, after making a six month trip on the Frederick Dau; and after a couple of weeks at home most of them will probably be ready to ship again. At the present time, however, we only have 20 men registered and some of our Jobs are going begging. We have no hospital cases as yet and hope things will stay that way. and there's no union." CHIEF STEWARD BROKEN Two days before arriving at Marseilles, Doc criticized the yj M Chief Baker for turning out poor bread and cakes. Receiving an insolent reply, Sussman told theat two Bakers to report to the gal­ ley as utility men. The Captain called Doc some two hours later and bawled him out, telling him to go to his foc'sle and issue no more orders. When the Chief Steward report­ ed to the skipper next day that the two bakers were working as utility men the captain accused him of disobeying orders, and said that he would be logged. On the following day, when Dele­ gate Flynn and Sussman report­ ed to have the log read. Doc was reduced to Arniy Chief Cook. CG BELITTLES SIU Wade informed Crescitelli that he was up for disobeying orders after his return from shore leave allowed by Chief Steward, and the Coast Guard told hirn that he would be removed from the ship at Marseilles. When asked where he would like to be tried, he replied that he would rather wait until the vessel returned to the U. S., where he could secure union support. After the Coast Guard Commis­ sioner askd him what union he belonged to, and he had replied that he was an SIU member, the CG man said that he used to be­ long to the NMU and that, "The NMU is the only union that might be able to help you, but I don't know about any other union." The captain then agreed to hold his trial in the U. S., but after arrival at Norfolk, no trial was ever held. Sussman was also charged with disobeying orders, and chose to be tried in Marseilles. Coast Guard Commissioner King re­ fused, threatened to remove him from the ship, and said that he was there to please the Captain. DELEGATE DEMOTED On Oct. 25, after leaving Mar­ seilles, the Captain called Delegat Flynn, and informed him that due to shortage of help he was being demoted to Wiper. When Flynn stated that there was a shortage of five men in the Stew­ ard Dept., the Captain merely read him the log. Next day, he reported to Chief Engineer Zane as a Wiper, and the Chief made him FWT within 15 minutes after reporting. At Norfolk, Agent Ray White secured settlement for both Flynn and Sussman on their beefs re­ garding wages. Commissioner Engrel at Norfolk rebuked the captain for breaking the law, and left hurriedly when Flynn told Captain Wade that he would seek to gain damages. The Grundy members, in view of these hap­ penings, think that some form of collusion existed between the Coast Guard and Captain Wade, and after listening to their story, as reported here, we're inclined to agree that something has a strong odor of fish. �•• •.T-£^'^r--^S'i THE Friday, Noveihb^r 30, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS 'iI REPORT DEATH OF SIU BROTHER ON ROBIN TUXFORD Seafarers Log, This is to inform the mem­ bership of the death and burial of Michael Panoff, AB, Book No. 30791, who signed articles on the SS Robin Tuxford August 24, 1945, in New York. At about 6 (p.m.) . . . Oct. 6 . . . in . . . Salerno, Italy, while assisting in straightening . . . hatch covers . . . Panoff fell... into lower hold, striking his head. ... He received a frac­ tured skull and other injuries which resulted in his death.... He never regained conscious­ ness after the fall. He is survived by a brother, John Panoff of 100-34—67 Drive, Forest Hills, L. I., New York. We wish to express our regret at the passing of a brother whose qualities as a seamen and a shipmate were of the finest, and whose death is a loss to all. Funeral services were con­ ducted by . . . Father Flavian J. O'Donnell, Capt. US Army . . . and the burial was in the US Military Cemetery . . . Plot L, Row 12, Grave 134. Four beautiful wreaths were placed on the grave (from the workers of Salerno, the Tuxford Crew, ship's officers and the WSA.) The crew of the Robin Tux­ ford wish to express their grati­ tude to Captain Hocken, for ar­ ranging that members of the crew attend the services. . . . The Crew—(SS Robin Tuxford) out by the Frisco patrolman. The skipper. Captain Kirkconnel, says he's a great econ­ omist because he has been a banker all his life. We are en­ closing a sketch showing the kind of economics he under­ stands best. The cheapskate carried his own seabag and grips to save ignoring a 48-hr. warning of building for any good cause. "no food—no sail," got a hell of Your editorials are vivid and to a surprise and a 24 hour delay the point. in shoving off. Your publication, with its Let this be an example to high ideals and constant en­ donkeys like Dominic, who deavor for the bettering of liv­ threaten delegates with Coast ing conditions for the merchant Guard action, that seamen still seamen, should be recognized— and applauded—by all men! have rights. Sincerely, After leaning over backwards all during the rough years of the M. Benway war, trying to cooperate with a (Wife of Charles P. Benway) dozen government agencies as well as the companies, we be­ lieve in a reconversion to HAPPY IS THE peacetime contracted conditions UNION MAN WHO and activities. HAS A UNION WIFE Incidently, our Steward, Car­ los Diaz, showed himself a 100% Seafarers Log, My husband is a member of union man in standing with the the SIU (Pacific Di.strict) and crew in this as he did. —R. H. Gloss (Deck), Howard C. every time he comes home, he Hutcherson (Eng.), C. O. Winskey (Stw.). ing in the interest of the sea­ men. I well remember 4he raw deals they used to get. Enclosed please find a two dollar money order to help carry on the good work of the Seafarers Log. I also want to compliment the SIU for their stand against those detestible communists. The members did a good job in the longshore dis­ pute and I know they will keep it up. Wishing you all the best for the holiday season and better sailing for the year 1946. Yours very truly, (Mrs.) Edward J. Fries the piece off and the sooner we get these thirty day wonders back to their coupon clipping the better off we'll all be. Just to show you what a cheap ship this was, when we were in Germany and needed tools to work with, the mate told us to go to the Gestapo headquarters to get some. (They are available there if you're quick at getting things without the owner's permission.) Carl C. Lawson SIU MAN*S WIFE DISTRIBUTES LOG TO HER FRIENDS ATTENTION CREW OF JAMES M, GILLIS Seafarers Log: Since 1942 I have greatly en­ joyed reading your publication "Seafarers Log." During my husband's long trips to sea we unfortunately missed many in­ teresting editions. Now through your direct-by-mail courtesy, not only shall we steadily avail ourselves of its highly impor­ brings a copy of the Seafarers tant contents,, but shall pass it Log which I find interesting to on to a heretofore unenlight­ read. We live 138 miles from Frisco ened public. Among those "Strangers" but every Monday night, when whom the "Log" has already he is in the States, he makes the reached, it has- been interesting trip down there to attend the to note how many "didn't Union meetings and doesn't get know." Now they know—and back before 2.00 a. m. Now that he's shipping out are genuinely interested! All items are excellent. Your again I would like to have the sense of humor thrown into the Log mailed to me so that I can teeth of adversity is morale follow the good work you're do- From St. Louis Missouri comes this interesting letter of appreciation from returning soldiers to the SIU crew which brought them home aboard the SS James M. Gillis. The letter is signed by three members of the First Inf. 6th Div., and they say that it's the feeling shared by their outfit. OTIS E. HALL CREW ^'MILITANT TO A MAN" The Log, We three delegates of the Otis E. Hall, would like to show our appreciation of the cooperation and unity of the crew togeher with that of the SIU port agents CRITTENTON CREW in both New York and Philadel­ CONTRIBUTES TO phia. The ship was stored in New UNION BROTHER York for a three months trip, Seafsurers Log: according to the port Stewards The crew of the SS Florence of the American Liberty Steam­ Crittenton would appreciate the ship Lines. However, our Stewpublication of this notice in the ai'd found, during our shift to Log. Philly, that the chill boxes con­ To VERNON L. PORTER tained dried onions, white po­ Book No. 505 tatoes, sweet potatoes, and rot­ We are sorry to hear of your ten stores from last trip in large ordeal in prison and we have, enough amounts as to make the in gratitude of your good fel­ ship seemingly well stocked lowship, contributed $185 with fresh foods. (one hundred and eighty-five The Old Man, after inspec­ dollars) which is being sent tions of the boxes with the your way via Brother Jack delegates and Steward, agreed White, 30234, who is hand­ that additional stores were ling the contributions. needed. With the OK of W. J. We sincerely hope that this Hill, a vice-pres. of the com­ contribution will be of help pany, our Steward put in re­ to you. The best of luck to quisitions for all stores actually you and may we again have needed. Nothing happened. It the pleasure of sailing as ship­ was only after a word from Mr. Hill that we were even able to mates. On behalf of the crew, secure one lone delivery of daily B. Cartwright, Dk. Del. stores like milk and bread. After the wagon had been in port three weeks, the ci:ew fin­ ally became tired of being push­ GIVES LESSON IN ed around by the co's. port agent, Dominic. It appeared PENNY PINCHING that we were to be sent to sea The Log: without the necessary provi­ We have just payed off the sions. At this the crew, militant SS John McDonough after hav­ to a man, decided on action. The ing sailed with the cheapest war kind of stuff that made SIU born skipper we ever met. ships what they are today. Working with Brother Collins, We had notliing but trouble the crew voted to set her down. with OT and vaiibus other beefs whidi were duly straightened The Comphny and the Old Man, MCDONOUGH CAPT, "Merchant Seamen 99 The merchant seamen seldom boast That they carried the goods where needed most. But some flag-waver ashore asks where you work and why? And the merchant marine is your reply. "Draft dodger" he cries. "You low class bum You make all the money and have all the fun. You gripe like hell if things ain't just so And when you come ashore you're loaded with dough." This ignorant jerk always forgets That quite a few men went down to the depths. In '42 when the sinkings were high The merchant seamen were ready to die We carried the goods to the different fronts Yet we're known to the world as a bunch of drunks All that's said for what we have don% Is "go back to sea you dirty bum." Some "Volunteers" the draft board got And "Broadway Commandoes" who have never shot Will sneer at the men of the merchant fleet And curse every seaman they chance to meet. Now that the war is over and thru. Some merchant seamen will go home to The scorn of their neighbors and fairweather friends But that is not where the story ends. For the men who've seen action. Gob or GI Who've seen men suffer and seen them die Will hail every seaman as a comrade in arms When they md^t by the sea or the .ffopical palms. Donal'd McEwen. |B Seafarers Log, We would like very much for the crew of the James M. GUlis to know that we appreciate all they did for us and we send this along in the hope that you will be able to print it in your paper. We have read quite a few of the Logs and think that it's a good paper. Some of us were members of unions before we entered the service and expect to return to them in the near future. We want to say that we tliink you are doing fine for the men in the SIU and we hope that our branch of the trade union movement can do as much for us when we get back to work again. We were passengers on the ship for 48 days and, truthfully couldn't have been treated bet­ ter in the homes of our best friends. The crew was a fine bunch of men who worked well together. They never had any troT.ible among themselves, as many groups of men would con­ fined in such a small area for such a long time. The food was very good and excellently prepared and we had nice sleeping quarters with plenty of clean linen. It seem­ ed that the crew was always trying to do more for us even when we had everjdhing we could need. So expressing our thanks to the crew and to the Union which makes these things pos­ sible, we say good luck to all of you. C. H. Morris, J. E. Dugan, M. R. Bowers. I i'i !'1<I I' i' iiji �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 30, 1945 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Gome Deck Gang Charges THREE MEETINGS ON DE SOTO Mate; Skipper Involved STRESS FOOD AND CLEANLINESS Digest Of Minutes From Various SlU Ship Meetings MV Cape Texas NEW YORK, Nov. 15 — Spe­ cial meeting to take up black gang beef concerning donkey watches for oilers. Julio Evans elected chairman, Ramon Encamacion elected rec.secretary. Chairman explained that the agreement stipulates that over­ time must be paid for this work on week days between 5 p. m. and 8 a. m. provided the ship is in port and they do not break watches. Ralph Carbone moved that nobody sign on until this beef is squared away. The mo­ tion was carried unanimously. The chairman then spoke on the value of union solidarity. 29 men were present from all de­ partments. 26 were book men the others trippers. Eugenio Acabeo moved that all present list their names and book num­ bers for attaching to the min­ utes. The motion was seconded by Gordon Marvury. It carried. A committee of three, Ernesto Corlez, Ramon Encarnacion and Ramon Aguiar, was instructed to meet with the two absent members of the stewards dept. explain the action of the meet­ ing, and urge them to concur. The rec.secretary added this note to the minutes. "Great en­ thusiasm and unity was shown at the meeting. We have a 100% Union crew of which the SIU should be proud. 4- 4" 4" SS Thomas J. Lyons AT SEA, October 24. — T. Short elected chairman, J. Renka elected Recording Sec­ retary. Ships delegates listed everything in good order with the exception of the steward dept., which delegate C. R. McClure, reports has a dispute as to how many men constitute a steward dept., on liberty ships. . Fred Serrahn contacted New York hall long distance from Charleston, N. C. and received information that seven men plus the Steward, total eight men to complete a Stewards Dept. Crew went on record to ex­ press satisfaction of good work done by the 1st and 2nd cook and Chief Steward. The vessel left N. Y. not properly stored nor equipped. These men are congratulated for the good handling of their department in spite of this shortage. 4» 4" 4* SS Cape Corwin AT SEA, September 24 — Meeting called to order for pur­ pose of offering suggestions to Steward for improving the chow, and welfare discussion. J. McMahon, Chairman elected by acclaim. Recording Secretary, R. The necessity for proper feed­ three ships' delegates to meet It was just "fair weather" according to the John Gorrie skipper's log and nothing untowards was happen­ ing and cleanliness of ship and with the captain in regard to was stressed at the ship­ conditions of feeding aboard ing aboard as the scow steamed in the direction of Bor­ gear board meeting on the SS De- ship was unanimously adopted. deaux. "Without wishing to disturb the skipper's dream Soto Sept. 26 in Buenos Aires. The delegates were also in­ of harmony and contentment aboard his vessel the Log, A motion instructing the structed to take up the matter this time the Seafarers Log, wants to let him in on a little secret. On September 26, 1945, after a three-day drunken spree, Simon V. Pukas, his mate, bent on murder, was holding forth on deck armed with a 30-30 rifle which, in his drunken stu­ por, he was firing indiscrimi­ nately. Sorry to shock you, skipper old man, but the Log, that is the Seafarers Log, seems to feel that a little incident of attempt­ ed murder is something that should appear in your ship's log. Now this mate, not content with his indiscriminate shoot­ ing, started to discriminate, this time picking Ordinary Seaman Jerry Greenberg for his target. As the OS walked forward un­ suspectingly, the mate let go with a shot "across the bows" but fortunately, according to the crew, the first one was a dud. Greenberg, not fancying himself a dead martyr, prompt­ ly hit the deck (in fact he is said to have started his own private fox-hole), and the sec­ ond shot, not a dud this time, missed. So much for this gem of news for Skipper Rudolph Augustsen to enter belatedly into the ship's log. Now for some other infor­ mation, not yet recorded by the worthy captain. This same man. Mate Simon V. Pukas, had an almost fantas­ tic craving for masculine affec­ tion and attention, which went SURVIVORS OF THE FIRST MATE Members of the John Gorrie deck gang gather at the New York Hall to discuss "near misses" in their encounters with the first mate. Left to right, standing, P. Tanski (AB), Paul Schad (Dk Mn). John Belinski (AB). Ivan Radovic (AB). Joseph Grant (AB). Herb Mielke (OS) and Nick Roll (OS). Seated. Jerry Green­ berg (OS) and Ed Kairis (AB). The mate "remained true to the deck crew" they reported. far beyond the uisual desires of those unfortrmate afflicted peo­ ple. Of course, it must be admit­ ted that the mate showed fi­ delity to be his watchword, in that he remained true to the deck crew and never once pm-sued his ardors in the- black gang or stewards' department. Whether he showed endearment for the occupant of the log room is unreported. ' Herrmann, elected by acclaim. ot becoming SIU member. The Steward told meeting just what crew approved and five book the food situation was on board members signed statement to and asked for suggestions for that effect. They are: Busby, changes in menu. These were J. G. Can. W. Kosmidor. J. offered and after consideration Disarmio and C. Lawson. Sec­ by entire crew a list of changes retary instructed to write de­ was made and were duly turned cision to Union. Following one over to the Steward at the com­ minute of silence the meeting pletion of the meeting. Chief adjourned on a motion by Bus­ Electrician asked chair to open by, seconded by S. Collet. discussion pertaining to working Recording-secretary was Wedt rules and duties of electricians. Swohla. The meeting also dis­ Such was done. The recording cussed shipboard beefs which secretary added this note to the were squared away aboard. minutes. "Since above meeting 4> 4* 4' and carrying out suggestions of SS Samuel H, Walker this meeting, the feeding aboard this vessel has improved greatly. AT SEA, October 29. — B. M. McCormick moved that charges 4, it SS John McDonough of non-imion conduct be pre­ ferred against M. C. Gaddy MANILA, Oct. 1 — Meeting (steward) upon arrival in port. called to order by James Disario. The motion was seconded by B. deck delegate. Bosun Carl Law- Jensen. It was brought out that son elected chairman unani­ the Steward did not check pro­ mously. Oiler Busby moved that visions before leaving port, Messboys divide work of clean­ leaves insufficient night lunch, ing stewards dept., toilet and refuses to pay overtime to pan­ shower. S. Collet (Dk. Mnt.) try men for ten extra men. moved that toaster and orange • 4. 4.: squeezer be removed from of­ SS Henry Lomh ficers mess to scullery. Second­ ed by Triolo. Ch. Ck. Forsylhe, AT SEA, Oct. 27 — Serious formerly NMU, stated intention beef concerned deficient food ' of dishes, table linen and other gear. Licensed officers were told to stay out of the crew's mess and refrain from using the • crew's gear. The meeting was chaired by Brother H. Braunstein and Joe Olya was recording-secretary. MEETING NO. 2 At the second meeting aboard the scow, Braunstein was again elected and R. Mclnruff replaced Olya in the secretarial post. Discussion concerning trip card men Reindern and Scidini who had made previous trips on cards and not joined the Union . was followed by a recommenda­ tion that this matter be referred . to shoreside officials for further action. The recommendation was adopted. The crew then adopted a motion warning Mat­ thews, who had not attended the meeting, against leaving dishes dirty and urging him to be a better union brother. This meeting was on Sept. 28. NOV. 11 MEETING On November 11 the crew In the preliminary hearings held another meeting at which before the Coast Guard which the members went on record to followed his arrival in New refuse a payoff until all beefs York, the mate was charged by were squared away. It also members of the crew, "with as­ adopted a motion" demanding sault with a deadly weapon." that the soldiers aboard the ship Final hearing is set for Mon­ "shall be fed in the same man­ day, Nov. 26 at which time the ner and quantity as the crew • skipper is scheduled to appear members." and state his views on: the Olya was recording secretary charges and defend his own of the third meeting and Braun­ failure to enter the alleged hap­ stein again won the chairman's penings in the ship's log. assignment. supply which was not suf­ ficient to permit balanced meals. Repeated suggestions for im­ provement, made by the crew, met with complete indifference on the part of the Steward. In the engine department, the Ch. Eng. posted a notice saying he and the 1st were the only ones who would authorize overtime. Disregarding the notice, the 2nd turned the Fireman and Oiler to. The Chief threatened to break the 12-4 Firemen down to Wiper if he dared turn in any more overtime on sea watches. The crew strongly emphasized the need for Patrolmen at the payoff. Delegates were Andrew J. Morvay (Stewards) Carl G. Frey (Engine) and AUenby (Deck). 4. 4 4. SS Thomas W. Hyde Oct. 10. — Lonnie Granlham was elected chairman and the first order of business was elec­ tion of delegates. Rogers. Don­ ald Long and Eugene Smith were unanimously elected as delegates for engine, stewards and deck departments respec­ tively. The sitewards depart­ ment was reported two men short. Grantham delivered a talk oh the union way of help­ ing members and other men participate in discussions. He advised all to read up on SIU literature, particularly the Con­ stitution. Recording Secretary was Niel F. Nielson. 4 4 4. SS Thomas W, Hyde (Second Meeting) Deck department delegate re­ ported four trip cards, four p. b.s and three books. Gasperinni will have time for full book. Steward dept. reported three book men, four p. b.s, sixteen trip cards and beefs about lock­ ers, bunks, mattresses. Crew members who had intended to sign on for next trip insist that these- things are corrected be­ fore they sign articles. Also discussed was the question of overtime for painting. Engine dept. report showed three book men and seven trippers. One, who said he didn't want to joina imion, was recommended for the 91 year c^ ib. Name is J. (Continued on Page 7) �Friday,. November 30, 1945 THE Joseph Hewes Crew Files Charges Against Four Men < AT SEA, Oct. 22. — Meeting aboard the SS Joseph Hewes called to order at 8 p.m. John . Hansen was elected chairman and T. Winders, recording-sec­ retary. Reports of delegates followed. Ray Delker, AB, "We have 7 full books, 1 probation book and 2 trip cards in the deck department." Engine Delegate Lester Kimbriel reported 4 full books, 1 p.b., 4 trippers and Stewards Delegate George Dinass, 4 full books, 8 p.b.s and 14 trippers. The stewards department del­ egate pointed out that Messman E. A. Miller had signed on with­ out clearing through the Union hall and was turned to by Act­ ing Steward Conrad. Kimbriel made a motion that the Steward ' be brought up on charges but the motion was later withdrawn when Conrad explained he had been under the impression that the Chief Steward (who had been left on the beach) had picked up Miller's card. As there was considerable confu­ sion because of the chief's fail­ ure to board the ship, the matter was voted to be turned over to the Patrolmen for a thor, ough investigation. The need for fumigation had been called to the attention of the captain and he had prom­ ised action when they got to France. The deplorable condi­ tions left by the prior crew were condemned as being "not ' Sit all in accordance with SIU . standards." Meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. engine). Hall (deck) and Cen­ ters (Stewards). • It was reported that due to the shortage of one Steward, the entire dept. had had "a m§rdi-gras." The food had been terrible during the en­ tire trip and on more than one occasion the Messmen had been told that there "isn't any more" for the watch eating at the second table. Delegates' vi­ sits to the Steward produced many unfilled promises but af­ ter a fuU and open discussion it became clear that the trou­ ble was because of the abso­ lute lack of cooperation in the department. It was decided that the offenders be brought before a shore committee. UP ON CHARGES SPECIAL MEETING, Nov. 10.—Hansen called meeting to order at 2 p.m. Only order of business was a motion duly made, seconded and carried, that the following men be charged as follows: John Higgins. Incompetent, uncooperative and for actions unbecoming an SIU member, such as refusing to take orders from Steward and Chef and using insulting language to sincere book members who were trying to better condi­ tions for the crew. Kaiser (2nd Ck.). Totally in­ competent, uncooperative, viz.: The crew agreed at a previous meeting to observe ship rules by keeping soldiers out of crew's quarters. Kaiser used his focs'le to run a card game, fed soldiers with crew night lunch, in fact used his trip card as a vehicle to hustle the GIs and crew. Several lost substantial, sums of money. Kaiser persisted after being warned. Such actions would destroy the Union's good name. Gomez (2nd Ck.). Totally in­ competent. Bemstien. This man recruit­ ed a soldier from among the passengers to do his work. The complaints were signed by the following men: Lester Kimiriel, John Hanson, Oposlokas Kalanidas. A1 Pateras, W. C. Wagner, R. J. Congdon. L. J. Hall, e. L. Kemper and John Francutl. FUMIGATION IMPOSSIBLE AT SEA, Nov. 1.—Chairman Hansen called the meeting to order at 8 p.m. The body then took . up unfinished business such as the matter of fumiga­ tion. It was pointed out that in­ asmuch as the ship had only been in LeHavre for a few hours, fumigation had been im­ possible. The captain had re­ jected the idea of deck boards for showers and the delegates r were instructed to see him again. Brothers Wagner (deck), Fishel (engine), and Higgins (stewards) were elected to make up a work list. After HE some discussion a motion was made demanding that new innerspring mattresses be sup­ plied the crew because the present ones were hard and thin and of poor quality. It was recommended the matter be brought before the next joint meeting in New York. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m. after adopting a mo­ tion that nobody sign off be­ fore the' Patrolmen board the Ifliii ship. Brother Winders was re­ cording-secretary. WONDERS •SgiVvV--;.;-';..;-,:; lii FOOD IS TERRIBLE AT SEA, Nov. 10.—Hansen again elected chairman by ac­ clamation as was Winders to the rec.-sec. post. In the dele­ gates' reports all departments showed disputed overtime and a volunteer committee was formed to assist the Purser in giving each man an account of wages due. The following brothers volunteered: Hanson Jeff Davis saw Ihe now Coast Guard papers before he shipped out. "I wonder what their next move to grab power .will be." asks Jeff. SEAF ARERS LOG Digest Of Minutes Frem Various SIU Ship Meetings (Continued from Page 6) Hamlon or Namlon. Other ship­ board beefs were discussed and settled leaving only the bunk and locker situation for the Pa­ trolmen. Chairman Lonnie Gran­ tham again spoke on SIU or­ ganization matters. 4- S. 3^ SS Tarleton Brown BRINDISI, Italy, Oct. 7 — Fitzgerald elected chairman and Sommer, recording , secretary. Deck delegate John W. Samsel spoke about cleanliness of the mess halls, keeping tables clean and feet off chairs. Ch. Steward suggested fines. The members voted that Person is not to be served unless he is properly dressed. Black gang delegate Tony went on record to say that everything was running in har­ mony and the engine depart­ ment had no beefs. The same re­ port was made by the steward dept. delegate, Phillips. The Bosun proposed that no clothes be washed in showers. 4* 4" 4* SS Tarleton Brown OCT. 21. — No beefs reported from stewards or black gang. One member of deck crew com­ plained about heads with a re­ quest that they are improved in cleanliness. The Steward warned the crew against selling food to GIs or bringing any of them to the crew's focst'le. He pointed out that the latter practice dis­ turbed men who were going on watch. $1.00 penalty was voted for infraction of these rules. Chairman was Bosun William Simmans. Manuel Marin was recording secretary. Gl Paper Lauds SIU Members Ou SS Thomas Hyde Final edition of the "Fryde Hyde" official organ of the GIs.. returning on the Thomas W. Hyde, commented editorially on the cooperation the troops re­ ceived from all hands aboard the Calmar Liberty. In another article the troop commander, Lt. Col. A. E. Betschich, thanked the skipper and "his most efficient crew" for the excellent and interesting voyage during which good food, well served "and accommodations exceeding those expected on a vessel of this size" left nothing to be desired. The Col. said "We were all agreeably sur­ prised to find ourselves travel­ ling in such comfort and this comfort was the work of Cap­ tain Hansen and his crew." HAVE YOU VOTED? Page Seven CUT AND RUN By HANK Andy Thevik, one of the old timers, is going to comb the Brooklyn beach until he runs out of those Khorramshar PX stogies. % X X Bosun James Scott became the proud father of a girl. Mother, child and father are doing fine. XXX The Norfolk hall is a fine rest­ ing place. Almost empty and noiseless with about ten guys waiting around. No reason why the piecards there don't send us at least a weather report. 4' 4- 4. Deck Engineer Weaver Man­ ning has lend-leased nine bucks to 2nd Ck and Baker Henry McDilda. Both were gassed up at the time. McDilda would do fine if he spent the nine smack­ eroos learning to bake bread. 4-4-4 While those pea-jacketed Maritime School refugees breeze through the first deck in sub­ way rush hour fashion, and fa­ miliar shellbacks are rustfully anchored around the bar wait­ ing for salty shots to head their way, there's plenty of news about brothers to be logged. 4- 4- 4There's a beef about Alfred "Smokey" Lanton who's sailing chief mate these day for Miss­ issippi. He made a bad impres­ sion on his unlicensed brothers so it looks like the scrambled brass is giving him lead poison­ ing of the brain. 4-4-4. Little.Tommy Counihan sure climbed fast even for an ambi­ tious kid. He's third mating on a tanker now. Another young shipmate who's third mating is former Bosun Virgil Conrad. Hope he's improved in dealings with his union brothers. 4-4-4' The last time we saw Bosun Espur H. Dam, following that '43 trip on the Del Aires, was his appearance as third mate having a drink below the old Stone Street Hall. 4-4-4We've got a swell (but plenty tough and mustachioed) door­ man keeping out the foulweathered brothers at the New York hall. Nice work, Slug Siekmann, in keeping out those two guys who just wanted to look around "because we have trip cards." 4-4-4Our big and important organ­ izing machine is being oiled suc­ cessfully by "Bull" Shepard and his equally handsome brothers. Gene Dauber and Joe Udeljack. (Editor's Note: We apologize for Hank. Calling the organiz­ ers "handsome" is a sign of as­ tigmatism or perhaps DTs. Be­ fore Udeljack came on the others were known as "the gruesome twosome." Nobody has thought up a name for all three,—yet.) 4-4-4The best humored and busiest working Deck Engineer we've ever met is an old timer named Fred Johnson (Bk No. 117) who's aboard the SS Tulsa right now. 4 4 4Wonder if Thomas "Rebel" Mellon ever decorated his puss with another beautiful black beard. • 4 4 4 If Harry Bernay keeps sailing Mississippi he'll own the of­ ficers' mess saloon. Unless he decides to get his own restaurtaurant somewhere around New York. 4 4 4 Anyone know the where­ abouts of Oiler Paul Gondzer who was trying so hard for promotion to third. His soldier brother should be getting home from Persia soon, and Paul may have suspended operations to be with his family. 4 4 4 Don't suppose any wise guys like that big smilin cook bother Fireman Harold Barrentine these days. Barren hasn't hit New York for a long time. 4 4 4 A couple of fresh beers and chatter about old times with those two old Missouri mules, Oilers Patrick Kearns and Clar­ ence Adolph, would go good right now. 4 4 4 Waiting to hear from Gene Moon who shipped on a Robin scow and became deck delegate. 4 4 4 Attention all Eire newspapers. Messman George Kelly should be visiting his parents there. We don't know how many points the Irish law allows for a dis­ charge, but Kelly should have enough. 4 4 4 Has anyone seen "Seabreeze?" We mean Simon Forgetle. who did so much chairhopping in that Panama saloon and missed the ship which was heading home after a five month voyage. 4 4 4 Is James Holme married, hit­ ting Australia or sailing to Puer­ to Rico to say "hullo" to Bud Ray? 4 4 4 AB Charles McKee visited Beaver Street the other p.m., took one look around and left for Frisco to ship out again. 4 4 4 Why so much free advertise­ ment around the New York hall for that first mate on the John Gorrie? After all, there's an old saying, "One man's meat is an­ other man's poison." 4 4 4 Looks like Messman Harold Farfington shipped out a few days ago. He hasn't grown a beard since those days on the George Pickett. 4 4 4 We just saw the report from the William Lester sent from Japan by the crew. Their des­ cription of the skipper and chief mate is magnificent but unpublishable. 4 4 4 We were kidding one of the Log writers the other, day about the joys of a piecard's job. He didn't answer but slipped us a poem he had just received from a seafaring poet laureate. He said, "We have to read these." I withdraw my remarks about piecards. Anyone who has to read stuff like that is a hero of the labor movement. (Editor: Hank is just fooling. Most of the stuff we are getting is good.) s!l i-i li • Ur ' I i'Jj £.1 i } I �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 30, 1945 BULLETIN J SS THOMAS SULLY James Gordon Ernest Fickett John Frankowski Ralph Sturges Peter Nicolaides Garnett Stevens John McDonnell Lyle Smith Darius Aurman Wallace Gibson Floyd McNair N. N. Bathia A. Von Lerberg Purvis Parker Wm. Lichtenaner Martin Collins Richary King Robert Dunning Bill Woodham Fred Manry Ralph Whitley Floyd Grahan C. M. Blackstock Raymond Roach D. L. Lavender Geo. A. Yeager Billy Brown Elton Sanders F. W. Mobrhusen Leland Jacobs Leonard Morris Clarence Yackel Robert Breaux Chas. Holder 98.75 19.80 2.89 3.24 4.43 5.98 7.84 8.71 3.57 3.57 3.17 3.17 2.58 2.58 2.58 2.58 8.32 1.00 10.20 3.82 13.79 10.20 10.80 13.18 1.68 5.89 2.83 2.83 ..... 3.47 .. 3.47 7.49 18.43 5.94 84 SS FRANK R. STOCKTON C. Schwartzer $ 8.66 4.60 W. Maseley A. Lallesaya 12.02 P. Cox ... 5.07 ..... 2.69 Francis Altman 23.12 Henry Gable Edward Farch 2.69 Ferdinand Hartung 2.01 2.69 Harold Vincent 13.43 Peter Barnett 6.71 James Gresback Donald Quinn 32.67 Warren Burton 2.35 James O'Connell ; 1.34 Maurice P. Corbett 4.03 1.08 Melford Grier 1.00 M. Holm ; 3.37 Edward Janich SlU HALLS NEW YORK Si Beaver St HAnover 2-2784 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Lombard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI. 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 SAN JUAN, P. R45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 GALVESTON SOSVi 22nd St. 2-8043 RICHMOND, Calif. 257 5th St. SAN FRANCISCO ..59 Clay St. SEATTLE ....86 Seneca St. PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside SL WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. SO. CHICAGO ...9137 So. Houston Ave. CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Oair St. DETROIT 1038 Third St. DULUTH B31 W. Michigan St. VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. TAMPA 842 Zack St. M-1323 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. 5-1231 —Unclaimed WtMges— Calmar Steamship Company Towell Vinal Malcolm Cross Carl Yost Victor Maldonado Giovanni Labbato 6.73 15.20 23.86 15.09 15.09 Leo A. Bolton ... Ernest Pelsey ..i H. H. Turner ... W. Peterson Joseph Mesta 4.67 D. A. Austin 3.19 2.89 5.15 P. Miguel 84 L. T. English 2.89 2.41 SS J. WILLARD GIBBS 2.41 John Smith John J. Comfrey E. McStowe S. ChiUin R. Solberg A. Feliciano J. J. Radziwicz A. Loy : I. P. Matazko Frank Tonas Maurice Norris D. Brummond James Minton Geo. Davis Max Seidel A. H. Kuffner L. R. Burdette Daniel Redington ... D. Staserich A. B. Chalmers Edgar N. Jacobson Members of the Seafarers N. M. Patton are entitled to a weekly pay­ Hyman Patask ment from the Union if they Geo. H. Bryand are laid up in a hospitaL Be Paul Crowley sure to get what is coming D. Coffey to you: Notify the Union the R. McCauley day you are admitted, so that E, Velez there will be no delay in your Geo. Ruel receiving the money due you. E. Bellington J. Henault John Szyayarto — A. Lazardo J. A. SCARA A. L, Thomas J. E. WARD L. R. Holland J. E. McCREADIE R. J. Renders J. DENNIS (colored) D. Kimble C. T. WHITE Francis J. Best J. P. SABERON D. J. Jackson XXX Ralph Johnson MOBILE Phillip Barrows TIM BURKE William Pyonter M. CARDANA F. B. Francis J. C. DANZEY PhiUip Barrows XXX Andrew Goodbeck NORFOLK MARINE HOSP. Thomas Hanley , CARLTON P. BLANKENSHIP John Mooney Lionel Chapman JESS SMITH Rossman Coons CHARLES MIZELL Wm. Meyer JOHN N. CONNOLLY Richard Desman JOSEPH TAYLOR Paul Morse XXX Men Now In The Marine Hospitals BRIGHTON, MASS. R. INSCOE G. PHINNEY J. HOWARD L. PERSICHETTI A. RAMOS J. SILKOWSKI H. GABAREE J. LONG A. MORSE E. JOHNSTON P. CONOYER % X STATEN ISLAND T. BRESCIO D. G. SLOAN E. G. WALKER G. SMITH W. SPENCER J. M. MARTINEZ R. POWELL G. SCHULZE L. R. KATES C. MIDDLETON H. J. CRONIN L. L. MOODY E. R. CROWELL L. LUZI W. K SMITH MASON HALL E. F. GIBBS L. R. BORJA D. CARRILLO L. VEENSTRA W. B. MUIR SAVANNAH HOSPITAL M. JOHN L. LOFTIN B. R. PETERMAN « » » VINCENT SAN JUAN ELLIS ISLAND R. C. GRIMES R. DICKSON JOHN W. GREGORY LOUIS CERON JOHN LOPEZ D. MCDONALD s. X t. NEPONSIT CORNELIUS J. FITZGERALD E. VON TESMAR Your sister Marie is trying to R. A. BLAKE get in touch with you. Contact BERTEL BRYDER J. F. CLARK Headquarters office for her ad­ PABLO CORTES dress. E. V. FERRER XXX XXX BALTIMORE HOSPITAL MV TYBEE FRANCIS JONES Will Eddie "Gaga" or other FREDERICK ROSENBAUM members of the crew please write ESILIO DELLAMANO XXX to Robert Powell, at the U. S. PORT OF NEW ORLEANS Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Sts^ F. W. MURPHY ten Island, N. Y. Hospital Payments PERSONALS $ 27.01 6.04 ....... 2.01 98.75 98.75 .67 2.01 4.03 9.50 13.63 4.37 7.05 9.07 3.69 2.01 .. 4.70 3.97 5.57 5.56 3.95 1.97 3.36 3.36 1.18 6.03 ._... 9.61 8.69 11.06 8.69 11.36 13.40 11.72 ... 14.74 59.08 4.67 4.67 5.30 1.98 1.98 ...... 3.96 1.98 44.01 1.98 3.55 13.18 5.05 4.21 4.21 4.21 10.10 4.21 4.2l Wm. Friedley Vincent Petrella Marvin McLeod David Desman John McWade Eddie Combs Donald Austel Kennett Strong David Wedding Leland Taylor Oliver Knight H. Van Den Basch John Mooney' Ansel Rossan Thomas Williams Albert Wooten Jerry O'Brien R. Samples .' 11.98 4.21 4.21 17.67 4.21 13.47 4.21 28.61 4.21 43.34 43.66 17.67 36.00 7.57 33.5'}' 33.57 11.78 5.56 SS HOLT Voyage No. 7 Edward L. Gordon $ 96.13 Robert Moran 28.04 Robert Scott 6.23 Robert E. Conway 8.02 James M. Kingston 1.18 Paul R. Klausen , 2.67 Harry W. Sagarino 1.78 Q. L. Gryzwacz 1.78 Melvin Hoy 7.13 A. La Plante 7.13 C. Goetke 1.83^ Geo. R. Lang : .89 E. H. Steinhelfer 9.80 A. H. Birt 90 John H. Stevenson 1.78 Leo A. Derstler 5.14 Chas. A. Fitzpatrick 2.67 Wm. Ginn 8.66 Paul D. Leplay 3.56 Capas W. Jones 30 Collect at Calmar Steamship Company office. Notice! 1. The crew members of the D. Willard, who were aboard dur­ ing the salvage of the French vessel, are advised to keep in touch with the Chief Adjusiter, Division of Wartime Insurance, WSA, 99 John Street, regarding payment of bonus. MONEY DUE Paul Curtis, $225.00; H. Tucker, $175.00; T. Arrago, $225.00; D. Snyder, $67.50; B. R. Williams, E. McNulty, 34 hrs.; W. L. Sar­ $36.00. Collect from Eastern SS. gent, 16 hrs.; J. Chaisson, 46 hrs.; XXX $10.50; H. Kalitzki, $153.53; G. Brooks, $153.53; H. Mackiewicz, SS GALEN L. STONE $153.53; N. Remley, $153.53; T. (Paid off in New Orleans) Daley, $153.53; J. R. Webb, Crew has linen money coming. $153.53. CoUect by writing to Eastern SS Collect at Calmar, 14 Whitehall Co., Boston, Mass. St., New York City. XXX XXX SS HASSLER SS LOU GEHRIG The men who paid off in Char­ (Voyage No. 9) leston, S. C, can collect transpor­ The following men have money tation at the Bull Line Office in due them: Jack Wright, $225.00; New York. SS DANIEL WILLARD (Paid off in Phila.) • v..I"..'- �m mmm Friday, November 30, 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG iPPBI Page Nine Port Boston Busier Than Ever By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON — Business and ship­ ping continues at a fast pace in this port. We sometimes wonder where we are going to get the men, especially when the board holds 75 or 100 jobs at one time; however, we somehow manage . to get the boys aboard for sailing time. there last week, and currently is being crewed up from here. Every time we have a vessel—or vessels—in Portland, it requires that someone travel up there from Boston at least once a week. In­ cidentally, Portland . is doing all right so far as business is con­ cerned, and all signs point to­ ward its being much better off as a port in the future. By BOB HALL A great deal of our time is Not only have they some new TAMPA — Things in this port, John Lind and the old Marjorie taken up in this business of writ­ piers up there, built and paid for Silence this week from the are picking up, and we are get­ are due in next week. ing commitment letters for entry by the Government as a wartime Branch Agents'Of the follow­ We are getting several very sad ting quite a few ships in here ratings. We write one letter to necessity, but the Maine solbhs ing ports: now. We had four last week, cases in this office the past couple attest that we can use the ap­ appear ready to spend some and will have five in this week. of weeks. Some of the HMO boys plicant, and this letter gets him money to build more piers and GALVESTON The good ship Brandywine is drop in and inquire about taking woo the railroads for better rail SAN JUAN also due in over the week end. out trip cards. When askbd why ^^0 WAHTi facilities to feed the port. It PHILADELPHIA guess she will call for cooks, as they quit the WSA, they usually looks as though the postwar per­ JACKSONVILLE she does at least once a trip. Bull talk about every man should be­ iod will witness some rather in­ BALTIMORE long to a union. It's sad, sad in­ has started to send some of her tense rivalry for New England NEW ORLEANS rustbuckets back. The Governor deed that these monkeys never shipping. figured that one out long ago; MAIL SNAFUED they actually look hurt when We have been receiving a num­ you tell them to scram. ber of calls from wives and rela­ tives of our Boston members com­ THICK AS FLIES By LOUIS GOFFIN plaining about the mail situation These new Coast Guard papers and asserting that their letters to Slowly but surely the wartime the merchant seamen, are fully are something of a headache here their relatives are not being re­ agencies are going out of business. capable of taking care of our­ in this port. These kids go to ceived. Now that the Navy will the post office to get papers as selves. not handle merchant sailors' mail We've noted that in the past few We do not need nor want the soon as they become draft bait. any longer, we wiU have to de­ weeks a number of RMO fink on the list. About 10 or 12 days vise some way of insuring our halls in certain small ports have Coast Guard to interfere with the They in turn send them to the operation of the Merchant Serv­ SIU hall and won't give them later he returns to the Hall to men adequate mail service. For closed their doors. This is a step ice in the months and years to papers unless we give them a tell us that he went up to the one thing, we will have to de­ in the right direction, and the follow. We demand that we re­ letter to the effect that we are in Coast Guard to get his papers, mand that the various companies sooner that the rest of these fink turn to the jurisdiction of the De­ need of these men. Most of them and that they had sent him back not let mail addressed to crew we send to 228 South Franklin to us for another letter, in which members employed on their ships halls close their doors the better. partment of Commerce and the Street and, from what we hear, Elimination of all types of fink U. S. Steamboat Inspection Serv­ we must specify what ship we accumulate in some forgotten cor­ the rank and filers can't get in halls and crimp joints is abso­ ice. need him for, together with its ner of their offices until after the their own hall for the paper The Coast Guard should turn lutely necessary for the future sailing date. crew has paid off and dispersed well b e i n.g of the maritime this power over to the men who seekers. up and down the coast. The usual unions and all organized labor. are acquainted with the peace Not many of the oldtimers JUST TOO BUSY procedure then, presumably, is drifting around now. One of them time pursuits of the merchant In eliminating these agencies, we . Needless to say, this is quite . an imposition on the Dispatcher's to toss the whole stack of mail must never overlook the one out­ service. Coast Guard courts and has got himself a contract with time, for the Dispatcher is most into the dead letter office. Which fit which is most damaging to the hearing units should be discon­ Uncle Sam; Brother Harvey of the time too busy taking or- doesn't help the domestic har­ future of our Union, and all sea­ tinued, and their uniformed law­ men in general—^and that is the yers should be turned back to . ders for crews, shipping them out mony of our married brothers! At the moment we have the SS Coast Guard. civilian life. Frankly, we are and keeping his records in order, We realize that the Coast Guard getting tired of paying taxes to to have time on his hands for Hagerstown Victory (Calmar) and writing letters which can run into the New Zealand Victory (Water­ is a necessity for the protection support these shysters who are . 40 or 50 per day, the way the man) paying off. Both ships are of merchant ships dui-ing storms; doing nothing but harming the taking what amounts to virtually they serve an essential purpose wellbeing and morale of the sea­ young fellows are coming in. a full crew, so that we start this in life saving and other useful men. Then, too, another time-con- week off with the proverbia It goes without saying that all . sumer is Portland, Me. The J. "bang" and hope for the best for duties in peace time. The work seamen have the same thoughts that they did during the late war Swan (So. Atlantic) paid off up he remainder of the week. was a bright spot in the history regarding the Coast Guard and of our country, and we know that that is, get out of the merchant they will serve usefully in the service picture, let us attend to future. But there is one thing our knitting and all you gold that they must realize—that we. braiders attend to yours. Now is the lime to come to the aid of your union. We Jamerson has his notice to report > By BLACKIE NEIRA are engaged in an all-out ef­ to Camp Blanding this coming week. Old Peanut has hung * MOBILE — Shipping in this fort to make Isthmian a union outfit. This can only port is getting back to norma around just a shade too long. By BEN REES Maybe when he gets out, he will after a hectic four month period be done with the help of NORFOLK—Not much change Gordon, $1.00; Arnold Nathan- not have any worries any more of the best shipping that was every rank and file SlUer afloat. When you tie-up along in this port. Things have been son, 50c. ever encountered here. —he should at least be a Colonel, H. J. Acosta, $1.00; C. R. Fuber, or if he is real lucky he can get side an Isthmian ship, board going on as usual. We had the Pan Orleans (the her and give the crew the One of the pleasures of being 50c; R. L. Foote, $1.00; M. Mc- in the MPs and hang around Queen Mary of the Waterman score on waterfront union­ part of the Seafarers is knowing Carty, $1.00; R. W. Cartwright, Gran and Naples and give the SS Co.) to payoff here last week, ism. Show them a copy of that you are not a cog in an im­ $1.00; Bill Maldone, 50c; R. Catoe, seamen a break. Ma William's and the officers and men booted our contract, tell them how personal, cold organization; that 50c; Jack Griffith, $1.00; H. West- place will sure miss him, as he . in 28 dollars to the Log. we settle beefs, prove to there are members, and they are phall, $1.00; S. Krkovitch, $1.00; is one of the real oldtimers there." The Alcoa Master paid off with them that unionism, the SIU the great majority of the SIU, Richard Thornton, $1.00; C. RigGOOD HUNTING no beefs, and very little changes way, means more pork chops who want to share their pleasures ler, $1.00; J. Anderson, $1.00; One of Steely White's boys was in the crew. The Eliska finally for them. Howard Neal, $1.00; J. Magnuswith you and insist on helping to down to see us this morning, and got away, also the City of Alma. son, $1.00. Total—$26.00. ease your troubles. we had a long talk with him. The Alcoa Pointer paid off with It's feeling like this that makes It was a great lift to me, per­ He talks mostly Greek though a few beefs that were settled be­ a Union, and 1 am thankful that sonally, when the crew of the SS and we need an interpreter to fore the payoff time. We expect William S. Evarts came into the we have that kind of considera­ carry on a conversation with him. the Alcoa Pegasus and the Alcoa tion in the Seafarers. It makes Rail the other day bringing a Lots of good hunting here. I Pioneer and will also have the all the difference in the world. check for $26, the crew's dona­ went out and got a nice bunch of Captain Knot here. tion for a smoking fund for the quail Wednesday evening; and 'i / $ The William Brewster paid off brothers in Fort Stanton Marine Thursday Brothers Parkers and and will be here several weeks as Hospital. I enclose the list of Wread caught a nice string of she is going to drydock. The cold ndividual donors, I think their trout. (Louie Goffin take note.) weather finally caught up with names ought to be printed in the Anytime some of you fellows us; so if you are coming down Log. want to spend a few days hunt­ south, don't forget to bring your C. V. Morgan, $1.00; C. A. Vaning, drop down and I'll take you overcoat with you because you cura, 50c; Joe Komiado, $1.00; Joe to a fellow's place that has fifwill need it. Hall, 50c; H. Paquett, 50c; H. W. ten thousand acres of posted land, As this is being typed, the first Grove, $1.00; C. Gosniss, 50c; and the quail are plenty thick. man was fined 50 cents for com­ A. C. Vipperman, $1.00; G. Carr, Yesterday ,Tampa's tempera­ ing to the Union Hall without his 111.00; R. Burkett, $1.00; John ture ranged from 68 to 80 de­ book. So don't forget your Union Timkins, $1.00; Colbert Harkins, grees. Not bad for November; book when you come to the Hall. 1.00; K. - Atkinson, $1.00; John eh, wot? New Coast Guard Papers Messy CG Must End Control Over Seamen Mobile Shipping Caiiing All SiU Men Goes Back To Normal ft SIU More Than An Economic Group 11 �••Wra THE Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 30, 1945 THE WEEK'S NEWS nv REVIEW A Sport8 And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Lnion Members in Foreign Ports. SPOBTS COLLEGE .GAMES several years of good pitching left. In his last year with the Phillies, he won sixteen games . . . Alabama chosen as one of the Rose Bowl contestants . . . Star Pilot wins Futurity at Pimlico with a purse of $36,365 . . . "Phog" Allen claims Big Six Conference pays football players. Hear, hear! . . . The ring world's little guy, Jimmy Johnston, cele­ brated his 70th birthday . . . Holy Cross selected as one of Orange Bowl teams . . . Freddy "Red" Unbeaten Indiana by blanking Purdue, 20-0, won it's first Big Ten title in 45 years of conference competition. Standouts for the Hoosiers were returned-Vet Pete Pihos and Brooklyn Ben RaimonCochrane, former Navy ohief pet­ di . . . Notre Dame staged a sec­ ty o^cer, trains for world's wel­ ond half rally to swarm over Tuterweight championslup gp lane, 32-6 . . . Clemson upset Georgia Tech, 21 to 7 . . . Duke against Marty Servo while attend­ clinched the Southern Conference ing school under GI Bill of Rights crown by defeating North Caro­ at Seton Hall College . . . lina's Tarheels, 14-7, in a tough game. ARBITRATE LONGSHORE CONTRACT Virginia joined the beaten ranks by losing to Maryland, 19-3 . . . Brown 6, Colgate 6 . . . Mis­ souri outscored Kansas, 33-12, to grab Big Six top honors . . . Penn 59, Cornell 6 ... Yale triumphed over Princeton, 20 to 14 . . . Lou Little's Columbia Lions wound up their best season with a 251 point total by whitewashing Dart­ mouth, 21-0 . . . Pitt 7, Penn State 0 . . . Harvard overwhelm­ ed Boston U, 60 to 0, in a one­ sided game. Lafayette 7, Lehigh 0 ... A strong SMU blanked Baylor, 34-0 . . . Texas Christian 14, Rice 13, in a close one . . . UCLA Rose Bowl hopes dashed after losing to Cali­ fornia, 6-0 .. . Alabama 55, Pensacola 6, to wind up a successful season for 'Bama . . . Michigan won a thriller from the Ohio State Buckeyes, 7 to 3 . .. Northwestern 13, Illinois 7 . . . Wisconsin gained first win in 23 years over Min­ nesota, 26-12 . . . Nebraska 13, Louis Waldman, altcmeY for IntL Loagshoremen's Assn. (AFL)> Iowa 6 . . . Ole Miss took a close listens as ILA Pres. Joseph Ryan makes a point during contract one from Miss. State, 7 to 6 . . . arbitration proceedings in New York. William H. Davis is arbitra­ Tennessee 14, Kentucky 0 . . . tor in dispute which led to spontaneous IS-day strike. (Fed. Pictures) Wash. State beat Washington, 70 ... So. Cal 34, Oregon State 7 . . . Auburn blanked Louisiana COUNTING FORD STRIKE VOTE Tech, 29-0. PRO FOOTBALL Green Bay Packers whipped the N. Y. Giants, 23-14, with GB center Charley Brock stealing the ball from Ward Cuff, and in­ tercepting a Giant pass to score a marker . . . The Philly Eagles, by blanking the Washington Red­ skins, 16-0, remained in the race for Eastern Division leader. With Steve Van Buren plunging and Zimmerman tossing, the is­ sue was never in doubt . . . Chi­ cago's Bears, with Sid Luckman and George McAfee starring, de­ feated the Pitt Steelers decisively, 28-7. Scoring three touchdowns in the fhst half; the Bears were never headed . . . After the East­ ern Division leader is decided, with Philly and Washington now tied and each with two more games to play, the winner wiU ^meet Cleveland's Rams for the pro title. T/ WORLD OF SPORTS Racing revenue set a new rec­ ord in New York with a total of $32,463,542 reverting to the state ... Veteran right-hander School­ boy Rowe released from the Navy. At 35, Rowe figures he still has NLRB employes count ballots in Ford plant at Detroit aftev vote was held to determine whether members of United Auto Woi;kers favored strike if company denies demand for 30% wage increase. Vote was 43,235 to 3,851 in favor of strike. Negotiations with Ford continue while General Motors workers strike. (Federated Pictures) CURRENT EVENTS.. i., AT HOME Big news at the moment is Patrick J. Hurley, who took Wash­ ington bureaucracy by surprise with his sudden resignation as Ambassador to China, and issued a statement of denunciation against professional and career diplomats. Hurley charged that these people have interfered in US foreign policy "to undermine democracy, and bolster imperialism and communism." . . . Isolation­ ist Senator Wheeler, who likes to be known as "non-interventionist," spent four hours of the Senate's time denouncing Russia and Great Britain, the US and the UNO (United Nations Organization). The theory that "this Government of a peaceful people (the US) . . . was the cause of poor innocent Tojo being dragged into war" was declared ridiculous by former Secretary of State Cordell Hull. .. The US gave unqualified support to Uraguay'si proposal for "collec­ tive hemispheric intervention, whenever one of the American Re­ publics violates the elementary rights of man by a government of force" . '. . The Senate debate on the United Nations Participation Act is expected to result in acceptance of the principle of collective security, which policy the Senate vetoed 25 years ago when it pre­ vented the US from joining the League of Nations. Hope faded completely at the President's Labor-Management Conference when four committees were reported deadlocked. The head of the National Association of Manufacturers, Ira Mosher, declared that labor would have to "modify" its right to strike, orj the conference would only be able to discuss minor problems . . . Three weeks of discussions have only produced one agreement, i.e. that labor and management can't get along unless one or the othen surrender its "inalienable rights" . . . Charles E. Wilson, Gener^ Motors president, denied that the corporation had agreed to meet with Federal Conciliators. This, despite the announcement of such a parley by Secretary Schwellenbach, and the naming of a nine member delegation by the UAW. The strike entered its second week with no sign of retreat on either side . . . 700,000 steel workers have voted to dtrike, but no action is expected before January. Observers expected the steel workers union to bolster the autoworkers' strike funds and avoid actual picketing themselves. They pointed out that a victory in auto would reflect in every wage earner's pocket, regardless of his work.- INTERNATIONAL Early returns from Austria indicate that the first election in fifteen years has decisively beaten the communists, and elected the Socialists and the People's Party. More , than 90% of the people eligible voted .. . Lawyers representing accused Nazis at the Nurem­ berg trials are trying to call many leading figures in Allied countries as defense witnesses. Among those named are Lady Astor; an American, "General Wood," Lord Beaverbrook, and Winston Churchill's son. There is little likelihood that they will be called, however. Warnings of fascism returning to Italy were voiced by Premier Parri, forced to resign when two parties in the coalition government withdrew their support. He told his successors to beware of civil war and the return of dictatorship . . . Moscow was expecting an official delegation from Iran to confer on the seething revolt in Azerbaijan, which is occupied by the Ruasians. The Red Army troops are accused of interference with the Iranian goyernments forces and encouraging the rebels . . . British and American pleas induced Archbishop Damaskinos to withdraw his resignation as Greek Regent ... In Palestine the arrest of Jewish immigrants who landed illegally is said to have led to bombing of two police stations and injuring. of»a score of constables . . . Java's indepeiidence Cabinet and Premier failed to win support from Nationalist leaders, but asked that British and Dutch troops be replaced by men from the US, Australia, Russia and China . . . Russia was reported to be keeping the com­ munists out of Manchuria, in accordance with an agreement with the Chinese Government at Chungking. The President of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce said his country's affair^ paralleled Italian fascist methods as anti-Jewish riots continued, apparently at official instigation, in Buenos Aires ... Fists flew in B.A. when Peron (Argentine strong man) supporters clashed with "democrats." The "democrats" were arrested by poliqe. Taxation to recover all war profits has been approved in Japan by General MacArthur. The Japanese industrialists are not entitledC* to make money on their part in the war, is apparently the thought behind the General's directive ... The death toll in India, as a result of three days of demonstrating against the trial of members of the Indian National Army, totalled thirty-seven. �Friday' Noveixtber 30, 1S45 THE SEAFARERS lOQ Page Eleven SS W. SCOTT (Paid off in New York) E. Stratis, $2.00; A. Gonzalis, $1.00; B. G. Binnett, $2.00; G. T. Vibe, $1.00; S. A. Spivey, $2.00; J. D. Lawson, $1.00; W. Nichnowich, $2.00; W. A. McDaniel, $5.00; T. Tounisson, $2.00; E. Delande, $1.00; W. W. Dickey, $2.00; G. F. Edwards, $5.00; B. Miewaca, $2.0.0; Joe Staggs, $1.00 Total— $29.00. $1.00; M. Banny, $2.00; R. N. Bond, $3.00; M. Fort, $3.00; M. C. Holland worth, $3.00; M. W. Euins, $3.00; E. Kennon, $3.00. Total— $34J)0. SS ANTINIOUS (Paid off in New York) H. L. Durant, $i.00; C. E. Evans, $1.00; R. D. HUl, $1.00; G. E. Sime, $1.00; G. F. Miller, $1.00; J. W. Hill, $1.00; P. T. Coponiti, $1.00; J. W. Tobinson, $1.00; R. C. Schwenk, $1.00; James T. Beasley, $1.00. Total—$10.00. SS MADAKET (Paid off in New York) P. Paulin, $2.00; J. J. Radlesk, $3.00; D. Klein, $3.00; J. Severins, $2.00; K. B. Samat, $2.00; G. J; Eisenhaidt, $1.00; C. Senarighi, $1.00; T. T. Simpler, $2.00; J. J. Sexton, $2.00; C. G. Preisch, $1.00; J. Fisher, $1.00; V. H. Lynch, $2.00; R. Bersick, $2.00; T. F. C. Moehies, $2.00; M. Hays, $2.00; J. D. Reeves, $2.00; H. Bin-Dollak, $2.00; A. Rogerson, $2.00; A. A. Flaws, $2.00; E. C. Kohler, $2.00; R. A. Hall, $2.00. Total—$40.00. A Bell, $2.00; G. Hudson, $3.00; E. L. O'Rouke, $2.00; W. A. Sallie, $2.00; W. Truitt, $2.00; L. N. Taylor, $2.00; E. Broglin, $2.00. Total—$15.00. ;•# DONATIONS TURNED INTO NEW YORK BRANCH $1.00; J. Sykes, $1.00; G. Goos, $1.00; W. Carllet, $1.00; Joseph Savin, $2.00; J. Kory, $2.00; W. Lovirie, $2.00; R. Moran, $2.00; Chas. Leyannan, $2.00. Total— $16.00. SS CAPE BORDA (Paid off in New York) H. C. Michels, $1.00. $1.00. Total— Sona, $3.00;L. Total—$7.00. SS J. GARRIE (Paid off in New York) O. Roberson, $2.00; N. Roll $2.00; N. M. Urich, $2.00; H Mielke, $2.00; E. Kaeria, $2.00; Bilinski, $2.00; J. H. Grant, $2.00 P. Schad, $2.00; G. Greenberg, $2.00; J. E. Dressen, $2.00; S. Feincett, $2.00; E. C. Rybinski; $1.00; C. E. Hasz, $1.00; R. Kemmer, $2.00; C. Cassano, $2.00 Rog. A. Goddard, $2.00; J. Roderi quez, $2.00; Carl R. Kohls, $2.00 J. S. Matika, $2.00; R. S. Schlink; $2.00. Total—$38.00. SS FITZHUGH LEE (Paid off in Boston) Kenneth J. Johansen, $1; L. K. Welch, $1; S. H. Zydel, $1; Don­ ald Wagner, $1; Sten L. Johnson, $1; C. F. Peters, $1. Total—$6.00. R. Gleeson, $2.00; C. Williams, $1.00; J. Elmguest, $1.00; N. Machenson, $1.00; M. McMahon, $2.00; G. Hamilton, $1.00; P. Lipman, $2.00; R. Neuhauser, $1.00; H. Dawson, $3.00. Total—$14.00. L. Colombo, $1.00; P. Sarchio, $1.00; D Brendle, $1.00; T. Thomas, $1.00; K. Minich, $1.00; T. Jackuc, $1.00; I. Smith, $3.00; R. Arnett, $3.00; T. Anderson, $3.00. W. S. Daniel, $1.00. Total $16.00. SS RICHARD RUSH SS JAMES SWAN (Paid off in New York) F. Jarocinski, $3.00; R. Smith, (Paid off in Portland Maine) $3.00; H. Wetzel, $3.00; J. Nichols, A. Siles, $2.00; J. Rodriguez, Percy Boyer, $3.00; L. L. Gill, $3.00; J. Jenkins, $3.00; S. Naud$1.00; H. Sposato, $2.00; R. John­ SS TILLINGTON $1.00; R. Lambert, $1.00; J. F. zius, $2.00; G. Waas, $2.00; C. son, $2.00; R. McCannon, $2.00; (Paid off in New York) Robbins, $1.00; J. Kereston, $1.00; F. L. Hildebrano, $2.00; B. Toth, Moore, $3.00; G. Wirt, $3.00; J. F. Boyd, $1.00; C. Kavanagh, E. R. Van Woudenberg, $1.00; A. $2.00; H. Cordes, $2.00; C. Nick- Wasvl, $3.00; D. Larrivee, $3.00; $2.00; R. Lehning, $2.00; H. M. W. Miller, Jr., $1.00; R. Davis, ens, $1.00; W. Hryszko, $2.00; S. R. Lowden, $3.00; J. Carbo, $3.00; Widdonson, $2.00; W. Kalwa,$2.00; $1.00; L. Andreson, $1.00; H. R. J. Swink, $3.00; A. Godzik, $3.00; SS DE SOTO B. Ingle, $2.00. Total—$20.00. E. W. Smith, $3.00; J. T. Yeager, Welsh, $1.00.; W. G. Hughes, $1.00. R. Rachlow, $3.00; W. Ingalls, (Paid off in New York) $3.00; H. J. Robin, $5.00; E. SS J. MILLEDGE L. W. Peace, $1.00; H. M. Karl$3.00; R. Clark, $3.00; C. EHiott, Grech, $1.00; A. B. Kula, $2.00 sen, $1.00; J. W. Keen, $1.00; E. V. Matinki, $1.00; O. Holcomb (Paid off in New York) $3.00. Total—$55.00. A. H. Willard, $2.00; H. A. Eller, Bernel, $1.00; Fiske, $1.00; Adams, $1.00. Totat-$2.00. H. R. Krentz, $2.00; A. Kulos, H. Bergen, $1.00; B. N. Martin, $2.00; C. L. Beck, $2.00; R. D $r.OO; Saonnie, $1.00; Smith, $1.00; $1.00; M. Hall, $1.00; D. H. An­ $1.00; K. Montgomery, $1.00; E. SS RICHARD BASSETT Doney, $5.00; J. L. O'Connor, Wallace, $1.00. Total—$22.00. dersen, $1.00; D. D. Molter, $1.00; Kuczay, $3.00; J. Olexa, 3.00; T. (Signed on in New York) $2.00. Total—$36.00. V. Y. Rendar, $1.00; W. V. Vol- Burns, $3.00; R. Dail, $3.00; D. SS WM. S. YOUNG Virgil Troughber, $2.00; C. Rus kel, $1.00; J. A. Weiss, $1.00; C. Turner, $3.00; C. Augustyniak, SS CAPE MOHICAN sell, $2.00; J. Brosober, $2.00. To­ Donough, $1.00; C. U. Hardwick, $3.00; K. Kern, $3.00; A. Beiser, (Paid off in New York) (Paid off in New York) tal $6.00. $2.00; E. Sidenitz, $2.00; C. I. $3.00; J. Odell, $3.00; J. McKenna, R. Mankin, $1.00; O. Dahl, C. Gonzalis, $1.00; A. M. Fusco Copper, $2.00; H. D. Linton, $2.00; $3.00; O. Wright, $3.00; E. NeuSS H. LOMB $2.00; J. C. Swain, $1.00; D. Mor $2.00; V. Conslantino, $2.00; Lee D, Karpie, $1.00; J. Albert, $1.00; bauer, $3.00; I. Seyfried, $3.00; W. rell, $2.00; R. T. Milde, $1.00 Pierce, $2.00; R. Kasanda, $2.00; (Paid ofi in New York) C. S. Nelson, $2.00; J. A. Russell, Stringer, $1.00; M. Crawford, R. Picken, $2.00; G. Koelbe, $2.00; Total—$7.00. R. J. Zirlott, $2.00; B. H. Goff, $2.00; M. Greenwaid, $1.00; K. E. $3.00; L. Cheesbro, $2.00; W. H. Hanes, $2.00; P. Martin, $2.00; $2.00; J. Velez, $2.00; AUie AnSS ANDREW JACKSON E. Savage, $2.00; H. E. Nilan, drock, $2.00; H. W. Foebes, $2.00; Uri $2.00; R. P. Koshik, $1.00; E. Cody, $2.00; J. Dolon, $1.00; E. (Paid off in New York) $2.00; Raymond I. Dahold, $2.00; J. N. Hoy, $2.00; Robt. Potter, Dasch, Jr., $2.00; E. E. McDonald, Romano, $2.00; L. B. CaUahan, $2.00; W. Kirpper, $2.00; Jack $2.00; P. Bowen, $3.00; H. VilW. A. Geiger, $2.00; S. M. Stok R. W. Moss, $1.00; L. L. Bisson$2.00; D. P. Davis, $2.00, Total— Geiyer, $3.00; W. F. Meyer, $3.00; lianeal, $1.00. Total—$59.00. ke, $4.00; S. Mackay, Jr., $2.00 neth, $2.00; C. O. Faircloth, $1.00; $16.00. T. M. Murelle, $2.00; B. F. Doolin, J. K. Gatlin, $4.00; D. O. Gipson, E. Bryant, $1.00; L. W. Hasiak M. Voletta, $1.00; R. L. Mur­ $3.00; J. W. Curlew, $2.00; N. $4.00; J. Ansor, $2.00; 0. D. Mer $3.00; O. L. Taylor, $3.00; J. B SS WARD HUNT phy, $1.00; D. Bynum, $1.00; F. Skuban, $3.00; G. W. Huthmacker, rlil, $2.00; D. R. Howard, $2.00 Kern, $2.00; F. R. Bare, $1.00; B (Paid off in New York) Ottenberg, $1.00; E. Ottenberg, $1.00; J. Boltin, Jr., $1.00; J. V. U. T. Cleveland, $2.00; J. Thaxton C. Osborne, $2.00; R. Northrop $1.00; S. Feingold, $1.00; P. Hur­ G. Mickelson, $2.00; R. W. Wag­ Ornowski, $1.00; W. Johnson, $4.00; D. A. Wright, $5.00; J, $2.00; A. Grune, $1.00; G. J, ner, $2.00; E. J. Blee, $5.00; J. P D. Johnstone, $1.00; T. R. Ryan, ley, $1.00; R. Nadeau, $1.00; J. Adams, $5.00; M. M. Laws Freda, $1.00; F. C. Bunch, $2.00 Wheat, $1.00; J. Lamb, $1.00; J. Zoger, $2.00; M. Schwartz, $3.00 $1.00. Total—$57.00. $3.00; C. L. demons, $5.00; S. O Total—$49.00. A. Raitano, $1.00; J. A. R. BowS. W. Zabawa, $5.00; W; A. Bur­ Wliitworth, $2.00; W. S. Holmes, SS THOMAS HYDE rette, $1.00; F. W. Smith, $1.00; ton, Jr., $2.00; W. Natmulski SS ELENOR ^r., $3.00; E. Linch, $2.00; R. E K. LeRoy Wood, $1.00; J. Kur(Paid off in New York) $2.00; N. J. Benjamin, $2.00. To­ (Donations Made in Baltimore Horn, $5.00. tal—$25.00. J. CahiU, $3.00; J. Warr, $1.00; chitski, $1.00; J. Conklin, $1.00; HaH) L. E. Wing, $4.00; F. J. Barley E. Gasperini, $4.00; G. Kosmas, L. Eshbach, $1.00; M. Fults, $1.00; Dimas Mendoze, $1.00; Ange $2.00; L. S. Roach, $2.00; W. H SS FALLEN TIMBER ill.OO; T. Madigan, $1.00; E. Smith, C. H. Dittmer, $1.00; T. Blodes, Werneth, $2.00; W. A. Clowers, Passapera, $1.00; Juan Nieves, (Paid off in New York) ilS.OO; J. Hanlon; $10.00. Total— $1.00; Henry Haas, $1.00; R. Din$4.00; F. L. Jeffryes, $4.00; R. L $1.00; Antonio Melendez, $1.00; nisen, $1.00; William Heil, $1.00; L. Szeliecki, $1.00. Total—$1.00 $23.00. Gorham, $2.00; D. L. Knapp, Michael A. Erelli, $1.00; Enrique W. Eversley, $1.00; B. Kenny, SS J. HEWEs' Albert Ellen, $1.00. $4.00; C. A. Dorrough, $2.00; I. J. Soto, $1.00; Gerardo Camacho, $1.00. Total—$25.00. Garrett, Jr., $3.00; L. Burk, $2.00. $1.00; F. Camachi, $1.00; R. Mc(Paid off in New York) SS SPARTANBURG VICTORY' J. Ulses, $2.00; J. Russo, $2.00; Kula, $1.00; J. R. Rivera, $1.00; Total—$89»Q0« S. E. Dodge, $1.00; W. Finley, (Paid off in New York) W. Yudovishes, $3.00; R. Suarez, C. Kind, $1.00; B. Hermandez, $1.00; R. J. Congdon, 1.00; F. SS HASTINGS $3.00; G. Lothrop, $3.00; W. Stiles, C. A. Wiles, $1.00; C. D. RumSl.OO; J. C. Sanobria, $1.00; J. Lindsey, $1.00; Geo. Young, $2.00; ney, $2.00; G. Pince, $1.00; M. S. $3.00; R. Beaudry, $3.00; L. Silver, (Paid off in New York) C. Reed, $1.00. ' Total—$14.00. J. Fancutt, $1.00; R. Delker, $1.00; wigg, $1.00; J. S. Downy, $5.00; $3.00; D. Wolfe, $3.00; L. Fleming, W. S. Watkins, $2.00; J. D. C. T. Kemper, $1.00; I. Hall, $1.00. C. W. Hebrauk, $1.00; A. Polxan- $3.00; J. Nagy, $3.00; P. Pitti, SS WARD HUNT Templeton, $2.00; W. C. Taylor, Total—$10.00. (Paid off in New York) ski, $1.00; R. Conway, $1.00; D. $3.00; G. Mihalopoulos, $2.00; A. $2.00; C. Cortright, $2.00; B. P. Wyckoff, $1.00; R. Moss, $1.00; Maestro, $3.00; R. Zogg, $3.00; J. Simmacz, $2.00; H. F. Sheppard, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS S. A. Emery, $2.00; P. Gilvanry, W. T. Fout, $1.00; E. T. Matthews, Ruszel, $3.00. Total—$48.00. $1.00; C. Inman, $2.00; S. A. Kor- !;3.00; A. Hull, $1.00; M. E. Simms, George T. Brannan, $1; Hans net, >$1.00; W. J. McDonough, i 13.00; E.- Rosa, $1.00; A. G. Soto, lives, 1; Jack Self, $1; Charles W. >1.00; J. Barrow, $1.00; R. E. S. Odeschuckt, $1.00; B. Paza$3.00; C. E. Zeitler, $2.00; R. Sl.OO; E. Lewis, 1.00; J. F. Ham- Crawford, $1 ;Frank P. Corcoran, ! Irusch, $1.00; M. C. AUain, $1.00; nowski, $1.00; J. Guerrino, $1.00; Riviera, $2.00; C. Bauer, $2.00; in, $1.00; T. Coyne, $1.00; M. $1; Russell H. Brinn, $1; Loy E. R. B. Chaney, $2.00; T. Mavordia, A. Mignano, $1.00; P. BrzostowR. A. Lindley, $2.00; T. Pitti, Levy, $1.00; C. J. McCarthy, $6.00; Hoyle, $1; William P. Allman, $1; $1.00; W. H. Thompson, $1.00; J. ski, $1.00 E. Habez, $1.00; F. DotStringer, $2.00; R. Lyons, $2.00; ton, $1.00; J. McLaughUn, 1.00; $2.00; W. J. Roach, $2.00. Total— E. Lewis, $1.00; J. J. Dalici, $1.00; John Tuczkowski, $1; Mrs. Ann S. Drummond, $13.00; F. R. V. Greco, $1.00; A. Stodgel, $1.00; T. Justas, $1.00; P. J. LaBlanc, Lammers, $1; Walter Tach, $1; $29.00. Stransky, $2.00. Total—$43.00. $4.00; W. H. Finicke, $2.00; J. C. John F. McLaughlin, $1; D. P. L. Montalzo, $1.00; G. Vago, $1.00; Geo. Benson, $2.00. Total—$2. J. F. Indore, $2.00; N. T. Fout, W. A. Long, $1.00; F. Alekcamie, Hollicky, $2.00; J. Anton, $1.00; Carroll, $1; Paul L. Baker, $1; SS THIS DALTON E. C. Dacey, $1.00; T. T. Gapelas, William Jensen, $1; William I. !;2.00; D. G. Elsberry, $2.00. To­ $1.00; W. Monohan, $1.00. Total 1.00; H. Gilsdorf, $5.00; Wm. Eionea, $1; M. Quinnoes, $1; Bus­ tal—$6.00. —$15.00. (Paid off in New York) Hernandez, $2.00; C. Montgomery, ter McCormick, $1; Joseph H. A. M. Rothman, $4.00; M. GoldSS L. EVANS L. W. Hampton, $1.00; A. L. 3.00, E. Knowles, $1.00. Total— Prudhomme, $1; Amos V. Mac­ enberg, $1.00; T. Knipp, $1.00; B. Yarborough, $1.00; E. V. Dunlap, (Paid off in New York) $46.00. kenzie, $1. Total—$20. H. Webb, $1.00; J. E. Carey, $1.00; $1.00; T. Frankmanis, $3.00. Total G. Garcia, $2.00; H. F. Higgins, W. H. Koepper, $1.00 A. E. Wil­ SS HENRY LOMB SS J. P. MITCHELL —$6.00. $2.00; J. Zito, $2.00; W. H. Riley, liam, $1.00. Total—$10.00. SS JOHN STEVENS (Paid off in New York) (Paid off in New York) r., $2.00; W. E. West, $2.00; R. E. N. Neilsen, $1.00. Total-S1.00. ^ (Paid off in New York) T. Tabradoe, $2.00; I. Galindez, Gainous, $2.00; M. King, $3.00; A. J. O'Neill, $1.00; E. C. TrawaitTOTAL—$980.00. L. Donovan, $2.00; F. B. Reth,pospi, $1.00; E. J. James, $1.00; $1.00; A. R. BroneUe,, $2.00; V. E, Roderiquez, $1.00; J. B. Hoyt, Hi j; n I I I I;I �::y:\ - rU' :*•;••• ;•••• '• m ;.: ft Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Drops NMU Post; Says Loaders Collaborate With Shipowners Friday, November 30, 1945 IT'S GOTTA BE THERE crew, Cincinnati; dock workers, with any union official involved (Continued from Page 1) Cincinnati; dock workers, St. in the beef. The first we heard give our members the service to Paul; dock workers, Helena, Ar­ of this decision was when the Which they are entitled. kansas; dock workers, Vicksburg; company official called us up and This is what happened; • In July of 1944, when the Na­ dock workers. Warrior River; and gleefully read McKenzie's wire to us. Regardless of whether the tional Council was convened, the many others. Union was right or wrong, the And this is what happened to main point on the agenda was matter should first have been dis these former NMU members: the acceptance of the 1944 War cussed with the Union officials In Cincinnati, for example, the Labor Board decision. There was involved. maintenance crew, after being violent disagreement amongst Or take this case: the skipper the Council members with ref­ forced out of the NMU, formed an independent union. The com­ of the Steamer Louisiana forced erence to this decision. Certain pany now dictates the policy of three NMU members to junip of the Council members, led by this "union" to some extent. In overboard and into mud up to Brothers Myers and McKenzie, the same part, the dock workers, their necks, forty miles from the took the position that this WLB decision was the greatesit agree­ also formerly NMU, are now com­ nearest town, late at night, be­ ment ever achieved by the sea­ pletely unorganized. In Helena, cause these Union members re­ This lad's looking for his cabbage on the money due board. He's men. Other Council members, Arkansas, the NMU dock work­ fused to break our working rules. myself included, took the posi­ ers were thrown out of our Union Naturally the NMU crew aboard not worried—he knows it's got to be there. The SIU Patrolmen take tion that the decision, instead of and told to join the ILWU. Re­ tied the boat up in order to re­ care of that. the greatest agreement ever ceiving no service from that or­ instate these three men and re­ achieved, in fact contained prac­ ganization, these workers now move this mad dog skipper. Up to this time, that was the tically no gains for oiir mem­ belong to no union at aU. On the bership whatsoever. It did not lower rivers, we slid downhill so only tie-up we had on the rivers. contain an actual increase in fast, that at the time of my ar­ Despite this, a letter signed by wages, increased overtime rates, rival there, we had only three Brother Smith was immediately standby pay, increased manning contracts left, with the worst pos­ sent out to all our river branches, By BENJAMIN TAFLEWITZ stating that there were too many scales, or many of the other de­ sible conditions. For a kid just out of Sheeps- some authorative Steward or We had the beginnings, on the tie-ups out there, and they had mands that we felt could have head Bay Maritime School, a trip First Officer, that they realize been won by a real mobilization rivers, of the first real industrial to stop. This likewise was done on an Isthmian troopship is an what a meaningless thing it is to of the membership behind a union in the maritime industry without any consultation with interesting experience. Here is argue for a little justice when nationally, with everyone be­ the members actively engaged in fighting policy and program. why. The Sea Fiddler is a new there is no union contract to base longing to the NMU, from the the Union work on the spot. This sharp disagreement aris­ C-3 ship—clean and* fast. The your arguments on. And when ing over the 1944 WLB deci­ skippers and engineers on the basic scale is almost the same as these young fellows read the COLLABORATION sion has been prolonged to this boats to the Waterboys on the on SIU ships except, of course, Seafarers Log and get a little ink­ The above instances are merely day, with slome of those who docks. But during the period one seldom gets the 85c an hour ling of past union history, they favored jamming this decision Brother McKenzie was in com­ examples of many where the overtime which the company then realize that because there is work of the Union on the rivers down the throats of the mem­ plete charge, tlu-ough negligence say it pays; and that's the first a union in the field they get what bership, attempting to assassin­ or worse we lost not only the had been sabotaged, since I was big difference that stands out so they do get from the company. ate the character and integrity other sections, of maritime work­ assigned to that area. They fit sharply. One good going over of a typical of all those who had opposed ers, but the unlicensed personnel in with what happened to the But let's proceed—Our young SIU agreement, and they realize the decision, regardless of how as well, and we almost lost the Union on the rivers in the past. first tripper on this Isthmian C-3 why it is so necessary to get the, WhUe this may appear to be finds good quarters, good food SIU into Isthmian. such villification might hurt Union entirely. A survey of the situation con­ a personal fight on the surface, (because troop ships carry extra The Sea Fiddler has sent in 40 the Union and its! work. vinced me that we had a big it is far from that in reality. On supplies), and he even gets to see pledges altogether, and now we For example: job to do in that area; to raise the contrary, it arises oijit of movies every night. But, alas, must strive for the nearest thing KNIFED BY LEADERSHIP the wages and radically improve basic differences on policy and this outward shine soon shades to a 100% vote in the elections. After the Council meeting, I the working and living conditions returned to the west coast where on our remaining contract ves­ program. I have always main­ away to an awful, dull reality. Never again will maritime work­ The mess boys work 8% and 9 ers go back to the bad conditions I had been director of the sels; and to immediately begin tained that through correct mo­ Union's activities. Upon my ar­ organizing into our Union the bilizations of the rank and file hours a day, plus feeding extra and the miseries of the early rival there, I found that people river boatmen of the 1487 unor­ behind a fighting policy and pro­ men; and the company steward 1930's. Never again will we stand with whom I had worked many ganized companies. I began to do gram, even during wartime, the says he can't give them overtime. hat in hand for a pittance and a wages and conditions of our The 4-8 ABs must hose down be­ hand-out from the shipowners. years in building the Union this job. membership can be greatly im­ fore 8 a. m. and also clean the The young fellows on this ship would no longer even speak to proved. But others, particularly heads. The Firemen-Waterten- got that point easily after a lively BEEF SCUTTLED me. Upon investigation, I found Brothers Myers, McKenzie and ders must wire-brush (on their discussion in the mess with two After working there for sev­ that Brother Myers had made at Smith, have felt that collabora­ knees) the floor plates around oldtimers (both signed pledges)— eral months, I was recalled to least two telephone calls to San tion with our worst enemies, the the boiler fronts before the ship one of whom has sailed for 20 New York. A few months later, Francisco, one to Harry Bridges, shipowners, was the way to hits port in the U3A—no over­ years. Isthmian men are getting^ the Union again sent me back the other to Barney Dreyfus, the handle the seamen's and river time for that, or for countless to know the score, and they know to the rivers? Upon my return, Union's attorney, telling them boatmen's grievances. Mr. Murray, personnel director other items that on a union ship now why we fellows come aboard that I was a phony, that I had This fundamental difference would mean overtime. and sail these ships even if it sold out to Lundeberg, and that of Federal Barge Lines, said to It is when various disagree­ means a loss in some overtime I was a Trotskyite. Besides af­ me, "I thought we had safely continues to exist, despite lip fecting my personal relations gotten rid of you. What strings service to the contrary. The con­ ments arise between the men and each trip. with the west coast labor move­ did you pull to get back here?" tinued domination of Union pol­ ment, this action also affected A few days later, Haynes, port icy by those who preached col­ the negotiations then in progress captain of Mississippi Valley laboration with the shipowners with Union Oil, and the organiz­ Barge Line, also asked me hov/ in the past, expresses itself to­ them on account of the influence (Continued from Page 1) ing drive then on in Standard come I was back on the rivers day in the failure to mobilize other members of the crew. Those they exerted over younger crew since he thought they had me the rank and file behind our pre­ Oil of California. given suspended. sentences were members who were not given jail sent demands. Although negotia­ forced to pay $5. court costs, and terms. In November of 1944, I was permanently removed. Trouble developed on It was to be expected that tions with the operators for a post $100 bonds for one year. sent to the rivers to place na­ board the Westbank Park during tional policy in effect there. I the employers would naturally new contract were opened weeks a strike at Newport, England, found that no work had been object to and resist anyone who ago, only now has the member­ SENTENCED OVER STRIKES called over dismissal of a chief Magistrate Mclnnes commented officer. The crew refused to work done in that area for many years. fought to improve wages and ship been informed of what our that those given terms received as long as the first mate was on conditions and organize the un­ demands are. Without an in­ Instead, during the time Brother organized. What I did not ex­ formed, mobilized and active the crew, and as a result were McKenzie had been in sole charge of this work, we had steadily pect, however, was to find the rank and file, how can we hope ship' capable of honestly conduct­ charged with refusing to carry Union's work and progress con­ to win what we must have to live ing this struggle. out their duties as seasen. lost ground. Informed of the facts, with Strife aboard the Cromwell In many instances where we tinually interfered with and and support our families? had had contracts with com­ hampered by certain of our This basic difference in policy nothing hidden from them, the Park originated from the refusal panies in past years, we no long­ National Officers. But that is cannot be resolved by any meet­ membership will make the cor­ of crew members to sail until a er had any contracts. In addition, what took place. ing of the National Office or Na­ rect decision, as they always bosun, who was being demoted, many workers belonging to the For instance: tional Council. We have tried have. Once again they will place was reinstated. They were NMU had been turned over to Brother McKenzie, upon re­ that many times, and it has our Union back on its true course. charged with holding up the de­ In tendering this resignation, parture of the ship. other organizations or simply ceiving a complaint from a com­ failed. Only the membership can I pledge to the membership that Under, the Canada Shipping told to shift for themselves. pany official of the Federal Barge decide the issue. Without regard I shall continue to fight, as I Act, jail terms up to three months Among the many companies Line, went over the heads of for personalities, the rank and have done all my life, to build are mandatory, with the only and workers which were lost or both our St. Louis agent and file must determine whether they given away while McKenzie was myself, to wire this anti-Union are to have a strong and power­ our Union, and to help win for other alternative being suspended* Obviously the Act responsible for rivers' work, are employer that the Union was ful Union, whether the Union is all seamen the good things to sentences. the following: West Kentucky wrong in a certain beef we were to really fight for improvements which we are rightfully entitled. is being used to intimidate sea­ Fraternally submitted, men on the Park ships, and alsoj Coal Co.; Tresler Oil Co.; Pattoh- trying to settle. This was done in wages and conditions, and RALPH D. ROGERS to discourage union activity. Tully Barge Lines; maintenance without any prior consultation whether we are to have a leader- Isthmian Men Are Learning The Score Canadian Seamen Jailed r^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. BCC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was blind carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bibliography Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Biographical Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birth Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Birthplace Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 CC The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was carbon copied. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Death Date Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Email Body The main body of the email, including all replied and forwarded text and headers. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Event Type Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 From The name and email address of the person sending the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Lesson Plan Text Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Location The location of the interview. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Materials Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Number of Attachments The number of attachments to the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Objectives Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Occupation Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Producer Name (or names) of the person who produced the video. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Standards Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Subject Line The content of the subject line of the email. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 URL Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 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 November 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. 48 Description An account of the resource NMU NATIONAL DIRECTOR RESIGNS; SAYS OFFICIALS COLLABORATE WITH SHIPOWNERS, SELL OUT MEMBERSHIP CANADIAN SEAMEN JAILED UNDER ANTI-STRIKE LAWS DETROIT POLICE COMMANDOS TRAIN TO PROTECT GM PLANTS THE TIME HAS COME PERFORMIONG NATE'S PAPERS LIFTED FOR THREE MONTHS THE FELIX GRUNDY CREW SQUARES BEEFS WITH ITS BUCKO SKIPPER FUTURE LOOKS GOOD IN SAVANNAH JOSEPH HEWES CREW FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MEN CUT AND RUN GI PAPER LAUDS SIU MEMBERS ON SS THOMAS HYDE ISTHIAM MEN ARE LEARNING THE SCORE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-30-1945 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/c33b9394a0c56b4a6e0e1d367b153a08.pdf fc11132b5eee0d135d5e09d939f8a8bb PDF Text Text J  VOL. XIII  SEAFARERS  LOG  ^1.  >  f r*­ OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THi  jSIAfARKS^NTgRNATJONAi  UNION  »  ATlANTlC  AND  GuTT  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   ;  ^ Story  on  Page 3  [j  off  the Steel Chemist,  Seafarer Cy Sypher, DM, pause^  to  take  a  good  long look  at  the  entrance  to the SIU's  e  new headquarters.  Cy's on his  way up to the  shipping hall  to  register  with  the  dispatcher.  "Believe  me,  I  never  dreamed I  would  live  to see  anything like  thiis  when I  joined  in '46,"  he said.  (Other  pics,  pages  3,  10, 11, 13 and  20.)  ::iM\  �'Pact Tiro  nwb  SE^FilREftS  LOG  'Strap  LSTs/  CG  Tells  Southern Isles  Owners  A  Coast  Guard  order  that  the  four  sister  ships  of  the  ill­fated  Southern  Isles,  which  broke  in  half  and  saiik  off  Cape  Hatteras  October  5,  he  fitt^ with  strengthening  straps  pronto, forced the quartet of SlU­manned converted LSTs into drydock for repair this month.  The  sharply­worded  CG  di  rective  made  it  clear  that  the  released,  the  government  order  is  and executors of  the crewmen  who  Southern  Trading  Company  a strong hint of  what the  investiga­ were  lost  in  the  tragedy.  must  install  additional  bellybands  tion's  findings  will  probably  be.  At  the...hearing  in  October  the  on  the  war­built  ships  before  they  The  disaster  cost  the  lives  of  17  ship's  owners  claimed that  the  can  head  out  to sea  again.  In  the  men,  eight  of  them  members, of  masters  of  the  LSTs  were  charged  wake  of  this  disclosure,  ihe  Navy  the  SIU.  The  six  who  survived  With  the  full  responsibility  for the  loading  of  the  ships  and  that  the  is  also  reported  installing  similar  were  all  Seafarers.  Testimony  at  a  Coast  Guard  in­ operators  had  cautioned  them  not  quiry  conducted  by  a  three­man  to  exceed  the  4,000­toh  load  limit  Seafarer  Michael  Delane,^lls of  the ehalh df  events' set off  by  his  illness  aboard  ship recently.  ­ Board  in  Norfolk  revea'jd  that  on  any  of  the  vessels.  the  Southern  Isles  had  been  over­ Witness James B.  Robertson,  Jr.,  loaded  on  her  fatal  trip  and  on  naval  architect  with  Coast  Guard  previous voyages  and  that this had  headquarters  In  Washington,  told  been the  case  with  her sister  ships'  the  board  that  the  sunken  ship,  as  well.  Witnesses  also  hinted  which was. carrying a cargo of  iron  broadly'that  the  disaster  ship  had  ore  from  Puerto  Rico, had.  jumped  but  one  athwartship  strap  whereas  the  limit  200  tons  and  also  had  at  least, one  of  the  remaining  four  been  overloaded  her  past  three  An SIU member  who  had  thfe  misfortim^  to  fall  ilT at  sek  voyages.  had  five  strengthening  straps.  Among  the  parade  of  survivors,  tmwittingly set loose a  train of  events that  included the sink­ Suit  Settled  (Continued  on  page  12)  ing of  a Coast  Guard plane  on  November 3,  before  he finally  Meanwhile, a $25,000 suit brought  "  • was brought  ashore. Seafarer  against  the  operator  and  owner  of  Micha^  Delano,  No.  45123,  the  Southern  Isles  by  the  wife  of  Seafarer William J.  Asble, an  oiler,  showed  up  at  the  Log  office  charging  the  company  with  negli­ little  the worse  for  wear  con­ gence  was  reported  to  have  been  sidering  his experience  w^ich  settled  for  $20,000.  Maritime  at­ included 11 days in a l^efiquda  torneys  expressed  surprise  at  the  hospital.  ,, ,.  „  outcome  of  the  claim  because  of  Taking steps  to meet  the increasing  administrative respon­ Delano  had  just  shipped .out .of  the  large  number  of  Asble's  de­ sibilities of  SIU  headquarters, Secretary­Treasurer  Paul Hall  Norfolk  as  Chief  Steward:  of  tho  pendents.  has  appointed  Brothers  Claude  Simmons  and 'Robert  Mat­ SS  David  Starr  Jordan  ^Mississip­ He  had  been  sole  su^ort  of  thews  as  assistant  cppr«.tary­trAnc­ .  William Asble  pi) en route to Italy.  Two days out  three  children  by  a  former  mar­ urers  for  the  A&G  District  doublers  on  its  own  LSTS  similar  riage  in  addition  to  his  present  The  appointments  were  made  ties  he  will  oversee  relations  be­ of  Norfolk  he  suffered  an­attack  _  to  those  converted  to  cargo  car­ wife  and  three  children.  Other  by  Hall  under  his  constitutional  tween  the  branches^  and  will  also  which he thought  wai^ jpn^dicUis,  which  later  tiirnet^  to' iip  riers.  damage  suits  are  pending  by  the  powers  as  secretary ­ treasurer.  be in, charge of  the New York port,  but  gall  bladder  tro  i^p  Although  the  fuU  probe  report  six  survivors  for  shock,  exposure  They  were  reported  to  the  last  where  he  will  assign  patrolmen  to  radioed for help a^tf  payoffs  and  other duties.  of  the  tragedy  has  not  yet  been  and  injuries  and  by  the  families  membership meeting  and  met  vnth  plane  was  dispatcher  •B   oth  appointees have been mem­ morning to  full  approval.  ^  up Delano  as well  bers of  the SIU  since  its organiza­ as: ;«nother  pick  ill; seamanf on  the  SS  The  appointments  were  decided  tion 13 years ago.  Sylvester Pattiq yrhi^h.wasme^rby.  on when  it became  obvious that  in­ Simmo­ns  has  creasing  duties in  connection  with  served in. various  When  the  plane  arriv^,  Delano  Settlement  of  the  long­standing  contract  dispute  with  its  operators  administration  of  new  funds  and  capacities  includ­ was Ibadecf 'Into  a 'lifeboat­and 'piit  was  reached  at  midnight  November  21  when  the  Masters,  Mates  and  enterprises  made  it  necessary  for  i n g  patrolman  over  the  side.  No  sooner  had  the  Pilots  reached  agreement  with  a  commiftee representing  41  steamship  the  Secretary­Treasurer  to  dele­­ and port  agent in  plane  landed  than  a  fifteen­foot  operators on  the Atlantic  and Gulf  4  ^  gate  some  of  his  responsibilities.  wave  struck  her  and  broke  her' ln  Tamp^  acting  two.  Coasts.  suit. The talks  were completed  with  Both appointees are currently hold­ The mine  creW  members  had  headquarters­rep­ Negotiations  had  been  going  on  the assistance  of  the Federal  Medi­ ing  elective  office,  Matthews  as  to abandon the; plane.  Three  were  resentative  a tt.d  picked  up  by  the  Sylvester  since  August,  and  major  issues,  ation  Service  in  its regional  office  headquarters "  representative  and  Pattie  engine patrolman;  such  as wages  and hours, bad  been  at  341  Ninth  Avenue,  New . York.  Simmons  as  engine  patrolman  for  and  the  other  six  by  the  Jordan  Simmons  in  New  York.  after a  half  hour'in' the water.  '•   settled in a  memorandum, of  under­;  The  MM&i*received  continuous  New  York.  Matthews has  served  as port  agent  standing  back  onOctober  2.  The  support throughout  its negotiations  Matthews  will  be  in  charge  of  ^  Changed  Course  '  '  '•   chief  stumbling­block proved  to be  from  the  Maritime  Trades  Depart­ contracts, the  administration of  the  in  Mobile,  Jacksonville':: and  San  .With an  air­sea rescue  but of the  Francisco*  He  has  heeh  a  head­ the  question  of  increasing  welfare  ment, to which  the SIU is affiliated,  Vacation  Plan,  quarters  representative­ oj  assist­ question,  the  Jordan'  changed  fund contributions from 25  cents to  in accord  with  the  mutual.aid  pact  and  c^ertain  of  ant­secretary­treasurer '  hi  New  course  and' set  sail  for  Hamilton,  50  cents  a  day  for  each  MM&P  signed earlier in August.  The  pact  the  duties  of  the  York  from  1946  on  and  a member  Bermuda.  It  Was  met  by :a'  local  member  employed  aboard  ship.  was  designed  to  throw  the  full  Welfare  Fund,  of  the negotiating  committee  since  government  crash  boat  outside  of  SlU­contracted  operators  fipally  strength  of  approximately  250,000  principally  relat­ the  breakwater  which  managed  to  that  time.  '  ^  broke  the  logjam  by  agreeing  to  AFL  maritime  workers  in  MTD  ing  to  servicing  transfer  both  seamen  (the  other  the increase  and all  other shipping  member  unions  behind  any  affili­ the  men  in  the  sailor  had  been  switched  to  the  lines  involved  speedily  followed"  ated  union  which  niight  have  dif­ various hospitals.  Jordan)  despite  heavy  seas. '  The  men  were  finally  brought  ashOre  ficulties  in  its  negotiations  with  He  will  continue  employfers.  where  Delano  spent  the  next  II  as ft  member  of  MnNewWiMl  days in the King Edward  Memorial  the  unions's  ne­ Matthews  Strike  Threatened  Nov.  30. 1951  Vol.  Xili,  No.  24  SUP  now  has  headquarters  Hospital.  Upon  his discharge  from  At  one  period  during  the  talks,  gotiating  committee.  at  the  SIU  A&G  HaU  where  the  hospital,  Delano  flew  back  >to  As  I  See  It  Page  9  the  dispute over  the  welfare clause  Simmons  will  be  in  charge  of.  ..  ;;;•   .  the  complete  facilities  of  the  New .York..  meeting  shipowners'  manpower  Burly  Page  17  threatened a breakdown  in negotia­ Given  a  few  days  fOr  recupera­ throughout  the  dis­ building  are  available  to Safl­ Crossword  Puzzle  Page  8  tions  leading  to  possible  strike  ac­ requirements  tion  by  the  officers  union.  How­ trict.  In connection  with these  du­ ors  Union  men.  Shipping,  tion  and  straightening  out  Of  hie  Did  You  Know...., ... Page  14  ever,  the  MM&P  postponed  the  beefs,  mail  and  all  other S^  accounts  with  Mississippi,  Delano  services  wiU  be  maintained et  is hopeful  of  shipping  out again'in  ... Page  9  strike  because  of  the  fact  that  the  Editorial  the  near  future,  on  a'' more  the  675  4th  Ave., Brooklyn ad­ Inquiring Seafarer  ...  Page  8  wildcat  longshore  tieup  was  going  eventful  voyage.  ­n'  • '>  ­ir­Muiui­'  dress.  on at  the  time.  MM&P  spokesmen  Page  8  In  the  Wake......  m/M ­pie LOS s\^]  declared  that  they  did  not  wish  to  Labor­ Round­up  ..  ...  Page  17  add  to  chaotic  conditions  on  the  Pages  15,16  waterfront, nor take any step which  Letters  Letter of  the  Week....  Page  9  would  be  construed .as  support  of  Maritime  ^  Page  17  the  vnldcatters.  Following  the  end  Clarification  of  the  Cities  Service  agreemenii with  respect  Meet  the  Seafarer  Page  8  of  the  wildcat  action,  negotiations  to rules  and certain^ (ibnditions coverihg deck  tlhd  On The Job.  Page  17  were  resumed  with the  shipowners  'i'ersonals  Page  18  and  a  settlement  was  reached.  partment ratings has been  arrived at in negotiatipns,.betwe^  The  new  contract  runs  for  two  Ships'  Minutes  Page  19  the  Uqion  and  company  repr^  Ten  Years  Ago........  Page  8  years,  provides  as6.2  percent  in­ sentatives.­ A supplementary  agree­'  supplement  igake.  or, fui^hor ,im­ Top  Of  The  News.....  Page  4  crease  in  base  pay  and  overtime  PfoVoment mt wSat  is; alreadyi,the  ment  has  been  signed  embodying  Welfare  Benefits  Page  18  rates.  The  original  memorandum  best; tjahker  Qontract., in., ;the., jw­ these  changes.  .  ,  '  called for an eight percent  increase  Published  biweekly  at  the  headquarters  The  agreement  wiR  hav.e the, ef­ Copies  ofi  .  tbe,, supplemqntkiy  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union.  At­ but this was cut down  by the Wage  fect  of  tightening  up  the" contract  agreement  have  , beea,  mi.iuee­ lantic  A  Cuif  District.  AFL,  S7S  Fourth  Stabilization  Board.  It  .also  calls  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel. STerling  for  a  40­hour  week  at  sea,  im­ in order to eliminate cohfusipn and!  graijihed  arid  ^^stifibuted,. aboard  a­4S71.  Reentered  at  second  class  matter  proved  vacations,  and  free  trans­ misunderstandings  that might  have)  aU,  Oitics  ­S^ry)Pe^ ahws  .for,,  th®  August  2,  1949,  at  the  Post  Office  in New  portation  back  to  the  port  where  Beginning  this  Issne,  The  SIU's  arisen from time  to time  junder. the. lnfbripatipp.,of. ^crewflseipbprs., Ad­ York,  N.  Y., under  the  Act  of  August  24,  the  deck  officer  originally  signed  own  comic  strip.  Burly,, bows  in.  original  agre.ement..  The  various  ditional,  cpples  are  1912.  Application  for  re­entry  pending  at  Look for him on page 17..  modifications  and  additions .jn: the  Union beadquprterSri)  (Continued  on  page  18)  Brooklyn, N.  Y.  CG Rescue Try Endm  In Clash; 9 SoVecf H  J  NeW'Hq. Posts  Assumed  By  Matthews^ Simmons  MMP  Wins  Welfare  Boost  SEAFARERS  LOG  SUP atn^s  Y  \r Union  Clarmes GS  Winldi^ Ruli^  �SEAFARERS  LOG  Fate Hue*  mmzmiBom in:  SIU Opens New HQ^  More New»» Photos  Facilities Geared  To Men's Needs  I  This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, the first  to'come out of  the new headquarters, appears  in  brand new  garb of  its own.  A  completely  new  and  permanent  format  has  been  adopted  with  the  object/of  keeping  pace  with  the  most  modern  sign  which  has  proven  to  be  more  trends and the newer concepts  readable  because of  its "wide­face"  characteristics. New  headline  types  in  Labor  Journalism.  For  many  years  the  LOG  has  are  also  being  used,  which  are  The SIU quietly moved into its new imposing headquarters over the weekend of  been  known, as  one  of , the  better  dressier  and  more  attractive  than  November 17,  climaxing many months  of painstaking preparations.  Seafarers re­ labor  papers  In  the  country  and  the  old  types.  Special  departments  of  the  porting to the new hall Monday morning found  all  offices  operating  under  a  full  has  been  so  recognized  by  numer­ ous  awards  and  prizes  for  its  papei',  such  as  ships' minutes,  port  superiority  in  the  ­Held.  It  Is  the  reports,  letters,  and  standing  fea­ intention  of  the  STU  and  of  the  tures  will  appear  on  regularly  as­ LOG  staff  to  continue  to  make  it  signed  pages.  This  will  make  it  ;  the  outstanding  paper  in the  mari­ much easier to  locate types  of  news  time field.  (Continued  on  page  18)  The  LOG,  along  with  the  Union,  has come a  long  way. It  originally  appeared  on  February  10,  1939,  as  a  four  page  tabloid,  minus  photo­ Seafarers  hitting  New  York  graphs  and other features.  It? went  for the first time since the new  to an  eight­^page issue hi  1945, and  Hkll  opened  for  business  has  since  been  "Increasing "In  size  SIU  at  675  4th  Ave.  can  reach  the  and variety  of  content. The  present  Brooklyn  building  easily  by  issue  contains  20  pages  with  an  additional  four  pages  planned  for  subway  or  auto.  Motorists  using  the  Belt  Parkway  can  the  near,  future.  exit at Prospect  Ave. and  come  New  Body Type  out  on  4th  Ave.  four  blocks  The  paper's  new  format  is  the  fr^n  the  Hall.  product  of  several  months  of  con­ Subway  travelers  can  make  sultation  with  experts  in, the field  the  12­minute  trip  from  lower  of  typographical  design and  layout.  Among the  more important  changes  Manhattan  via  BMT  4th  Ave.  Line  to the  Prospect  Ave. stop  is  the  utilitatlon  of  a  new  body  and  have  a  short  walk.  Men  type  which  will  permit  tis  to  in­ New home  of  Seafarers Int'l  Union  as she  looks today  in her finished  state.  *  coming  ashore  from  ships  clude  more  than  ten  percent  addi­ tional  newsf  per  page.  The  new  along  the  Brooklyn  waterfront  type  is l"^ery  slightly  smaller than  can also  use the  BMT 4th  Ave.  head  of  steam  as  smoothly  and  effortlessly  as  if  they  had  been  there  for  many  tradi  to reach  the Hall.  the  old>  but  is  of  an  excellent  de­ months.  The big move was made by Seafarers themselves, as members of the head­ Ronte  to  Hall  • '  quarters staff  put irf  a long  weekend to make sure  that every­ thing  would  be  ship­shape  for  the  opening.  The  new  hall  is regarded  as  the finest  imion  headquarters  along  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coast, 4^^  despite  the  many  large  Interna­ ress  toward  greater  strength  and  tional  Unions  having  lavish  facili­ stability  made  by  the  SIU  in  its  ties  in  this  area.  The  design  and  few  short  years  since  being  or­ An appeal by striking Puerto Bican radio  workers  for  help  in  their  struggle  facilities  of  the  new  hall  are  an­ in  1938.  with Radio Station  WKAQ, San  Juan, met  with  prompt  response  from  the  SIU,  chored  to  the  idea  of  membership  ganized  Just  a  little  over  seven  years  comfort and  well being,  in addition  ago,  the  SIU  occupied  a  cramped  kith the membership voting a $500 financial contribution  and fullest possible  aid to  to  efficient  functioning  of  head­ and  dingy  office  at  2  Stone  Street  the strikers.  quarters.  near  South  Ferry  in  downtown  The  Puerto  Rican  Pi­ess,  Radio  13th  Anniversary  Manhattan.  The  move  from  this  and  Theatre  Guild,  which  is  con­ Coincidentally,  the  move  to  the  inadequate  hall  to  the  six­floor  .ducting  the  strike,  turned  to  the  new  hall  took  place  during  the  building  at  51  Beaver  Street  was  SIU  for help  because  of  the  SIU's  month  in  which  the  13th  anniver­ regarded  with  justifiable  pride  by  reputation pn  the  island  as  a  solid  sary  of  the  SIU  is  being  observed.  members  as  a  sign  of  solid  growth  and  well­established  organization  The  new  hall­is a  dramatic demon­ and  progress.  Shortly  after  it  be^  that  can  be  counted on  in times  of  stration  of  the  tremendous  prog­ (Continued  on  page  12)  need.  The strike had  already been  in. progress  for  32  days  when  the  union  sent  its  appeal  to  the  SIU.  When  the radio strikers' case was  presented  to  the  headquarters  membership  meeting  of  November  21,  the  members voted  unanimous­ ly  to  give  full  support,  financial  •   The  SIU soon  will  be  the first  labor  union  in  the maritime  and otherwise,  to  the Puerto  Rican  industry  to  offer  its  members  a  complete,  up­to­date  train­ union.  They backed  that  up by  ap­ ing  and  upgrading  set­up  in  the  three  major  shipboard  de­ proving  the  $500  contribution.  partments.  Strike  Issues  When  finishing  touches  are  put  of.  the  permanent  US  fleet.  Chief  issues In  the strike are  the  on  plans  now  being  formulated.  This  training  establishment  was  fight  for  the Union  shop  and  wage  Seafarers  right  off  the  ships  in  conceived  by  SIU  officials  and  increases,  as  well  as  reinstatement  New York  will be  able to  trot  down  (Continued  on  page  18)  of  the union's business agent  on his  Officials  of  V.  S.  Public  Health  Service  confer  with  Int.  Rep.  A!  to  the  SIU  hall  in  Brooklyn  and  job  with  the  radio  station..  The  Bernstein  (r.)  while  enjoying coffee  in the  new cafeteria.  USPHS  receive  supervised  instruction  in  .owner  of  the  station  is  Angel  men are  interested  in working  with the  SIU  in its  program of  pre­ deck,  engine  and  steward  depart­ Ramos,  wealthy  publisher  of  the  ventative medicine.  Officials are, 1. to r.: Dr. D. Ottenberg, TB con­ ment  duties  and  operation  on  the  Sap;  Juan  daily  newspaper  sultant  Region  2;  Dr.  J.  Anderson,  Chief  of  Chronic  Disease  Div.,  spot.  Mundo."  Ramos has been using  the  and  Dr. R.  Kusselbach,  Chief, Office  of  Med.  Programs,  Region  2.  After  logging  the  number  of  columns of his newspaper to agitate  hours  prescribed  for  each  course,  WASHINGTON —Economic  Co­ against  the  union  shop  and  the  they  will  be  qualified  to  take  tests  operation Administrat) in programs  cause  of  the  strikers.  Thus  far  he  for  Coast  Guard  tickets  for  higher  will  soon  require  another  17  gov­ has  shovpi  no  signs  of  yielding  to  ratings and  shove off  for new  jobs.  ernment ­ owned  ships  from  the  the  union's  demands,; land  a  long  Refresher  courses  in  these  ratings  boneyard for assignment to  general  and difficult struggle is in prospect.  will  also  be  offered  to  those  who  agents  in  connection  with  ECA­ • :Since  organized  labor  is  very  are  a  little  rusty  in  some  jobs.  sponsored  programs.  Rapping  the  government  and  the  steamship  operator  for  weak on , the island,  the outcome  of  Permanent  Set­up  Action  on  this  newest  request  this  strike  may  well  have  an  im­ their  casual  indifference,  an  aroused  membership  at  a  Head­ pdi'tant" bearing  on  the  future  of  quarters meeting of  November 21, endorsed  the Union's effort  This  all­Union  operation,  when  will be  taken in  the  near future  by  fully  underway,  will  turn  out  the  the  National  Shipping  Authority.  —  the  labor  movement  throughout  to step  into the  breach  and  pay  all ­f  Puetro  Rican  industry. "A^honsid­^  expenses  to  bring  home  the  body  a  sniper's  bullet  along  with  an­ best­trained  and  best­informed  Approval has been  given already to  Crable  nupiber  of  mainland  plants  of  a  Seafarer  slain  by  snipers  in  other SIU  brother,  Lewis  W.  High,  crews for  our merchant  ships.  Not  the  general  agency  application  of  have  "run  away" to  the  island  In  Korea  and  give  him  decent  burial.  while ashore  from the  Citrus Back­ a  fly­by­night  program,  the  Sea:  Boise­Griffin,  New  York,  with  the  A  letter  from  the  father  of  late  er (Waterman)  on the  invasion road  farers'  three­way  school  will  be  a  probability  that  this  company  will  the  hope  of  taking  advantage  of  low­Wage,'  Unorganized  Puerto  SIU man George W.  Miller, created  between Inchon  and Seoul,  was re­ permanent  fixture  with  the  Union  shortly  be  allocated  a  vessel.  Rican workem. ^he SIU, as  one  of  the feelirig  among the  membership  turned  to  the  States  a  year  after  and  will  serve  not  only  for  the  Current figures  on  GAA­operat­ the  strongest  unions  On  the  i^and,  that  where  the  steamship company  his death in October, 1950,  by Wat­ present  emergency  and  anything  ing ships disclose a total of  433 and  ktands  ready  to help  Puerto  Rican  and  the  Army  had  failed  in  their  erman  and  allowed  to  remain  in  still  to  arise—particularly  as  ships  with  the  latest  request,  this  would  workers' better their conditions and  moral  obligation. The Union  would  San Francisco  while a shipping  bill  are pulled  out  of  the boneyai­d  and  be  jupped  to  the  nice  round figure  of  $130 hung fire and prevented his  crewed  up—but  will  turn  out  men  of  450.  Some  48  steamship  lines  thus  protect  the  gains  of  union  not  fail  its  slain  brother.  as  they're needed  to man  the  ships  now  act  as  NSA  operating  agents.  The deceased Seafarer,  killed by  '  (Continued  on  page  18)  members  in  the  States.'  Aid Voted PR Union  Public Health Officials Visit New Haii  Three-Dept. Training School Being Readied •  ^  Si.  ^3  !J    EGA Seeks 17  More GAA Ships  Slain  Seafarer  To  Be  Brought  Home  By  SIU  I'l  �il:  i^'  SEAFARERS  LOG  Paee Four  llr  i SUP Wages Boosted  I  i •  Mi'  In 'Schooner  Pact  \^-. A  new  agreement  covering  members of  the Sailors  Union  of  the Pacific working steamschooners  was ratified Nov. 13, as  operators signed for monthly  increases up to $40 a month and  more.  The agreement  will go  into  effect  retroactive  to  Oc­ agreement  which  is  in  the  works.  Agreements  with  dry  cargo,  off­ tober  1,  1951,  pending  ap­ shore,  intercoastal,  Alaska  and  proval  from  the  Wage  Sta­ Coastwise  Line  ships  had  been  bilization  Board.  ratified  by  the  SUP  membership  Nine  companies  were  involved  in  this  group  which  covers  all  steamschooners,  LSM's  and  other  vessels  in  the  specialized  West  Coast  trade.  The  settlement  calls  for  a  $39.48  monthly  increase  for  AB's  and  $41.90  additional  for  winchdrivers.  Overtime  and  cargo  . rates  have  been  boosted  42  cents  per  hour  up  to  $1.75,  with  ship's  overtime  brought  up  to  the  same  figure.  All  other  provisions  of  the  contract .with  the  exception  of  the  vacation  clause  are  the same  as in  the  previous  agreement  with  the  Coastwise  line,  the  standard  SUP  freight  contract.'  Somewhat  different  provisions  are  called  for  in  the  package  lum­ ber trade which  covers vessels with  readyrmade  loads.  The  rate  for  ABs  on  these  ships  is  $25  more  than  on,  the  regular  steam­ schooners,  with  crane  drivers  and  AB  crane  drivers  proportionately  higher.  The  overtime  and  cargo  time rate  is the same  throughout.  Companies  covered  by  this  agreement  are:  Bums  SS  Co.,  W.  »H.  Chamberlin,  James  Griffiths  &  Sons,  Oliver  J.  Olson,  Long  Bell  Lumber  Co.,  Olympic  SS  Co.,  Schafer  Bros.  SS  Lines  and  West  Coast  Trans­Oceanic  SS  Line.  All that  remains to be  negotiated  now on  the west coast  is the tanker  previously.  Wanteds Yomr  Ship Minutes  Readers will  note  that ships  minutes .in this issue  are print­ ed  in  smaller  type,  enabling  the use of  much  more news  of  shipboard  meetings.  As  part  of  the effort  to make  the LOG  a  bigger  and  better  paper  in  every way. Seafarers are urged  to be sure to send ships minutes  to  headquarters  so  that  they  can  be  reported  to  the  full  membership.  ITF  Reveals  Red  Hand  In Dutch  Dock  Flareup  Word  has come from  the International Transportation  Fed­ eration  that  the  Communist  Party  in  West  Germany,  the  Netherlands and  Belgium is attempting  to provoke stoppages  Widow's Suit  Charges NMU  With Raw Deai  Faster Turn Around  Goal Of  Cargo  Study  Fuel Oil Demand Booms Tanker Trade  •  BOOKS  TAKE  A  BEATING—The  new  gambling  tax  passed  by  the  last  Congress  has  the  books  on  the  run  across  the  country.  Trouble  with it from  the  bookie's standpoint  is that he  has to go to  the Internal  Revenue  office  and  fill  out  a  tax  form  declaring  in  writing  that  he  takes  bets  for  a  living.  The  average  bookie  is  caught  in  the  vise.  If  he  declares  himself  on  record  he  can  be  jugged  by  the  locals  for  making  book.  If  he  doesn't,  he  can  get  the  hook  from  the  FBI  for  federal  tax  violation.  Oh  well,  maybe  a  few  horse  players  will  get  out  of  hock  now.  ^  4.  BRITISH,  FRENCH  IN  THE  BED—Talking  about  broke  horse­ players  reminds  us  that  the  British  and  French  economies  are  suffer­ ing  from  a  severe  attack  of  dollar  anemia.  The cost  of  feeding  up  the  military  muscle  to  match  the  Soviet's  bulging  biceps  has  proved  too much  of  a strain  on  the two convalescents  who were showing  signs  of  recovery  from  the  effects  of  World  War  11.  The  unpleasant out­ look  is that  Uncle  Sam will  have  to come  across with  a transfusion:'  and wildcat strikes on  major  Norths  Sea  ports.  These  ports  are  on  the  ly after  the German  Transport and  principal line of  supply for  Ameri­ Public  Service  Workers  Union  ac­ can  and  Western  European  armed  cepted  a  conciliation  award  setting  forces  in  Germany.  SIU  members  new  wage scales  for German  dock­ on  these runs  are advised  that any  ers in  seaports all  along the  North  "wildcat"  stoppages  which  take  Sea  and  Baltic  coast.  The  award  place  are  Communist­inspired.  came after  a vote  among the  mem­ The ITF reports that the German  bers of  the German  union in  which  Communists succeeded  in  tying  up  strike action  was  rejected.  HALF  OF  WORLD  WAR  II  ENDS­^Almost  ten  years  to  the  day  sections  of  the  ports  of  Hamburg  CP  Steps  In  from  Pearl Harbor,  the  Japanese  parliament  completed  ratification  of  and  Bremen  for  a  short  period  of  time.  They  are currently  trying  to  As  soon  as  acceptance  of  the  the  treaty  of  peace  with  tUe  United  States,  England,  Australia,  New  spread  the  strike  to  Dutch  ports.  award  was  announced,  the  ITF  Zealand  and  all the  other  nations  which  took  part  in  the  Far  Eastern  The wildcat walkout  began short­ said,  the  entire  executive commit­ war.  (Russia  excepted of  course, as they are still hoiding out for more,  tee  of  the  Communist  Party  in  per  usual.)  That  makes  Japan  the  first  country  to  ratify  the  treaty,  West  Germany  was  mobilized  in  terms  of  which  were  worked  out  in  the  recent San  Francistxi  general  Hamburg to organize a dock  strike.  conference.  For  the  time  being  United  States  troops  Will  remain  in  About  1,000  Hamburg  dockers  and  Japan, on  the  islands  of  Okinawa,  Iwo  Jima  and  other  plhCes^on  the  300  in  Bremen  answered  the  call,  map  that  Americans  learned  about  the  hard  way  during '^e  war.  but  within  48  hours  the  German  union had  countered with  an active  LES& BEEFS  ABOUT  iSoRE  BEEF—We  won't  beliifive! it tUntil  we  campaign  which  started  the  work­ see it  but  the  stockyards  men  claim  that  more  meat  will  be  available  at  lower  prices  this  winter.  Back  in  Iowa  they  have, been fattening  ers back  to the  docks.  the steers on  corn in such large  numbers:thid;;the sl&iight^ll^iarq jaow  The East German  press and radio  TAMPA — More  typical  of  the  run  around  one  might  get from  an  then  chimed  in and  has since  been  turning  out  beef  at  a  higher  rate  than  at  any  time  during ^the  past  insurance company than  a  union  is  attempting  to  get  Belgian  and  four  years.  Wonder  if  the  ten  cent  hottdpg  wiU dig; jiblq.tfKg[^^  '  ­ ­'  '  that  being  suffered  by  the  widow  Dutch­dockers  to  refuse  to  handle  comeback'now?  4>  ^  ^  of  a seaman  who is currently  suing  American  cargos  headed  for  West  THE  SEA'S  NOT  A  BAD  PLACE  TO  BR—A  new  serie^  of  atomic  the  National  Maritime  Union  here  Germany.  energy  tests is being  conducted  in  the  Nevada  desert  near Las Vegas,  to  collect  NMU  death  and  hospital  where  the  hottest  thing  in  town  used  to  be  the  one­armed  bandits.  benefits  she  contends  have  been  The  tests  seem  to  be  running  the  gamut  from  small  size  baby  bombs  due  her since  1947.  up  through  the  big  monsters  that  can  knock, a few  hundred  thousand  The suit,  brought  by Mrs.  Reme­ people for a loop.  Meanwhile reports have  it that  a workable  hydrogen  Hearings  are  still  underway  be­ dio  Fernandez,  widow  of  Herminio  bomb will  be completed  within 18  months  to two  years.  The  Russians  fore  a  state­appointed  fact  finding  Fernandez,  seeks  to  recover  the  board  which  is  investigating  the  NMU  death  benefit  of  $125  and  a  Asserting  that  the  increased  are  presumed  to  be  not  too  far  behind  in  their  atomic  developments.  causes  of  the  28  day  wildcat  walk­ total hospital  benefit of  $10  (at the  speed  and  cargo  capacity  .of  the  Who  wants  to  swap for a  shoreside  job  now?  out  of  longshoremen  in  New  York  NMU rate of  $2.50 a week)  to which  modern  freighter  is  often  offset  4"  4"  BUT THE  POSTMAN WON'T  DELIVER—By Christmastime you wiU  City.  Both  ILA  officials  and  lead­ she contends she is entitled  by rea­ by  delays  resulting  froni  old­ ers  of  the  wildcat  strikers  have  son  of  her. husband's  membership  fashioned  cargo  ­ handling  equip­ be able to order a new automobile right out of the Sears, Roebuck catalog.  ment  and  methods  in  port,  a  new  The  new car  will  be, sold  under  the "Allstate" trade  name  but  will  be  been  testifying,  in  must  instances  in  the  NMU.  at  closed  sessions.  At  the  present  The allegations contained in Mrs.  international  body  has  been set  up  manufactured  for Sears  by  the  Kaiser­Fraser  Corporation.  Since  no­ rate,  it  is  unlikely  that  the  fact  Fernandez' suit  contend  she  had  a  to  study  and  deal  with  the  prob­ body  has  worked  out  a  system  yet  whereby  a  postcard  will  deposit  a  car in  your  mailbox, sales  will have  to be limited  to those  cities where  board  will  have a  report  ready  be­ trying experience  with  the NMU.  lem.  fore  January.  Her  husband,  the  suit  contends,  Operating  under  the  weighty  Sears  already  has retail  outlets, and  showroom  facRities.  The  board was  appointed during  was a  member of  the NMU  in good  title  of  the  International  Cargo­ 4f  4"  the  course  of  the  walkout  and  has  standing  at  the  time  of  his  death  Handling  Coordinating  Committee,  TIME  FOR  A  FUNERAlr—The  words  "mail  order"  bring  to  mind  been  in  virtually  continuous  ses­ Aug.  2, 1947,  after  being  confined  the  group  seeks  to  minimize .the  the  fact  that  the 'penny  postcard  will  die  an  untimely  death  on  sion.  A  great *deal  of  testimony  to the  hospital for 43 days.  amount  of  turnaround  time,  the  January 1.  An  increase in  all mail  rates goes into  effect  on  that date,  has been  taken relating to the man­ Mrs. Fernandez, "made  many  ef­ period  spent  in  port  discharging  making  the  postcard  two  cents,  first  class  letters  four  cents,  airmail  ner  in  which  contract  negotiations  forts to receive  the benefits as  pro­ and  taking on  cargo, which  usually  seven  cents  and  so  on  down  the  line.  Keep  it  in  mind  the  next  time  were  carried  out  and  the  ratifica­ vided  for," it  is stated  in  the  suit.  means " the  difference  between  you  get  ambitious  and  drop  a letter  to  the  LOG.  tion  procedures.  In  the  course  of  Relating that  she  made  written  re­ profit  and  loss  for  ship  operators:  4.  t  the  testimony  leaders  of  the  wild­ quest  for  the  benefit  on  Sept.  12,  Preliminary  meetings  in  several  WE'RE  GETTING  OFF  CHEAP  MAYBE—Plans  for  military  ex­ catters  admitted  to the  board  that  1951,  Mrs.  Fernandez  charges  "all  European  maritime  nations  have  penditures  in  the  next  fiscal  year,  beginning  July  1,  1952,  call  for  a  they  had  not  opposed  the  settle­ such demands  were ignored."  already  been  held,  with  plans  for  mere 45 billion  dollars as compared  tq  the niee  round  figure of  57  bil­ ment  when  it was  presented  to  the  In addition  to burial and  hospital  intensive  study and cargo­handling  lion  dollars  being  spent  this  year  on  the  Army,  Navy­and  Air  Force.  125­member wage  scale committee,  benefits "up to $135  plus interest,"  analysis  as  the  means  for  attack­ Naturally,  there's a  catch  to  it.  The 45  billion figure is* based on  the  on  which  they  were  representives.  Mrs. Fernandez  also asks the court  ing  the  problem.  Labor  groups,  assumption  that  the  Korean  War  will  be over  and done  with  by  tben.  The  wildcat  strike got  underway  to order the defendant to  pay attor­ shipbuilders,  equipment  manufac­ If  not,  hold  on  to  your  hats and  up  we  go.  in  New  York  on  October  11 three  neys' fees  and  court  costs.  turers,  stevedores  and  others  have  days  after  the  membership  at  The suit was filed in Hillsborough  banded  together  lo  wrestle  with  JUST  CALL  ME  SLESW  (Seafarers  Log  Editortal  StMf  W^ter)—^  The  North  Atlantic Treaty organization, which  is  building up  defenses  large  had  ratified  the  agreement  County Circuit  Court Nov. 12.  the  puzzler.  in  Western  Europe,  has  put  a  lot  of  energy  into  cooking up  a  brand  by  a  secret  ballot,  putting  it  into  new  bowl  of  inteinatlonal  alphabet  soup  to  identify  thg varioua  in­ effect.  Members  of  one  local  on  the North  River walked out in  pro­ dividuals and committees .involved.  For example. General^ Ike is never  test,  and  from  that  point  on,  the  Continuing  advances  in  tanker  charter  rates  indicates  the  enviable  to  be  called  by  name:  only SAUCEUg  (Supreme  Allied'Cotnmai^er  minority  group  forced  spread  of  position  of  the  tank  ship  operators  at  this  season  when  high  volumes  Europe.)  John  J. McCloy  who  is  High  Commrsdoner  in  Gennanj is  the strike  to other piers  by  roving  of  oil  are  being  shuttled  to  the  big  cities  for  household  heating  known  as  HICOM.1!he  navaL commander  in  the  Mediterranean  is  strong  arm  squads.  Part  of  the  purposes.  CINCNELM (Commander in  Chief  United States  Naval ForCes.­Easttern  4  port  of  New  York continued  work­ Indicative  of  the trend  is the re­ the  disclosure  of  several  charters  Atlantic and  Mediterranean.)  We thought  w«­were  pretty gbod  arppnd  ing during the  strike and  attempts  port on  East Coast  and trans­Atlan­ for  consecutive  voyages  through  here  with  SIU,  SUP,  MTD,  BME,  iLA,  etc.^but  it  seOma  We  are |ust  to spread  it up  and down  the coast  tic  voyages  for  tankers,  which  1953.  a  bunch.of  semi­pros.  ,  were  unsuccessful,  except  in  Bos­ shows  East  Coast  "dirty"  oil  char­ Dry  cargo  activity,  meanwhile,  ton.  ter  rates 150  percent  over  the  old  particularly in  grain, failed  to pick  THEY  LOOK  REAL  ANKWdAM^sech  railroiag en$dn^  After  28  days  most  of  the  wild­ U.  S.  Maritime  Commission  scale.  up as anticipated  following the end  KonValinka,  who  astounded  everyone  by  makirig  a^^'d^^^  for  freefom  catters  reported  to  the  piers  on  This figure illustrates, like the long  of  the East  Coast  longshore  tie­up.  across the  Czech  border In his railroad'trpin, ha|.;arrived in  the  U^hited  their own as the  movement petered  out­of  reach  1939  cost  of  living  The  high  price  of  grain  vvas  said  States  with  his wife;and  chUdrea0l|i^ng' his Jate^  out.  The leaders of  the strike, who  scale,  the  extent  to  which  tanker  to  have  particular  affect  on  the  Airport,  Konvalinka  expressed  the  hjme  that^he "w,o«ld  b® Able,to go  had  been  cdlling  fbr  reopening  of  demand  has  outmoded  the  govern­ movement,of  this  cdmmodlty  and,  to  work  in  his  regular  trade,'  Kortv^lnka  haS'A  alfcad'v'but  not  negotiations,  dropped  their  de­ ment­fixed  rate  for  tank  charters.  as  a  consequence,  dry  cargo  ship­ exactly that  of  a railroad  engineer.' rib  is going Itb  mands  and  "called  off"  the  walk­ Prospects  of  continued  employ­ ping is still markedly slow  iiu  many  Electric  Train  Corporationi  wbicll  irtakes  mQSt"b?"thC:'t6y'­'tra!ns  for  out  ment  on  tank  runs  are  good  With  parts.  America's  small  fry.­'  NY State Board  Probes Wildcat  Longshore Beef  te  ite  AND  THEN  THERE  WERE  f HREE—lirational  elecimns  are  a  good  eleven  months  off,  but  there are  three candidates  for ihe  GOP  nomi­ nation  in  the running.  Number one. Senator  Taft^  hasn't  stopped  run­ ning  since 1940  and  is currently  in  the  lead for the  nomination.  His  is the longest  case  of  presidential  buck  fever  on  record  since  William  Jennings  Bryan.  (Ask  your  grandpappy  about  him.)  Number  two,  California's  Governor  Earl  Warren  filledbuf ^s efitfty.  blahlc^­but  doesn't seem  to be  campaigning actively for  delegates in  other states—*  just  out  for' his  own  California  bloc.  I^mbllMr  jb^e^^qf  pour^i  is  General  Ike  who  is  running furiously  by  i)fbky  until lib  makes  up his  mind  (or  has  he  made  up  his  mind?).  Best  guess  on.the "lyarren  can­ didacy, is  that  he  wants  to  hold  his  bloc  ol| delegates: ^gether jiitttil  Eisenhower  makes  his  position  clear,  one  way  or  another.  �Friday.  November  St. 1951  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pare  Fire  SIX  Perish As Fire  :$weeps Stf P  Ship  Simembers of  the  crew  of  the  George  Walton  lost  their  lives  when  the ship caught fire  and  burned  in  the teeth  of  a  howling  gale,  approximately  370  miles  northwest  of  Cape  • 'Flattery,  Washington.  All  SUP  members  who  made  up  the  ship's  deck  department  were  rescued  without  major  injury.  Long­Range Planning  For  Maritime  Vital,  Rep. Shelley  Says  rOf  the six casualties, one  was the  second  assistant  engineer  who  was  Long­range  planning  and  re­ killed  when  the  fire  broke  out  in  search  for  the  betterment  of  the  the  engine  room  on  November  6.  American  shipping  industry  was  Four  others  lost  their  lives  when  urged  by  Representative  John  F.  their  lifeboat  was  turned  over  by  Shelley,  well­known  authority  on  the  heavy  seas  under  the  bow  of  the Japanese freighter,  the Kenkon  maritime  and  seamen's affairs.  Maru.  The  sixth  man  died  when  Congressman  Shelley said  it  was  he  lost  his grip  on  a  jaeob's ladder  the  responsibility  of  the  maritime  and  fell  bad; into  the sea.  industry  to  set  up  an  industry­ .  wide  research  organization  to bring  Although  three  rescue  vessels  Seafarers  and  Can  Workers  jubilantly  tear  up  their  picket  signs  after  successful  conclusion  of their  about  needed  improvements  in  converged  on  the  stricken  ship  strike  in  Brooklyn  near  new  SIU. headquarters.  ship  design,  methods  of  operation  shortly  after  the  fire  broke  out,  and  equipment.  He  suggested  fur­ extremely  heavy  seas  running  up  ther  that  the  industry  present  a  to  30  feet  made  rescue  operations  united  front  in  Washington  when  hazardous.  Some  of  the  crewmen  seeking  aid  from  Congress,  rather  were  in  lifeboats for  as  long  as  35  Approximately 500  striking  workers of  the Fein Tin Can  Company, 51st Street  and First  than  have  operators  plugging  in­ hours  before  they  could  be  picked  Avenue, Brooklyn,  are back  on  the  job with  the best  contract  they  ever  had,  thanks  to  the  up.  dividually for their own companies.  aid of  the SIU and their own  determination to  hold  out for  a satisfactory  settlement.  One  Day  Out  In  the  last  session  of  Congress,  The action  was another in  a long>—  ^  Congressman  Shelley  introduced  a  The  Walton,  owned  by  the  Na­ series  of  cases  in  which  the  SIU  in  winning  their  picket  line  beefs.  cross  it.  When  the  employer  saw  bill  which  would  allow seamen  in­ tional  Shipping  Authority  and  jured  aboard  government­owned  operated  by  the  Pacific­Atlantic  has  played  a  major role in  helping  Workers  at  the  plant  were  loud  in  that  the  strike  had  been  reorgan­ ships  the  right  to  trial  by  jury  in  Steamship  Company,  set  sail  from  other unions who  needed assistance  their  praise  of  the  SIU,  declaring  ized  and  was  not  going  to  evapo­ that  they  could  never  have  gotten  rate,  he  began  negotiating  in earn­ their  injury suits.  At  present  sea­ Longview,  Washington,  two  days  the  kind  of  settlement  they  did  est.  A  series  of  conferences  was  men  on  private  ships  have  that  before  with  a  load  of  9,500  tons of  without  the SIU's  assistance.  held  leading  to  the  settlement  on  right  Meui on  government  ships  grain.  She  was  bound  for Bombay,  The  SIU  entered  the  picture  on  the  13th.  .  ­ however,  must  make  their  claims  India, by  way  of  Yokohama, Japan.  November  8 when  the United  Wire  Pickete  Fed  through , the: admiralty  side  of  the  When  the  flash  fire  broke  out,  SIU  Headquarters  urges  all  &  Metal  Workers  Union,  Local  Federal  district  court.  Awards  SOS's were  sent out  which  brought  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be  24368,  an  AFL  Federal  Labor  During  the  course  of  the  five  •  from  such  courts  are  usually  less  the  Kenkon  Maru,  the  Greek  day  period, the  strikers were  given  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ Union,  called  on  the  Seafarers  use  of  the  SIU's  as­yet­unopened  freighter  Katherine  and  the  Coast  •  than  awards from  juries.  and  asked  for  help  in  the  strike.  Guard  Cutter  Wachusetts  to  the  lective  ^rvice  boards  posted  on  all  changes  of  address  Several  SIU  men  were  dispatched  cafeteria.  They  were fed  hot  meals  scene.  in  the  new  hall  and  were  supplied  through  tlie  use  of  the  post  immediately  to  the  picket  line  to  with  sandwiches  and  coffee  while  Casualties  might  have  run  con­ cards  furnished  at  all  SIU  bolster  the  morale  of  the  strikers  on  the  picket  line.  siderably  higher­but  for  the  fact  halls  and  aboard  ships.  who  were  having  a  difficult  time  that  nine  of  the  thirteen  men  Failure  to  keep  your  draft  of  it.  Five  days  later,  the  sti­ikers  board informed  of  your where­ had  a  new  agreement,  negotiated  An  expected  boon  to  safety  and  aboard,  the  lifeboat  that  was  abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  with  the  aid  of  an  SIU  representa­ ­  economy  on  Suez  Canal  runs  is  swamped  had  already  been  taken  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  tive.  The  contract  provides  for  a  being  studied  by  shippers.  The  aboard  tlie  Kenkon  Maru.  di­afted  into  the services  with­ $5  across­the­board  increase,  time­ problem  of  picking  up. and  dis­ At  last  report,  the  George  Wal­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  and­one­half  after  eight  hours  in  , charging  searchlights  for  night  ton  was  considered  still  salvage­ such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  any  one  day,  double­time  for  Sun­ ! passage  through  the  canal  is  the  aid  Seafarers  who fail  to com­ able  although  it  had  been  burning  day  work,  ten  cents  additional  for  nut  the  operators  are  trying  to  ply.  night  work, an  additional  paid  hol­ ,  crack.  steadily  for  several  days.  iday,  strengthened  seniority  provi­ Resumption  of  regular  common  ^  f  According  to  the  Suez  Canal  sions  and  other  improvements,  cari­ier  steamship  service  between  Company,  it's probable  that  a  seri­ A  most  important  faetor  in  the  New  York  and  Savannah,  Ga.,  ous  three­ship  collision  last  July  settlement  was  the  success  of  the  commences  today  when  the  Sea­ might  have  been  averted  if  one  of  the  ships. . involved  had  been  Heavy demand  by private operators for ships from  the lay­ SIU  in  helping  to  organize  and  train  Havana  starts  on  her  way  . able  to  proceed  directly  to  sea  in­ up fleet  continues  despite  expectations  that  bottom  require­ maintain  an  effective  round­the­ southward.  clock  picket  line  in  front  of  the  Authority  to  re­establish  the  stead  of  having  to  anchor  to  dis­ ments would  have  tapered  off  by  now.  The increasing  pros­ plant. As  a  result  all  teamsters  re­ service,  which  was  wiped  out  by  . charge  a  searchlight,  spected  the  line  and  refused  to  the  war,  has  been  granted  tem­ " .  One . suggestion  under  study  is  pect  of  high  charter  fees  because­f—:  porarily  to the SlU­contraeted  Sea­ the use  of floating  lights in  a  buoy­ of  the  limited  tonnage  available  pany  for  one  C­1  and  its  bid  for  train  Lines,  Inc.  by  the  Interstate  ant  unit,  which  could  be  picked  for fcharter  has  driven  many  op­ one  Victory  is  still  in  the  works.  Commerce  Commission.  Seatrain  up  or  released  into  the  briny  by  erators  to  look  to  the  government  At  hearings  on  the  application,  for  a  lift.  was  the  originator  of  the  freight­ ' a  moving  vessel.'  it  was  pointed  out  that  the  exist­ car­carrying  type  of  ocean  cargo  The  problem  is  created  by  the  Under  study  by  the  Federal  ing  market  does  not  have  suitable  transjOrt.  difliculty  in  distinguishing  desert  Maritime  Board  are  applications  tonnage  available  for  charter  at  When  the  Havana  docks  at  Sa­ sands  from  water  at  night  and  the  for  a  total  of  18  ships,  principally  reasonable  rates,  and  although  the  vannah  Dec.  3,  she  will  be  re­ / consequent  need  for  high^ power  Victories  and  Liberties.  Approval  government's  rate  is  generally  bow  lights,  whereas  most  ships  has  already  gone  to  the  SlU­con­ much  lower  than  the  open  market  Thirteen  members  of  the Sailors  named  the  Savannah  in  honor  of  mount  their lights  on  the bridge.  traeted  Mississippi  Shipping  Com­ figure,  profits  are  shared  with  the  Union  of  the Pacific  who  sailed  on  that  city  and  the  following  day  charterer  when  government­owned  the  SS  Baylor  Victory  four  years  start  north  again  in  accord  with  a  ago  have  a  total  of  $872.06  coming  weekly  round­trip  set­up.  She  is  vessels  are  used.  to  them  in  salvage  fees  from  the  sche'duled  to  leave  New  York  Fri­ If  the  pace  continues,  the  re­ United  States  government.  The  days  and  Savannah  each  Tuesday.  serve  fleets  will  be  stripped  clean  Changes  Run  of  Victories  very  soon,  except  for  money  is  due  for  salvage  services  those  that  ai­e  damaged  to  the  rendered  by  the  Baylor  Victoi­y  to  It  is  reported  the  Havana  will  point  where  repairs  for  temporary  the  Plymouth  Victory  in  April,  be  replaced  on  the  Gulf  run  by  use would  take too  big a  bite out of  1947,  when  the  latter  ship  had  to  the new  $4,000,000 Seatrain  Louisi­ ana,  which  made  her  maiden  trip  probable  income  from  their  use.  be  towed  into a  Mexican  port.  In  order  to  be  entitled  to  their  this  month.  The  Louisiana  is  the  salvage  shares,  the  men  involved  sixth  specialized  vessel  built  for  have  to  contact  the  Claim  Depart­ Seatrain  Lines  and  is  capable  of  ment  of  the  Ahiericah­Hawaiian  carrying  100  fully  loaded  railroad  Steamship  Company,  Pier  26,  San  freight  cars  on  a  mile  of  standard  Francisco, and  sign  releases  before  gauge  track  built  in  her  holds  and  Negotiations  just  opened  by  the  the  Maritime •  Administration  can  decks.  The  new  17­knot  ship  is  483  feet  long  and  63  ft.  in  the  NMU  with  Atlantic  and  Gulf  op­ send  them  any  money.  Individual  shares  range  from  beam.  erators  center  around  a  50­cent  a  day  employer  contribution  to  the  $57.45  for  ordinary  seamen,  to  Loading  and  unloading  opera­ welfare  fund,  a  provision  which,  $78.51 for the  bosun and $81.22  for  tions  in  Savannah  will  be  facili­ for  the  SIU,  has  been  in  effect  the  carpenter.  Names  of  the  men  tated  by  an  $800,000  pier  and  Wli  are as follows:  Robert A.  Art, John  freight ­ car ­ handling  crane  and  since  November 1.  mV­l  J.  Admiral,  Robert  J.  Claunch,  elevator,  built  jointly  by  Seatrain  In  addition,  the  NMU  and  coast  ho.I  operators  are  busy  trying  to  wipe  John D.  Ross, Myron  A. Bakke,  Ar­ and  the  Central  of  Georgia  Rail­ Mf  j  out  existing  working  rule  inequi­ thur  J.  Martin,'  Francesco  Pizzin­ way.  •  ' Among  the first  outside  unions  to utilize  facilities of  the  new  SIU  ties­ existing  in  their  current  con­ grlllo,'  Joseph  M.  Taylor,  Clayton  Seatrain  has  already  applied  to  Assembly  Hall  were  60  ^rU  from  the  Leonard  Electric  Corp.  in  tract,  whose  provisions  run  below  D.­Tice  and  Alexander  McHarg,  the ICC for permanent authority  to  nearby BuSh  Terminal  at  a  grievance  and shop  stewards' meeting.  those  Incorporated  in  SIU  agree­ Leonard  Berg,  Theodore  R.  Ward  run  the  New  York­Savannah  serv­ ice.  and­Doaovan  G.  Hyde.  Business. Agent Sol Lasher of  AFL Poiishers L^al 8, presided. ^  •   ments.  !0:'  11  SlU Acts, Can Strikers Win Contract  Keep Draft  Board Posted  Floafiiig Liglit Seen  Nipping Suez Peril  Seatrain Runs  Into Savannah  With Govt  OK  Boneyard  Ranks  Thinned  Four­Year­Old Claim  On Salvage  Awarded  To 13  SUP Members  SIU Lends Union Gals  A  Hand  NMU Asks Parity  With SIU Welfare  •.  m:.  h  �vr;  Page Six  Mdaw, NOTCOAW M, ItSl  SEAFARERS  LOG  iJaEpoT?  .iVH  f ^BBS?  i ^  PORT REPORTS.. ..  • '  w  work  is  showing  good  results.  At  ate  fully the  conditions they  enjoy  The  only  fly  in  the  ointment  Lake Charles:  Baltimore:  last  the  office  people  arq  waking  today under the  banner of  the SIU.  here  is  the  fact  that  the  Hafty  up  to  the  fact  that  in  a  union  is  He  further  feels  that  the  newer  Bridges'  West  Coast  boys  have  their  only  hope  of  decent  w^ei  hands,  who  did  not  go  through  been  buzzing  around  because  the  and  conditions.  Of  course  We  im­ those  days,  take  a  good  part  of  Brotherhood  of  Marine  Engineers  mediately  told  the  Office. Employ­ their  wages  and  conditions  for  had  the  Las  Vegas  Victory  in  port.  granted.  Union­operated  welfare  Otherwise  all  has  been  proceeding  Shipping  down  here  hasn't  been  ees  Union  that  they  could  call  on  Shipping  in  the  port  of  Balti­ plans,  vacation  funds,  ship  board  smoothly.  quite  up  to  standard  but  we  can't  this  branch  for  any  help  that  we  more,  which  has  been  holding  up  representation  and  the  like  were  There  are  quite  a  few  oldtiraers  complain  being  that  the  weather  is  could  give  night  or  day,  since  the  very nicely for six months now, has  dreams  for even  the  most  optimis­ on  the  beach  here,  including  Wil­ so  beautiful  and  the  outlook  for  SIU  is  always  ready, to help  other  become  even  better  than  usual  in  tic  seaman  then.  Today  they  are  liam  McKay,  C.  J.  Quint,  W.  the  next  four  or  five  days  being  bonafide  unions  to  better  condi­ the  past  two  weeks.  We  had  quite  a  reality,  but  too  many  forget  the  Thornton,  R.  W. Martin,  M. Pappa­ very  good.  We  had  visits  from  the  tions.  •   a  few  men  piled  up  on  the  beach  day­in and day­out  battle necessary  dakis,  J.  Melelies  and  quite  a  few  Abiqua,  Government  Camp,  Bent's  Taxes,  Taxes  because  of  the  longshoremen's  to  achieve  them.  others  so  that  we  do  not  lack  for  Fort,  Winter,  Hill,  Royal  Oak  and  Between  the  boys  in  Washing­ wildcat  strike,  but  thanks  to  the  In  closing,  Walsh  expressed  the  company.  Cantigney,  all  from  the  Cities  ton  and  the  state  of  Louisiana  Service  fleet.  In  Port  Arthur,  dreaming  up  taxes  one  has  to  be  boom  we  have  been  able  to  send  opinion that  the Union  should  per­ Jeff  Morrison  Texas,  we  had  the  Federal  (Tra­ lucky  enough  to  raise  enough  most  of  them  out.  Seattle  Port  Agent  sist in  its efforts to  educate the  old  falgar)  and  James  B.  Duke  (Mis­ cabbage  for the  daily  paper  (if  we  Among  our  recent  visitors  have  and  the  new  members  in  their  re­ ^  t.  sissippi)  whom  we  supplied  with  had  one  here).  There  was  once  an  been several  Cities Service  tankers  sponsibilities.  If  present  day  con­ one  man  each.  Also  in  Lake  old  saw  about  nothing  being  cer­ and  it  is  our  pleasure  to  announce  ditions are to be kept and improved  Mobile:  Charles  we  had  the,Cecil  N.  Bean  tain  but  death  and  taxes.  This  that  conditions  keep  on  improving  upon,  well  Brother  Walsh,  we  cer­ (Dry­Trans)  which  signed  articles  now  reads  "taxes  and  death"  es­ right  along.  They  are  not  only  tainly  could  stand  for  more  words  here on her  way  to Greece  and we  pecially  here  in  La.  where  every­ much  better  than  those  that  pre­ of  advice  in  a  similar  vein.  put  quite  a  few  men  on  her.  «  vailed when  the SIU started  organ­ one  is  taxed  for  everything.  But  A  Hard  Guy  izing,  but  they are  also superior  to  fellow­residents  of  this  great  state  Crisis  In  Galley  One  of  our  members  here  was  A  shprtage  has  sprung  up  in  what existed six months ago  in tiiat  don't  have  to  worry  as  all  of  the  hit  by  a  car  which  observers  es­ some  categories  of  rated  men  as  We  almost  forgot  to  mention  would­be  governors  are  going  to  fleet.  If  the  old  hands  in  the  tliat  our  old  standby,  the  y^.  E.  Union,  who  have  the  ability  and  timate  was  doing  about  60  miles  shipping continues to  hold  up here  Downing  (Mathieson)  was  in  and  reduce  the cost  of  living, cut  taxes  per hour. Our hero removed  a piece  and  looks  pretty  fair  for  the  com­ took  a  gang 'of  men.  We  filled  her  and  raise  everything.  They  don't  savvy  to  educate newcomers  in  the  industry,  would  make  it  a  habit  of  of  metal  which had  pierced his leg,  ing  two  weeks.  We  are  in  need  of  easily  for  the  boys  really  like  this  explain  anything  but  it  will  catch  riding  these  wagons,  I'm  positive  reached  behind  his  back  and  re­ cooks,  FOWs and  ABs particularly,  one  as  she  is  tops  of  all  the  ships  the  votes every  time.  that  you  wouldn't  be  able  to  find  turned the headlights to the  frantic  so  any  of  you  who  are  looking  for  hitting  here.  On  the  above­named  Leroy Clarke  anything  better  in  the  industry.  driver,  in  pieces,  of  course.  Then  a  berth  can  hie  yourself  down  to  wagon  we  have  that  well  known  Lake  Charles  Port  Agent  he  paced  off  the  distance  he  had  Mobile , and  be  assured  of  getting  Cold  Weather  Hazards  gentleman,  that  king of  the  galley,  been thrown by  the car.  How would  out  in  a  hurry.  4"  t  4"  Mr.  Ding  Dong  Bell  who  is  really  With the  coming of  cold weather  you  like  to  gamble  on  living  after  We  had  ten  payoffs  and  eight  turning  out  the  grub  for  the  boys.  we have been compelled to use part  having  been  thrown  180  feet?  sign­ons in the  past two weeks with  He  was  going  to  quit  here  the  last  New York:  of  our  branch's  resources  to  battle  Earl  Sheppanl  one  ship  in  transit,  the  Hawaiian  trip,  and  when  we  boarded  her  we  the  perennial  march  of  the  Balti­ Baltimore  Port  Agent  Banker,  also  taking  a  few  men.  heard  a  loud  noise  from  the  after­ more  bears.  This  animal  always  i  t  ,  Alcoa  supplied  most  of  the  action  part  of  the  ship.  seeks  a  warm,  cozy  place  in  which  in  this  port  paying  off  with  the  Upon  investigating  we  find  that  Seattle:  to hibernate. The  gutters and  door­ Alcoa Runner,  Alcoa Clipper,  Alcoa  here  is  poor  Ding  Dong  trying  to  ways  are  no  longer  suitable  to  im­ Pilgrim,  Alcoa  Corsair  and  Alcoa  get  his  other  shirt  in  a  paper  bag  New  York  shipping  is  slowly  munize  them  from  all  worldly  shifting  into  high  gear,  after  a  Pennant.  We  also  had  payoffs  on  so  he  can  leave,  and  all  the  crew  troubles, even  with a  can of  smoke.  the  Neva  West  (Bloomfield),  War­ trying  to  stop  him.  After  a  long  gradual  recovery  from  the  long­ shore  strike  in  this  port.  During .  As  most  hands  know,  the  Sea­ rior,  Morning  Light  and  Monarch  honey­worded  talk  Brother  Ding  the  past  two  weeks  we  have  paid  farers has  had a  policy of  eliminat­ The  skies  may  be  drippy  here,  of  the  Sea  (Waterman)  and  the  agreed  to rtay  but  insisted  that  off  eighteen  ships  and  signed  on  ing  gashounds,  performers,  weed­ Polaris  (Dry­Trans).  Things  ran  heads for quite some time,  and that  but  it's  been  a  happy  two"  weeks  pretty  smoothly  at  all  payoffs  with  as  a  condition  of  his  staying  that  nine. From  word received from the  goes  double  in  Baltimore.  The  for  the  SIU  up  here  in  the  north­ no  beefs of  any  consequence  to re­ the  crew  procure  at  once  a  large  operators  we  expect  shipping  to  picture  of  the  Mobile  City  Hall  continue  to  improve  in  the  next  policy  covering  these  characters  is  west.  Shipping has  been excellent,  port.  and  just  to  put  the  topping  on  for  he  said  that  he  was  lonesome  couple  of  weeks  as  things  return  very  hard  and  fast,  as  this  port  Killed  in  Korea  for a  sight of  it.  Also that  he must  to  normal.  feels  that  the  Union's  resources  the  pie,  we  have  gotten  a  100  per­ We  got  the  sad  news  here  on  be  supplied  with  a  copy­of  the  There  was '  one  transportation  should  be  directed  to  more  con­ cent  pro­SIU  vote  in  an  election  on the  two ships  of  the Ocean  Tow  November 8 that  Kenneth W.  Klug,  Mobile  daily  papers  at  every  beef  on  the  Gateway  City  (Water­ structive  channels  than  straighten­ Company.  a retired member,  chance.  AH  of  this  was  agreed  to  man)  due  to  the  fact  that  she  has  ing  out  winos  and  foul­ups.  First,  to  dispose  of  the  shipping  was  killed  in  ac­ and now  the Downing  is once again  been  switched  from  the  coastwise  We  would  like  to  point  some­ tion  in  Korea.  riding  on  an  even  keel.  trade  to  foreign  articles.  But  this  thing out  to the  membership which  news,  we  paid  off  the  Citrus  Brother Klug  was  has  been  settled  and  the  men  in­ will  save  some  of  you  a  headache  Packer  (Waterman)  and the  Alaska  Gangway  To  N  Y  drafted  into  the  volved  can  pick  up their  money  at  one  of  these  days.  If  you  are  pay­ Spruce  (Ocean Tow)  and signed  on  the  Citrus  Packer.  There  were  Army  out  of  the  Although there  never are  enough  the  Waterman  office.  ing  off  a  ship  which  is  on  port  bookmen  here  to  have  a  regular  merchant  marine  payroll,  be  sure  to  get  a  voucher  five  ships  in  transit  here;  the  We  also  had to  cool  off  a  bucko  on  December  6,  meeting  we  do  have  some  get­to­ skipper,  but  he  was  straightened  covering  the  money  due  you  and  Alamar,  Yorkmar  and  Massmar  gethers  now  and  then  and  discuss  19 5 0.  He  had  signed  by  the  captain  before  you  (Calmar);  the  Fairport  (Water­ out  on  a  few  points  to  the  satis­ served  in  the  the  contracts  and  other  matters  faction  of  all 'hand&  and  I  think  leave ship.  This will  prevent either  man);  and  the  San  Angelo  Victory  with  the  new  permitmen.  They  all  (Seatrade).  Klug  maritime field for  outright  loss  of  your  money,  or  things  will  run smoother "Oh hoard  24  Voted  six  years  previously.  He  had  been  show  a  great  interest  in  such  in  the  future.  Everything  else  was  lengthy delays  and  equally  lengthy  items,  but  in  "all  of  these  gather­ Now  as  to  the  election,  there  in  Korea  since  April  of  this  year  correspondence  to  collect  same.  ings  the  subject  of  the  new  hall  taken  care  of  at  the  payoff.  Once  that ship  leaves the  harbor it,^  were  24  seamen  in  the  deck  and  and  had  been  due  to  get  a  leave  in  New  York  comes  up.  Everyone  HQ  Shift  Completed  is  doubtful  that  the  shoreside  of­ stewards  departments  of  the  just  a  few  weeks  later.  is  trying  to  get  on  a  New  York­ We  are  happy  to  say  that  we  Alaska  Spruce  and  Alaska  Cedar  He  is survived by  his father,  Mr.  bound  ship  in  order  to  see  the  fice of  the  company has any  record  have  accomplished  the  complete  eligible  to  vote  and  all  24  voted  J.  W.  Klug  of  Foley;  his  mother,  of  the number  of  days  you  worked  place.  Upon  receipt  of  official  and the  hours of  overtime that  you  for  the  SIU.  You  can't  do  any  Mrs.  Walter  Byers;  two  brothers  word  that  it  was  opened  a  loud  shift from  our old  headquarters  to  the  new  building  without  a  single  sweated  out.  Either  that,  or  the  better  than  that.  A  hearing  on  and  two  sisters.  Both  brothers  are  cheer  went  up  in  the  hall.  hitch  or  letup  in  branch,  affairs.  the  black  gang  was  held  on  the  with  the  31st  Infantry  division  at  company  may  not  have  a  local  of­ On  the  labor  front  here,  all  is  We  hbpe  that  all  the  fellows  can*  16th  but  so  far  we  have  had  no  Fort  Jackson,  South  Carolina.  fice and  may  be represented  by  an  quiet,  with  the  only  organizing  agency  which  has  no  authority  to  word  on  it.  Both  of  these  vessels  His body is  in transit from  Korea  work  going  on  being  done  by  the  come  up  to  see  our  new  home  as  are  laid  up  now,  but  we  expect  and  funeral  services  will  be  held  AFL  Office  Employee's  Union  soon as  possible, feeling pretty cer­ pay  off.  them  to  become  active  in  the  very  in  near­by  Foley  when  it  arrives.  among  the  large  department  stores  tain  that  they  will  think  as  highly  There are  a number  of  old hands  of  it  as  we  do.  It  certainly  is  a  on  the  beach  here,  among  them  near  future.  Cal  Tanner  here.  The  latest  word  from  the  pleasure  to work  in  arid  be  paii; of  Bridges'  Boys  Around  John  Layton,  Red  Gibbs,  Ed  Mc­ Mobile  Port  Agent  Central  Labor  Council  is  that  the  a  Union  halj. like  this  one.  Namar  and  John  Taurin.  I would  like to  remind  the  mem­ One  of  the  old  nands  recently  bership  that  the  SS Puerto  Rico  is  here but  presently aboard the  Cour  still  under  organizational  status  as  D'Alene  Victory  is  Walter  Walsh,  per  the  membership  ruling. ^Some  steward.  Walter  has  been  in  the  of  the  men  were  a' little  disap­ seamen's  move­ pointed  because  they did  not makq  ment  for  quite  her  when  she  crewed  Up  Mori^yji  some  time.  He  SHIPPING  FROM  NOV. 7 TO  NOV. 21  November  19,  but  that  is  the  score  was  one  of  the  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  for now.  men  selected  by  PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  his fellow seamen  All  seafarers  who  were  in. pori  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  in  Baltimore  to  Boston  27  37  11  75  55  34  25  114  for Thanksgiving  imd  theto ^snul*  represent them in  New  York  ies  were  invited  to  a  free  Thanks­ 171  126  105  402  148  115  69  332  giving  Day  dinner,  in,,our  brand  attempts  to  reor­ Philadelphia  57  42  33  132  70  53  170  new  cafeteria.  We had a  very, nice  47  ganize  AFL  sea­ Baltimore  ;...  179  152  89  420  140  78  107  325  turnout  and  judging from  all  the  Walsh  men in  1937. Wal­ 28  17  26  71  126  98  67  291  belts  that  were  loosened,  a  lot  of  ter maintains  that seamen  in  those  Norfolk  22  23  16  61  29  33  31  93  turkey  and  trimmings  was  stowed  days  had  it  so  rough  that  their  Savannah  34  away.'],'"  75  primary  objective  in  organizing  Tampa  19  22  16  10  11  37  51  was  to  prevent further  backsliding  Mobile  37  36  124  67  85  50  182  .iStoce l have  just taken  over this  of  conditions.  Making  gains  was  New  Orleans  73  67  67  197  •  223  <  job  i, do  not  have  much  else.; .tO:  63  111  49  the second  objective.  Galveston  102  47  ­­  52  201  97  89  69  235  repoet but  hope to  have more news  Walter  feels  that  too  many  of  West  Coast  50  35  38  123  68  53  59  180  for  you  next  time.  :  .  :  i  '  the  old  hands  have  forgotten  the  Claude: Simmona .  ''good old days" and fail to appreci­ TOTALS  .................  794  Aarrt."Sc«­l^eas."  «03  1.881  485  927  700  859  2.182  ••  .  r.i­.  Men Can't Wait  To See New Hq.  Boom Thins Out  Crowd On Beach  Several Ratings  In Sherl Snpply  Slow  Period Foil  After  Dock  Tlo^U|i  Ocean Tew Gees  100% fer  SIU  C  SHWMHG RECORD  K  .  T,  .»• » t't  •  .  •   l' 1  . .  ­  »  z •   «  . i  1  1  . >. «  1 • t  .Ti f  �SX®,!"  • a3''.iav­'...)X.­'i'i'  ­WiiMf. KtmtAmr tt. ltSl~  ::fii  SEAFARERS  LOG  ' i  ii    «  Tmge  Severn  .PORT ttEPORTS  where  we  have  enough  men  is  in  Savannah:  be  back  here  after  a  gix­month  Son Francisco:  the  steward's  department.  cruise  and  the  Fairisle  and  Topa  We  have  had  payoffs  on the  Del  Topa  (Waterman)  as  well,  a  sure  Valle  (Mississippi)  Steel  Chemist  bet  to  keep  things  buzzing  for  a  (Isthmian)  and  Sea  Star  (Triton).  while.  There  were  four  sign­ons,  the  Del  In­transits  number,  always  a  Boston  shipping  continues  to  Oro  and  David  Johnson  (Missis­ lucky figure,  including:  Strathcape  The  shipping  slump  of  some  The  Savannah  hall  was  cleaned  hum along  at a  good rate  with five  sippi),  William  R.  Davie  (Alcoa)  (Strathmore);  Seamar  (Calmar);  eight  weeks  duration  has  been  pasmffs  and  three  sign­ons  in  the  and  Sea  Star  (Triton).  In  addition  out  of  ratings  in  the  past  two  Bienville, Noonday,  John B.  Water­ broken  by  two  very  good  payoffs  past  week.  Paying  off  here  were  there  were  19  ships  in  transit  weeks  with  six  sign­ons,  and  three  man  (Waterman);  Clearwater  Vic­ in  the  past  week  or  so.  The  first  the  Cantigny  (Cities  Service),  The  David  Johnson and  William  R  more  Liberty  ships  crewing  up  in  tory  (Isthmian),  and  Massillon  one to  show up was  the Seamonitor  Anson  Mills  (Seas Shipping),  Mon­ Davie  were  crewed  in  the  deck  the  near  future.  We  paid  off  the  Victory  (Eastern).  (Excelsior), a  Liberty  that has  been  iebello  Hills  (Western  Tankers),  department  with  the  aid  of  some  Southwave,  Southu^nd  and  South­ tramping  around  the  Far  East  for  It's  becoming  more  and  more  W.  £,  Downing  (State  Fuel)  and  acting  ABs  which  gives an  idea  of  the  last  nine  months.  All  things  Potrero  HiUs.  (Philadelphia  Ma­ how  things  are  down  here.  We  ex­ star  (South  Atlantic)  and  signed  important,  by  the  way,  for  the  considered  this  was  a  very  smooth  brothers in the  SIU to  keep square  rine).  We  signed  on  the  Anson  pect  to  have  to  crew  up  four  on  the  above  three  as  well  as  the  payoff  and  as  you  may  well  Mills,  Montebello  Hills  and  Po­ boneyard  ships  in  the  next  couple  Charles  D.  Fasten,  August  Bel­ with  their  draft  boards.  Every  day  imagine,  the  boys  had  a  bundle  of  of  weeks,  including  the  Angus  mont  (South  Atlantic)  and  John  this  office  is  trying  to  keep  men  trero  Hills.  loot  when  they  headed  for  various  Things  ran  pretty  smoothly  ex­ McDonald,  Cape  Romain  and  Fiske  (Seas  Shipping).  With  ship­ out  of  the  Army  after  they receive  parts  of  this U.  S.  A.  a  1­A  notice.  It's  been  said repeat­ Henry  Meggs  (Mississippi)  and  the  ping  as  good  as  it  is,  we  will  be  cept  on  the  last­named  ship  which  The  second  scow  to  grace  this  caused  quite a  bit of  trouble.  Two  James  K.  Walker  for  the  Bloom­ looking for  Mobile  and  other ports  edly,  but  here  it  is  again:  These  city  by  the  Golden  Gate  was  the  should  see  the  Union  as  soon  men  field  Shipping  Co.  to  supply  us  with  men  for  the  days  after  she  paid  off  we  had  to  as  possible  to  clear  their  status  San  Angelo  Victory  (Seatrade)  in  nm  down  to  Providence  because  There  is  also  talk  of  crewing  up  three  Libertys  coming  up.  as  far  as  deferment  instead  of  from  the  Orient.  It  was  a  good  the  Citadel  Victory for  Mississippi.  the  engines  kept  breaking  down  We  really  en­ waiting  until  the  last  minute.  Wait  clean  payoff  on  this  one  too.  In  and  things  were  going  wrong.  The  She  is  at  present  in  Texas,  but  joyed  the  payoff  too  long  to  do  this,  brothers,  and  a  few  days  we  expect  the  Clarks­ shore, gang  was  on  the  ship  from  Mississippi  is  figuring  on  crewing  on  the  John  you'll  wake  up  one  morning  in  burg  Victory  (Mississippi)  in  for  a  November  16  to  19  with  the  plant  her out  of  New  Orleans  as Brother  Fiske,  which  khaki.  payoff.  These  ships,  along  with  shut  down.  During  this  time  the  AIsop  over  in  Galveston  is  suffer­ stopped  in  the  usual  in­transits  pretty  well  sailing  board  was  changing  ev^ry  ing  from  a  severe  case  of  shorts  Charleston,  S.  C.  A  couple  of  the  boys  on  the  cleaned  the  beach  and  gave  this  six  hours.  The  men  had  a  long  in  all  departments  and  all  ratings.  This  was  one  of  beach,  among  them  Doc  Moran,  port  a  much  needed  shot  in  the  Payoffs  Limited  way  to  walk  to  get  something  to  the  best  we  have  Ted  Thompson,  Max  Byers,  Frank  arm.  eat  and  every  one  was  about  fed  The  outlook  in  this  port  for  ever  run  across.  Feld  and Babe  Aulicino, send  their  We  had  no regular  meeting here  up,  but  she  finally  got  under  way  payoffs  is  not  too  hot  for  the  The  crew  was  best  to  the  brothers  enjoying  the  due  to  a  lack  of  bookmen  to  form  on  the  20th  of  November.  They  coming  two  weeks as  we only  have  Maltin  loud  in  their  new  Union  Hall  and  hope  to  be  a  quorum.  However,  the  boys  got  had  about  14  engineers  coming  four  scheduled  payoffs  but  the  praise  of  Steward  Paul  M.  Maitin,  around  to  see  the  lay­out  them­ together  for  a  little  informal  dis­ shipping  will  be  very  good  as  we  whom  they  said  made  a  real  good  selves one  of  these days.  and  quitting  during  this time.  cu3sion  and  elected  a  balloting  have  quite  a  few  ships  scheduled  trip out  of  the run.  Open  House  for  Thanksgiving  committee.  . Overtime  Pay.  Day  dinner  at  a  number  of  local  The  coast  here  at  present  is  a  This  sldp^also  has  a  repair  list  to hit  here  in traasit  that  will  take  E.  B.  Tilley  on  men.  They  are  coming  from  spots firew a  pretty fair attendance  little  quiet  with  no  major  disputes  beef  ai\d. will .make  this  brief  trip  the  Texas  area  where  they  will  ~  Savannah  Port  Agent  of  SIU  and  SUP  men,  we  hear.  on  the  labor  scene.  Meanwhile  we  only  or>Melke'Measures  will  have  to  more  than  likely  be  short­handed.  4"  it  it  That's  all from  here.  and  the  SUP  are  in  the  process  be  taken  to  straighten  her  out.  There  has  been  a  change  in  the  of  strengthening  relations  between  Other  than that,  we had some over­ in­transit  setup  in  this  port  with  Wilmington:  Sam  Cohen,  time  questions on  the  Anson  Mills  quite  a  variety  of  in­transit  ships  Wilmington Port  Agent  all  AFL  groups  on  this  Coast.  I  have  recently  become  a  delegate  but  the mcmey  was collected.  coming  here,  The  Sea  Comet  (Sea­ to  the  San  Francisco  Central  We  got  an  echo  of  the  West  traders)  is  running  out  of  Baton  Trades and  Labor Union and  enjoy  Coast Isthmian, fight  here when the  Rouge  on,  a  regular  run  between  working  with  a  fine  bunch  of  trade  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  Asso­ here  and  Florida  ports.  She  is  a  unionists.  ciation  threw  a picket  line  around  Liberty  tanker  and  a  stranger  in  Shipping  is  in  top  notch  shape  Lloyd  Gardner,  the  Steel  Navigator  on  November  this  port.  It  is  also  rumored  that  out  here and  it  looks  great for  the  Seafarers whose  ship is  in  port  12.  After a  bit  of  a to­do  she final­ the  Dry­Trans  Corporation  will  be­ next two  weeks as well.  Hardly any  West  Coast  Representative  getting ready  to sail should make  ly  took  off  for NeW  York.  gin  running  regularly  between  the  black  gang  or  deck  department  it  a  point  to  keep  in  touch  with  ^  Some  of  the SIU  brothers whom  Gulf  and  Greece.  This  week  we  men  around,  so  for  fast  shipping,  the  ship  at  least  once  every  we  have  had in  our Boston  hall re­ had  the  Cecil  N.  Bean  and  the  cool weather and good  women, Wil­ Galveston:  twelve  hour  period  in  order  to  cently  are  G.  Eklimd,  Bob  Frazor,  Catherine  from  this  outfit  loading  mington  is  still  the  port.  avoid the  needless inconvenience  B. Boudrou,  E.  Olson, L. McKenna,  general  cargo  for  Greece.  They  H.  Smallwood,  F.  O'Connor  and  are  to  run  between  Texas,  New  Competition  from  foreign fieets  and  embarrassment  of  being  left  is making a  lot of  trouble for  ships  behind.  quite  a  few  others.  Orleans,  Mobile  and  the  Mediter­ sailing  under  Uncle Sam's  banner.  A  provision  of  the  SIU  con­ James  Sheehan  ranean.  Ships  of  the  Bloomfield  Boston  Port  Agent  Company  that  are  on  the  Meditei>  In  the  last  two  months,  no  SIU  tract  with  the  shipping  opera­ Shipping  is  really  on  the  boom  ship  other  than  Waterman  vessels  ranean  run  are  also  beginning  to  have  taken  on  or^  yet  every  day  tors  calls for  posting of  the  sail­ down  here  on  the  Gulf  Coast  with  ,  •   i  t  ing time at  the gangway 12  hours  nine  payoffs  and  an  equal  num­ come in  here regularly.  there's a  Japanese  freighter at  the  beforehand.  With  the  40  hour  ber  of  sign­ons  to  add  to  total  of  New  Orleans:  Voting  Drops  Off  ore docks.  week  in  effect,  crew  schedules  19  ships  in  transit;  during  the  two  At  the  last  membership  meet­ Local  tuna fishers  are  laying  up  provide  for  considerably  more  week  period  ending  on  November  ing  the  boys must  have  had  turkey  every  day,  moreover,  because  they  time  off  than  before.  Conse­ on  their minds  as  the meeting  was  can't compete  with cheap  Japanese  quently it has happened  that  Sea­ 23­ Paying  off  here  were  the  James  very  short  and  in  order.  Financial  or  Peruvian  tuna  rates.  farers  have  gone  ashore  for  a  B.  Duke  (Mississippi, George  Gipp  reports  and  headquarters  report  A  serious shortagei  of  AB's is  the  We  had  two  ships  in for  payoffs  longer  period  of  time  only  to  and  Martin  McCarver  (Waterman)^  only  complicating  factor  in  good  were  read  and  accepted.  The  bal­ and  everything  went  clean  as  a  find  that  the  ship  had  sailed  Cecil  Bean  and  Catherine  (Dry  loting  committee  reported  that  shipping  around  here  as  several  whistle  in  typical  SIU  style.  The  when  they returned  to  the  pier.  Trans),  Catahoula  (National  Navi­ sign­ons  completely  exhausted  the  since  the  last  meeting  there  were  Ponce  DeLeon  and  Jean  LaFitte  Such  occurrences  are  a  head­ gation)  Frank  Morgan  and  George  supply  on  the  beach.  All  the^e  168  ballots  cast.  Voting  has  slowed  (Waterman)  came  in  with  no  dis­ Graham.  All  of  these  ships  then  is  to  ­report  from  here  in  fact  is  down  a  bit,  but  is  going  along  puted  overtime  except  on  the  ache  for  the  Seafarer  and  the  signed  on  out  of  this  port  giving  company.  The  crew­member  of­ a  case  of  shortages—short  on  pay­ pretty  well  with  564  members  Ponce  DeLeop,  where  the  deck  us  a  chance  to  get  a  bunch  of  offs,  short  on  beefs  and  above  all  casting  their  ballots  to  date.  Again  crew  used  an  electric  grinder  to  ten  has  a  lot  of  gear  on  board  fellows  off  the  beach  in  a  hurry.  which  has  to  be  returned  to him  short' on  some  ratings.  Any  ABs  we  urged  all  members  to  vote  as  chip  in  the  holds.  This  beef  was  Ships  we  had  in  transit  here  and FOWs  that  want  to enjoy  good  a  big/ballot  shows  a  wide­awake  referred  to  a  Port  Grievance  Com­ eventually;  to  say  nothing  of  were:  Council  Grove,  Lone  Jack,  leaving  the  crew  shorthanded  or  weather  and  ship  out  real  soon  membership.  mittee  for  clarification.  having  to  dig  up  a  replacement  and  Bradford  Island  (Cities  Serv­ Lindsey  J. Williams  are  invited  to  head  this  way  as  ice);  Federal (Trafalger), Neva  West  The  Seacoral  (Coral)  is  soon  to  on  short  notice.  New  Orleans  Port  Agent  soon  as  possible.  The  only  place  and  Joseph  Priestly  (Bloomfield),  Federal  (Trafalger).  Trinity  (Car­ ras)  Steel  Chemist  (Isthmian),  Warrioiv  (Waterman),  Mae  (Bull),  Del  Valle  (Mississippi)  the  Henry  Meigs,  Benjamin  Fisher,  George  Cary  and  four  Seatrains;  the  Ha­ vana,  New  Jersey,  New  York  and  SEAT­tLE  2700  1st  Ave.  Jeff  Morrison,  Agent  Seneca 4570  Georgia.  1809­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  MONTREAL  The 35  Mariner class vessels now  BALTIMORE...  14  North  Gay  St.  TAMPA  463  McGiU  St.  Veteran  Bosun  Ray  White.  Agent  Phone  2­1323  Earl  Sheppard.  Agent  JVIulberry  4540  MArquette 5909  being  planned,  or  on  the  ways  in  440  Avalon  Blvd.  One  of  the  oldtimers  we  have  BOSTON  276  State  St.  WILMINGTON,  Calif  1281,4  Hollis St.  US  shipyards.  Will  be  sold  to  pri­ James Sheehan, Agent  Terminal  4­2874  HALIFAX,  N.S  Richmond 2­0140  Sam  Cohen,  Agent  had  here  recently  is  Emile  A.  La­ Phone; 3­8911  HEADQUARTERS  675  4th  Ave.,  Bklyn.  Dispatcher  Richmond 2­0141  vate  American  flag  shipiiing  com­ SECRETARY­TREASURER  FORT  WILLIAM  ...118t4  Syndicate  Ave.  Frage  who  carries  Book  No.  4522  308M!  23rd  St.  panies under  plans being  drawn up  GALVESTON  Paul  HaU  "  Ontario  Phone:  3­3221  and  has  been  sailing  since  1927.  Keith  AIsop,  Agent  Phone  2­8448  1419 Ryan  St.  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVES  PORT  COLBORNE  by  Vice­Admiral  E.  L.  Cochrane  of  LAKE CHARLES.  La  103  Durham  St.  Joe  Algina  ,  Robert  Matthews  LeRoy  Clarke,  Agent  Phone  6­5744  Ontario  Phone: 5591  Brother  LaFrage  has  been  sailing  the  Federal  Maritime  Board.  Joseph  Volpian  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  TORONTO,  Ontario.  86  Colborne  St.  Bosun for  over 17  years and  is well  Phone  2­1754  These  ships  have  been  con­ Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Elgin 5719  liked  by  the  men  he  has  seranged  NEW  ORLEANS  523  BienvlUe  St.  structed  as  defense  cargo  vessels  Lindsey  Williams.  Agent  ei7t4 Cormorant St.  on  SIU  ships.  HONOLULU  16  Merchant  St.  VICTORIA,  B.  C  Empire 4531  Phone 5­8777  MagnolU 6112­6113  of  twelve  to  fourteen  thousand  One of  the  early members  of our  565  Hamilton  St.  Ill  W.  Burnside  St.  VANCOUVER,  B.  C  675  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  PORTLAND  tons  deadweight.  They  have  cer­ NEW  YORK  Pacific 7324  Union,  Brother  LaFrage  does  most  Beacon 4336  STerllng 8­4671  304  Charlotte  St.  257  5th  St.  SYDNEY,  N.S  tain  built­in  defense  features,  NORFOLK  127­129  Bank  St.  RICHMOND.  CALIF  Phone 6346  of  his  shipping  out  of  the  Gulf  Phone 2599  Rees,  Agent  Phone 4­1083.  many of  which  are isecret,  but  it is  Ben  BAGOTVILLE,  Quebec  20 Elgin St.  area,  although  once  in  a  while,h*  450  Harrison  St.  PHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  SAN  FRANCISCO  Phone: 545  Douglas 2­8363  known,  that  they  include  inultiple  S.  CarduUo,*Agent  Market 7­1635  37  Ormont  St.  can  be  found  in  the  more  north­ 86  Seneca  St.  THOROLD.  Ontario  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  SEATTLE  ccmpartmentation  and  speeds that  SAN  Phone;  3­3202  erly climes.  Main 0290  Lloyd  Gardner,  Agent  Douglas  2­5475  113  Cote  De  La  Montague  may  go  as  high  as  25  knots.  As  SAN  JUAN,  PR  440  Avalon  Blvd.  QUEBEC  252  Ponce  de  Leon  WILMINGTON  Quebec  Phone:  2­7078  Terminal 4­3131  Keith  AIsop  ColU.  Agent  such  they  are  relatively  expensive  Sal  177  Prlhce  WUliam  St.  678  4th  Ave.,  Brooklyn  SAINT  JOHN  SAVANNAH  2  Abercorn  St.  NEW  YORK  Galveston  Port  Agent;  N.B.  Phone: 2­3049  STerUng 8­4671  to  construct  E.  B.  TiUey.  Agent  •   ­  Phone 3­1728  Boston:  Shipping Brisk  in Beantown  Sign­Ons  Glean  Qui  All Ballngs  Hop Qui This Way,,  Shipping Is Tops  Shipping Snaps Onl  Of Two­Montli Drop  1 ;  ll  Cheek Sailing  Time  Keguarlg  Shipping Spurls  Upward Sharply  Calliag All ABs  To Go Soulh  Governmeirt May  .  Place Mariner  Ghlps On Block  stu  HAIL  BmecxonT  Canadian District  SIU, A&G District  SUP  i  �WW­ Pace  Elcki  .IPriBiry  SEAV  AltERS  LOG  lf,'31>lt  IN  THE  WAKE  or  skim  over  the  surface  of  the  It  isn't  every  Seafarer  who  can  went  out.  The  crew  huddled  on  briny  HuO.  A  popular  story  has  it  claim  to  have  sailed  under  the  the  bridge firing  distress  rockets.  that  the first  vessel  of  this  type  flags  of  eight  different  maritime  It  was  not until  daybreak  that  two  was  built  at  Gloucester,  Mass.,  in  nations,  but  Otto  S.  Stefansson—  farmers  saw  the  signals.  Th^y  1713  by  Capt.  Andrew  Robinson,  a  Question:  What  do  you  an  SIU  member  since  1946—had  drove  a  couple  of  two  by  fours  rolled  up  that  record  by  the  time  into  the  sand,  and  the  crew  man­ Scotsman.  When  the  ship  was  think  of  the  new  hall?  launched,  a  bystander  exclaimed,  William  E.  Pepper,  chief  stew­ he  was 28.  With ample  opportunity  aged  to float  a  life  ring  ashore  to  compare  conditions  the  world  with  a  line  attached.  All  20  crew­ "Oh,  how  she  scoons!"  The  good  came  here  I  'round,  Stefansson  has  settled  on  naembers  got  »(thorough  soaking  captain  was  said  to  have  replied,  ard:  When  I  first  thought  I  was  the  SIU  and  intends  to  stick  to  riding  a  bosun's  chair  through  the  >K  >|c  «  "a  schooner  let  her  be!"  and  so  it  Valking  into  one  US  ships  from  now  on  in.  breakers,  and  the  ship  went  to  was.  Contrary  to  what  many  of  the  of  the  new  UN  *  •  *  pieces  on  the  rocks  soon  after­ Bom to  Reykjavik,  Iceland,  on  kiddies  have  been  led  to  believe,  buildings.  I  have  wards.  December  10,  1914,  Stefansson  Robert  Fulton's  steamboat,  the  Dungarees,  the  overalls  or  never  seen  any­ With  the  coming  Of  the  war  Claremont  (1807),  was  not  the first  fatigue  clothes  which  most  Sea­ thing quite  like it  followed  the  well­worn  groove  of  Stefansson  sailed  on  ships  of  the  tradition  is his  seafaring family  by  steam­powered vessel.  The fact  is,  farers  regard  as  a  working  uni­ in my  life.  I had  various  Allied  nations.  He  was  1951 marks  the 150th  year of  steam  form  aboard  ship,  got  their  name  a  very  good  meal  going  to  sea  at  the  age  of  13.  He  torpedoed  just  once, coming  out  of  from  Anglo­Indian  sources.  The  started  out  as  a fisherman  and  at  navigation.  It was  in 1801  that  the  to  the  cafeteria  Bristol  channel  in  1940  on  a  native  word  dungri  was  derived  first ship propelled  by steam  power  and  the  whole  one  time  or  another  shipped  on  Norwegian  freighter.  The  crew  from  the  name  of  a  suburb  of  Icelandic,  Danish,  Norwegian,  Bel­ was  built.  She  was  the  Charlotte  setup  looks  like  gian,  English,  Yugoslav,  Panaman­ took  to  lifeboats  and  were  picked  Duhdas  and  came  out  of TJlasgow,  Bombay  where  a  coarse  kind  of  an  ideal  one  for the  members.  blue  cotton  cloth  was first  manu­ ian  and  American  vessels.  He  cur­ up  by  British  patrol  vessels  about  Scotland.  factured.  4"  4"  4"  •  *  *  rently  holds  a  bosun's  rating to  three  hours  later.  »>>)<«  '.Murmansk  Bun  The  Norsemen  are  usually  cred­ Oscar  Klippey,  bosun:  The  the  SIU  having  come  into  the  Union  with  the  organization  of  Although  scurvy  as  a  shipboard  On  • a   nother  occasion,  in  April,  ited  with  coining  the  word  wake,  place  is very  nice.  I  like  the  cafe­ Isthmian.  1942,  he was  sailing the  Murmansk  by the  way, for a  passage cut  in the  disease  is  a,thing  of  the  past  be­ teria  and  the  .The  seafaring  tradition  wasn't  convoy  run  when  a  tanker  in  the  ice  through  which  a  ship 'might  cause  fresh  fruits  and  vegetables  food  they  serve  much Jielp  to  Stefansson  when  he  same  column  was  blown  to  bits  pass.  These  days,  it's  simply  the  are  now  standard  provisions,  most  there  is  good.  It  first  boarded  ship.  "I  was  seasick  and several other  vessels were  sent  track  which  a  ship  leaves  behind  old sailing  men  agree  that  the  ref­ is  a  fine  layout  for  the  whole first  month,"  he  re­ to the  bottom.  her  in  the  water.  A  good  helms­ erence to  someone from the  British  from  top  to  bot­ called.  Considering that  the largest  man  leaves  a  straight  wake,  but  it  Isles as a limey is  derived from  the  tom  and  there  Stefansson was  oh the  west coast  steam fishing  traiyler  ran  all  of  when  he first  heard  of  the  SIU.  used  to  be  said  of  some  that  "it  scurvy  preventative  formerly  isn't  very  much  360  tons  this  was  not  unexpected.  He  became  friendly  with  an  SIU  would  break  a  snake's  back  to  fol­ served  out  on  British  ships.  The  else that  a  fellow  more  exact  wording  is  limejuicer,  could  ask  for  ex­ Icelandic fishing  boats stuck  pretty  member  and  sailed  with  him  on  low  his  wake."  which  explains  the  origin.  i}(  )!c  close  to  home,  going  after  cod,  Isthmian  vessels.  When  the  SIU  cept  more  ships  *  *  *  haddock  and  herring  in. surround­ began  organizing  Isthmian  he  Seafarers  who've  sailed  under  when  he  needs  When  we  use  the  word  ros&um  them.  I  have  never  seen  a  union  ing waters. When the herrings  were  stayed  aboard,  as  theUnion ^  re­ the Union  Jack  probably remember  running  it  was  not  uncommon  for  quested,  until  the  company  was  the  daily  a  ration  of  grog.  The  for  a  speaker's  platform  at  a  rally  hall  like  it  anywhere.  the  crew  to  be  on  call  for  36  hour  signed.  After  getting  his  hcfqk  in  rum used  to  be  served clear  in  the  or  meeting  we're  using  a  very  old  4  4  stretches.  British  Navy  until,  under  Admiral  borrowing  from  the  sea  dating  1946  he  served  as­  volunteer  'or­ Vernon,  it  was  ladled  out  with  back  to  338  BC,  when  the  Romans  Agustin  Rodriguez,  bosun:  It  is  After  a  few  years  on  the fishing  ganizer  on  ships  of­  seve'Cal  other  water. Because  of  the old  admiral's  captured  an  enemy fleet  at  Actium  very nice all  around and  there isn't  boats' Stefansson  switched  to  the  companies  subsequently  organized  grogram  (grosgrain)  coat,  he  was  (the  Anzio  of  modern  times,  where  ;  ­  j, i: J i;  '  anything  that  merchant marine  in 1932.  He  work­ by  the  SJU.  •  ed  for  a  year  on  Icelandic  patrol  known  as  "Old  Grog,"  and  the  our  troops  gained  a  beachhead to  anyone could find  His  attachment  to  the' SIU  is  name  stuck  with  the  brew  as  welL  February,  1944).  Rostrum  was  the  to  c 0 m plain  vessels which  saw  to it  that foreign  understandable  in  the  light < of  the  Today  we  have  the  word  groggy  Latin  name  fur  the  bronze  peak  or  about.  It  is  very  fishing  trawlers  did  not  violate  the  conditions  he  sailed  under  on  for  someone  who's  dizzy  and  stag­ ram  on  early  war  vessels  of  the  foreign  ships.  "When  I first  went  comfortable  and  ten mile  limit.  Mediterranean^ and  after  the  Ro­ gering.  Chased  Poachers  to  sea,"  he  said,  VI  was  paid  48  a  good  place  for  *  *  •   man  sea  victory,  the  rostra  of  the  month,  the  the  members  to  It  was  at  this  time  that  Hitler  Icelandic  kroner  Sea­going  pipesmokers  probably  captured  ships  were  brought  back  come  to.  Right  came  into  power  and  soon  after  equivalent  of  $9.30."  never  knew  that  the  meerschaum  to  Rome  and  set  up  as  trophies  in  now  I'm  waiting  German fishing  trawlers  started  It  w'as  customary  for  crewmen  pipe  Aunt  Hattie  sent  for  Christ­ front  of  the  speakers'  platform  at  to  try  out  those  making  a  habit  of  crossing  the  to  supply  their  own  blankels,  bed­ mas  was  made  of  sea  foam.  Oc­ the  Forum.  Thereafter  the  whole  new  pool  tables.  zone.  When  the  patrol  vessel  hove  ding,  plates  and  utensils.  They  curring  in  white,  claylike  masses  stage  came  to  be  called  the  rostra  They  look  like  pretty  good  ones to  into  ..sight  they  would  cut  their  slept  on  straw  mattresses,  and  on  and  used  for  ornamental  carvings  and  eventually  became  rostrum,  me.  trawl  lines  and  run  for  it.  "It  some  Belgian  and  English  ships  and  pipe  bowls,  meerschaum  in  which  is  the  singular  form.  made  for many  an  exciting  chase,"  had  to  get  their  own  food  out  of  4  4  4  »  *  *  minei­al  form  is  hydrous  magnesi­ he  said.  a  common  kettle. Safety , conditions  Somebody  figured  it  put,  don't  Nick Souris,  oiler: The only  thing  Subsequently  he  worked  on  Ice­'  were also  poor  and  lifeboats  would  um  silicate.  ask  us  how.  Scientists  have  con­ I  can  say  is that  everything  in  the  landic  ships  on  runs  to  North  Sea­ often be  left for two  or three  years  Scottish  folk  have  lent  many  cluded  that  there's  plenty  of  water  new  hall  is  just'  and  Mediterranean  ports.  On  one  without  an  overhauling.  terms to  sea  lore,  and among  them  in  the  sea.  If  the  earth  were  about  perfect.  It  of  these  trips  he  was  returning  Married?  "Not  yet,"  Stefansson  we  can  count  the  word  schooner,  leveled  off  flat,  it  seems,  there  is  the  nicest  from­Spain on  a  1,600 ton toeighter  said.  "Before;. I  ask ran  American  for a  fore­and­aft sailing  rig.  This  would  be  eonugh  to  smother  it  place  I have  ever  when  the  ship ran  aground  on , the  girl­to  maifig'toe  I  Want  to  make  is probably  derived from  scoon, an  with ' a  blanket  of  sea­water  ,two  seen  anywhere,  Iceland  coa­st  in  a  hnrrieane.  sure  I  hook  onto  those  citizenship  old  Scottish  word  meaning .to  skip  miles  deep.  and  I  certainly  Shortly  afterward  all  the  lights  papers."  '  never  expected  anything  like  it.  We  have  every­ thing  here  that  you  could  possib­ ACROSS  DOWN  11. Member  of  the  30. Tip  ship  on  ly  ask  for  in  a  union  headquarters  Where  were  you  in  November,  month.  Under  the  new  pact^  SlU  side  1. What  Laurence  1. Agree  1941?  Do  you  remember...?  and  then  some.  AB's  received  $100  monthly  pay.'  16. Pints:  Abbr.  31. Permit  Olivier  does  2. Old  women  17. Garden  tool  The  SIU  had  just  celebrated  its  ' The  SIU  also  revealed  further  32. Depot  ship  4. An  arm  of  the  3. Cruel  ruler  22. Near  the  stern  33. Fixed  quantity  4  4  4  third year of  existence.  World War  Union  advancM  with five  major  sea *  23. Arrangement  of  of  food  4. Color  of  Gulf  7. Small  bays  Carmine  Santillo,  OS:  It  is  a  II,  in  Europe,  was  already  in  its  Atlantic  companies,  also  for  a  sails  34. Orange  and  Stream  25. Charged  par­ black  bird  ,12. Yell  very  beautiful  place  and  has every  third  year and,  across­the  Atlantic,  $10  monthly  wage  hike  and  a  5. Roman  coin  ticle  35. Kind  of  hat  13. Meadow  kind  of  conveni­ Washington diplomats  were  dicker­ 90­cent  overtime  ratis—^highest  6. Pleasure  boats  26. Navigation  37. Be  in  debt  14. Where  gladia­ hazard  38. Overweight  7. Sign  of  union  ence.  This  is  my  ing  feverishly  with  two  Japanese  in  the  industry.  tors  fought  27. Hit  lightly  40. Single  things  membership  15. Port  of  call  In  8. Mouth:  Comb,  28. Sand  bank  first time  out and  "peace"  envoys  to  prevent  a  full  41. Look  over  4  4  4  Texas  29. Port  in  Portu­ 43. Hearing  organ  form  it  is  certainly  a  scale fiare­up  in  the  Far  East.  The  18. Growing  out  gal on  Douro R.  44. Man's  name  9. Ship  Tony  Zale  outpointed^ Georgie  good  way  to start  US  generally  was  experiencing  19. Brick  carrier  10. Make  peaceful  Puzzle  answer  on  Page  18.  Abrams after  being floored  in  the  20. Salt  as a  seaman.  The  mild  inflation,  peak  production  21. Hideouts  hall  is  something  and,  in  accordance  with  seasonal  first­round  and  gained  undisputed  22. Corroded  23. San  ,  port  for  every  sea­ habit,  Saturday  football  "fever"  hold  on  the  world'3 middleweight  in  Italy  farer  who.  hasn't  and  Monday  morning  quarterback­ boxing  crown. . .Minnesota,  Notre  24. Superlative  Dame  and  Duke  vied  for  mythical  ending  seen  it  yet  to  ing.  25 .  ,  ands  or  gridiron,  honors ­^as  "team  of  the  look  forward  to.  buts  4  4  4.  ,  .  26. Long  distance  I've  been  here  seven  hours  but  The  Nazis  overran  the  Crimea  year."^^.^..Texas'dropped  Texas  Ag­ runner  there are  so many  things to do that  and  captured  Rostov,  while  to  the  gies  from  the  unbeaten,  untied  27. Lobster  trap  28. "Sparks"  uses  it  feels  like  a  couple  of  minutes.  East another  German force  was re­ ranks for the  second year to  a row.  one  pulsed  almost  at  the  gate^  of  Mosr  29. Atlantic  or  Pa­ 4  4  4  cific  cow  itself.. .President  Roosevelt  Cpngresis  was  sweating nyer• "ia­   32. Lincoln's  son  Felix  Bonefont,  AB;:  What  do  I  signed  a  sweeping  amendment  to  bdr"i troubles and sentiment'gained  33. Steal  think  of  the­hall?  Well  it  looks al­ the  1935  Neutrality  Act  enabling  for :anti­strike  legislation'  to  stop  36. Gasp  37. "  the  ram­ right to me.  They  American  merchantships  to  be  what  many  called "needless"  halts  parts  we watch"  fed  me  fine  in  38. Gambling  game  armed  and  to  sail  in  all  waters, ,as  to .'defense  produOtlon r­>US  troops  39. Danish  money  the  restaurant  Germany  warned  it  would  step  uP  were sent  to garrisoii Dutch Guiana  of  acrount  downstairs.  As  40. Possess  its U­boat  attack  on ail. shipping to  in  South  American  to  ,s^egw?i;4  41. Shiny  cloth  long  as  you  have  allied  ports.  the flow  of bauxite  (alu.toihum cpn^  42: Second ' blessing  to  be  waiting  for  45. Tissues  ponent)  to  stateside "factpriest  4  4  4'  46. Notable  period  a  job  it  is  a  nice  SIU  negotiators  iiiked  hew  An  aggressive .Navy  fpotball'squad  47. Man's  nickname  comfortable  place  closed  shop agreemChts With  two  '  ­Whipped Artoy,^ l4­i6,' th'e third AfiASir  48. Good  tricks  49. Made  regular  for  the  members  Gulf  operators  boosting  pafLtof,:  .defeat  in'as  mahy­years'adtotoia­ trips  W. Fishing  seine  .FA  Why  we  call 'em  the  Horse  Lati­ tudes.  Covering  roughly  that  part  of  the  North  Atlantic  lying  north  of  the  northeast  trades,  they  are  a  region  of  calms and  variable  winds  where  cargoes  of  livestock  had  to  be  thrown  overboard  for  lack  of  water  after  days •  when  no  head­ way  was  made.  . *  »  * • •  I  I  •  1 • v   ,i''  �SBAFAREkS  toe  FafVbim  IS"­;  |i'",  Ijii  Xornerstone'  • a­,­;;;­;:!  .  llttMmbw  lij. 1,981  Vol.  XIII, No.  14  li  Published  blweeklj^ li^ tho lSea^^  Inteimtional  Union,  Atlantic  'A  Gulf  District;  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel.  STerlihg  &­4671.'  '  •  '  •   ^  PAUL  HALL,  Secretory­Treasurer  S  J  •  editor. ' Bumtfet' BRAiro;  Managing  Editor,  BAY  DENISON:  Art  Editor.  BERNARD  SEAMAN;  P/MIO  Sdit<^. I>A|KIU  I<(ILVA;  ^taff  Writer*.  HERMAN  ARTHCR,  IRWIN  SPIVACK  '  uo  Our Laeky 13th  /{I  (  •   • "  ­"  . /1.  •   ­  .  • '  ' ..Jt  wasn't eicactly  planned  that  way,  but  it  is  most fitting  that we  have opened  our new  hall in  time for  the 13th Anni­ You^re Luehy I#  versary  of  the SIU.  Brick,  cement  and  steel  went  into  its  Shanghaiied: Bill  making, but  it was the membership's  devotion to  trade union  To  the  Editor:  principles  and  to  the  welfare  of  the  SIU  that  made  it  all  During  the  recent  months  of  possible.  good  shipping,  I  have  been  busy  That cievotiori has borne fruit in  this impressive  symbol  of  helping  ex­seamen  with  ratings  to  .13  years  of. tremendous  progress.  But  the  headquarters  is  get  new  papers  so  that  they  can  out  again.  Long  smug  in  the  much  more  than  a monument  to  the  trials  and  struggles  of  ship  belief  that they'd  quit the  sea, and  the past.  '  ,  having  washed  the  salt  from  their  It  is  a  home for  our  membership  in  New  York,  providing  hair  for  all  time,  they  gave  me  them with  the comforts and conveniences that  they need and  excuses  at  first, rather  weak  ones  deserve when  they are in  port.  It also  makes  possible more  usually.  Look,  man,"  I'd  say,  "the  sea  efficient  functioning of  the Union's various district­wide and  local  offices,  paving the  way  to  further  gains  and  increased  ain't what  she used  to be.  We have  good  grub.  Choice  of  two  meats  services  to the membership.  and  three  vegetables, for  instance;  All  the facilities  of  this  new  hall  have, been  designed  pri­ good  pay  with  all  sorts of  protec­ marily  from  thd  viewpoint  of  the members'  comfort  m  the  tive overtime, po­ lite  officers,  our  ordinary coiursejof  their comings and goings. However, should  own  elected  dele­ the time come when the SIU vidll  once again be involved in a  gates, clean linen,  major'Struggle  cm  the  waterfront,  these same  facilities  will  and  fresh  water  be a tower of strength both as a nerve center, and as a base of  showers."  When  operations;  ^  they  look  skepti­ Either  way you look at it,  the new hall fits neatly into the  cal about washing  pattern, of  SlU  gro;wth  and  development.  What  has  been  machines,  radios,  by  PAUL  HAU  television  and  done here in: New York we hope to extend to our outports so  movies  aboard  I  (that SIU brothers wherever they sail from will have the same  dare  them  to  go  advantages.  In the meantime, we  hope all of  you  will  make  Champlin  to  sea  to  prove  <<WIGHTY  PROUD"  seems  to  trol.  The  purpose  of  the  so­called  ^ point  Of  coming  to see  our  new  hall.  We look  forward  to  me  wrong.  iVx  be the best  way to  describe  new  tactic  is  to  sabotage  the  re­ welcoming  you  here and  we  know  you  will  not  be  disap­ So,  shanghaiied,  out  they  go  as  the  general  reaction  among  all  armament  program  of  the  democ­ pointedj  •   •   happy  as  a  dog  with  two  tails.  If  hands  who  have  visited  our  new  racies.  One  of  these tactics  as  an­ • I'li  As I See It  they  think  they've  made  but  one  headquarters in Brooklyn.  No ques­ nounced  by  the  French  commie,  trip only; a couple  of  weeks on  the  tion,  our new  structure is  an  enor­ Benoit  Frachon,  is  to  encourage  beach  finds*  them  back  in  the  mously  impressive  tribute  to  the  wildcat  strikes.  Frachon  told  his  hall,  sheepishly  lamenting  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  and  to  listeners  at  the  WFTU  conference  Keeping  pace with  the new  hall, this issue presents a, dif­ Union  that  they'd  not  registered  before.  its  membership.  All  of  us  Sea­ in  Berlin  two  weeks  ago  that  the  ferent  LOG,  all dressed  up  in  brand  new  clothes.  We  have  farers ean  look  upon  our  latest  ac­ wildcat  dock  strike  in  New  York  The  Pan  made  extensive  improvements  to  provide  a  more  compact  I've  seen In  some  characters  who,  eomplishment  with  justifiable  was  just  the  kind  of  thing  they  newspaper,  which  iS easier  reading  and  contains  more news  in  the  throes  of  making  up  their  • pride.  This  is  the  view  not  only  were  looking for.  and  features  than  ever  before.  We've  tried  to  provide  the  minds," squirmed  and  cried  like  a  of  our own  people,  but of  the  vast  The  commie  line  hasn't  changed  kind  of  material that will  be  both amusing and  informative.  Mexican  jumping bean  with arthri­ majority  of  people  from  the  out­ a  bit  with  the  years.  Back  in 1932  This LOG  is not  necessarily the last  word as we  hope  to im­ tis.  I've  one  such  character  in  the  side  who  have  been  visiting  the  a  commie  wheel  named  Lozofski  prove  it  wherever  possible so  as to  keep  it  fresh, alive,  and  frying  pan  at  present;  the  whim­ building  since  we  moved  in  last  laid  down  the  trade  union  line  in  these  words:  sical John  Swenehart,  whose  views  week.  interesting.  We  hope  you like it.  '  "There  is no  need  to shout  from  on  "Why  Seamen  Don't  Drink"  I  Our  new  environment is  "a  presented  to  you  gentle  readers  a  marked  contrast  to  the  dingy,  the  housetops  '• destroy the  unions'  few months ago.  John has the fatal  cramped  facilities  that  once  were  as was done in  Germany.  But. that  disease  "writeritis,"  for  which  regarded  as  the  traditional  means  we  want  to  break  up  the  reformist  there seems to be  no cure.  He long  of  operating  on  the  waterfront.  In  unions, i  that  we  want  to  weaken  Current  trends  in  the  shipping  industry  indicate  that  US  ago quit  arguing with  me, and  uses  the  SIU,  we  have  changed  all  them,  that  we  want  to  explode  maritime is  fast approaching a  turning  point  in its long  and  the  written  instead.  Quote:  that.  Our  buildings  in  New  York  their  discipline,  that  we  want  to  Checkered history. Shipping demands have practically cleaned  The  reason word  why  I am  a  landlub­ and  several  of  the  Gulf  ports,  and  wrest  from  them  the  workers,  that  put  the  boneyards  of  all  usable vessels.  Many  ships now  in  ber is  that landlubbers do  not have  our  District­wide  accomplishments  we want to  explode the trade­union  service  would  be  deemed  obsolete  in  normal  times.  Mean­ to  go  to  sea.  On  the  other  hand,  in  the  area  of  conditions,  welfare  apparatus and  destroy it ... of  this  while, all  14 of  the hew  Mariner ships under  construction  in  seamen  do,  and  consequently  have  and  other  benefits,  certainly  em­ there  cannot  te  the  slightest  doubt."  US  shipyards  are  standing  idle  because  no  steel  has  been  to  look  at  a  lot  of  ocean  all  over  phasize  that  point.  Here  in  Brooklyn,  as  we  have  The  waterfront,  as  we  all  know,  the place,  or else  they have  to look  allocated for  them.  their shipmates  who  are  usually'  already  done  in  other  ports  where  has ­long  been  regarded  as  a  key  "It's  time  for  us  to  take  stock  of  where  the  maritime  in­ at  the SIU has  branches, we intend  to  spot  for  operations  by  commie  sa­ a  pretty sad  looking  lot.  dustry  is  going.  The American  people  are  always  ready  to  Landlubbers do  not  have  to look  become  an  integral  part, of  t h e  boteurs  and  disrupters.  We  Sea­ support  a  US cargo fleet  in  time of  crisis.  Will  they  do  the  at such  things, nor  do they  have to  community.  The  area  around  our  farers  have  come  to  grips  with  same in  peacetime?  Past history is not  very encouraging on  breathe  the  pure  salt  air,  nor  do  new headquarters branch is a  work­ them  on  many  an  occasion  and  that  score.  Some  voices  have  been  raised  calling  for  long­ fhey  have  to  hustle  back  to  their  ingman's  neighborhood; the  people  fortunately  have  been  successful  in  slapping  them  down  wherever  range planning by this country for  the future of  US flag ship­ ships  just  when  they  are  making  are  our  kind  of  people.  This , new headquarters building they  showed  their  heads.  This  is  ping.  We  think the  time is most appropriate fgr the  govern­ time  with  their  beautiful girls.  is by no means the finish of our our  answer  to  the  WFTU's  new  Ah,  The  City  ment and  the  American  people  to make up their  minds  that  Landlubbers  can  inhale  the  ex­ operations insofar as providing our line.  the US  needs a  strong, sound  and  modem  maritime industry  hilarating  mixture of  soot  and  car­ membership with the best possible' a  a  for  the nation's safety and  economic well­being.  N  THE  matter  of  a  week  or  two,  bon  monoxide  while  indulging  in  facilities where comfort and Conthe SIU Vacation Plan  will start  the  lighthearted  pastime  of  dodg­ venience are concerned. When'^we ing  playful  taxicabs.  Or  they  can  say SIU, we-mean all the ports up paying out  benefits.  These  benefits  go  to  the  country,  where  they  can  and down the East Coast and the will  be  available  at  any  SIU  haU  with  gentle  insects, such  as  Gulf. We hope to continue to- and  we  intend  to  hold  kinks  down  v. ,And spealdng of long­range planning for maritime, the SIU  cavort  the  mos'quito,  the  bumble  bee  and  wards the goal we have set our to  the  barest  minimum.  This  is  is doing just that by establishing schools for deck, engine and  the common  horse fly.  And always  sights on by ultimately placing the only plan  anywhere in the mar­ stewards  department  men  in  its  new  headquarters.  These  there  is  to  be  enjoyed  the  society  similar plants in operation wher- itime  industry  in  which  the  unioi.  schools, when openedj will supply the maritime industry with  of  lovely  women  whoj  of  course,  ever the SIU has branches. pays vacation  benefits direct  to the  * * * the trained  ratings it needs if  it is to l un eflflciently.  This is  do  not  need  attention, do  not  need  membership.  Under  our  plan  our  HE  old  expression  "there's  Seafarers  no  longer  have  to  stick  just  another  examplei of  the way in  which  the  SIU  is  con­ money  spent  upon  them;  do  not  nothing  new  under  the  sun"  with  one operator  to  rate his  vaca­ stantly branching out into new fields and new enterprises, all  quarrel, but  want  only  to, make all  certainly  applies  to  the  boys  who  tion  pay.  The fund  is  an  industry­ of  them With the folloWing objectives—to better the lot of  the  good  landlubbers happy.  follow the  Moscow line. The  World  wide  one sustained  by  all  our con­ members, to increase ttieit  earning poWers  and  to strengthen  That is why I am a landlubber.  John  Swenehart.  Federation of  Trade Unions,  which  tracted operators,  aind  whether you  "Dhited  Statp^ flag shipping,  John  thinks that  the above  reply  is  nothing  more  than  the  Comin­ sign  on  one  ship  or  seven  during  The SIU is ddlhg,its,part as a responsible trade union. Now  has utterly crushed  me. Little does  form  with  the  commie  version  of  the  year,  you  will  earn  vacation  it's up to Uncle Sam, me operators, and the American people  he dream  tfiat  I mean  to shanghai  a  union label  on it, has proclaimed  money  in  direct  ratio  to  the  num­ themselves, to put  their thinking caps on and  work out a real  a "new  policy''qfljioring from with­ ber  of  days  worked  during  a  par­ tv'I«• ­   »  plan for  theauzridyalahd'ti^wth of (Mir shipping'^inddstry; ^  >Vi ;.Vi  Bill  champliii.  in  deaiOcrAtic \ihlons  to 'gain  con­ ticular  year. •  ­ How Oo We Look ?  li  "I  "'I  A Ship Plan Needed  I Training School  «  T ­  '4  I  I  �Page Tea  . VkUiTr'ltoVtaU^m 1951  SEAFARERS  LOG  ­­/.S:.,.  ­ .1  1.  h/.­­ •  .',^1  Ease^ Comfort^  J '  ? I  I; J  |5i>  ,  :5 ~l  m:  '  No halt in  Union  operations.  SIU  men  tote  files into  new  Hq.  over  weekend.  Meet  the  Contract  and  Welfare  dept.,  which  soon  begins  processing  vacatioa claims^  In rear,  board giving  day­to­day location  of  SIU  ships is  revised.  iSeafarers throng around hage SIU rot  Ing  hall.  Electrically­run  board  lists  t  iiii  1"' \_  r  *  i  ­ •  Becord  librarian  goes aloft  to check, floor to  ceiling  banks of  A&G files.  I.  Headquarters officials handle beefs,  dues payments and  queries of  SIU men  in third deck.Hq. space.  Office*also serves as  center of  port's ship­contacting activities, from which  patrolmen daily  visit ships  for  pay­offs, sign­ons.  t­r­'  1  '  '  >iv'  •   '•  Jlillii  *11  Historic first!  Taking shipping, card from  the dispatcher,­ the'first, seaman to ship from  ''  ­new fiall.gets  thegQod­wishes of  his Sbipibate&'.>  t  v«vCv.­.'; .­ ­'What  next?  Challting' his ­cuestiok, ­ariSeafgrer  potidee8';nexb!]|)0KC.iU  opiKmont  ;'Play;',^(^Ine'roonl^h9e9ts.thre*'.1t'ell^sed^imol.'tabieSi^^t>,''^n;^^>3;^^#..:vi$ ­jryKsy­ r.V­.V:­C.­A­;v >>  �zm  19S1  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pace  Elerea  If]  New  Seafarers Hall  4 r:..  t.  1|  '<v'  ''t:  •  shi pping board,  hub of  activity in  spacious hir­ tu,  SUP'jobs.  Busily preparing  the new LOG  issue, the  newspaper staff  is snapped  at .work  by  its own  photog.  Staffer  (foreground)  is  interviewing a Seafarer for news copy.  APL Restaurant  Workers  who  man SIU  cafeteria  stand  by for  midday rush  behind steam  tables stacked  high  with tempting food.  The  Union's  spacious,  sparkling  dining  space  is  open  seven  days  a  week for member  convenience.  JMmmitfi loote gbbdlr >{teMrfar«w"jrt'thes4afcttirla'^check*bnt­'w^^  trays  of  • food watch  Seafarer  gets  book  check  before  voting  as  A&G  election  moves  into  high.  Butcher  plows  into  leg  of  beef,  readying  steaks for  cafeteria.  Hete's  SIU  Tralfiing  School  office  staff,  part  of  efficient  Headquarters  staff  entrusted  with nuilntaining  records  of  the A&G'S  far­flung t^fatioQt^  .  • • m  �rage Tirdtra  SEAFARERS  LOG  BIdg DediGated  To Men's Needs  :,c; .v^­'r  V, ''i' stands  has  a  large  parking  lot  and  (Continued  from  page  3)  ­\  came  apparent  that  the  facilities  is  located  two  blocks  from  the  there  were  far  too  limited  to  keep  Brooklyn  waterfront  within  easy  reach  of  the  Bull  Line  docks  as  pace  with  the  Union's  growth.  The  new  headquarters  rises  ma­ weli  as  port  faciiities  of  SlU­con­ jestically  in  Brooklyn's  Park  Slope  tracted  operators..  A  large  number  of  government  section.  The  outside  is faced  with  officials.  Congressmen,  officials  of  simulated  white  limestone  on  its  upper  two  floors  and  brownstone  other  unions  and  shipping  opera­ • • A­'.;.  on  the  first  story.  The  ground  tors  visited  the  building  in its first  week of  operation and spoke  admir­ floor  facilities,  which  include  the  Sea  Chest,  the  Port  o'  Call  bar  ingly  of  the  variety  of  facilities  and  the  efficiency  of  the  building's  and  the  cafeteria,  are  open  to  the  design  and  furnishings.  public  as  well  as  to  Seafarers.  The  buiiding's  upper  two floors  Early  visitors  in  the  SIU's  new  building  were  these  brother  trade  nnloni^ from  the  Philadelphia  The  bar  occupies the  20th Street  are  lined  with asphalt  tile­through­ A. F. of  L. Maritime Trades Council.  Seated left to right in the spacious conference room ate: Steve Car­ comer  of  the  building  and  is  out in  various  attractive color  com­ shaped like the  prow of  a ship with  binations. The  walls are pale  green,  dulio,  SIU  Fort  Agent;  Zlg  Woturski,  SIU  Dispatcher; Ray  Gates, SlU  Patrolman; Vic.  Jj Carney,  Lo­ a  larger­than­life  carved  wooden  the  windows  framed  with  drapes  cal  1242,  ILA; Joseph  Trainor,  Local  1332, ILA;  William  E. Gosner,  Local  1566,  ILA;  Patick  McAllis­ ter,  Independent  Watchmen's Union,  Local  1536. Standing  is  James  McElkinnerj  Independent  Watch­ figurehead  Of  a  woman  as  the  and  covered  with  slate  blue  Vene­ men's Union,  Local 1536.  dominating  feature.  The  walls  are  tian  blinds.  lined  w id: h  back­lighted  color  Some  of  the  many  facilities  in  ­  transparencies of  well­known mari­ operation  now—or  to  be  available  time scenes  in  various  ports  of  the  shortly—include:  a  phdtomatic ma­ world.  The  bar  will  (^en  after  chine,  a  laundry  drop,  schools  that  sixty  days,  as  per  requirements  of  will be  established for  deck,  engine  traveling  at  290  revolutions.  His.  mate  asserted  the  seip vibrated  so  (Continued  from  page  2)  the  State  Liquor  Authority.  and  stewards  departments,  public  former crewmembers,  company ex­ disclosures  were  affirmed  by  the  much  he  could  barely  stand  and  Low  Food  Prices  address  system  and  others.  ecutives and  shipyard officials  who  master  of  the  Southern  Ccninties  signed  off  the  ship  because  he  In  the  rear  of  the  building  is  a  Sentiment  about  the  new  hall  is  which,  when  once  encountering  "was afraid of the  tMng."  J  modern  cafeteria  with  attached  best  summed  up  by  the  statement  offered  statements  at  the  inquiry  similar  conditions  with  Identical  The  hearings  closed  in October,  galley  and  bake  shop.  The  cafe­ of  one  Seafarer  at  the  first  mem­ was  the  brother  of  the  late South­ cargo,  had  hit  a  heavy  sea  that  but  the  findings  have  not  been  teria  is the  only  one  in  New  York  bership  meeting  held  in  the  haU  em  Isles  skipper,  George  F.  Sad­ stopped  her  dead  "just  as  still  as  made  public  as  yet.  Surviving  the  City  still  selling  coffee  at  five  on  Wednesday,  November  21,  just  ler,  who  asserted  that  his  brother  that  table."  disaster  were:  James  Childress,  cents  a  shot,  with  other,  prices  three  days after  it  opened.  Further  testimony  noted  that  AS;  Samuel  A.  Lynn,  deck  main­ had  told  him  that  "he  guessed  if  steamship inspectors had found  the  correspondingly  low.  Further  sav­ "We've  Come  a  Long  Way"  • tenance; Howard Rastenbeck,  oileir;  ings  mil  be  available  to Seafarers  The  Seafarer,  touched  by  emo­ he  got  caught  at  sea  in  a  hurri­ ship  "seaworthy"  in  March  ahd  Wilson H.  Deal, steward­cOok;  Ray­ in  the form  of  25 percent  reduced­ tion,  told  the  gathering  of  some  cane  she  would  sink  on  him."  from  shipyard  sources,'  that  mond  Holton,  2nd  cook,  and  price  meal  tickets.  A  meal  ticket  900  members,  "I  can  remember  The  vessel  was  plowing  its  way  she  was  in  "good  shape"  when  Charles Perkins,  memman, all  SIU  worth  $10  wili go  for  $7.50.  the  day  not  so  long  ago,  when  northward  through  heavy  seas  and  dfydocked in  September.  meml^ers.  The  cafeteria  is  furnished  with  seamen  were  treated  like  dirt;  gale­force  winds  resulting  from  a  During  the  course  of  the  hear­ Seafarers  who  wet  at  down  with  • attractive red  and  yellow  formica­ when  we  had  to  go  from  port  to  two­day  hurricane  blowing  in  the  ings,  it  was  brought  out  by  .oiie  the  jhip  were:  Sime  eon  Delacruz,  topped  tables  and  bleached  wood  port  in  a  boxcar  because  there  area. She  dropped to  the bottom  in  former ship's  officer that  he found  AB;  Hid  Williams,  AB;. iMarion  chairs,  with  a  terrazzo  floor  was  no  such  thing  as  transporta­ less  than  five  minutes  after  snap­ "not  a  thing  in  the  world  wrong"  Gorman,  OS;  Cecil  Vau^an,  OS;  throughout.  The  galley  contains  tion,  and  other  conditions  were  ping in  half.  with  the  ship  when  he  sailed  her,  William  Asble,  oiltr; Joseph  A.  the  finest  in  modern  cooking  and  equally  bad.  .  .  .  "Brothers,  all  I  Surviving crewman  Howard  Bas­ and  another  declared  he  would  be  Miller,  Oiler;  Tolbn  Shumake,  refrigerating  equipment,  includ­ can  say  is  we  sure  have  come  a  tenbeck  asserted  the  ship  "sud­ "wUling  to  go  back  on  her'  to­ wiper  and  Richard  hjleekins,  mess­ ing  hot  steam  sterilization  of  long  way."  denly  stopped  deaJ  still"  while  morrow."  However,  a  former  man.  _  utensils  and  glassware.  On  the  21st  Street  end  of  the  building  is  the  Sea  Chest  which  will  supply  seamen  with  all  their  slop  chest  necessities,  including  cigarettes,  at  reasonable  prices.  Ever seen  the  proud  father han­ ball ricochettfcd  in  stately  fashion  block,  and  that's  where  a ^1  I  potentially­momentoiis  aimounce­ Shipping  Room  dling  a  new  b^hy^  Like  a  paper  off  two  cushions,  backing  into  the  know  lives."  ment.  A  sanitation  tmck  squealed  The second  floor is  dominated by  bag  fuli  of  thin­shelled  eggs?  nine­ball  at  the  far  comer.  The  XXX  the  huge  shipping  hall  with  its  That's  how  it  is  with  the  new  nine­ball  trickled  daintily  to  the  The  well­modulated  voice  car­ to  a  slop  below  the  window.  Gne  tremendous  electrical  shipping  hali  .  .  .  The  men  are  not  quite  lip  of  the  pocket,  then  hung  on  ried  through  the  archway  into  the  Seafarer  startled  nervously  and  coughed.  He  gripied  his  pen  board,  built  especially for  the  SlU.  used to  it  yet  . .  .  It's bright,  shiny  The  board  is  over  22  feet  long  and new.  "Handle with care" is the  edge  as  if  peering  down  disdain­ quiet  of  the  library next  door  . . .  harder  and' started  'witing  again.  and  more  than  nine  feet  high.  It  order  of  the  day.  There's  the  fel­ fully.  "Drops  you  dog,"  the  player  "Senator  Estes  Kcfauwr'sard ^he  The  others  sat  immobile,  reading.  is  built  of  steel  and  plexiglass  low  who  cleans  the­ smudges  off  muttered.  A collective  groan  came  was  willing  to ,rim  fo^ the  presi­ A  huge  potted  plant  with  iSrge  backed  by  81  cold  cathode  lamps  the  staircase  wall  every  morning.  up  as he  stumped  the  butt  end  of  dency  in  1952 . . ."  Nobody  in  the  waxy  leaves  stood  in  the  comer,  library  paid  any  attention  to  the  benignly  overseeing  iU.  .  which  give  light  without  heat. The  Or  the  other  one,  who  makes  sure  the cue.on the floor.  .  room can  be converted  into a meet­ that  nothing  goes  into­the  sand  XXX  .  ing  hall  seating  1,000  people  by  .  There  were  ten  ships  up  on  the  the  simple  expedient  of  retracting  boxes  but  cigarettes.  You  can  see  board  and  the  dispatcher's  coimter  it  in  the  way Seafarers  gingerly sit  the shipping counter on  its wheeled  was busy.  Two men  behind  it were  track  and  bringing  out  folding  down  in a chair,  keep both  feet on  pecking away  on  typewriters "revis­ the floor and make sure  not to  drop  chairs.  Microphone  jacks are  scat­ ing  the  registration  lists.  A  group  tered  throughout  the  room  to  en­ ashes  around.  As  one  fellow  said,  of  Seafarers  was  at  the  counter  able  the  members  to  take  part  in  when  he  iooked  in  at  the new  bar,  looking  up  at  the  board.  Little  "I've  got  to  learn  to  behave  in  a  the  meeting.  knots  of  men  were  all  over  the  The  massive  shipping  halj  also  place  like  that."  shipping floor  and  the hum  of  con­ X  t,  has  facilities  for  showing  movies  versation sounded  strangely soft  in  "And  here  is  Vice­President  the  vastness of  the room.  and  large­screen  television.  Barkley  getting  a  welcome  kiss  "So he  said he  wanted  to get  off  TV,  Billiards,  Etc.  .  ­  Across  the  corridor  from  the  from  his  wife  at  the  Tokyo­air­ the  ship.  So  they  told  him,  well  if  shipping  hall  are  respectively;  the  port  .  . ."  that's  the  way  it  was,  call  up  the  library and  writing room, equipped  A  dozen  men  in  the  second­floor  hall  and  get  a  replacement.  But  with  special  writing  desks;  a  com­ TV  room  watch  with  grave  atten­ before  he  called,  he  decided  .  .  bination  classroom  and  television  tion  as  the  screen  flashes  a  still  He  broke  off  as  the  dispatcher  room  with a  huge 24­inch  television  photo  of  the  genial  Veep  perform­ picked  up  his  pointer  and  mike,  screen;  a  billiard  room  containing  ing hi% well­known speeiality. Faint  getting ready  for the  next  job call.  three  tables  equipped  with finger­ cathedral­like  light  filters  through  XXX  tip  counters;  and  a  shower  room  the  drawn  blinds.  Deep  relaxation  with  half­a­dozen stalls.  In  the hall  pervades  every  comer.  A  couple  The  bar  looked  invitingly  ready  is an impressive 8  by 10 foot  bronze  of  men  are  drawing  on  eigarettes,  for  business.  All  that  seemed  to  plaque  listing  the  names  of  the  their  arms  describing  slow­motion  be  missing  was  the  hard  stuff  to  close  to  2,000  SlU  men  who  lost  arcs.  The rest  are motionless,  eyes  pour  with. One  big fellow  was  try­ riveted on  the screen  as John  Daly  ing the bar for size, one foot on the  their  lives  in  World  War  II.  ARnGueSfFHoms,  On  the  third floor  are  the  vari­ reviews the news.  raU, elbow on the  stick. He slumped  ous  offices,  including  those  of  the  AHS>l>RAy^iUSS ARXr  XXX  over  at  an  appropriate  angle  and  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific,  the  "You  know  what  he's  domg  held  it  for a  minute.  "It's  nice  In  Brotherhood  of  Marine  Engineers,  now?",  the  little  fat  man  asked  here  anyhow," he  sighed.  the  SlU.  WeUare  and  Vacation  rhetorically.  He  raised  his  voice  Two  other  Seafarers  came  ­  •   ^ '  :;0  Fund,  the  SEAFARERS  LOG,  as  a  pool  player  broke  the  pack  through  the  door.  One  whistled.  AlJoSd^&esrriONS,  Headquarters  office  for  beefs  and  wide open  "He's commanding a P2  "Some dump,  some dump,"  he said  l&O. TWiS  tSYoUR  dues;  a  conference  room  beauti­ for  the  government.  And  he  was  admiringly.  He  tumed  to  look  at  *SSAFARBfi!^ UXf;  fully  furnished  and  paneled  in  the guy who never had a kind  word,  the  pictures  on  the  walls.  "Say  parquet  plywood  for  use  in  meet­ for the  government."  that's WaikikL  See that  building?'  'Ings  ^and  negotiation  conferences  One of  the men tried  to slice  the  He  jabbed  it  with  his  finger  for  and  the  ortfice  of  the  AJtG  Secre­ number  five  ball. backwards  into  emphasis.  "That's  the  Waikiki  tary­Treasurer.  ,  the  near­left­hand  pocket.  He  hotel.  There's a  street  behind  it.  The  plot  on  Which  the  building  landed­a trifle too square.  The cue­ You cross  the street 'and  ly^ one  Isles Disaster  Brings CG  Strap Drdef  ,  y  She^s  The  IVeteest  Queen  Of  Maritime  V,  .'T.  Seatai^ Saii Sijiys  THIS IS  yot/R  toe/  rtztepTo  KlMO  CfFTAPUR ­­ l&PoSb.  �.7­: '.1  iriiay. Itaw«irib9. S«, liM  SEAFARERS  LOG  ­Vagtt  TblifecB  Awe, Admiration  Mark Isf Meeting  Gathering for the first meeting of  the Headquarters Branch  in  the  Assembly Hall, of  the new  Brooklyn  building on  Nov.  21,  Seafarers  paused  to  look  around  and,  as  one  member  ^Selt&rera: wait  their  turn  at  registration  desk  to  sing  out  their  departments  and  have  capsulized' it  later  in  Good  and  Welfare,  to  consider  that  shipphig cards  stamped  before  entering the assembly  hall.  "they'd come  a  long  way . .  since 1938.  The spacious,  up­to­the­minute  building  offers  every  mod­ dern  facility  for  use  as  a  meeting  and  entertainment  hall,  while  the  mere  flip  of  a  button  raises  the  curtain  over  the  massive,  multi­colored  rotary  shipping  board  and  prepares  the  area  for  the  daytime  passage  of  hundreds  of  Seafarers  shipping out  to sea  via  their  own  hiring  hall.  Combining light, color and modern technology in every way  possible,  the  Assembly  Hall  contains  jacks  for  floor  micro­ phones enabling members  to speak from any  point in  the hall  as well as a  complete amplifying and loud speaker  apparatus.  Seating over a 1,000  persons the hall is the last  word in  mem­ bership  meeting  facilities.  Elected  by  accltiim  to  conduct  meeting,  Eddie Mooney,  Sonny  Simmons and  AI Kerr  (1­r)  listen to  discussion from a member  on  the  floor.  ix­:  m­\  Isir:;­ \^/\  1:  I  •  I  jtv  SnX  men  entering  building  for  first  meeting  form  line  on  the  stairs  ready to get  cards  checked.  MA  stands by  and keeps things moving.  Fully relaxed in comfortable seats. Seafarers listen to a speaker on  the  dais in  their spacious,  well­lit  meeting hall.  I"  • 'M  ­';  '  4^;  "'• • liv'"'• ­   Presenting  his  biweekly  verbal  report,  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  speaks  to  the  headquarters meeting.  (|^:;­:'v ;  I#!.®' ­­  •  i  ­,  ,a;,  uses  Dispatcher  Marty  Briethoff  gives  members the score on the past  two weeks of  shipping  ''Out  ol 'NY» •  ••  '  •  •  v' .•   't  -vtv i . �Pac* Fsartee*  FtUar,  SEAFARERS  LOG  That  the  Seaman's  Act,  which  was  the  groundbreaker  for  many  of  the rights seafarers today enjoy,  was  si^ed  by  President  Woodrow  Wilson in 1915 after it failed to get  the signature of  President  William  H.  Taft  three  years  earlier?  i  ^  That the last  bare­knuckle world  heavyweight  championship fight  was  fought  in  1889  when  JohnlL.  Sullivan  took Jake Kilrain  after 75  rounds?  ^ ^ That the SIU's A&G  District was  the first  seagoing  union  to  win  at)  industry­wide  vacation  plan?  Es­ tablishing  a  pattern  for  the  entire  maritime  industry,  the  revolution­ ary  SIU  plan  guarantees  vacation  pay  on  the  basis  of  time  worked,  regardless of  how many  companies  you  work  for  in  the  course  of  a  year.  4  4»  4  Red  Fink finds  that  the  heavy  volume  on  the  ship's radio  has a  decided effect  on  the crew's musical  appreciation, excluding  the skipper,  of  course.  Kirk Team's  Big  Bats  Oufhit Japanese  Nine  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  Portraits  By Thurston Lewis  There is a young fellow named Heise, Who just will not take any advice. He could be a home wrecker. He's such a great necker, But that wouldn't be very nice. That  you  can't  get  a  marriage  license  for  $2  in  all  48  States?  Only a  third of  the  nation  charges  the  two  buck fee,  while  the  tab in  others  varies  from  50  cents  in  Wisconsin  and  Michigan  to  $5  in  Indiana,  Nevada,  Kentucky  and  North  Carolina.  Most  Illinois  res­ idents  pay  $1,  but  Cook  Coimty  folks  (Chicago  area)  have to  cough  up  a fiver  to  get  that  paper.  st^ itn­ paid  directly  to  huspiidiaed bene­ ficiaries at  their  bedside  by  uniod  representatives.  4"  That  San  Francisco,  which  hag  the  largest  land­locked  harbor  in  the  world,  had  its  beginningfi tat  1776 when  the Spaniards establish­ ed  a presidio,  or  niilitary  post, on  the  end  of  the  peninsula.  The  following year, a little town  called  Yerba  Buena  ("Good  Herb,"  be­ cause mint grew in abundance) was  founded—the origin  of  the present  city.  4  4  4  That  the  next  time  you  hear  the  tune  "Shrimp  Boats  Are  A­ Comin'," you can rest assured those  shrimp  boats  are  manned  by  SIU  members.  They're  affiliated  under  the  Gulf  Coast  Shrimpers  &  Oys­ termen's Ass'n  and the  Mobile Bay  Seafood  Union.  4  4  4  That  the  Morro  Castle,  Havana  landmark built in 1587 and the first  landpoiht  sighted  by  incoming  ships, was a  fortress and  prison for  slaves and convicts. It still contains  the'  ruins  of  dungeons  and  torture  chambers as  well as chutes leading  to the sea  through which  prisoners  were fed right  to the sharks.  4  4  4  That  the­ Battle  of  Long  Island  which  the Continental  Army under  General  Washington  lost  to  the  British  on  August  27,  1776  was  fought  just a few blocks away from  the new  A&G  Hall  in  Brooklyn?  t  Crewmen  of  the  Robin  Kirk  Mowbray,  all  of  which  are  Seas  That  National  Maritime  Day,  (Seas Shipping)  upheld  the  honor  Shipping  vessels.  May  22,  was first  proclaimed  in  of  Uncle  Sam  and  the  SIU  in  a  The  boxscore  also  notes  that  1935  in  commemoration  of  the  one­sided  baseball  affair  recently  Owen  McEnaney,  A1  "Blackie  departure  of  the  SS  Savannah,  in  Beira,  Portuguese  East  Africa,  Serra, Bill O'Brien  and Tom  Galan­ from  Savannah,  Ga.,  on  May  22,  4  4  4  by  walloping  a  Japanese  aggrega­ to  were  the  "water  boys"  for  the  1819,  on  the first  successful  trans­ That  the  collective  bargaining  tion  from  the  Liverpool  Maru  for  Kirk,  and  that  the  boys  hope  to  atlantic  voyage  under  steam ^  pro­ election which resulted in the SIU's  18  hits  and  eight  husky  markers  be  seeing  the  new  hall  around  There's an AB on the 12 to 4, pulsion.  A&G  District  being  certified  as  Christmas.  on  the  scoreboard.  Who won't have to go to sea any representative  of  the  unlicensed  ^  ^  $  An  error  by  "Bowlegs"  Leo,  a  more. That  the  SIU's  A&G  District  is  seamen  in  the  Isthmian fleet,  was  field  gosl  boot  in  the  second  He's bought so much stock. the  only  union  of  seafaring  men  the largest ever conducted in mari­ on  a  sure  out,  wound  up  as  He's got the company in hock. whose  welfare  plan  benefits  are  time  by  the NLRB?  a  four­bagger  and  the  lone  And each logging just adds to the I  ii^ally for  the  Rising Sun  Boys. The  score. game was  otherwise highlighted  by  the  clutch  pitching  of  Sid  Gordon  At  a  recent  meeting  of  the crew  and  the  slugging  of  the  Kirkmen.  aboard  the  Liberty  Bell  (Dover),  The 4 to 8 OS is called Red, He spends most of his time in The SIU  batsmen further  acquit­ the  men  recommended,that  Head­ bed. quarters square  away  men  signing  ted  themselves  as  Figueroa. slam­ News  has  come  from  the  Steel  Lind  was  bom  in  Denver,  Colo­ But he is so meticulous. articles and  then  missing  the ship.  med four doubles; Jack Bluitt, deck  Recorder  (Isthmian)  that  Seafarer  rado,  and  caught  his  last  ship  at  It's almost ridiculous. delegate,  whacked  a  home  run;  The  Liberty  Bell  had  two  cases  Not an out-o/-pIace hair on his Sameul  William  Lind,  59,  died  of  Baltimore.  He  was  at  sea  during  Curley,  the  backstop,  blasted  two  recently  of  men  having  their  gear  a  heart  attack  while  at  the  wheel  the  Isthmian  beef.  head. doubles  and  a  triple,  and  Jones,  aboard  ship  and  then  winding  up  the  first  day  out  of  Halifax,  Nova  His  last  known  next  of  kin  is  a  first  assistant  and firet  baseman,  on  the  beach  as  the  ship  chugged  Scotia.  son,  Cpl. Samuel  William  Lifid  Jr..  got in  his licks  with two  doubles!  away.  The  crew  states  that  this  is  No baker you've ever seen yet. Lind,  an  AB,  was  buried  at  sea  stationed  at  Westover  Field,  Mass.  Pitcher  Gordon  got  into  trouble  just  an  example  of  an  increasing  Can bake as good as our bcker, by  his shipmates.  His  home was  in Arlington,  Mass.  you bet. the first  inning  when  the first  problem.  Some  men  just  seem  to  Ship's delegate N.  batter  from  the Maru  singled,  and  forget  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  But the reason he's so good. B.  Danaho  re­ Word  has  come  to  the  LOG  of­ As all bakers should. after one out, another batter tagged  ship or the company on  exact sail­ ports  that  the  fice  of  the  death  of  Brother  Ed­ ing  time, the  crew  reported.  He mixes the dough with his sweat. one  putting men  on first  and  third.  captain  had  ward  J. Kelly  In  California.  Kelly  But  our  hero,  it  seems,  knucMed  Chips build  a cof­ was  shipping  on  the  Steel  Rover  down  like  never  before  and  got  fin Instead  of  the  when  he  became  ill.  He  died  in  a  his  next  two  opponents  on  strikes.  Whatcha Scowling At, Jack?  canvas  so  often  shoreside  hospital.  Butterfingers  used for  sea  bur­ Kelly  joined  the  SIU  on  Feb­ ials.  ruary  26,  1944,  in  New  York  City  The  second  frame  also  had  its  Lind  An  honorably  and  held  an  AB  rating  at the time  moments  especially  after  the  bob­ discharged  veteran  of  the  armed  of  his  death.  He  was 51  years old.  ble  that  netted  the  Maru  an  easy  forces  with  some  27  years  of  sea­ He is survived  by his  sister, Mrs.  run.  Another  error  right  off  put  time  on  American  flag  vessels,  Agnes Quinn  of  Brooklyn,  N. Y.  a  man  on  second,  then  "Stalwart"  Sid  got  one  out  on  strikes  and  things  looked  good.  But,  the  next  ^_>^tslinger  was  passed  and  the  Maru­men  went  wild  because  their  The  government,  when  it  under­ later  commanded  the  Colonists  at  slugger,  Itsiki,  was  on  tap.  took  the  tremendous  shipbuilding  the  unhappy  Battle of  Long  Island  Clean­up man  Itsiki whacked  the  program  of  World  War  11,  named  in  1776  which  was  lost  to  the  first  pitch  and  the  Kirk's  sterling  its  Liberty  ships  after  famous  British.  double play  combine  went to work.  Americans.  Below  are  the  names  Robert  Jordan  Catling  (Water­'  The  ball hopped  right to  the short­ of  a  few  SlU­contracted  Libertys  man).  Inventor  (1818­1903).  Born  stop,  who flipped  to  Figueroa  at  and  thumbnail sketches of  the per­ in  Winston,  N.  C„  he  successfullj^  second  he  winged  it  over  to first  sons  whose  names  they  bear. "  for  the  third  out.  marketed  several  agricultural  im­ After that, it  was  as easy  as  pie.  Joshua  B.  Lippincott  (Alcoa).  plements  but  is  chiefly  known  as  Gordon  gave  up  only  vhree  more  Publisher  and  journalist  (1813­ the inventor  of  the "Catling  Gun,''  ;  scratch  hits  which  went  to  nought  1886).  Bom  in  Juliustown,  N,  J.,  a multiple firing weapon which  was  .Jhanks  to  the  perfect  day  afield  he started  a  publishing  business in  the forerunner  of  the  modern  ma­:  SsJIector  "Li'l  Chico"  De  Jesus.  Philadelphia  from  which  emerged  chine  gun.  He  offered  his  inveni­ O.'^HPowlegs" and  "Ham  Fingers"  Lippincott's  Gazetteer &  Atlas and  tion to the Union  Army in 1862  but '  Sparks,  whose  bobble  didn't  prove  later,  the  well­known  Lippincott's  it  was  not  accepted  for  use  untU^  as fatal  as Leo's,  have  been  traded  Magaz^e.  after  the  war  ended.  The  slang'  (to  the  Trent,  says  Bluitt).  Israel  Putnam  (Waterman). Rev­ word  "gat" for  an automatic  pistol'  A  few  of  the  men  on  the  Kirk  olutionary  General  ­(1718­1790).  stems from  his inventions  team  were  from  the  same  entour­ Bom  at  Salem,  Mass.,  he  left  his  Jonathan Trumbull  (MftSissippi).  age that  handed Ski  and  the Robin  farm  to  serve  In  the  French  and  Revolutionary  statesman  (1710­ Trent  a  17­6  shellacking  last  July  Indian  War  and  commanded  the.  1785).,  Bom in  Lebanon,  Conn., he;  in  Lourenco  Marques,  Ski  and  Connecticut  force  against  Pontiac  was  a  strong advocate  of­ the Colo­i  Casey  Jones  never  wrote  in  about  at  Detroit.  A  staunch  patriot,  he  nial causes governor of  Conaectieufc  that  one,  sneers  the  Kirk  corres­ ­ ­ffgain" xeft ­ his  plough  when ­lrhe­f t3:76&=84t,­Tsnu­tn7ragh­i"remifi­w  pondent. At  that  time,  the  present  Sailor Jack  Deiany  turns and  scowls  at the  camera  whUe  enjoying  American  Revolution  began..  He  industiY to the support of  Washing­­ Kirk  players  were  on  the  Rabin  coffee during his ship's stay in  Yokohama. Japan.  fought  notably  at. Bunker HUl  and  ton's armies.  „,  Crew  Raps Men  Who Miss Ships  Oldtimers Hie J  • • v,  How  The  Libertys  Were  Named  • \  ^  J  »  i! J  !!,«  �­ssir  Friday, Noveailier St.  ItSl  Fare Hftcea  SEAFARERS  LOG  LETTER  S  ment or stand against its autonomy,  foreign  ports.  In  more  than  one  whereas before a seaman  was voice­ case  here,  they  took  a  cook  out  of  less  and  defenseless.  By  their  ef­ the hole  and  put him  on  the  gang­ forts,  we  are  the  most  fortunate  way.  He did  not know how  to raise  To  the  Editor:  To the  Editor:  seamen  in  the  world.  or lower  the  gangway.  He  also  did  To  The  Editor:  For  over  a  year  I  have  consid­ There  is  but  one  thing  left  to  There  has  been little  excitement  not  care  what  went  off  the  ship  so  We  aboard  the  Thomas  J.  Rusk  ered  the  possibility  of  seamen's  fear,  and  that  is  ourselves.  Our  aboard the Peter V.  Daniels (Alcoa)  the  crew  lost  quite  a  few  articles.  (Alcoa)  have  a  beef  which  wo  wives  and  children  being  admitted  Union  can  and  does  give  us  the  since  I  last  wrote  the  LOG  from  We  could  not  keep  the  natives  out  guess  a  few  ships  in  Norfolk  arc  to the USPHS  hospitals, but  I kept  best  working  and  living  conditions  Leghorn.  of  the  midship  housing  as  there  putting off  writing to  you  about  it.  to  be  found  in the  maritime  indus­ having  and that  is  the  cancellation  was  no  one  on  duty  who  would  We  took  on  fuel  in  two  ports,  Now  others  have  taken  the  Initia­ try,  but  it  cannot  give  us  the  per­ then  went  to  Monrovia,  West  do  it.  of  shore  leave.  We  were  at anchor  .tive  (LOG.  Nov.  2) and  I'm  giad to  sonal  responsibilities  that  are  re­ Africa, to load  ore.  Everything was  Shooting  War  for  57V6  hours  and  no  one  was  see that not  only the  wives but  the  quired  of  each  individual  member  going fine  until  we  left.  About  12  As far  as  the  ports  go  out  here,  able  to  go  ashore  by  orders  of  the  men  themselves  see  the  need  for  in  order  to retain  those conditions.  hours  from  pprt,  going stateside,  a  you  can  have  a  nice  time  in  most  master.  Naturally  we  put  in  over­ this service.  We  must  accept  these  responsibil­ native stowaway—nice  chap—came  of  them  although  in  some  you  time.  I feel my case is a  good example.  ities individually,  for otherwise  the  out  from  number five  hold.  might  have  to  dodge  a  few  bullets  I  had  Blue  Cross  hospital  insur­ slightest  misconduct  on  our  part  The  old  man  to  do  it.  Djakarta,  Java,  was  one  We  wish a  statement be  made  in  ance  as  long  as  I  worked.  But  I  places  a  thorn  in  the  side  of  the  blew  his  top,  of  them.  It  got  to  the  point  where  the  LOG  about  same  and  that  the  lost  that  when  I  quit  my  job  be­ SIU,  the  greatest  of  all  unions.  turned  the  ship  you  did  not  even  notice  it  when  a  rules  be  stated  whereby  we  can  fore  the  birth  of  our  baby.  My  We  shall  continue  to  grow  in  around  and  rifie  or  Thompson  went  off.  collect  or  not.  This  will  settle''^  husband  isn't  a  member  of  a  Blue  strength  so  long  as  our  conduct  headed  back  for  We  spent  about  two  weeks  in  beefs  before  they  start.  The  "crew  Singapore  on  this  run  and  in  my  Cross  group  so  I  can't  be  insured  merits the  approval  of  this Union's  Monrovia  wi  th  voted thanks  to chief  cook Fszoblik  through  him.  So  I  am  left  com­ principles.  Personal  irresponsibil­ the  engine  wide  belief  this  is  the  best  port  out  for  chow  set  out  at  3  P.M.  coffee­ pletely  without  protection  should  ity  in  any  form  or  any  piace  will  here,  almost  like  in  the  States.  open. Still letting  time.  Also  to  the  whole  stewards  my baby  or I need  hospital  care.  provide  the shipowners  with an  ex­ off  steam,  the  They have their  little war here  too.  department  for  doing a fine  job on  When we  hit it the  last time, some­ cellent  means  of  combatting  our  Sees  Worry  End  captain  put  the  this  trip.  We  all  hope  we  won't  need  sur­ progress  and  possibly  defeating  Paskowski  stowaway  In  one  had  just  knocked  off  the  High  Stanley  J.  Solski,  Commissioner  for  Malaya  and  gery or care  through long illnesses.  our  Union.  irons.  The look  on the feilow's face  Ship's  delegato  everything  was in  an uproar.  If  we  permit  this  or  practice  it,  showed  he  didn't  know  what  was  But  man:^  of  us  would  look  for­ We  will  soon  be  in  Suez  so  I  ward  to  maternity  if  we  were  as­ we  not  only  injure  ourseives  but  going  to  happen  to  him.  We  put  (Ed.  Note:  On  certain  "secret"  sured  of  good  care  during  confine­ also  those  who  will  follow  In  our  him  ashore  and  then  resumed  our  will  close  and  try  to  get this  letter  defense  runs  to  Army  or  Navy  ment  and  no  huge  bills  to  be  paid  footsteps.  We cannot  and  must not  way  on  our  17­day  cruise  to  Balti­ off.  With  everything  like  it  is,  I  bases,  it is  within the  discretion of  don't  know  if  that  is  possible  or  the  base  commander  to  cancel  afterwards.  As  it  is  now,'we  have  fail  those  men  who did  not fail  us!  more.  not.  Hope  we  have  a  few  letters  our  children,  with  our  husbands  I call  upon  all of  you,  my  broth­ shore  leave for  sailors, but  he  imist  We  had  a  wiper,  John  Barron,  a  thousands  of  miles  away  imagin­ er  Seafarers,  to  join  me  in  prov­ real  oldtimer,  who  was  in  pretty  there.  That is  one of  the  bad  ports  give  the  master a  written  cancella­ ing  all  kinds  of  horrible  things.  ing  that  we  are  worthy  of  these  bad  shape  most  of  the  trip  and  of  the  run.  Your  jnail  is  always  tion  order.  Ask  to see  it at  payoff.  They  wouidn't  worry  half  so  new  gains  and  of  the  sacrifices  wound  up  in  Baltimore  Marine  at  least  two  weeks  old  before  we  Otherwise,  overtime  is  due.)  receive  it.  much  if  they  knew  we  were  get­ which  have  made  them  possible.  Hospital.  4  4  4  N.  B.  Donaho  ting  good  care.  James A. Knight  At  the  last  meeting,  the  crew  Ship's  delegate  When  shipping  is slow,  as it was  voted that  the ship's fund  of $34.50  4*  4  about  two  years  ago,  many  of  us  (Ed. Note: The Log has notified be  turned over  to  him,  because  we  have nothing to fall  back on  should  Headquarters on your beefs. Conall  think  it's  his  last  trip.  When  sickness  strike.  the  other  delegates  and  myself  tract calls for all hands on tying To  the  Editor:  Facilities  should  be  made  avail­ gave  him  the  money,  we  could  see  up and getting underway and for securing more than one set of gear. I  have  just finished  reading  the  able  for  surgery,  maternity  and  the  tears  in  his  eyes.  nursery  cases.  My  husband  and  I  To  the  Editor:  I  hope  that  some  day  the  Union  In the case of gangway watch, a heart­breaking  story  of  the  South­ are  definitely  for  this  move  and  The crew  of  the Gulfwater  (Mar­ will  build  a  place  for  old  seamen  sailor is required.) ern Isles  disaster.  I  wish  to extend  are  waiting  and  willing  to  do  all  Trade)  wishes  to  thank  and  com­ like  John  Barron.  That's  about  it  4  4  4  my  deepest  sympathy  to  the  famil­ we  can  to  push  this  thing  along.  .  mend  SIU  officials  in  Norfolk  for  for  the  trip.  ies  and  reiatives  of  the  men  who  Please  help  make  the  lives  of  their  splendid  cooperation  on  our  F.  Paskowski  so  gallantly  gave  their  lives  while  beef  before  sailing.  seamen's  wives  and_£anulies  u  Engine delegate  serving a  great cause.  I think  these ~  The  beef  involved  the  former  secure  as  the  lives  of  those  whose  4  4  4  steward  who  tried  the  two­pot  sys­ husbands .work  ashore.  men should  be remembered  as well  To the  Editor:  tem  with  steak  topside  and  stew  Mi%  Marion  A.  MeCIlntoe  as  our  Army,  Navy  or  Marines.  This  is  just  a  line  to  say  that  for  the crew  and made  it miserable  after  a  30­day  tie­up  in  Honolulu,  As  a  nation  we  are  all  together  4­  4"  enough  for  the  BR,*  a  workcard  we finally  got  the  Steel  Flyer  in  trying  to  achieve  worldwide  man,  to  sign  off  in  Norfolk.  (Isthmian)  moving  again,  much  to  peace.  I  do  not  believe the  Ameri­ To  The  Editor:  This  was  done  before  the  dele­ the satisfaction of  all aboard.  There  gates  knew the  BR  intended  doing  This  is  my first  try  at  writing  was  no  bad  trouble  at  all  during  can  people  pay  enough  tribute  to  "  so.  The  rest  of  the  crew,  and  we  to  the  LOG,  but  I'il  try  my  hand  the  tie­up.  However,  the  crew  was  our  seagoing  men.  Give  credit  where  credit  is  due.  We  mu.st  re­ To  the  Editor:  mean 100  percent,  demanded a  new  at  it  and  see  how  it  comes  out.  ready  to  handle  any  that  came  member  that  all  the  husbands,  I'm on an Isthmian ship, the Steel  In  the  light  of  our  Union's  re­ steward  and  that  his  extra  man  along.  brothers  and  sons  who  are  serving  cent  victory,  this  letter  may  seem,  be  thrown  off.  We  also  wanted  Recorder.  This  is  my first  ship  for  the  company,  as  the  Waterman  One thing that  there was no  com­ in  foreign  countries  and  on  the  unwarranted,  yet  because  of  that  some  new  stores  for  a  change.  plaint  on  was  the  food.  Brothers,  front lines in  Korea would  be help­ victory  I  have  felt  this  compul­ Well,  we  contacted  the  hall  in  European  run  is  my  meat,  and  af­ it  was  the  best  that  I  have  ever  less  without  their  seagoing  broth­  .  ter  this  trip  I  think  I'll  go  back  sion  to  write  to  you.  Norfolk  and  our  officials  came  out  seen on  a ship and  the thanks go to  ers.  Let's  give  them  our  help  and  to  it.  There  is  as  much  difference  there  in  a flash.  After  some  talk,  ., As  a  newcomer,  it  may  ap­ as  night  and  day  between  the two.  D.  C.  Rollins,  chief  steward,  who  a  little  more  praise.  pear  impertinent  of  me  to  try  to  the  steward  quit  the  ship.  really lays  it on.  I  am  the  mother  of  a  seafarer  inform  any  of  you  as  to  what  this  The  wind­up,  of  ccTurse,  was' just  The  trip  started  out bad  and has  Our  ship's  delegate  is  Ralph  and  member  of  the  SIU.  success  demands  of  us;  but  in  our  tops.  New  stores  good  crew,  and  been  bad  ajl  the  way.  Halifax  was  Thelma  Fisher  Union  I  have  learned  that  even  everything  just  dandy.  Thanks  our first  stop out  of  the States,  and  Wilkins  out  of  Baltimore.  He  took  we  lost  one  of  our  ABs  the first  care of  everything very  nicely dur­ upon  first  entering  the  ranks  a  again  for  a  job  well  done.  4  4  4  man  is  permitted  to  voice  his  We've  also  got  one  swell first  day  out.  Brother  S.  W.  Lind,  who  ing  the  tie­up.  That's  all  for  now  except  that  opinions.  To  me­this  is true  work­ assistant  on  this  tub  as  well  as  a  came aboard  at  Baltimore, dropped  ing  democracy,  and  I  sincerely  good  chief.  The  Captain  is  a  dead of  a heart  attack  at the  wheel  everyone is  hoping we  get by  with­ and  we  buried  him at  sea  the next  out  any  further  trouble.  hope  these  words  will  add  to  it§^  square  shooter  too.  Mack  Chapman,  Jr.  day.  strength.  Ship's  delegates  To  the  Editor:  Then  we  hit  the  Canal  and  4  4  4  Today,  as  never  before  in  the  it started.  4  4  4  Speaking for  the  brothers  of  tli<^^  history  of  seafaring  men,  we  have  As  we  were  tying  up  in  the  begun  to  enjoy  a  forty­hour  work  SIU  and  SUP  that  are  now  here  Canal,  they  sent  three  men  for­ week  while  at  sea.  With  our  new  in  the  New  Orleans  hospital,  wo  ward  and  three  aft,  saying  that  contract  improvements  and  addi­ was  all  they  needed  and  if  we  To  the  Editor:  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  our  tional  benefits,  we  represent  the  didn't  like  it  we  should  see  our  brothers  aboard  the  Del  Sud  for  highest  standards  among  seamen,  To  the  Editor:  patrolman.  I  always  thought  that  I  am  a  member  of  the  SIU  and  their  consideration.  All  circum­ yet all  too often  there are  many of  have  been since  1944.  I sailed  con­ We  on  the  Robert  Lansing  tying  up  called for  all hands.  They  us  who  fail  to  recognize  the  price  (Bull)  have  no  beef  as  far  as  this  said  the  same  thing  the  whole  trip  tinuously  up  to  December  13,  1950  stances  considered  we  fully  realize  which  was  paid  for  these  condi­ boneyard  job  is  concerned.  This  when  we  were  securing  gear  on  the day  I was  drafted.  I have  been  that  their  kindness  involves  much  tions.  is  a  good  old  "grayhound."  the  weekends.  Do  not  work  the  in  the  Army  about  11  months  now  more  than  a  casual  effort,  and  we  The  story  of  our  Union's  prog­ We've  made  two  trips  on  her  watch  on  deck  as  that  is  double  and  would  like  to know  if  the  Un­ do  appreciate  their  goodwill.  ress is one of  long and bitter  strug­ and  have  had  a  good  crew  in  all  overtime  and  this  company  does  ion is doing anything to  get seamen  out  of  the  Army.  I  have  around  Though  for  the  present  we  are  gles,  though  taking  place  in  just  a  three  departments.  The  steward  not  pay  it.  short  number  'Of  years.  Yet  in  gang  rates  credit  for  the  food,  as  Since  we  left  ports  over  the  four  years'  seatime  and  have  re­ unable  to  split  a  good  cold  can  of  ;  those  years,  each  fraction  of  time  it was  tops.  weekend  quite  often  and  did  not  ceived  the certificate  of  continuous  beer  with  them,  they  can  depend  ^  reveal  the  never­ending  sacrifices  We've  received  all  the  LOGS  break  sea  watches,  this  was  pretty  service  given  by  the  President.  I  on  it—we  are  with  them  in  spirit.  "  by  men  of  noble  principle  and  sent  out,  and  that's  as  good  as  hard on the  deck department.  Par­ am  a  member  of  the  black  gang  We also  want  to say  a  few words  courage  who  suffered  and  fought  getting  mail  from  home.  Thanks  ticularly  because  we  were  one  day  and  hold firemen,  watertender,  oil­ er  and  junior  engineer  endorse­ about  Brother  Herman  Troxclair,  and  died  that  we  might  reap  the  a  lot.  man  short  the  whole  time  and  for  fruit  of  their  labor.  Now  that  we  are  getting  a  lot  a  month  in  Hie  islands  were  two  ments.  I would  like  to  get  back  to  the  patrolman  who  takes  care  of  Preserve,Heritage  .•   of  new  men  aboard  our  ships,  I  men  short.  The  other  day  man  sea  where  I  have  been  trained  for  us.  No  matter  where  you  stand  think  it  would  be  a  good  idea  if  caught  malaria  In  Java  and  they  a  job  Z  know  and  like.  Please  let  when you  look at  him, he's a  whale  ThCy  have  given  us  unionism,  me know  if  something can be  done.  of  a  swell  guy.  He  certainly  does  and  with  it  a  heritage  which  we  ail  ships  were  sent  Union  educa­ sent him  to  the  hospital  in Semer­ ­to  ' .evesjrthiss. ­is ­h­is­  must  preserve.  We now  h^e free­ tion  literature.  So "far  this  ship  ang.  He  later  r­eislasi­TitS­ ski?­la­ good care of  us.  Singapore.  "• udTii' wiTeRT^here" was"  slavery­ be­""  luSh't "receivecl  any.  (Ed  Note:  Your  letter  has  been  Daniel D. Kelly  On  all our  other ships  they have  turned  over  to  SIU  headquarters  Thomas  M.  Moriarty  fore;  we  now  have  the  means  and  Thomas  Taylor  a sailor standing  gangway  watch in  for oction.)  Ship's  Delegate  strength ^tO'  bangain  with  manage^  Wiie Asks Warn  fUpspitkl Care  Stowawag  Adds  Trip Excitement  No Shore Leave  is Rusk's Beef  Credits Seamen  With Vital  Bole  Hail  Norfolk SiU  For Ending Beef  isthmian 'Flyer'  Underway Again  Seafarer Urges:  ^Protect Beritage^  Bullets Liven  Recorder's Trip  ill Seamen Hail  Del  Sud Crewmen  Lansing Termed  Good '^Gragkound^  SiU Man Seeks  Army Bischarge  �' Pare Sixteen  Mdajr,  Ntnrembei; SO, 1951  SEAFARERS  LOG  LETT  E  R  S  was  given  a ­ half  hour  for  chow  that  many  other  stewards  might  and  was  right  back  out.  Straight  learn.  When  the  SOS  is  put  out  overtime  prevailed  no  matter  what  all  the  time,  the. men  have  less  the  time  of  day  or  night.  of  that  feeling  of  well­being.  Less  To  The  Editor:  To  The  Editor:  food  is  lasted,  so  I  doubt  that  it  To  the  Editor:  Okay's  Officers  This  is  my first  letter  to  the  I  doff  my hat  to the  Abiqua's of­ I  hope  that  by  now  all  of  you  costs  materially  more.  Please  convey  my  sincerest  LOG  but  I've  been  wanting  to  ficers,  especially  Captain  Cronin,  are  using  the  new  hall  in  Brook­ Bob was always  willing to accede  thanks  to  the  sailors  with  whom  I  write  for some  time.  I am  in Army  for  they  have  been  very  coopera­ lyn.  As for  me,  I'm  enjoying  a  lit­ to  any  reasonable  request  of  the  sailed  during  my  return  from  uniform  now,  but  I  am  not  a  tive  with  me  on  all  matters  per­ tle  "shuttle"  with  good  company  crew  members.  He  is  a  guy  who  Bremen to  florfolk, Va.,  September  soldier.  I'm  a  seaman  and  I'll  al­ taining  to  the  Union.  When  a  beef  aboard  the  Bessemer  Victory  knows  how  to  handle  men,  in  a  5  to  23  as  a  so^callied  "workaway"  ways  be  one.  or  some  repairs  are  to  be  straight­ (South  Atlantic) here  in the  Pacific  nice,  quiet  sort  of  way.  It  was  a  for  their  kind  consideration  to  me.  pleasure  to  work  under  him.  He  It is remarkable  how people can  rg­ In  1944,  when  I  was  16,  I  joined  ened  out,  they  are  ironed  out  on  a  area.  Everything  has  been  running  always  took  his  meals  with  the  spond  so  readily  and  Unselfishly  to  the  Maritime  Service  and  was  man­to­man  basis, the  way all  ship­ smooth  so  far,  outside  of  the  fact  crew.  human needs.  trained  at  taxpayers'  expense  to  side  matters  should  be.  learn  to  be  a  seaman.  Fatty  McCann.  I would  like  to add  a  word  about  that  we  have  been  playing  cat  and  I  shall  never  forget  their  kind­ ness  in'giving  me  a  running  start  After  completing  the  course,  I  the  permitmen  aboard.  I  sailed  a  mouse  with  a  couple  of  typhoohs  4>  4>  by  their decision  to  donate  monby  was  sent  to  New  Orleans  and  as­ few  ships  with  some  of  the  best  and  the  important  coincidence that  foi  this  purpose.  I  was  broke,  of  signed  to a  Liberty  ship.  That first  bookmen.  These guys here  can't be  we  pulled  in  in  time  to  help  open  course,  trying  to  outdo  the  Mar­ ship,  luckily  for  me,  was  con­ beat.  Of  course,"  there  are  a  few  a new  USS Club at  Naha, Okinawa  The  club  is  managed  by  Irving  shall  Plan  while  sojourning  in  tracted  to  the  SIU  and  it  wasn't  who are  green, but  they can't  learn  Europe..  too  long  after  that  I  became  a  overnight.  We  were  just  as  ig­ Williams,  who  has  done  some  sail­ To  the  Editor:  member.  I  now  hold  book  No.  norant  at  one  time.  But,  brother,  ing  himself,  understands  the  way  God  bless them  all  and may  they  Not  much  doing  tonite  in  Korea  when  they  make  a  beef  it's  the  of  the  boys  ashore  and  is  all  for  44678,  retired.  live  a  long  time.  giving  them  the  best  for  their  and  no  LOG  lying  around  to  read  For  my  services  during  World  McCoy.  so  I  thought. I'd  try  talking  you  money.  The  girls  working  here  WUliam  H.  Reith.  War  II,  I  received  a  Certificate  of  So,  brothers,  all  I  can  say  is  if  look  as  if  they  were  all  selected  into  sending  me  some issues.  You  Continuous Service  from the  Presi­ you  don't  like  peace  and  harmony,  from  beauty  contests, aiid  not  only  are  sending  it to  my  home  address  4­  4^  4*  dent  of  the  US and  also  the  Atlan­ don't  come  around,  for  we  have  a  that,  they  serve  you  with a  smile.  at  present  but  it's  a  wee  bit  old  tic  and  Pacific  war  zone  ribbons.  happy  family  and  we  intend  to  by  the  time  its  gets  on  over  here.  Birthday,  Too.  I  have  been  an  active  seaman  keep  it.  If  there  is  any  improve­ Besides  the  family has  a  bad  habit  since  then  and  hold  the  ratings  ment  to  be  made  it  will  be  The  opening  coincided  with  my  of  leaving  out" some  of  the .papers.  of fireman,  oiler  and  watertender,  achieved  in  a  competent  manner.  birthday  (Nov.  3)  and  most  of  our  Tell  the  boys  I  said  hello,  espe­ i  with  approximately  50  months  Rocky  Milton  crew  fought  to  be  the  first  cus­ cially  those  in  New  Orleans. I  wish  To  the  Editcr: i  tomers,  which  naturally  we  were  actual  sea  time.  Well,  buddies,  I  got  it  made,  t  4.  4.  The  place  still  needs  some  work  I  were  back  there  with  them.  I'm  married,  incidentally,  and  This  Air  Force  is  okay,  I  guess,  since for the  last two  weeks I have  before  it's  really  completed  but  it  have  a  four­year­old  son.  but the  conditions don't quite come  been  in  the  supply  department.  already  is  a  nice  layout  and  is  Taken  Off  Ship  up  to  SIU  standards.  The  pay  is  I'm  stUl  with  the  Red  Devil  Fifth  located  almost  opposite the  gate at  just  a  bit  low  also.  Last  February,  however,  I  was  the  Naha  docks.  Infantry  :  but ^  in .  supply,  and  it  I  joined  the  SUP  in  1944  but  drafted  off  the  City  of  Alma  To the  Editor:  Williams told me he'd like  to dis­ couldn't  be  any  softer.  shipped  from New  Orleans  on  SlU  (Waterman)  after returning  to the  tribute  the  LOG  (probably  50  States  from  delivering  Army  I  would  like  to  say  hello  to  my  copies  will  do)  and  I  know  the  ships all  the  time,  so  I  transferred  As  I'm  a  t­ecord  clerk  I  spend  former  shipmates  via  the  LOG,  so  my  book  a  couple  of  years  later.  I  most  of  the  day  typing  and  fixing  supplies  and  ammo  to  Korea.  that  my  friends  in  the  port  of  LOG  will  take  first  place  among  made  my  last  trip  on  the  Mankato  Now  I'm  in  the  Army  and,  again  New  Orleans  will  up  the  records.  Got  a  little  radio  union  papers  here.  The  address  is  Victory  (Victory  Carriers).  I  paid  at  the  taxpayers' expense,  learning  know  how  I'm  USS Club, APO  719, San Francisco,  off  in Tacoma,  Wash., on  December  on  my  desk  going  all  day  long,  an  to  be  a  soldier  which  I  know  I  making  out.  Calif.  1,  1950,  and  was  in  the  Air  Force  eight­hour  day,  by  the  way,  with  will  never  be.  You  can't  take  a  Best  wishes  for  a  Merry  Christ­ a  month  later.  I  didn't  want  any  I'm  still  at  the  fi.sh out  of  water  and  expect  him  UN  Peace  Camp  mas and Happy  New Year  to every­ part  of  the  Army.  Besides the  Air  an  hour  off  for  lunch.  Boy,­  this  is  some  job—just  like  to  live  on  land  like  an  animal.  one  in  the  Union.  here  in  Korea,  as  Foi'ce  promised  to  put  me  in  the  At  the  same  time  I  am  here,  an  army  cook  for  Luis  A.  Ramirex  Sea  Rescue  group—verbally,  of  Wall  Street­^nly  not  as  much  the  maritime  industry is  crying for  the  general  mess.  course.  Know what they've  got me  money  at  thb  end  of  the  month.  seamen.  This  does  not  make  sense  On  the  Alcoa  4.  4i  t  The  reason  I  got  it  was  because  a  doing?  Painting!  to  me.  First  the  Government  and  Mississippi  Well, I'd  better knock off  for this  captain came  around  and asked  for  *"%pends  thousands  of  dollars  to  ships,  the  guys  Agoff  time.  Just  send  the  Log  if  pos­ an  airborne  volunteer.  Well,  I  train  me  as  a  seaman  and  now  knew me  as "Terry." Merry Christ­ sible  and  I'll  have  no  more  gripes  wanted  to  go  back  into  the  air­ it  is  spending  much  more  to  mas  and  Happy  New  Year,  boys,  borne.'  They've  got a  35­fo6t  jump  for a  while.  Regards.  "make"  me  a  soldier.  To  the  Editor:  from  an  old  SIU  man.  which  you  have  to  make  without  Pfc.  Robert  McGrew.  When  are  our  lawmakers  going  a  chute  and  v'hen  I  jumped  my  I  recently  made  a  trip  on  the  Theriot  Agoff,  AS  54000221  to  wake  up  and  give  skilled  sea­ 4"  4­  4>  old  leg  wound  opened  up  and  I  Liberty  freighter  Atlantic  Waters  Hq.  Co.  E.U.S.A.K.  men  the  recognition  they  deserve I  ended  up  in  the  hdspital.  Seems  (Mar­Trade)  on  a  coal  run.  We  A.P.O.  301,  c/o  P.  M.  and  stop  throwing  the  taxpayers'  the  medics  looked  at  It,  found  no  sailed  out  of  Baltimore  to  Bremen,  money around?  San  Francisco,  Caiif.  more  muscle there  bui  just  a  piece  Germany,  and  thence  to  Narvik,  Yes,  I'm  in  the  Army  but  I  am  4>  4>  i  of  wire  from  the  heel  all  the  way  Norway,  finally  paying­off  in  the  not  a  soldier.  I  am requesting  your  To the  Editor:  to  the  calf,  and  here  I  am  in  City  of  Brotherly  Love.  —help  to  get  me  back  to  sea,  the  supply.  Before I go on  to sing the praises  It  was  certainly  very  interesting  only  livelihood  I  ever  knew.  of  Steward  Bob  McCullough,  not  to hear of  the rapid  progress that's  Say,  how  about  sending  me  the  Pfc.  Donald  L.  Laubersheimer  ust  for  the  fine  job  done  on  this  being made  with the  Welfare  Plan,  LOG?  I'm  in  good  standing  and  Ser.  No.  54042639  trip,  but  because  I  think  that  some  especially  to  hear  of  the  increase  have my  retirement  card  in  shape.  To  the  Editor:  Co.  A,  1st  Bn.  The  usual  luck  of  this  old  Sea­ of  his  practices  might  well  be  in  the  death  benefit  and  hospital  I  want  to  know  how  we're  doing,  155  Inf.  Beg.,  31st  Div.  as  I  don't  hear  anything  about  my  farer still prevails.  Now I am  rest­ adopted  by  SIU  stewards  on  other  grants.  Ft.  Jackson,  S.  C.  It  occurred  to  me  as  a  memory  qld  outfit  up  here.  ing  my  weary  and  broken  bones in  ships,  let  me  say  a  word­  or  two  the  Master,  whoiat all  times,  how I  looked forward  for my  bene­ I'd  appreciate  it  if  some  of  my  (Ed. Note: Your letter has been the  382nd  General  Hospital  in  about  was  cooperative  and  considerate  of  fits  while  I  was  a  patient  for  eight  old  buddies  would  drop  me  a  line  Osaka,  Japan.  My  legs  tangled up  turned over to SIU headquarters his  crew.  months in  the  US Marine  Hospital,  sometime  too.  offices and you should hear from while coming down  a North Korean  Though  my  knowledge  of  the  Staten Island.  Many times  I strain­ hillside  and  I  was  slightly  bruised.  them shortly.) Pvt.  Gustave  R.  Breitweg,  The_Army  just  doesn't  seem  to  deck  and  black  gang  officers  was  ed my  eyes  looking  for  the  patrol­ RA  12390043,  4»  4"  4»  be  able  to  get  along  with  me  for  largely  a  matter  of  hearsay,  I  man.  When  I  could  be  out  of  my  Co.  G,  2nd  Iiif.  Reg.  heard  only  the  best  about  them  bed,  I  was  busy  going  from floqr  some  reason.  I  have  continually  Fifth  inf.  Div.  as  well.  The  ship's  delegate,  Paul  to floor asking the other  brothers if  told  them  what  is  wrong  with  the  Indiantown  Gap,  Mil.  Res^  Army  and  they  still  haven't  done  "Dutch"  Wittehauser,  kept  the  they  had  seen  him.  They  were  on  Pa.  ship  running  smoothly.  We  were  the  same mission.  At  that time  we  a  thing  about  it.  I  can't  seem  to  ^o The  Editor:  make  them  understand  that  it's  one  big,  happy  family.  I  am  mak­ were  only  getting  $7  per  week.  4>  '4>  4'  Aside  from  what  is  believed  to  they  who  are  in  the  wrong,  not  I.  ing  it  my  job­of­the­moment,  how­ What  a  glow  of  happiness  present­ ed  itself  on  the  faces  of  our  SIU  be  an  accident,  the  Abiqua  is  a  Yet  they  must  have  a  warm  spot  ever,  to  tell  you  about  Bob.  good  scow.  I  only  hope  that  the  in  their  hearts  for  me,  since  every  Bob  is  one  of  those  who  know  members when  he came  along  with  other  ships  of  the  CS  fleet  can  time  I ask  for a  discharge  they tell  how  to make his  stores do  the most  our  pay!  follow her  example.  One  thing can  me  they're  sorry  but  they  can't  good.  For  instance,  in  addition  Yes,  brothers,  it  is  certainly  to  the  usual  breakfast  fruits,  there  some advancement now  because we  To  the  Editor:  stand  improvement.  There  is some  bear  to  part  with  me.  Now  a  word  of  advice  to  pros­ were  always  stewed  prunes  as  an  receive  twice  that  amount,  namely  work  forced  upon  the  pumpman  Enclosed  are  the  minutes  of  our  that  the  deck  maintenance  can  do,  pective  Army  recruits.  If  at  all  alternate  for  those  who  wished  :;15  per  week,  all.in  a  matter  of  last  meeting  aboard  the  Maiden  that  is,  maintenancee  work  over­ possible,  never ship  out  on that  ill­ them.  They  keep  well,  so  that  two  years.  Referring  to  the  death  hauling  dogs, fairieads,  chocks  and  fated  ship,  the  SS  Gonnakorea.  having  them  always  on  tap  does  benefit,  increase  from  $1,500  to  Creek.  Everything  is  ' fdnftlng  ­  davits  pertaining  to  the  dock  de­ Living  conditions  are  far  below  not  cost  very much  extra.  i  12,500,  ain't  that  something?  '  .  smoothly,  so  there  is­;veiy  ;iittle  SIU  standards.  Working  condi­ partment.  I  hope  when  the  oldtimer  pen­ to write about.  "We  havb' a'majority  Night  Variety  But  do  you  recall  back  not  long  tions,  too,  are  rather  distressing,  In  the  vexatious  question  of  sions  come  along  we  shall  make  of  permits  On  board  and ' a Tew  in­ ago  a  man  was  forced  to  work  on  but  definitely  better  than on  board  night  lunch.  Bob  always  had  the  same  progress.  I  thought  it  experienced  men,'  bht  the^  'ire  ivatch after 5  p.m. without  the pay­ the  Conununist  ves.sel,  SS  Joe  enough  prime  meats  fried  or  fitting  to  make  those  remarks  be­ l^amihg  fast.  Tl)e. only  troublib  is  ment  of  overtime,  and  all  the  China.  roasted  at  the  regular  meals,. so  cause  it  is food  for thought  to  the  I don't  recall  whether any  of  my  whip­cracking  over  the  men  just  that there  would be  some  left oyer,  youngsters who are now sailing  the  our  galley  gang.  *A11  hands  have  for the  satisfaction  of  some sadist?  old  buddies know  how to  write, but  for  the  night  lunch.  This  9erves  briny.  gained  at  leasf  tbreeatnches  on  Recall  also  when  the  men  of  the  if  so,  drop  me  a  line.  Not  having  to alleviate  the deadly monotony of  I shall now  close my  remarks by  their waistlines^ ancl''yrith  thg price  black  gang  and  deck  had  to  sleep  a  wonderful  time,  wish  I  were  having the same  old cold  cuts stare  personally thanking  the  officials of  of' ddthek hoWadavk^K  in  the  same  foc'le  on  the  Cities  there.  yfiH. ID—th£. JarA.­eKsy!%.:*iis­3­­ys59­ K2BS2:Sr­­5ha$r­t^lS3­wiiKi~"  —  open  the  refrigerator.  Bob,  for  sistent efforts, and .lastly, asking­the  will  have  to  get  "ri<4; bf ^them.  'man  was  told  to  go  into  a  tank  382.  Gen.  Hosp.  M.  H.  D.  one,  knows  that  a  ship that  always  young seartien not  to forget.  That's  GhargeS;?  'Sabotagingi^v^aistliheS.  APO  54  without  a  certified  test  on  the ex­ ha.s  plenty  in  the  icebox  has  less'  all for  the  present.  ­ <  plosive  meter.  Along  with  this  he  FM,  Sao  Francisce,  Calif,  beefs  at  meals.  This  is  a  lesson  Ship's  dMieiate  ;  Pad«r  Farirett  Trained Seaman  Seeks Discharge  Bessemer Men  Help Open tfSS  Men Thanked Fokr  Aid ito Workaway  Finds Air Force  Below SIU Levels  • iJ­ GM Gas Finds  Army Soft  Deal  ^Terrg^ Says ^UV  From Korea  Patty Praises  Steward^s ^Extras^  Oldtimer Hails  Upped Benefits  Army Loves Him,  Moans Seafarer  '• iii  I  • '"  Ml  iMuds CS  Safety^  dob Betterment  Waistlines Bulge  On Maiden Creek  '11  • :'q\  I  • .i\  �s#f ^  Face  SeveatecB  SEAFARERS  LOG  •O   n the Job •   THIS  COLUMN IS  THE nRST  of  a  series  which  will  run  regularly  liOG'fist' the purpose ef  aiding members  In  their work  as seamen.  It will  carry informatloif  of  a general  nature on  various matters  affect­ ing  shipboard  life,  including  health  and  safety;  rules,  regulations  and  laws  governing seamen;  and  material  which  will  assist  in  upgrading  to  higher  ratings.  Ih  this connection  it  will serve  as a  supplement  to  the  SIU  deck,  engine  and  steward  department  schools  which  will  be  set  up  In  the  hear  future  In  New  York  headquarters  for  those  members  who  want,  to  study  for  higher  ratings.  Seafarers  who  are  unable  to  attend  the  schools  in  New  York  will find  study" material,  photographs  and  other  practical  illustrations  in  this  column  which  will  help  them  meet  the fequirements of  Coast  Guard  tests for  the  various  categories.  4­  N  IjS;:  I '  13f  h  4­  4"  SAFETY AT  SEA, IS OF COURSE,  a  major concern of  all Seafarers.  Before  going  into  specific  job  requirements  it  is  desirable  to  review  general  precautions  which  should  be  second  nature  to  all  experienced  seamen.  Some  of  the  more important  "don'ts" are as follows:  Never smoke  on deck, on  barges or on  the pier  when  fuel oil  is being  loaded  or discharged.  Funics from fuel oil  are sufficient to  cause a  fire  or  explosion  without  any  actual  contact  between  the cigaret flame  and  the oil.  Never smoke  fn  the  vicinity of  open  hatches or  cargo  holds.  While  cargo  lighters  are  alongside,  do  not  throw  lighted  matches,  cigarettes, etc., over  the side or out of  portholes.  Never  go ^ai> ^(I­dowA ladders with  both  hands full.  Never  waitk  oh  the side of  the vessel  on which  cargo is  being  worked.  Never wlidk under  heel blocks  of  wihches.  Never  walk through  unlighted 'tween  deck spaces.  Never walk  on  the weather side  of  decks in a  heavy sea.  Never  walk on  wet or oily  decks with  rubber soles or  heels.  Rubber  may  be fine  on  a dry surface  but  is  slippery  when  wet  This  applies  particularly  to  crepe  rubber  soles  and  heels.  Never stand  in the  bight  of  an  anchor cable  or line.  Never  work  aloft  without  a  safety  belt  and  line.  Never  use  goggles  to  protect  your  forehead  instead  of  your  eyes.  Never  attempt to  pass through  a  watertight  doorway while  the alarm  Is, sounding  or  the door  is in  motion.  Never  enter  a  tank  or  other  closed  compartment  until  sure  that  the  tank  is  thoroughly  ventilated.  Noxious  fumes  which  are  heavier  than  air will  tend  to  gather in  the  bottom  of  a  tank and  can  be fatal.  It is  also  important  to determine  that  an  oxygen  deficiency  does  not  exist.  In  any  event,  be  sure  that  someone  is  standing  by  to  effect  rescue  in  case  of  need.  This Is So Sudden—The  CIO has  grown  coy  and  bashful  in  response  to  the  AFL's  latest  proposal  for  meetings  to  work  out  a  merger  agreement  between  the  two  organ­ izations.  It  appears  that  the  CIO  has  cold  feet  about  taking  the  march  down  to  the  altar  but  likes  the  idea  of  a  trial  marriage  for  an  indefinite  period  of  time.  The  AFL  is  an  ardent  swain  and  won't  be  easily  discouraged.  It  chided  the  CIO  more  in  sorrow  than  in  anger  and  apparently  intends  to  keep  on  proposin'  and  proposin'  until  the  CIO  says "I  do."  American  flag  transatlantic  airlines  plan  to  have  a  "tourist  class"  service  on  their  routes  to  Europe  by  April  of  next  year,  at  a  basic  New  York  to London  rate  of  $250  or  less.  So  far steamship  operators  profess not to be worried  over this possible threat.  However, the record  shows  that  airlines  have  made  an  appreciable  dent  in  steamship  busi­ ness  in  other  routes  where  they  compete  with  ships,  notably  in  the  Atlantic  Coast  to  the  Islands  and  South  America  routes  . . . Sperry  Gyroscope  Company  has  introduced  a  new,  smaller  automatic  pilot  for  ships  that  will  hold  a  selected  course  despite  wind,  rough  seas or  speed . . . The  general strike  of  the  Maritime  Confederation  of  Chile,  which  had  been  out  since  August  29,  has  been  ended  successfully  for  the  MCC.  Details  are  not  yet  available.  4*  4"  4»  The U. S. ran a poor fifth in merchant ship tonnage under construction the first half of this year, according to Lloyd's Register, with scarcely more than a seyenth of the tonnage being built in the yards of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the top-ranking builders. American gross tonnage of 333,662 tons took the fifth spot behind Britain, Japan, France and Germany. , t  4.  4.  Seafarers  may  have  spotted  the  missing  former  Brazilian  battleship  Sao  Paulo  on  the  Atlantic  sealanes  this  month  as  she  drifted  for  11  days  after  slipping  towlines  from  two  tugs.  The  ex­battlewagon  broke  ^  4>  4>  loose  from  two  tugs  which  were  briifging  her  to  England  to  be  broken  Prison  Labor  Problems  —  The  up  as  scrap,  after  a  hurricane  Nov.  4.  The  19,000­ton  vessel  was  United  Textile  ­Workers  (AFL)  hit  finally  located  midway  between  the Azores  and  Madeira.  the  ceiling  when  they  learned  i  4"  4"  about  the  award  of  a  12  million  The  number  of  ships  in  the  service  of  the  National  Shipping  dollar  blanket  contract  to the  Fed­ Authority  has  jumped  to  433,  with  the  assignment  of  19  more  eral  Penitentiary  at  Terre  Haute,  vessels for operation  by  private companies.  The latest  group, com­ Indiana.  Unemployment  is  getting  prising 10  CI­M­A­yi's  and  nine Liberties,  will  be  run  by  the com­ to  be  a  problem  in  New  England  panies  that  serve  as  agents  for  the  government.  They  are  being  textile  mills  and  the  union  feels  taken out  of  seven  different lay­up fleets  on all  coasts.  One of  the  that  the  Army  Quartermaster  Corps,  which  let  out  the  contract,  vessels,  a  Victory,  will  be  operated  by  Mississippi  Shipping  Com­ pany  in  its  South  American  service.  should  have  given  private  indus­ i  i  4.  try  a  crack  at  it.  Textile  workers  may  be  broke,  but  nobody  is  Ecuador  is  planning  to  negotiate  an  $18,000,000  loan  for  the  con­ queuing  up  at  that  penitentiary  struction of  a  new  port  for the  city  of  Guayaquil, on  the Guayas  River,  30  miles  inshore  from  the  Pacific  . . . Although  it's  not  expected  to  door  for  a  job.  be  in  operation  until  early  in  1954,  a  contemplated  ship  channel  4"  4"  4"  Paging Emily  Post—^Delegates to  through  the Macarero  and  Orinoco  Rivers in  Venezuela  to  permit  pass­ the  Dutchess  County  Building  and  age  of  ocean­going  ore  carriers  will  substantially  increase  ore  ship­ Construction  Trades  Council  will  ments  to  the  U.  S.  when  completed.  A  contract  just  signed  for  the  have  to  think  twice  before  open­ dredging  and  maintenance  of  the  channel  was  just  reached  between  ing  their  mouths  at  the  next  six  Venezuela  and  the  Orinoco  Mining  Company,  a  U. S.  Steel  subsidiary.  4.  •   4­  t  4>  4"  4"  monthly  meetings.  Arrangements  The  Canadian  Maritime  Commission  reported  an  ocean­going fleet  SEAFARERS,  TOO,  ALWAYS  HAVE  to  take  into  account  the  pos­ have  been  made  with  Vassar  Col­ sibility  of  a  major  disaster  which  will  mean  abandoning  ship.  In  re'^  lege,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  for  six  of  84  vessels  under  the  Canadian  flag  at  mid­year,  in  addition  to  98  cent  weeks,  two  such  disasters  have  taken  place;  the  George  Walton,  well­bred  young  ladies  to  attend  deep­sea ships  of  British  registry  in  the  Dominion  total.  Most  of  them  which  caught fire  and  burned  in  the  Pacific  off  the  coast  of  Washing­ council meetings  "and observe first  were freighters  built during'the war,  46 of  them more  than 10,000 dead*  ton,  and  the  Southern­Islee  which  broke  in  two  and  sank  off  Cape  hand  the  functions  of  labor  dele­ weight tons ... A  new  tanker hatch  cover for  use on  petroleum tankers­**  Hatteras.  Loss of  life and major injury can  be  minimized in  such cases  gates."  The  usual  vigorous  lan­ and  barges  is  made  of  non­sparking  aluminum  and  is  said  to  provide  by  becoming  thoroiighly  acquainted  with  procedure  to follow  in  aban­ guage  which  tends  to  arise  when  a  total  dosure  against  explosive  fumes  originating  in  tanker  cargo  doning ship.  the  discussion  gets  a  little  pointed  compartments.  It  has  an  inflated  synthetic  rubber  (neoprene)  tube  Familiarity  with  whistle signals is  all­important.  The signal  for  boat  will have  to  be soft­pedaled  in  def­ in  place  of  the  usual  flax  gasket,  which  develops  leakage  after  being .  stations  is  a  minimum  of  six  short  blasts  followed  by  one  long  blast.  erence  to  the  12  pair  of  tender  in  use  only  a  shor]:  time.  Signals for handling boats are: one short blast  to lower; two short  blasts  ears in  the  room.  4.  4i  4  A  report on  the effects  of  freezing on  manila  rope  at  a  recent meet­ to stop  lowering; three  short  blasts to  dismiss from  boats.  t  4"  4"  No  matter  what  the  weather  conditions,  tropic  or  arctic,  its  is  de­ Wage Ceiling  Attacked—A group  ing  of  the  National  Safety  Council's  Maritime  Section  disclosed  that  siraUe  to  keep  some  warm  clothing  on  hand  where  it  wiil  be  readily  of  AFL,  CIO  and  independent  from  the standpoint  of  safety, the  thing  to  watch  is  the  use  of  manila  available  at  all  times.  Occasionally  it  can  happen  that  a  seaman  will  unions  representing  250,000  oil  in­ rope  in  sub­freezing  weather.  It  shouldn't  be  overloaded  as  it  is  .  not  be able  to get away in a lifeboat.  In this event it is important to  go  dustry  workers  have  joined  hands  weaker  and, further,  the  more  water  in  it, the  greater  loss of  strength  over  the  lower  side  of  a  ship  if  the  ship  is  listing.  Going  over  the  in  a  campaign  to  crack  the  wage  it suffers.  Rope treated  to repel  moisture is a  lot safer  than one  which  upper  side  means  risking "injury  from  barnacles  and  marine  growths,  ceilings  set  by  the  Wage  Stabiliza­ readily  soaks  up  water.  and  possible fractures from  hitting heels against  the  bilge keel.  Should  tion  Board.  Representatives  of  17  4;  4­  4  Movement  of  cargo  is  said  to  be  speeded  up  considerably  by  a  new  the lower side also  be the  weather side it  would  be desirable  to go over  'unions  met  in  St.  Louis  and  have  from  the  bow  or the  stem, whichever  is lower.  It is  best  to  use a  line  pledged  each  other  mutual  sup­ quarantine  set­up  in  Mobile  for  ships  from  foreign  ports.  Public  when  going into  the water.  port  for  a  program  calling  for  25  Health  Service  officials  were  expected  to  completely  abandon  Sand  Once  in  the water  the first  thing  a seaman  should  look for  is a float­ to  30  cents  hourly  wage  increases  Island  facilities  where  ships  formerly  dropped  anchor  for  quarantine  inspection  and  hold  it  from  now  on  at  dockside.  Dockside  inspection  ing  object  to  cling to.  Swimming  about  aimlessly  is  useless  and  only  and  other  benefits.  had  been  used  elsewhere  successfully  for  several  years.  exhausts a  man's strength  in  short  order.  A  lifeboat, a  raft, or  simply  4>  i  4>  a  piece  of floating  debris  to cling  to  can  mean  the  difference  between  Welfare  Benefits  OK  Due—^The  4  4  4  National  sentiment  is  growing  for  a  clear  deferment  of  merchant  survival  and  death.  Wage  Stabilization  Board  is  ex­ pected  to  put  itself  on  record  next  seamen from  the draft following disclosure  that the SIU  had succeeded,  •   4.  4,  '  4  IN  THE  LIFEBOAT,  PROPER  CARE  and  caution  should  go  a  long  Saturday  as  approving  exemption  after  months  of  plowing  throu^  red  tape,  in  winning  the  discharge  way  in  keeping  you  alive  until  you  can  be  picked  up.  Special  consid­ of  welfare  funds  from  Federal  of  an  experienced  AB  from  the  Army.  Daily  newspapers  throughout  eration  should  be  given  immediately  to  check  available  food  and  gear  wage  control  regulations.  Labor  the  country  have  begun  echoing  the  clamor  set  up  by  the  Union  and  ;  and  public  members  of  the  board  the  LOG  that  seamen  are  vital  to  the  defense  effort.  as  well  as care  of  same.  Particular  emphasis  should  be  laid  on  the  possibility  that  you  may  have  recommended  decontrol  of  4  4  4  ­T'  In  case  you  don't  spot  Ambrose  Lightship  when  coming  into  New  .  be drifting around  for a  long  period  before a  rescue is  possible. There­ welfare  programs;  which  would  fore,  allot  your food  and  water  with  the  view  that  it  may  have  to  last  mean  an 18  to  9 vote  in  the  board  York  harbor  the  next  few  weeks,  don't  worry,  you  didn't  miss  the  at  the  minimum.  This  follows  the  channel.  The  harbor's  familiar  navigation  aid  is  being  completely  several  days.  Try  and  get  some  exercise.  In  warmer  climes,  swimming  alongside  pattern  set  by  the  old  War  Labor  overhauled  at  the  St.  George,  Staten  Islan^,  Coast  Guard  base  and  the' boat is fine^lf  the sharks aren't  watching.  Don't overexpose  your­ Board  in  World  War  II  when  it  won't  be  back  at  its  regular  post  at  the  harbor  entrance  until  about  self  to  the sun  or cold.  Keep  calm  and  don't let  the situation  get  the  too  exempted  welfare  provisions  January 10.  In its  absence it  has  been  replaced  by  a  red­hulled  relief  lightship.  from  the  wartime  wage  freeze.  best  of  you.  Burty  FoUow  Burly  Erery  I«su«  fn  The  Seaiaret^  I.«y  �Face Eiriitec*  vAitigi KeflMSMf i«, IfSl  SEAFARERS  tOC  Schools Shaping Up  For Three Depts,  No Ward Yet  On Wage Rule  The  SIU has  as yet  received  no  word  as  to  the  Wage  Sta­ bilization Board's action on the  recently won contract Improve­ ments.  Pending  word  from  the  board,  some  ship  opera­ tors  have  been  paying  the  in­ creases  while  othei­s  have  not.  This  makes  no  difference  in  the  long  run,  as  when  the  ap­ proval  comes  through,  it  will  be  retroactive  in  all  cases  to  November  1, 1951.  WELFARE  BEHEFITTS  REPORT  NO.  16  Period  Covered  By Tlds  Repoii—i^ot%  ,17  Cash  On  Hand  '• • eeeeeeo  1 • *   f  • •    3245[696.0^  US  Government  Bonds  ....... •   • • • • • oeeedO'O.  754,023.44'  Estimated  Accounts  Receivable  »• • • •o  o • • •••    140,000.00­ Hospital  Benefits  Paid  in  Period.  5,166.00  Total  Hospital  Benefits  Paid'Since  July 1, 1950  84,607.00  Death Benefits  Paid  In  Period  ;...  .  13,500.00  Death Benefits  Paid  Since  July  1,  1950..... . .v.  .... i  126,666.66  (Continued  from  page  3)  auspices,  hut  plans for  this depart'  membership  committees  as  the  ment  are  still  in  the  blueprint  long­needed  set­up  for  maritime  stage.  The  course  for  engine  men  will offer schooling  in maintenance  labor.  The  actual  beginning  of­  the  and operation  of  all shipboard  gear  schools  is  still  hanging  fire,  pend­ including  winches,  evaporators,  ing  government  okay  and  final  In­ electrical  fixtures,  boilers,  engines  stallation  of  vital  gear,  but  hopes  and  machine  shop.  .  .USPHS  HOSPTTAI.  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  ; .  ,  , ;  STATEN  ISLAND,  N.  Y.  SAVANNAH.  GA,  :  /  Probably  the first  department  to  are high  that the  new year  will not  Maurice  Burnstine  ..:  13.00  A.  F.  Cohen  ....... ,15.00  be long underway  before the school  be  ready  to  roll  will  be  the  stew­ T.  Caftrey  ,...., 15.00  Pat  G.  Daugherty.ggW  15.00  Domingo Camacho  ..,.'13.00  Carl D.  Lowery.,.i7Kv.............  Ui.OO,  ards  because  the  headquarters  bell chimes  for the  first  time.  Charles  CantweU  10.00  R.  A.  Sharpo...,,...  15.00,  building already  has at  its disposal  Jack  M.  Dalton  ...  ....T  15.  Bruce  E.  Webb  15.00  For  the  deck  school,  arrange­ John  J.  Devine• .  15.  ments  are  being  made  to  set  up  a  every  conceivable  facility  of  ship­ Harry  J.  Drummer  15.00  board  galley,  messhall,  bakeshop  C.  V.  Francis  15.00  ;79.tM  complete rigging  loft  and  practical  WiHlam  Gleseh  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL'  and  butcher shop  in  the  shiny  new  classroom  as  well  as  lectures  and  John  Gordon  .. .CtT.  . .V.',".  10.00  BOSTON. MASS.  1.  B.  Grierson  i,':'..'.  15.00  J. J. Flaherty...  10.00  movies  in  seamanship  and  foc'sle  cafeteria.  Special  effort  was  util­ H.  C.  Johnson  ...rTTT".....  15.00  George  Vourloumis  13.00  ized to obtain  and install equipment  maintenance.  Thomas  Kustas  '....­  15.00  (Continued  from  page  2)  f.»  identical  to  that  aboard  ship.  Michael  Linko  i. • . ­• 10.00  25.00  Those  seeking  lifeboat  certif­ A.  McGuigan  15.00  icates  will  be  able  to  obtain  same  A  comprehensive  study has  been  on.  The contract  gives  the  officers  John  BELLEVUE  HOSPITAL  McLaughlin  15.00  NEW  YORK, N.  Y.  15.00  after logging  the required  hours at  made  of  the steward  set­ups of  the  complete  parity  with  west  coast  Geo. Mohan  ..  19.00  Charies  Moravec  .... i....vi'10.00  Francis  T.  D1  Carlo  a  dockside  lifeboat  to  be  main­ steamship  companies  under  SIU  contract  conditions.  Eugene  P.  O'Brien  a.,.'..Ji' 15:00  contract  and  of  much  available  USPHS  HOSPITAL '  Preussler  '..  33.00  tained  on  the  waterfront  near  the  The  money  provisions  Of  the  Otto  SAN  FRANCISCO  •  !  Pukko  10.00  new Hall.  ,A Coast  Guard represen­ material  offered  by  sister  AFL  agreement  are  retroactive  to  Oc­ T.  ......."r.....  20.00  Juan  Rueda  15.00  N;  Cartwright  ..  Jose  Saigado ;15.00  tative  will  stand  hy  to  see  that  unions  in  the  culinary  field  in  20.00  Samuel  B.  Setiifl  15.00  things  go  according  to  Hoyle  oTi  order to make  the school  a success.  tober  1.  James  Stickney  ;...VVJ.'.  15.00  !.• ! fiVi  ­ Difficulties  arose  over  the  wel­ Stanley  Sweinckoski  USPHS '  HOSPITAt .'  15.00  manning  and  rowing  the  boat,  as  Experienced  lecturers  and  stew­ SEATTLE., WASH.  Henry  Watson  13.00  well  as  actual  hoisting  and  lower­ ards,  cooks  and  bakers  right  off  fare  fund  clause .when  the  opera  Jose  35.00  W.  Wiscoviche  15.00  Emil  Austad  the  ships  will  help  keep  things  • I,  ing  it  from  the  davits.  A  further  tors  at  first  refused  to  reopen  the  35.00  humming  for  the  fledglings  who  .300,00  aid  will  he  the  availability  of  an­ contract  to  discuss  the  question  of  will  attend  the  school.  USPHS  HbSPlT.AL"  •   USPHS HOSPITAL  .  other  lifeboat  right  at  the  hall  for  increasing  the  daily  contribution  ­  WILMINGTON,  CALIF.  NORFOLK, VA.  , ­ classroom  lecture.  Eventually,  Uniform  record  keeping  and  Once  this  point  had  been resolved  Lawrence  DuBeau  40.00  35.00  .lulian  N.  Adams  maintenance  will  he  taught  so  that  Edw.  L."Prltchard..,.i'.'ii..........  40:00  Roy  M.  Green...'  70.00  those  taking  the  course  will  take  they  readily  agreed  to  go  along  Robert  Edw. TeSko  .. i  H­.;. < ;..,.. .7  60.00'  all  SIU  ships  will  have  identical  Hunsucker  15.00  actual  tests right  at  quayside.  M.  Peacock  50.00  operation  in  the  stpward  depart­ with the  25­cent per day  increase.  Thomas  130.00  Bianton  Petty  15.00  Blueprint  Stage  ments  and  not  the  patchwork  of  Leaders of the  MM&P were high  Shirley  E.  Roundtree  .  .  80.00  MANHATTAN  BEACH  HOSPITAL  James E.  Webb  20.00  Training for black gang rates will  methods  that  exists  today.  ly satisfied  with the  outcome of  the  BROOKLYN,  N.  Y.  also  be  furnished  under  Union  The  whole  program,  when  full  negotiations,  calling  the  contract  50.00  285.00  Robert  Atniore  Rupert  A.  Biake...nJ.".  50.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  steam is  up,  will  enable  the  novice  the  best  of  its  kind  anywhere  in  Claude  F.  Blanks.i.....­.• r.'  30.00  GALVESTON.  TEXAS  50.00  seaman  to  train  in any  department  the  world,  and  recognition  of  the  Tobc  Beams  ;.  15.00  Edmund  Blossef  Matthew  Bruno .'....  Z..,...'  30.00  W.  Lipscomb  15.00  and  emerge  fully  equipped  to  do  importance of  the merchant  marine  W.  L.  E.  McCune  25.00  Charles  Burton  ..;.TIT..20.00  Walter Chalk  f  SQ.OO  officer to  the nation.  a top  job at  his assigned  billet.  Fiorencio P.  Marques  lO.OO  30.00  A.  •   M.  Morse  .t  15.00  Jack  M.  Ddltoh.... J.. I;.'  .. .'  50.00  James Dawson  Buriey  MankirU  45.00  John  T.  DriscoU... .?^  J.  Espinoza  ... .'  50.00  Charles Dawson wishes  to inform  125.00  Thomas  D.  EzzeU­..ivi) 50.00  E.  Ferrer  ...  50.00  you  that  he  has  moved  to  1910  Robert  E.  Gelbert.,50.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Mermaid  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Fred Grimes  ....... .'J.........  90.00  BALTIMORE,  MD.  I • 0 0    • •  •  «   Welfare Rise  Ends  MMP Contract Beef'  4«  4"  i  . F.  Shcdd  New  LOG  Bows in:  More NewSf  Photos  John  Barron  '.  25.00  John  G.  Berkenkeper  15.00  Comeiio CastiUo  i.... 25.00  Anthony  Catalfano  10.00  Jessie  A.  Clarke  30.00  Percy  Cranford  10.00  Harold  Crook  ,,..20.00  Steven Frankiewicz  15.00  Joseph F.  Goude  10.00  Patrick  J.  Green... .T..  10.00  Carroll  Harthausen  ...^  15.00  Albert  A.  Hawkins  TtT.  10.00  Charies  Ingram  25.00  Luman  A.  Johnson  25.00  John  J.  Lawton  n­er  ;  10.00  Miguel  Mora  .'  30.00  Jack  D.  Morrison  vrff.  15.00  William  Osmudsen *  15.00  Lemuel Padgett  25.00  Jack  A.  Predon...,  15.00  Claude  Randolph  .frrrt  30.00  George  Reir  10.00  Ruperto  Rivera  ..... t............. 25.00  Robert  W. Scales  25.00  Ralph  South  25.00  R.  South  20.00  WiliUm  Wilcher  10.00  Lewis Williamson  .... .T .. I  ' 10.00  Norman  Wrye  ...25.00  •  I  • ''UI  ';St|  •  '.­fi  .John  W.  Keenan,,.50.00  Fred  Landry  ..  ...,  50.00  Robert  F.  Larson. i..'...tTT?7..,';.  35.00  James Lawior  50.00  Arthur  Lomas  45.00  David  McUreath  40.00  Ciiltord  Middieton.....  45.00  Vic  Aftlazzo  „  10.00  George  Moore  ............  50.00  B. Murphy  50.00  Constantine  Nakris  45.00  R.  Ratcilffe  ...............  '50.00  G.  Schumaker  ....... /....  45.00  Timothy  Sullivan  50.00  Albert  D. Thompson  ......  .50.00  Your  daughter,  Mrs.  Evelyn  Ma­ rullo, 1212  Esplanade  Avenue, New  Orleans,  La.,  is  worried  about  you  events and  photographs are  always  (Continued  from  page  3)  and asks  that you  get in  touch with  in  which  the  reader  is  interested.  welcome.  If  you  have  anything  her.  The  paper  will  he  printed  on  a  which  you  think  would  he  of  in­ 4  4  4"  rotary  press,  instead  of  the  old  terest  to  the  membership  bring  it  Boyd  Davis  Your mother  is anxious  that  you  flatbed  type..  Use  of  the  rotary  In  to  the  office  or  mail  it  to  us.  get  in  touch  with  her  at  108  S.  not  only  makes  for faster  handling  In  this  way  you  can  help  reach  l,2df 00  Fourth  Street,  Wilmington,  N.  C.  hut  should  provide  better  repro­ our  objective  of  making  the  LOG  the  most  stimulating  and  most  in­ duction  of  photographs  than  form­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  4  4  4  SAN  JUAN,  P.  K^  erly. This  arises from  the fact  that  formative  newspaper  in  the  mari­ Thomas  Calvin  Louis  Miranda  VTTTT. .  20.00  time field.  engravings  no  longer  have  to  he  An  important  letter  is  being  20.00  held for  you  at  SIU  Headquarters.  mounted  on  wood  blocks.  A  slight  warp  in  the  wood,  or  an  irregu­ SPRING  GROVE STATE  HOSPITAL  See  Assistant  Secretary­Treasurer  _  SPRING  GROVE"  MD.  ­ larity  in the  thickness of  the  block,  Robert  Matthews,  Room  306.  Thoihas  Greaney  80.00  was enough  to blur  detail and  cause  444  "  90.O0I  poor  reproduction  of  photographs.  Stephen Kamiski  USPHS  HbSPITAL  Additional  Features  You can  get in  touch  with  Paddy  945.00  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA1.1F.  (Continued  from  page  3)  Farrell, c/o  SIU Headquarters,  675  Sylvester  Walker  TTI:..­50.00  Readers  will  also  note  the  addi­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  Thpmas  Isaksen  ..to...... 299.00  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  tion  of  several  new  features. Since  family from getting the  body home.  MOBILE!  ALA.  '..  25.00  Speaking  to  the  membership .at  "Thomas  L.  Ankerson  the  LOG  is  the  only  medium  of  349.00  4  4­4  Jacob L.  Buckelew  .'  25.00  George  W.  Ford  communication  between  the  Union  the  New  York  meeting,  Secretary­ Tim  Burke  .v.  25.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  35.00  Robert  Phillips  wants  to  hear  and  a  very  large  percentage  of  its  Treasurer Paul Hall referred  to the  Sam  Henry  ... ...11 in  NORFOLK,  VA.  H.  Jones  VTTt.  25.00  Shirley  E.  Rountrec  ^  .. 75.00.  from  you  regarding  loan  he  made  members,  these  features as  well  as  letter from the father, John  R.  Mil­ J.  Alien  B.  Lynn  15.00  LesUe  Jackson  Tfr.  . .197.00  15.00  on  Tuskegee  Victory.  Contact  him  other material  are  designed to keep  ler,  a  member  of  Carpenter  Local  Robert L.  Peacock  William  J.  Rawles  V. i.... 33.00  272.00  c/o SIU  Hall,  675  4th  Ave.,  Brook­ the membership  better informed  on  2137, in Fulton,  Mo., and requested  Joseph  Saxon  '. v;..'.  25.00  25.00  lyn,  N.  Y.  maritime  and  national  news.  Im­ membership okay  for full  payment  Thomas Scanion  •   VINEYARD  HAVEN  HOSPITAL  E.  Shepherd..  100.00  VINEYARD  HAVEN,  MASS.  proved  coverage  of  the  outports  of  expenses,  and  further,  the  go­ Bernard  4  4  4  Howard  O.  Wimams.  .  25.00  James R.  Porter.........  •  30.00  Vaccination  books  belonging  to  is  another  objective  of  the  paper,  ahead  from  the  brothers  to  seek  a  375.00  50.00  ) .>»*Mario  Lopez  and  Fowler  P.  Chil­ and  district  wide  news  will  he  ex­ full  $2,500  death  benefit  from  the  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  dress  are  being  held  at  the  Head­ panded  accordingly.  Welfare  Fund  for  the  family.  It  is  USPHS  HOSPITAL  .  Arch  35.00  FORT STANTON,  N.  M,  quarters  Mail  Room,  675  Fourth  In  addition  to  the  regular  fea­ expected  that  the  request  will  re­ J. L.  Wilson  O.  Cara..  10.00  Donald  McDonald  .........ST:;.  .  90.00  25.00  Frederick  Frennette  .  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  tures  which  will  appear  in 'every  ceive  favorable  action  when  put  Oliver  Ceiestine  i.;.,  ,  45.00  Lawrence  D.  Cook...fi^  .,25.00  Clarence  D,  Shlveiy  .  50.00  issue,  special  feature  articles  are  before  the  Welfare  trustees  by  the  Rogclio Cruz  444.  ....i­rrr*.  23.00  Frank  Devery  .,...25.00  The following men  who left  gear  in  preparation.  They  will  he  con­ Union.  149.00  Jesse T.  Everett  25.00  aboard the  SS Republic  (Trafalgar)  cerned  with  current  developments  The  Citrus  Packer  was  at  the  WiUiam E.  Evitt  ..; 25.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  15.00  . can  claim it at  the offices  of  Baker,  in maritime  so as  to keep  members  time  on  the  shuttle  run  from  Ja­ Earl  D.  Ferree..  MEMPHIS, ­VENN. M ?  E.  Gross  .TTTT  25.00  John  B.  Hegarty...............45.00  Carver  and  Morrell,  201  So.  Front  abreast  of  the  constant  changes  in  pan  to  Korea  carrying  war  cargo.  E.  Darwin  E.  Jessup.,^.,  25.00  VlrgU  E.  WUmoth...,50.00  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  Ducett,  the  industry.  D.  D.  KeUy....:^  25.00  Leo  H.  tang..,.TTT....  i  25.00  83.00  Espall,  James  Carey,  A.  Murphy,  Subject  to  Change  WiUiam  F.  Lynaugh  25.00  DEERSHEAD  STATE  HOSPITAL  Puzzle Answer  Edward  Andersen  and  Curry.  R.  Mauromoto  10.00  SALISBURY,_MD,  ;  This  is  an  ambitious  program  John  Mayrbat  • •  «• • • • aib • «• ••  • • • 2")<00  • • • •mchael J. Lucas........ .CT7M."  /  VV  S0­W  4  4  4  and  its  success  depends  in  large  Sam  McDonald  ...TTT.  25.00  The following  men who  left gear  part  on  active  participation  by  the  R.  R.  McLish  13.00  80.00  K.  Raana  25.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  .  _  .  aboard  the  McKettrick  Hills (West.  membership.  The  LOG  has  above  Claude  A. Ray....'.....  25.00  FT.  WORTH,  TEXAS '  •  ^  • QIOQaQaOQ  C.  E.  Reed..  Tankers)  can  pick  it  up  at  the  of­ all  been  the  memberships'  paper  23.00  Joseph P.  Wise...  »ie.y)  Horace  H.  Tostet....  25.00  fices of  Baker,  Carver and  Morrell,  and  headquarters  intends  to  keep  Lomie  R.  Tickle  .....V23;00  "  eo.oof  201  So.  Front  Street,  Philadelphia,  it  that  way.  All  of  the  standing  Louis  J.  wuiij  !Tr;,........;Vi  23.oo  MOTHER  HOSPITAL''­ iK,­N.'yj'­•   NEW  Yi  John W.  Young....  25.00  Pa.:  W.  Filiponi,  Angel  Valdez,  features  as  well  as  anything  else  James  TannehlU  .  ; .  Oo.bo  Charles  Diacharia,  Neil  Sykes,  R.  that  appears  in  the  paper  is  suh­ '885.00  •  SKSO­­ W.  Kloppel.  ject. ,t_Q ..eb^Jtvge ­  imprcvement,  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAI,.,,  DEATH  BENEFITS  '  ­ Harold  naroiu  J.  J.  iieneiez...7.  Benetez...7..'.  1500.00  .  LONG  BEACH,  CALIF.  , .  in  accordance  with  the  needs  and  Julian  M.' Adams  Jr.40.00  Charles  E .Sanchez..,^,....,.,  ~  ~  "  •   2S00.OO  The following  men  who left  gear  interests  of  the  membership.  Oath  H.  MOody'  13DO:00  • •  • • •  • • •   ; aboard  the  Federal  (Trafalgar)  can  The  SEAFARERS  LOG  staff  in­ • • • VETEitANS  HOSPITAti  '  '  Thomas 'M.' White'.. ]  , 25fo.Q0  LONG  BEACH,  CALIF.  ;  /  Marion  M.  Gorman..,/.  1 1...],.,.I'1300.00  • • • • • • • • • • • • •   pick  it  up  from  Goff  and  Page,  vites  all  members  to  write  and  let  Edward  L.  Prltchard  40.00  Ronald L.  Shortell.,;,.,ISOO.OO  Providence, R.  I.;  Gordon  Fleming,  us  know  what  you  think  of  the  Edward  Tesko  '50,00  Tty^ve  Stocfcsta^  ,..,^. 2500.00  Andrew  Lettus,  Orville  Collins.  paper  and  its  contents.  Reports  of  80.00  Sill Is Bringing  Slain Member  Home  I  • QEa  • • • QBtaSG    mna  tsaa  • • SQQ  mmmm  • • • mmma    SBEa  DQS  aaaQn  • • Fa ojso .  • • •nrnzr­maufs  •   • • • •saca  .•   Qsa  >'• 1  �Tt^ Nfai^cM  SEAFARERS  LOG  CEOROI  A.  LAWSQN  (PacHle  R«nf«).  Ocf.  7—Chairman,  Mhn^ Mwrray;  Cacra*  tary/  Rnniaeiwal  CeHis.  Oelegatea  report­ ad no  beefi.  One  man  joined  ship in  Ant­ wen>. •   Crew  messman  and  pantryman  must  agree  to  cooperate  otherwise  their  dismissal  from  our  organization  will  be  recommended.  MASSM^nCalmar),  Oct.  SB—Chair­ man,  JesO  Puckett;  Sacretary,  Seymour  Osiofsky.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Steward  asked  the  crew  to  try  and  cut  down  on  the  use  of  coffee  as  be  is  run­ ning  short  and  reported  the  old  eggs  from  last  trip  were  removed.  He  also  asked  the  crew  to  stop  making  toasted  cheese  in  the  toaster.  Men  voted  for  kn  TUEKE6EE  VICTORY  (Coral),  Ocf.  7—  automatic  time  switch  for  the  washing  Chairman,  Richard  E.  Ransome;  Secre­ machine.  tary,  Fred  B.  Nealy.  Delegates  reported  disputed  overtime  in  New  York  in  regard  SALEM  MARITIME  (Clfles  Service),  Oct.  to  gangway.  Motion  made  and  carried  31—Chairman,  John  Ohannlslan;  Sacre­ that  delegates  chOck  en' Bhen,  slopchest  tary,  Al  Whitmar.  Dlscuasion  on  keeping  and  stores before  sign­oh as  an ran  short.  messroom  clean  by  taking  cups  away  A  talk  was  given  by  ship's  delegate  on  and  putting  things  back  in  Icebox.  Chief  the  MTD  bulletin  with  an  interpretation  cook  reported  that  Ice  boxes  are'  to  be  of  its importance.  The  Welfare  Plan  was  washed  down  soon  and  also  new  stores  discussed  and  the  members  shown  fie  wni  be  checked  in  New  Zealand.  constant  progress  being  made.  ROBIN  WENTLEY  (Robin),  Oct.  32—  Chairman,  Jackson)'  Secretary,  Ray  Sa­ dowski.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Dis­ cussion  on  the  cleanliness  of  the  laundry  room.  It  was  suggested  that  clothes  be  removed  from  dryer  when  dry.  Men  were  asked  to  return  cups  and  dishes  to  the  pantry  after  using  them.  KYLE  V.  JCNNSON  (South  AN.),  Oct.  31—Chairman,  Yeaties;  Secretary,  Taylor.  Everyone  is  to  be  careful  wil t  the  wash­ ing  machine,  as  the  company  was  kind  enough  to  put  one  almard.  T  shirts  are  to  be  worn  at  meal  time.  \  NATHANIEL  SiLSBEE  (South  AH.),  Oct.  14—Chairman, Smithj  Secretary,  Pea­ cock.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs:  no  disputed  overtime. The  crewmembers left  the  washing  machine  in a  dirty  condition.  If  the  men  had  bought  the  machine  in'  stead  of  the  company  it  woiUd  have  been  taken  care  of  bef  " after.  CAROLYN  (Bull),  Oct.  3S—Chairman,  Ben  Lawson;  Sacretary, E.  Falrcloth.  Dele­ gates  reported  no  beefs.  Communication  read  from  headquarters  regarding  up­ grading.  Discussion  about  painting  mesa­ room  and  revamishing  messroom  furni­ ture.  YORKMAR  (Caintar),  Oct.  ,  3«—Chair­ man,  C.  Cartar;  Secretary^ H.  Koontz.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs,  and  no  dis­ plited  overtime.  Motion  made  and  car­ ried  for  delegates  of  each  department  to  form  committee  to  prepare  solid  list  of  repairs.  'B  PETROLITE (Mathlasen), Oct. 24—Chair­ man,  Stanley  F.  Schuyler;  Secretary,  Ma­ nuel  Paperman.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  All  the  fans  are  to  be  repaired.  .'Buggested  that  all  hands  donate  volun­ tarily  to  ship's  fund.  Ship's  delegate  would  like  information  concerning  scal­ ing  and  painting  in  pumproOm  below  gratings.  BERTRAM  6.­60ODHUS  (Mississippi),  Sept.  34—Chairman,  Johii  Mohoney;  Sec­ retary,  none  given.  Delegates  reported  everything  allright.  Discussion  was  held  .  oh  cleaning  of  the  laundry  room,  also  on  the  salt  tablet  situation.  Discussion  on  percolators.  Two  were  burned  out  and  there  are" none  left.  There  was'a  talk  on  the  stores  situation,  '  Oct.  14—Chairman,  none  given;  Secre­ tary,  W.  T.  Resley.  Discussion  on  repair  lists.  Discussion  on  steward's  depart­ ment's overtime.  Talk  on r^eation  room  cleaning  system.  WINTER  HILL  (CINes  Service),  Oct.  39  —Chairman,  Walter  (Sardner;  Secretary,  Joseph  Strohmeyer.  Chifef  cooH was  asked  to  use  more  seasoning  in  food.  Bookmen  askCd  to  cooperate  in  teaching  permits  and  work  cardmen  the  functions  of  the  Union  and  the  proper  way  to  conduct  themselves  on  an  SlU  ship..  OCEANSTAR  (Triton),  Oct.  31—Chair­ man,  Charlie  Copena;  Secretary,  C.  Dwyer.  Ship's delegate  reported ail's  well  with the  exception  of  the  water  situation.  Suggestion  that  the  recreation  room  be  kept  clean.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  stew­ ards' department  for  a  job  well  done.  JOSEPH  PULITZER  (South  Atlantic),  Oct.  15­^halrman,  J.  Gates;  Secretary,  Al  Pletrowskl.  General  discussion  on food  from  galley.  Motion  made  for  delegates  to  get  together  about  night  cook  and  baker.  No  whistling  or  singing  in  star­ board  side  P'.ssageway  urged  on  account  of  men  off  watch.  CALMAR  (Calmgr), Oct.  7—Chairman,  B.  Snow;  Secretary,  James  Archie.  Dele­ gates  reported  one  ,  beef. •   Suggestion  made  that  each  watch clean  the  mess hall  and  recreatioh  hall.  All  hands  were  told  not  to  mess  the  ship  dnd  to  be  sober  in  port.  SOUTHERN  DISTRICTS (Southern Trad­ ing),  Nov.  4—Chairmen,  John  Wolde;  Sec­ retary,  CecllaPawlsh.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay,  no  beefs.  Suggestion  to  OKI  have  more  milk.  Steward  said  he  would  order  it.  Departmental  delegates^ made  out  repair  lists  to  be  handed  in  at  Nor­ folk  when ghip  pays  off  at  end  of  month.  gaterman),  Oct.  3g—  Kinter;  ­  Secretary,  Chalmers  Stevens.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Discussions  about  instailing  radio  speaker! in.; recreation  roopn .  aft.  Com­ plaints  about  men  wbo  are not  on  watch  drinking  the  watch's  coffee and  not  mak­ ing  any  more.  The  crewmembers  were  'Pcul  plug  on  washij(g  iOaCiune  when finished;,  ''ii  T­';  >  ,  <  BINGHAMTON  VICTORY.iEult), .Nov, 4  —(jhalrman,  L.  Walberg;  Secretary/  V,  Stefanlck.  Delegates  reported  ho  bei^fs  pr 'disputed  overtime  iii;, ap}(, of  .the  Afy  partments.  Discussions  heidj .oh'  education.  Men  leaving  ship  should  square  away  ^elf . forecastles  before  departure.  SHIPS' MEETINGS ...  NOONDAY  (Waterman),  Oct.  7—Chair­ SANTORE  (Ore),  Aug.  3fr­Chairman,  ROBIN  MOWBRAY  (Saas  Shipping).  man,  O.  E.  Jones;  Secratary,  B.  Mace.  T.  Jones; Secretary,  A.  R.  Waiitier.  Dele­ Nov.  to—Chairman,  F.  Ross;  Secretary,  L.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs,  everything  running  shipshape.  Discussion  on  keep­ ing  the  laundry  clean.  It  was  decided  that  each  department  would  alternate  each  week.  Ail  hands  agreed  to  keep  the  messhall  clean.  STONY  CREEK  (Mar  Trade),  Nov.  It­ Chairman,  P.  Binnemans:  Secretary,  J.  Thommcn.  Motion  made  tliat  everyone  help  to  keep  the  messhall  clean.  One  of  the  subjects  discussed  was  on  the  new  wage  increase.  The  crew  would  like  to  know  if  this  company  will  pay  the  new  wage  increase  as  of  November  1,  1951.  ANSON  MILLS  (Seat  Shipping),  Sept.  3  —Chairman,  Stanley  R.  Yodriss;  Secre­ tary,  Robert  Rayfield.  Delegates reported  no  beefs.  Arrangements  made  to  take  care  of  washing  machine,  laundry  room  and  the  recreation  room.  All  excess  bag­ gage  to be  kept  out  of  sight  or  stowed  in  special  locker  provided  by  the  ship.  List  of  small repairs  to be  given to chief  mate.  gates  reported  everything  running  smooth.  There  was  one  beef  which  will  be  taken  up  with  the  boarding  patrolman.  An  open  discussion  was  held  to  better  educate  the  permitmen  with  a  few  of  the  Union's  policies.  ^ /  Galuska.  Repair  lists  to  be  turned  in  as  soon  as  possible.  No  beefs.  Motion  to  jiurehase  a  gift  for  the  purser  as  a  token  of  the  crew's  gratitude  for  hie  showing  of  the  movies.  Motion  made  to  alternate  the  ship's  meeting  from  now  on  so  that  all  watches  wiU  U  have  hav  an  op­ ROBIN  SHERWOOD  (Seas  Shipping),  portunity  to  attend  at  least  once  during'  Nov.  4—Chairman,  J.  O'Rourke;  Secre­ the  voyage.  Motion  carried.  tary,  W.  Smith,  jr.  Discussion  on  cold  drinks  served  with  meals.  Chief  cook  suggests  sliip  be  fumigated.  Ail  repairs  JEAN  LAFITTE  (Waterman),  Nov.  13—  are. to  be  turned  In  to  the  department  Chairman,  Boson;  Secretary,  J.  Brown.  delegates.  Delegate  reported  everyttiing  shipshape.  No  disputed  overtime.  Steward  was  GREECE  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  asked  to  spemf  meal  time  in  mess  hall  Nov.  7—Chairman,  A.  T.  Arnold;  Secre­ when meals  are  being  served.  tary,  A.  Nolierinl.  Everytliing  is  satisfac­ tory  other  than  general  dissatisfaction  with  food.  The  entire  crew  feels  that  VENORE  (Ore),  Nov.  It—Chairman,  there  has  been  a  great  drop  in  feeding  George  W.  Buker, Jr.;  Secretary,  William  over  the  previous  trip.  The  steward  wel­ Powell.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  comed  any  suggestions  that  the  crew  Motion  made  by  slup's  delegate  to  could  offer  to  improve  the  food.'  recreation  room  cleaner,  and  to  more  shipboard  meetings.  RICE  VICTORY  (South  AH.),  Oct.  10—  Chairman,  Kennath  Roberts;  Secretary,  Louis  Kriston.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Ship's  delegate  stated  that  too  much  Information  from  the meeting  is go­ ing  .  topside.  Motion  made  and  carried  BULL  RUN  (Petrel  Tankers),  Oct.  I—  CITY  OF  ALMA  (Waterman),  Nov.  S—  that  delegate  see  the  captain  about  hav­ Chairman,  R.  Rol>orton;  Secretary,  J.  Chairman,  Georga  Chandler;  Secretary,  WILLIAM  A.  GRAHAM  (V/atarman),  ing a  regular  time  to open  the slop  chest.  Hannay.  Delegates  repotted  that  the  cap­ Leo  Marsh.  Delegates  reported  all  was  tain  would  buy  gear  for  men  who  need  well  and  no  beefs  to  speak  of.  Motion  Nov.  14—Chairman,  Ed.  Tarrington;  Sec­ retary,  L.  Munna.  Ship's  delegate  re­ made  to  have  ^aptain  demote  baker  to  it  at  Port  Said  but  ndt  to  order  unless  ported  that  everything  has  been  run­ REPUBLIC  (Trafalgar),  Nov.  2—Chair­ they intended  to take  supplies.  The mem­ saloon  pantryman  and  to  promote  saloon  ning  smooth.  Brother  TannehUl  moved  man,  Al  Buck;  Sacretary,  Sam  Coselia.  bership  was  asked  to  keep  quiet  in  the  pantryman  to  baker.  that  "The  crew  of  the  SS  William  A.  Dolegates  reported  ' no  beefs,  Motion  passageways so  that  the  watch  can  sleep.  Graham  gives  a  vote  of  confidence  and  made  and  seconded  that  small  vise  be  GATEWAY  CITY  (Watarman),  Nov.  13  thanks  to  the  negotiating  committee  for  installed In  boiler  room  to secure  burners  YAKA  (Waterman),  Nov.  4—Chairman,  —Chairman,  E.  Dakin;  Secretary,  G.  SM­ the  last  agreement,  which  is,  without  a  while  they  are  being  cleaned.  t23.19  In  Higginboihan;  Secretary,  Lowe.  Delegates  vestrl.  S30  in  ship's  fund.  Discussion  on  tlie  best  we  nave  acliieved  in  the  ship's fund.  Discussion  to get  new  library  reported no  beefs.  Sliip's fund  bias a  total  buying  a  sandwich  grille  for  crew  out  of  doubt,  of  $73.60.  Motion  made  and ^conded  the  ship's  fund.  Motion  made  and  car­ last  ten  years."  when  in Eagle  Point.  that  no  donation  will  be  made To  memo­ ried  to  give  SIU  officials  responsible  for  rial at  Kings Point  without  consent  of  the.  the  new  wage  increase  a  vote  of  thanks  THOMAS  J.  RUSK  (Alcoa),  O.^.  38  —  Union.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  tiave  and  ALEXANDER  H.  STEPHENS  (Bull),  Oct.  negotiating  confidence  in  obtaining  the finest  Chairman,  William  McCarthy;  Sacretary,  committee  see  'Waterman  Stanley  J.  Solskl.  Ship's  delegate  re­ II—Chairman,  Guy  Merlaslna;  Secratary,  agreement  in  maritime  Industry.  ported  minor  beefs  but  they  were  Charles  MacTavan.  Delegates  reported  almut  obtaining  innerspring  mattresses  straightened  out.  Vote  of  thanks  for  everything  running  smoottily.  Motion  as  soon  at  possitde.  ^  TADDEI IShipentar),  Nov.  4—Chairman,  stewards  department  for  doing  a  fine  made  and  carried  that  a  ship's  fund  be  M.  P.  LInskey;  SecKfary, Calvin  J.  Webb.  ROBIN  KETTERING  (Seas  Shipping),  Delegates  reported  everyttiing  running  job.  Discussion  on keeping  the  mess hail  established  and  each  man  to  put  in  $2.  Several  members  talked  of  upgrading,  Oct.  7—Chairman,  Sidney  LIpschitz;  Sec­ smooth.  The  laundry  room  should,  be  clean.  urging  new  men  to  take  advantages  of  retary,  MIka  Zelonka.  S54.36  reported  in  better  taken  care  of.  opportunities  they  liave  to  Improve  them­ ship's  fund.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  ALCOA  PURITAN  (Aicoa),  Nov.  11—  contact  patrolman  to  see  if  the  sitip  can­ selves  if  they  continue  going  to  sea.  not  be  fumigated.  Motion  made  to  luve  JOSHUA  B.  LIPPINCOTT  (Alcoa),  Oct.  Chairman,  B. M.  Moya;  Secretary,  Vernon  Hall.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  Bendix  washing  machine  repairman  caU  29—Chairman,  Wesley  Young;  Secretary,  ship's  delegates  stated  that  new  library  CATAHOULA  (Cuba  Diftllllng),  Nov.  7  to  overhaul  the  automatic  washer  while  E.  Bryan.  Delegates  reported  no  l)eefs,  books  could  be  obtained  in  Bermuda.  —Chairman,  W.  Johnson;  Secretary,  ship  Is  in  the  States.  The  purser  atioard  no  disputed  overtime.  Steward  depart­ Memorandum  of  new agreement  was read  Adelph  Capote.  . Delegates  reported  few  ship  does  not  cooperate  on  the  handling  ment  agreed  to  keep  the  recreation  room  to  the  membership  and  accepted.  The  clean  and  deck  and  engine  department  cooks were  asked to  cut  down on  salt.  hours  disputed  overtime.  Steward  sJig­ of  draws  and  medicine.  agreed  to  keep  the  laundry  clean.  gested  to  the  crew  that  they  give  him  more  cooperation  by  turning  in  all  the  TRANSATLANTIC  (National  Trading  soiled  linen  and  the  excess  clean  linen  and  Shipping),  Oct.  4—Chairman,  Georga  Nov.  4—Chairman,  W.  Young;  Secra­ BULL  RUN (Mathlasen),  Nov. 13—Chair­ that  they  may  have  on  hand.  Clark;  Secretary,  Clayton  Frost.  Ship's  tary,  E.  Bryan.  Delegates  reported  no  man, Roy  Robersen; Secretary,  J.  Hannay.  delegate requests  that all hands  cooperate  beefs.  Crewmembers  were  asked  to  co­ Delegates  reported  no  beefs,  some  dis­ in  keeping  laundry  and  recreation  room  operate  in  keeping  noise  down.  "Ehe  puted  overtime.  "Borrowing"  ship­gear  NOONDAY  (Waterman),  Oct.  31—Chair­ cleaner.  Twenty­five  cents fine  to  be  im­ baker  was  asked  to  improve  his  cook­ or  personal  gear  shall  not  be  tolerated  man/  D;  E.  Jones;  Secretary,  B.  Mace.  posed  on  anyone  caught  putting  shoes  on  ing  and  baking.  and  parties involved  shaU  be  punished  by  Delegates  reported  no  Ifteefs,  some  dis­ chairs.  the  membership.  Motion  moved  and  car­ puted  overtime  In  stewards  department.  ried to  buy  books in  England  out  of  sliip's  EVELYN  (Bull),  Nov.  11  —  Chairman,  Ship's  delegate  will  collect  donations  at  Nov.  4—Chairman,  Georga  Clark; Secre­ N.  D.  Hanson;  Secratary,  E.  C.  Dacey.  fund.  payoff  to  repair  washing  machine.  Sug­ tary,  Clayton  Frost.  Delegates  reported  Delegates  reported  everything  in  good  gestion  ttiat  all  men  who  are  getting  off  no  beefs.  Steward  reminded  to  improve  order.  All  crewmembers  asked  to  do­ JEFFERSON  CITY  VICTORY  (Victory  leave  quarters  clean  for  the  new  men.  menus and  night  lunches.  Sliip's delegate  nate  Si  to  the  ship's  fund.  The  steward  Carriers),  Nov.  2—Chairman,  Jack  Bales;  will  accept  donations  for  seaman's  chil­ was  asked  to  buy  cards  and  games  for  Secretary,  A.  Huffart.  Discussion on clean­ dren  fund  at  payoff.  the  crew.  The  repair  list  is  to  be  ing  of  domestic  tanks  which  were  not  JOSEPH  A.  BROWN  (Bull),  Oct.  7—  turned  into  the  ship's  delegate  before  cleaned on  the last  trip.  Complaints about  Ohairmsn,  James  Hanners;  Secretary,  arriving  in  New  York.  noise  from  water  pipes  which  wUl  be  re­ Johnny  Hctzell.  Delegates  reported  no  MASSILLON  VICTORY  (Eastern),  Nov.  ported  to  the  engineers.  Additional  dis­ Sandy  Zwicker;  Secretary,  beefs.  Suggestion  that all  doors be  locked  11—Chairman,  cussion on  repairs which  will  be turned  in  on  the  main  deck  except  the  one  at  the  Alex  Janes.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  .ROBERT  LANSING  (Bull),  Nov.  4  —  to  the  department  Sel  delegates.  departments  were  asked  to  cooperate  Chairman,  F.  Fullbright;  Secretary,  F.  gangway.  Crew  advised  to  take  more  All  care  in  keeping  the  messroom  and  pas­ in  keeping  the  recreation  room  clean.  Throp.  Delegates  reported  ail  in  order.  sageway  clean.  Crew  also  advised  to ­pull  $18.00  in  ship's  treasury.  Report  on  letter  The  bosun  and  the  saloon  messman  to  SEACOMET  (Coloniair,  Nov.  7—Chair­ the  plug  on  the  washing  machine  or  the  to  headquarters  concerning  former  crew­ see  about  getting  washing  machine  from  .man,  Neil  Newman;  Secretary,  Homer  member  who  left  the  ship  with  the  ship's  Norfolk.  motor  will  keep  running.  Rungo.  Delegates reported  everything has  fund.  ARCHERS  SHIP  (Cities  Service),  Nov. 4  been  going  along fine.  Ship's  delegate  CECIL  N.  BEAN  (Transfuel),  Oct.  14—  —Chairman,  Thomas  Lyon;  Secretary,  H.  asked  to  see  the  chief  mate  about fire  W.  5.  JENNINGS  (Waterman),  Oct.  6—  hoses,  also  about  the  dangerous  way  in  Chairman,  K.  Gibbs;  Secretary,  E.  Han­ Chairman,  Eric  Peterson;  Secretary,  Lief  Young.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  which' cargo  boom  is  rigged.  Vote  of  non.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  Hope.  Delegates  reported  a  few  hours  The  deek  delegate  has  a  long,  list  of  re­ thanks  to the  steward and  his department  overtime..  Washing  machine  re­ pairs  to  be  made.  Ship's  delegate  says  Motion  made  for  all  new  men  to  read  disputed  for serving  the best  in meals  and  for their  Union  literature  then  older  men  will  held  pair  list  was  discussed.  Utilityman  sug­ ail  port  hole  doors  be  overhauled  be­ cleanliness  and  cooperation.  an  educational  period  later.  Requests  gested  a  new  kind  or  have  the  present  fore  Atlantic  crossing.  for ash  trays  on  ail  tables.  Discussion  on  one  replated.  Aug.  22—Chairman, .  Peterson;  Secre­ usage  and  care  of  the  washing  machine.  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  15  —  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  (Seatrain),  tary,  Lief  Hope.  The  crew  wiU  pay  equally  for  the  washing  machine.  Balance  Chairman.  Rocky Milton;  Secretary,  Rob­ Nov.  20—Chairman.  Chester  Gautreau;  ert  Lafferty.  Delegates  reported  no  Secretary,  Steve  Guggino.  Ship's delegate  to  go fli  ship's  fund.  NIKOKLIS  (Dolphin),  Oct.  31—Chair­ beefs.  The  question  of  delayed  sail­ reported  $6.33  in  the  ship's  fund  and  man,  R.  Hicks;  Secretary,  G.  Kindley.  ing  will  be  left  up  to  the  patrolman  in  everything  okay.  Motion  made  for  ship's  BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Oct.  S—  next  port.  Washing  machine  will  be  delegate  to  see  the  company  officials  Ship's  delegate  reported  everything  is  running  along  smooth  except  that  there  Chairman,  Allison  I.  Hebert;  Secretary/  fixed  in  next  port  if  possible  to  obtain  about  getting radios  installed.  .The  engine  were a  few  performers aboard  who  would  Dan  Beard.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  parts.  The  record  machine  is  to  be  department  was  told  to  improve  on  its  be  taken  care  of  by  the  boarding  patrol­ Motion  made  and  carried  for  milk  to  be  repaired  out  of  ship's  fund.  sanitary  duties  as  they  have  been  ne­ man.  The  new  members  were  asked  to  increased  to  160  quarts.  Discussion of  the  glected quite  often.  do  their  jobs  the  best  they  can  to  Iielp  department  delegates duties.  General  dis­ SEATiGER  (Colonial),  Nov.  6—Chair­ make  the  SIU  a  bigger  and  stronger  cussion  of  the  duties  of  the  steward  and  the  operation  of  the  steward  department.  man,  A.  Goldsmit;  Secretary,  K.  Ferraro.  union.  ALCOA  CLIPPER  (Alcoa),  Nov.  It­ Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Two  crew­ Secretary, L. Nickolas.  members  were  logged  and  it  was  sug­ Chairman, J. Linch;  Suggestion  that  money  taken  up  for  CLARA  BARTON  (Bloomfleid),  Oct.  14  gested  that  the  ship  and  deck  delegates  BARBARA  FRIETCHIE  (Liberty  Navi­ be  used  to  clear  debt  on  machine  gation),  Oct.  It—Chairman,  M.  Plerprin­ —Chairman,  H.  Bell;  Secretary,  T.  Bow­ see  the  captain  and  try  to  have  the  log  movies  and  not  purchase  movies on  next  voyage,  ski;  Secretary,  F.  Barret.  Ship's  dele­ ers.  Suggestion  made'  to  refrain  from  of  these  men  lifted.  Complaint  about  as  the  company  will  have  six  new  ones.  gate  reported  a  shortage  of  two  men.  whistling  in  the  morning  as  it  keeps  the  the  launch  service  in  Liverpool  Delegates reported  smooth sailing  with no .  PiilbwE  will  be  ordered  on  the  west  co^t  deck  department  awake.  Deck  and  en­ lieefs.  to  be  delivered  in  New  York.  Each  per­ gine  to  take  a  week  each  keeping  the  CECIL  N.  BEAN  (Dry  Trans),  Nov.  11  son  is asked  to  try  to keep  the recreation  laundry  clean  and  the  steward  will  keep  —Chairman,  Peterson;  Secretary,  L.  EDITH  (Bull),  Nov.  18—Chairman,  Vince  the  recreation  room  clean.  room  clean.  Hope.  Special  meeting.  Charges  brought  Genco; Secretary,  L.  Rizzo. $72.90 reported­.^'.; .  by  2nd  cook  against  steward  for  dis­ in  ship's  fund.  Memorandum  to  agree­ BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  9  crimination  and  performing  while  in  the  ment  read  and  explained  to  the  crew.  GULFWATER  (Metro),  Oct.  7—Chair­ man,  Barron;  Secratary,  Milton  Zeche­ —Chairman, Allixon  I.  Herbert; Secretary,  ship.  Charges  were  discussed  for  a  Dirty  water  from  sanitary  work  is  not  to  neliy. '  Discussion  on  various  beefs  and  Paul  SInski.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  length  of  time  without  any  conclusion  be  emptied  into  double  tubs  in  the  fellqws  missing  ship.  Discussion  on  the  see  the  patrolman  about  the  posting  of  or  presentation  of  facts.  laundry.  2nd' cook  spending  too  much  time  top­ sailing  time,  as  it  has  been  as  much  as  side  which  is  to  be  taken  up  with  the  six hours  off  from  the  actual sailing  time.  LIBERTY  BELL  (Dover),  Nov. 11—Chair­ GULFWATER  (Metro),  Nov.  4—Chair­ patrolman.  The  crewmembers  were  All members  were asked  to  conduct  them­ man,  I.  Bemitreadis;  Secretary,  G.  Gage.  selves  in  the  proper  way  during  meet­ man,  P.  A.  Mitchell;  Secretary,  Joseph  It  was  stated  that  because  the  articles  asked  not  to  throw  thrash  on  deck.  Medwid.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  ings  by  asking  for  the floor.  Suggestion"  made  that  the­  eight  to  were  signed  before  Nov.  1  when  the  new  twelve  watch  keep  the  messroom  and  wage  and  overtime  scales  went  into effect  r.  A.  BURNETT  (Isthmian),  Oct.  14—  I  CHIWAWA  ((Cities  Service),  no  date­ recreation  room  clean  with  the  coopera­ the captain  would  dispute all  overtime  for  Chairman,  Charles  B.  Martin;  Secretary,  Chairman, none  given; Secretary,  R. Koch.  tion  of  ail  hands.  Suggestion  made  to  Saturdays  at  sea  as  authorized  under  the  and  get  a  clarification  H.  Taylor.  $10  reported  in  ship's  fund.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Motion  all  hands  take  better  care  of  the  new  agreement  the  company  upon  return  to  the  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  made  and  seconded  that  someone  see  have  laundry  and  the  laundry  passageway.  from  states.  The  steward  asked  if  the  crew  Complaints  that  meals  are  not  up  to  the  steward  about  the  condition  of  the  wished  to  purchase  fresh  milk  in  the  standard  and  steward  was  asked  to  butter.  Discussion pertaining  to the  equal  straighten  this  out.  MenTon  watch  were  distribution  of  overtime  in  the  deck  de­ DEL  VALLE  (Mississippi)  Nov.—Chair­ European ports.  asked  to  give  some  consideration  in  re­ partment.  Decks  are  to  be  painted.  man,  J.  E.  McGuHey;  Secretary,  John  gard  to  the  noise  at  nighttime.  Whited.  Communication  from  headquar­ NOONDAY  (Waterman),  Nov.  17—Chair­ ters  on  new  working, and  wage  agree­ man,  D.  E.  Jones;  Secretary,  Bernard  ROYAL  OAK  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  14­=  ment  read  and  discussed.  There  was  a  Mace.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  HILTOtf  (Bull),  Oct.  15—Chairman,  A.  Chairman.  E.  Duxbury;  Secretary,  T,  J.  shortage  of  coffee  for  the  last  trip.  Mo­ ship's delegate  is to  see the  captain  about  Pedrosa;  Secretary.  Mike  MIchallk.  Dele­ Moore.  Men  were  reminded  to have  dues  tion  made  that  heating  system  be  thor­ getting a four  slice  toaster  for crew  mess.  gates  reported  everything  okay.  Steward  paid  in  Lake  Charles.  As  the  sliip  ran  oughly  ehedked  to  see  why  some  rooms  Delegates  will  try  to  get  library  in  San  claims  chief  cook  is  missing  stores.  Sug­ out' of  milk  before  tluree  days'  time,  a  have  heat  and  others do  not.  Suggestion  Pedro  and  if  not* able  to  will  spend  bal­ gestion to  send  repair list in from Bremen.  motion  was  made  and  carried  that  more  made  that  cups  and  glasses  be  kept  in  ance  of  ship's  fund  for  Imoks  and  Discussion  on  keeping  messroom  clejan,  milk  be.Placed  on  boaid;  Tha  crewswas  messrsom­'testead  of  in  rooms  or  en  the  magazines.  told  to  kMP  the  mcsshaU  and  the recrea­ hatches.  tion  room  cleaner.  LONE  JACK  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  30—  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Citlfes  Service),  GEORGE  A.  LA'WSON  (Paciiic  Range),  Chairman,  Ward;  Secretary,  VJ.  E.  Oct.  21—Chairman,  Titemas  Coyne; 'Secre­ Stephens.  Ship's  fund  sUnds  at  $58.26.  Nov.  4—Chairman,  John  G.  Seyron;  Sec­ tary,  Roliert  Powet.  Delegates  reported  STEEL  NAVIGATOR  (Isthmian),  Nov.  11  consideralde  disputed  overtime.  A  long  —Chairman,  J.  Carrivean;  Secretary,  A.  retary,  Emmanuel  CotHs.  Delegates  re­ Delegates  reported  no  beeft.  Suggestion  discussion  was  held  on . unionism  and  the  Wilfert.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  ported  no  beefs. Suggestion  was made  for  made  to  serve  less  Kool­Ade  and  leM >  conditions  on  hoard  the ship.  One  of  the  Motion made  to collect  $2 from each mem­ mess  and  recreation  room  to  be  painted.  lamb  and  for  more  milk  to  be  servM.  members  injured  his  foot  badly  on  the  ber  in first  port  for  washing  machine.  Twenty­five  cents  fine  will  be  enforced  Suggestion  made  for  engineers  to  se«  deck  in  liis  foc'sle.  The  deck  had  been  Motion  made  for  returning  foc'de  keys  if  crew  still  puts  dirty  cups  around  the  about  steam  leaks  in  the  upper  boiler  room  and  get  them fixed.  ship  after  the  first  week.  when  leaving  sWp....  on  the  repair  list  for  some­ time.  .yr..  .5?  oitT^I  �VOL XIII  No.  24  NOV^ M  iv^­­ •  OFftCIAl  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AN D  G U LF  OISTRI Ct  •  AFt  *4  t  SlSS'­iv  sfep •  • ­ It?  r ­'v.  The SIU's  Headquarters in  New  York, one of  the larg­ est  global "way­stations" for  ships  and  seamen, has long  needed a  place which members of  the SIU coul^ calHheir  own,  where  they  chould  achieve lounging  comfort,  com­ panionship,  entertainment  and  recreation  denied  them  by the size of  ships and the breadth of  oceans.  Gearing  itself  to  the ever­expanding  needs  of  a  grow­ ing  membership,  the  Seafarers  International  Union  has  itself  begun  to  achieve  that  dream.  An  "infant"  union  enterprise,  which  just  recently  mounted  the 13th  candle  on  its birthday  cake, it has never stopped  growing.  The  improvements it seeks and  gets for its sea­going  member­ ship  are  topped  by  no  other  union  of  maritime  workers  in the world.  The  many­sided  activities  highlighted  in  these  pages  illustrates what  has been done.  What  next?  We wonder  ... Coming years offer  an  unlimited frontier for accelera^  tion  of  activity  and  for  broader  concepts  of  what  labor  unions  in  the  marine  field  can  offer  to  a  vigilant,  well­ informed  membership.  Today,  the  sailor  off  a  ship  or  newly­arrived  in  New  York can  find that  little bit of  "home", where he can drop  his  hat  and  utilize  unlimited  facilities  provided  for  his  own  particular  comfort  and  shipping  ease.  This,  then,  is  the  new Seafarers  headquarters.  >  N;­ 'M  V;|  M  'r"  I  I.K4'  475' Fourth  Avenue  Brooklyn 32, W. Y.  4*'Jf  .'• 'J­tP  ; ­  I  4  � 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 November 30, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 24 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: 'STRAP LSTS,' CG TELLS SOUTHERN ISLES OWNERS CG RESCUE TRY ENDS IN CRASH; 9 SAVED NEW HQ POSTS ASSUMED BY MATTHEWS, SIMMONS MMP WINS WELFARE BOOST UNION CLARIFIES CS WORKING RULES NEW LOG BOWS IN: MORE NEWS, PHOTOS SIU OPENS NEW HQ; FACILITIES GEARED TO MEN'S NEEDS $500 AID VOTED PR UNION THREE-DEPT. TRAINING SCHOOL BEING READIED ECA SEEKS 17 MORE GAA SHIPS SLAIN SEAFARER TO BE BROUGHT HOME BY SIU SUP WAGES BOOSTED IN SCHOONER PACT ITF REVEALS RED HAND IN DUTCH DOCK FLAREUP WIDOW'S SUIT CHARGES NMU WITH RAW DEAL NY STATE BOARD PROBES WILDCAT LONGSHORE BEEF FASTER TURN AROUND GOAL OF CARGO STUDY FUEL OIL DEMAND BOOMS TANKER TRADE SIX PERISH AS FIRE SWEEPS SUP SHIP LONG-RANGE PLANNING FOR MARITIME VITAL, REP. SHELLEY SAYS FLOATING LIGHT SEEN NIPPING SUEZ PERIL SIU ACTS, CAN STRIKERS WIN CONTRACT BONEYARD RANKS THINNED FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLAIM ON SALVAGE AWARDED TO 13 SUP MEMBERS SEATRAIN RUNS INTO SAVANNAH WITH GOVT OK BOOM THINS OUT CROWD ON BEACH OCEAN TOW GOES 100% FOR SIU SEVERAL RATINGS IN SHORT SUPPLY MEN CAN'T WAIT TO SEE NEW HQ SLOW PERIOD FELT AFTER DOCK TIE-UP SHIPPING BRISK IN BEANTOWN SIGN-ONS CLEAN OUT ALL RATINGS HOP OUT THIS WAY, SHIPPING IS TOPS CHECK SAILING TIME REGULARLY SHIPPING SNAPS OUT OF TWO MONTH DROP SHIPPING SPURTS UPWARD SHARPLY GOVERNMENT MAY PLACE MARINER SHIPS ON BLOCK OUR LUCKY 13TH HOW DO WE LOOK? A SHIP PLAN NEEDED TRAINING SCHOOL BLDG COMBINES SHIPPING EASE, COMFORT, BEAUTY ALL ACTIVITIES HUMMING IN NEW SEAFARERS HALL AWE, ADMIRATION MARK 1ST MEETING KIRK TEAM'S BIG BATS OUTHIT JAPANESE NINE CREW RAPS MEN WHO MISS SHIPS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/30/1951 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log